Journalism
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Axios Launches Entertainment Division Focused on Original Nonfiction Programming
Their first series, “The Money Game,” debuts on Amazon’s Prime Video later this year
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Jeff Zucker’s Redbird IMI Takeover of Telegraph Stalled Amid UK Culture Minister Probe
Lucy Frazer called for a new probe Friday following tweaks in the plan to buy the conservative paper from the Barclay family
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Forbes to Lay Off 3% of Staff as Union Stages 3-Day Work Stoppage in Protest
“We needed to reprioritize resources, resulting in the difficult decision to reduce less than 3% of staff,” Forbes says in a statement
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Fox Corp. Must Face $2.7 Billion Smartmatic Defamation Lawsuit, Judge Rules
A motion from the voting tech company to dismiss Fox’s counterclaims that the defamation suit is intended to limit free speech was also dismissed
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BuzzFeed Puts Food Sites Up for Sale as Vice Shops Refinery 29
The two former digital media standouts appear set to shrink more as they put high-profile units on the market
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LA Times Names Terry Tang as Interim Top Editor Amid Newsroom Turmoil | Exclusive
The editorial page editor steps in for executive editor Kevin Merida, who resigned ahead of layoffs at the paper
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Business Insider to Lay Off Around 8% of Staff
“We need to scale back in some areas of our organization,” CEO Barbara Peng says
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Chaos, Fury Engulf Los Angeles Times in Historic Cuts to Newsroom
Latino and Black staffing is reduced by a third, D.C. bureau shuttered and prize winners given pink slips
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NPR Taps Tech Executive Katherine Maher as CEO and President
The former Wikimedia Foundation chief will become the outlet’s 12th permanent chief executive
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Time Magazine Layoffs Hit Editorial, Tech and Sales Employees in ‘Necessary Step’ Toward Profitability
“This decision was not made lightly,” CEO Jessica Sibley says in an internal memo announcing the decision, which also impacted Time Studios
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Charles Osgood, 5-Time Emmy Winner and ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Host, Dies at 91
“To say there’s no one like Charles Osgood is an understatement,” longtime executive producer Rand Morrison says
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LA Times Staffers Lament Mass Layoffs: ‘Journalism Grim Reaper Has Arrived’
“Don’t waste any time mourning, organize!” one now-former employee posted on social media
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Howard Stern Urges Richard Simmons to Give Pauly Shore a Dose of His Own Medicine: ‘I Hope Richard’s Listening’ | Video
The shock jock also recalled a dinner party he hosted at which Simmons tossed hors d’oeuvres into the pool
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Over 400 Condé Nast Employees to Stage 24-Hour Walkout Tuesday Amid Layoffs
A rally will be held outside the media company’s New York City headquarters in protest of bargaining practices the union says are unlawful
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LA Times Guild Urges Members to Attend This Week’s Bargaining Session: ‘We Are Not Letting Up’
“Management was clearly unnerved by our actions last Friday,” the union wrote Monday of the one-day walkout