http://www.mail.com/subjects/4344-newspapers.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/4344-newspapers.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2091718-subpoena-ap-records-revives-media-shield-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators — and the White House is endorsing the idea. The proposal wouldn't provide blanket protection for a journalist from having to reveal who ... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2091718-subpoena-ap-records-revives-media-shield-bill.html 2013-05-16T21:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turn-around from hedon... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html 2013-05-15T14:58:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084258-uk-editor-sun-charged-bribery.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's prosecutors say that a politics and government editor with The Sun tabloid has been charged over a conspiracy to pay thousands of pounds (dollars) worth of bribes to a press officer working in the British government's tax department. Prosecutors say The Sun paid bribes to press officer Jonathan Hall in return for information about ... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:41:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084258-uk-editor-sun-charged-bribery.html 2013-05-14T17:41:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2076650-newspaper-strike-hits-flamboyant-nigeria-publisher.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Known for bringing in celebrities and smiling in photographs next to former Western leaders, a flamboyant Nigerian newspaper publisher now faces a challenge from his most vocal critics — his own employees. Workers have barricaded the front of ThisDay newspapers in Lagos, hoping to force publisher Nduka Obaigbena into paying them as m... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:52:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2076650-newspaper-strike-hits-flamboyant-nigeria-publisher.html 2013-05-10T15:52:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2073732-ex-uk-police-officer-jailed-leaks-to-tabloid.html LONDON (AP) — A former British police sergeant has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for trying to sell details about a celebrity couple's daughter and other confidential information to The Sun newspaper. James Bowers was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office. Prosecutors said he passed information about three incidents... Thu, 09 May 2013 11:46:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2073732-ex-uk-police-officer-jailed-leaks-to-tabloid.html 2013-05-09T11:46:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059466-kurtz-leaves-dailybeast-retracted-blog-post.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Columnist Howard Kurtz left The Daily Beast on Thursday, the same day the website retracted one of his blog posts in which he mistakenly accused NBA player Jason Collins of hiding a previous engagement to a woman before declaring this week that he is gay. A person close to the matter said Kurtz was fired because this was the latest in a... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:11:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059466-kurtz-leaves-dailybeast-retracted-blog-post.html 2013-05-03T00:11:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054812-circulation-numbers-10-largest-newspapers.html The top 10 U.S. newspapers by average weekday circulation October through March. The figures include digital editions such as those on tablet computers or restricted websites as well as branded editions, which include regional editions or those tailored for commuters. 1. The Wall Street Journal — 2,378,827 (includes 898,102 digital editions) ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:29:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054812-circulation-numbers-10-largest-newspapers.html 2013-04-30T22:29:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054802-digital-fees-pay-2-top-selling-newspapers.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Wall Street Journal remains the top-selling U.S. daily newspaper, but The New York Times has surpassed USA Today for second, thanks to an expansion into digital subscriptions, according to a report released Tuesday by an industry group. The Journal's weekday circulation averaged 2.38 million from October through March, the period cover... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054802-digital-fees-pay-2-top-selling-newspapers.html 2013-04-30T22:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2052624-apnewsbreak-ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-book-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday that Cuomo will write "a full and frank account" about his private life and the "profound moments" of his first term in office, including signing gay-marriage legislation. Financial terms of t... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:15:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2052624-apnewsbreak-ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-book-deal.html 2013-04-30T04:15:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2052098-uk-guardian-newspapers-twitter-feeds-hacked.html LONDON (AP) — The Guardian newspaper said Monday that its Twitter accounts have been hacked, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The British paper reported on its website that several of its feeds on the social media site were broken into over the weekend. It said that it has since discovered th... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:57:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2052098-uk-guardian-newspapers-twitter-feeds-hacked.html 2013-04-29T21:57:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050498-huffington-post-to-launch-german-edition.html BERLIN (AP) — The Huffington Post is expanding further with a German language edition, putting new pressure on media companies in Europe's largest economy as they struggle with newspaper closures and try to introduce online pay walls. The online news portal said Monday it is partnering with Tomorrow Focus AG, a division of Germany's Burda Media group, to ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:56:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050498-huffington-post-to-launch-german-edition.html 2013-04-29T17:56:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a local court. But many of her colleagues don't believe it. The man convicted of the crime was tortured into a confession, they allege.... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html 2013-04-28T20:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The hacked-up bodies of a photojournalist and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, authorities said Thursday. Photographer Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, 22, had recently been hired to cover social events for Vanguardia, the paper said in a story in its online edition. Officials identified the other man ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html 2013-04-25T23:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045158-york-times-posts-sharp-1q-profit-decline.html NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times Co. reported a sharp decline in its first-quarter earnings on Thursday mainly because businesses it sold last year were not included in the latest results. The company earned $3.1 million, or 2 cents per share, in the January-March period. That's down 93 percent from $42.1 million, or 28 cents per share, in the same peri... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:16:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045158-york-times-posts-sharp-1q-profit-decline.html 2013-04-25T20:16:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition provocateurs were firebombing Cuban-run neighborhood health clinics across the country in revenge. More than a week later, a national dispute is raging as the opposition wages a remarkably s... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html 2013-04-24T21:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041376-reporter-murdochs-sun-charged-bribery.html LONDON (AP) — A senior reporter at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper is being charged with conspiring to pay 23,000 pounds (roughly $35,000) in bribes in return for tips about the royal family, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Sun's Chief Royal Correspondent Duncan Larcombe is alleged to have conspired with employees of Sandhurst — Britain's prestigious m... