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Write An Essay To Win A Local Newspaper

7:51am June 12, 2016

Newspaper for sale! Host Linda Wertheimer talks to Ross Connelly, owner of the Hardwick Gazette in Vermont. After 30 years, he's retiring and holding an essay contest to find a new publisher.

Nick Denton, seen here during his legal battle with Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections for Gawker Media, the company he founded 13 years ago.

National

Gawker Files For Bankruptcy As It Faces $140 Million Court Penalty

7:46pm June 10, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In addition to its eponymous website, Gawker Media operates several other popular sites, including Deadspin, Jezebel and Gizmodo. The company will be sold to Ziff Davis.

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Gawker Files For Bankruptcy As It Faces $140 Million Judgment

6:49pm June 10, 2016

by David Folkenflik

On Friday, a judge ruled that a $140 million judgment against Gawker Media will stand. After that, the company announced that it has filed for bankruptcy and will be put up for auction.

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American boxer and world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali throws a long right to British challenger Henry Cooper's injured left eye in the sixth round of their world heavyweight championship fight.

Sports

On Muhammad Ali's Complicated Contradictions, And How He Changed Boxing

12:52pm June 10, 2016

"Ali was a black man who was not concerned with what white America thought of him."

National

Time For A New Leader At Viacom, Former CEO Tom Freston Says

11:15am June 10, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The fight for control of Viacom is playing out like a soap opera. Ex-Viacom CEO Tom Freston says current CEO Philippe Dauman is running the company aground in an effort to prop up stock value.

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Why A Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants To Put Gawker Out Of Business

6:20am June 09, 2016

by David Folkenflik

Gawker's Nick Denton is at the eye of the storm as his media company faces legal threats financed by a Silicon Valley billionaire.

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Stanford University Sexual Assault Case Gains Unusual Media Attention

2:04pm June 08, 2016

by David Folkenflik

A woman's sentencing statement about the man convicted of raping her at Stanford became a viral sensation through BuzzFeed and an unusual extended reading by a CNN anchor.

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Hillary Clinton addresses her supporters at a rally Tuesday in Brooklyn, N.Y., after clinching her status as presumptive Democratic nominee.

The Last Big Night Of The Primaries, In 5 Headlines

9:46am June 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Hillary Clinton secured her status as presumptive nominee and took home California. Bernie Sanders said he will stay in the fight. And Donald Trump gave a scripted speech — an unusual move for him.

Relatives carry the coffin of Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna ahead of funeral prayers Tuesday in Kabul. Tamanna, a 38-year-old father of three killed alongside NPR photographer David Gilkey in a Taliban ambush in southern Helmand province, is seen a

World News

Afghan Journalist Zabihullah Tamanna Laid To Rest In Kabul

1:43pm June 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Tamanna died on Sunday, along with NPR photojournalist David Gilkey, when the Afghan convoy they were traveling in was attacked by Taliban fighters.

NPR photographer David Gilkey adjusts his glasses on the White House lawn before going to meet President Obama in 2011. Gilkey won the White House News Photographers Association's award for "Best Photographer of the Year, 2010."

World News

Remembering NPR Photojournalist David Gilkey

10:44am June 06, 2016

by Ariel Zambelich

David Gilkey, whose images documented both tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday along with NPR's Afghan interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna.