Sinclair’s David Smith purchases The Baltimore Sun
David D. Smith, executive chairman of Hunt Valley-based media company Sinclair, has personally acquired The Baltimore Sun Media Group from Alden Global Capital. The purchase returns Maryland’s longest-…
Jonathan Fischer joins WaPo as arts and entertainment editor
Jonathan Fischer has joined The Washington Post as arts and entertainment editor. In this newly created role, Fischer will lead The Post’s reporters,…
Tom Shales, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, dies at 79
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, who, states The Post, brought “incisive and barbed wit to coverage of…
Jamie Stockwell joins WaPo as head of Metro
Jamie Stockwell, “an enterprising and creative editor who is deeply committed to expanding the reach and impact of local journalism,’ is joining The Washington…
Two Washington Post photographers retire after more than 200,000 images
John McDonnell and Bill O’Leary, with a combined 85 years of shooting photographs for The Washington Post, are retiring at end of the…
Madeleine Rivera joins Fox News as D.C.-based correspondent
Fox News adds Madeleine Rivera as a D.C.-based correspondent. Previously, Rivera was a reporter for the network’s affiliate news service, Fox…
Tom Foty, longtime Washington radio news anchor and reporter, dies at 77
Longtime Washington, D.C., radio anchor and reporter Tom Foty died at 77. Foty was a mainstay for CBS News starting in 1998, states…
2023 has been “bloodbath” for media, states Poynter
Though layoffs in journalism are nothing new, the end of 2022 suggested that the media industry was headed for tough times, reports Poynter, As…
Economist’s Bob Cohn to join Baltimore Banner as CEO
Veteran media executive Bob Cohn has been named chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner nonprofit news organization. Cohn joins The Banner after serving…
More Washington Post employees take buyouts than expected
More employees than expected have volunteered to take buyouts from The Washington Post, according to an email from the Washington Post Guild, the union…
Andrea Mitchell marks 45 Years at NBC News; 15 years on MSNBC
Andrea Mitchell hit a milestone at MSNBC and NBC News on December 18, 2023, reports TVNewser, as her noon ET program, Andrea Mitchell Reports,…
CNBC adds Barron’s senior economics and policy reporter Megan Cassella as D.C. correspondent
CNBC announced that Barron’s senior economics and policy reporter Megan Cassella is joining the business news network as a Washington, D.C., correspondent.…
Hundreds gather in Salisbury to honor life of editor Greg Bassett
Ronald Gregory Bassett, 63, of Ocean City, passed away December 10, at Atlantic General Hospital. Known as Greg, he was a well-respected journalist…
Annie Mae joins WTTG Washington as traffic reporter
Annie Mae has joined WTTG Washington as traffic reporter on Fox 5 News Morning and Good Day DC, in the 4 a.m. to…
Media.com becomes first network to fully verify users, addressing challenge of misinformation
Media.com, the profile-based information network, announced that all users with public profiles will be fully verified from inception, marking the emergence of…
