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David Folkenflik / NPR:
LA Times CEO Ross Levinsohn has been defendant in 2 sexual harassment suits, and colleagues questioned his conduct over 2 decades; Tronc says it's investigating — The Los Angeles Times has given prominent coverage to recent revelations of sexual harassment of women by prominent men, particularly in entertainment and media.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Amid stories about LA Times' CEO, a look at Tronc's plans for a “Los Angeles Times Network”, borrowing from Lewis D'Vorkin's work on Forbes' contributor network — The Tronc rollercoaster continues: Just as it tries to unveil a familiar strategy ("gravitas with scale"!), its top digital leader's past catches up with him.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Southern California journalism faces a collapse, with layoffs at Digital First Media and Tronc, LAist closure and LA Weekly sale, but radio helps fill vacuum
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Sources: Snap laid off about 24 people across 8 teams, mostly in the content unit that curates users' videos; some staff were asked to relocate to Los Angeles — Snapchat parent Snap Inc. laid off roughly two dozen people across 8 different teams on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Cheddar.
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Leaked Snap memo to staff threatens them with termination, financial liability, and even jail time if they leak confidential information about the company — Snap Inc. has a simple message to its employees: leak information and you could be sued or even jailed.
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Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica:
Twitch debuts Video Producer that lets creators pre-record, post-produce, rerun videos; brings in four of YouTube's popular gamers to create exclusive content — Four of YouTube's most popular gamers will produce “exclusive” Twitch content. — The Amazon-owned video site Twitch announced it's introducing …
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Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Sources: Facebook's lead liaison with Beijing, Wang-Li Moser, resigned in December after a three-year tenure in a fresh setback to its China charm campaign — HONG KONG — The executive in charge of Facebook's efforts to court China has left the company, a fresh setback for the social network …
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Rebecca Addison / Pittsburgh City Paper:
In Pittsburgh, Newspaper Guild and former newspaper staffers write to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, condemning editorial on MLK Day defending Trump “shithole” remark — Last week, in a tweet from its official Twitter account, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said its publisher John Block requested …
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Amazon cancels “One Mississippi,” “I Love Dick,” and “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” after Roy Price's ouster as it moves to broader series with international appeal — Amazon has canceled three original series — “I Love Dick,” “One Mississippi,” and “Jean-Claude Van Johnson.”
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Garrett Pelican / WJXT-TV:
Layoffs hit The Florida Times-Union, affecting four reporters, two photo staff members, and others following GateHouse Media's purchase of newspaper in 2017 — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Newsroom layoffs have begun at The Florida Times-Union, which signaled plans to downsize last month with the decision …
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Adrianne Jeffries / The Outline:
Manhattan DA's staff visited Newsweek and IBT Media to gather details about company servers; Newsweek says visit “is not about any content-related issues” — More than a dozen police showed up this morning at the office that serves as the shared headquarters for Newsweek magazine and IBT Media …
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James Warren / Poynter:
Jim Kirk, formerly interim editor at The Los Angeles Times, was appointed interim editor-in-chief at the New York Daily News, which was sold to Tronc last year — You might at least envy Jim Kirk's frequent flier miles. — In recent months, he's dutifully served Tronc as interim editor …
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Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
Luke Lewis, founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed UK, is among staffers laid off; about a third of the staff of 140 lost jobs after missed revenue targets — - Exclusive: BuzzFeed UK's founding editor-in-chief has been made redundant. — He is one of 45 staff being let go as part of a global cost-cutting programme.
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