Another big name from the Washington Post is closing up shop as a result of owner Jeff Bezos' recent coverage changes. "The announced 'significant shift' in our section's mission has spurred me to decide that it's time for my next...
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has a new vision for the paper's opinion sector, and it's one that has spurred the exit of opinion editor David Shipley. Going forward, the section will write "every day in support and defense of two...
The Los Angeles Times isn't the only major US newspaper steeped in Election 2024 controversy . Now, the Washington Post has also stepped into the fray, like its West Coast counterpart refusing to endorse a presidential...
The Washington Post leadership chaos just got a little more chaotic. The newspaper announced that its incoming editor, Robert Winnett, won't be coming on board after all, after multiple reports on his ties, and publisher Will Lewis'...
Commotion at the Washington Post over its new publisher continues. Sources now say that Will Lewis suggested to former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other bigwigs at 10 Downing Street that they "clean up" their phones as those...
It's probably not a good sign when a newspaper publisher declines to comment in an investigative story on the front page of his own publication. Such is the state of affairs at the Washington Post , where publisher Will Lewis—along with...
With hundreds of US newspaper closings leaving legions with little access to local news, a college newspaper in Iowa has stepped up to buy two struggling weekly publications. The move by the Daily Iowan , a nonprofit student paper for...
The Baltimore Sun newspaper has been purchased by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the media conglomerate Sinclair Inc. Smith told the newspaper he acquired Baltimore Sun Media from the investment firm Alden Global Capital in a...
Could COVID-19 kill the traditional newsroom? Amid the remote work environment sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, Tribune Publishing is closing the offices of five of its newspapers, NBC News reports. They include the Daily News in New...
As the COVID-19 crisis intensified in recent weeks, European news publishers witnessed an unheard-of surge in demand for journalism that is relevant, fact-based, and trusted. As traffic grew and triple-digit increases in digital...
Get a CEO talking about his or her news media company in today’s COVID-19 environment, and you can see the checkdowns in their eyes: Are my employees and customers safe? Can my company function remotely? What does the advertising...
Local news media companies are in a unique position to rescue small, independently own businesses — notably restaurants — in today’s COVID-19 crisis by creating hubs connecting them to their readership bases. This doesn’t necessarily...
There has never been a documented incident whereby the COVID-19 virus has been transmitted from a print newspaper, print magazine, print letter, or print package, according to the world’s top doctors and scientists. In recent days, the...
News publishers expect double-digit declines in advertising through year’s end as a result of the coronavirus impact, according to an informal survey of INMA member media companies late last week. Meanwhile, publishers are getting a...
Having witnessed the news industry’s responses to mild recessions, short-lived epidemics, shocking terrorist attacks, and stomach-churning economic meltdowns over the past 30 years, there are at least five core truisms that I want to...
Working from home is stifling my creativity and my motivation to get things done. I need people around me to feed off their energy. It’s either numbingly quiet when I’m working in isolation or massively distracting when I have a guest....
Elevating the digital subscriptions growth path for local and mid-sized European news publishers is the focus of a Google News Initiative (GNI) Subscriptions Lab being created in 2020 in partnership with FT Strategies and the...
Over six weeks in late 2017, I visited news publishers in 13 cities in the South Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and North America. These were disparate publishers with little in common other than their membership in the International...
Earlier this month, the CEOs of Schibsted’s two leading titles in Sweden blasted Apple for not allowing them to build a relationship with readers via their app store, using its dominant position to impose an “Apple tax” and withholding...
Kunal Gupta addressed 50 people at an advertising seminar as part of last week’s INMA World Congress of News Media, nestled in the new hip offices of the USA Today Network in the northern part of Times Square in New York. His message was...
In the long history of print newspapers and magazines, we became trained to hit circulation targets by any means necessary: discounts, giveaways, promotions. It was all about delivering the biggest number to advertisers since that was...
With all of the conferences, reports, and case studies on digital subscriptions by INMA in the past year, I am struck by how similar the story arc of our industry remains: There is no progress on digital subscriptions without a total...
Last week’s INMA Media Subscriptions Summit in London confirmed for me two things: There is genuine passion rising for understanding the new economics of content, yet there are dozens of ways paid models can be structured and...
In rolling out the Google News Initiative yesterday in New York, it was easy to get lost in the hundreds of millions of dollars pledged to support digital journalism or the laundry list of a dozen products that make up the initiative. ...
HONG KONG — Two brothers of an American journalist who United States lawmakers say were jailed by China in retaliation for his reporting on ethnic tensions in the country’s Xinjiang region have been freed, the...
(CNN)Two men have been sentenced to death for their role in the 2013 murder of Ahmed Rajib Haider, a secular blogger from Bangladesh. A further five, including Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, a senior figure in the Ansarullah Bangla militant...
Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. will finalize the details of a proposal to acquire Media General Inc. as soon as today, people with knowledge of the matter said, triggering a window for rival Meredith Corp. to say it intends to make a...
A French journalist has been forced to leave China after the government said it would not renew her press credentials for the new year in response to a critical report on Beijing's policies in the troubled western region of Xinjiang....
Brian Krebs has made a lot of enemies. He's a famed cybersecurity journalist who formerly worked for The Washington Post, and now breaks stories on his blog, KrebsOnSecurity. But his reporting on hacking and the dark...
The Telegraph has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog for failing to adequately label an online advertorial for Michelin tyres. The Advertising Standards Authority said the article and video on Telegraph.co.uk, which...
Free Basics, Facebook’s controversial service that provides users with free access to select websites on mobile, is in trouble in a yet another country. On Wednesday, the service was shut down in Egypt by authorities,...
It’s hard to keep score when the rules keep changing in the middle of the game. It’s even harder when the playing field keeps expanding so you’re not just competing against one team, but endless newcomers....
The problems began about 0700 GMT and meant visitors to the site saw an error message rather than webpages. Sources within the BBC said the sites were offline thanks to what is known as a "distributed denial of service"...
BH Media Group has acquired The Free Lance-Star newspaper, Fredericksburg.com and Print Innovators, all located in Fredericksburg, Va., from Sandton Capital Partners. Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a merger and acquisition firm based in...
In August of 2013, Olga Ruiz returned from a refreshing summer vacation ready to start her 16th season on the COPE radio network in Barcelona. But on her arrival, the managers told her and her team that they were being...
As a science journalist, a lot of your time is spent reporting on new studies, natural phenomena and how research may affect our lives. But there is another key piece to science, and that is the people who produce it. When we ignore...
If you’re a brand looking for Web cred, you can’t go wrong with money, memes and messaging. That’s why marketers will be looking at a few apps and sites that remain under the mainstream radar, places...
Late in 2014, I was abruptly pardoned and freed from Evin prison in northern Tehran. In November 2008, I had been sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail, mostly over my web activities, and thought I would end up spending most of my life in...
LONDON — It was a terrible year for journalists in Europe. Attacks by Islamic militants, unjustified arrests, assaults, harassment, threats and tougher legal restrictions made it harder for editors, reporters and...