The Breakfast Meeting: News Corp. in the News, and Apple’s Chief in China
Date: 29 March 2012
By Noam Cohen
Noam Cohen
Also, turning Hollywood into New York and The New Republic drops its paywall.
Replaying Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The March 28, 2012 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 87 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, March 28, 2026, 82 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, March 28, 2027, in 282 days. You have lived for 5,195 days, or about 124,692 hours, or about 7,481,565 minutes, or about 448,893,900 seconds.
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28th of March 2012 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 28, 2012
News Corp. Said to Weigh a Channel to Rival ESPN
Date: 29 March 2012
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Although executives said no decision has been made, News Corporation may be looking to position itself as a bidder for sports rights in order to compete with ESPN — for both viewers and fees.
Orders for Durable Goods Rise on Equipment Demand
Date: 28 March 2012
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Companies’ equipment upgrades and consumer purchases of new cars are bolstering production, prompting factories to hire, according to the Commerce Department.
News Corp. Steps Up Defense in TV-Code-Hacking Accusations
Date: 29 March 2012
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
Chase Carey, president and chief operating officer, called the reports by the BBC a “gross misrepresentation.” The founder, Rupert Murdoch, took to Twitter to say the accounts were “lies and libels.”
Murdoch’s News Ltd. Rejects TV Piracy Claim in Australia
Date: 28 March 2012
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
An Australian newspaper’s report that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had sabotaged competitors in the 1990s was dismissed by the company’s Australian media wing as “laughable.”
Video Shows Man Who Shot Trayvon Martin Arriving at Police Station
Date: 29 March 2012
By Channing Joseph
Channing Joseph
A police surveillance video shows George Zimmerman arriving at the Sanford, Fla., station in handcuffs the night he shot Trayvon Martin, 17.
Elder George Bush to Endorse Romney
Date: 28 March 2012
By Ashley Parker
Ashley Parker
Another member of the Bush family lines up behind Mitt Romney.
Al Jazeera Decides Against Showing Video Made by Gunman in Toulouse
Date: 28 March 2012
By J. David Goodman and David Jolly
J. Goodman
What is described as a graphic video of Mohammed Merah’s rampage has no journalistic value, the news organization said.
Report Shows Syrian Video Activists at Work, Breaking Some Rules
Date: 28 March 2012
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
A new report shows that some activists who risked their lives to document an intense shelling in Homs by government forces on video embellished some of their footage.
The Breakfast Meeting: Bertelsmann Mulls an I.P.O., and Obama Is on Pinterest
Date: 28 March 2012
By Noam Cohen
Noam Cohen
Also, Al Sharpton’s dual role in the Trayvon Martin protests raises eyebrows and Boston settles with a citizen journalist.