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Guardian News & Media Plans Observer Paper Cuts - 9 hours ago

The world’s oldest newspaper didn’...
Google To Contribute Funds For Policing Of UK Online Ad Industry - 11 hours ago

In the latest development in a long-running...
Social Games Site PlayFire Taps Famous Investors For $2.1 Million Round - 11 hours ago

Atomico Ventures, the VC firm founded by Skype...
CondéNet UK Lost £1.2 Million In 2008 - 11 hours ago

Vogue and Wired publisher Condé Nast’s...
Google UK Appoints YouTube Display Exec; AOP Product Committee; Indy Creative Head Joins UBM - 11 hours ago

—Google (NSDQ: GOOG) UK: The Big G in...

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Independent Inquiry Is Unavoidable - 15 hours ago

The Goldstone Report was the subject of a symposium last week against growing voices in Israel...
[DVDs] 'Blood Rain:' Pouring Red - 2 hours ago

"Blood Rain," written by Kim Seong-jae and Lee Won-jae ("City of Violence"), is a well-structured,...
Times Square to Virginia Beach - yesterday

On his way to the last stop of a cross-country Lincoln Highway tour, Citizen Reporter Dave McLane...
Munyurangabo - 2 days ago

The film always feels authentic, moving seamlessly from a story of estrangement to one of spiritual...
LCC Conference Considers Design and the E-Book - 2 days ago

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FT.com - Media and Internet

Thomson Reuters to face 'lock-in' probe - 10 hours ago

Europe's competition watchdog has opened a full antitrust investigation into the datafeed supply...
Yell to raise £660m for debt deal - 11 hours ago

Yell Group is to raise £660m in a share issue that will allow it to restructure loan terms as the...
INM bondholders back debt-for-equity swap - 2 hours ago

The plan involves the exchange of €123m of bonds for a 46% stake in the new company and dilution of...
Broadcasters in Europe hopeful of ads upturn - 2 hours ago

RTL and TF1, two of the continent's largest broadcasters, reported encouraging results to strengthen...
Printing.com says it is gaining market share - 5 hours ago

Manchester-based producer of business cards and fliers says sales fall is the first since the...

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Watchdog bans misleading wind farm ad - 4 hours ago

LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against a mailing by the wind farm developer...
BBH Tango posters escape ban - 4 hours ago

LONDON - Three poster ads promoting Tango have dodged a ban by the Advertising Standards Authority...
The Observer to be pared down to four sections - 11 hours ago

LONDON - The Observer is to shrink from seven to four sections and close its sport, music and Woman...
CREATIVE STRATEGY - Can Direct Line cut through the consumer apathy surrounding insurance brands? - 12 hours ago

Insurance providers are an unlovable lot, argues Simon Kershaw, for whom insurance = rip off. But...
Marmite opens London shop - 12 hours ago

LONDON - Marmite has opened a shop for a limited time in London.

Guardian Unlimited World Latest

Obama attends memorial service for Fort Hood victims - 9 hours ago

President heads to Texas as authorities continue investigating suspect Major Nidal Malik HasanBarack...
Iraqi ruling seen as media crackdown - 6 hours ago

• Press inundated with writs from officials • Journalists tell of assaults by security forcesThe...
Police shoot dead three-year-old in SA - 13 hours ago

Killing of Atlegang Aphane for allegedly holding pipe mistaken for gun raises fears of 'shoot to...
Former astronaut's attack on love rival - 9 hours ago

Nowak, who drove 1,000 miles to confront Colleen Shipman, pleads guilty to burglary and battery...
Pakistan suicide car bomber kills 24 - 15 hours ago

Attack on market that killed 24 and wounded 64 is latest in series in Peshawar area in retaliation...

Digg / World & Business

Which communist economy rules? - 1 hour ago

I've got my own piece of Berlin Wall stuffed away somewhere in my house. I had borrowed a hammer and...
Fat People Now Illegal in Japan (Should Be Easy to Catch) - 2 hours ago

In Japan, being thin is the law! People there are fighting fat to comply with a government-imposed...
Taxing Marijuana in California (VIDEO) - 3 hours ago

Richard Lee helped convince Oakland voters to tax medical marijuana dispensaries and make them more...
Obama's Afghan Plan: About 40K More Troops - CBS News - 3 hours ago

CBS Exclusive: Sources Say Force Will Grow to 100,000 - Nearly Filling Gen. McChrystal's Request;...
411 on Health Care in Canada (infographic) - 4 hours ago

An exploration of the Health Care system in Canada and how it operates.

