Mediagazer: Reach's audience director says Google's Discover feed has become Reach's single largest traffic referral source, mostly promoting “soft-lens” content (Bron Maher/Press Gazette)

The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021 — Dick, who embodies the mission of producing independent journalism, brings decades of experience to the role.

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites — Reporting that pops up in different media, documents as proof, and crowdsourced investigations have revealed corruption.

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation” — The company is home to more than 25 brands in the U.S. including Elle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.

Discussion: @caleyfretz, @erikawynn, @charlottetklein, Julia Mercado on LinkedIn, Chandra Turner on LinkedIn, The Wrap, @andrewnicla.bsky.social, @andrewnicla.bsky.social, Deadline, @bauxoffice.bsky.social and @kevincortez.bsky.social

Diane Sylvester / Editor and Publisher:

A look at The 51st, a worker-led nonprofit news startup in Washington, DC, and how the founders studied worker-led organizations and similar newsrooms — The 51st has set out to redefine local journalism in Washington, D.C., as one of the country's growing number of worker-led, nonprofit newsrooms.

Discussion: Gretchen A. Peck on LinkedIn, The 51st and r/Journalism

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers …

Discussion: MediaPost, @lolagaylec.bsky.social, @elonmusk, Texas Attorney General, @kenpaxtontx, Bloomberg Law, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Reclaim The Net, The Post Millennial and Breitbart

Matthew Keys / The Desk:

DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer — Pay television provider DirecTV on Thursday officially announced it will terminate its agreement to acquire rival satellite company Dish Network and its streaming service Sling TV from Echostar this week.

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:

Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming — SCOOP: TV's ‘safe space for liberals’ is about to reshuffle its stars as the network re-ups its marquee name under a tough new spinoff-ready reality

Discussion: American Greatness, The Daily Beast, RedState, BizPac Review, HuffPost, Daily Mail, Cord Cutters News, Barrett Media, Trending Politics …, TVNewsCheck, What's Up Today, New York Post, @michaelsocolow.bsky.social, @bsdtectr.bsky.social, @justinbaragona.bsky.social and @bsdtectr.bsky.social

Max Goldbart / Deadline:

The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026 — The UK's Premier League soccer is to start producing and distributing its own content for the first time in two decades after ending its partnership with IMG.

Discussion: Advanced Television

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price — Media Concierge submits £56.2m cash offer for National World, underbidder in the auction for the Telegraph titles

Discussion: Press Gazette, Financial Times, London Evening Standard and HoldtheFrontPage

David Spector / New York Post:

Email: WaPo senior politics editor Dan Eggen says he was told Monday that he will “be removed” at the end of 2024, and “will leave it to others to explain why” — The Washington Post abruptly removed its politics editor without giving him a reason for the decision …

Discussion: @lachcartwright, @bamabonds, @farhip, @nicoleperlroth, @jamespmanley, @hangleyjr, @awinston, @froomkin, @lachcartwright, @awinston, @sjvn@mastodon.social, @scire.bsky.social and The Daily Caller

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency — Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced today that she will leave the agency on January 20, 2025, the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

Reach's audience director says Google's Discover feed has become Reach's single largest traffic referral source, mostly promoting “soft-lens” content — Google's smartphone-based content recommendation feed, Google Discover, has become the single largest traffic referral source …

Discussion: Martin Little on LinkedIn, @adders.blog, @jim.londoncentric.media and @londoncentric.media