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British police will look into a report that a Rupert Murdoch subsidiary hacked into cellphone messages.

Adding Wikipedia articles to those from publications used by Google News began as an experiment seen by a small percentage of users.

The possible sale of Yahoo’s HotJobs would be a huge blow for members of the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium, as the alliance is the only source of help-wanted-ad revenue for nearly 200 papers. But that’s apparently not deterring papers from joining.

Betsy Morgan, the chief executive of The Huffington Post, is leaving the news Web site after less than two years on the job.

Many U.S. companies consider lobbying the government just another cost of doing business. When newspapers want help from Uncle Sam, the cost could be their reputation.

Iran will release imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, her father said Monday.

A week after The Baltimore Sun slashed 60 newsroom jobs, including 18 top editing positions, some 50 newsroom staffers still at the paper have launched a one-day byline strike, according to the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.

With the media world in a seemingly downward spiral, many journalists are wondering how do you get ahead in an industry that can’t see its own future?

On a recent morning, when many newspapers and news sites were buzzing about swine flu, voiceofsandiego.org wrote instead about a local science professor and his quest to understand the beginning of the universe.