BBC

Why The Onion Is Awesome for Publishing Details of Its Twitter Hack

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 10 at 5:59 am PT

Details of hacking attacks are too often kept secret.

BBC Weather Forecast Calls for Hacked Twitter Account

Peter Kafka in Media on March 21 at 7:45 am PT

Courtesy of the “Syrian Electronic Army.”

iBackpack!

Peter Kafka in Media on February 20 at 6:02 am PT

Wouldn’t it be great if you could watch Apple design guru Jony Ive judge a bunch of kids’ designs for a combo backpack/lunchbox? It is!

Tumblr Not Limited to Fanciers

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that’s become part of our identity and it shouldn’t be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented: curation is a new, more accessible way to express yourself.

– David Karp, Tumblr CEO, to BBC economics editor Paul Mason

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Confirms Kindles Are Sold at Cost

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 12, 2012 at 11:13 am PT

How does Amazon manage to its keep Kindle prices low while still offering some of the latest hardware? Just skip the profit part.

News Byte

New York Times Lands BBC Boss for CEO

Peter Kafka in Media on August 14, 2012 at 2:13 pm PT

The New York Times has hired Mark Thompson, the outgoing head of the British Broadcasting Corporation, as its new CEO. The Guardian first reported that Thompson was a likely candidate for the spot, which has been open since Janet Robinson departed last December.

Viral Video: BBC’s Weirdly Victorious Animated Olympic Promo

Kara Swisher in Media on July 4, 2012 at 5:06 pm PT

The thrill of CGI, the agony of sore feet.

Breaking News Rules

But when it comes to the verdict, surely the reporter should rush to the live microphone or camera first — even if that means being beaten by a rival tweeter?

– BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on the BBC’s new guidelines that prohibit its reporters from breaking news on Twitter

Voices

In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV

Paul Sonne and Farnaz Fassihi, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 27, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Shohreh, a 37-year-old Iranian nurse, sat down with her husband and parents one night in September to watch a documentary about Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, scheduled to be shown on the British Broadcasting Corp.’s BBC Persian channel.

A Non-Viral Video You Should Watch Anyway

Peter Kafka in Media on December 21, 2011 at 5:51 am PT

No cats, or Pitbull, featured here. Just an hour and a half of people talking about physics genius Richard Feynman. (PS: Plenty of stuff like this all over YouTube, for free.)