Newsday demands payment for online content

" New York newspaper Newsday plans to begin charging online readers for access to its content, according to a Reuters report. The announcement, which comes as the newspaper industry is mired in financial crisis, was made Thursday during a conference call with...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...

Cablevision Bids $650 Million for Newsday

Just a thought: maybe there could be a business version of Iron Chef that would begin..."And so I say unto you, in the words of my father, let the bidding war for control of Newsday...be-gin!"UPDATE | May 2nd -...

Murdoch Moving to Buy Newsday for $580 Million

Rupert Murdoch started out as a journalist in Adelaide, South Australia, working for his father's newspaper. He achieved a reputation as a tireless campaigner for justice in those early days. Now, it looks like...

Debate Coverage Focused on ‘Bitter’ Remarks

News media coverage of last night’s Democrat presidential candidates’ debate in Philadelphia seemed to focus on Barack Obama’s recent “bitter” comments in much the same way as...

Bob Greene Dead At 78

For those of you in the news business, you'll know who Bob Greene is. He was a very important person in the adaptation of investigative journalism. "Robert W. Greene, a pioneering investigative reporter and editor...

Will Zell Sell Newsday?

Rumors are flying about a possible Newday sale..."After inking a deal to take control of the Tribune Company last year, Samuel Zell told told the company’s flagship paper, The Chicago Tribune: “We didn’t do...

Bloggers Burnt Up Over NYT's Medal of Honor Snub

Conservative bloggers (and the New York Post) are enraged over the New York Times neglecting to run a story on Lt. Michael Murphy, a Long Island native and Navy SEAL who won the Medal of Honor posthumously in Afghanistan (it was only the third awarded since the War on Terror...

Lohan's dad released from prison

"The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from a New York state prison after serving almost two years for driving while intoxicated and other charges. Michael Lohan said now that he is a free man, he wants to repair his unsteady relationship with his...

NY man found dead. In front of tv for over a year

"HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Police on the east end of New York's Long Island found the body of a man dead more than a year sitting in front of his television, which was still on. Vincenzo Riccardi, who was blind from diabetes, had apparently not been seen or heard...

The Newspaper Dead Pool Growing

The Newspaper Dead Pool Growing December 12th, 2006 More than 100 New York Newsday reporters and editors signed a letter of protest against their boss, Dennis FitzSimons for widespread cuts that have sliced about one-third of the paper’s editorial...

The Newspaper Dead Pool Growing

"More than 100 New York Newsday reporters and editors signed a letter of protest against their boss, Dennis FitzSimons for widespread cuts that have sliced about one-third of the paper’s editorial staff over the past three years. Can you imagine 100 employees at HP or...

Liberals Throw Google 'Bombs' at GOP

"It's called the "Google bomb" and liberals are using it to attack 50 Republican candidates they have targeted for defeat in the Nov. 7 elections. Using complicated computer programs, the Google bombers are able...

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