Come November, we may find out that the presidential sweepstakes will become known as the Year of the Woman. At the Forward, that’s already happened. For the first time in the nearly 120 years of this legendary Jewish publication, there are women overseeing all publishing and editorial functions. It’s far more than a cosmetic change….
Cable news channel Al Jazeera said it will shut down its U.S. operations by the end of April, citing economic challenges in the U.S. media market. Al Jazeera America will cease operations by April 30, Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network said on Wednesday. The company will instead expand its existing international digital services in the…
The company that owned the Las Vegas Review Journal asked the newspaper to monitor three judges, including one overseeing a lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson, prior to selling the newspaper to the casino magnate. Clark County, Nevada District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez has had contentious exchanges with Adelson and his lawyers during the wrongful termination lawsuit brought…
Conservative billionaire is the main funder of the Jewish News Syndicate, a right-leaning wire service
Three Israeli soldiers who interrupted a Palestinian news reporter during a broadcast from the West Bank were punished by the military. The soldiers were ordered confined to their military base for 14 days was viewed thousands of times on social media. Standing first behind and then alongside the female reporter, the soldiers are seen shaking…
The Palestinian administration in the occupied West Bank shut down the local office of a pan-Arab newspaper this week after accusing it of “offensive” reporting on Palestinian security coordination with Israel, officials said. As Palestinian-Israeli street violence surged last month, Al Araby Al-Jadeed daily accused the administration of jailing “dozens of (Palestinian) political prisoners on…
A Palestinian posing as a journalist wounded an Israeli soldier with a knife before being shot dead, the Israeli military said. The attack took place near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied territory. Reuters television footage showed the Palestinian surrounded by Israeli troops after the attack, rolling on the ground in a florescent…
The abrupt layoff of all editorial staffers at Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent, the second-oldest Jewish newspaper in America, has highlighted the dire situation of local Jewish publications struggling to stay afloat. Fifteen journalists and production staffers were laid off on June 3 as part of a new experiment in the world of Jewish media: outsourcing editorial…
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