Mass layoffs, closures and reader fatigue are afflicting news organizations as Americans prepare for a consequential election year.
Category: Newspapers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Editor of Los Angeles Times Steps Down
Kevin Merida, who took over the job in 2021, said in an internal note that his last day would be on Friday.
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Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86
As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new sections and ushering in the digital age with a Times website.
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The Eugene Weekly Halts Publication After Employee’s Embezzlement
The Eugene Weekly had to lay off its entire 10-person staff after it uncovered years of theft by an employee, the editor said.
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Boom in A.I. Prompts a Test of Copyright Law
The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.