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Why the Sun on Sunday Is Murdoch's Last Hurrah

Alexander Walters | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Michael Wolff, News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, News International, News Corporation, Myspace, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, Sun on Sunday, The Sun, Media News

There is one thing that motivates Rupert Murdoch more than money, power or prestige. It's the thrill of a challenge.

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Impact Investing Creates Template for Responsible Capitalism

Raconteur Media | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sustainable Investing, Venture Philanthropy, Impact Investing, Investing, Philanthropy, Ethical Investing, Microfinance, The Times, Business News

Impact investing has developed out of traditional philanthropy in an effort to find solutions that allow investors to make profitable investments that can also address social and environmental challenges.

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News Corp. Civil War Shows No Signs Of Ending

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, The Sun, Operation Elveden, Phone Hacking, News International, The Times, Media News

The battles within Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire are only getting worse. The Times, one of Murdoch's own papers, revealed Tuesday that News Cor...

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The Times And Sunday Times Cutting 150 Jobs

guardian.co.uk | Dan Sabbagh | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Sunday Times, Times Job Cuts, The Times, Media News

The Times and Sunday Times are to cut at least 150 editorial posts, out of their combined full- and part-time workforce of approaching 1,000, as the n...

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Johann's Industry Must be Judged Equally Guilty

Mark Donne | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: The Telegraph, Elitism, Johann Hari, Media News, The Independent, The Times, Oxbridge, The Guardian, Media News

Reporters and commentators writing on issues including social deprivation and inequality who have lived and breathed social deprivation and inequality; good heavens, what would that look like?

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The Fading Blessing of September 11

Dovid Efune | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Intifada, Turkey, Pearl Harbor, Leon Panetta, September 12th 2001, 9/11, The Telegraph, United States, Israel, Jewish Homeland, Major General Eyal Eisenberg, The Times, The Observer, World News

At the average English newsstand one can find available for purchase approximately fifteen national daily newspapers, in stark contrast to New York's ...

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LA Times Announces Layoffs

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Tribune Co., Print Media, Los Angeles Times Layoffs, Newspapers, Nancy Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, LA Times Layoffs, The Times, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Times laid off another round of employees Wednesday as its parent company, Tribune Co., wades through bankruptcy protec...

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Murdoch Editor: Handling Of Hacking Scandal 'Catastrophic'

guardian.co.uk | Lisa O'Carroll | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: News Corp, James Harding, Phone Hacking, Phone Hacking Scandal, Rupert Murdoch, The Times, News International, Rupert Murdoch News Corp, Media News

The editor of the Times, James Harding, has admitted that News International's handling of the phone-hacking crisis was "catastrophic" and that it imp...

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Cartoon About Hacking Scandal In Murdoch Paper Causes Firestorm

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: London Times, Times Hacking Caroon, Video, Phone Hacking Cartoon, Times of London Hacking Cartoon, Phone Hacking, Rupert Murdoch, Times of London, Phone Hacking Scandal, The Times, Media News

One of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers is drawing fire for a very provocative cartoon about the phone hacking scandal. The cartoon appeared in ...

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Reuters Poaches Star 'Times' Reporter

Yahoo! News | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: David Rohde Reuters, The New York Times, David Rohde New York Times, The Times, Reuters, David Rohde, Media News

David Rohde, the Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter who was famously kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008, is leaving the paper of record to become ...

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South Africa's Sushi Scandal: A Timeline

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

South Africa's governing party has declared that eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is "politically incorrect." Here, a timeline of the events that have led up to today's announcement.

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London Times Reveals Paywall Subscription Figures

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paywalls, Newspapers, Times of London, The Times, Media News

News International announced this morning that it has secured 105,000 sales from people who have paid to access either the papers' websites and/or its...

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HEMORRHAGE: Times Of London Loses 1.2 MILLION Readers After Paywall

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Times of London, Paywalls, Newspapers, Newspapers Online Fees, Poll, The UK Times, The Times, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The Times of London has been hemorrhaging online readers since erecting a paywall three months ago, according to data released today. Internet mar...

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The Times And Sunday Times Of London Get New Websites, Paywall Coming Soon

Guardian | Mark Sweney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paywalls, The Times of London, Newspapers Online, Sunday Times of London, The Times, Sunday Times, Media News

News International has unveiled new-look Times and Sunday Times websites that, from next month, will only be accessible to people who pay to use them....

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Mandelson Memoir Costs The Times Of London Over 500,000

The Guardian | Mark Sweney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Book Sales, Tony Blair, Memoires, Book Advances, The Times, Books News

Peter Mandelson is thought to have been paid in the region of £350,000 for the rights to serialize his book in the Times, with sales understood to ha...

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UK Law Blogger Flees Times Paywall, Jumps To Guardian

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspapers Online Fees, Paywalls, Newspapers, Baby Barista, The Guardian, The Times, Media News

Well, there I was. One minute I was writing for the Times. Then along came a massive great paywall and having managed to escape in the nick of time, I...

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NATO Tries To Silence Journalist Jerome Starkey Over Afghan Slayings (VIDEO)

Rethink Afghanistan | Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karzai, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, US Military, Isaf, Children, Afghanistan, The Times, Kabul, Taliban, Jerome Starkey, Surge, Civilian Casualties, Nato, Pregnant Women, World News

Last week, I spoke with Afghanistan-based journalist Jerome Starkey about his reporting on special forces raids that killed civilians and NATOs surpri...

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He's a Search Engine Manager, She's a Video Online Producer: Changing Love-Occupations in the New York Times' Wedding Section

Monroe Price | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New York Times, Media, Weddings, Marriage, The Times, Nyt, Healthy Living News

The Times'Sunday section remains a somewhat distorted, strangely crafted set of weekly insights into the nooks and crannies of American social development.

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Rupert Murdoch Plans To Block More Than Just Google

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, The Sun, News Corp, Google Search, Satire, Parody, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Comedy, Fox News Channel, The Times, Google News, Comedy News

In an exclusive interview, Rupert Murdoch explains that Google is only the beginning of News Corp.'s plans to further isolate themselves. Take a look.

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Alpha Financial Dogs Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb, Socks Clinton and First Annual Lucky Award given to Mickey Rourke!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of the 81st Academy Awards, I decided I wanted to start the first annual Lucky Awards. It's not about glamour, but the person or film and their contributions to a greater good.

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Where Is The New York Times Going?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gray Lady, New York Times, Newspaper, Media, Carlos Slim, Red Sox, News, The Times, Sulzberger, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media Death Watch, The New York Times, Ochs-Sulzbergers, Old Media, Media News

Today, the paper runs the most sophisticated, resource-rich, and usable news website in the US (and probably the world) but is bleeding cash and readers. Why?

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