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:14:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041376-reporter-murdochs-sun-charged-bribery.html 2013-04-24T13:14:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038500-social-media-editor-enters-plea-hacking-case.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A social media editor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous to gain access to the Los Angeles Times' website and change the headline on a December 2010 story. Matthew Keys, 26, made his first appearance in federal court since he was charged last month. Keys is charged with giving the hacking gr... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:25:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038500-social-media-editor-enters-plea-hacking-case.html 2013-04-24T00:25:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037364-reuters-editor-charged-with-hacking-was-fired.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Reuters deputy social media editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story said Monday he had been fired. His dismissal came the day before 26-year-old Matthew Keys was scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time on the felony charges. His attorneys say he plans to plead not guilty. Federal... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:59:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037364-reuters-editor-charged-with-hacking-was-fired.html 2013-04-23T04:59:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032574-usa-today-founder-neuharth-dies-florida-89.html COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Critics dubbed USA Today "McPaper" when it debuted in 1982, and they accused its founder, Al Neuharth, of dumbing down American journalism with its easy-to-read articles and bright graphics. Neuharth had the last laugh when USA Today became the nation's most-circulated newspaper in the late 1990s. The hard-charging founder of USA ... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:27:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032574-usa-today-founder-neuharth-dies-florida-89.html 2013-04-20T01:27:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2032158-ebert-links-to-urbana-remained-tight.html URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Michael Esteves wakes up every day in the spot Roger Ebert called the center of the universe, and it isn't Chicago, New York or Cannes. Esteves owns the place, in fact. He has since 2005, when he bought the two-bedroom home in Urbana where the late movie critic grew up, writing once that it was the best possible place, the hub of it al... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:08:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2032158-ebert-links-to-urbana-remained-tight.html 2013-04-19T20:08:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html LONDON (AP) — The Sun newspaper's executive editor was charged Thursday with authorizing bribes to a government official, making him one of most senior journalists to be caught up in Britain's sprawling media ethics scandal. Fergus Shanahan is accused of authorizing one of his journalists to make two payments totaling 7,000 pounds ($10,700) to an unidenti... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html 2013-04-18T15:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the nation's presidency to disrupt opposition parties. The charges are a sign of growing government pressure on the media. Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe face 10 counts of forgery after the dail... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:23:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html 2013-04-16T17:23:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2022296-online-nonprofit-insideclimate-news-wins-pulitzer.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a sign of a rapidly changing media world, a relatively unknown New York-based online nonprofit news site joined some of the country's most well-known media outlets in claiming a Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism. InsideClimate News won the Pulitzer Monday for national reporting for its reports on problems in the regulation... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:09:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2022296-online-nonprofit-insideclimate-news-wins-pulitzer.html 2013-04-16T11:09:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021208-denver-post-wins-pulitzer-coverage-massacre.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Denver Post won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., while The New York Times captured four awards for reporting on a harrowing avalanche, the rise of a new aristocracy in China and the business practices of Apple and Wal-Mart. The Associated Press received the award in breaking ne... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:24:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021208-denver-post-wins-pulitzer-coverage-massacre.html 2013-04-16T01:24:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017604-ex-ap-writer-mcarthur-who-covered-vietnam-dies.html Born in the Deep South and caught up in the romance of journalism at an early age, George McArthur was not one to let social taboos or politics interfere with a good story. As a campus reporter for the local newspaper, covering civil rights and racial tensions at the University of Georgia, he was called a "communist" by the state's segregationist governor... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:35:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017604-ex-ap-writer-mcarthur-who-covered-vietnam-dies.html 2013-04-13T15:35:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2009220-cookie-monster-elmo-times-square-trouble.html NEW YORK (AP) — Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs. Times Square is crawling with entrepreneurs who dress up as pop-culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with visitors to the big city. But some of t... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:44:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2009220-cookie-monster-elmo-times-square-trouble.html 2013-04-09T22:44:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2004634-newspaper-revenue-fell-2-pct-to-386b-2012.html ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The newspaper industry's revenue declined at its slowest pace in six years, as publishers turned to new businesses and raised more money from online subscriptions. The industry's total revenue in 2012 fell 2 percent to $38.6 billion from $39.5 billion in 2011, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Online subscriptions he... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2004634-newspaper-revenue-fell-2-pct-to-386b-2012.html 2013-04-08T04:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003756-fashion-designer-lilly-pulitzer-dies-81.html MIAMI (AP) — Lilly Pulitzer hosted parties in her bare feet and wasn't afraid to get a little messy — just as long as she looked good and had fun, too. In the late 1950s, the Palm Beach socialite had time to spare and a wealthy husband who owned citrus groves, so she opened an orange juice stand just off the island's main shopping street. Pulitzer needed ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003756-fashion-designer-lilly-pulitzer-dies-81.html 2013-04-08T01:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2001450-ebert-willingness-to-adapt-to-media.html CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the competition and the night bellied up to the bar swapping stories. Then newspapers fell on hard times, either laying off huge chunks of their staffs or disappearing altogether. But Ebert didn't... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:30:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2001450-ebert-willingness-to-adapt-to-media.html 2013-04-05T20:30:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1998856-ebert-nations-best-known-film-critic-dies-70.html CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood. With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film. The heavy-set writer in the horn-rimmed glasses teamed up on television with Gene Siskel to create a format for criticism that p... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:09:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1998856-ebert-nations-best-known-film-critic-dies-70.html 2013-04-05T01:09:22Z