by Andrew Beaujon Published May 24, 2012 8:00 am Updated May 24, 2012 8:07 am The New York Times | Gambit The Times-Picayune in New Orleans may cease daily publication and plans deep staff cuts, reports the Times’ David Carr. Editor Jim Amoss will leave the paper, according to Carr, as will managing editors Peter Kovacs and Dan Shea. The two managing editors were not involved in meetings held this week by incoming publisher Ricky Mathews, who already was set to replace Ashton Phelps Jr. as publisher later this year. The Times-Picayune “will likely publish two or three times a week rather than daily,” employees of the paper told Carr. The Picayune’s owner, Advance Publications, did something similar with the Ann Arbor News in 2009, ... Continue reading →
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase all have a history of the kinds of unethical and/or illegal behavior that might explain what happened with Facebook. May 23, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Media headlines via email. Three of Wall Street biggest and best-known financial institutions handled the Facebook IPO, so why were people immediately suspicious when the stock soared and then promptly tanked? Easy answer: Because three of Wall Street biggest and best-known financial institutions handled the Facebook IPO.Each of them - Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase - has a history of exactly the kinds of unethical and/or illegal behavior that might, just might, explain what happened ... Continue reading →
Amnesty International a encore épinglé la France sur sa politique vis-à-vis des migrants, des demandeurs d'asile et des Roms, à l'occasion de la publication jeudi de son rapport annuel 2012, et formé le voeu que le président François Hollande tienne ses engagements sur ces sujets. Amnesty International a encore épinglé la France sur sa politique vis-à-vis des migrants, des demandeurs d'asile et des Roms, à l'occasion de la publication jeudi de son rapport annuel 2012, et formé le voeu que le président François Hollande tienne ses engagements sur ces sujets."Aujourd'hui nous attendons que François Hollande tienne ses engagements", a déclaré la présidente d'Amnesty International France, Geneviève Garrigos, lors d'une conférence de presse. "Nous sommes plutôt optimistes mais si les blocages continuent, nous serons là pour ... Continue reading →
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Igor Sechin, a former deputy prime minister in charge of the energy sector and longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin, as chief executive of state-owned oil company Rosneft. Sechin was not given a job in Medvedev's cabinet when Putin announced the new government's line-up on May 21 but he had been widely expected to retain his influence over the vital energy sector. Earlier on May 22, Putin appointed several former ministers who also had not been included in Medvedev's cabinet to posts in the presidential administration. The former interior minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev, was named deputy head of the presidential Security Council. Nurgaliyev, as well as some of the other former ministers, had faced strong public criticism over their ... Continue reading →
Egypt holds its first really democratic presidential election on Wednesday and Thursday, and the… Continue reading →
