Kevin Merida, who took over the job in 2021, said in an internal note that his last day would be on Friday.
Category: Newspapers
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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.
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Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI
Several major publishers have been in talks to license content to the creator of ChatGPT, but agreement on the price and terms has been elusive.
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The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work
Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
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Washington Post Reaches a Contract Deal With Its Newsroom Union
The tentative agreement would end 18 months of negotiations that included a one-day work stoppage.
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William G. Connolly, Editor Who Updated The Times, Dies at 85
He sought more diversity among its newsroom employees and co-wrote a full-scale, and modernized, edition of the paper’s internal style guide.
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U.K. Opens Inquiry Into Jeff Zucker’s Emirati-Backed Bid for The Telegraph
British regulators announced a review into whether the bid, backed mostly by funds from the United Arab Emirates, could result in adverse foreign influence over the British press.
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Jeff Zucker Nears Major Deal to Re-enter the News Business
The veteran TV executive is poised to take control of two prominent British news outlets, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and may expand them into America.
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Joe Sharkey, Travel Writer Who Survived Midair Collision, Dies at 77
He offered advice to business travelers in hundreds of columns in The Times. His eyewitness account of a disaster was front-page news.