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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lanka Source.com http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/cat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 07:45:04 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:45:04 -0400 30 "This may be a small URL change but it marks a big step for the Guardian and reflects our evolution from a much-respected national print newspaper based only in the UK-reaching hundreds of thousands people once a day-to a leading global news and media brand, with offices around the world, and an ever-growing worldwide audience accessing Guardian journalism every minute of every day," ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214736086/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:10 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214736086/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Olive Branch Bureau Chief Jimmie Covington, upper left, scans the facade of the newspaper's Olive Branch Bureau in Old Towne Olive Branch as Olive Branch Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vickie DuPree and Alton McLemore, foreground, discuss the 103-year-old building's renovation. Photo by Robert ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214735855/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:47 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214735855/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b , the Obama administration's investigation into a State Department leak to James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent of Fox News, extends well beyond what was originally thought and includes seizing the phone records of the reporter's parents and dozens of other individuals, including White House staffers and other Fox News reporters. United States Attorney for the District of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214734912/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:51 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214734912/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: Sean P. Means | The Salt Lake Tribune What’s worse? A journalistic voice being forced to speak in the voice of a corporate owner? Or a media voice squelching itself first, fearing what that corporate owner might do with his wealth? Both scenarios have been talked about in media circles in recent weeks - with both centering on Charles and David Koch (pronounced ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732980/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:14:14 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732980/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: Daniel Denvir | Philadelphia City Paper "It’s basically outright warfare going on," says one source. "None of us wanted to be part of the Philly.com ship of entertainment and sex." But the site remains in "power because they still control our main portal to the world. Nobody knows about Inquirer.com." The tension is longstanding. In March, the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732981/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:14:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732981/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: Eric J. Smith | NetNewsCheck Revenue from online automotive advertising is expected to grow 26% in 2013, according to a client memo out today from Borrell Associates. The consulting firm is reporting a radical shift in the way auto dealers and manufacturers market themselves, as they drop print and broadcast in favor of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732982/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:14:11 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732982/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b John Kerry said ahead of a second round of meetings Friday. "I am convinced, with great humility, that this moment is a critical one for the region and particularly for Israel, for Palestine and for Jordan," Kerry said before meeting with Israeli ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732814/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:31 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732814/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Eleven cars and parts of two schools and a police station were charred early Friday after a fifth night of unrest in immigrant enclaves around Sweden's capital. Some 300 to 500 youths gathered around eight blazing cars in northwestern suburban Rinkeby, with some young men vandalizing other vehicles, police told Sweden's Tidningarnas Telegrambyra news agency. More than a dozen ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732852/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:05 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732852/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b In the past five years, the Guardian's monthly digital readership has grown from 20 million browsers to more than 80 million. Photograph: Graham Turner for the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732512/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 03:23:51 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732512/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:54 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Mail Online with its biggest ever digital day, attracting more than 9.5 million unique users.However, the bombing proved the 12th and 16th most popular web days in April ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732029/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:11 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214732029/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b A moderate earthquake shook a remotely populated area in the Sierras in Northern California late Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was 5.7 on the Richter scale. That is severe enough to be felt across a wide area and to do considerable damage to poorly designed buildings but unlikely to cause major casualties. The quake at 8:47 p.m. was reported to be centered about 7 ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731933/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731933/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Malaysia's deputy prime minister said there was no government interference in the case and arrest of three opposition leaders and an activist this ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731209/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:20 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731209/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b  GateHouse Media has named The Patriot Ledger its Newspaper of the Year for the second straight year. GateHouse is The Ledger’s parent company. The Ledger won in a category for daily newspapers with circulations over 25,000. GateHouse owns 79 daily newspapers and 257 weekly newspapers across the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731056/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 00:37:47 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214731056/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b King Edward VIII before his abdication and paid key Spanish leaders to keep the country neutral. The documents also include a letter describing a long night Prime ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214730811/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Fri, 24 May 2013 00:19:31 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214730811/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b - The Kentucky New Era has been around since 1869. The paper can be delivered to your home or buy it from one of 60 machines. "It is an honor system, we trust people are going to take what you pay for," said Tony Henson, circulation director for KNE. However, back in 2011, Henson started noticing a great deal of dishonesty. "The cost of this to our company has been in excess to ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214728844/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:14 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214728844/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Those who might think that the era of the press baron is over haven't heard of Lord Black. He may not be a household name but the Conservative peer, director of the company behind the Daily Telegraph and consummate insider is ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214728420/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:22 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214728420/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b It is all too easy for us in the media to report only bad news, especially after the horrific events of two days ago. Some think it is my duty to comment on the attack in Woolwich, but as I have alluded to in previous letters, our reporters are in a much better position to get to the bottom of the story.So when I heard of some good news, it was important for me to share it with you. Completely ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214727199/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:28 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214727199/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Maria Miller , urging her to reject the royal charter proposed by the press industry, saying that it is unacceptable for "those responsible for the damage to our lives and the lives of others [to] seek to shrug off responsibility and once again write their own rulebook".Miller is holding a consultation on whether the press industry's royal charter should be considered formally ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214727664/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:44 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214727664/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b WASHINGTON - Two years after his already pun-friendly surname became associated with a lewd Twitter scandal, Anthony Weiner officially kicked off his mission for political redemption on Thursday, hitting the campaign trail in his improbable bid to become mayor of New York City. The disgraced onetime congressman, forced into retirement after he confessed to sending crotch shots to some of his ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214726787/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214726787/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Freedom Forum is gravely concerned over a recent press freedom violation that occurred in the capital city of Kathmandu.Early in the morning of May 19, 2013, cadres affiliated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) seized all copies of ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214724663/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27:57 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214724663/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Three executives at SAC Capital Advisors LP were issued subpoenas related to a U.S. insider trading investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing sources it did not name, the newspaper said SAC President Thomas Conheeney, Chief Compliance Officer Steven Kessler and head of trading Phillipp Villhauer were issued subpoenas, but none have been accused of wrongdoing. The ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214725436/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:27 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214725436/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: Ann E. Marimow | The Washington Post The chief judge of the District’s federal court issued an unusual order Wednesday, apologizing to the public and the media for not making certain court documents widely available online. The gesture of transparency by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth comes at a time when the Obama administration is under scrutiny for an unprecedented ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723946/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:28 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723946/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b An Edison, N.J. fitness trainer was charged with conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids across the country through Internet sales, a court complaint said. Richard Gray, 60, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to similar charges, said little in his preliminary hearing in federal court in Newark Wednesday, the (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported. Gray's arrest came after agents from U.S. Customs ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723028/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:27 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723028/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Non-farm jobs in Los Angeles rose by 9,700 from April 2012 to April 2013, the city's economic development corporation said. The fastest-growing job sector for the city is the entertainment industry, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. The number of jobs slipped slightly from March to April, but that reflected seasonal trends, the Times said. From April 2012 to April 2013, the number ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214722768/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:21 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214722768/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Randy, because your March LTTE wasn't published, there's no telling whether its topic was as incendiary as that published on January 24: gun control. That gun control LTTE expressed as a secondary theme another hot topic, unfavorable opinions of President Obama and Vice President Biden because they supported gun legislation which you did not. Not surprisingly, most of the 10 online ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723863/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:08 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214723863/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: John Murrell | All Things D The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and its sister projects, said Wednesday it had enlisted m/Oppenheim Associates to help in a global search for an executive director to replace Sue Gardner, who is leaving to pursue Internet activism projects. The foundation hopes to have the new hire in place by ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214722449/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:49 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214722449/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b The U.S. Navy has released audio of conversations as the destroyer USS Porter collided with a Japanese tanker in the Gulf of Hormuz last year. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Va., obtained the audio under a Freedom of Information Act request. The audio and the Porter's log shows the vessel performing a risky maneuver, passing in front of another vessel's bow in the dark in ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721361/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721361/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Nine people were killed Wednesday when a van carrying at least 15 people fell into a ravine near Tianguistengo, Mexico, authorities said. The vehicle, described as a "public transport van," fell from the road in Hildago state Wednesday evening into a ravine and dropped more than 650 feet, the Mexico City newspaper El Universal said. Assistant Secretary of Civil Protection and Risk ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721654/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721654/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Health officials say they traced a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 300 people to cooked chorizo sausage served at a Las Vegas restaurant. A report released Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District said the salmonella contamination likely occurred at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar, not where the sausage was produced, the Las Vegas Sun reported. "[There is] a small ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721275/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Afghanistan . Army officials said Lee Rigby, 25, nicknamed Riggers, was married with a 2-year-old son, The Guardian reported. He enlisted in 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Rigby, apparently targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt for the soldiers' charity Help for Heroes, was hacked to death Wednesday outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich district of London. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Students working on a short film sit in a daily meeting to discuss their progress in the BYU Animation lab at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Aug. 9, ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720061/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:32 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720061/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Timberline High School's newspaper staff was recently recognized by the North Thurston School Board for winning first in state and fourth in the country in student journalist ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720859/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:23 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720859/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Voices in Danger campaign highlighted the plight of Pakistani journalists earlier this week in an interview with Umar Cheema, a local journalist who ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720036/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:26:15 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720036/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b has apologized for quoting a source who apparently described the people who attacked a soldier with a machete as being "of Muslim appearance." The BBC received a host of complaints after the high-profile TV journalist used the phrase during the flagship channel BBC One's 6 p.m. bulletin on Wednesday. Robinson was reporting hours after a savage machete attack that killed a serving ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720856/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:09 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720856/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720860/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:06 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214720860/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Li Keqiang published on Thursday a signed article titled "Why Switzerland?" in Neue Zuricher Zeitung, a German-language Swiss daily ahead of his visit to the European country. The following is the full text of the English translation of the article: Switzerland is the first European destination on the list of countries I will visit after becoming China's premier. In Chinese ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214718683/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 12:19:35 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214718683/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b The editors of Antiwar.com are suing the FBI for