Jan 15 Two Leading Spanish-Language Papers to Merge The publishers of La Opinion, the leading Spanish-language daily newspaper in Los Angeles, and El Diario/La Prensa, a leading New York Hispanic daily, are combining to form the first national Spanish-language newspaper company. Continue reading
Jan 14 Liberal Radio Network Readies for Launch By PBS News Hour The liberal radio network moved closer to becoming a reality after its new owner, Progress Media, announced this week it signed comedian Al Franken to host his own daily talk show and completed its first distribution deal in a major… Continue reading
Jan 12 More Americans Log On For Campaign News, Study Finds More people are looking to nontraditional media sources, such as the Internet and late-night talk shows, for information about the 2004 presidential campaign, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Continue reading
Jan 12 U.S. Firm Awarded Contract to Run Iraqi Media Network The Pentagon has awarded a $96 million contract to a U.S. communications equipment company to develop Iraq's existing but antiquated media network for the next 12 months. Continue reading
Jan 08 Reporters Defy Judge’s Order in Lee Case By Admin Reporters have defied a federal judge's order to reveal their confidential sources for articles that portrayed Dr. Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist, as a chief suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Tom Friedman’s Journal, Turkey and Poland Recently returned from a trip to two American allies, Turkey and Poland, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman discusses different views of President Bush, the United States and the military action in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 22 Regulators Approve News Corp.’s Takeover of DirecTV The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved News Corp.'s $6.6 billion purchase of DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television provider, a move critics say will lead to higher prices and less choices for consumers. Continue reading
Dec 19 Appeals Court Rejects Industry Attempts to Identify Music Downloaders A federal appeals court ruled against the recording industry's attempts to force the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online, marking a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy efforts. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch Stopping E-mail Spam President Bush signed a bill Tuesday that seeks to stop spam from jamming people's e-mail accounts. Margaret Warner asks AOL Vice President Randall Boe and anti-spam activist John Mozena about the effectiveness of this new law. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch On the Street: Iraqis’ Reaction to the Capture of Saddam Hussein Terence Smith speaks with Time magazine correspondent Brian Bennett in Baghdad about Iraqis' reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Continue watching