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New York Times:
Debi Chirichella, CFO of Hearst's magazine division since 2011, is named interim president of the division following the departure of Troy Young — Debi Chirichella, the division's chief financial officer, will step in after the departure of Mr. Young, who was accused of making lewd remarks in the workplace.
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Troy Young, president of Hearst's magazine unit, resigns a day after reports surfaced of his history of lewd remarks amid a culture of discrimination
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
US Press Freedom Tracker says it has received 52 reports of journalists being abused in Portland as horrifying stories of law enforcement attacks emerge — This week Dave Miller, who hosts a daily talk show on Oregon Public Broadcasting, interviewed “two very tired people” …
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Emily Atkin launched the climate newsletter Heated with a $20K advance from Substack, and now has 28K subscribers, 10% of whom pay $50-$75/year for premium subs — As newsroom jobs grow scarcer, journalists are building their own platforms via email newsletter
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
NYT's coverage of Ted Yoho's expletives aimed at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and her response, cast her as the norm breaker and downplayed his verbal attack — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes some people very uncomfortable, and apparently that includes some editors and reporters at the New York Times.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Top executive compensation at public newspaper companies Gannett, McClatchy, NYT, Tribune, GateHouse was in the seven figures this year, even as many execs left — Another year, another disconnect in how newspaper companies performed financially and what CEOs and other top executives took home in their pay envelopes.
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Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Records of Cathy Areu's appearances on Fox News, other publicly available information, emails, and sources undermine some of her claims against Fox News hosts — Inconsistencies are emerging in claims made by Cathy Areu, a once-periodic Fox News guest, that she was harassed …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
LAT union sends a letter protesting an “intensified” environment of intimidation and harassment and accuses Norman Pearlstine of retaliation against a reporter — The guild representing Los Angeles Times journalists has accused executive editor Norman Pearlstine of verbally harassing …
Wall Street Journal:
In a note to readers, the WSJ editorial board reacts to a letter signed by 280+ WSJ employees by telling readers it will not change “our principles and content” — These pages won't wilt under cancel-culture pressure. — By The Editorial Board
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Two filmmakers making a Netflix series on immigration and ICE say they were threatened with legal action and were pushed to delete scenes and delay its release — A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement. The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election.
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Top three editors as well as more than 70 journalists working for Index.hu resign after the board president of the Hungarian outlet refused to reinstate the EIC — Following the firing of editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull, the editorial board of Index has resigned, along with more than 50 staff members.
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Bloomberg:
Ebony Media Holdings is sued by creditors who want to push the company into bankruptcy to pay off its debts; Parkview Capital Credit says it is owed $11.8M — The owner of Ebony, one of nation's top African-American publishers, is being sued by creditors who want the company pushed into bankruptcy to pay off its debts.
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Susana Polo / Polygon:
G4, a cable network that closed in 2014 and featured tech, gaming, and entertainment programming, says it will return in 2021 — The latest twist of 2020 — G4, the defunct cable television network that featured tech, gaming, and entertainment programming, is apparently returning in some form in 2021 …
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