Media Transparency

Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says

Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.

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Nov 14, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

WP, CBSNews, Newsweek add comments on stories

washingtonpost.com, CBSNews.com and Newsweek.com have all added comments to their news story pages in the past few months.

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Dec 11, 2006 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

News Sniffer site monitors BBC News edits

A new site called News Sniffer is monitoring the BBC News site and noting when it removes reader comment posts, as well as when it and several other sites edit news stories.

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Nov 2, 2006 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

NYT updates anonymous source policy

The New York Times has shifted toward a more flexible — and more realistic — approach to how it explains to readers why it is using an anonymous source. Details here.

Aug 10, 2006 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

Editors' blogs on mining story mistake

• "How the Rocky ended up with different front-page headlines," Editor's blog, Rocky Mountain News
• "A Night (And Morning) of Misinformation," CBS News' PublicEye blog
• "The Mine Story: From Good News to Bad," The Editor's Blog, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Jan 4, 2006 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

New York Times memo on blogging

The New York Times has launched a new blog as part of its new Red Carpet entertainment awards site and says more are in the works. In that context, Deputy Managing Editor Jonathan Landman sent a memo to the staff about The New York Times approach to blogging. "A blog is nothing more than a piece of technology... We’ll use the technology our way."

Here is the full New York Times memo on blogging:

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Dec 7, 2005 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS