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U.S. Death Row Survivors Are One For Ten

David A. Love | Posted 04.26.2013 | Crime
David A. Love

In the past four decades, 142 men and women were liberated from death row because they were innocent.

What the Story of Summly Really Tells Us About the Future of News

Matt Kelly | Posted 03.27.2013 | Media
Matt Kelly

Any one of Britain's newspaper groups could have developed a Summly killer back in 2005 when Nick D'Aloisio developed his idea. They had the audiences, the understanding, the marketing power. God knows they had the incentive. But they didn't do it. I didn't do it. Why?

Murdoch Attacks UK Press Deal

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2013 | Media

By Andrew Osborn LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch sharply criticised British Prime Minister David Cameron on T...

Not So Fast: Newspapers Balk At UK Press Deal

AP | By RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.19.2013 | Media

LONDON (AP) — Britain's politicians have finally struck a deal to regulate their country's press. Whether the press will allow itself to be regulate...

Politicians Seal Deal On New Regulator For British Press

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2013 | Media

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Britain's three main political parties struck a compromise deal on a new regulatory system for the country's newspapers...

UK Press Regulation Talks Break Down

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.14.2013 | Media

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key...

UK Paper Plunged Into Controversy Over Horrific Column

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.16.2013 | Media

British newspaper The Observer found itself embroiled in controversy on Monday after it was forced to withdraw an incendiary op-ed about transgender p...

UK PM Tells Press To Act On Leveson Report Quickly

Reuters | Posted 02.03.2013 | Media

* Cameron puts pressure on editors in a meeting * He has spoken out against statutory regulation * Newspapers urged to s...

Media Outlets Criticize Leveson Report

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 01.30.2013 | Media

The Leveson Report's recommendation of legislation to back a new press regulator in Britain has been met with a largely frosty reception in media circ...

Leveson Report Published

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 11.29.2012 | Media

The long-awaited report from the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics and practices of the scandal-scarred British media was published on Thursday. In t...

Leveson Report Set To Be Published

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 01.28.2013 | Media

LONDON (AP) — Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines...

Leveson Report Delivered To British PM

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 01.28.2013 | Media

British Prime Minister David Cameron has officially received a copy of the hotly awaited Leveson Report, Downing Street told the BBC Wednesday. The...

The Many Questions Surrounding The Leveson Report

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 01.26.2013 | Media

With the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics of the British media set to release its report this Thursday, all eyes are on what the report will say and ho...

BBC In Crisis As Horrific Sex Abuse Scandal Widens

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 12.13.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — The BBC is struggling to contain a crisis sparked by allegations of serial sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Savile, a longtime chil...

Palace Won't Complain Over Naked Prince Harry Photos

AP | Posted 11.28.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — Royal officials say they won't complain to Britain's press watchdog about naked pictures of Prince Harry partying in Las Vegas that ap...

What the Viewers Demand -- and TV Still Struggles to Provide

Omri Marcus | Posted 11.17.2012 | TV
Omri Marcus

TV has stopped treating its consumers as "viewers" and has started treating them as "witnesses" and at times, active witnesses.

Press Watchdog: No Investigation Over Prince Harry Pictures

Reuters | Posted 11.07.2012 | Media

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Britain's press watchdog said on Thursday it would be inappropriate for it to investigate the publication of naked photos...

The Sun Publishes Naked Prince Harry Pictures

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 10.24.2012 | Media

The biggest paper in Britain, The Sun, defied legal threats from the royal family and a media-wide blackout on Friday when it published the naked pict...

UK Papers Shy Away From Publishing Prince Harry Pics

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 10.23.2012 | Media

The British press is being unusually skittish with what should be a story from heaven, refusing to print the nude photos of Prince Harry that have lit...

BBC Names New Chief

AP | Posted 09.03.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — The British Broadcasting Corp. named executive George Entwistle its new chief on Tuesday, giving him one of the country's top media jo...

Top UK Politicians Facing Leveson Inquiry

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 08.08.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — British media ethics inquiry said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties ...

How The Daily Mail Conquered England

newyorker.com | Posted 05.26.2012 | Media

The Mail is the most powerful newspaper in Great Britain. A middle-market tabloid, with a daily readership of four and a half million, it reaches four...

UK Media Regulator Weighing Whether To Strip Murdoch Of BSkyB

AP | Posted 05.09.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — Britain's communications regulator said Friday it is continuing to monitor allegations of phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch'...

Widely Derided UK Press Regulator Axed Over Phone Hacking

Posted 05.08.2012 | Media

LONDON (AP) — A report says Britain's communications regulator is monitoring allegations of phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch's London new...

The Power of Sisterhood

Laetitia Belmadani | Posted 03.08.2012 | Media
Laetitia Belmadani

Women's Day is a day of gratitude for I think we are nothing without the role models which consciously or less consciously so, have left their imprints on our lives as women. Those who spurred us on to succeed and to never give up. Those who regularly inject us with a much needed motivation jab when you have no choice but to get up and dust yourself off, again.