New York Times Elevates Metro Editor to Top Role
New York Times: The New York Times announced a return to its newsroom leadership team with the elevation of metro editor Clifford Levy. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was previously a deputy managing editor overseeing the Times's online platforms. Levy is to...
Washington Post New Editor to Come from Digital?
Washington Post: Newspapers seeking new editors are advised to start looking in nontraditional venues — podcasts, digital start-ups, radio or television. "News organizations face a demand for new leadership that’s very different from what they would have faced 10 to...
Epoch Times Leads Among Right-Wing News Sites
Press Gazette: Right-wing outlets remain the fastest-growing news websites globally. In an updated global ranking of the top 50 English-language news sites, pro-Trump right-wing title the Epoch Times made it into the ranking for the first time after seeing a 421%...
Bustle Digital, BuzzFeed Staffers Miss Their Offices
Digiday: Publishers are now expecting to fully open their office doors to employees in the summer. But their staffers aren't expecting it to happen until next year. Some media employees expressed missing the newsroom environment and being around their colleagues,...
Craigslist Under Pressure to Stop Animal Postings
Totally Vegan Buzz: Animal protection advocate and actress Kim Basinger has urged Craigslist's CEO to put an end to animal abuse on the platform. "Unscrupulous breeders, puppy and kitten mill operators, and dishonest sellers, take advantage of the Craigslist...
Apple, Google, Facebook Offer Hope to Manhattan
New York Post: In the last few years, Google, Disney, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft have all leased office spaces and are expanding in New York City. Disney and Google are building new headquarters within the city in Hudson Square. Meanwhile, Apple leased and...
Google Brags of Payments to Media from YouTube
The Verge: YouTube has paid out more than $30 billion to creators, artists and media organizations over the last three years, according to a new letter published by CEO Susan Wojcicki. YouTube also "contributed approximately $16 billion to the US GDP in 2019,...
Amazon CEO Wants Girlfriend’s Brother to Pay Up
Bloomberg: Jeff Bezos wants $1.7 million from his girlfriend's brother to cover legal fees the world's second-richest person racked up successfully defending a defamation lawsuit. Lauren Sanchez's brother, Michael Sanchez, sued Bezos and his security consultant, Gavin...
Disney Revamps Park Ride After Charge of Racism
USA Today: The Jungle Cruise is getting an update at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California, and the attraction will better "reflect and value the diversity of the world around us," according to a post on the Disney Parks blog....
AT&T, Comcast Among Media Betting on Gambling
Associated Press: Different types of gambling are quickly coming together with each other and with media outlets — and Wall Street is taking notice. "The once disparate categories of online gaming, media and sports are joining teams to create powerful partnerships...
Liberty Media Among High Profile SPACs to Watch
Business Insider: A growing number of execs and investors are looking to cash in on media through special-purpose acquisition companies. Some $82.8 billion was raised by 248 SPACs in 2020, up from the $13.6 billion raised by just 59 SPACs the prior year. Big media...
Comcast Nabs ABC Veteran for Role at NBC News
New York Post: Tom Llamas, the weekend anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight," has dramatically quit the network to move to rival NBC. Llamas, 41, is being lined up for a wide-ranging role across NBC News that involves work across the network's news shows, streaming...
Disney, Comcast Share Sitcom Across Streamers
Bloomberg: Comcast's Peacock and Disney's Hulu have struck a deal to share the rights to the sitcom "Modern Family," an unusual move at a time when streaming services are paying top dollar to air old network comedies exclusively on their platforms. All 11 seasons of...
Fox Corp Eyes Trump Aides for News Channel Gigs
Associated Press: Trump administration alumni Larry Kudlow is joining Fox News amid reports that a colleague, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, will soon be joining him. Fox announced that Kudlow, a former CNBC personality who was national economic...
Prediction: Trump to Create a Subscription Product
Vanity Fair: Some Wall Street professionals think Donald Trump will further tap into a subset of his army of 74.2 million voters and ask its members to give him, say $100 a year to continue to receive his pithy utterances, now that he has been removed from most of the...
