Teaching our children

2010-03-19T02:16:43Z

<div id="subtitle">NCLB knocked, U.S. risks falling behind, and concerns about sleepy students</div><div><p> There were a few items about education that caught our eye during the past week from The Washington Post and The New York Times that should make all of us question how children in this country are ...

New York Times CEO was paid $4.9 million in 2009

2010-03-16T12:32:55Z

<div id="subtitle">New York Times CEO got a compensation package worth $4.9 million in 2009</div><div><p>New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson got a compensation package worth roughly $4.9 million in 2009, according to an Associated Press

NY Times fires back at Wall Street Journal

2010-03-15T14:16:49Z

<div><p>The New York Times fired back on Monday against plans by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to compete against the respected daily with a New York edition of The Pentagon may review allegations Monday that a defense department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to track and kill suspected militants.</p><p>The New York Times reported Monday ...

Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online

2010-03-15T07:15:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Online news consumers have favorites, but little loyalty, and don't want to pay</div><div><p>Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.</p><p>That was one of several bleak headlines in the Project for Excellence in Journalism

Media heavyweights spar over charging for news online

2010-03-12T10:16:29Z

<div><p>With The New York Times and Rupert Murdoch poised to start charging for newspapers online, media heavyweights sparred on Thursday over whether readers will pay for news on the Web.</p><p>The Times plans to require payment for full access to NYTimes.com in early 2011 and Murdoch, who already charges for The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come," publisher Arthur Sulzberger said Thursday.</p><p>Sulzberger, speaking at the Bloomberg Businessweek 2010 Media Summit here, also said he has no intention of selling...

Senators probe Select Medical after report

2010-03-09T13:47:18Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is seeking information from long-term care hospital operator Select Medical Holdings Corp after a NYC for Boston</div><div><p>Irish tenor Ronan Tynan says he's leaving New York for Boston because he hasn't been able to find work in the months since a woman accused him of making an anti-Semitic remark.<...

HBO plans TV movie on 2008 financial meltdown

2010-03-04T14:45:30Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - HBO plans to make a television movie about the 2008 financial meltdown, based on the book "Too Big to Fail" by a New York Times journalist, the cable network said on Thursday.</...

Murdoch doubts N.Y. Times Slim sale speculation

2010-03-02T14:17:08Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said on Tuesday he didn't believe speculation that New York Times Co would be bought by Mexican billionaire

Harold Ford Jr. hoping for another opportunity

2010-03-02T06:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Ex-Rep. Ford says he hopes for another chance now that he's not weighing NY Senate race</div><div><p>Harold Ford Jr. says that even though he's decided not to run for U.S. Senate in New York, he hopes "another opportuni...

Wal-Mart agrees to buy movie service Vudu: report

2010-02-22T13:00:59Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy the Vudu movie service in a deal that puts the world's largest retailer in competition for online delivery of films with the likes of

Chinese schools deny link to Google attack

2010-02-20T19:00:38Z

<div><p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A prestigious Chinese university and a lesser-known vocational school have denied a report they were the source of recent cyber attacks on Internet giant Google and other U.S. corporations, New York Times executives expressed confidence Friday that a plan to start charging readers of the newspaper's website from next year will not result in a significant loss of traffic.</p><p>"We are, and have been for quite a long time, the largest newspaper-owned website in the world," said Martin Nisenholtz, the...

Games chiefs defend track after new criticism

2010-02-22T08:36:22Z

<div><p>Games chiefs insisted Thursday the luge track is safe following fresh criticism from the Georgian Olympic Committee that inadequate safety was to blame for the death of a young luger.</p><p>It follows previous concerns expressed by the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili and Georgian ...

Filmers of Iran protest death win Polk Award in NY

2010-02-22T09:21:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Unknown filmers of Iran protest death, NY Times writer kidnapped by Taliban win Polk Awards</div><div><p>The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen as winners of a

NY Times Co. 4Q profit triples as ad slump eases

2010-02-22T10:22:46Z

<div id="subtitle">New York Times Co. rides cost cuts, slower ad slide to highest quarterly profit since mid-2007</div><div><p>The New York Times Co. posted its highest quarterly profit in 2 1/2 years as the advertising drought eased at the end of 2009 and a steadily shrinking work force saved the newspaper publisher more money.</p><p&am...

Ad, circulation revenue comparison at NYTimes Co.

2010-02-22T10:20:56Z

<div id="subtitle">A comparison of advertising, circulation revenue at The New York Times Co.</div><div><p>Breakdown of fourth-quarter revenue at The New York Times Co.:</p><p>Advertising revenue fell 17.1 percent to $364 million among news media properties overall.</p><p>_ Down 14.1 percent to $251 mil...

New York Times ad outlook dim, shares fall

2010-02-22T10:22:43Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co &lt;NYT.N&gt; warned on Wednesday that print newspaper advertising will continue to decline, sending shares down nearly 9 percent, even as the company slashed costs to reach a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit.</p&g...

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