The Eugene Weekly was forced to lay off all 10 of its staff members last month after it discovered tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.
Category: Newspapers
-
Los Angeles Times Owner Clashed With Top Editor Over Unpublished Article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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Los Angeles Times to Slash Newsroom by Over 20%
The layoffs represent the biggest newsroom reduction since the biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the company in 2018.
-
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.
-
Newspapers Stolen After Reporting on Rape Investigation at Police Chief’s Home
More than 200 copies of The Ouray County Plaindealer, a weekly newspaper in Colorado, were stolen after it published a front-page article about the investigation.
-
The Baltimore Sun’s New Owner Has the Newsroom on Edge
The news that David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group, had bought The Sun has generated alarm inside and outside the newsroom.
-
Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.
Time magazine, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times — owned by Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong — are still losing money.
-
Baltimore Sun Sold to Chairman of Sinclair TV Stations
David D. Smith bought the newspaper and its sister publications in a private deal with Alden Global Capital, their owner since 2021.
-
Howard Weaver, Who Helped an Alaska Newspaper Win 3 Pulitzers, Dies at 73
The Anchorage Daily News was the smallest newspaper and the first in the state to earn the medal for public service in 1976. It then won two more.