News and Media

British minister called Murdoch aide 'papa'

25 May 2012

Britain's culture minister faced fresh pressure Saturday after a press ethics inquiry released dozens of light-hearted text messages between him and a lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, whom he called "mon ami" and "papa".

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.

NBC may buy Microsoft's MSNBC.com stake

25 May 2012

(Reuters) - NBCUniversal is in talks to buy out Microsoft Corp's 50 percent stake in joint venture MSNBC.com, media reports said. NBCU parent Comcast Corp is conducting due diligence and the partnership with NBC News could be unwound by this summer, said Adweek, which first reported the talks. "Discussions are taking place," Amy Lynn, director of communications at NBC News, told the Wall Street ...