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CNN staffers fear layoffs as network inks deal with the Associated Press
CNN inked a deal with the Associated Press to use its copy on its website, the first time it has done so since cutting ties with the wire service 14...
Co-founder will report for now-bankrupt Vice and create podcast on Bill Maher’s Club Random
Smith's return -- which is pegged to the upcoming presidential election -- is a way for Vice to regain its swagger but it remains to be seen if audiences have...
Daily Beast boss Joanna Coles scrambles to recruit ex-CNN host Brian Stelter amid massive layoffs: sources
Newly-installed Daily Beast boss Joanna Coles is scrambling to hire boldface names like ousted CNN host Brian Stelter – as she sharpens the ax to slash more than a third...
Media Matters hit with sweeping layoffs after defamation suit by Elon Musk, federal probes
The billionaire mogul sued the Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization for defamation last November, and the suit led to federal probes by Republican Attorneys General Ken Paxton of Texas and Andrew...
Puck News slammed by GOP donor for falsely reporting he's married to Matt Gaetz's sister
A Republican donor slammed Puck News after it wrote an error-filled story about him -- including that the whiz is married to Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's sister.
How Parler's ex-CEO is looking to fix social media -- with a new app called Hedgehog
"The fringe left and the fringe right, that's not our target demographic," Matze said. "They probably don't want to have those good-faith discussions, the debate and the discourse that we...
Business Insider editor in chief tells staffers he is stepping down
Nicholas Carlson said the decision has "nothing to do with any criticism" of BI's "journalism," and that he will be working on projects with parent company Axel Springer.
Inside the Daily Beast revamp: an ax-waving boss, dog pee on the carpet and Barry Diller 'scurrying around'
Adding to the sense of dread, IAC's billionaire chairman Diller made a rare appearance in the newsroom this week — "scurrying around" in black silk pajamas and house slippers, according to...
Barry Diller teams up with Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles to revamp The Daily Beast
Deal terms were not disclosed but New York Times reported Monday that Coles and Sherwood are grabbing a minority stake equivalent to half of the digital news site with parent-company...
Supporter who hugged Trump at Atlanta Chick-fil-A says media isn't honest about coverage on black voters
A Trump supporter who met the former president at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A spoke out Friday against the media's coverage of black voters.
Violence, bullying, suicide: It's time to fight digital addiction in kids like drunk driving
American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online.
Former Deadspin owner G/O Media puts The Onion up for sale: source
G/O Media, the struggling company that recently sold Deadspin, is shopping popular humor site The Onion and continued its fire sale by dumping two other sites Tuesday, The Post has...
Dan Wakeford named US Weekly editor in chief after disastrous stint at failed startup the Messenger
Dan Wakeford -- most recently the top editor of failed news startup the Messenger -- has been tapped to be US Weekly's editor in chief, the celebrity glossy said Tuesday....
G/O Media sells Deadspin, lays off entire staff with barely any notice amid 'blackface' scandal
Sports blogging site Deadspin was sold to a European start-up and the entire staff was reportedly fired with barely any notice Monday -- just months after the publication was forced to...
US companies are sellling your personal data — to the government!
The amount of data sloshing around for sale is leaving the nation’s sacred social bargain dangerously out of whack.
'Kids Online Safety Act' gains momentum in Senate as uproar rages over sex predators using AI-generated deepfake nudes
A bipartisan bill that would impose a legal “duty of care” on tech platforms to protect minors from dangers has gained momentum in Washington.
Tech journalist Kara Swisher tells all about the rise of digital culture in Silicon Valley
Tech journalist Kara Swisher takes reader behind the scenes of the rise of digital culture.
Meta to scrap news feature for Facebook users in US in latest broadside to media companies
The company said the number of people using the News Tab in both counties dropped by more than 80% in 2023.
Don't cheer the spate of media layoffs: Newspapers are essential to our republic
Fewer newspapers means more centralized power — and more conflict over it. Conservatives who don’t want that have reason to want newspapers to survive. And newspapers that want to survive...
Vice Media says ‘several hundred’ staff members will be laid off and Vice.com news site shuttered
It’s the latest sign of financial problems buffeting the media industry.