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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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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
McClatchy sale agreement with Chatham filed in court: Chatham to pay $312M, honor union contracts, and keep company intact, while CEO Craig Forman to depart — McClatchy Co.'s new owner will keep all employees and most senior leaders and honor existing union contracts while continuing …
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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New York Times:
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
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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Max Willens / Digiday:
Podcast creators find it challenging to raise ad revenue while preserving high listener engagement; Vox experiments with sponsored show segments or mini-series — Publishers are trying to wring more revenue out of their podcasts. — Over the past few months, as advertisers across …
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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
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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 …
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
Fox Sports has laid off 50-100 people, or 5-10% of its workforce, in a restructuring related to the sale of its regional sports networks to Disney in 2019 — Fox Sports has laid off 50 to 100 staffers in what is being described as a restructuring and streamlining effort at the company, TheWrap has confirmed.
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Shana Lebowitz / Business Insider:
Insider Inc. pay equity report: median salary for women employees is $75K vs. $105K for men, BIPOC staff earn $81K vs. $85K for white staff — This month Insider Inc. — my employer — released data on employee compensation. — The results were, in a word, disappointing.
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center: since the pandemic began, 100+ outlets have suspended print editions, limited runs, consolidated sections, or discontinued print production entirely — Print editions have taken significant hits at newspapers and magazines across the world as financial setbacks caused by covid-19 rip through newsrooms.
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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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Press Gazette:
The UK's shadow culture secretary asks Ofcom to examine the role of RT in UK politics, following a government report detailing Russian interference — Labour has stepped up its calls for the broadcast watchdog to review the operating licence of Russian news outlet RT.
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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