Under its new owner, Twitter has done away with its press department. One reporter who writes about the company compares it to a “giant black box.”
Category: News and News Media
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Joyce Dopkeen, Barrier-Breaking News Photographer, Dies at 80
In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.
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Gawker, the Irreverent Gossip Site, Will Be Shuttered Again
Bustle Digital Group, which publishes Gawker, said it would shut down the recently revived site after “a surprisingly difficult” start to the year.
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BBC Arabic Radio Airs Final Broadcast After 85 Years
The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi.
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ABC Co-Anchors Are Poised to Leave Network After Tabloid Scandal
T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, who co-hosted “GMA3,” were both married when they began a romantic relationship.
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Judge Orders Release of Video Footage Showing Attack on Paul Pelosi
Judge Stephen M. Murphy of San Francisco Superior Court ruled that there was no reason to keep the footage secret. It could be released as soon as Thursday.
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The Times Asks Judge to Unseal Documents in Fox News Defamation Case
Most of the evidence in the case has remained under seal at the request of Fox’s lawyers.
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Murdoch No Longer Wants to Combine His Media Empire
News Corp, one of his companies, said Rupert Murdoch had determined that a merger was “not optimal for shareholders of News Corp and Fox at this time.”
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Marilyn Stafford, a Photojournalist Rediscovered, Dies at 97
She brought a narrative eye and a social consciousness to her work, whether covering refugee crises, celebrities or fashion. But much of it might have been lost.
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Washington Post Lays Off 20 Journalists
A further 30 open positions will not be filled. The overall size of the newsroom is expected to return to its current level after The Post makes new hires in the affected departments.
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Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61
She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns that sometimes angered sports stars.
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Nikki Finke Was the Most Hated Reporter in Hollywood
Was Nikki Finke a genius or a monster? Friends and colleagues try to make sense of the entertainment industry’s brashest chronicler.