Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:15 AM ET, February 4, 2021

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
New York Times:
CNN President Jeff Zucker says he “expect[s] to move on” at the end of 2021, when his contract ends  —  The executive shaped the look and feel of CNN since coming aboard in 2013.  The network hit record ratings in recent months, during which Mr. Zucker had tensions with his newly installed boss.
RELATED:
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN chief Jeff Zucker will stay with the network through 2021  —  CNN attracted its largest audiences in history in 2020 and has been riding high in the ratings since election day.  —  The news channel finished January as the most-watched network in all of cable according to Nielsen, surpassing MSNBC and Fox News.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
In 2020, NYT hit 7.5M subscribers, added 2.3M digital-only subs, generating $598.3M in revenue, up 30% YoY; ad rev fell 26% YoY to $392.4M; profit hit $250.6M  —  In its fourth-quarter earnings report, The New York Times Company said 2020 was its biggest year for adding subscribers.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Daily business newsletter The Hustle, which has 1.5M+ subscribers, is being acquired by sales and marketing software company HubSpot, source says for about $27M  —  HubSpot, a publicly-traded sales and marketing software company, is acquiring The Hustle, an email newsletter and content company targeted …
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
India's IT ministry orders Twitter to block the recently restored accounts of critics and The Caravan magazine, threatens Twitter staff with jail time or fines  —  India's government has threatened to punish employees at Twitter with fines and jail terms of up to seven years for restoring hundreds …
RELATED:
Vidya Krishnan / The Atlantic:
The latest attacks on the media in India, part of a pattern of legal cases and intimidation, make clear that freedom of the press is endangered in Modi's India  —  For the past several years, warnings have been sounded about democracy in India—whether they be about the fate of the country's minorities, its courts, its intellectuals.
The Daily Beast:
Over 150 NYT staffers sent a letter to bosses criticizing the handling of complaints that Donald McNeil Jr. used racist language on a NYT-sponsored trip  —  More than 150 employees excoriated paper brass for what they said was an insufficient response to allegations that a top reporter made racist comments on a 2019 trip with students.
Meredith Corporation:
Meredith Q2: earnings of $148.5M on revenue of $901.5M, up 11% YoY; licensing revenue up 34% YoY, partly driven by Apple News+; digital ad revenue up 22% YoY  —  Record Digital Advertising and Political Revenues Drive Strong Revenue and Profit Performance  —  Generates Second Quarter …
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
Time launches $2.99/month paywall that kicks in after four free articles, starting in US and Canada; Sports Illustrated introduced $5.99/month metered paywall  —  Time's will start at $2.99, while Sports Illustrated's digital-only subscription is priced at $5.99.
Discussion: @justin_b_smith
Ofcom:
UK's Ofcom revokes broadcasting license of China Global Television Network because the licensees didn't have editorial control over CGTN's output  —  Ofcom has today withdrawn the licence for CGTN to broadcast in the UK, after its investigation concluded that the licence is wrongfully held by Star China Media Limited.
Mandy Jenkins / The Compass Experiment:
McClatchy will operate Mahoning Matters and Village Media will take over The Longmont Leader, both launched via the Google-funded Compass Experiment  —  Mahoning Matters and The Longmont Leader pivoting to further sustainability  —  When we kicked off The Compass Experiment 18 months ago, we knew our mission was a tough one.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 10:15 AM ET, February 4, 2021.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Jaeah Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Nate Gartrell, a court reporter for East Bay Times, who says the US judicial system has turned into a black hole as local reporter numbers dwindle
 Earlier Picks: 
Brent Lang / Variety:
Streaming services dominated nominations for the 78th Golden Globes: Netflix got a record 42 nominations across film and TV and Amazon Studios got 10
Washington Post:
Sean Hannity's on-air angst reflects the tumult inside Fox News, as it faces a dip in January ratings and renewed scrutiny from the Murdoch family
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify reports Q4 results: 345M MAUs, up 27% YoY, as paying subscribers grew to 155M, up 24% YoY, topping expectations; revenue was up 17% YoY to €2.17B
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Any US legislation to ban anonymity online will be unconstitutional, will not work, and most importantly will put many marginalized/vulnerable people at risk
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Gizmodo senior editor Alex Cranz says she was fired for involvement in a union letter and for false claims about performance; Gizmodo calls her claims meritless