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A former New York Times distributor has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding the newspaper company out of $334,000.
The New York Times News Service, which repackages Times stories for other media outlets, is laying off at least 25 employees.
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Barack Obama is renowned for his ability to respond with cool eloquence to tough questions on virtually any subject — but when a New York Times reporter asked him and first lady Michelle Obama how it’s possible to have an equal marriage when one of them is president of the United States, his smooth stream of discourse came to a screeching halt.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eight years, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
doesn't even open until Oct. 28, yet thanks to pre-sale sell-outs, it's already being called the best-selling concert film of all time. Director Kenny Ortega told Entertainment Weekly that the film celebrates the late singer's life rather than mourning his death. It contains rehearsal footage, backstage interviews and even 3-D. Will Jackson’s fans find the experience to be a “Thriller”? Time will tell. (Opens Oct. 28)
The New York Times is trying to lure more readers and advertisers by launching regional editions with extra stories in major U.S. markets. Yet the newspaper is also cutting newsroom jobs to save money.
The newspaper industry's advertising sales have been sliding at a rapid rate, pulled down by the worst recession in 70 years and a marketing shift to less expensive alternatives on the Internet.
The New York Times Co. cushioned the blow from another big drop in advertising in its latest quarter by shedding more payroll and collecting more money from newspaper subscribers.
The New York Times said Monday it will cut 100 newsroom jobs and an unspecified number elsewhere amid industrywide declines in advertising revenue.
Can Hilary Swank find success in a film where she’s not either a tomboy or an actual boy? In Swank takes on the role of famous aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while trying to fly around the world. The film looks at her adventurous spirit and her great loves (played by Ewan McGregor and Richard Gere). (Opens Oct. 23)
Quick, what pairs well with feminism, guns and The New York Times?
The New York Times is getting a jump on The Wall Street Journal in their battle to capture more readers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation's oldest food magazine, and three other money-losing titles as the high-end publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump.
Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he will not resign, even as a watchdog group raised questions about whether he improperly tried to appease his mistress' husband with a lobbying job and made phone calls on behalf of the man's clients.
The New York Times told its main union this week that it is open to offering voluntary buyouts in a move that could avert additional layoffs as the newspaper seeks to further cut costs.
Bluntly confronting Iran, President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain accused the Islamic republic Friday of clandestinely building an underground plant to make nuclear fuel that could be used to build an atomic bomb.
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC says it has sold part of its 20 percent stake in The New York Times Co., but still considers the company a core holding.
Major League Baseball will not punish Alex Rodriguez after completing its investigation into whether he lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times reported Saturday.
A New York Times reporter taken hostage in Afghanistan and rescued by British commandos Wednesday told his editors that the situation in the Taliban hide-out where he was held had been growing more ominous.
BRITISH-IRISH JOURNALIST: New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell and his Afghan translator, Sultan Munadi, are taken captive in the northern province of Kunduz on Sept. 5, 2009, when they go to cover a German-ordered airstrike that caused a number of civilian casualties. British commandos raid the hide-out where they're held, freeing Farrell, but Munadi dies in the rescue. A British service member is also killed.
About 50 Taliban militants died in a battle in western Afghanistan after an insurgent ambush killed three U.S. troops, an Afghan official said Sunday.
The U.S. government has hauled in about $4 billion in profits from large banks that have repaid their obligations from last year's federal bailout, The New York Times reported Sunday.
A year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee in late 2007, keeping him awake for six straight days with permission from government lawyers.
The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.
The Big Squander: How The Feds Lost an Opportunity on the AIG BailoutEarlier this week, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a k a, the bank bailout fund, released his report on the 2008 rescue of the American International Group, the insurer.
Just because it's on Twitter, it (still) isn't trueContrary to those who blame the Internet for, well, everything - in this case, our willingness to believe pretty much anything - don't blame it for our love for hoaxes.
BBC News - Afghan corruption a political obstacleThe problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.
NYT derisive over Jewish claims to Temple MountIn its Nov. 15 edition, the New York Times features a lengthy article by Jerusalem correspondent Isabel Kershner about publication of a book by Israeli and Palestinian scholars of Jewish and Muslim claims to Temple Mount.
