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Chicago Tribune Phil Rosenthal Media column: Is Oprah's era coming to an end?
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Nature magazine publishes scientists' work on mapping Chinese genome
SHENZHEN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The latest edition of the journal Nature reports on scientists' progress in mapping the Han Chinese genome. The scientific journal introduced the map of a Han Chinese individual, drawn up by about 120 scientists in themore
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, James Lileks column: It was almost a real shot in the arm this year
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New York Times Small Business Summit - Join Me!
If you are in the New York area,? I would? be thrilled if you would look me up at the upcoming? New York Times Small Business Summit . I will be there? most of the? day in the American Express OPEN Advice Center.? Ill be there to answer your questions.more
Scripps cuts 400 jobs, latest hit for US newspaper industry
EW Scripps Co. logo. US media company EW Scripps Co. announced on Friday it would cut 400 jobs as the weak advertising market inflicted another blow on the struggling US newspaper industry. (EW Scripps Co.) US media company EW Scripps Co. announced onmore
Newspapers pushed overboard in a perfect storm
Last week, New Yorkers queued at Grand Central Station to buy editions of the New York Times. Copies of the paper confirming Barack Obama's victory in the US Presidential elections were selling on eBay for $600. The printed word still resonates moremore
New York Times Wakes Up To Georgia's Unprovoked Invasion of South Ossetia
(LPAC)--Today's New York Times, months after the fact, has finally reported that the Aug. 7 invasion of South Ossetia by the Georgian military, was an unprovoked act, targeting innocent civilians, and foreign peacekeepers. Although Lyndon LaRouchemore
Hearst to Close Its Spinoff of O, the Oprah Magazine
The Hearst Corporation announced on Friday that it would shutter O at Home, a spinoff of its popular O, The Oprah Magazine, and word leaked of staff cuts at other Hearst magazines as the company grappled with the shrinking advertising market. The newsmore
Tribune has new Washington chief
Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. on Friday named Cissy Baker vice president in charge of its Washington news bureau, a prelude to other anticipated changes in the company's publishing, broadcasting and interactive operations in the nation'smore
Fortune Editor Chosen to Take Over at Money Magazine
Time Inc., the publishing company, named a new top editor of Money magazine on Friday, just as the company was about to downsize its magazine staffs to keep pace with flagging financial performance. Craig Matters, one of the highest-ranking editors atmore
Shakira named humanitarian of the year by US magazine
Latin pop star Shakira has been named 'Humanitarian of the Year' by the People en Espanol magazine for her work towards providing better health and education to needy children in South America. The US magazine's next edition, which lists the year's mostmore
Shakira named humanitarian of the year by US magazine
Latin pop star Shakira has been named 'Humanitarian of the Year' by the People en Espaol magazine for her work towards providing better health and education to needy children in South America. The US magazine's next edition, which lists the year's mostmore
Scripps cuts 400 jobs, latest hit for US newspaper industry
US media company EW Scripps Co. announced on Friday it would cut 400 jobs as the weak advertising market inflicted another blow on the struggling US newspaper industry. Scripps, which owns newspapers in 15 US markets and 10 television stations, also saidmore
Online now generating 80 per cent of operating profit, says Norwegian newspaper group
Schibsted, the Norway-based newspaper group, has reported that its online activities generated 80 per cent of its operating profit in a difficult third quarter. Despite worsening economic conditions and fears of a global recession, the pan-Europeanmore
USA Today Booklist, October 27-November 2: Naruto 32
The latest volume of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto (Viz Media) is once again the only manga selling well enough in the United States to make it onto the USA Today newspaper's list of the top 150 bestselling books during the week of October 27-November 2. Inmore
(Crains) Shari Redstone, daughter of media magnate Sumner Redstone, has resigned as chairman of Midway Games Inc. after being named to that post nearly a year ago. Ms. Redstone is president of National Amusements Inc. and said in a statement released Fri
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CORRECT Gannett Kept Quarterly Dividend Unchanged (DJ)
Gannett Inc. (GCI) announced last week that its board of directors elected to leave its quarterly dividend payment of 40 cents a share unchanged after the company previously said it would review the policy. (The story '=Scripps' Dividend Cut May Bemore
Newspapers Just Want To Be Loved
In the wake of Barack Obama?s victory in Tuesday's presidential election, people across the country rushed, in record numbers, to buy copies of Wednesday morning's newspapers. CJR spoke of the extraordinary sales figures on Thursday. But whilemore
Mondadori claims to sell ringtones for Apple iPhone
Check the Mondadori Shop multimedia store (a new online music store by Mondadori, the biggest Italian publisher) and, surprise, there are ringtones for sale for Apple's iPhone, Fabio M. Zambelli reports for setteB.IT. In September of 2007, Apple launchedmore
Hearst shutters O at Home
Hearst is shutting down O at Home and will wrap the magazine's content into its flagship publication, O, The Oprah Magazine. The last standalone issue of the quarterly publication will be Winter 2008, on newsstands November 25. Sarah Gray Miller, who hadmore