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by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010

Tweets Lead to Arrests, Libel Suits, Fines in British Courts

Media Briefs... In the U.K. this week, a politician was arrested, a cricket player has been sued for libel, and...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010

CNN Ad Claims Objectivity; Labels Fox News, MSNBC Partisan

A new ad from CNN targets Fox News and MSNBC for being partisan while labeling itself objective, the Huffington Post...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010

Cooks Source Apologizes after Copyright Infringement, Donates $ to Get Advertisers Back?

Last week, blogger Monica Gaudio's claim that a small, regional cooking magazine violated her blog's copyright by publishing (without her...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010

Gawker Gives Media Ethics Advice?

Gawker published a set of suggestive guidelines for updated media ethics. They included full disclosure financially and politically, letting journalists vote and...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010

Fishbowl DC Criticizes Washington Post for not Crediting Sources

Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC editor Betsy Rothstein slammed the Washington Post for not crediting other media outlets in two stories...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010

Journalists Petition Supporting WikiLeaks

Editorsweblog reported Nov. 8 that the "The Global Investigative Journalism Network" has launched a petition to allow journalists to publicly...

by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010

Mark Luckie on New Media

Washington Post's national innovations editor Mark Luckie spoke at a panel discussion on "The Changing Media Landscape," the Columbia Journalism Review...