When Trump Tweets, the Editor of ‘China’s Fox News’ Hits Back
Date: 31 July 2019
By Javier C. Hernández
Javier Hernández
Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, is a combative public voice for Xi Jinping’s government at a time of open rivalry with the United States.
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News TV Blackouts in Pakistan Draw Fresh Accusations of Censorship
Date: 31 July 2019
By Reuters
Pakistani opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics, after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported.
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Kid Reporter Now Lives in Arizona Town Where She Made News
Date: 31 July 2019
By The Associated Press
A tenacious 12-year-old reporter who made national headlines for her confrontation with a marshal in an Arizona border town will now be able to report there permanently.
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Goals Soccer Centres to Disclose Decade-Long Accounting Scandal-Sky News
Date: 01 August 2019
By Reuters
Five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres Plc will disclose on Friday that the accounting crisis which caused its shares to be suspended in March dates back a decade, Sky News reported on Thursday.
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Mexico's President Says First Half Growth Data Is 'Very Good News'
Date: 31 July 2019
By Reuters
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday repeated his view that the country's economy is doing well, saying that data showing that gross domestic product grew in the first half of 2019 was "very good news."
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Edward Snowden’s Memoir Is Coming in September
Date: 01 August 2019
By Concepción de León
Concepción de León
The National Security Agency whistle-blower has written a book exploring his role in mass surveillance and the “crisis of conscience” that led to his actions.
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Has Your Local Newspaper Closed? Tell Us What Stories Aren’t Being Told
Date: 01 August 2019
By Lara Takenaga
Lara Takenaga
We would like to hear from readers living in “news deserts” about the void left by defunct publications.
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A Future Without the Front Page
Date: 01 August 2019
What happens when the presses stop rolling? Who will tell the stories of touchdowns scored, heroes honored and neighbors lost? We asked news industry innovators to share their visions for what comes next, and what fills the void.
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Dying Gasp of One Local Newspaper
Date: 01 August 2019
By Richard Fausset and Tim Gruber
Richard Fausset
The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
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A Paradox at the Heart of the Newspaper Crisis
Date: 01 August 2019
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
Hedge funds have found that they are able to wring profits out of an ailing product: the print newspaper. But for how long?
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