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...most unfortunate juxtaposition," as Media Nation called it, is the coincidence that the sticker, advertising a wine sale at Cambridge Wine & Spirits, has been placed over the photo of (now) former Mass. State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio being handcuffed after receiving his one-year sentence for a drinking probation violation...
...couldn't have planned this if we tried," wrote Greg Reibman of GateHouse Media New England (the Chronicle's publisher) in his response to Media Nation's post. He added that they "sincerely apologize to former Sen. Galluccio and anyone else who might, understandably, be troubled by this...
...last time Harvard issued debt was in December 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, when it borrowed $2.5 billion to raise cash, refinance risky short-term debt, and terminate certain investment agreements. The move drew heavy media attention and criticism, with a Forbes cover story suggesting that Harvard was in a "cash-raising panic...
...widespread condemnation of Wickrematunge's murder did little to change the restrictions on the media. For months after the civil war was declared over, journalists were not permitted to travel to or report in the former conflict zone in the island's north, and they still need permission to visit camps where those displaced by the war remain, or to speak with those who have returned to their former villages. Similar authorization is required to visit and write on the accelerated development and resettlement process now under way in the Vanni, the former conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka...
...infectious. His writing style and exposés were not for the faint-hearted. There were many fans and an equal number of critics who felt that the Leader's brand of journalism was salacious. But all agreed that he had brought something totally new to Sri Lankan media. He was threatened, sued and beaten up, and his house was fired at with automatic weapons. Still, he kept going. "I credit him for creating the space for those less courageous than him to work," says Marwaan Macan-Markar, another of Wickrematunge's young hires who now works as Asia correspondent...