On Thursday in Washington, as my colleague David Johnston reports, several legislators declared at a Senate hearing that the murder of 12 soldiers and a retired guardsman at Fort Hood this month was “a terrorist attack.” Senator Joseph I. Lieberman,... Full Article at The New York Times

It’s basically an email from Chris Donesa, a Republican HPSCI staffer, to a bunch of people at DNI, DOJ, and NSA who had been involved in the Protect America Act passage, followed by a letter Crazy Pete Hoekstra sent to NYT’s Bill Keller. Full Article at Emptywheel

The New York Times is launching its latest "local" edition in Chicago on Friday in conjunction with the Chicago News Cooperative. The Chicago area report will appear on Fridays and Sundays in the New York Times. Full Article at MediaWeek

Here’s yet another content creator that’s convinced that Apple has a tablet device in the works: Conde Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the rumored gadget by the middle of next year, and will eventually create... Full Article at All Things Digital

Bill Keller, editor of the New York Times, commented that "this ruling has to send a shiver up the spine of anyone who hopes for a genuinely democratic Iraq. What the court calls libel is, in most countries, called journalism. Full Article at Editors Weblog

A photograph for the Guardian by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, whose report about allegations of Nouri al-Maliki's increasing authoritarianism led to the controversy There was widespread condemnation from around the world today of an Iraqi court ruling fining the... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

And there was the inevitable shop talk: As Times executive editor Bill Keller slid into a row of seats, an acquaintance asked, "So, are you parent of the year now at Dalton?"-a question that presumably referenced a story that ran on the front page that... Full Article at Gawker

When I was in San Francisco for ONA, a kind reader offered a blunt critique of my reporting: “You know, every time The New York Times sneezes, it isn’t news.” He’s right, and yet, here’s another post in which the Gray Lady clears her nose: Bill Keller,... Full Article at Nieman Journalism Lab

I often point out that the New York Times is in a very different business than the typical local/regional daily newspaper in the United States. If you're not acutely aware of all of these, you have some homework to do. Full Article at Journerdism

“Washington, news-wise, is the center of the universe at the moment,” said New York Times Editor Bill Keller, in a piece “the paper of record” published earlier this week. Full Article at Sports Blogs

NEWS ANALYSIS -- Apple's tablet PC may take an award for most-commented-upon vaporware of 2009. Full Article at eWeek

"At stake are millions of dollars from online advertisers who want the largest possible number of readers. Putting up any kind of pay wall has the potential to drive away readers and some of those dollars." Full Article at mediabistro.com

NYT editor Bill Keller told Clark Hoyt that the paper is "within weeks of a decision" on the long-discussed question of whether, and how, to charge for its online news. So here is what their decision will be: You will have to pay for their online news. Full Article at Gawker

# Kept it all quiet for NYT. Now why are the NYT endangering British hostages in Somalia? NYT needs to shut up. Full Article at Mediaite.com

However no decision was forthcoming and as of last week the paper itself reports Heekin-Canedy said "executives were still studying the issue". The reason for the delay is simple. Full Article at Brand Republic

One of the longest-running guessing games for New York Times insiders and observers may be nearing an end: will the paper charge again for content online and what form would a pay program take? Full Article at paidContent.org

IN his autobiography “The Good Times,” Russell Baker described the Times newsroom he joined in 1954 as “comically overstaffed.” Baker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington reporter and columnist, quoted a colleague’s explanation for all the idle... Full Article at The New York Times

Top editors of the New York Times have stepped in to referee the "fragging" of star mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin by angry colleagues. "It's causing a lot of grief," one insider said of the swirling controversy. Full Article at New York Post

Interviewer: Do you think FOX News is biased? Full Article at Huffington Post