In the parlance of our times, the term "idiocracy" means a nation run by idiots -- and the term "idiot" is defined by the dictionary as "an utterly foolish or senseless person" who exhibits "a mental age of less than 3 years old." There are obvious reasons to believe America is becoming an idiocracy -- a series of horrendous government and business ...

According to a Paid Content report, Nielsen Business Media is about two weeks from selling its print and online properties to a consortium led by James Finkelstein's News Communications.

Autobytel Inc. , a leader in providing online consumer leads and marketing services to the auto industry, and Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc., www.kbb.com , today announced an extension of their current agreements to expand the reach of Kelley Blue Book's industry-leading vehicle values, pricing and specifications data, and editorial content to the ...

In an irenic Washington Post op-ed, Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington called upon city council members to change the language in impending same-sex marriage legislation so that Catholic Charities could continue to offer adoption and foster care services without compromising Catholic moral teaching.

Federal officials have sent warning letters to two central Minnesota dairy farms for allegedly using high levels of antibiotics in cows.

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray awoke to bad headlines in the Washington Post and the Washington Times Wednesday, alleging two separate possible ethics violations.

U.S. President Barack Obama won't announce his decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan before Thanksgiving, senior aides said Thursday.

No force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own "lite" version of Eva Peron - a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy.

James Murdoch , annointed heir to his father's media conglomerate, News Corporation , signalled that the family love affair with newspapers is coming to an end and the business will shift its focus to television and entertainment in the future.

Nov. 20 -- Miles Nadal, chief executive officer of MDC Partners Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schaztker about the potential impact of Oprah Winfrey ending her TV talk show in 2011 on the media industry.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are pursuing readers from regional US newspapers in their fight to survive the worst advertising declines in the industry's history.

Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would 'represent a clean break from business as usual"? Not so fast says Charles Krauthammer, columnist for The Washington Post and Fox News regular.

Less than a month after the Sun-Times Media Group Inc. was sold out of bankruptcy to a group of investors, a small part of the struggling media company is being reincarnated on the New York Stock Exchange.

Playboy spent 56 years making sure that the world would know it by the sign of its bunny ears.

The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.

Nov. 20 -- Former Playboy Enterprises Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christie Hefner talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about the outlook for the magazine publishing industry and Playboy Enterprises.

A top executive of Freedom Communications said Thursday that the company hopes someone will step forward to buy the Tribune newspapers and keep the East Valley publications alive, but so far, no viable offer has come forward.

There should be no doubt that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is an attention-getter. Her new book is already a best-seller, and her hourlong appearance on " The Oprah Winfrey Show " earlier this week helped the show earn an 8.7 household rating, the New York Times reported .

November 20, 2009 Visionmp.com news service With first anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks coming round the corner, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that he everyday gets intelligence inputs which suggest that Pakistan-based terrorists are contriving more 26/11-like strikes in India.

Yellow Pages Group announced Wednesday a plan to raise $300 million in an offering of notes that will be used to repay other debt and for general corporate purposes.