The vulture fund may be just fine with waiting a bit longer to make its next move to consolidate the local newspaper industry. Meanwhile, newsrooms wait.
“The fastest growing demographic in America right now is Asian Americans and, more specifically, South Asian Americans. But when you look at the media coverage that we have, it’s disproportionately low.”
Tribune and McClatchy are both approaching critical deadlines that could lead to mergers, divisions — or even the first big nonprofit newspaper chain in the United States.
“By having these very loud, usually male, voices in the media touting expertise when they don’t have it, that risks undermining the public trust in science itself.”
The vulture fund may be just fine with waiting a bit longer to make its next move to consolidate the local newspaper industry. Meanwhile, newsrooms wait.
“The fastest growing demographic in America right now is Asian Americans and, more specifically, South Asian Americans. But when you look at the media coverage that we have, it’s disproportionately low.”
“Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, Tribune Publishing’s second-largest shareholder with a 24% stake of the company, also was bound by a standstill agreement through June 30. Soon-Shiong did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.”
“Deputies voted to allow a one-off deduction of up to €50 (£45) to households subscribing for the first time, and for at least 12 months, to a newspaper, magazine or online news service ‘providing news of a general or political character.'”
“Over the years, crises pop up, burn hot and then disappear. As Facebook has grown, particularly with the addition of Instagram, so too has its unusual leverage over advertisers. Usually media companies live in fear of their advertisers…But Facebook, like Google, is not a normal publisher.”
The Spanish daily announced on Wednesday its second attempt at a digital Mexico edition. This time, it will be run by its 30 journalists in the Mexico City office, its largest bureau outside of Spain.
“‘Given the bipartisan and bicameral concern with recent events, we intend to do a thorough review of USAGM’s funding,’ the letter explained. This is the first sign of Democrats and Republicans coming together to potentially reign in [Michael] Pack’s methods of running USAGM.”
“[Duke’s] goal in interviews isn’t to explain himself. It’s to manipulate the record … His core beliefs that black people are inferior to whites, that the Holocaust never happened don’t deserve to be debated. And so on this podcast, we’re not going to hand him the microphone.”
“The paper’s March 23 edition ran a ‘Note to Our Readers,’ in which it said the New York section would not be appearing that day. It hasn’t returned since…Publisher A.G. Sulzberger is said to be no fan of Metro or New York as a separate section, since local stories tend to pull less traffic on the Web.”
Rotating anchors will fill in for Henry, who served as co-anchor of the channel’s morning show “America’s Newsroom,” until a permanent replacement is named. Former CEO Roger Ailes and anchor Bill O’Reilly were forced out after facing similar allegations in the past.
Many schools are closed or planning to reopen on irregular schedules. “At the same time, many adults — at least the lucky ones that have held onto their jobs — are supposed to be back at work as the economy reopens. What is confusing to me is that these two plans are moving forward apace without any consideration of the working parents who will be ground up in the gears when they collide.”
“The announcement comes despite the BBC repeatedly emphasising its desire to move more jobs outside London and promote its ability to provide regional news in areas abandoned by commercial broadcasters.”
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