Schell article – Google’s China compromise stuns observers

Orville Schell, Senior Fellow is interviewed for the Financial Times regarding China's renewal of its internet content provider license with Google. Earlier this year, Google threatened to pull its services from China if searches from Chinese citizens continued to be censored by the government. Schell believes that this renewal shows a compromise about Google's services has been reached by both parties…….

CCLP Report Details Growing Philanthropic Support for Journalism

Philanthropic foundations are taking unprecedented steps to address the crisis in journalism and "serve as a firewall against the disappearance of critical news and information," according to a new report from the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. The report, Philanthropic Foundations: Growing Funders of the News is authored by David Westphal, a CCLP senior fellow and former Washington editor for McClatchy Newspapers…….