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Exclusive: Pot-themed newspaper to replace San Francisco Bay Guardian
The San Francisco Media Company is readying the launch of a marijuana-themed newspaper to replace the shuttered San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Islamic State militants execute local Iraqi journalist
Raad al-Azzawi, 37, worked for a local television station in Iraq's Saladin province north of Baghdad when he was kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in September.
Report: German, Danish public broadcasters readying Snowden documentary
"Snowden's Great Escape" will reportedly feature two new interviews with the NSA whistleblower during his time in Moscow.
After questionable tactics, Thomson Reuters loses consumer confidence survey contract to Bloomberg
Bloomberg will pick up distribution of the University of Michigan consumer confidence survey starting in January 2015.
James Risen: President Obama “hates the press”
New York Times reporter James Risen charged President Obama with showing contempt against the fourth estate.
CNN boss Jeff Zucker: “I don’t take Vice seriously”
The CNN Worldwide president said he's not concerned with Vice's approach to news — and his programming decisions appear to back that.
Report: Thomson Reuters to raise price of media products
The world's largest financial news organization will raise prices on legacy and new products by as much as ten percent, according to a report.
KGO Radio’s Kevin Metheny dies from heart attack
Kevin Metheny, a career radio executive who recently joined San Francisco's KGO-AM, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday afternoon. He was 60 years old.
KTVU News Director Rosenthal heading to Boston
Lee Rosenthal, the news director at San Francisco-area FOX affiliate KTVU, is Boston-bound.
Sacramento radio station deletes article about celebrity nude photos
A Sacramento radio station has removed a blog post from its website that purported to show leaked nude photographs of singer Nicki Minaj.
Cable channel fires anchor over “poor people” rant
A New York cable channel has fired a news anchor after a tirade about welfare families was unintentionally broadcast on television.
Reuters ignores Hong Kong protests on Chinese-language website
The world's-larges news organization is keeping Chinese-language readers in the dark about a heated street protest in Hong Kong.