Times Company Chief Executive Testifies at Closed-Door London Inquiry on BBC Scandal
Date: 23 November 2012
By John F. Burns and Alan Cowell
John Burns
Mark Thompson, who is now president and chief executive of The New York Times Company, led the BBC when a contentious report on accusations of sexual abuse against a TV host was canceled.
Full Article
China Holds Ex-Journalist Who Wrote of Boys’ Deaths
Date: 23 November 2012
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
Li Yuanlong, a former journalist, wrote about young boys who died in a trash bin after taking shelter there from the cold.
Full Article
Endangered and Targeted: Fight to Save Oriental Stork Captivates China
Date: 23 November 2012
By Didi Kirsten Tatlow
Didi Tatlow
In a country where citizens and conservationists alike are used to tales of damage to the environment and wildlife, the story of a massacre of migratory birds has sparked a call for change.
Full Article
William Blair, Reporter and Executive for Times, Dies at 87
Date: 22 November 2012
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
In his early years at The Times, Mr. Blair reported on both local and national news. He also worked in the United Nations bureau before becoming a foreign correspondent in 1956.
Full Article
Ownership Change Unlikely to Alter YES’s Formula
Date: 23 November 2012
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Fox Sports is expected to bring some of its programming to the YES Network as it starts a national sports network, but the channel will still be all about the Yankees.
Full Article
Scandal-Scarred BBC Names Opera Chief as Leader
Date: 22 November 2012
By John F. Burns and Alan Cowell
John Burns
Tony Hall, a former BBC news executive who went on to head the Royal Opera House, has been selected to steer the broadcaster through its worst crisis in years.
Full Article
Week in Pictures for Nov. 23
Date: 23 November 2012
By The New York Times
Slide Show: Subjects include Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s visit to New Jersey, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and storm victims gathering to celebrate the holiday.
Full Article
Corrections: November 23, 2012
Date: 23 November 2012
Corrections appearing in print on November 23, 2012.
Full Article
IHT Quick Read: Nov. 23
Date: 23 November 2012
By International Herald Tribune
International Tribune
News, arts and sports in today’s International Herald Tribune.
Full Article
The Breakfast Meeting: BBC Tries to Reset Again, and a Close to ‘Linsanity’
Date: 23 November 2012
By Noam Cohen
Noam Cohen
Also, the German offshoot of The Financial Times decides to stop publishing, and Quebec orders big United States retailers to translate their names into French.
Full Article