MediaShift Opinion January 31, 2011 By Kat Aaron The newspaper industry has been buffeted by the advent of the Internet, but it would be unwise of them, says journalist Kat Aaron, to stand by without fighting for net neutrality and a free and open Internet. -db Tagged:
The New York Times Magazine Commentary January 26, 2011 By Bill Keller The New York Times’ editor-in-chief writes that while he opposes the U.S. government’s initiatives to prosecute WikiLeak’s founder Julian Assange and pass new laws to punish those disseminating classified information, WikiLeaks was a news source and not a partner or collaborator.
The former CIA officer accused of leaking classified documents to The New York Times has pleaded not guilty — and his lawyer lashed out at the government for failing to go after a reporter and publisher. -sdl The Associated Press Jan. 14, 2011 By Matthew Barakat Associated Press
Up against Times v. Sullivan and the cost of a lawsuit of some duration, lawyers are reluctant to take up libel suits against national publications. -db ABA Journal October 1, 2010 By Ed Finkel During his 30 years as a lawyer for the New York Times Co., George Freeman says, the “Gray Lady” faced four to five new libel suits per year, on average, and has had maybe eight pending against it at any one
For the first time, the New York Times admitted that they will be forced to suspend its printed edition sometime in the future. -db Business Insider Commentary September 8, 2010 By Henry Blodget At a conference in London, Arthur Sulzberger Jr conceded that someday the New York Times Company will be forced to stop publishing a printed paper.* This sounds obvious, but it’s a big deal. The economics of the online news business will not