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The founder and editor-in-chief of the two most popular newspapers in Azerbaijan, Einulla Fatullayev, says he is closing the two publications and abandoning journalism, after he was given a suspended jail sentence by a Baku court. On October 3, readers of the weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily Gündelik Azerbaijan read the last combined issue of the papers in which the editors bid farewell to...

MIAMI - The Miami Herald's publisher resigned Tuesday, saying "ambiguously communicated" personnel policies resulted in the firings of three journalists at its Spanish-language paper who were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba. Jesus Diaz Jr., the papers' publisher since July 2005, had dismissed two El Nuevo Herald reporters and a freelance...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - HT Media Ltd. has signed an initial agreement for an equal joint venture with the Times of India Group to publish a tabloid-style newspaper in New Delhi, an HT official said on Tuesday. "It will be modelled on the Mumbai Mirror," chief financial officer Vinayak Purohit told Reuters, referring to the Times of India group's compact newspaper which competes with tabloid Mid-Day...

For many Americans seeking news during important events, blogs are just about the last place they look, relying instead on traditional outlets, a survey says. Fifty percent said they turn to traditional media like television, radio and newspapers as their primary source for information during major events such as hurricanes over "emerging media," according to a survey of 333 business professionals...

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - The new editor Russia's Kommersant daily vowed on his first day at work Monday to maintain the daily's editorial policy under its new tycoon owner. Andrei Vasilyev, who was starting his second stint at the helm after a long run from 1999 to 2005, said Kommersant had no intention of following any imposed policy, and added that the edition would carry articles that...

Rafe Banks, a lawyer in Georgia, got involved in a nasty dispute with a client over how to defend him on a drunken-driving charge. The client, David Milum, fired Banks and demanded that the lawyer refund a $3,000 fee. Banks refused. Milum eventually was acquitted. Ordinarily, that might have been the last Banks ever heard about his former client. But then Milum started a blog. In May 2004, Banks...

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Internet and cable were the growth locomotives behind the 6.6% increase in 2005 U.S. media revenue, reaching $268.48 billion for the 100 Leading Media Companies. In some ways, broadcast TV and newspaper executives must have seemed more like captives tied to the tracks. Time Warner Time Warner, powered by its internet and cable offerings, retained its position as the No. 1...

Should newspapers, including this one, carry such a caveat? Perhaps this suggestion is not as bizarre as it might first sound. A newspaper, particularly on its front page, daily presents a view of reality. In fact, this reality is totally relative and highly subjective. Obviously, the front page of a San Francisco newspaper will portray a 'reality' very different from that of a newspaper published...

Mohamad Bazzi was in his Beirut apartment having breakfast and thumbing through a newspaper when a friend called with a shocker: Hezbollah guerrillas had made a daring raid into Israel, kidnapping two soldiers. In retaliation, Israeli tanks and commandos were heading toward south Lebanon. All hell was breaking loose and Newsday's Middle East bureau chief was in the perfect position to cover a...

Everyone has a story to tell, but everyone is not a natural-born storyteller. Everyone has a right to an opinion, but a lot of people confuse it with meaningless fuming and ranting. Everyone has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege. There are a lot of people who are sick and tired of having to eke their way through life. A lot of people are sick of being nobody. A lot of...