CAIRO (AP) — Police have fired tear gas to stop protesters from approaching the presidential palace in Cairo as tens of thousands take to the streets to demonstrate against the assumption of nearly absolute powers by the nation’s Islamist leader.The violence erupted when protesters pushed aside a barricade topped with barbed wire several hundred yards from the palace walls. Police fired tear gas, and then retreated. There were no immediate reports on casualties.Tuesday’s march comes amid rising anger over a hurriedly adopted draft constitution by President Mohammed Morsi’s allies and decrees giving him sweeping powers. Morsi called for a referendum on the draft constitution on Dec. 15.Continue Reading… … Read More
O’Reilly lies about Fordham
The lies came thick and fast when Bill O’Reilly took on the Ann Coulter at Fordham University story, one month late, on Monday night.”I didn’t know this, but Fordham University banned Ann Coulter,” O’Reilly began breathlessly. In fact, the reason O’Reilly “didn’t know this” is that it didn’t happen.Here’s what happened: Fordham College Republicans invited Coulter to speak. Fordham President Joseph McShane wrote a letter lamenting their choice but supporting their right to make it. The College Republicans wrote a letter announcing they’d earlier “rescinded” the Coulter invitation, before McShane’s rebuke, and lamenting that he hadn’t spoken to them before going public with his reservations. Dissident Fordham College Republicans wrote letters complaining that their club had cancelled Coulter, but none of them claimed she’d been “banned.” I wrote about all of this Nov. 9 when it happened, but it was a Friday night, and O’Reilly was probably otherwise occupied.Continue Reading… … Read More
Freedom of Speech – Google / CIA / Ford Foundation Style
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News Corp. To Shutter Its iPad Magazine, The Daily, on December 15th
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Rupert Murdoch’s less than two-year-old foray into digital-only publishing has officially come to an end with the news that The Daily, News Corp.’s iPad-only magazine, will cease publication on December 15th. Some of The Daily’s assets and 120 employees will transition over to other News Corp. entities; Jesse Angelo, its editor-in-chief, will serve as the new publisher of the New York Post.
Mr. Murdoch wrote in a press release:
From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment in digital publishing and an amazing vehicle for innovation. Unfortunately, our experience was that we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term. Therefore we will take the very best of what we have learned at The Daily and apply it to all our properties. Under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Col Allan and the business and digital leadership of Jesse, I know The New York Post will continue to grow and become stronger on the web, on mobile, and not least, the paper itself. I want to thank all of the journalists, digital and business professionals for the hard work they put into The Daily.
The news comes on the heels of downsizing that took place at the iPad mag this past summer, when it went from 170 employees to 120.
News Corp.’s brazen bet on an iPad-only format raised eyebrows when it was announced two years ago, and it may have been the mag’s inability to expand its audience within the cluttered app market that led to its demise.
While many seem saddened by the news, new media evangelists on Twitter have already taken to gloating. “How well did that pay wall religion work at The Daily,@rupertmurdoch?” tweeted CUNY journalism professor Jeff Jarvis. … Read More
Market Buzz: Investors bearish on news from Asia
Russian markets are likely to open in the black Monday on positive news from Asia and continued budget talks in the US.Read Full Article at RT.com … Read More
Alabama vs. Georgia LIVE UPDATES: 2012 SEC Championship Game
For the last six years, the BCS national champion has come from the Southeastern Conference. Five of those national champs won the SEC Championship game first. The 2012 SEC Championship Game features two teams with national title aspirations: The defending BCS champion No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide will take on the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs at the Georgia Dome. With Notre Dame waiting for the winner, the SEC title tilt is a de facto national semifinal. That’s the good news for these teams. The bad news? The loser could very well miss out on a BCS bowl all together.. Read More…
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