Bloomberg TV is in the process of laying off as many as 94 people in the network’s London bureau, multiple sources tell TVNewser.
Author: OPC of America
Sexiest Man Alive: Kim Jong Un
A Chinese newspaper reported that The Onion named North Korea’s leader its Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. Left unsaid is whether the editors of the Chinese Communist Party’s newspaper are in on the joke that the American publication is kidding.
U.S. Is Losing the War for Hearts and Minds in Yemen
Gregory D. Johnsen, who was the 2006 David Schweisberg OPC Foundation Scholarship winner, has become a leading expert on Yemen. He’s spent the past 10 years immersed in Yemen and returned to the OPC on November 12 to discuss his first book, The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia.
Brauchli to Step Down
OPC member Marcus Brauchli will step down as executive editor of The Washington Post effective December 31. He will take on a new role as vice president of The Washington Post Co., to review and evaluate new media opportunities.
Shepard Provides Path for Newspaper Longevity
OPC member, CUNY Journalism Dean and long-serving journalist Steve Shepard gave everyone at his OPC book night for Deadlines and Disruptions: My Turbulent Path From Print to Digital an education in recent journalism history and a forecast for where journalism is headed.
China Blocks NYT Website
The Chinese government swiftly blocked access Friday morning to the English-language and Chinese-language websites of The New York Times from computers in mainland China in response to an article in both languages describing wealth accumulated by the family of the country’s prime minister.
Reporter in Syria Takes Questions
Janine di Giovanni, who reports on Syria for The New York Times will respond to selected questions from readers about covering the evolving civil war there.
One Brewer’s Foreign Reporting Roots
At work in Cairo during the early 1980s, Steve Hindy found himself drinking beer that had been brewed at home by other American expatriates. They had picked up the skill living in parts of the Middle East where alcohol was banned. It was pretty good, and Hindy learned to make it himself when he and his family moved back to New York in 1984. Their old neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan had gotten too expensive, so they found a two-bedroom apartment in a part of the city that a family with young children could afford. It was Park Slope.
NYT Sees Opportunity in Brazil
A growing economy, affluent readership, and international business are just a few of the reasons The New York Times is opening up a Portuguese-language site in 2013.
Newsweek Will Cease Publication
Newsweek, the weekly magazine that for decades summarized the news for households across the United States but struggled to maintain relevance in the Internet era, announced on Thursday that it would cease print publication at the end of the year.