Some exceedingly rare photos of SS officers at the Auschwitz death camp enjoying some leisure time after a hard day of gassing Jews and other "undesirables" have surfaced after more than 60 years.

From the BBC:

There were violent protests in Delhi after the TV report

An Indian television news channel has been taken off air for a month after broadcasting a false "sting" which led to riots and a woman being jailed.

India's Broadcasting Ministry said the report on Live India had been "defamatory, deliberate and false".

Delhi teacher Uma Khurana was accused of forcing students into prostitution. Police later said the report was faked.

Live India is the first news channel to be banned in India. The station says it was misled by its reporter.

The case follows a number of other so-called stings in which people allege they have been framed and has led to renewed calls for India's media to be regulated.

Experts blame a highly competitive media environment where 24-hour news channels are fighting for revenue and viewers' attention.

For background, see this post: The wacky world of Indian TV news.

Here's a 2006 BBC story: Sting journalism under fire

On Wednesday afternoon, I found myself looking northward at the Niagara River from a viewpoint at Queenston Heights.

A CityTV truck is off to my right. An older fellow, speaking in German-tinged English, asked me if I knew why the TV truck is there.

"They got a tip: The Americans are set to invade again," I deadpanned.

His eyes popped open.

From globeandmail.com:

An increasing number of Canadians are reading their newspapers online, according to the latest readership numbers released yesterday by the Newspaper Audience Databank Inc.

From CP via globeandmail.com:

Newspaper executive Michael Sifton has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sun Media Corp., owner Quebecor Media Inc. announced yesterday.

Mr. Sifton's appointment is effective immediately, the Montreal multimedia company said in a news release.

Quebecor Media's CEO Pierre Francoeur said Mr. Sifton, a former chairman of The Canadian Press, "brings a unique combination of a long family history in Canadian newspaper publishing, and extensive experience to address the challenges in today's tumultuous media industry."

"I could not imagine a more highly qualified successor for the positions I have occupied at Sun Media," Mr. Francoeur said.

Quebecor acquired Sifton's Osprey Media, which primarily operates small-market daily and community newspapers, earlier this summer.

On Wednesday, veteran editor and publisher CBC named John Cruickshank as the new publisher of CBC News.

Dan Rather launched a US$70 million lawsuit Wednesday against his old employer CBS, which forced him out over the memogate affair. Rather thinks he has evidence that will vindicate him.