After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”
Category: Newspapers
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USA Today’s Top Editor Departs, the Second in Less Than Two Years
Caren Bohan, who was named editor in chief in September 2024, will no longer continue in her role “effective immediately,” the company told employees.
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Daily Mail Owner Agrees to Buy The Telegraph, Consolidating Right-Leaning Media in Britain
The deal would combine two of the country’s major newspaper groups, a move likely to attract antitrust scrutiny.
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Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
A.I. has taken newsrooms by storm, setting off industrywide soul-searching about its potential and pitfalls.
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The Times’s Profit Jumps With 460,000 More Subscribers
The Times now has 12.33 million total subscribers to all of its products. It has said it is aiming for 15 million by the end of 2027.
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Gannett Changes Name to USA Today Co.
The company, which publishes more than 200 local newspapers across 42 states, is adopting the name of its flagship publication.
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Indiana University Lifts Ban on Printing News in College Newspaper
The university faced fierce criticism after it fired the director of student media and said that news coverage could be published only online.
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Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
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Indiana University Fires Adviser to Student Newspaper and Bars Print Publication
The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the paper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition.
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Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering
The company, which says it plans an initial public offering next fall, announced on Thursday that it would seek to raise up to $500 million selling private shares to investors.
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For Her 70th Birthday, She Hired an Escort
Gail Rice felt like time was running out. So she splurged on a sexual adventure.