new york times

President Obama To Speak at Barnard as Women's Issues Heat Up

March 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

President Obama shows support for women at college where Sheryl Sandberg and Meryl Streep spoke previously

  

Newspaper Paywalls: Too Little, Too Late for a Fallen Giant Industry?

March 1, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

On Monday, the L.A. Times starts its new "membership" program, joining the New York Times, Boston Globe and others

  

Washington Post Income Dropped 58% in 2011

February 24, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Washington Post Company reported its fourth quarter earnings, capping off a rough year for Don Graham & Co.

  

Death of Sunday Times' Marie Colvin Gets People Talking About...Paywalls?

February 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Marie Colvin wanted her last story out of Syria outside the paywall, and now the Sunday Times is fielding questions about a New York Times-style model

  

Former L.A. Times Editor Blasts Coverage of His News Non-Profit

February 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Former Times and Chicago Tribune editor James O'Shea calls early reporting "inaccurate" and "sloppy"

  

Al-Jazeera English, Penn State Abuse Scandal Reporter Win Polk Awards

February 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Al-Jazeera English, Sara Ganim win George Polk Awards in Journalism. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Ira Glass also win

  

Friends, Alumni Establish Anthony Shadid Memorial Fund at University of Wisconsin-Madison

February 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The late New York Times foreign correspondent attended UW, where scholarships and awards will be established in his name

  

Piracy Fight Comes to Wire Services: AP Sues 'Parasitic' Meltwater News

February 14, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Associated Press filed a suit in a New York court against news aggregator Meltwater, which gets a split decision in a ruling on similar U.K. case Tuesday

  

NY Times, CNN, Time Inc. & Others Can't Lure Advertisers Online

February 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

A Pew study found that major news organizations like Time, the New York Times and ABC News have failed to transition their big advertisers online

  

Protesters Sour on Apple Over Working Conditions in China

January 27, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

How many signatures will it take for Apple to respond to protests about reports of inhumane working conditions at China suppliers?

  

New York Times, Washington Post, AP Found NewsRight

January 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The organization will license aggregation of digital content

  

Newspaper Stocks Freefall in 2011, News Corp. Does Just Fine

January 3, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Self-proclaimed "newsosaur" Alan Mutter points out that ad revenue is off more than 50 percent since 2005; diversified News Corp largely unscathed

  

Do Newspaper Endorsements Matter?

December 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Nate Silver says they do in New Hampshire, but not in Iowa

  

Chicago Sun-Times Goes Behind a Paywall

December 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Chicago daily and its sister publications will all charge for their online content

  

Salman Rushdie Attacks Facebook Via Twitter

November 15, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Facebook deactivated the famed novelist's account for security reasons, so he went on a Twitter tirade

  

Disney, YouTube Partner for Family-Friendly Online Programming

November 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Disney Interactive is the latest major player to announce a collaboration with YouTube for original content

  

NY Times Sells Baseline Data Product to Previous Owner

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The little publicized asset, bought five years ago for $35 million, was up for sale for the better part of a year

  

No Duh, NY Times: Tweeting Is Work (^_^)

September 30, 2011 By Fred Schruers 1 year ago

Sociologists analyzed tweets, coming up with some not so surprising insights about weekday moods of users

  

CNN Gains on MSNBC, Sets Off Analysis Frenzy Among Cable News Critics

September 27, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

With the release of 3rd quarter ratings, the tightened race for 2nd place behind Fox News stirs intrigue

  

NY Times Whacks Half About.com's Editorial Staff, Will Rehire Replacements

September 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Ten new employees will be hired as part of the restructuring with outgoing workers given "first priority"

  

NYT Says AOL/TechCrunch 'Comically Crossed Journalistic Lines' With New VC Fund

September 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

AOL editorial chief Arianna Huffington says Michael Arrington is no longer on the editorial payroll, but the blustery blogger insists "I am TechCrunch, and TechCrunch is me"

  

AOL HuffPost, Tech Crunch Scandal Shows Some People Care About Ethics

September 2, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The phrase conflict of interest does not even begin to describe the new venture capital fund to be run by Tech Crunch founder Michael Arrington

  

The U of Miami Football Scandal: Will the NCAA Do the Unthinkable and Strip TV Rights?

August 21, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

While it threw a tough sentence at USC, college sports' governing body has been reluctant to target the bread and butter of university athletic programs, lucrative television appearances

  

New York Times Site Goes Down (Updated)

August 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

No explanation for the technical problems is given, but the paper's homepage now appears to be up and running again

  

Alec Baldwin Tweet-Defends Newspapers, Calls Follower a 'Festering Boil'

August 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The '30 Rock' actor says everyone should read a newspaper every day

  

NY Times Names David Leonhardt Washington Bureau Chief

July 22, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Move marks first major personnel decision by new executive editor Jill Abramson