Evan Gershkovich Freed, Election Coverage Heats Up: Media News Recap for August 2024
We’re recapping some of the biggest media news stories that made headlines in August.
Tagged: media layoffs
Media Insider: More Industry Layoffs, Slate Reports its Best Year
Also in this week’s media news roundup: CBS News Digital staff votes to unionize, Daily Beast Confider newsletter on hiatus.
Media Insider: Crushing Layoffs at The Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, and More
Also in this week’s media news roundup: A new Gallup poll looks at Democrats’ and Republicans’ trust in journalists.
Media Insider: X’s Value Cut, The Messenger Plans Layoffs, Cheddar News Furloughs Workers
Also in this week’s media news roundup: an Oregon newspaper stops the presses after employee embezzlement.
X, Layoffs and AI: 3 Big Media Trends of 2023
We’re taking a deeper dive into some of the year’s biggest media trends that shaped how the industry did business in 2023.
Media Insider: Media Layoffs Soar, AI and Journalism Charter Issued, Gannett Hires Beyoncé Reporter
Also in this week’s media news roundup: Pew Research Center releases its latest Newspapers Fact Sheet.
Media Insider: Condé Nast Cuts 5% of Staff, Biden Signs AI Executive Order, Twitter Value Plummets
Also in this week’s media news roundup: The deal to buy Forbes is extended and outlets get a win in the Google antitrust case.
Media Insider: Zucker Buys into Front Office Sports, Report Looks at Who is Paying for News Online
In the latest media news recap, news execs head to Capitol Hill to lobby Congress on AI protections.
Media Insider: Gannett sues Google, Bild cuts 200 jobs, ProPublica reporters unionize
Also in this week’s media news roundup: Fortress Investment Group is set to acquire Vice Media, Reuters publishes Digital News Report for 2023.
Media Insider: Record Media Layoffs, Fox Sends Cease-and-Desist to Tucker Carlson
Read this week’s media news recap, which also includes the exit of The Washington Post’s long-time publisher, Fred Ryan.
Media Insider: Tucker Carlson goes to Twitter, Vice Media nears bankruptcy deal, MTV News shuts down
Also in this week’s media news roundup: iHeartMedia launches a branded podcast studio and the crypto media firm Blockworks raises $12M.
Media Insider: Fox Fires Tucker Carlson, Time Removes Paywall, Paper Magazine Lays Off Staff
Also in this week’s media roundup: Facebook and Twitter face new EU content rules, California Assembly approves JCPA bill.
Media Insider: Fox Settles With Dominion for $787 Million, BuzzFeed News Shuts Down
Also in this week’s media news recap: NewsNation’s plans an expansion and another outlet pauses Twitter activity due to “government-funded” label.
Media Insider: Fox News Producer Sues Network, No One Safe in ESPN’s Looming Layoffs
Also this week in major media news, tensions grow between management and the union at the New York Times.
Media Insider: WIRED Lays Out AI Rules, Air Mail Eyes Expansion, SiriusXM Announces Layoffs
Also in the latest media news recap, WaPo launches its first in-house game, “On the Record.”
Media Insider: Publishers Are Cautious About AI, Twitter’s Top Advertisers Pull Ad Dollars
Also in the latest media news roundup: A look at Spotify’s faltering podcast investments and furloughs at Lee Enterprises.
Media Insider: A Week of Newsroom Layoffs, CNET Ends AI-Generated Stories
In this week’s media news roundup, AP gets a website redesign and Trump plans his return to Twitter.
Media Insider: Congress Drops Media Bargaining Bill, NY Times Employees Walk Out, BuzzFeed Announces Layoffs
Our weekly media news recap also includes plans for K-12 media literacy education in New Jersey.
Media Insider: Washington Post Grows Climate Team, Media Leaders Embrace Hybrid Work
Also in this week’s media news recap, long-awaited job cuts hit CNN. Catch up on the week’s big media headlines.
Media Insider: Protocol Shutters, Jonathan Swan Heads to NYT, BBC Has Plans to Crack U.S. News
Also in this week’s media news recap, Elon Musk issues an ultimatum to remaining staffers: Go “hardcore” or leave.
