Craigslist Founder Donates $10 Million to Battle Hunger
Bloomberg: Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist. is donating $10 million to hunger-related charities. It comes as the problem of feeding Americans is growing exponentially worse. So far, Newmark has donated $3 million to six grantees. Craig Newmark Philanthropies has...
Gannett Spotlights White House ‘Superspreader’ Event
USA Today: USA Today is attempting to identify every person at a likely coronavirus "superspreader" event at the White House, where President Trump announced his Supreme Court nomination, using publicly available photos. The Gannett newspaper is asking its readers to...
Bloomberg Media Plugs Subscriptions in Ad Campaign
MediaPost: Bloomberg Media is launching an ad campaign to promote its digital subscription offering. The global, multiplatform campaign is called “Inventing Possibilities.” It is the first digital ad campaign for Bloomberg.com that the company has done at this scale....
Conde Nast Sets Record at Virtual New Yorker Festival
Digiday: This year's seven-day long virtual The New Yorker Festival so far has hit a record number of ticket sales for only 17 events, approximately a third of the number of sessions the festival featured last year. Last year's in-person version of the culture and...
Hearst Goes All Virtual with ‘Power Trip’ at Marie Claire
WWD: Marie Claire’s annual 36-hour, invite-only, all-expenses-paid networking conference for successful women is turning virtual amid the pandemic. Instead of meeting at the airport, this year's group of women will log in from their homes and it will be just one day...
Pantheon Media Readies US Edition of Grazia Magazine
WWD: Grazia is making its foray into the US. The glossy title's publisher, Gruppo Mondadori, has signed a licensing agreement with New York-based Pantheon Media Group for the debut of a local edition of the magazine through what the two companies billed as an...
Emerson to Sever Ties with California Sunday Magazine
Bloomberg: Emerson Collective, a firm founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, "has decided to sever ties" with Pop-Up Magazine Productions, owner of Pop-Up Magazine and California Sunday Magazine, according to a tweet from the union representing both outlets. California...
Goop’s Chief Content Officer Steps Down to Write Book
WWD: Elise Loehnen, chief content officer at Goop, who started at Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle empire as the second hire, is stepping down from her role. She will be taking a sabbatical to write a book, serving as editor at large at Goop, and continuing to contribute...
BuzzFeed Pulls White House Reporter Over Coronavirus
CNBC: BuzzFeed News pulled its political reporter out of the White House press pool, saying that Trump administration aides in the facility have “largely not worn masks” or abided by other coronavirus protections. The news site’s decision to withdraw Kadia Goba came...
Alphabet, Amazon Wield Monopoly Power, Report Says
CNBC: A Democratic congressional staff report recommends changes to antitrust laws and enforcement that could result in major changes for Big Tech companies, such as spinning off or separating parts of their businesses or making it harder to buy smaller...
Apple Announces Virtual Event to Unveil Latest iPhone
TheVerge: It's finally here: Apple has announced that its iPhone event will take place on October 13, with the invitation teasing the announcement with the phrase "Hi, Speed." It's no surprise that this year’s iPhone event is a bit later than normal, as Apple said in...
Facebook to Get Tough on QAnon Across All Platforms
Associated Press: Facebook says it will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and “deep state” government...
Twitter, Facebook Ban Trump Post Downplaying Covid
CNET: Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday both took action against a post from President Trump that falsely suggested the seasonal flu is more deadly than Covid-19. Facebook removed the post, while Twitter hid the post behind a warning message that says it violated the...
Disney Sees ESPN’s Keith Olbermann Exit for YouTube
Hollywood Reporter: Keith Olbermann is leaving ESPN — again. The veteran sports- and newscaster is departing the Disney-owned network to host a political show on YouTube. Olbermann's YouTube show, launching Wednesday, will offer live, daily commentary on the...
Comcast to Delay New ‘Jurassic World’ Film Until 2022
Reuters: Comcast's Universal Pictures has delayed the release of "Jurassic World: Dominion" by one year until June 2022. The new installment in one of cinema's biggest franchises is the latest movie to be postponed amid the global coronavirus...
