What We're Reading
Date: 09 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 Jenna Wortham, Nicholas Confessore and others.
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8th of December 2014 News
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Five Singers Win Opera News Awards
Date: 09 December 2014
By ALLAN KOZINN
Allan KOZINN
This year’s winners do not include any directors, conductors or composers.
Reaction to C.I.A. Torture Report
Date: 09 December 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Highlights from the report and reaction from across the political spectrum.
The New Republic’s Rebellion
Date: 09 December 2014
By JOE NOCERA
Joe NOCERA
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column foresees grim future for The New Republic now that most of its senior staff have departed in protest of changes instituted by owner Chris Hughes; observes Hughes's vision of a profitable, vertically integrated media company is at odds with the history of publication that has traditionally lost money in order to preserve its distinctive voice in policy debate.
North Korea Denies Role in Sony Pictures Hacking
Date: 08 December 2014
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Choe SANG-HUN
North Korea denies hacking attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, but expresses delight at breach of company as it prepares to release The Interview, comedy about plot to assassinate country's leader Kim Jong-un.
Revolt at the New New Republic
Date: 08 December 2014
By JONATHAN MAHLER and RAVI SOMAIYA
Jonathan MAHLER
Recent changes at The New Republic by owner Chris Hughes, a Facebook founder, have led to some staff resignations, including that of editor Franklin Foer, and forced magazine to cancel its next issue; Hughes defends his stewardship of magazine, which included setting aggressive targets for web traffic and proposals to turn magazine into technology company.
Rolling Stone Tries to Regroup After Campus Rape Article Is Disputed
Date: 08 December 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
Rolling Stone magazine is regrouping following reports from The Washington Post cast doubts on magazine's November story of a gang rape at University of Virginia fraternity party; story helped drive national debate over problem of sexual assault on college campuses; publication, whose editors have admitted they relied solely on word of accuser, now faces serious challenge to its journalistic reputation.
Covering Mars Opened a New World
Date: 09 December 2014
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
John WILFORD
John Noble Wilford First Person essay recalls spending long night in 1965, while he was at Time magazine, writing story about spacecraft Mariner 4's photographs of Mars; says experienced caused him to change his focus from political journalism to science and space journalism, and eventually led him to New York Times.
China Rails Against Pollution, of the Journalistic Variety
Date: 08 December 2014
By JESS MACY YU
Jess YU
A People’s Daily editorial has warned the media and public to stick to a “smog-free” news environment, in an appeal that melds old-style censorship and morality with contemporary environmental challenges.