Top News:
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires offering buyouts amid “serious realignment” of staffing — Journal offering buyouts amid ‘serious realignment’ in newsroom — Buyouts are underway in The Wall Street Journal newsroom, Capital has learned, signaling a shift in resources …
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Poynter and Talking Biz News
Tugboat:
Facebook acquires Tugboat Yards, an audience management platform for small to medium publishers; team to join Facebook product group and work on news, video — Joining Facebook — Joining Facebook — It is with lots of excitement and a dash of melancholy that we announce that Tugboat …
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VentureBeat, softpedia, PYMNTS.com and PandoDaily
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Listicles, aggregation, and content gone viral: How 1800s newspapers prefigured today's Internet — “If you think BuzzFeed invented the listicle, you haven't spent enough time with 19th-century newspapers, because they're everywhere.” — That's Ryan Cordell, a Northeastern University professor …
Discussion:
@davewiner, @dubois and @alanoakley3
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Lucky magazine reduces publication to quarterly, lays off another 10 staff, including president Gillian Gorman Round — Lucky Magazine Goes Quarterly — Reports of Lucky magazine going all-digital have been a staple of the media rumor mill for several years, with WWD reporting just last month …
Discussion:
New York Post, New York Magazine, Fashionista, theFashionSpot and FishbowlNY
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Entertainment Weekly Shakeup: Ellie Duque Replaces Melissa Mattiace as Publisher — Entertainment Weekly publisher Melissa Mattiace has stepped down and will be replaced by the publication's west coast advertising director Ellie Duque. — In her new role, Duque will be responsible for leading …
Discussion:
Media Wire Daily, MinOnline, FishbowlNY and WWD
Talya Minsberg / New York Times:
How the New York Times is using Snapchat to cover stories like a gala at the Met — Snapchat: A New Mobile Challenge for Storytelling — Talya Minsberg is a social editor for The Times. — In early 2015, The New York Times started quietly experimenting on Snapchat …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Mark Thompson on the Times' Facebook ‘experiment’ — New York Times chief executive Mark Thompson said Wednesday that the Times wouldn't be participating in Facebook's new Instant Articles program if the terms weren't “sufficiently favorable” to the company and its shareholders.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Publishers face threat of punitive libel costs as rival regulator IMPRESS seeks official recognition — New press regulator IMPRESS has revealed that it is applying for official recognition under the Parliament-backed Royal Charter process. — It is a move which paves the way for all publishers …
Discussion:
@markhannamedia and Guardian
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell named VP of growth and analytics for all seven Vox Media sites, will focus on strategy with Editorial Director Lockhart Steele — Vox Media expands Melissa Bell's role — Melissa Bell, who left The Washington Post in early 2014 to co-found Vox.com …
Discussion:
Poynter, @vivian, @greglinch, @ezraklein, @jfdulac and @lock
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Charter and Bright House Pursuing Merger Even After Comcast's Failed Deal — Charter Communications announced Monday that it was going ahead with its $10.4 billion deal for Bright House Networks, signaling the start of a new push to consolidate the country's cable operators.
Discussion:
Reuters, DSLreports, Reuters, Multichannel News and PR Newswire
Associated Press:
Altice to buy US cable operator Suddenlink for $9.1 billion — PARIS (AP) — European cable and mobile phone operator Altice has marked its entry into the U.S. market with a deal to buy a controlling stake in Suddenlink Communications for $9.1 billion. — Luxembourg-based Altice SA …