Scandal-hit BBC appoints ex-Times editor as news chief Apr 16th, 2013 - 15:10h (CET +01.00) By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC named former Times editor James Harding, who was forced to apologise to a media ethics inquiry last year, as its head of news on Tuesday at a time when the publicly-funded broadcaster tackles one of the bigge... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : scandalhit, appoints, extimes, editor, news, chief, Top Keywords

LinkedIn to buy news reader platform Pulse for $90 million Apr 11th, 2013 - 23:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Professional social network LinkedIn Corp said it will buy Pulse, a news reader and mobile content distribution platform, for $90 million in cash and stock. More than 30 million users have activated Pulse news reader apps on Apple Inc... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : linkedin, news, reader, platform, pulse, million, Top Keywords

NBC renews Carson Daly's show for 13th season Apr 11th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC is keeping Carson Daly's show in its late-night lineup. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : renews, carson, daly's, show, 13th, season, Top Keywords

Asia shares slip on BOJ news, U.S. payrolls in focus Apr 5th, 2013 - 02:40h (CET +01.00) By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary expansion drive prompted a global stock market rally and sank the yen overnight, while some investors turned to impending U.S. jobs da... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : asia, shares, slip, news, payrolls, focus, Top Keywords

APNewsBreak: Hillary Clinton book expected in 2014 Apr 4th, 2013 - 14:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has a book deal. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apnewsbreak, hillary, clinton, book, expected, 2014, Top Keywords

Newsmaker: U.S. Attorney Bharara familiar with the limelight Apr 3rd, 2013 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has proven adept with the media, landing on the cover of Time magazine and being named the latest "Sheriff of Wall Street" by the financial press. The chief federal pro... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : newsmaker, attorney, bharara, familiar, limelight, 2014, Top Keywords

Gunmen raid 4 newspaper offices in Baghdad Apr 2nd, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen in military uniforms burst into the offices of four independent newspapers in Baghdad, stabbing and beating employees, staff and officials said Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : gunmen, raid, newspaper, offices, baghdad, 2014, Top Keywords

Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar Mar 31st, 2013 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily newspapers hit the streets on Monday. Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : privately, owned, daily, newspapers, return, myanmar, Top Keywords

AP opens full news bureau in Myanmar Mar 30th, 2013 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The Associated Press on Saturday became the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two years ago and began relaxing restrictions on the media for the first time in de... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : opens, full, news, bureau, myanmar, myanmar, Top Keywords

Facebook expands ad targeting system to its newsfeed Mar 26th, 2013 - 23:20h (CET +01.00) By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is expanding the advertising system that lets marketers tailor messages to users of the No. 1 social network based on their browsing history, in the company's latest step to refine its a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, expands, targeting, system, newsfeed, myanmar, Top Keywords