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Sudanese authorities arrested dozens of journalists Monday who gathered in front of the parliament building to protest state censorship, said eyewitnesses and those who were detained.

RUPERT Murdoch on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that newspapers are a dying breed, but the global medial mogul said the ideas of some editors and journalists were obsolete in the digital age.

A Russian court ruled Monday that the trial of three men accused of involvement in the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya should be open to the public.

The Moscow District Military Court made the ruling during a preliminary hearing after Politkovskaya's colleagues and the defendants both spoke in favor of an open trial.

Politkovskaya, who was slain in her Moscow apartment building in 2006, reported on human rights abuses in Chechnya, embarrassing the Kremlin.

Prosecutors say the man accused of pulling the trigger, Rustam Makhmudov, has fled the country. The suspects being tried on murder charges are Sergei Khadzhikurbanov _ a former Moscow police officer _ and Makhmudov's brothers, Ibragim and Dzhabrail.

CHICAGO Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Friday said it is "concerned" Morris Publishing Group may file for bankruptcy to reduce its debt.

CHICAGO Citing The McClatchy Co.'s high debt and shrinking revenue, a Morningstar report declares that the chain's slumping stock "could be worthless." Tom Corbett -- the Morningstar analyst who this summer ...

What city will be the first to lose its newspaper? Two small towns in Connecticut appear on their way to that distinction after Journal Register announced Monday that it will shutter The Bristol Press and The ...

In 1978, Michael Johnson, 8, took a trip to Washington D.C., from his Michigan home.

YARDLEY, Pa. Journal Register Company, the parent company of The Trentonian, noted that Editor & Publisher magazine's online edition erroneously reported that The New Haven Register and The Macomb Daily were ...

The Kansas City Star reports today that in a third round of recent cost cutting it will eliminate the jobs of approximately 50 staffers across all departments.

GENEVA, N.Y. Paul Barrett, who launched a weekly newspaper in Mississippi two years ago, is the new publisher of the Finger Lakes Times.

It's official. Tom Heslin, a presence at the Providence Journal for more than 25 years and the seeming heir-apparent since the retirement of Joel Rawson , has been appointed as the newspaper's executive editor.

Posted By: Jim Romenesko Memo to San Antonio Express-News employees November 13, 2008 Dear Colleague, This year has been another challenging year for our company.

Memo to St. Petersburg Times staff from executive editor Neil Brown November 13, 2008 To: All Staff We are ready for a major restructuring of our newsroom aimed at helping us capitalize on our position as Tampa ...

Business and trade journals are kind of the corporate law of journalism. You go to some fancy-pants J-School planning to leave and win a Pulitzer for exposing the tragic underpinnings of American homelessness ...

Newspaper publisher and broadcaster CanWest announced Wednesday it was cutting five per cent of its workforce across the country, or about 560 jobs, as part of its streamlining of operations.

Newspaper Guild release TRIBUNE CO. PLANS NEW ROUND OF JOB CUTS AT THE BALTIMORE SUN AS WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE NEWSPAPER GUILD FIGHTS TO SAVE POSITIONS Cuts are expected within days and will come just four months ...

MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network ...

The Center for Independent Media finally released a statement addressing the cuts to their news sites across the country, including the Minnesota Independent.

MONTREAL, Nov. 13 /CNW Telbec/ - Reporters Without Borders hails the release today of Shawan Dawodi, the editor of the weekly Hawal, as a result of an appeal court's decision earlier in the day to overturn the ...

An investment group has signed an agreement to purchase Blethen Maine Newspapers, which owns the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville ...