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MTV is sending out what they are calling an army of citizen journalists to pull some Scobles from the nation’s polling stations, caucuses, candidate rallies and other political hotspots.
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William E. Giles, a longtime newsman and former managing editor of The Washington Times, died of a heart attack Jan. 29 in London, Ky. He was 80.
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News International Ltd, the UK newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, has made its first investment in a standalone e-commerce site with the acquisition of a stake in BrandAlley.co.uk, the companies said on Friday.
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Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, has been inundated with appeals to save the life of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, the student journalist sentenced to death after being accused of downloading an internet report on women’s rights.
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Microsoft Corp on Friday said it had offered to acquire Yahoo Inc in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.
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The latest British Social Attitudes report has found a serious decline in news consumption in the UK. The study released last week found the number of people who read a quality newspaper declined from 50 to 20 per cent in the last 21 years.
