ReadWriteWeb:
Here is this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is (Read More)
TechCrunch:
I’d probably feel slightly smug, if I didn’t feel so sick.Smug that after two weeks of me suggesting that social media might not be an unequivocally Good Thing in terms of privacy and human decency, the news has delivered the (Read More)
Submitted by reechard
from Google Reader:
AP Photo The alleged Fort Hood gunman had revealed a hard-line Islamist streak to acquaintances in the Muslim Community Center that he made his mosque. The Daily Beast's Asra Q. Nomani reports.Not lo (Read More)
Huffington Post:
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country's official news agency reported (Read More)
The Guardian:
After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' – including Mark ThatcherThe statements had a certain similarity. Sir Mark Thatcher and Lon (Read More)
Submitted by patronusanalytical
from Google Reader:
Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) â" Cuban authorities should
cease all attacks on human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and civic activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The international ... (Read More)
feeds.washingtonpost.com:
TEHRAN -- Iran's judiciary has freed three foreign nationals who were arrested Wednesday during demonstrations on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover here, state-run media reported Saturday.
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CNN Political Ticker:
Washington (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's sharp criticism of the media won't stop her from breaking bread with journalists next month at a dinner here in the nation's capital.The 2008 Republican vice presidential no (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet?Perhaps the best way to understa (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Iranian officials arrested a Japanese and two Canadian reporters during anti-government demonstrations this week and charged them with "unauthorized reporting," the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported Friday. (Read More)
New York Times:
The head of a press association complained of governments’ revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists and giving a free hand to government supporters.
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Mashable!:
As you can probably tell from our extensive coverage this week, we’re extremely excited about the possibilities of Twitter Lists: from how news organizations are leveraging the feature, to a full Twitter Lists FAQ to the pote (Read More)
Submitted by marcel
from Google Reader:
We think it was the media economy keynote of the year. Carta is proud to present a transcript of Jeff Jarvis’ keynote to the Printgipfel (29-10-2009; Medientage München) together with a vimeo-video of for everyone to include. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker, POLITICO's Mike Allen, NPR/ (Read More)
FOXNews.com:
Three journalists, one of them foreign, were arrested at mass demonstrations in Tehran by a regime determined to suppress all independent sources of information inside Iran. (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
LA Weekly:A few months ago, Marilyn Manson got upset about a story we published and used his MySpace to rant and threaten our reporters (and journalists in general) with the wrath of his minions. Here’s an excerpt:“Bu (Read More)
Vital Signs:
The Department of Labor announced today the economy shed another 190 thousand jobs in October, pushing the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent and the running Obama jobs deficit to 5.7 million. Earlier in the week the Obama Adm (Read More)
feeds.washingtonpost.com:
TEHRAN -- Iranian officials arrested a Japanese reporter and two Canadian reporters during anti-government protests this week and charged them with "unauthorized reporting," the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Friday. (Read More)