
Myanmar holds off on press law following criticism
Myanmar journalists just getting used to their new era of freedom howled when the government announced plans for a media law that could lock many old ...

Rowling to UK govt: Don't let down hacking victims
Celebrities including J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged ...

Slow changes: A stroll through 4 papacies
In one of his last major public appearances before his death, Pope Paul VI sat on a throne atop a platform carried on the shoulders of 12 men as he ...
Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe
The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ...

Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy
A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group ...
Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy
A journalist has been charged by federal authorities with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ...

Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ...
UK phone hacking arrests at new media: Mirror
British police made four arrests for suspected phone hacking Thursday, the first time that top editors and journalists at the Mirror group have been ...

Mali media outlets go silent over editor's arrest
The airwaves in Mali's capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn't print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor ...
Azerbaijani editor sentenced to 9 years in jail
The editor of an independent Azerbaijani newspaper has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bribery in a trial dismissed by his supporters and ...

UK ex-policeman, prison officer sold info to paper
A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to a British tabloid belonging to Rupert Murdoch, pleading guilty ...

Kenya media self-censoring to reduce vote tension
It's the biggest news of the year in Kenya: A presidential election with huge potential for violence. Why then are the headlines so boring, the TV ...
Redknapp hits out at newspaper allegations
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp says newspaper allegations likening the squad's recent training camp in Dubai to a "stag party" are way off ...

GI's WikiLeaks admission energizes his supporters
While it may be a curious legal strategy, an Army private's decision to admit in court that he sent hundreds of thousands of classified documents to ...

Manning says he leaked secrets to spark war debate
After almost three years in custody, the soldier accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history said he did it because he wanted ...

NY Times, others back AP lawsuit against Meltwater
The Newspaper Association of America, the New York Times Co. and several other newspaper companies have filed papers in support of a lawsuit filed by ...
IHT to be rebranded International New York Times
The International Herald Tribune, one of the most enduring brands in journalism history, is getting a new name: The International New York Times.

British cardinal will skip upcoming papal conclave
In a season of startling change for the Catholic Church, the latest break with tradition was as unexpected as it was a wake-up call to the 115 men who ...
FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's ...
Dubai officials block Bahrain-based AP journalist
Two Bahrain-based journalists, including a reporter for The Associated Press, were blocked from entering the United Arab Emirates on Monday under ...
UK journalist won't be charged in hacking scandal
British authorities say a journalist won't be charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal. Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of now-defunct ...