by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Blogger Crystal Cox must pay $2.5 Million Libel Fee in Oregon’s December Case
Blogger Crystal Cox was ordered to pay $2.5 million for a defamatory posting on her blog. The case brings up...
Media's Future
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2012
Another Press Council Bites the Dust? Manitoba Press Council Closes, Only Had 2-3 Annual Complaints ‘in recent years’
The Manitoba Press Council has begun the process of closing. According to a Jan. 2 article in the Brandon Sun,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2012
Wall Street Journal Europe’s Circulation Deal OK, says Auditor
The UK Audit Bureau of Circulation [ABC UK] found that Wall Street Journal Europe's arrangement with a Dutch company didn't...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2012
Court Rules BBC Doesn’t have to Give April Parade Footage to Police
A Northern Ireland court dismissed the call for the BBC to provide police with its footage from an April 2011 parade,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2012
Will German Newspaper Publish President’s Voicemail after claiming he tried to Block a story?
German president Christian Wulff apologized for his "angry call" to Bild's editor Kai Diekmann and described the call a "serious...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2012
Journalist Calls for Ethics in Sierra Leone Media
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon criticized Sierra Leone's press and called for a better media in an article for Sierra Express Media,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2012
India’s Vice President: Watchdog Journalism ‘Should be the Rule’
India's vice president Hamid Ansari said at a New Delhi journalism awards ceremony that watchdog journalism “should be the rule...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2012
Nigerian Newspaper Attacked, Says Attack was Retaliaton for Running Story Govt Didn’t Like
Nigeria's National Union of Journalists president Muhammed Garba weighed in on "recent attack on the Kano regional office of Media...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2012
PressTV Loses its OfCom License
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom "revoked the UK license of Iranian state broadcaster Press TV," Journalism.co.uk reported. According to Journalism.co.uk,...