Media Coverage

We need a 24/7 city By J. Alain Ferry START-UP ENTREPRENEURS don't work from 9 to 5. We don't drive to the office. We don't cook dinner. And we don't make tons of money. We sell our cars, operate out of our apartments, and hold meetings in coffee shops. Even when we start in Boston and want to stay in Boston, Silicon Valley lures us away with its friendly investors and sunny weather, or New York calls to us with its non-stop action and center-of-the-universe vibe.

Thousands of university students marched through central Mexico City on Wednesday to protest media coverage that they say favors the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections. The students say newspapers and television stations are tilting their coverage toward Enrique Pena Nieto, who is leading polls by double digits ahead of the July 1 vote. Many of the students were from the elite Iberoamerican University, where a May 11 appearance by Pena Nieto set off a rare wave of protests by young people against a return to the presidency of the Institutional...

Mitt Romney complained last week of a "vast left-wing conspiracy" in the media, but a study published today revealed the presumptive Republican nominee has enjoyed more positive press coverage than President Obama in recent months. The Pew Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found that negative coverage of Obama outweighed positive coverage in each of 15 weeks between Jan. 2 and April 15. Romney, meanwhile, had six weeks of mostly positive stories and another four in which positive and negative coverage were roughly equal.

"There seems to be somewhat of a hype around the stock offering. " — Analyst Brian Blau of the Gartner technology research group, providing an understated take on Facebook's IPO, which has dominated media coverage in the weeks leading up to a stock sale valuing the company at $104 billion. –– "Donna truly was the 'Queen of Disco.' Her voice was unforgettable, and the music industry has lost a legend far too soon. " — President Barack Obama on the death Thursday of Donna Summer, whose breakthrough song, "Love to Love You Baby," launched her career and was the first of her 19 No. 1 dance hits.

"There seems to be somewhat of a hype around the stock offering. " — Analyst Brian Blau of the Gartner technology research group, providing an understated take on Facebook's IPO, which has dominated media coverage in the weeks leading up to a stock sale valuing the company at $104 billion. –– "Donna truly was the 'Queen of Disco.' Her voice was unforgettable, and the music industry has lost a legend far too soon. " — President Barack Obama on the death Thursday of Donna Summer, whose breakthrough song, "Love to Love You Baby," launched her career and was the first of her 19 No. 1 dance hits.

NEW YORK -- The news media should have been given access to jury selection in Martha Stewart's securities fraud trial, a federal appeals panel ruled yesterday. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum erred in refusing the media access to the individual questioning of potential jurors. "We do not see anything in the district court's findings, other than perhaps the degree of media coverage, that differentiates this case from any other high-profile prosecution," the appeals court wrote.

President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House. Friday's fundraiser at the upscale Jefferson Hotel was closed to media coverage. Obama's campaign said about 20 people attended. Obama has been raising money in preparation for a tough challenge against his eventual Republican opponent. Through the end of 2011, Obama had raised more than $220 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Republican candidate Newt Gingrich is decrying media coverage of the sexual harassment claims against rival Herman Cain and says that Cain's tax plans deserve more attention. Gingrich has told WSB radio in Atlanta on Wednesday that he thinks it's "disgusting" that the news media has started what Gingrich described as a "witch hunt" against Cain. It was revealed this week that Cain's former employer, the National Restaurant Association, settled in the 1990s with two women who claimed that Cain had sexually harassed them.

Jurors will deliberate for a second day at the trial of the man accused of slaying Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. The jury is scheduled to return to a Chicago courthouse Thursday morning to continue discussing evidence against Hudson's former brother-in-law, William Balfour. Judge Charles Burns told jurors Wednesday night after they had deliberated for more than four hours that they would be sequestered at a hotel for the night. At such high-profile trials, jurors are often not permitted to go home to ensure they don't view media...

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent The suspect wanted for armed robbery of the Hingham Institution for Savings Bank on Whiting Street early this month turned himself in to police on Saturday night. The suspect was dropped off at the front of the Hingham Police station at 10 p.m. on Saturday, walked into the lobby, and was placed under arrest. James Callahan, 58, of South Boston, was booked and charged with armed robbery while masked, assault with a dangerous weapon, and larceny over $250.

