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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Norman Pearlstine as executive editor; Pearlstine has served as an advisor to Soon-Shiong through ownership transition — Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation's most prominent publications — including Time Inc. magazines …
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Patrick Soon-Shiong / Los Angeles Times:
A copy of the letter to readers from new LA Times owner Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong that appeared in Sunday's paper and the San Diego Union-Tribune — Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong will become the new owner of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday, when the sale is expected to be finalized.
Joe Mozingo / Los Angeles Times:
As the LA Times returns to local ownership after 18 years, a look at its history under owners from a Civil War colonel to Sam Zell — The Los Angeles Times rose to prominence under the leadership of a bellicose, union-busting Civil War colonel who kept an arsenal of shotguns in the newsroom …
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LA Observed, @joshmankiewicz, @shelbygrad, @latlands and @shelbygrad
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Katie Couric's production company to produce short-form online video series for digital media company theSkimm, sponsored by Procter & Gamble — Broadcaster will beef up her production company with the aim of finding sponsors and distribution outlets — Does a brand-name journalist need a brand-name platform to succeed?
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@keachhagey, @salliekrawcheck, @theskimm and @katiecouric
Whitney Curry Wimbish / The Baffler:
Business journalism rarely does investigations and reporters worry that if they step outside of common economic explanations they'll be excluded — Things are going great, according to the Wall Street propaganda machine — The lingering effects of the last crash. Jay Santiago — W — O
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@thebafflermag, @thebafflermag and @whitneycwimbish
Katherine Maher / WIRED UK:
As tech firms like Facebook and Google lean more on Wikipedia to fight disinformation, Wikimedia Foundation says they should do more to support the site — If big tech companies are going to use Wikipedia as a resource, they should better support its important work, says the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Poynter, @johnbattelle, @lorcand, @jay_nath, @carnage4life and @brianmcc
Nancy Cook / Politico:
The White House press and communications teams, left without an official director since Hope Hicks left in March, are struggling with in-fighting and departures — Amid the ongoing exodus, staffers are happy to let the president act as his own top spokesman.
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Splinter, @michaelkruse, @kenvogel, @jonlemire, @mathewi, @keithboykin and @hatewatch
Robert Feder:
Chicago Sun-Times sells alt-weekly The Chicago Reader to group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the African-American Chicago Crusader — The Chicago Reader, the city's leading alternative weekly for 47 years, has been sold to a group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the African-American Chicago Crusader.
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Chicago Tribune
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Comcast's offer for 21st Century Fox is larger than Disney's but cash vs. stocks have tax and value implications, DOJ could see sports nets as competition issue — The Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox's assets in a deal worth $52.4 billion …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Sources: Tronc is in talks about selling nine of its properties, including the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun — What will happen to the price of Tronc shares as investors, a good number of speculators among them, assess the post-L.A. Times value …
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@newsbyschmidt
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Indian police have linked dozens of murders and serious assaults to fake news being spread via WhatsApp — App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK — Abijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das were driving back from a visit to a waterfall in the Indian province …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
David Dimbleby is to step down as chairman of the BBC's Question Time program after 25 years in the role, says he will return to reporting — Presenter, who has hosted the show for 25 years, says he plans to return to reporting — David Dimbleby is to step down as chairman of the BBC's Question …
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