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REDMOND, Wash. - Msnbc.com is diving into citizen journalism and social media by acquiring Newsvine.com, a small but innovative player in what is known as “participatory journalism.” It is msnbc.com’s first acquisition in its 11-year history. Neither of the companies would disclose terms of the all-cash transaction, which was announced Sunday, but deals for other social media sites have ranged as...

MOSCOW, Oct. 7 — The independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the man who killed Anna Politkovskaya, its correspondent who was slain in a contract-style killing one year ago, according to its editor and a special report planned for publication on Monday. But the identity of the person who ordered the killing has not been determined, and the man who shot Ms...

NIAMEY - A French journalist held for a month in Niger for alleged intelligence with Tuareg rebels has been expelled from the country, an official said yesterday. Francois Bergeron "was released, the order for his expulsion was signed yesterday and he had to leave Niger the same day," the official said, giving no further details. Since August Niger has barred foreign journalists and others from...

MOSCOW (AFP) — Hundreds of Russian opposition activists rallied in Moscow on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya amid international calls for the journalist's killers to be brought to justice. "A year ago, Politkovskaya was killed in a despicable way. She died defending the human dignity of all citizens," Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister turned opposition...

Nagpur, Oct 6: Sahara Samay journalist Shanker Arnimesh was today apprehended when he was trying to cover an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) programme here, Sahara Samay sources said. Animesh, an PIB card holder journalist, was taken into custody for an hour. The Sahara Samay journalist produced his identity cards and other relevant documents before the police officials but the cops did not pay...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to announce that Iraqi interpreters working for the British army will be given the opportunity of asylum here, newspapers reported on Saturday. The offer to interpreters and their families, who face threats because of their work with the British, will apply to those who have worked with them for a year. Brown is due to make a statement on Iraq to...

Much of the news about Yahoo! recently has involved missed earnings, missing executives and missed opportunities. But there is good news--the Internet company’s news service itself. Over the past two years, Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) has quietly solidified its position as the No. 1 provider of general, financial and sports news on the Internet. Two out of every five people who use...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Luring new readers means connecting with them on the Internet through blogs, live online chats and interactive databases, industry leaders told newspapers editors Thursday. Amid a steady decline in newspaper advertising and circulation, building communities of readers through the online experience is essential, said Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor of...

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of a senior journalist of a Delhi-based news channel Roy Tapan Bharati in connection with FIRs lodged against him and another senior journalist for their alleged involvement in suicide by a junior reporter in Noida. In a suicide note, deceased Priya Singh, a reporter in a Noida based news channel, had claimed that her promotion as an anchor from...

Oct 05: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is now planning to bring online news portals and web editions of newspapers under the umbrella of the Press and Registration of Books Act that was 140 years old and carrying the old British law of that time till today without major amendment. For this reason the government will have to amend the PRB Act, which was originally enacted in 1867 and can...