Americas

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter seeking to protect the identity of unidentified sources is asking two judges to stop a deposition intended to reveal who leaked information to him about the investigation of a prosecutor, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. Some details from the AP report: David Ashenfelter of the Detroit Free Press is scheduled to give testimony in a deposition Thursday. A...

Miguel Angel Villa Gómez Valle, editor of Noticias de Michoacán, a daily newspaper based in Lázaro Cárdenas, in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán was abducted and killed last week, according to Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Villa Gómez’s bullet-riddled body was found October 10 morning in a refuse dump, less than 12 hours after he went missing. “The list of kidnappings and execution...

The US economic crisis is beginning to hit its newspaper industry. After 17 back-to-back quarters of ballooning growth, online revenue at newspaper sites is falling, the New York Times has reported. In the second quarter this year, it was down 2.4 per cent compared with last year, to $777 million, according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). It was the only year-over-year drop since...

The New York Sun, a newspaper founded as an alternative to the New York Times, was shut down on Tuesday for its failure to raise enough capital. Founder Seth Lipsky was reported saying that a search for new financial supporters had failed, although the initial backers were willing to pay extra if partners could be found. Trying to raise capital had been extremely difficult for them, and it led to...

News articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by their brand names, both potential sources of bias, according to a new study of news media coverage of medical studies New articles represent an important source of medical information for many patients, and even some physicians, says the study, which has been published in the October 1 issue of...

The Washington Post Co has purchased Foreign Policy magazine from a Washington think-tank for an undisclosed sum. The bimonthly glossy has a circulation of 100,000 and is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. " Foreign Policy is a terrific magazine, and I'm pleased it will become a part of our company," said Donald E Graham, Post Co chairman. " Foreign Policy furthers our...

LIFE, the venerable photojournalism magazine that was closed down earlier this year, is all set for a new life on the Web. LIFE.com will be jointly owned and operated by Time Inc and Getty Images, and will provide access to the most comprehensive iconic and professional photography collections available anywhere online. Andy Blau, president of LIFE and SVP of Time Inc Interactive, and Catherine...

The Delaware Valley News will print its final edition this week after serving 10 New Jersey and Pennsylvania towns along the banks of the Delaware River for nearly 130 years, the mycentraljersey.com website has reported. The weekly newspaper's four staffers were notified of the shutdown on Monday as they continued to produce the paper's last issue, which is scheduled to hit newsstands Thursday...

Repeated death threats have been made since May against Juan Parada, contributor to regional daily Río Negro and radio FM Patagonia, in Chos Malal, Neuquén province in the southwest, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. The threats appear linked to his exposure of corruption involving local officials at the courts and the municipal authority as well as police excesses. Parada also gave...

Local authorities in St Paul, Minneapolis, will not prosecute journalists who were arrested on misdemeanour charges during the Republican national convention on September 1. The Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper reported quoted St Paul mayor Chris Coleman as saying the city authorities have decided not to prosecute journalists charged with misdemeanour offences and that they will use a “very...