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WSJ Hacked by China, Too
 WSJ Hacked by China, Too 
Feb 1, 2013 8:34 AM CST

WSJ Hacked by China, Too

Bloomberg News was also a target

(Newser) - It looks like Chinese hackers set their sights on more than one major US newspaper. On the heels of Wednesday night's announcement that the New York Times was infiltrated by hackers, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that it, too, was breached. While the Journal has been subject to...

Chinese Hackers Crack NY Times

Nab staff passwords over 4 months of attacks

(Newser) - The New York Times has weathered four months of online attacks by Chinese hackers, the paper reveals . Following Times reporting on the wealth of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao's family, hackers were able to enter the newspaper's computer systems, diving into the email accounts of two Asia bureau chiefs....

Media: Romney Charged Us $1K a Day for Travel

News outlets fight 'exorbitant' trail bills

(Newser) - Major news organizations are fighting what they say are exorbitant prices charged by Mitt Romney's campaign for reporters' travel expenses including food and transportation. Outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today have told the campaign they will be contesting charges that topped $1,000...

SNL Open Honors Conn. Victims
 SNL Honors Conn. Victims 
Dec 16, 2012 7:03 AM CST

SNL Honors Conn. Victims

New York Children's Chorus sings 'Silent Night'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live shelved the jokes for last night's Cold Open, opting instead to let the kids do the talking in the wake of Friday's Connecticut school shooting : The show opened with the voices of the New York Children's Chorus singing "Silent Night" without accompaniment, reports...

Obama Declares Big Banks Too Big to Jail
 Obama Declares Big Banks Too Big to Jail
OPINION
Dec 12, 2012 1:14 PM CST

Obama Declares Big Banks Too Big to Jail

Decision not to prosecute bank's money laundering sparks outrage

(Newser) - The Obama administration officially bought into the idea that big banks are "too big to jail" yesterday, by deciding to fine HSBC instead of criminally prosecuting its vast money laundering operation—which funneled cash to Mexican drug cartels and Saudi banks with ties to al-Qaeda. The stated reason? The...

Bloomberg Considers Buying Financial Times

Speculation rampant that venerated paper will soon be available

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg is doing some serious soul searching about the possibility of buying the Financial Times, sources close to the mayor tell the New York Times . "It's the only paper I'd buy," he allegedly told one associate, and others say that lately he's taken to...

Reporting Overseas: Why It's Worth Dying For

Bill Keller talks about the importance of international reporting

(Newser) - While reading a piece on the death of ambassador Chris Stevens recently, New York Times columnist Bill Keller hit on a line that hit rather close to home. The death was described as "the occasional price of a noble but risky profession." For a Times veteran, that sounded...

Fieri Fires Back at NYT Critic

Says Pete Wells' scathing review was "so overboard"

(Newser) - Celeb chef Guy Fieri and restaurant critic Pete Wells are in a veritable food fight over the latter's widely read review of the former's Times Square restaurant. In an interview with NBC's Today Show , Fieri says the review wasn't fair, since the establishment had only been...

Today's Best Read: NYT's Review of Guy Fieri's Eatery

Pete Wells' takedown of the restaurant is, in a word, amazing

(Newser) - If you haven't seen the New York Times' review of Guy Fieri's new Times Square restaurant on your Facebook feed today ... well, you probably haven't checked Facebook yet. Pete Wells' evisceration of Guy's American Kitchen & Bar is generating more than a little buzz, and for...

20% of NYT.com Traffic Yesterday? Nate Silver's Blog

FiveThirtyEight says Obama has a huge chance of winning

(Newser) - The New York Times is probably pretty grateful for Nate Silver right now: His controversial FiveThirtyEight blog accounted for 20% of all visits to the newspaper's site yesterday, the New Republic reports. Silver, who has a host of fervent supporters and detractors, got attention with his final election forecast...

Nate Silver: Why I&#39;m Right
 Nate Silver: Why I'm Right 
OPINION
Nov 2, 2012 12:39 PM CDT

Nate Silver: Why I'm Right

Polling guru explains why his argument is the simplest

(Newser) - Barack Obama's odds of victory ticked up to 80.9% today in Nate Silver's projection model, a fact unlikely to sit well with Silver's growing legion of Republican detractors. While no one is arguing that Mitt Romney is the favorite, some—like Joe Scarborough—are arguing the...

Sandy Already Costing Billions: Everything's Closed

Plus: banks, newspapers temporarily waive fees

(Newser) - Hurricane Sandy is already making a serious dent in the US economy: All kinds of businesses in its path have closed. "Business interruption is the biggest impact, at least until we see what happens in terms of property damage," which could cost some $15 billion, says an analyst....

China Blocks NY Times Site for 'Smearing' Leader

Report on Wen Jiabao's wealth angers Beijing

(Newser) - China has blocked the New York Times' website and all searches for "New York Times" on microblogs, accusing it of smearing Wen Jiabao with a story about the immense wealth his family has amassed during his reign as prime minister. A foreign ministry spokesman said the report "blackens...

New York Times Issues Silliest Correction Ever

Apparently, militants like fruity drinks

(Newser) - The elite journalists at the New York Times want to make sure they get it right every time—even when it comes to, say, an alleged militant's taste in fruity beverages. The Times ran a surreal interview this morning with Ahmed Abu Khattala, who officials suspect helped lead the...

Jerry Seinfeld in 'Really?' Spat With NYT TV Critic

Comedian's letter to the editor gets prominent placement

(Newser) - It's not every day that a letter to the editor makes headlines, but it's not every day that Jerry Seinfeld writes a letter to the editor. Seinfeld took issue with an article by New York Times television critic Neil Genzlinger yesterday, in which Genzlinger lamented the overuse of...

Former Times Publisher Sulzberger Dead at 86

Arthur O. ran paper for more than 30 years

(Newser) - Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger has died at age 86, and the Times has a lengthy obituary here about the man it says "transformed" the paper his grandfather bought in 1896. Sulzberger took over in 1964 and ran the newspaper for more than three decades, emphasizing...

Times Reporter Leaked Dowd Column to CIA

Mark Mazzetti did so without her knowledge, paper says

(Newser) - The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has brought to light a media flap that could prove embarrassing to the New York Times. National security reporter Mark Mazzettii of the Times emailed an advance copy of a Maureen Dowd column to the CIA last year, complete with the plea, “this...

Barry Diller's IAC Grabs About.com for $300M

New York Times Company to unload business it bought for $400M

(Newser) - The New York Times Company is shedding About.com and its sister sites, and they're being snapped up by Barry Diller's IAC. The Times Company had earlier considered a $275 million bid by Answers.com, but will instead sell the About network to IAC for some $300 million...

BBC Head Named New NYT Chief

Mark Thompson's hire signals Times ' multimedia plans

(Newser) - The New York Times has a new boss—Mark Thompson, the head executive of the BBC, reports the Boston Globe . Thompson is set to take over the Gray Lady in November as president and CEO, taking over from Janet Robinson, who was ousted from the Times last December. "It...

NYT Launches Chinese Website

Times ' microblog accounts go offline, spurring rumors of gov't censorship

(Newser) - The New York Times launched a Chinese-language edition yesterday, along with accounts on a number of Chinese microblogging sites, joining the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and several other major newspapers trying to get a piece of the huge China market, reports the AP . It quickly racked up 10,...

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