Journalists at a leading newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, have walked out over fears that Geoffroy Lejeune will turn it into a ring-wing platform.
Category: Newspapers
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Gannett Sues Google, Accusing It of Dominating the Ad Market
The country’s largest newspaper chain said that Google’s power over ad technology has contributed to the decline of local news.
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How Local Officials Seek Revenge on Their Hometown Newspapers
When coverage upsets them, towns and counties are revoking newspapers’ lucrative contracts to print public notices.
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Fred Ryan, Publisher of Washington Post, to Step Down
He said that Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, would name a new leader later on Monday.
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Los Angeles Times to Cut More Than 10% of Newsroom
“The restructuring stems from the same persistent economic headwinds facing news media across the country,” the executive editor said in an email to the staff.
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Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out
The union representing the company’s newsroom employees has urged a vote of no-confidence against the C.E.O. at a shareholder meeting on Monday.
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NPR’s Terence Samuel Is Named Top Editor of USA Today
Mr. Samuel, who will start in July, has overseen NPR’s news gathering.
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Sam Zell, 81, Tycoon Whose Big Newspaper Venture Went Bust, Dies
With a fortune made in real estate, he went into the media business in a landmark leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company in 2007. Bankruptcy ensued.
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Possible Cyberattack Disrupts The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Inquirer, citing “anomalous activity” on its computer systems, said it was unable to print its regular Sunday edition and told staff members not to work in the newsroom at least through Tuesday.
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Mike Pride, Who Proved a Regional Newspaper Could Work, Dies at 76
For 25 years he was editor of The Concord Monitor, an award-winning go-to source every four years for national reporters covering the New Hampshire presidential primary.
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The Times Added 190,000 Subscribers Last Quarter
The increase was driven in part by subscriptions to a bundle of products that includes The Athletic sports site, bringing the company’s total digital subscriber base to nine million.
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Father-Son Duo in Alabama Wins Pulitzer, Bucking Headwinds in Local News
John Archibald, who has been a journalist in Birmingham, Ala., for years, was anxious about his son Ramsey’s decision to go into journalism. He needn’t have worried.