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11:37 AM EDT
10/31/2011 FeedSyndicate releases new WordPress NewsML Plugin
Press ReleaseFeedSyndicate today announced the release of a brand new version of its easy to use WordPress plugin that automatically downloads the latest news content from FeedSyndicate and the WordPress content management system.

Source:AHN PR Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, New Service, Media, News Agency

1:08 PM EDT
10/6/2011 BBC to cut 2,000 jobsMore than 10 percent of the BBC staff will lose their jobs by 2017 and the public broadcaster will change its programming. BBC officials announced Thursday plans to lay off 2,000 people because of funding cuts.

Source:AHN Topics:Labor, Employment, Job Layoffs, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency, Newspaper And Magazine

3:15 PM EDT
7/18/2011 Second top cop resigns in U.K. phone hacking scandalAnother high profile figure has resigned in the ever expanding phone hacking scandal in Britain. Top cop John Yates, the assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London and the country’s most senior counter-terrorism officer, stepped down from his position on Monday.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Police, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency

4:55 PM EDT
7/13/2011 Bancroft Family Members Express Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to MurdochA number of key members of the family which controlled The Wall Street Journal say they would not have agreed to sell the prestigious daily to Rupert Murdoch if they had been aware of News International's conduct in the phone-hacking scandal at the time of the deal.

Source:ProPublica Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency, Newspaper And Magazine

6:08 PM EDT
7/12/2011 Damned If You Do or Don't: How Murdoch Reporters' Bribes to British Cops Violate U.S. LawImagine you're a Fleet Street reporter at a British tabloid with a pocketful of cash. You meet a trusted source at a pub, a police officer who tells you about the royal family's confidential schedule in exchange for a small gratuity. You hand over a few quid and rush off with a photographer to stake out a health club where Camilla Parker-Bowles is toning her abs.

Source:ProPublica Topics:Politics, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime

2:47 PM EDT
7/7/2011 Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart joins ABC News as contributorElizabeth Smart, who was ripped from her family by a polygamous street preacher when she was just 14 years old, will be a contributor for ABC News. An ABC spokeswoman said Thursday Smart will report on stories that involve missing persons and child abduction cases.

Source:Celebrity News Service Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Television, Human Interest, People, Celebrity, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency

6:37 AM EDT
6/16/2011 Philippine Supreme Court allows full coverage of Maguindanao Massacre trialThe Philippine Supreme Court allowed on Wednesday a full coverage of the Maguindanao Massacre trial. The accused in the case are members of the Ampatuan clan of Maguindanao Province, who were charged with the multiple murders of 57 residents and journalists.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Judiciary, Court Administration, Politics, Freedom Of The Press, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, News Agency