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Memo: Tronc to cut the New York Daily News newsroom by 50%; Robert York replacing Editor-in-Chief Jim Rich, Managing Editor Kristen Lee also leaving — The layoffs come days after rumors of deep cuts at the storied tabloid. — The New York Daily News, a storied big-city tabloid known …
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If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you. — If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
The meeting in which New York Daily News staffers learned from Tronc that the EIC was ousted and the newsroom was being cut by 50% lasted less than a minute — The meeting lasted less than a minute. By the time it was over, reporters and editors at The Daily News had been told …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CEO memo: Tronc to lay staffers off at other papers “today and tomorrow”, cuts not to be as severe as those at New York Daily News — Tronc laid off half the staff of the New York Daily News on Monday. Astonishingly, the cuts are not over yet.
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Pew Research Center:
Study: ~36% of largest papers and ~23% of the highest-traffic digital-native news outlets in the US experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018 — Newspaper layoffs have far from abated in the past year, and digital-native news outlets are also suffering losses, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers like NPR, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg Media add editorial resources to smart speaker efforts but monetization remains unclear — Home voice assistants or smart speakers are still in their infancy as a consumer and revenue proposition, but publishers are stepping up their efforts …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace discusses confronting Putin, vacationing in Russia, and how he landed the interview with the Russian president — He confronted President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia about meddling in American elections, presented him with a copy of the special counsel's indictment …
Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
Faced with flagging sales, comic book publishers are developing their own streaming platforms, bypassing services like Netflix and Amazon Prime — Comic book publishers are facing a growing crisis: Flagging interest from readers and competition from digital entertainment are dragging down sales.
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Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
How women's magazines like Glamour and Cosmopolitan are harnessing exploding interest in politics among women and reaping the benefits of growing online traffic — It's not just Teen Vogue. Readers are flocking to the websites of Glamour and Cosmo, and they're responding with aggressive political reporting.
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Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
A look at how alt-right troll Mike Cernovich uses Twitter to target journalists, typically by implicating them in sex crimes against minors — He just took down director James Gunn. Now he's using a trollish rumor about a sex tape to go after journalists. — 106 -
Avery Hartmans / Business Insider:
Susan Fowler Rigetti, the former Uber engineer who blew the whistle on sexual harassment at the company, has joined the NYT as technology opinion editor in SF — - Susan Fowler Rigetti, the woman who blew the whistle on Uber's sexist culture, has been hired by The New York Times.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Trump tariffs on newsprint cause some newspapers to cut printing days; higher costs will likely lead to redesigns, pricier subscriptions, and fewer pages — The tariffs increase the cost of newsprint by as much as 30 to 35 percent, though the impact on publishers is highly uneven …
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