Twitter Acquires Newsletter Publishing Firm Revue
Axios: Twitter has acquired Revue, a newsletter platform for writers and publishers. The deal marks Twitter's first step into building out long-form content experiences on Twitter, and its first foray into subscription revenue. While deal terms weren't disclosed,...
Conde Nast Expat Mag Domino Finds a New Owner
Axios: North Equity, a venture equity firm that acquires and invests in media brands, is acquiring Domino Media Group, the home magazine and digital company launched by Conde Nast in 2005. The deal is expected to close this week. It's the latest example of a niche...
Meredith Names AP Exec as New Head of Diversity
PR Newswire: Meredith has named Diane L. Parker as VP of diversity and inclusion, effective January 28. Parker will lead Meredith's diversity and inclusion initiatives and programming across all locations and businesses. She succeeds Shona Pinnock, who left Meredith...
New York Times Opinion Alum Joins the Economist
Talking Biz News: James Bennet, the former editorial page editor at the New York Times, is joining The Economist. Bennet will be a visiting senior editor for one year. He starts on Feb. 1. Bennet resigned from the Times in June 2020 after it published a...
Washington Post Plans ‘Inclusive’ Search for Editor
Bloomberg: The Washington Post, which has expanded quickly under the ownership of billionaire Jeff Bezos, is seeking a new executive editor after longtime newsroom boss Marty Baron announced plans to step down. The search for Baron's successor "will be a broad and...
McClatchy in Flap Over Firing Editor After a Tweet
KTVB: The top editor of the Idaho Statesman was fired after she criticized the newspaper's parent company for withholding resources while encouraging people to support the daily newspaper. Christina Lords posted in a since-deleted tweet Friday that publishing company...
Bustle Digital Preps Major Makeover for Zoe Report
WWD: Almost two years after its acquisition of the Zoe Report, Bustle Digital will unveil a relaunch of the fashion site, presenting a more modern look and a new TZR logo. New editor in chief Kathy Lee, who joined the brand from Hearst last year, has been focusing on...
Axios CEO Seeks a Workable Model for Local News
AdExchanger: Axios CEO and co-founder Jim VandeHei is turning his attention to branching out into local news. The challenge in local news isn't just trust, but a workable business model. Believing a key problem with local news is that “the costs were just too damn...
Washington Post Editor Announces Plan to Retire
Washington Post: Martin Baron, one of the most highly regarded editors in American journalism and an outspoken advocate for the value of a free press, announced Tuesday he would step down as executive editor of the Washington Post on Feb. 28. The Post has not yet...
Google Stops Donations to US Congress Members
Reuters: Google said it will not make contributions from its political action committee this election cycle to any Congress member who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election. Earlier this month, following the violent storming of the US...
Facebook Inks Deals to Launch News Service in UK
Guardian: Stories from news outlets including the Guardian, the Daily Mail and the Financial Times will appear in a dedicated Facebook feed. The UK launch of the Facebook News service is the first outside the US. In addition to already-inked deals, Facebook announced...
Comcast in NBCUniversal Content Pact with Twitter
CNBC: Exclusive looks into the Golden Globes, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and other live NBC events are headed to Twitter. Comcast's NBCUniversal and Twitter have announced a multi-year global content partnership, in an effort to expand both the media company's and...
AT&T Former CEO Lands $1 Million Consulting Gig
Hollywood Reporter: Randall Stephenson, AT&T's former chairman and CEO, has made good on his retirement from the telco giant, but with a one-year consultancy agreement in hand as he leaves the company's boardroom. For his consulting services, Stephenson will be...
Fox Corp’s News Channel Echoes Owner Murdoch
Mediaite: Tucker Carlson on Fox News touted remarks made by Rupert Murdoch over the weekend condemning "awful woke orthodoxy," telling viewers, "We don't quote our boss on this show very often — ever, actually — but that is exactly right." New York Times: Rupert...
ViacomCBS Suspends Leaders of TV Station Group
Los Angeles Times: ViacomCBS has suspended the two powerful heads of its TV station group, Peter Dunn and David Friend, amid widening allegations that the pair cultivated an environment that included bullying female managers and blocking efforts to hire and retain...