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Irish student's Wikipedia hoax dupes newspapers

An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported.

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 9

US newspaper owners are 'mad as hell'

US newspaper owners, their advertising revenue evaporating, their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free, are fighting mad.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 40

New e-reader Nook Color offers alternative

The switch has finally been flipped, giving e-book lovers a compelling option to enjoy books, magazines and newspapers in full color on a dedicated e-reader.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant

The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview -- with an Australian accountant.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Newspaper takes stand against 'comment trolls'

They lurk in the comments sections of websites, firing off inflammatory messages behind a cloak of anonymity.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 12

Murdoch leads charge to get readers to pay online

As US newspapers shrivel up and die, an unlikely figure is emerging as their potential savior: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch.

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (10) | comments 20

The first casualty of war: Study finds news reports match misperception of civilian deaths

Researchers reporting in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the Iraq conflict can potentially misinform the public and contribute to dis ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Israeli media increase division between people

The power that the Israeli media once used to create a sense of community is increasingly separating groups, according to a Penn State Altoona political scientist.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Google responds to newspaper critics

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Grim US newspaper ad revenue figures released

Last year was the worst ever for the US newspaper industry with both print and online advertising revenue posting declines, according to Newspaper Association of America (NAA) figures.

Technology / Business

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Income slashed, web traffic falls when paper goes online-only

Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Language change can be traced using gigantic text archives

(PhysOrg.com) -- Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically. Donald MacQueen from Uppsala University, Sweden, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

National differences in reporting of climate scepticism

An Oxford University study of climate change coverage in six countries suggests that newspapers in the UK and the US have given far more column space to the voices of climate sceptics than the press in Brazil, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

News Corp's Murdoch warns he may block Google

Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary sections may contain advertising, comics, and coupons.

Newspapers are most often published on a daily or weekly basis, and they usually focus on one particular geographic area where most of their readers live. Despite recent setbacks in circulation and profits, newspapers are still the most iconic outlet for news and other types of written journalism.

Features a newspaper may include are:

For more information about Newspaper, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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