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<em>Washington Post</em> Managing Editor Matea Gold, shown in May making remarks about the paper winning Pulitzer Prizes, is headed to the rival <em>New York Times. </em>Acting <em>Post </em>Executive Editor Matt Murray blocked publication of a story about her departure, saying the paper should not cover itself. Her decision to leave caps a year of crises for the <em>Post</em> involving its leadership and its finances.

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Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure

Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed a story about the departure of a veteran and popular editor for a senior position at the New York Times.

December 09, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Journalists for the British newspapers <em>The Guardian</em> and <em>The Observer</em> voted to strike for several days this week and next to protest the planned sale of the <em>Observer</em>, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.

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  • Media

Nearly 500 journalists walk out at 'The Guardian' and its sister paper

Nearly 500 journalists have walked out of the Guardian and its sister paper, the Observer, to protest what they see as a betrayal of the paper's values: the planned sale of the Observer to a startup.

December 04, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Ira Glass at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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  • Arts & Life

Ira Glass admits he plays a 'nicer version' of himself on the radio

This American Life host Ira Glass doesn't care about how people will remember him, "I'm not making a radio show for them"

December 01, 2024
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  • Rachel Martin
Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu is seen in this undated image provided by his family on November 29, 2024.

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  • World

China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges

Longtime state media journalist Dong Yuyu met often with journalists and diplomats. His family believes he is now being persecuted for those exchanges.

November 29, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
The Fox News studios and headquarters in New York City, March 21, 2023.

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  • Law

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News

A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

November 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Then-President Donald Trump holds up <em>The Wall Street Journal </em>as he speaks at the White House on April 19, 2020.

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  • Media

Veteran news editor expects Trump 'to go after the press in every conceivable way'

Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees.

November 20, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
Pete Hegseth, seen here on Dec. 31, 2021, paid a woman to settle her accusation of sexual assault against him, his lawyer says.

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  • Politics

Defense pick Peter Hegseth paid accuser to protect his career, his lawyer confirms

The now-former Fox News host reached a settlement to resolve an accusation against him, but a recently released memo brought the issue back into the public eye.

November 19, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
The FCC's Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee oversight hearing in March 2022. President-elect Trump has promised to bring the semi-autonomous agency under more direct White House control.

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  • Politics

Trump taps FCC's Brendan Carr to lead the agency

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

November 18, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Publisher and president Andrew Morse says the <em>Atlanta Journal Constitution </em>can surmount tough industry headwinds by capturing readers throughout Georgia and the South. "Instead of reading story after story about the futility of this," Morse asks, "why don't we grasp onto notions of, 'How do we build for the future?'"

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  • Media

Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan

Nearly two years ago, the owners of Atlanta's leading newspaper hired former CNN executive Andrew Morse to reverse its steep decline. He's laid out a grand vision.

November 17, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Laura Helmuth poses for a portrait in May 2017.

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  • National

'Scientific American' editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral

Laura Helmuth announced her resignation from the long-running magazine after her statements on election night regarding Trump sparked outrage among conservatives.

November 17, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones, pictured in June, says even if his show and its parent company, Free Speech Systems, are shut down as a result of the auction, he will not be silenced.

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  • National

'Jump ball' for Alex Jones' media empire as it hits the auction block today

Live bidding will be private, and the future owner of Jones' company will be public once court papers are filed. The proceeds will go to pay Sandy Hook families who won defamation cases against Jones.

November 13, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
Donald Trump speaks to the media at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

How personality trumped policy in this media election cycle

President-elect Trump has excelled at creating his own media image, from his earliest days as a real estate baron. His supporters find him entertaining and feisty, and even critics find it difficult not to talk about him.

November 07, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Owner Jeff Bezos blocked <em>The Washington Post</em> from endorsing a presidential candidate less than two weeks before Election Day. The editorial board had drafted an endorsement for Kamala Harris.

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  • Media

Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement

Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.

October 29, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
<em>The Washington Post </em>Building in Washington, D.C., on June 5.

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  • Media

'Washington Post' columnists push back against non-endorsement decision

In a joint column, 17 Post columnists called the paper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a "terrible mistake."

October 26, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Publisher and CEO Will Lewis says the <em>Washington Post</em>' is "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," although 1988 was the last time it abstained in a general election.

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  • Media

'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s

The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in this year's presidential race. Its editorial board has written that GOP nominee Donald Trump is unfit for office.

October 26, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
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