Many posts have dealt with news media. Newspapers are struggling and online publications also have problems.
Olivia Rosane at Common Dreams:
Vice CEO Bruce Dixon sent a memo to employees on Thursday announcing that the company was laying off hundreds of workers and would no longer publish on its flagship Vice.com website, saying it was “no longer cost-effective” to do so. This marks the latest round of layoffs in what is shaping up to be a brutal start to 2024 for the news industry. A total of 528 news workers were laid off in January, not counting the more than 300 who lost their jobs when The Messenger shut down on the last day of the month. A day after the Vice news, Washington, D.C.’s NPR affiliate WAMU announced it was closing down its DCist website and laying off 15 staffers, as Axios reported, though it said it would add new positions in audio. “Is it ‘ethical’ to be teaching journalism right now?” Scientific American senior media editor Tulika Bose asked on social media Thursday.