Top News:
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Tronc has confirmed it is selling the Los Angeles Times and a number of other newspapers to billionaire biotech investor Patrick Soon-Shiong for $500M in cash — (Reuters) - Tronc Inc (TRNC.O) said on Wednesday it would sell some newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, New York Times, TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Business Insider, CNNMoney, @rachelking, Fast Company, 89.3 KPCC, @latlands, @gerryfsmith, Fortune, The Week, CNNMoney, Press Gazette, @mollyesque, @jackshafer, @chrismegerian, @bencjacobs, @kevinding, @billshaikin, @byrosenberg, @kenvogel, @petersterne, @jbflint, @mayorofla, @brianstelter and @gabekahn
RELATED:
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Tronc forms new company, Tribune Interactive, with Ross Levinsohn as its CEO and ex-LA Times EIC Lewis D'Vorkin as its chief content officer — Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent company Tronc, restoring local ownership …
Discussion:
LA Observed, Ad Age, The Wrap, News, East Bay Express, New York Times, @priyakkumar, @samocole, Hollywood Reporter, Chicago Business, @davidfolkenflik, @vinncent, @juliewestfall, @jenyamato, @andrewmseaman, @nycjim, KTLA, L.A. Times Guild, The Week, Politico, Mediawire, Splinter, LA Observed, The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, Variety, KTLA, NPR and BloombergQuint
Hollywood Reporter:
Disney is developing a number of Star Wars series for its streaming service, CEO Bob Iger said during an earnings call on Tuesday — Disney CEO Bob Iger tells investors that the company is close to revealing at least one of the producing teams behind one of the projects.
Discussion:
StarWars.com, Slate, @americanstnick, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, Deadline, The A.V. Club, /Film, CinemaBlend, Press Association and io9
RELATED:
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Streaming service ESPN Plus launching next month at $4.99/mo; sources say it won't have ESPN cable channels' content, which still requires ESPN subscription
Discussion:
Fast Company, Forbes, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, The Wrap, AppAdvice.com, Engadget, Slate, CNNMoney, CNBC, CNBC, Variety, Associated Press, The Verge, @spingriffey, 9to5Mac and Broadcasting & Cable, more at Techmeme »
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Disney reports mixed Q1 results with revenue of $15.35B vs. $15.45B expected; media and networks, consumer and interactive, and studio units miss targets
Discussion:
/Film, Recode, Broadcasting & Cable, Mashable, FierceCable, The Walt Disney Company, The Wrap, The Playlist, The New York Observer, Variety and @jyarow, more at Techmeme »
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
A look at 29 Facebook pages and sites of fake news publishers, which are using Instant Articles to help completely false stories load faster and earn revenue — Most fake news Instant Articles included ads from Facebook's advertising network. — While some mainstream publishers …
RELATED:
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Vice Media missed its 2017 revenue target of $805M by $100M+, largely due to its Viceland TV channel; co-president Creighton unlikely to return to role — Digital media company misses revenue forecast; shareholders push company to turn a profit — Vice Media is facing uncertainty …
Discussion:
Fast Company, @annehelen, @iankar_, @sknthla, @raju, @keachhagey, @srabil, @asharma and @simonowens
Anna Washenko / RAIN News:
RadioPublic launches Paid Listens, guarantees participating podcasters $20 CPM for every listen via its iOS and Android apps — Podcast company RadioPublic has adopted a new service for show creators to get paid for their work. The approach is designed for podcasts that don't have the scale …
Discussion:
RadioPublic, @mattervc, @evoterra and Fast Company
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content — Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.
Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Stranger …, Engadget, @d1gi, Business Insider and @profcarroll, more at Techmeme »
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
Pornhub says it's banning AI-generated fake porn videos because they're “nonconsensual”, yet such “deepfake” videos are still available via site search results — The giant porn site puts deepfakes in the same category as revenge porn.
Discussion:
Engadget, The Verge, The Guardian, The Next Web, Fast Company, Mashable, The Verge, The Daily Dot and Trusted Reviews, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat is launching to tool to let TV networks pipe snippets of live broadcasts directly into the app, starting this Saturday with NBC's Olympics coverage — Deal could forge closer ties between traditional TV networks and Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. — Georgia Wells and Benjamin Mullin
Discussion:
@ctrlzee, @georgia_wells, @kerrymflynn, 9to5Mac and AppAdvice.com, more at Techmeme »
Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Tom Tryniski, who has scanned ~50M newspaper pages dating back to the 1800s from US and Canadian pubs, into his online repository Fultonhistory.com — Tom Tryniski does not lock his doors. He spends most days sitting in his living room in Fulton, New York, 30 miles northwest of Syracuse …
Discussion:
@c_chisholm, @michaelsocolow, @alanamhmd, @jaanpill, @usprojectcjr, @4manreports, @megansmolenyak, Blaine T. Bettinger, @bypetevernon, @alexandrianeas and @mathewi
Kelly Virella / New York Times:
Q&A with NYT's Monica Drake, the first African-American woman appointed to the print masthead, on her 20 years at the Times, breaking barriers, and new projects — In December, the veteran New York Times editor Monica Drake made history when she became the first African-American woman on the newsroom's print masthead.
Discussion:
@hannaingber, @ashleynmcb, @kvirella, @readercenter and @readercenter
Robert Feder:
Three former editors of DNAinfo Chicago are starting a local news site with five reporters, funded by subscriptions with support from blockchain-based Civil — Three editors from the former DNAinfo Chicago are reuniting to start up a new neighborhood news website to be funded by reader subscriptions.
Discussion:
@emily__olsen, @lillian_ruiz, @rachelholliday, @amandarivkin, @greenfieldjohn, @byalisonbowen, @amlwhere and Stephanie Graves
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