Jurors will deliberate for a second day at the trial of the man accused of slaying Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. The jury is scheduled to return to a Chicago courthouse Thursday morning to continue discussing evidence against Hudson's former brother-in-law, William Balfour. Judge Charles Burns told jurors Wednesday night after they had deliberated for more than four hours that they would be sequestered at a hotel for the night. At such high-profile trials, jurors are often not permitted to go home to ensure they don't view media...

Mitt Romney complained last week of a "vast left-wing conspiracy" in the media, but a study published today revealed the presumptive Republican nominee has enjoyed more positive press coverage than President Obama in recent months. The Pew Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found that negative coverage of Obama outweighed positive coverage in each of 15 weeks between Jan. 2 and April 15. Romney, meanwhile, had six weeks of mostly positive stories and another four in which positive and negative coverage...

We need a 24/7 city By J. Alain Ferry START-UP ENTREPRENEURS don't work from 9 to 5. We don't drive to the office. We don't cook dinner. And we don't make tons of money. We sell our cars, operate out of our apartments, and hold meetings in coffee shops. Even when we start in Boston and want to stay in Boston, Silicon Valley lures us away with its friendly investors and sunny weather, or New York calls to us with its non-stop action and center-of-the-universe vibe.

President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House. Friday's fundraiser at the upscale Jefferson Hotel was closed to media coverage. Obama's campaign said about 20 people attended. Obama has been raising money in preparation for a tough challenge against his eventual Republican opponent. Through the end of 2011, Obama had raised more than $220 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent The suspect wanted for armed robbery of the Hingham Institution for Savings Bank on Whiting Street early this month turned himself in to police on Saturday night. The suspect was dropped off at the front of the Hingham Police station at 10 p.m. on Saturday, walked into the lobby, and was placed under arrest. James Callahan, 58, of South Boston, was booked and charged with armed robbery while masked, assault with a dangerous weapon, and larceny over $250.

Republican candidate Newt Gingrich is decrying media coverage of the sexual harassment claims against rival Herman Cain and says that Cain's tax plans deserve more attention. Gingrich has told WSB radio in Atlanta on Wednesday that he thinks it's "disgusting" that the news media has started what Gingrich described as a "witch hunt" against Cain. It was revealed this week that Cain's former employer, the National Restaurant Association, settled in the 1990s with two women who claimed that Cain had sexually harassed them.

PORTLAND, Maine - Prosecutors may introduce evidence about a Massachusetts man's alcohol consumption before a boat collision that killed two people on Long Lake, a judge ruled. Prosecutors say Robert LaPointe's blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent three hours after the crash last summer in Harrison. Maine's alcohol limit for driving is 0.08 percent. But lawyers for LaPointe contend that the evidence was unreliable because the blood sample wasn't refrigerated and wasn't delivered to a lab until 34 hours after the crash.

Thousands of university students marched through central Mexico City on Wednesday to protest media coverage that they say favors the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections. The students say newspapers and television stations are tilting their coverage toward Enrique Pena Nieto, who is leading polls by double digits ahead of the July 1 vote. Many of the students were from the elite Iberoamerican University, where a May 11 appearance by Pena Nieto set off a rare wave of protests by young people against a return to the presidency of the...

Media coverage of the opening of the Premier League season could be disrupted after a breakdown in talks between the league and media groups over reporting restrictions. The Premier League and Football League have been in negotiations with newspapers and news agencies for several months over the terms of game coverage. The Premier League begins Aug. 13. The News Media Coalition, an international body aimed at protecting the ability of news organizations to cover major events, said the leagues suspended talks Wednesday.

Any time there’s a little flare-up in player/fan/media relations in this town, I ask myself: “WWTD?’’ That’s “What Would Ted Do?’’ Talkin’ ’bout No. 9, The Splendid Splinter, The Thumper. How would The Thumper fare in this era of talk radio, Internet chat rooms, and Twitter? The mind truly boggles. And yet when something like this mild flap stemming from the Kevin Youkilis comments to my colleague Dan Shaughnessy occurs, I like to turn it around. I wonder how some of today’s athletes would have coped in a Boston where there were seven daily newspapers and some...