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Maine governor says he won't talk to 3 newspapers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:37 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.

Scott named Reno Gazette-Journal's new exec editor

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:26 -0400

RENO, Nevada - Kelly Ann Scott, a senior editor at the Reno Gazette-Journal and a 14-year veteran of Gannett Co. Inc., has been named the newspaper's new executive editor, president and publisher John Maher announced Tuesday.

Assisted by basketball, ABC wins ratings week

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:55 -0400

NEW YORK - Basketball and talent shows commanded TV viewers' attention last week.

Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:59:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

Sun foreign correspondent charged in bribery probe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:06 -0400

LONDON - Police say The Sun newspaper's chief foreign correspondent has been charged over alleged corrupt payments to public officials. It's the latest in a series of bribery-related charges filed against senior members of the best-selling British tabloid.

5 inductees named to Newspaper Hall of Fame

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:54 -0400

COLUMBIA, Missouri - An Associated Press journalist and four newspaper industry leaders are the newest Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame inductees.

Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:39:32 -0400

LONDON - Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.

Kobach seeks investigation into protest at house

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:04:20 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Monday he has asked state officials to investigate an immigration reform rally that was held outside his Wyandotte County home.

Pioneering woman photog Helen Brush Jenkins dies

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:57:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Helen Brush Jenkins, a pioneering photojournalist who made Life magazine when she snapped a photo of her child moments after giving birth, has died. She was 94.

Report of UK hacking of diplomats angers nations

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:13:53 -0400

LONDON - A newspaper report that British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails has prompted an angry response from traditional rival Russia and provoked demands for an investigation from Turkey and South Africa.

Envelope mix-up at Daytime Emmy Awards

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:14:39 -0400

BEVERLY HILLS, California - "Days of Our Lives" scored a rare win for best drama series at the Daytime Emmys in a show marked by an envelope mix-up, expletives and the constant din of audience chatter heard during the cable telecast that stretched beyond its time slot.

Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:44:06 -0400

NEW YORK - Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a study released Monday concluded.

Colorado radio, TV stations win broadcast awards

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:35:05 -0400

GOLDEN, Colorado - Television stations in Denver and Colorado Springs, as well as radio stations in Greeley and Glenwood Springs won Outstanding News Operation Awards at the Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association annual meeting Saturday in Golden.

Morning show is latest CNN change under Zucker

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:43:40 -0400

NEW YORK - For anyone watching CNN, it's been hard to miss the sunny reminders popping up on the bottom of the screen that Monday is the debut of the "New Day" morning show.

Ohio could ban reporters from seeing gun records

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:47:17 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio could join dozens of other states in banning public access to handgun license records as the General Assembly considers a measure to force journalists - the only ones other than law enforcement agencies exempted from the ban - to obtain a court order to review the information.

OPA contest winners announced

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:05:33 -0400

MIDEST CITY, Oklahoma - The Enid News & Eagle, McAlester News-Capital and The Daily Elk Citian won top honors among daily newspapers in the 2012 Oklahoma Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

Chicago paper apologizes for Boston bombing joke

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:09:13 -0400

CHICAGO - The Chicago Tribune has apologized for an image in the paper this week that jokes about putting on hold the warm feelings it shared with Boston after April's bombings. The cities' NHL teams are vying for the Stanley Cup.

Ecuador's legislature passes restrictive media law

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:41:51 -0400

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador's congress on Friday passed a restrictive new media law championed by President Rafael Correa, creating official media overseers, imposing sanctions for smearing "people's good name" and limiting private media to one third of radio and TV licenses.

National standards skeptic named to Ind. board

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:05:16 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - One of Republican Gov. Mike Pence's new appointments to the State Board of Education has openly questioned the state's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards.

CBS: Someone tampered with reporter's computer

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:11:09 -0400

NEW YORK - Private investigators found that CBS News Washington reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer was tampered with multiple times late last year, the network said Friday.

Washington Examiner ends local coverage

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:53:38 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Washington Examiner is ending local coverage.

Government has history of secrecy, spying, leaks

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:48:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.

Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:59:26 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Laura Poitras' skill and boldness as a documentary filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of making a "Super Size Me" splash.

China newspaper: Snowden could be useful to China

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:13:05 -0400

BEIJING - A popular Communist Party-backed newspaper is urging China's leadership to get more information from former defense contractor Edward Snowden rather than send him back to the U.S., because his revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs concern China's national interest.

Gannett to own 4 Phoenix media outlets under deal

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:57:47 -0400

PHOENIX - The announcement Thursday that Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion means the media company would then own three Phoenix television stations and the state's largest newspaper, The Arizona Republic.