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Observer to cut sections as part of redesign - 11 hours ago

The Sunday paper will have four weekly sections and one monthly supplement – Observer Food...
Sun releases PM's call to soldier's mum - 20 hours ago

Paper reveals how prime minister tried to placate Jacqui Janes, whose son Jamie was killed in...
Iraqi court rules Guardian defamed PM - 9 hours ago

Court orders Guardian to pay prime minister damages over article that quoted allegations of...
New York Post journalist 'sacked after monkey cartoon complaint' to sue - 10 hours ago

Former associate editor Sandra Guzman to sue newspaper, claiming she was dismissed after criticising...
Google deal with ASA to fund regulation - 18 hours ago

Google's co-operation means the ASA will be more able to police online marketing activitiesThe...
RTL reports 6.4% fall in Q3 revenue - 17 hours ago

Pan-European broadcaster and producer RTL says outlook for TV advertising is improvingRTL, owner of...
Any 'editor of integrity' would quit the PCC, says lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC - 12 hours ago

Human rights lawyer attacks press watchdog as campaign to reform libel laws is launchedLeading human...

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Project Syndicate

Shlomo Ben-Ami: Israel after Goldstone

The Goldstone Report, accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, and the report’s subsequent endorsement...
Erik Berglof: Transition in Crisis?

Thanks to the global economic crisis, Europe’s emerging markets have this year experienced their...
Thitinan Pongsudhirak: Thailand’s Endless Endgame

The hospitalization of King Bhumibol Adulyadej has brought Thailand’s most daunting question to the...
George Soros and James D. Wolfensohn: Hope for the Roma

Hated, alienated, and shunned, the Roma have for too long been easy and defenseless targets for...
Brahma Chellaney: Berlin, Birthplace of Modern Asia

By marking the Cold War’s end and the looming collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin...

Gawker

Larry King's Suspender Watch: Blue and Boring [Suspender Watch] - 2 hours ago

Whatever moved Larry King to sport insanely bright yellow suspenders yesterday has passed. Tonight,...
O'Reilly: We Should Win Hearts and Minds Because "We Can't Kill All the Muslims" [Logical Fallacy] - 3 hours ago

Tonight, in the midst of browbeating the media for missing the "all Muslims burn with hatred for...
Adobe Joins Pre-Holiday Layoff Wave [Holidaze] - 3 hours ago

Adobe will lay off 680 people, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce. The publishing software...
Interns and Robots Stoke the Twitterati [Twitterati] - 5 hours ago

Joel Madden walked out on a radio interview; Alexis Ohanian enjoyed some robot bartending and Bucky...
Letter, Box [Pic Of The Day] - 5 hours ago

[A woman walks by a portion of the "Journey" exhibit, which opened today in Washington Square Park....

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Brian Concannon, F. William Engdahl, Mickey Huff, Dahr Jamail, Bob Chapman on The Global Research News Hour

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Ten Years Ago: "Manufacturing Dissent" in Seattle - 13 hours ago

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Who is to Blame for the Financial Crisis? - 14 hours ago

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VIDEO: Vaccine Coverup - 14 hours ago

"What you are doing to this generation of children"
How Israel Won the Settlement Battle Again - 15 hours ago

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Information Liberation

Chris Smith - the respectable radical who is plotting a green revolution

Chris Smith is the respectable radical. He was the first openly gay MP. As the Culture Secretary in...
Environment boss wants to put carbon tax on driving, heating and holidays

Drivers, households and holidaymakers should be hit with a carbon tax to tackle global warming, the...
Flashback: Environment boss Lord Smith -- The peer who earned *161 in 10 minutes by 'clocking in and out' of the House of Lords

Former Cabinet Minister Lord Smith has been seen 'clocking in and out' of the Lords within minutes...
From Their Own Mouths: Global Warming is a Fraud

"We need to get some broad based support, to capture the public's imagination... So we have to offer...
Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'

Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if they use too much fuel,...

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Cash for Clunkers Program Nets 700,000 More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles - 7 hours ago

During the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS program), better known as the Cash for Clunkers program...
Revisiting the Rehabilitation of Defense Secretary Robert Gates - 8 hours ago

Michael Crowley of the New Republic is the latest journalist to give absolution to Secretary of...
Military Commissions Create "Second-Class" Justice System, Lawyers Charge - 8 hours ago

Critics of President Obama's changes to the regulations governing military commissions are...
What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs - 8 hours ago

While fewer and fewer people are willing to publicly deny the validity of global warming science,...
Economic Crisis Affects Lebanon De-Mining - 9 hours ago

BlocFunds that would go toward clearing a 205-square-kilometer danger zone have been diverted...

