Mediagazer: Hyundai pulls planned Super Bowl ad that promoted women's empowerment after response to similar Audi ad last year and poor results with male focus group (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

1:55 PM ET, January 30, 2018

Top News:

BBC:

PwC review of BBC pay structure found no gender bias in decision making, but identified anomalies, recommends clear pay framework, narrower pay ranges — Today the BBC has published a review of on-air pay carried out by PwC, and set out a five-point plan to help create a fairer and more equal BBC.

Discussion: Variety, Press Gazette, Press Gazette, allmediascotland, National Union of Journalists, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, BBC, @rachel_hump, @newsfrommichiel, Press Gazette and Westmonster

BBC:
BBC Women, a group representing female BBC journalists and producers, say employees experienced “veiled threats” when raising subject of equal pay

Discussion: The Guardian, National Union of Journalists, Press Gazette and HuffPost UK

Jon Levine / The Wrap:

Vice Media has fired Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano following two separate allegations of sexual misconduct against him — Vice Media has fired its chief digital officer, Mike Germano, after at least two women accused him of sexual misconduct, TheWrap has learned.

Discussion: Digiday, @emilysteel and @emilysteel

Sam Charles / Chicago Sun Times:

Chicago Sun-Times EIC Chris Fusco says Times will not publish anything by Richard Roeper as it investigates allegations he paid to boost his Twitter followers — The Chicago Sun-Times will not publish columns or reviews authored by Richard Roeper as the newspaper investigates the legitimacy of Roeper's sizable Twitter following.

Pew Research Center:

Pew: analysis of 9.7M tweets shows 75% of tweets about immigration contained links to news sites, with NYT and The Hill as the two most-tweeted sites — An analysis of 9.7 million tweets reveals that news organizations played the largest role in which content was linked to compared with other information providers

Discussion: Nieman Lab

Celeste Katz / Newsweek:

Newsweek Media's chief content officer Dayan Candappa takes immediate leave following report of his 2016 dismissal from Reuters over sexual harassment complaint — The chief content officer of Newsweek Media Group, which publishes Newsweek and a suite of other digital properties …

Discussion: The Wrap and Talking Biz News

Rossalyn Warren / BuzzFeed:
Reuters editor Dayan Candappa was fired in '16 after sexual harassment complaint; he now oversees content at Newsweek Media Group despite warning about his past

Discussion: @sydneyp1234, @michelefilmat11, New York Post, @joepompeo and Talking Biz News

Charleston Gazette-Mail:

West Virginia's Charleston Gazette-Mail declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with Wheeling Newspapers the likely high bidder to assume ownership; layoffs possible — The owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail agreed Monday to take the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Discussion: @reveal, @ruralj, @bgrueskin, @alexhousethomas, @tombraggsports, @leslierubinwchs, @andy_ed_brown, WSAZ-TV, Herald-Dispatch.com, wvpublic.org, WVNS and WV MetroNews

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Hyundai pulls planned Super Bowl ad that promoted women's empowerment after response to similar Audi ad last year and poor results with male focus group — Television ads for the big game are emerging from months of work in Madison Avenue war rooms — In early August, creative teams …

Pamela Barbaglia / Reuters:

Sources: Blackstone Group LP offers Reuters news unit annual payments of $325M for 30 years, as part of bid to buy a 55% stake in Thomson Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) has agreed that annual payments of $325 million would be made for 30 years to the Reuters News business …

Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:

Profile of Mark Ein, Washington City Paper's new VC owner, who calls himself a centrist, isn't much of a reader, and says journalists help save our world — Mark Ein, the venture capitalist who recently bought the Washington City Paper, could never be confused for the counterculture contrarians …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Sources: Amazon and Facebook are interested in bidding for streaming rights to WWE's “Raw” and “Smackdown” franchises, as tech firms compete with TV giants — The year is 2034. The Olympics that have been a fixture on channels owned by NBCUniversal since 2002 have disappeared from TV altogether.

A.J. Chavar / Vox:

National Geographic's Deputy Director of Photography, Patrick Witty, was fired from the magazine after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment — The magazine's former deputy director of photography, Patrick Witty, is accused of a wide variety of harassment.

Discussion: @davidc7, @maddiemcgarvey, @indira_l, @hannahbloch, @bettinahansen, @duckrabbitblog, @strobist, @driverwrites, @morgmccloy, @nicole_cliffe, @azambelich, @callakessler and @studentactivism

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Facebook to show more stories from local news sources in News Feed; will identify local publishers by looking at clicks in tight geographic areas — It's the third big change Facebook has announced in the last month. And at least one more is coming. — Facebook says it will bring …

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

The Trump administration has both boosted political journalists, with print reporters receiving cable TV contracts, and endangered them — WASHINGTON — Asked to reflect on the relationship between President Trump and the news media — an abusive yet symbiotic union, if there ever was one …

Discussion: @jacob_brogan, @michaelkruse and @grynbaum

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 1:55 PM ET, January 30, 2018.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Who's Hiring in Media?

Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — WaPo

EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — Bloomberg

Breaking News Reporter, NY — Guardian US

Harrisburg Reporter, PA — PCBC

Senior Editor - Styles, NY — NYT

Part-time Editor, Remote — Techmeme

Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — Newsweek

Assistant Digital Editor, MA — Boston Globe

Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — NPR

Copy Editor, Remote US — ProPublica

Markets Reporter, NY/CA — Sherwood Media

Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice

Food Reporter, CA — SF Standard

Staff Writer, NV — Las Vegas Weekly

Pharma Editor, Remote — Endpoints

Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — EdSource

Politics Reporter, Brussels — Politico

Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — Cap Times

Social Strategy Editor, NY — WSJ

Senior Narrative Editor, CA — Cloud Chamber

Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — The 74

Housing Reporter, OK — The Frontier

Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — Outlier

Writer/Editor, Remote — Mediaite

Multi Media Reporter, NC — Cardinal & Pine

Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — Keene Sentinel

Education Lab Editor, WA — Seattle Times

Senior Editor, Remote US — PCWorld

State Worker Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee

Executive Editor, NM — Searchlight

News Assistant, NY — Quanta Magazine

Local Editor, NJ (Remote) — Patch

News Editor/Reporter, KS — Blade-Empire

Add your company here

See Also:

Mediagazer: site main

Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer

Mediagazer Mobile: for phones

Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources

Subscribe:

Mediagazer RSS feed

Mediagazer on X

Mediagazer on Mastodon

More News:

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's Glenn Thrush to return to Washington bureau covering HUD, HHS, and the social safety net, after suspension related to inappropriate conduct allegations

Discussion: @ositanwanevu, @ericboehlert, @samstein and The Hill

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: ‘I regret my role’ in Hillary Clinton false equivalence

Discussion: @jeffjarvis, @heatherweaverdc, @tressiemcphd, Mediaite, @on_politike and @jayrosen_nyu

Earlier Picks:

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith names COO Tom Harty as new CEO, ahead of its acquisition of Time Inc., effective February 1; current CEO Steve Lacy to become executive chairman

Discussion: Des Moines Register, New York Post, StreetInsider.com, Business Record, @melbournecoal and Meredith Corporation MediaRoom

From Techmeme:

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge two founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto mixing service, saying it facilitated more than $100M in money laundering transactions

Sister Sites:

Techmeme
Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web

memeorandum
What US political commentators are discussing online right now

WeSmirch
The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page