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Jack Sullivan / CommonWealth Magazine:
Sources: Boston Herald, bought by Digital First Media in February, lays off about 20 staffers, including at least two photographers and five on sports copy desk — THE STRUGGLING BOSTON HERALD laid off about 20 more staffers Thursday, including at least two award-winning veteran photographers for a tabloid that thrives on pictures.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tronc, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and other daily newspapers, is changing its name back to Tribune Publishing; stock symbol changes to TPCO — A sign marks the Chicago Tribune's offices at One Prudential Plaza on June 12, 2018, in Chicago. The newspaper's parent company …
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Ben Bland / Financial Times:
The Financial Times says Hong Kong will not renew a work visa for Victor Mallet, the paper's Asia news editor, and has not given a reason for the decision — The Hong Kong government has rejected the visa renewal application of the Financial Times' top news editor in Asia …
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Slate Editor-in-Chief Julia Turner is leaving to become deputy managing editor responsible for arts and entertainment coverage at The Los Angeles Times — The Los Angeles Times named Julia Turner its deputy managing editor responsible for Arts and Entertainment coverage.
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
In a 15-page internal memo sent in late September, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sets a goal of reaching full-year profitability in 2019, admits redesign was rushed — CEO Evan Spiegel has given Snap Inc. the directive of achieving full-year profitability in 2019 and has refocused the company around …
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Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Sources: BuzzFeed plans to open a Manhattan toy store this fall and will include an “experiential” area for selfies, with décor that changes every few months — BuzzFeed is dipping its toes into the retail business with an offbeat plan to open a quirky toy store in Manhattan this fall, The Post has learned.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Kavanaugh hearings are a boon for hyperpartisan publishers on Facebook, though the most popular links on the subject come from trusted news sources like WaPo — “It is certainly the biggest story in politics since the 2016 election,” one publisher told BuzzFeed News
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Some smaller publishers say they are scaling back or giving up promoting content on Facebook because new rules for promoted posts are unwieldy and capricious — When Facebook announced in April that it would create a public database of political advertising, it seemed like a meaningful step …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
A year after introducing a native video player, Reddit says the player has surpassed 1B views per month, with over 50% of all video views served by it — The first billion is the hardest. A year after introducing a native video player and giving its users the ability to record and post …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
National Geographic Partners has laid off 12 full-time staffers from its digital operation ahead of pending sale to Disney as part of 21st Century Fox deal — National Geographic Partners laid off 12 full-time staffers last week, Mediaite has learned, the latest round of cuts that comes …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
A look at NYT's Wirecutter Money, which focuses on services, not products, and aims at the same age group that dominates Wirecutter's audience: millennials — Imagine a world in which Donald Trump is no longer President. — No, really. Okay, if that concept's beyond your immediate comprehension …
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
EU approves guidelines whereby 30% of all content carried on streaming services must be European with strict rules on ads and product placement in kids' content — Under the new guidelines, 30 percent of all content carried on streaming services in Europe will have to come from the region.
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