Jan 11 FCC Approves AOL / Time Warner Merger The Federal Communications Commission gave conditional approval to America Online's acquisition of media conglomerate Time Warner. With the FCC's approval, the merger creating the nation's largest media empire has cleared its final hurdle. Continue reading
Jan 09 Seattle Times Strike Ends Nearly 600 striking Seattle Times employees will head back to work after ratifying the company's latest contract offer Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 09 Media to Count Florida Ballots Some of the nation's largest news organizations hired a research firm today to conduct a comprehensive survey of disputed presidential ballots in Florida. Continue reading
Jan 08 NY Times to Cut Web Staff The New York Times Co.'s Web division announced Sunday it would cut 69 jobs, or 17 percent of its Internet staff, to boost its slumping budget. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch Behind the Podium Defense Dept. spokesman Kenneth Bacon, former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry and former State Dept. spokesman James Rubin discuss their years fielding press questions. Continue watching
Jan 05 Election Coverage Re-Examined CBS and NBC News announced yesterday they plan to change their election-night coverage in light of the bad calls made in the November presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Reel Women Anne Taylor Fleming considers the changing images of women in motion pictures. Continue watching
Jan 03 One Seattle Strike Ends Workers filed back into the newsroom at The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today, ending a six-week stint on the picket lines. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch A Wired World Business correspondent Paul Solman talks with a panel of experts about the effect of the Internet on daily life. Continue watching
Dec 21 Layoffs At Salon.com Tough times continue in the world of Internet news as the popular online news magazine Salon.com dropped 20 percent of its staff yesterday. The job cuts came along with a slashed operating budget. Also: APB News hangs on, despite fiscal… Continue reading