By closing less than a year after it launched, The Messenger is now one of the biggest busts in the annals of online news.
Category: News and News Media
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Fox News to Taylor Swift: ‘Don’t Get Involved in Politics!’
The prospect of the pop megastar endorsing President Biden in the 2024 election has irked conservative stars on the cable network.
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Los Angeles Times Owner Clashed With Top Editor Over Unpublished Article
The owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, had raised concerns with Kevin Merida, who stepped down this month, over reporting about a wealthy doctor and his dog.
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Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
He won two Pulitzer Prizes by transforming accounts of doctors at work into in-depth, narrative articles that read like dramatic short stories.
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John Pilger, Crusading Journalist and Documentarian, Dies at 84
A prolific filmmaker and writer who took sides, he was best known for a documentary about the Khmer Rouge’s genocide in Cambodia in the 1970s.
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Journalists at New York Daily News Walk Off Job for a Day
Newsroom workers at The Daily News Union, which formed in 2021, are in negotiations for their first contract.
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Brad Stone Named Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek
Mr. Stone will take the helm as the 94-year-old magazine shifts from weekly to monthly publication.
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The News About the News Business Is Getting Grimmer
Mass layoffs, closures and reader fatigue are afflicting news organizations as Americans prepare for a consequential election year.
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The Sports Illustrated Cover, a Faded Canvas That Once Defined Sports
It used to be the most coveted real estate in sports journalism. But its power to set the agenda disappeared along with its elite photographers.
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Charles Osgood, Lyrical Newscaster on Radio and TV, Dies at 91
A familiar face on television as the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” from 1994 to 2016, he was also known for his “Osgood File” segments on CBS Radio, often delivered with humor and a rhyme.
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Ruth Ashton Taylor, Early Radio and TV Newswoman, Dies at 101
In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.
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Tensions Erupt at Los Angeles Times as Owner Weighs Deep Cuts
The biggest news organization on the West Coast has been roiled by the potential layoffs of roughly 100 newsroom employees.