New York Times launches daily podcast show

NEW YORK — Best known for its print coverage, The New York Times is this week broadening into the realm of daily audio news by launching a brand new podcast.

“The Daily,” a 15-20 minute audio offering, will launch Wednesday and be available to listeners through the newspaper’s website and mobile apps.

The show will cover a range of topics from hard news to other topics “highlighting culturally relevant news of the day,” the newspaper said.

Host will be Michael Barbaro, who covered the 2016 US election and who will also share context, analysis and thoughts with Times readers by text message.

The move sees the newspaper try to hold its own in a competitive news market where demand for coverage spiked during and since last year’s election that ended in a shock victory for President Donald Trump.

Last week The Washington Post launched the podcast “Can He Do That?” to assess the Trump’s presidency, currently top in the US podcast charts. The Wall Street Journal also offers readers a variety of podcasts.

“Our readers have always turned to us first thing in the morning to help them understand the world,” said Dean Baquet, executive editor of the Times.

“Now, with our new audio report, we’re able to explain the news in a whole new way,” he added.

Last year the Times launched four new podcasts — “The Run-Up,” a politics show also hosted by Barbaro, “Modern Love,” “Still Processing” and “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.”

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Joan Rivers’ daughter settles malpractice lawsuit in mother’s death

A New York City clinic has settled a malpractice lawsuit filed by the daughter of comedian Joan Rivers for an undisclosed amount over an ill-fated procedure that led to the celebrity’s death, lawyers for the Rivers family said on Thursday.

Rivers, who was 81, suffered a loss of oxygen to her brain on Aug. 28, 2014, as physicians at the Yorkville Endoscopy center in Manhattan inserted instruments to examine her throat and vocal cords. She died a week later at a New York hospital.

Her daughter, Melissa, filed a malpractice suit in January 2015, alleging doctors posed for selfies with their sedated celebrity patient even as her vital signs were plunging.

“In choosing to accept this settlement, I am able to put the legal aspects of my mother’s death behind me and ensure that those culpable for her death have accepted responsibility for their actions quickly and without equivocation,” Melissa Rivers said in a statement released by her lawyers, Ben Rubinowitz and Jeff Bloom.

Reuters could not reach representatives of Yorkville Endoscopy for comment. The New York Times quoted a spokesman as saying, “The parties agreed to settle this case to avoid protracted litigation. We remain committed to providing quality, compassionate health care services.”

The Rivers lawyers said the doctors did not deny responsibility.

Shortly before the lawsuit was filed, a government health agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, cited the Yorkville clinic for failing to follow standard protocols during its treatment of Rivers.

Melissa Rivers vowed to work toward ensuring higher safety standards at outpatient surgical clinics.

“We have agreed to keep the terms of the settlement confidential to make certain that the focus of this horrific incident remains on improved patient care and the legacy of Joan Rivers,” the two lawyers said in the statement.

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New York Times sings praises of ‘I Do Bidoo Bidoo’

One of the oldest and most respected American newspapers has just honored “I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila” with a thumbs up review.

“I Do Bidoo Bidoo”, a romantic comedy musical based on the famous songs of the Apo Hiking Society, began its American tour as it opened Friday (Saturday, Manila time) in New York City and San Diego. It will also open in Hawaii on December 7.

The film’s New York screening drew the attention of Jon Caramanica, a lifestyle and entertainment writer for The New York Times.

In his November 29 review, Caramanica described “I Do Bidoo Bidoo” as “an exuberant if creaky Filipino musical that never lets story get in the way of its songs.”

“Given that music drives the story here, it’s notable that color feels more prominent than sound. ‘I Do,’ written and directed by Chris Martinez, is filmed in a hyperreal style in which the prints on the clothes of Rosie and her friends scream louder than they do. Everyone sings, but color is life,” the critic elaborated.

Produced by Studio 5 and Unitel Productions, the film earned rhapsodic reviews and received an A rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board when it opened in local cinemas last August.

Its cast members consist of seasoned singers and actors (Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano, Ogie Alcasid and Eugene Domingo) as well as promising young stars (Sam Concepcion and Tippy Dos Santos).

The film’s director, Chris Martinez is also the writer of the smash indie comedy, “Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank” that was also recently honored with the prestigious NETPAC Award at the 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane, Australia last week.

Founded in 1851, The New York Times is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States and has won 198 Pulitzer prizes, more than any other news organization. With more than 30 million unique visitors every month, it has an even stronger presence online.

As posted in the film’s official Facebook page, “I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila” is currently showing at the IndieHouse Royal Cinema Producers’ Club Theatres at 358 W 44th St. in Manhattan, New York City and at Gaslamp Stadium Cinemas at 705 5th Ave. in San Diego, California.

It will open on December 7 at the Pearlridge West 16 Theater at 98-1005 Moanalua Road, Aiea, Hawaii.

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Hacker posts fake New York Times editorial

NEW YORK – The New York Times, which famously insists on the accuracy of its reports, was red faced Sunday after being fooled by a hacker’s posting of an online editorial under the name of ex-boss Bill Keller.

The editorial, titled “WikiLeaks, a Post Postscript,” was purportedly published over the weekend by the Times and in every way appears to be the real thing from Keller, who until last September was the paper’s executive editor.

It was so realistic that none other than the newspaper’s technology editor Tim Bilton posted the link on his Twitter account, calling the apparent defense of Julian Assange’s controversial organization an “important piece.”

Not so.

“THERE IS A FAKE OP-ED GOING AROUND UNDER MY NAME, ABOUT WIKILEAKS. EMPHASIS ON ‘FAKE.’ AS IN, NOT MINE,” Keller, now a writer on the paper, tweeted to set the record straight.

Bilton followed up, tweeting: “I just deleted a tweet sent late last night that was from a fake NYT Bill Keller account.”

One of the few clues to the forgery was the web address of http://www.opinion-nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/keller-a-post-postscript.html, since the real website’s URL begins with www.nytimes.com.

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