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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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Los Angeles Times:
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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Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Ken Ward Jr., a veteran reporter at the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, gets a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation — Your support makes that possible — subscribe today — Your support makes that possible — subscribe today
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.
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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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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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Study finds that of the 700K+ Twitter accounts that linked to 600+ sites spreading misinformation in 2016, more than 80% are still active and many are bots — Twitter is still rife with “fake news” a month out from the 2018 midterms, with more than 80 percent of the accounts …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
CNN launches CNN Business, a site with a focus on how tech affects other business sectors, and opens a San Francisco bureau as it shuts down CNNMoney — CNN is taking the wraps off its new business site, CNN Business, to reflect an increased emphasis on Silicon Valley.
Trey Williams / The Wrap:
CEO of the owner of MoviePass says the company raised $65M in September and that subscribers are going to less than one movie a month on average — TheGrill 2018: “We've been the underdog since August 15 of last year... we're still here, and we're not going anywhere," Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth says
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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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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
With its investigation of Trump's wealth, the NYT acknowledged its past role in glorifying Trump's negotiating skills and found the proof for what some assumed — We live at a time when journalism can land with great force. The epic investigation published Tuesday by The New York Times …
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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