by jpitney | Jan 27, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Todd Spangler at Variety: In the latest wave of layoffs to hit the digital media biz, Business Insider said it will cut 8% of its staff in a restructuring aimed at positioning the company for growth. Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng announced the job cuts in a memo...
by jpitney | Jan 26, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
Claremont McKenna College alum Cameron Joseph at The Columbia Journalism Review: On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times laid off 115 people, more than 20 percent of its total staff. If those cuts went to the bone, in Washington, DC, it was more like an amputation: four of...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2024 | Congress, Journalism, Journalists
Corbin Boies at The Daily Beast: The Los Angeles Times’ chaos over imminent layoffs received federal attention on Monday after 10 members of the city’s congressional delegation, led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), wrote a letter imploring the owner and the union that...
by jpitney | Jan 23, 2024 | Israel, Journalism, Journalists, Terrorism
Jason McGahan at The Hollywood Reporter: What went wrong? And why so quickly? Some sources point to friction with Soon-Shiong’s 30-year-old daughter, Nika Soon-Shiong, who in recent years has apparently appointed herself the paper’s unofficial ombudsman, publicly...
by jpitney | Jan 22, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Daniel Roche at The Architect’s Newspaper: In Washington, D.C. the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation (FJMF) announced the names of four shortlisted teams to design the country’s first monument dedicated to press freedom and journalists who died in the...
by jpitney | Jan 21, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Margaret Sullivan at The Guardian: Paul Moore vividly remembers the Baltimore Sun in its heyday, not so long ago. “More than 400 newsroom staff, six foreign bureaus and a 12-person Washington bureau,” Moore recalled. He was the Sun’s deputy managing editor (and, for a...
