Mediagazer: 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 (Keith J. Kelly/New York Post)

5:20 PM ET, February 7, 2020

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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, @chrisjonestrib, @rhodes_dawn, @jayhancock1, Poynter, Washingtonian and Vanity Fair

@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

Discussion: @ctguild, @ctguild, @ctguild, @ctguild, @aliciak2010 and @davidfolkenflik

Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:

Investigation finds a network of around 100 “local news” sites, dating back to at least 2015, that have been plagiarizing stories from major news organizations — As they stole stories from real newspapers, these sites baffled scientists, activists, and journalists. Until now.

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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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, Fast Company and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »

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Discussion: MediaPost, @jakesilverstein, @pamelacolloff, @bronwendickey, @jennydeluxe, @emilybazelon, @alexlaughs, Hollywood Reporter and Talking Biz News

The Daily Beast:

Internal Fox News research briefing advises colleagues to be wary of “disinformation” from several on-air regulars, including John Solomon and Rudy Giuliani — In a dossier obtained by The Daily Beast, Fox's research unit advises colleagues to be wary of “disinformation” …

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, New York Times and @lizzieohreally

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram has internally prototyped an Instagram Partner Program that will let IGTV creators earn money by showing ads alongside their videos — Instagram may finally let IGTV video makers earn money 18 months after launching the longer-form content hub. Instagram confirms to TechCrunch …

Discussion: Adweek, @tailosivetech, The Next Web and Digiday, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: Adweek and Deadline

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