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Bloomberg hires Time deputy to lead BusinessWeek

Josh Tyrangiel, the deputy managing editor of Time magazine, will become editor of BusinessWeek when Bloomberg LP takes over the magazine next month.

Zambian editor cleared of pornography charges

A Zambian newspaper editor has been acquitted of pornography charges after she e-mailed officials photos of a woman giving birth unassisted to a baby who did not survive.

Washington Times editor Solomon resigns

John Solomon, the executive editor of The Washington Times, has resigned, the newspaper said Friday.

Las Vegas Sun managing editor to retire this year

The managing editor of the Las Vegas Sun says he'll retire next month.

Media rights group criticizes jailing of editor

An international media rights group has criticized a Kazakh court that upheld a three-year prison sentence against an editor convicted of publishing state secrets.

BusinessWeek's editor to step down

BusinessWeek editor-in-chief Stephen Adler plans to leave the magazine when Bloomberg LP takes over Dec. 1.

Third man convicted in slaying of magazine editor

A third man has been convicted in the killing of a PC World magazine editor during a home invasion robbery.

Baltimore Sun business editor killed in crash

Tim Wheatley, the business editor of The Baltimore Sun, was killed Monday morning in a car accident in which his 9-year-old daughter was seriously injured, police said.

Ohio editor Royhab retiring, led paper to Pulitzer

Ron Royhab, who helped lead The Blade to a Pulitzer Prize, will retire as the Toledo newspaper's vice president and executive editor.

Colo. newspaper editor hurt covering football game

A newspaper editor in Colorado is recovering from serious injuries after being hit while covering a high school football game.

Kazakhstan court refuses to free jailed editor

Kazakhstan's highest court refused Thursday to overturn a prison sentence for a newspaper editor in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation.

Maples resigns as Post-Dispatch managing editor

St. Louis Post-Dispatch managing editor Pam Maples has announced her resignation after nearly three years in the job. Her last day will be Aug. 18.

Transcript gives account of plan to kill editor

Two men indicted in the killing of an Oakland journalist and two other men joked as they planned the crimes then hugged after the journalist was killed, according to grand jury testimony.

Pa. AG upset with ex-editor's penalty in sex sting

State investigators who ramped up their use of sting operations to catch Internet child predators four years ago are frustrated by a judge who has refused to impose a stiffer penalty in a case against a former sports editor.

Editor spent 6 years nurturing our celeb addiction

In six years as editor in chief of Us Weekly, Janice Min often found herself zealously watching young women in airport lounges. She wanted to be sure they were reading her magazine cover to cover.

Min resigns after 6 years as Us Weekly editor

Janice Min, the editor in chief of Us Weekly for six years, is leaving the celebrity magazine to pursue "other opportunities."

Bishops, press lobby condemn editor's arrest

Zambia's Catholic bishops and the International Press Institute are condemning the arrest of an editor who illustrated the consequences of a health workers' strike by e-mailing officials photos of a woman giving birth in the streets of the capital.

DA won't seek death penalty in editor's murder

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for two men charged in several murders, including that of an Oakland journalist, Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff said Friday.

Canada's Globe and Mail replaces editor

The publisher of Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper says editor in chief Ed Greenspon is stepping down.

AP names editor for Africa regional desk

The Associated Press has appointed veteran correspondent Andrew Selsky to the new position of Africa Editor, overseeing coverage of sub-Saharan Africa.

Lloyd retiring July 1 as Grand Rapids Press editor

Grand Rapids Press editor Mike Lloyd will retire July 1 after 31 years as the paper's top news executive.

Gag order issued in Calif. editor's murder case

A judge in California has issued a gag order in the trial of two former community group members accused of killing three people, including an Oakland newspaper editor.

Scoop: OK! KOs celebrity-news focus

Declining sales and massive staffing changes at the top of OK!’s masthead have led to much speculation about the weekly’s odds for survival. Now comes evidence that OK! will no longer focus on celebrity news, but will transform into a lifestyle magazine that no longer attempts to compete with the likes of People and Us Weekly.

Grand jury transcripts sealed in Calif. slay case

A judge on Wednesday sealed the grand jury transcripts of a man who says he killed an Oakland journalist who was investigating a community group.

Montenegro court rules in 2004 editor slaying

A Montenegrin court has convicted a suspect in the 2004 slaying of a prominent opposition editor and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

The Vine
Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategy
Source: The Orange County Register

Same ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.

Mark Steyn: Obama makes Bush his blame czar
Source: The Orange County Register

It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

Mark Steyn: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain
Source: The Orange County Register

Scrapping of U.S. missile defense plans hands big victory to Russia's new czar.

New charges at Zambia porn trial
Source: BBC News

Two Zambian journalists have been charged with contempt of court after publishing an article in support of their news editor who is on trial. The journalists say charges against Chansa Kabwela - that she distributed obscene material - should be dropped.

