News Media
The American print and TV media have never been very good. These days they are horrible.

GlobalPost: A startup treads where big media retreat
Journalists can't resist "man-bites-dog" stories. Here's an example of one they'll find irresistible: Even as media companies shed revenue and staff in ever-growing numbers, a new company will spring to life Jan. 12 that will employ about 80 journalists with the un-modest aim of covering the world.

Player that reaches into a hard drive and pulls out media
Seagate's FreeAgent Theater HD media player taps into a portable hard drive to put video, photos and music on a television set.

Palin has had enough, blasts media for reporting 'non-issues'
On Thursday afternoon, Palin's office issued a news release, accusing the news media of pursuing erroneous and often outrageous leads on a variety of non-issues.

China Consumer Confidence At Six-year Low - State Media
BEIJING (AFP)--China's consumer confidence is at its lowest in six years, with people tightening their belts due to the global crisis, state media said Friday.

Rights Group Urges World Bank, Donors To Prod Vietnam On Media
HANOI (AFP)--U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch called Friday on the World Bank and donor nations to Vietnam to press the communist government to stop criminalizing journalists and allow a free media.

Sun-Times Media To Close 12 Weeklies
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. plans to close 12 weekly newspapers in suburban Chicago and has asked its union employees to take a cut in compensation as part of cost-cutting measures brought on by declining advertising revenue.

Media groups want Neb. cemetery records released
Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society's fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The organizations filed a "friend of the court" brief supporting a...

Chip maker aims to connect home media
Silicon Image Inc, the chip maker that helped create a widely adopted digital data transmission standard, on Thursday announced a new technology that will let users play and control their digital media on any screen in the house.

PlanetOut, Here Networks and Regent Entertainment Media Announce Merger to Create Here Media Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT) announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to combine with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. PlanetOut serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community through its websites, Gay.com and PlanetOut.com.

Consumers Union Acquires Gawker Media?s Consumerist.com
Consumers Union (CU), an independent publisher of Consumer Reports magazine and ConsumerReports.org, has purchased Consumerist.com from Gawker Media.

Wurld Media's Saxton released from jail
Order for release pending appeal comes hours after conviction BALLSTON SPA ? In a surprising turn of events, a state appellate judge ordered former Wurld Media Inc. executive Richard Saxton released from jail Thursday afternoon, only hours after he was led away in handcuffs from a Saratoga County courtroom.Saxton, 60, was sentenced Thursday morning to six months in county jail and five years' ...

Media asked to avoid troubled estate
Elders at the troubled Rosemeadow housing estate in Sydney's south-west say the media should avoid the area.

Kenya media welcomes law review
The Kenyan media cautiously welcomes President Mwai Kibaki's review into a contentious media law, just days after he signed the bill.

How social media is changing the way we do business
Columnist Jon Lansner reports on Social Media from Consumer Electronics Show

Tech Guru Talks New Media
New media darling Chris Brogan is a man in demand. Panasonic is paying for him to be at CES, but thousands follow his online opinions about all things digital. Brogan talked exclusively to Eyewitness News' Dave Courvoisier .

Sun-Times Media To Close 12 Weeklies
CHICAGO (AP) â?• Sun-Times Media Group Inc. plans to close 12 weekly newspapers in suburban Chicago and has asked its union employees to take a cut in compensation as part of cost-cutting measures brought on by declining advertising revenue.

Media centre slams killing of Lankan editor
DOHA: The Doha Centre for Media Freedom has expressed outrage over the murder of Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickrematunga (pictured), who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Colombo yesterday.

Bradley meets the media and is all smiles - for now
Neil Hayes: Milton Bradley donned a Cubs uniform and spoke to the media for the first time at a Wrigley Field news conference on Thursday.

Media should offer Bush a mea culpa
Media should offer Bush a mea culpa Plain Talk By Al Neuharth, USA TODAY Founder Next weekend, it will be all about the inauguration of new President Barack Obama. This weekend, it's appropriate to pause and reflect on President George...