Sirius XM Eyes $120 Million Deal to Keep Howard Stern
Bloomberg: Howard Stern, the radio shock jock who's maintained his star power in the podcasting era, is nearing a contract renewal with Sirius XM that would boost his pay to about $120 million a year. Stern's contract expires at the end of...
Lupa Systems, from Murdoch, Nabs Advisor from Roku
Variety: Matthew Anderson is leaving Roku after serving as its chief marketing officer for seven years to join James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems investment company as a strategic adviser. Anderson, a former News Corp and Sky exec, announced that he will exit Roku in...
Thomson Reuters Looks to Sell Stake in Headquarters
Bloomberg: Thomson Reuters is exploring the sale of its 50% stake in Manhattan office tower 3 Times Square, becoming the latest media giant to rethink its property holdings. The company has tapped an adviser to solicit potential interest in buying Thomson Reuters’...
Uzabase Seeks to Sell Business News Website Quartz
Wall Street Journal: Online business news site Quartz has been put up for sale just over two years after it was acquired by a Japanese financial intelligence and media company. Uzabase purchased Quartz for $110 million in mid-2018 in a cash-and-stock deal that was...
Axel Springer Appoints New Editor at Business Insider
Talking Biz News: Matt Turner has been named editor in chief of Business Insider, joining Alyson Shontell in that position. They will oversee different parts of the operation as BI plans to nearly double the size of its newsroom in a year. "Our plans for next year are...
News Corp Enjoys Visitor Uptick at Aggregator Knewz
Axios: In 2019, News Corp. launched its own news aggregation service called Knewz. Sources familiar with the effort say it was never intended to be a market threat to Big Tech platforms, but rather putting into reality something the company wanted to invest in as a...
New York Times Unveils Its Endorsement for President
New York Post: The New York Times has endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president, billing him as an experienced politician with the “entire nation’s interests at heart.” The Grey Lady backed Biden as the leader willing to grapple with a “trifecta of crises:”...
Gannett Bureau Chief All Ready to Moderate VP Debate
USA Today: Susan Page, USA Today's Washington Bureau chief, will moderate the only face-off between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. "I’ve tried to really think through what would be an approach that would work to keep the debate on...
Bonnier to Sell Major Magazines in Exit from US Media
Wall Street Journal: Bonnier has agreed to sell seven of its best-known American titles, including Saveur, Popular Science and Field & Stream, to a venture equity group. The deal comes as Bonnier’s parent company in Stockholm has been moving to exit the U.S. media...
Hearst’s Elle Places Kamala Harris on November Cover
Daily News: Kamala Harris is the cover star of the November issue of Elle, the magazine announced Tuesday — just four weeks before the Nov. 3 election, and a day before the much-anticipated vice-presidential debate in Salt Lake...
Conde Nast to Lose Digital Video Star from Bon Appétit
Variety: Pastry chef and online personality Claire Saffitz has announced that she is no longer working with Bon Appétit magazine. Saffitz, who became an internet sensation as the host of the “Gourmet Makes” series on Bon Appétit’s YouTube channel, says: “I’m going to...
Vox Media Says Editor in Chief to Step Down at The Cut
WWD: Stella Bugbee is stepping down as SVP and editor in chief of The Cut, the fashion vertical of New York Magazine, to become editor-at-large at the latter. In her new role, she will focus on journalism projects that span both print and digital; develop a new...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Delays More Blockbuster Movies
CNBC: On Monday, "The Batman" was postponed until 2022 after "Dune" was pushed to 2021 and more than 500 Cineworld theaters were closed. It is likely that more studios will push their films and that more cinemas will be forced to close or alter operations. "If...
Disney Says Florida Parks to Lose One Quarter of Staff
Associated Press: At least a quarter of the 28,000 layoffs planned for Disney's parks division will come from Florida, according to a letter the company filed with state and local officials. The letter said that at least 6,390 nonunion Disney employees in Florida will...
Fox Corp News Pundits Say Coronavirus is Like the Flu
Mediaite: Fox News contributor Sara Carter compared the coronavirus to the flu and argued the Americans "have got to continue to live life." @ShaneGoldmacher: Brit Hume says on Fox News that the virus "almost certainly isn't going to kill you."...