Sharyn Alfonsi, whose segment on a brutal Salvadoran prison was pulled abruptly in December, said that CBS News and its top editor, Bari Weiss, had let her contract expire.
Category: News and News Media
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Jeff Bezos Praises Trump’s Second Term as ‘More Mature’
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.
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James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media
The media scion is buying Vox Media’s podcast network, New York magazine and Vox.com for more than $300 million.
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New York Times Sues Pentagon for a Second Time
The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort, part of a broader legal challenge to the Pentagon’s press restrictions.
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Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet
The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News.
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Rupert Murdoch, David Zaslav and More Media Moguls Remember Ted Turner, CNN’s Founder
The CNN founder’s death was met with encomiums from leaders in the media industry, which he helped reinvent. “He will be remembered for generations,” said one.
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Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87
As one of the most important figures in media history, he oversaw a vast cable empire of news, sports and entertainment channels.
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The New York Times Passes 13 Million Subscribers
The company’s adjusted operating profit hit $117.9 million in the quarter, up 27.2 percent from a year earlier, on revenue of $712.2 million.
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Guy Goma’s Accidental BBC Interview Lives On After 20 Years
Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an I.T. job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work.
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U.S. Sues The New York Times, Claiming Discrimination Against a White Man
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the paper had engaged in “unlawful employment practices” against the man, who did not get a sought-after promotion.
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James Murdoch’s Company Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Most of Vox Media
A deal for Vox Media would elevate Mr. Murdoch’s company, Lupa Systems, as a major player in U.S. media.
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Washington Post Reporter Was an FBI Target, and Is Now a Pulitzer Prize Winner
Hannah Natanson’s reporting anchored a package of articles from The Washington Post that won a Pulitzer on Monday, four months after agents seized her devices.