What We're Reading
Date: 02 December 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from John Schwartz, Damon Darlin and others.
Reluare luni, 1 decembrie 2014
1 decembrie 2014 era un luni sub semnul stelut al lui ♐. Era ziua 334 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost Barack Obama.
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1st of December 2014 News
Știri așa cum au apărut pe prima pagină a New York Times la 1 decembrie 2014
For Hong Kong Protesters, a Spark to Keep Alive
Date: 02 December 2014
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CHRIS BUCKLEY
Michael FORSYTHE
News analysis; thousands of young people like university student Manni Ng in Hong Kong have learned firsthand just how daunting it is to go up against highly organized, uncompromising government in China; student protesters are now left wondering how to proceed after failure of demonstrators to surround city government complex and public support for their movement wanes.
To Gain the Upper Hand, Amazon Disrupts Itself
Date: 02 December 2014
By DAVID STREITFELD
David STREITFELD
News analysis; Amazon, about $250 million short of revenue forecasts in its third quarter, is moving to leverage its powerful e-commerce operation into a retail and entertainment giant; in its 20th year, Amazon's losses are increasing, and critics say company has become too ambitious; admirers believe it will dominate retail market in an unprecedented way.
Vox Media Valued at Nearly $400 Million After Investment
Date: 01 December 2014
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
Leslie KAUFMAN
Vox Media will announce that it has closed $46.5 million round of financing from New York investment firm General Atlantic; investment values company at $380 million, and comes at time when digital-media companies are suddenly of interest to venture-capital firms.
When the Forces of Media Disruption Hit Home
Date: 01 December 2014
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column reflects on round of buyouts being offered by The New York Times in effort to cut staff and stretch existing revenue over smaller cost base; notes that company is likely to lose people with many decades of professional experience and hard-won skills, but holds that newspaper's options could be far worse in a business as challenged as journalism.
Ailing U.N. News Service Gets $25 Million
Date: 01 December 2014
By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Nick CUMMING-BRUCE
Integrated Regional Information Networks will restart operations in January 2015 as independent, nonprofit media venture with promise of $25 million over 15 years from Jynwel Foundation, which is owned by family of Hong Kong-based investor Jho Low; IRIN was operated under wing of United Nations office that coordinates humanitarian aid, until UN decided midyear that it would stop financing agency on Dec 31.
News Verse: Robert Pinsky
Date: 02 December 2014
By ROBERT PINSKY
Robert PINSKY
Times Insider begins, this week, a new feature: the news in verse.
News From the Advertising Industry
Date: 01 December 2014
By STUART ELLIOTT
Stuart ELLIOTT
Ground Wars End, and So Does a Chapter in Military-Press Relationships
Date: 01 December 2014
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO
Ernesto LONDOÑO
Ernesto Londono Editorial Observer relates his experience as an embedded reporter during eight years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan; describes conflicting emotions he and other reporters felt as they tried to remain critical of the military while depending on it for their own survival.