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News Articles: Media

Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild  noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago.

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  • Media

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

Journalists at 24 Gannett newspapers decimated by financial cuts are protesting the failure of contract negotiations to resolve what they say is low pay and increasingly stressful working conditions.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
GPB  NPR

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  • Media

Gannett journalists are walking off the job to protest papers' working conditions

Journalists at Gannett newsrooms in seven states are set to walk out Monday in a strike to protest working conditions. It's the largest such action in the company's history.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • David Folkenflik
USA Today has appointed NPR Vice President for Newsgathering and Executive Editor Terence Samuel as its next editor in chief. He will inherit a newsroom with a national reputation buffeted by repeated cuts.

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  • Media

NPR's Terence Samuel to lead USA Today

USA Today has named Terence Samuel, a veteran political journalist who has helped to lead NPR's newsroom since 2017, to be its next editor in chief.

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
GPB  NPR

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  • Media

'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

Sino Monthly, run by a local couple, stands out among New Jersey's Chinese-language news outlets, most of which are tied to institutions from the Chinese government to the Falun Gong.

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers.

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  • Technology

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

From Australia to Canada, Big Tech has resisted lawmakers' efforts to force them to pay news publishers for carrying their articles. Now, that battle is playing out in California.

May 31, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Picketers pass near stage 5 at a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, on Wednesday, in Burbank, Calif.

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  • Television

Max streaming service says it will restore writer and director credits after outcry

Warner Bros. Discovery's new streaming platform lopped off the individual credits for writers, directors and producers. After TV and film unions condemned the move, the streaming giant apologized.

May 25, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Maynard Eaton

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  • News

Award-winning journalist, former Atlanta Voice reporter Maynard Eaton dead at 73

Maynard Eaton, multi-award-winning journalist and media communications professional, with a career spanning over five decades, died late Tuesday evening in his sleep after a brief battle with lung cancer, according to his family.

May 24, 2023
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By:
  • The Atlanta Voice
Evan Gershkovich at a court hearing in April to consider an appeal on his arrest.

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  • World

A Russian court has extended Evan Gershkovich's detention until the end of August

A Russian court extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for another three months on Tuesday. The American journalist faces unsubstantiated charges of espionage.

May 23, 2023
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  • Charles Maynes
A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

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  • Politics

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case

The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB  NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Martha Stewart is the oldest cover model ever for a 'Sports Illustrated' swim issue

The magazine called her a true influencer, with her variety of lifestyle books, television shows, and product lines. Stewart said on Instagram that she wants to inspire people to try new things.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
<em>New York Times</em> chairman and publisher A.G. Sulzberger, shown above, on Monday called for journalists to operate independent of government pressure, corporate influence, partisan agenda - and personal ideology.

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  • Media

The New York Times' Sulzberger warns reporters of 'blind spots and echo chambers'

In recent years, social justice movements have affected U.S. newsrooms. In a 12,000-word essay, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger argues journalism must be free of personal ideology.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Vice Media offices on Feb. 1, 2019 in Venice, Calif. The once-hot media startup filed for bankruptcy after failing to sell itself.

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  • Media

Vice Media, once worth $5.7 billion, files for bankruptcy

The punk media startup known for its provocative visual storytelling and explicit voice, will be bought by some of the company's leaders for $225 million and the assumption of significant liabilities.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO

Twitter owner Elon Musk has named the next CEO for the social media platform that has seen advertisers rush for the exits since he took over: Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising for NBC.

May 12, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Hodding Carter III, then-president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, on  Nov. 24, 2003. Carter has died at age 88.

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  • Obituaries

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

May 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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