News and Media

US Decision on Confucius Institutes Prompts Backlash in China

25 May 2012

The term “Confucius Institute� became the second most popular topic on Sina Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter, on May 24, with close to 50,000 mentions.

Dominik Hasek wants NHL return; Tortorella on Game 6; Nash to Boston? (Puck Headlines)

25 May 2012

Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • We love this photo from Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. We also can't imagine how many people mistook Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers for Will Ferrell. • Dominik Hasek, 47, would like to play in the NHL again. As a ...

Media Decoder Blog: Audio: Veteran Times-Picayune Reporter on How Staff Heard the News

25 May 2012

Bruce Nolan, who covers religion for the newspaper, spoke up at meeting led by Jim Amoss, the editor of the newspaper, about the change to three-times-a-week publishing.