Newspapers are shuttering left and right, and the nation's papers of record are losing money. But while the number of traditional journalists dwindle, a new kind of newsgathering is booming, particularly in covering the political upheaval in Iran.    Read More

The seventh annual "D: All Things Digital" conference, which is hosted by the Wall Street Journal, kicked off with a brief introduction from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and a Q&A with Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone.   Read More

Even though Warren Buffett always says he likes stocks more when they're cheaper, he didn't do a lot of buying as Wall Street's major indexes fell to their bear-market lows (so far) in early March.  Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter stock portfolio snapshot shows no blockbuster buys. A few stakes did, however, get bigger during the first three months on the year.   Read More

While the newspaper and magazine industry struggles with plummeting ad sales, everyone's looking for a new business model.    Read More

It's a dark Friday for The Washington Post Co. Like other newspaper companies it's suffering from the weak economy and plummeting ad market, and today it all took its toll on the stock.   Read More

The newspaper industry can't escape ever-declining revenues and the shift of readers online and now it's cutting back on its most important assets - its news room. The New York Times and Washington Post today both announced major cuts.    Read More

Newspaper industry headlines just keep getting worse and worse. Over the weekend two more newspaper companies filed for bankruptcy and this week the downward spiral continues   Read More

Bernanke bounce or an Obama tumble? That was the question on the minds of traders about markets Wednesday, another day in which Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before a Congressional committee and after President Obama's Tuesday night speech on the state of the nation.    Read More

Instead of asking what Warren Buffett has been buying, we should have been wondering what he's been selling.  Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio snapshot for the end of the fourth quarter reveals its holdings in Johnson and Johnson have been slashed by more than half.   Read More

Warren Buffett has been maintaining a relatively high profile, by his standards, during a visit to Washington, DC, just days before Barack Obama's inauguration.  He toured the Washington Post's newsroom with Obama, spoke to NBC's Tom Brokaw, and did an interview with the Voice of America.   Read More