Obama “hit” investigated

UPDATE: " "Atlanta Jewish Times publisher out over Obama ‘hit' column  | ajc.comwww.ajc.comThe owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times has resigned under pressure after writing a column suggesting...

Canwest Global Files for Creditor Protection: Leonard Asper Memo

Canada's media giant Canwest Global Communications Corp. is filing for creditor protection today as it restructures its huge debtload. Based in Winnipeg, Canwest owns Global Television and National Post, as well as...

Washington Post cancels pay-to-play meetings at CEO home

The Washington Post has cancelled a controversial plan to host a series of off the record 'salons' at the company CEO's home after word got out that sponsors can buy access to the meetings for 25 grand a...

Wall Street Journal, Gannett, to Lay Off over 1,000 Workers

Gannett, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, that publishes Wall Street Journal, is to lay off over 1,000 workers due to a slow off in advertising sales. As much as 2,000 people could be laid off in this latest round of cutbacks, but the actual...

Indian Editor arrested for 'outraging Muslims'

The editor and publisher of a major Indian newspaper have been arrested for "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims after they reprinted an article from British daily The Independent. Ravindra Kumar and Anand Sinha, the editor and publisher of the Kolkata-based English...

Free Journalists Unfairly Held

"(New York, December 3, 2008) - The Sri Lankan government should immediately drop charges and free J.S. Tissainayagam, a prominent Tamil journalist on trial for his writings, Human Rights Watch said today. A Tamil...

Wall Street Journal Asia edition fined $25,000

The Wall Street Journal's Asia edition have been fined for publishing news items about the independence of Singapore's courts. The Journal had published three items in June and July this year attacking...

Tina Fey Signs $6 Million Book Deal

Tina Fey is on a roll: her show 30 Rock has won an armload of Emmy Awards, her impersonation of Sarah Palin has been universally lauded, and now Fey has signed a book deal rumoured to be worth as much as $6...

Tina Brown Launches Ad-Free 'Daily Beast'

Media publisher and journalist Tina Brown launched her much-anticipated new website, The Daily Beast, on Monday.The site is hoping to rival Arianna Huffington's most-linked-to-blog-on-the-internet The Huffington...

Rushdie glad he wrote 'The Satanic Verses'

Indian origin British author Sir Salman Rushdie has defended his controversial book  "the Satanic Verses".  This title created a big uproar among muslims all over world and earned its...

TheGlobe.com: Where are the stars of Web 1.0 now?

I can't believe it took so long to happen but the Silicon Alley Insider has done a piece tracking the stars of Web 1.0.  On the list are Todd Krizelman and Stephan Paternot, who I worked for in the late...

'My book honours the prophet Mohammed,' says author whose novel provoked fire...

The author should of realised the response its best not to write about fictional things about Mohammed let alone the truth that gives the prophet bad character. The fact that he did not go by his own law and advice on how many wifes a man could have can be a touchy thing...

Thorpe drops defamation suit against publisher

" Former Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has dropped a defamation suit against one of five French defendants over reports of an irregular doping test result in 2006, Australian Associated Press reported Monday. ...

UPDATE: Publisher Now In Hiding After Muslim Death Threat

Publisher Martin Rynja is now in hiding after Muslim extremists pronounce sentence of death if he goes ahead with the publication of 'The Jewel of Medina'."Muslim extremists have warned the publisher of a novel...

Literary World Mourns Loss of David Foster Wallace

As NowPublic previously reported, one of the most gifted and incredible writers that I have ever had the pleasure of reading, David Foster Wallace, died on Friday at the age of 46, after an apparent suicide....

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