access to surveillance files they say the agency has compiled on them and their online magazine. A news article appearing on the publication's website Wednesday said founder and managing editor Eric Garris and editorial director Justin Raimondo are demanding release of records. The suit was filed Tuesday at the San Francisco Division of the ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717621/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:36 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717621/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b In opposition ... Ben Bradshaw is one of the signatories on a letter to Maria Miller from six members of the media select committee. Photograph: Pa ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717622/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:00 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717622/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b David Montgomery and, instead of making all those unnecessary corrections, reinvent yourself as a media mogul hellbent on destroying journalists' jobs and putting paid to empires such as Trinity Mirror and Mecom.After all, what's the point of labouring over shorthand and media law and then going outside the office to meet your readers and getting an exclusive story? Why not sit at your ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717623/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:59 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717623/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b declined 6% to £287m in the six months to the end of March, as print ads and circulation declined, while the Mail Online juggernaut continued with a 61% year-on-year revenue surge to £20m. Parent company Daily Mail & General Trust said that the overall Mail franchise's revenues declined 4% to £306m, with print ads down 8% and circulation income down 6%, with a ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717624/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214717624/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b When Democrats nominated Barack Obama and Joseph Biden in 2008, there was relief that-after eight years of Bush/Cheney abuses-a major party was running, for the first time in our history, a pair of constitutional law instructors for president and vice president. With the Obama/Biden victory, many assumed that surely the new administration would respect the First Amendment, including the essential ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214716061/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:19 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214716061/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Mirror Group Digital enjoyed a huge boost in digital traffic to its network of sites - which includes Mirror.co.uk - in April, with a 30% surge in monthly users during a period that included Lady Thatcher's death.The MGD website network, which also includes 3am.co.uk and MirrorFootball.co.uk, reported a 29.89% rise in monthly unique browsers between March and April to 25,150,876, according ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214716062/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:16 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214716062/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Sowetan newspaper article shortly after the Marikana shootings, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Thursday. Under cross-examination by Dali Mpofu, for the wounded and arrested miners, Phiyega denied quotes attributed to her in the newspaper. According to the article, Phiyega said police should not be sorry about shooting dead 34 miners on 16 August during the wage-related strike at ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214714158/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:26:58 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214714158/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Toronto Mayor Rob Ford announced Thursday that he is cancelling a special meeting in which city councillors were due to debate the casino issue. ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214712728/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:22:48 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214712728/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Robert Mugabe signed the country's new constitution into law, eliminating the possibility of elections by June 29. The new constitution, which was approved in a public vote in March, requires a 30-day mandatory voter registration period be instituted after the approval of the new charter, experts told NewsDay Zimbabwe. Another 56 days would be needed after the Election Day is decided until ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214712894/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:04:05 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214712894/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Prime Minister Stephen Harper inspects an honour guard at Government Palace in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711458/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:07 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711458/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b at Wednesday's London Press Club awards . "We're under attack," Alton told newspaper industry colleagues to loud applause and roars of laughter, "from clapped out academics, coked-up celebs, loved up lawyers and vengeful politicians - bastards all of them!" As is now traditional with Times people collecting industry gongs this year ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711980/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:23 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711980/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b As we gear up to celebrate 100 years of crosswords there is another, more personal anniversary. On 20 May 1963 Don Manley - known to Guardian solvers ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711981/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:22 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711981/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b by: John Kennedy | Silicon Republic We caught up with the chief innovation officer of The Irish Times, Dr Johnny Ryan, at the Open Innovation 2.0 conference in Dublin. Ryan revealed a multi-million euro investment in newsroom technology is on the way, as well as a strategic bet on the future of advertising that will best place the 154-year-old newspaper to triumph in the digital ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711982/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:20:48 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711982/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Answer: yes. There are all sorts of arguments in favour. Practical and technological first - pictures and film clips of the incident were across social media within minutes. Newspapers (and TV) would have looked completely daft to ignore what was already in the public domain.The man wasn't trying to hide from the spotlight. He was aware he was "speaking to camera" in order to ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711380/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:13 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214711380/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Obama will say Thursday. The president will also announce new limits to unmanned combat drone strikes, the officials said of the program that has been central to White House efforts to combat terrorism. Obama's 2 p.m. speech at the Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington will lay out how he intends to bring his counter-terrorism policies in line with the legal ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214710530/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:46:04 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214710530/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Mail on Sunday declined 6% to 287m in the six months to the end of March, as print ads and circulation declined, while the Mail Online juggernaut continued with a 61% year-on-year revenue surge to 20m.Parent ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214709041/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:17 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214709041/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu 23 May 2013 LONDON (SHARECAST) - The Telegraph says that Waitrose head Mark Price is refusing to meet with Ocado chief Tim Steiner after the online grocery group agreed to help rival Morrison develop an online shopping website. According to The Times, British parcel delivery group UK Mail is close to signing a deal with the Department for Transport for the high-speed rail line ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214708823/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:42:06 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214708823/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Police's continued closure of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper is not only affecting Ugandans but has now crossed the borders into Rwanda, The Observer has learnt. Two Rwandan Kinyarwanda newspapers, Rushyashya and Impamo, which print from Monitor Publications, claim that their already printed copies are part of the documents that police won't let go out of the premises. "I am very ... http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214707306/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:29 -0400 http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/sid/214707306/scat/0bd2f02fd6f7825b