11/23/2008
Why so many Holocaust films now, and for whose benefit? (International Herald Tribune)
This holiday season the multiplexes, the art houses and the glossy for-your-consideration ads in publications like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter will be overrun with Nazis.
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11/21/2008
China launches nationwide crackdown on sex, violence publications (People's Daily)
China is launching a national campaign to crack down on books, videos and websites publicizing sex and violence after teachers and parents voice concerns for children, said China's press watchdog. After a discussion meeting on Thursday, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and the National Office of Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications agreed to step up ...
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11/23/2008
Creepy tales from the King (Miami Herald)
JUST AFTER SUNSET. Stephen King. Scribner. 367 pages. $28. Before he wrote novels, Stephen King supplemented his meager income as a teacher by selling short stories to such men's magazines as Cavalier. Today, King doesn't exactly need to moonlight for extra cash, but he still writes occasional short stories, and sometimes they still appear in magazines, albeit publications bearing much more ...
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11/23/2008
Vijay Gomes appointed as Managing Director - Concept Media (Zawya)
23 November 2008 Dubai - Vijay Gomes has been promoted as Managing Director of Concept Media Concept Media which encompasses a variety of publications like magazines, directories and guides that are well renowned in the UAE.
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11/23/2008
Kingsley Sibanda, "You feel like a bandit fighting a sitting government” (ZWNEWS.com)
Harare - All Zimbabwean journalists are required to register with the state-appointed media board that vets applicants. Kingsley Sibanda (not his real name), 30, is struggling to survive as an unaccredited freelance journalist writing for foreign publications.
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11/23/2008
November 21, 2008 (Wilson County News)
Do Veterans look at Obama with great expectations? Harlingen, Texas, November 20, 2008: You see it in news publications and hear it on the electronic media…”Great Expectations”. This is the mantra heard again and again about the upcoming Obama presidency.
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11/23/2008
Eidos Trying to Delay Negative Tomb Raider: Underworld Reviews (1up.com)
Tomb Raider: Underworld hit stores this week, and in an effort to craft a high early ranking on Metacritic, Eidos has tasked a PR firm to try and convince publications to hold off on their reviews if the scores are below a certain threshold ( via Shacknews). The story first broke when GameSpot U.K. journalist Guy Cocker posted on Twitter that he received a call from Eidos' PR ...
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11/22/2008
Malawi: Charges Against Journalist Dismissed (AllAfrica.com)
The Magistrate's Court in Lilongwe acquitted Nation Publications journalist Maxwell Ng'ambi of the charge of providing false information to a public officer.
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11/22/2008
Grijalva: No word on Interior Cabinet post (Moldova.org)
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., reportedly a candidate to become U.S. Interior secretary, says he hasn't yet been contacted about the job.A spokeswoman for Grijalva, named by several national publications as being on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's short list for the Interior post, says Obama's transition team had yet to issue any invitations to the fierce environmentalist, The Arizona ...
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11/23/2008
Never Forget. You?re Reminded. (New York Times)
Collective tragedy becomes a cinematic genre that plays to hearts, minds and awards.
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