A series of technological developments have had major impacts on the media industry. The Internet, the latest of the series, threatens to do a better job at disruption than any of the previous ones
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) board members and journalists were under physical surveillance by investigators trying to find out who was providing information to reporters, and private investigators tried to put tracking software on a journalist's computer to keep tabs on e-mail, according to a New York Times report.
U.S. carrier WorldCom Inc. is planning to file for bankruptcy protection in the coming days, according to reports in the online editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on Friday.