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By Mark Joyella on Nov. 4, 2015 – 9:29 AM Netflix chief Reed Hastings would advise you to forget about the network evening news. Asked at a conference about Netflix perhaps adding news to its mix of programming, Hastings said “the 6 p.m. newscast: that thing’s going away.” The New York Post notes that Hastings was…
This file should primarily consist of HTML with a little bit of PHP. After this image of a Brooklyn student named Vidal captured widespread attention on the Humans of New York blog, he and the photographer, Brandon Stanton, were invited to the White House. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY BRANDON STANTON. COURTESY ST. MARTIN’S PRESS Barrier Status:…
A recent poll of college students’ attitudes toward free speech (in general and on campus) is a mixed bag. The survey by McLaughlin & Associates for the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale shows that 87% of respondents agreed with this statement: “There is educational value in listening to and understanding views and opinions that…
paging_filter The New York Times is offering buyouts to employees in its video department while also recruiting new video talent. Effective Tuesday, all members of the video staff will be eligible to apply for a buyout, and the Times will consider the offers on a case by case basis. Some layoffs could be possible, executive…
Layoffs begin at National Geographic .@RupertMurdoch Murdoch’s Choice: Already this morning one top picture editor, one top page designer axed @NatGeo magazine. Thanks Rupert — Donald R. Winslow (@donaldrwinslow) November 3, 2015 Staffers at National Geographic – now controlled by Rupert Murdoch – received this note from their CEO on Monday: Message from Gary Knell…
When is the best time to send out an email newsletter? Morning and evening are certainly popular choices: Quartz goes for wakeup time (wherever you are in the world), while Vox chooses 8 p.m.. At Nieman Lab, as you surely already know, we send out our weekday newsletter at 3 p.m Eastern. Twelve Thirty Six,…
I was in an uncomfortable chair sitting through another boring quarterly meeting led by our publisher and his PowerPoint deck. Some astute member of the newsroom had coined the nickname “Mojo” for him, partly as a play on his name, but more as a comment on his dreary lack of charisma. It was all EBITAs…
Freedom Communications Inc., owner of the Orange County Register, filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday, and its chief executive said he plans to lead a bid to acquire the troubled newspaper company. The Santa Ana-based newspaper firm, which also owns the Riverside Press-Enterprise, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Central District of California….
ESPN on Friday announced that it is shutting down Grantland, the sports and culture website started by Bill Simmons in 2011. “Effective immediately, we are suspending the publication of Grantland,” the company said in a statement Friday at the same time staffers were informed of the news. Other writers said they had learned the news…
Well, here’s some wild news from ESPN’s PR department: Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland. After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe will have a broader and more significant impact across our enterprise. Grantland distinguished itself with quality writing, smart…