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Date: 19 December 2008
By Tom Kuntz
Tom Kuntz
Media | The glut of news leaves people overloaded and thus no better informed, a study finds. “The irony in news fatigue is that these consumers felt helpless to change their news consumption at a time when they have more control and choice than ever before.” [Columbia Journalism Review]
Date: 19 December 2008
By Saul Hansell
Saul Hansell
Picking the type of stories you want every day downloaded onto your iPod points to a future of more interactive digital news.
Date: 18 December 2008
By Richard Pérez-Peña
Richard Pérez-Peña
WASHINGTON — A new president arrived from a new party. The balance of power shifted in Congress. Legions of fresh new faces showed up in the nation's capital with new ideas, eager to upend the way the country does business.
Date: 18 December 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
India’s lower house of Parliament approved legislation aimed at combating terrorism in response to last month’s attacks in Mumbai.
Date: 19 December 2008
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Retailers in the United States have had a tough 2008 as consumer spending came to a screeching halt. But 2009 isn’t looking any better. In fact, most retail experts and economists predict that it will probably be worse.
Date: 19 December 2008
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
As political director of NBC News, Chuck Todd became a regular and prominent presence in NBC’s broadcast and cable coverage of the presidential campaign.
Date: 18 December 2008
By Timothy Williams and Atheer Kakan
Timothy Williams
In a letter addressed to Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, the reporter apologized for the incident, calling it an “ugly action,” an Iraqi government official said.
Date: 19 December 2008
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
Authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times even while lifting some of the restrictions they had imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets.
Date: 19 December 2008
By The New York Times
Slide Show: Subjects include Caroline Kennedy in Syracuse, protests at the New School, and the funeral Mass for Cardinal Avery Dulles at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Date: 18 December 2008
By Dealbook
Dealbook
From Jeff Zeleny on The Caucus: