This week, President Obama gave his first formal interview as commander in chief to Al Arabiya's Washington bureau chief, Hisham Melham, and the Muslim world watched. Melham says the massive outpouring of reaction to the interview surprised even him.

President Obama and Rush Limbaugh are engaged in a verbal kerfuffle. Limbaugh said he wanted Obama to fail. Obama asked members of Congress to stop listening to Limbaugh. Why target a radio talk show host if you're the president? National Review's Byron York explains that, at ...

This week the New York Times announced its fourth quarter earnings, a decline in profits of 48 percent. The Times’ money woes highlight its position as a newspaper trailblazer, both in the quality of its reporting and as harbinger of the industry’s financial future. After all, if the family-owned paper ...

Carlos Slim Helú may be the world's richest man that you’ve never heard of. He’s also the new benefactor of the New York Times, lending the struggling paper 250 million dollars. Former Times editor Andres Martinez talks about the real Slim and how much millions in ...

Nicholas Sarkozy announced recently that the French government will give everyone turning 18 years old the best birthday present ever: a free newspaper subscription! The London Guardian's Angelique Chrisfasis says that while papers appreciate the help, they remain suspicious of the president.

A whole generation of children has grown up connected to the Internet. Berkman Center for Internet & Society director John Palfry calls these kids “digital natives.” Palfrey argues in his book Born Digital that they see the world in a profoundly different way than the ...

For many in the U.S., life without a cellphone is all but unimaginable. But if you think you've maxed out its utility, a look towards Japan shows your cell can do so much more. OTM producer Mark Phillips phones it in from Tokyo.