News Corp. Slowly Putting Phone-Hacking Scandal Behind It
Date: 30 June 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
Acquittal of former News Corporation executive Rebekah Brooks in phone-hacking case is only latest development in company's remarkable recovery from scandal; company has emerged largely unscathed after initial stumbles, with founder Rupert Murdoch's son James being promoted and split of News Corp and 21st Century Fox receiving warm welcome on Wall Street.
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Hot Spots, Anyone? Racy Preferred
Date: 30 June 2014
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Alessandra STANLEY
Alessandra Stanley observes that website Vice News, reporting branch of media organization known for swagger, raunchiness and appeal to young male audience, features raw but respectful coverage of serious news stories; says Vice's signature informal and intimate style is achieved by sending young reporters to hang out in dangerous, bizarre and exotic places.
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Life in Iraq Grinds On, Whoever Is in Charge
Date: 29 June 2014
By JAMES GLANZ
James GLANZ
News analysis; chaos in Iraq amid incursion by ISIS militants highlights decades-long struggle by average Iraqis to lead normal lives amid continuous upheaval and repeated occupations.
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For Email Newsletters, a Death Greatly Exaggerated
Date: 30 June 2014
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column explores surprising endurance of e-mail newsletters, artifact of the early internet that has experienced surge in popularity; notes that major media companies and smaller entities alike have found newsletters to be a reliable source of reader traffic and attention; argues that form is successful because it presents a concise unit of information amid the Internet's chaotic, endless stream.
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1939: Reporter Doesn’t Expect War
Date: 30 June 2014
By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
International TRIBUNE
From the International Herald Tribune archives: A correspondent argues Germany hasn’t enough raw materials to wage war in 1939.
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New NPR Chief, Jarl Mohn, Vows to Foster Diversity
Date: 30 June 2014
By ELIZABETH JENSEN
Elizabeth JENSEN
Jarl Mohn, incoming chief executive of NPR, intends to use experience gleaned from public radio in Los Angeles to address organization's failure to reach people of color; NPR has an overwhelmingly white staff and audience, though Southern California Public Radio, where Mohn was chairman, has a strong record of diversity.
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Photographers on the Front Lines of the Great War
Date: 30 June 2014
By CRAIG ALLEN
Craig ALLEN
A century after the start of World War I, the trail blazed – and lessons learned – by pioneering photojournalists on the front lines still resonate.
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