by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2011
TechCrunch’s Paul Carr Resigns
As iMediaEthics has written, TechCrunch's founder Michael Arrington resigned Sept. 12 after 11 days of TechCrunch's owner AOL/Huffington Post wavering on...
Media's Future
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2011
Canadian Judge Says Libel Rules Different Online versus Newspaper?
Is libel law different online than in print? Or, was a recent Canadian libel suit dismissed just because the comments...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
Journalists in the Locker Room?
Editor & Publisher questioned if "reporters belong in sports locker rooms" in a Sept. 20 post. The debate was in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 22, 2011
Ethiopian Journalists Arrested, Accused of Terrorism
Several reporters in Ethiopia made the news this month for being arrested or charged with crimes. One, Argaw Ashine, reportedly...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2011
Sorry we Said You Ran a Pill Mill
Jacksonville, Florida TV station First Coast News apologized Sept. 16 for inaccurately labeling a man named George H.G. Hall in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2011
Does Israel’s Press Council Have Power?
A Jerusalem Post editorial questioned the effectiveness of Israel's press council. As the Jerusalem Post explained, the council was created...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2011
RTVE Group Gets — and then Gives Up — Powers to Censor & Prior review Spanish Broadcaster
RTVE, Spain's public broadcasting network, almost lost editorial independence this week. Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that RTVE's "governing...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2011
UK news outlets Give Police Footage of Riots
The BBC, Sky and ITN have given "untransmitted footage" of the August 2011 riots in London to the police, Journalism.co.uk...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2011
Foreign Bribery Charges for News Corp.?
U.S. prosecutors are trying to find out about any "foreign bribery" charges for News Corp., Bloomberg reported earlier this week....