The Village Voice has turfed long-time investigative reporter James Ridgeway -- yet another aftershock from the merger of the Voice with New Times Media that became official on Feb. 1.

Big Bro in China has told local TV stations they can't use foreign TV footage in news bulletins.

Since Comedy Central wouldn't let them use an image of the Prophet Muhammad, South Park's creators decided to bite the hand that feeds them.

Treasury Board President John Baird told The Globe and Mail's editorial board that federal civil servants should honour the spirit of the Access to Information Act -- not scramble to restrict access to government records....   more »

NYT executive editor Bill Keller tackled readers' questions ranging from diversity to bias to anonymous sources to Judith Miller and beyond.

Read it here.

Keller cracked a wry joke here in talking about the most e-mailed articles:

Q. With the recent redesign of NYTimes.com, the top 10 Most E-Mailed articles are now listed on every page -- expanded from the top 5 of the past. I can only imagine that this reflects the popularity of this feature; indeed, every reader of NYTimes.com that I know utilizes the list. What effect has this feature had on the reporting and editing of the newspaper? How have you endeavored to maximize and/or minimize the impact of such a direct reflection of your readership's interests? And please do not claim that you do not follow the Most E-Mailed list, for nobody will believe you!

-- Ted Liao, New York

A. Not read it? Are you kidding? I've been checking every hour in hopes this Q&A will make the list. Fat chance.

I admit that I started out somewhat prudish about the Most-E-Mailed list. I worried that important, original, in-depth work that happened not to be buzzy would become wallflowers at the prom, that popularity would become a substitute for quality. I've lightened up a little. The list is still not the ultimate measure of good journalism, but it's fun. I think it sometimes directs people to great stories they might otherwise have missed. And -- perhaps in a reflection of the seriously curious readers of this paper -- a lot of important work, including long investigative projects, makes the list.

Are you a well-estabished, global-brand newspaper with extensive archives but a poor system for making them accessible to website visitors? Read on!

If the long-term price of oil is set at $50 per barrel, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says yes. You know who agrees with him? The U.S. Dept. of Energy.

The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh on why his article about Pentagon plans for attacks on Iran is more than just "wild speculation," as Dubya put it. Hersh spoke with Democracy Now!

The Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation jointly accused the Conservative government of playing "bait and switch" with proposed changes to the Access to Information Act.