Mediagazer: [Thread] Reporter starts Google Doc to track Gannett layoffs, says it's forcing people to sign NDAs to get severance, telling journalists not to tweet about it (Andrew Pantazi/@apantazi)

2:45 PM ET, December 6, 2019

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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

Internal memo: after the recent cuts, Gannett CEO Paul Bascobert expects more layoffs, and says “it will take a few months to work through this process” — Paul Bascobert, chief executive officer of Gannett Media Corp. (apparently number two to Mike Reed in the reconfigured …

Discussion: Poynter, @ashevegas, @ashevegas and Dan Kennedy

Andrew Pantazi / @apantazi:

[Thread] Reporter starts Google Doc to track Gannett layoffs, says it's forcing people to sign NDAs to get severance, telling journalists not to tweet about it — While I #LoveMyNewspaper, I do not love my newspaper company. I've heard Gannett is beginning layoffs today and have confirmed two in Florida. If you hear of any more, please DM me or fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/...

Discussion: @beerguytk, @apantazi, @apantazi, @sammy_roth, @paythewriter and @brianheinemann

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The Pulitzer Prizes:

Pulitzer Prize Board announces a new prize category for 2020: audio reporting, in the public interest, with “revelatory reporting and illuminating storytelling” — New York, NY (Dec. 5, 2019) — The Pulitzer Prize Board today announces a new Journalism prize category for the 2020 prize cycle: Audio Reporting.

Steven Kurutz / New York Times:

A look at Conde Nast's successful, frugally run, niche magazine The World of Interiors, which has largely eschewed digital and focused on the print product — The gold-standard shelter magazine runs on a brass-tacks budget and refuses to kowtow to the internet.

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Vikas SN / The Economic Times:

Netflix says it is spending ~$420M on content in India over the next year, a majority of which will be on original programming — India has emerged as a crucial content hub for Netflix which is facing increased competition in India and around the world — Netflix plans to spend Rs 3,000 crore …

Discussion: @tsuvik, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

Rudy Giuliani is in Europe interviewing Ukrainians for an OANN documentary series, which is being promoted as a Republican alternative to impeachment hearings — President Trump's personal lawyer has been in Budapest and Kyiv this week to talk with former Ukrainian prosecutors …

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