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Robert Thomson, the chief executive of News Corp, has branded Washington Post journalists "high priests" who have failed to embrace the transition to digital. Thomson, appearing with WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell at an Ad Week Europe session in London on Monday, said he believed that the new Washington Post owner, Jeff Bezos, will be a shot in the arm for the paper's commercial and distribution strategy.

Archaeologists have discovered a rare gold bell with a small loop at its end. The finding was made during an archaeological excavation in the City of David National Park (near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem) by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Ir David Foundation. The directors of the excavation on behalf of the Antiquities Authority, archaeologists Eli Shukron and Professor Ronny Reich of Haifa University, said after the finding, “The bell looked as if it was sewn on the garment worn by a man of high authority...