Media Archive
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After Newtown, some shoppers think twice about violent video games
Posted on December 19, 2012 | No CommentsVia CNN For many families this holiday season, video games will come wrapped in colorful paper, ribbons and bows — and lots of questions. Inevitably, in the wake of the... -
Newspapers Focus More On Digital Properties As Online Advertising Sales Stall
Posted on June 7, 2012 | No CommentsVia The Huffington Post As more U.S. newspapers cut back on print to reduce costs and focus on their websites, a troubling trend has emerged: online advertising sales are stalling.... -
Associated Press Sues Idaho Over Viewing Access For Executions
Posted on June 7, 2012 | No CommentsVia The Huffington Post A legal challenge seeking full viewing access to Idaho executions will go before a federal appeals court Thursday, with The Associated Press and 16 other news... -
Growing access to foreign media is changing North Koreans’ worldview
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsFrom The Chicago Tribune The growing availability of news media and cellphones in reclusive North Korea likely forced it to admit within hours that its long-range rocket launch last month... -
Did the News Media Drive the Gay Marriage Debate?
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsFrom The New York Times Media Decoder Blog On the Fox News Channel on Wednesday afternoon, the anchor Shepard Smith played a clip of President Obama expressing his support for... -
Chinese media blackout of dissident’s escape ends with cryptic news reports
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsVia Poyner Chinese citizens who rely on state media would have been surprised to see a cryptic, three-line statement Tuesday saying someone named Chen Guangcheng had ”entered the U.S. Embassy... -
New York news site hires new people
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsFrom The Washington Post In March, Manhattan news site DNAInfo broke a big story about accused Upper East Side madam Anna Gristina. Media critics noted that the site had gotten... -
Navigating a Tightrope With Amazon
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsVia The New York Times Last Tuesday, Buzz Bissinger hopped the Amtrak train to Philadelphia from New York, where he had done a bit of publicity for “After Friday Night... -
News website DNAinfo sets up Chicago bureau
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsVia CNN DNAinfo, a hyper-local news operation backed by a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, is expanding into Chicago. The New York-based company, started in 2010 by Joe Ricketts, is... -
Who Is On The Secret NYPD Press Email List?
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsFrom Gothamist About an hour ago, the NYPD’s Department of Public Information (DCPI) accidentally CC’d their entire email list on a routine press release. Normally this list of about 230...