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NEW YORK: When The New York Times on July 16 broke the story of a 2003 State Department memo that had become a key element in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, the paper scored a major exclusive. But when The Washington Post hit newsstands that very same Saturday, it had its own version of the same story. It even credited the Times for the same-day scoop. Welcome to life under the Washington...

‘India Today’, the flagship weekly magazine from Living Media India Ltd, is increasing the cover price of its English edition from Rs 15 to Rs 20, effective from the September 16 issue. The price of its Hindi edition will remain at Rs 12 per copy. When contacted Ashish Bagga, Executive Director and Publishing Director, India Today Group, confirmed the news saying that the increased input and...

From aggregator news, Yahoo plans to generate hot content aimed to attract youngsters. Barely days after it made bad news for being instrumental in Chinese authorities jailing a journalist, Yahoo is in the thick and thin of news once again. The Internet giant has hired its first journalist and will now be generating multimedia content. Yahoo has hired veteran television correspondent, Kevin Sites...

Experts say the biggest problem in the newspaper industry is capturing readers between 18 and 34 years old, and now The Associated Press is looking to tackle that problem head on. On Monday, the 157-year-old wire service is to start its "younger audience service," offering articles and "experiences" in multimedia formats, with audio, video, blogs and wireless text aimed at reaching readers between...

The arrival of the Digital Revolution has fundamentally shifted the practice of journalism -- creating new forms of competition, introducing new reporting tools and changing the distribution of news. The question arises: How are journalism educators responding to this challenge of a changing information environment? To find out, a team of journalists and educational researchers is conducting a...

LONDON - The Observer could be set to make the switch to the Berliner format before Christmas, following sister title The Guardian in making an early format switch and beating rival the Independent on Sunday to the punch. The Observer had been due to change format early next year, but with The Guardian move out of the way, speculation is that Guardian Newspapers wants to move ahead the Sunday...

The front pages of more than 20 newspapers today ran a photo of a naked, emaciated American clinging to life as rescuers carried him from his home. Editors say the startling image, showing a man being rescued in New Orleans 16 days after Hurricane Katrina, created discussions in their newsrooms but ultimately carried enough news value to make it worth publishing. The photo, by Orange County...

Britain's Guardian newspaper, a venerable 184-year-old broadsheet, has become the latest major daily to convert to a compact format in a bid to win back younger, time-pressed readers who often turn to electronic means to get their news. Unlike its rivals -- The Times of London and The Independent, which have converted to the smaller tabloid format -- The Guardian has chosen the "Berliner" format...

NEW YORK: A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey finds that 58% of Americans say they are following news coverage of the hurricane disaster -- and a vast majority give the media high marks. At the same time, only 43% of Americans give President Bush a passing grade in response to Hurricane Katrina, with 54% disapproving, and 7 in 10 call for an independent probe of the federal response. According to...

"One man. A World of Conflict." That is how the internet portal Yahoo! is announcing its move into the world of war reporting. Hiring one of the world's best-known war correspondents is seen as a move by Yahoo! to widen its horizons and challenge traditional media companies. Kevin Sites, the American cameraman famous for filming the shooting by a US soldier of an apparently unarmed civilian in a...