Brendan James

Staff Writer

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Brendan James is a staff writer for International Business Times. He previously worked as a reporter for Talking Points Memo and Yahoo! News. His writing has also appeared in Newsweek, VICE and Salon.

Saudi Arabia To Russia And Iran: Get Out Of Syria

The kingdom is also demanding the withdrawal of Iran, which has been intervening as well on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

ISIS Group Claims Responsibility For Downed Russian Plane, Officials Say Malfunction Likely

ISIS took responsibility for bringing down the Russian passenger jet, but investigators are focusing on reported mechanical issues.

Critics Attack ‘Disgusting’ Anti-Hillary Book Cover, But The Artist Supports ‘Sexy’ Clinton

Both artist Sarah Sole and author Doug Henwood defend artwork that shows Hillary Clinton pointing a gun on the cover of a book that's critical of the presidential candidate.

ESPN Suspends Sports Site Grantland 'Effective Immediately'

Grantland was more of a playground for sports personality Bill Simmons than a business venture, and his departure in May pit its future in doubt.

CNBC Backlash: Botched GOP Debate Arms Republicans With Fresh Ire For ‘Liberal Media,’ But Will It Work?

The business channel's botched debate broadcast, with moderators' half-baked questions and seeming lack of control, reinforced a favorite Republican theme.

Old School Fox News Notched More Facebook Play Than BuzzFeed Video And MTV In Q3 2015

The news channel, whose average TV viewer is 68, dominates on the social network that has the oldest user base.

BuzzFeed Threatens To Drop Out Of SXSW 2016 After Gamer Panels Canceled

The site is urging SXSW's organizers to take a stand for free speech in the face of threats over a discussion of online harassment.

Who Is Jesse Watters? Bill O'Reilly’s Toothy Sidekick Gets Booted Off Cornell University Campus

Fox News fans are saying that Fox personality Jesse Watters was kicked off a college campus for "asking about liberal bias."

Yahoo NFL Streaming Viewers Are Not Like TV Ratings; Autoplay Bills-Jags Game Dogged By ‘Confusing Metrics’

According to Nielsen, audience measurement in the digital streaming world is based on "confusing metrics."

Joe Biden Calls Out Maureen Dowd's 'Hollywood' Reporting On His Son's Supposed Dying Wish

The vice president dismissed the Beltway columnist's portrayal of his son in his last days.

Huffington Post Touts New All-Female Team But Still Refuses To Share Diversity Figures On Race

Despite a victory lap over its new polling section, the media giant refused to publish a racial and gender breakdown of its newsroom.

BuzzFeed’s New Diversity Numbers Show Digital Media Giant Has Caught Up With The Washington Post

The site's newsroom has gone from 74 percent white to less than 68 percent white this year, rivaling the Washington Post.

Amazon Finally Responds To Scathing New York Times Report; Jay Carney Calls Former Employee A Criminal

Amazon's Jay Carney statement included an email from the lead reporter of the story, complaining that she misled Amazon about the story's angle.

WATCH: CNN Grills Jeb Bush Point Blank: Did Your Brother Fail To Stop 9/11?

Jake Tapper asked Bush if his brother's administration left America open for attack, as the GOP accuses Hillary Clinton of doing in Benghazi.

Netflix Wants An Oscar For ‘Beasts Of No Nation,’ But Theater Chains Boycott

Multiplex owners say they won't show "Beasts of No Nation" because of Netflix's plan to violate a traditional 90-day window between a film's theatrical and TV premieres.

Huffington Post’s US Traffic Tanks In 2015, As BuzzFeed And Vice Media Grow

One the largest and oldest digital media companies has seen a major dip in its U.S. audience numbers.

Fair Use Or Infringement? NFL Sports GIF Fight Raises Legal Questions For Deadspin, SB Nation

After Twitter suspended the accounts of two sports blogs for posting GIFs on their accounts, the fallout has centered on the notoriously murky “fair use” defense.

How Ben Carson Cribbed His Nazi-Gun Control Meme From Joe The Plumber And An Email Chain Letter

In a cycle only the Internet could produce, Carson has taken the ramblings of a chain letter and turned them into topic of debate across the mainstream media.

CNBC Touts 1.1 Million Viewers For 'Jay Leno's Garage,' But Nielsen Tells A Different Story

Raw Nielsen numbers show Jay Leno's new CNBC show, "Jay Leno's Garage," pulled in less than 1 million.

Unions Wage Turf Battle For Millennial Newsrooms, But What Will A New Labor Look Like?

Now that digital journalists have taken the leap into collective bargaining, work begins on hammering out the labor deals of tomorrow.

Huffington Post Staff Officially Announces Union Drive

Huffington Post may join the wave of unionized digital shops such as Gawker, Vice, Salon, Guardian US, ThinkProgress and Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera America Digital Employees Win Vote To Unionize

A month after staffers asked to be voluntarily recognized by management, employees won a forced election administered by the National Labor Relations Board.

Oregon Shooting Tests Brian Williams In New Breaking News Role At MSNBC

Thursday's mass shooting in Oregon gave MSNBC's Brian Williams a chance to do the type of coverage he did on NBC prior to his six-month suspension.

Huffington Post Employees In Talks To Unionize: EXCLUSIVE

The website's workers recently signed on with the Writers Guild of America (East) in a bid to seek a collective bargaining agreement with their employer, sources said.