RIP: Dominick Dunne: 1925-2009
Source: The Latest From VanityFair.com

Dominick Dunne, a best-selling author and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, died today at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. The cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son Griffin Dunne.

Axed Ted Nugent flipped out on paper; referenced Nazis
Source: Raw Story

excerpt: "" It all started when The Waco Tribune's new owners laid down an alternate set of rules for their editorial page. Number one, more conservative views will be expressed. Number two, no more being mean. (That's a paraphrase.) Ted did not like this. ""

"Only then, regale my eyes" - A New Challenge for Newsvine's Creative Community

I don't know if I have the exact quote or its author, but, I am going to say that the 18th Century writer and orator, Diderot, is responsible for: "Make me laugh, make me cry, break my heart; only then, regal my eyes."

Basic Xhtml Cheat Sheet UPDATED

I love to read people's comments on Newsvine, but it has become very difficult to understand the posts because many users are not including an indent or any editing when they post in html. I have worked to compile some basic editing tips in the chart to the right.

Lies, Broken Promises, Ignored Correspondence, and More - Top 10 Customer Service No No's
Source: Writers Weekley

If you own a professional writing or editing company, or if you're a freelance journalist or book author, or if your company serves writers, or if you're simply in business at all, there are 10 customer service blunders that can be fatal to your reputation and, ultimately, your b …

Does anybody actually edit the WashTimes ?
Source: Media Matters for America

Excerpt: "' A little thought about what CF highlighted earlier today, and how the WashTimes used photos of the Obama schoolchildren for a news article about schoolchildren being murdered in Chicago:

As a Professor, a Pragmatist About the Supreme Court
Source: The New York Times

Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama's knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court's decisions.

Editor in chief of Open Chemical Physics Journal resigns after controversial article on 9/11
Source: 911blogger.com

It has come to my attention that this link broke all of a sudden. --- So here is another url to read the same article.

Legendary editor Jim Bellows dies at 86
Source: The L.A. Times

Jim Bellows, a legendary editor who built a career resuscitating underdog big-city newspapers from Los Angeles to New York and helped turn Tom Wolfe and Jimmy Breslin into stars, has died. He was 86.

New York Times paid $1m to kill Kissinger cartoon
Source: AlterNet.org

The Henry Kissinger cartoon that never made it to the oped page of the New York Times. Instead the NYT paid $1million in kill fee.

IDE in the cloud: Mozilla Labs' browser-based IDE prototype
Source: Ars Technica

Mozilla Labs has launched a new open source project called Bespin that aims to build an interactive Web-based code editor.

What is it about the Clintons that sets Chris Matthews off?
Source: Media Matters for America

It really goes off the deep end, the out-of-left-field CRAP that often gets drummed into the ground on MSNBC. I am just thankful that Rachel Maddow is there to leaven the irrational mouth-foaming that just the mention of the Clintons seems to set off with Chris Matthews.

Edgelings.com » Editing Their Way to Oblivion: Journalism Sacrificed For Power and Pensions
Source: Pajamas Media

A very thoughtful piece by a working journalist on the "need to believe" of the editorial caste, which has led to the current pro Obama bias in the presidential campaign coverage

'St. Louis Post-Dispatch' Endorses Obama -- Hits Palin Pick: Total Score of Newspaper Endorsements is 12-9 Obama
Source: Editor & Publisher

Editor & Publisher reports that the St Loius MO Post Dispatch has endorsed Barack Obama for President in what could prove to be a key state for Obama to reach the needed total of delegates to win.

A Conservative for Obama - Former National Review Editor Endorsement
Source: dmagazine.com

Barack Obama is not my ideal candidate for president. (In fact, I made the maximum donation to John McCain during the primaries, when there was still hope he might come to his senses.) But I now see that Obama is almost the ideal candidate for this moment in American history.

Obama, McCain and the Op-Ed Page - The Public Editor - - Clark Hoyt - New York Times Blog
Source: The New York Times

Hoyt's reporting and his discussion here show us a lot about how to be balanced. He even talks about Moral Combat!

Times sub-editors respond to irate writer
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Some years ago, a colleague of ours had a T-shirt printed up with the legend "xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx is a @!$%#" on the front, which he wore every week when having to deal with the writer to whom it referred, because he, like you, became so disproportionately abusive when his use of la …

Washington Post Names Marcus Brauchli Executive Editor
Source: The Washington Post

Brauchli is formerly of the WSJ.

MacVim

Finally there is proper vim client for mac, which looks in many respect mac-like, although it might seem exaggerated to call it this way. Vim is very different kind of editor than the one we know.

Woman's Gang Memoir Is A Fake
Source: ABC News

A memoir by a white woman who claimed she was raised in poverty by a black foster mother and sold drugs for a gang in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood has turned out to be pure fiction, a newspaper report says.

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