USA Today Co accelerates digital transformation
USA Today Co, is continuing to accelerate its digital transformation, with online revenue approaching half of its overall business, states a post on Citybiz. The company, formerly known as Gannett,…
NY Times reports higher profits and revenue, plus adding about 310,000 digital subscribers
The New York Times Company reported higher profit and revenue in the first quarter, as it continued to grow both its digital subscriber base…
Sign of the Times: BBC’s news operation to cut as many as 2,000 jobs
The BBC staff has been warned that its news operation faces a 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as the corporation pushes through…
Maryland Media Moves: WBAL-TV names new sports director; Baltimore Magazine president steps down; new editor at The Daily Record
Three Maryland media organizations have personnel news to report. WBAL-TV Baltimore has named Pete Gilbert, in main photo, as sports director, succeeding Gerry…
WAMU expands investment in local journalism, names Naomi Starobin managing director of news
WAMU named Naomi Starobin managing director of WAMU News, a new position “created as part of the organization’s sweeping multi-phased investment in…
More bad news for newspapers: There’s a tight supply of newsprint
As if they didn’t have enough to deal with, America’s newspaper publishers are facing a tight supply of newsprint that’s driving…
Baltimore TV icon Marty Bass to retire after nearly five decades at WJZ
Veteran Baltimore broadcaster Marty Bass will retire at the end of May, concluding a 48-year career with WJZ-TV that helped shape the…
“The Fred Show” coming to D.C. and Baltimore on April 30
“The Fred Show” will debut April 30 on “Hot 99.5” WIHT in D.C., and “Z104.3” WZFT in Baltimore, airing live weekdays…
Matt Cuddy, CNBC’s Washington bureau chief, retires after 30-plus-year career
Matt Cuddy, who led CNBC’s Washington bureau for nearly three decades, retired after a 30-plus-year career with the business news network.…
Online opinion personalities and comedians now primary source of news
Americans no longer turn to TV and newspapers as their primary source of news, instead turning to online opinion personalities and comedians, particularly those…
NOTUS to become The Star to fill void it says was left by cuts at Washington Post
“The Star” is born, reports The New York Times. According to The Times, NOTUS, a Washington political news website with “ambitious plans to fill…
Banner parent organization acquires Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism and Block Communications, Inc., announced that they have reached an agreement for Venetoulis to acquire the Pittsburgh Post-…
Sign of the times: Onetime king of at-home shopping seeks bankruptcy protection
QVC Group, the parent company the home shopping TV brands HSN and QVC, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports The Hollywood Reporter.…
Strong quotes and clear email subject line help reporters evaluate press releases
By Issac Morgan, Newsmatics, Inc. This is part of a Substack series, Inside the Newsroom: What Journalists Really Look for in Press Releases, based…
Chuck Todd, former Meet the Press moderator, now “life insurance spokesperson”
Former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd has returned to TV “as a life insurance spokesperson,” states Mediaite. In yet another sign that the…