Boing Boing

The men who stare at Goatse - 1 hour ago

Found on Sean Bonner's tumblog.
Food Fight - 2 hours ago

The Good News: If you're in New Orleans on November 22, you can watch a mock battle between Jared...
Yves Béhar's seven-hour vibrator - 4 hours ago

Yves Béhar (who is in an epic struggle with Marc Newson to claim the title of "sexiest industrial...
MJ's funeral cost a mil - 4 hours ago

Michael Jackson's funeral cost one million dollars. His final outfit cost $35,000, and the flowers...
Lovecraft sculptures - 4 hours ago

Joe Broers makes Cthulhu Mythos sculptures, which come with "fictitious 'documentation' that...

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Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died - 1 hour ago

Former executives said it was unclear if payoffs of about $1 million were made to Iraqi officials,...
Under Attack, Fed Chairman Studies Politics - 1 hour ago

As the Federal Reserve has come under scrutiny, Ben S. Bernanke, its chairman, is nurturing...
Obama Mourns Victims of Fort Hood Shootings - 1 hour ago

President Obama spoke at a public service and met privately with the families of those killed in the...
Brazil's 2 Largest Cities Hit by Blackouts - 1 hour ago

Media reports say problems at a huge hydroelectric dam are to blame for the electrial outages...
Sniper Who Killed 10 Is Executed in Virginia - 1 hour ago

John A. Muhammad, whose murderous shooting spree in the fall of 2002 left at least 10 people dead,...

Variety.com

Food Net gives 'Worst Cooks' a chance - 2 hours ago

TV Ratings: Five-episode competition series to launch in January -- Food Network is giving culinary...
'Lopez Tonight' opens strong - 2 hours ago

TV News: New talk show brings audiences to TBS -- "Lopez Tonight" opened to 3.1 million viewers...
Summit sees 'Light of Day' - 2 hours ago

Exclusives: Studio to co-finance thriller with Intrepid -- Summit Entertainment has boarded "The...
Sony creates new digital sector - 2 hours ago

Technology News: Colorworks to offer film restoration, 4K DI -- Sony Corp., already a major player...
TWC, Disney pact on 'Nine' - 2 hours ago

Exclusives: Deal covers cross-format promotions for film -- To promote its upcoming holiday tentpole...
Winona Ryder 'Enough' for Hallmark - 2 hours ago

TV News: Barry Pepper to co-star in 'Lois Wilson Story' -- Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper have been...
FearNet to do 'Post Mortem' - 2 hours ago

Exclusives: Horror-themed channel does celebrity chats -- Horror-themed broadband channel FearNet is...

Fast Company

Freedom Leg Makes Crutches a Thing of the Past - 4 hours ago

After the pain, the worst part of breaking a leg or ankle is the helplessness of having to hobble...
What's Wrong With the Analysis of "What's Wrong With Charitable Giving-and How to Fix It" - 5 hours ago

Pablo Eisenberg, a Senior fellow in the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at Georgetown...
Apple Leapfrogs Nokia as World's #1 Handset Maker - 5 hours ago

Apple's iPhone division cleared $1.6 billion in operating profits in Q3 of 2009, leap-frogging Nokia...
Will Video Tweets Finally Put Our Webcams to Use? - 6 hours ago

Almost any computer on sale today will come with an embedded Webcam. But how many of us actually use...
What Happens If Apple Grows Too Fast? - 6 hours ago

CNBC is predicting that Apple may top Microsoft as computing's most valuable firm. But that kind of...

TIME: Top Stories

Bringing Some Color to Late-Night Talk - 6 hours ago

Lopez is clearly positioning himself not just as a brown alternative to the white men of late night,...
Obama's Fort Hood Speech and Television Culture - 6 hours ago

Televised speeches now come larded in so much analysis, before and after, that it becomes almost...
IEA Report: Recession Recovery Could Spark Energy Crisis - 5 hours ago

Now that the world appears to be climbing out of the economic doldrums, it may have to deal with...
Pick a New Ringtone for Bill Clinton - 6 hours ago

A source close to Bill Clinton confirms that the cellphone call he received while talking to...
Joe Cada, Poker World Series Winner, Is Youngest Champ - 5 hours ago

Joe Cada, 21, beat out 6,494 competitors -- including a Wall Street ace -- to win the 2009 World...