Editorial - Dr. No and the Wounded Veterans - NYTimes.comSen. Tom Colburn has been holding up much needed funds for our vets. Does this man have to hold up every piece of legislation?
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | The 'It-is-not-us' syndromeA couple of months ago, I wrote a column in praise of certain Pakistani pop stars and bands, arguing that there are a fair number of songs that display political consciousness and a related sense of responsibility.
The Sleazy Advocacy of a "Liberal Hawk"Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald uses his column today to highlight an important New York Times story about so-called "liberal hawk" Peter Galbraith.
Columnists for the New York Times have enormous power of persuasion in their writing but more significantly their impact simply comes from the unique pedestal the paper offers to get an audience of millions worldwide.
Comparing Fox and CNN Through a Funhouse MirrorOnce you've given up trying to defend the idea that Fox News' "Fair and Balanced" slogan can be understood as anything other than irony, the fallback position is generally that everyone else is just as biased.
Gawker Endorsement: Don't Vote for BloombergTomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don't vote for Michael Bloomberg.
Freelance War Reporter Accuses Times of Lying About Taliban BribesHoping that this is not true. We will see.
Too Hot to Handle: The New Yorker Magazine Censors the Word 'Censored' in Report Criticizing Israel!"Censored NY Times Cartoon," the true story behind how the New York Times reneged on running a cartoon critical of Israel, was scheduled to appear in the special November 2 cartoon edition of the New Yorker.
Walkom: Afghanistan sacrifices may have been in vain - thestar.comWhere does the war in Afghanistan go? My sense is that it is finally beginning the long and drawn-out process toward an inglorious end. For Canada, this would mark the finish of the longest – and the least considered – war that this country has ever fought.
John Tantillo's Winner and Loser of The Week: Fox News and The Global Warming MovementFox is leading CNN in the ratings. Is this a product of how they have handled the Obama Administration's reaction to their channel?
Circulation gives New York Times a rosy glow - Times OnlineAdvertising revenue fell by 30 per cent at the New York Times Company but the media group exceeded overall revenue and profit forecasts for the third quarter after cost cutting and higher cover prices, sending its shares up sharply.
World Net Daily Loves Providing Anonymity -- Even to TerroristsWND is only one of the "sources" for disinformation that is fueling the hate and lies that has the rightwingnuttery marching off to Wackadoodlestan.
Paul Krugman New York Times Op-Ed Columnist - A Hatchet Job So Bad It's GoodIn the past, the insurance industry's power has been a major barrier to health-care reform. Most notably, the industry paid for the infamous "Harry and Louise" ads that helped kill the Clinton plan. But times have changed.
Man held in 1968 hijacking to appear in courtMore than four decades after he hijacked a jetliner from New York to Cuba, Luis Armando Pena Soltren was arrested at the same airport upon his return from exile, authorities said.
Rachel Maddow: John Ensign Did Have Contact With Doug Hampton on Lobbying Mattersexcerpt: "" From The Rachel Maddow Show Oct. 7, 2009. Yet another shoe drops on Sen. John Ensign. We just had the news on Tom Coburn apparently negotiating bribes for Sen. Ensign, and now this.
Greenwald Film on Afghanistan Destroys the Logic of the War, Leading the New York Times to WhinePerhaps more than any other major corporate news outlet, The New York Times played a central role in promoting the Bush administration's fraudulent case for the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
The Politics of Spite - NYTimes.comThe entire Republican strategy centers on the firmly held belief that only a Republican is allowed to lead this country. Any Democratic President is, by definition, illegitimate and must be vilified, undermined, and ultimately removed from office, one way or the other.
Safire PassingWilliam Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop's treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md., on Sunday.
The Ultimate Media Marriage: Comcast and NBC? The Stuff of Nightmares.You think you've seen conflicts of interest with Disney owning ABC? You ain't seen nothing yet. Imagine the same people who brought you Comcast just sort of ... massaging the media message in favor of their own corporate strategy.
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