Top News:
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
A look at the profitable subscription-based tech news site The Information, which Jessica Lessin says is expected to reach $20M in sales by the end of 2020 — Jessica Lessin's online tech publication costs $399 a year and has no ads. Silicon Valley's elite is eating it up.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: new Tribune Publishing CEO Terry Jimenez cut at least six positions ranked VP or higher, including that of Grant Whitmore, former Daily News publisher — Even the ax men are getting axed at Tribune Publishing. — The struggling newspaper giant's new boss has unleashed a bloodbath …
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, @jayhancock1, @chrisjonestrib, @rhodes_dawn, Poynter and Washingtonian
RELATED:
@CTGuild / Chicago Tribune Guild:
[Thread] Tribune Publishing's Chicago-area newsrooms are losing more than a dozen staffers who chose to take buyouts in the most recent round of cuts — Today we mark the departures of more than a dozen colleagues, both in and out of the Guild, across all Chicago-area Tribune Publishing newsrooms, who have chosen to take the most recent round of buyouts. We wish them the best in this new era for their careers and their lives.
Discussion:
@ctguild, @elviamalagon, @ctguild, @robertloerzel, @aliciak2010, @grahambrose, @rexhuppke, @ctguild, @marywizchicago, @davidfolkenflik, @hannahmeisel, @mariecdillon and @ctguild
Muri Assunção / New York Daily News:
Elena Milashina, who has won awards for reporting on the torture of gay men in Chechnya, was beaten up by a crowd at a hotel in the Chechen capital of Grozny — A prominent investigative Russian journalist and a human rights lawyer were attacked late Thursday evening by a gang in the lobby …
Discussion:
BBC, Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee to Protect … and @niemanfdn
Ad Age:
New York Times Magazine leads Ellies with 10 nominations, a record for the title; NY Magazine gets nine, Nat Geo eight, Bon Appetit and the New Yorker six each — The Times Magazine, New York Mag and Nat Geo shine in the finalist phase of the Ellies — A magazine published by a newspaper …
ESPN:
ESPN's Jessica Mendoza, who was criticized for working as both ESPN analyst and NY Mets adviser, resigns from the Mets, gets pulled from Sunday Night Baseball — Jessica Mendoza has signed a multiyear extension with ESPN and will no longer continue in her role as baseball operations adviser …
Discussion:
Awful Announcing, Washington Post, NBC News, Newsday, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, New York Daily News, CNBC, New York Times, Bleacher Report, theScore.com, CBSSports.com, WFAN Sports Radio 66AM 101.9FM, Yahoo Sports, ESPN Press Room U.S., Associated Press, Awful Announcing and New York Post
Maria Repnikova / New York Times:
Journalists in China have managed to cover the coronavirus outbreak by veiling criticism in human-interest stories and drawing on expert commentary — Reporters and citizen-journalists in China are asking hard questions about the crisis. Why is the government letting them?
Discussion:
@hlcot, @rasmus_kleis, @suilee, @prashantrao, @marcusryder, Quartz, @gsuartsci, @vidyakrishnan, @sheenagreitens, Committee to Protect … and @mattdpearce
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:
The author of California's AB5 law says she'll seek amendments to remove restrictions on freelance journalists, cutting out the 35 article submission cap — The author of AB5, California's new gig-work law, said Thursday that she'll seek amendments that remove some restrictions …
Esther Kezia Thorpe / What's New in Publishing:
Thrillist partners with Academic Travel Abroad to curate educational trips, using travel to diversify revenue, like The Culture Trip and Lonely Planet — Food, travel and entertainment digital media site Thrillist is the latest publisher to move into travel packages as a way of diversifying revenue.
Discussion:
Forbes, Group Nine Media and MediaPost
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Since it began, Netflix has taken down nine pieces of content after govt requests: five in Singapore, and one in New Zealand, Vietnam, Germany and Saudi Arabia — Netflix has taken down just 9 pieces of content around the world in response to written government requests since it was founded 23 years ago …
Discussion:
Variety, The Verge, @eightiethmnt, @eightiethmnt, Engadget, The Next Web and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
NPR:
Public radio stations in CA partner with NPR to form a regional newsroom to increase coverage of statewide issues and reporting about and from underserved areas — Joanne Griffith introduced as the first managing editor of the collaboration, which aims to help to boost coverage throughout the state …
Discussion:
@globaljourno, @lizzieohreally and New York Times
Tim Dams / Variety:
Vice News Tonight is set to relaunch on March 4 in an hour-long live format on Vice TV with shows Monday through Thursday — Vice is to relaunch its nightly news show, “Vice News Tonight,” in a new hour-long live format on March 4 on Vice TV. Vice has named TV news veteran Nikki Egan …
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
