Media Insider: NBC Takes Hit After Olympics Postponement, Twitter Donates $1M To Journalism, BuzzFeed Cuts Employee Pay
With everything going on, here are 5 top media stories you may have missed this week.
Tagged: media layoffs
Media Insider: Coronavirus News Consumption Surges, Facebook Launches Grant Program for Local Newsrooms, Plain Dealer Cuts Staff
This week’s media news wrap-up is all about COVID-19 and its impacts on paywalls, jobs, ad budgets, and acquisitions.
Media Insider: AP Crops Out Diversity, Berkshire Hathaway Sells Newspaper Assets, BBC Cuts Jobs
ICYMI. BuzzFeed’s editor in chief is leaving for The New York Times and Warren Buffet is exiting the newspaper business.
Media Insider: iHeartMedia Initiates Layoffs, NBC Unveils Streaming Service, Economist Names President
ICYMI. The Atlantic is launching a Fiction section and The Guardian’s Cities section is closing. Read more in the weekly round-up.
Media Insider: Vox Media Cuts Freelancers, Facebook Funds Newsroom Education, Time Offers Membership
In this week’s media industry news, Facebook, Reuters, and Arizona officials look to tackle disinformation and manipulated media.
Media Insider: Bloomberg to Buy CityLab, Verizon Plans Staff Cuts, Pulitzers Add Podcast Category
ICYMI. 5 top media stories you need on your radar this week, including new paywall plans for Fortune and grants for local news in California.
Media Insider: Gannett Merger Final, Politico Owner Launches Tech Site, Reuters Builds Video Marketplace
The Gannett-GateHouse merger was finalized and Bustle saw more layoffs. These stories and more in our weekly media news recap.
Media Insider: Deadspin Staffers Quit, Twitter Bans Political Ads, National Geographic Celebrates Women
ICYMI. 5 top media stories you need on your radar this week, including turmoil at Deadspin, union plans at NBC News, and more.
Media Insider: Gannett/GateHouse Merge, Fact-Checkers Lose More Digital Tools, Entercom Invests in Podcasts
In addition to the Gannett/GateHouse merger news, this week saw layoffs at NPR and an investment from the Knight Foundation in newsroom diversity.
Media Insider: Industry Sees Worst Job Losses Since 2009, Times-Picayune Absorbed by The Advocate, DMA United Launches Mandela Media
ICYMI. 5 top media stories you need on your radar this week, including stories from Bloomberg and Poynter.
Year-End Review: Top Media Stories for 2018
2018 was a tumultuous year in media. In our end-of-the-year recap, we’re taking a look at some of the top media trends of the last 12 months.
Media Insider: WaPo Announces Press Freedom Partnership, Tampa Bay Times Reduces Staff, Meredith Restructures Ad-Selling Practices
ICYMI: Report for America addresses news deserts in California, and more in the media news recap.
Media Insider: Google Launches Search Engine for Fact-Checks, Democrats Push for ‘Internet Bill of Rights,’ iHeartMedia to Invest in High Times
Also in the weekly media news recap, Tronc is out and Tribune Publishing is back in.
Media Insider: NY Daily News Newsroom Cut in Half, Capital Gazette Shooting Suspect Indicted, How an Iowa Paper is Covering a Tornado that Took its Power
ICYMI. 5 top media stories you might have missed, including a new economy show from Quartz.
Media Insider: CNN Prepares for Layoffs, Vice Media Sued for Pay Discrimination, Major Advertiser Threatens to Pull Ads from Facebook and Google
ICYMI. 5 top media stories you need on your radar this week, including a look at Chrome’s new ad blocker.
