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Local US newspaper workers allege Hearst is trying to ‘destroy unions’

Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violation

The Guardian - US

USA Today editor in chief out after a year in job

USA Today's editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out of the job she's held for a little more than a year

The Independent UK

The worth of "60 Minutes"' legacy

We should rewatch the SLAPP Suits episode of "Last Week Tonight" in the context of Trump's threat to press freedoms

Salon

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Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher

The Independent UK

Trump Sues Pollster Who Predicted Kamala Win, Accuser Her of 'Brazen Election Interference'

Donald Trump is suing pollster over a pre-election poll he claims was intentionally manipulated to show Kamala Harris leading in Iowa.

Latin Times

Trump Escalates Legal Campaign Against Media Outlets

President-elect Donald Trump files lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, alleging violations of Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. Legal action criticized for pote...

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The Associated Press says buyouts and some layoffs are ahead as it seeks to cut its workforce by 8%

The Associated Press says it is looking to cut 8% of its workforce, primarily through buyouts, and employees eligible to leave their jobs would begin getting notifications

The Independent UK

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Augusta National is just one course in the region still picking up after Hurricane Helene’s devastation

Golf courses that make up much of the Augusta area's identity continue to slowly dig out from the damage.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?

The media sector’s challenges amplify shadow banks’ toll on the US economy and mirror the 2008 housing crisis.

Al Jazeera

$25M in Libel Damages Based on Newspapers' Misidentification of Plaintiff as Broadcaster Who Used Racial Slurs

CBS News reports on Monday's verdict ($5M in actual damages and $20M in punitives), in Sapulpa v. Gannett Co.: The incident occurred in 2021 before the Norman-Midwest City girls high school basketball game when an announcer for a livestream cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the…

Reason

'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts

Workers are on a 24-hour strike to pressure owner Jeff Bezos and company leaders to negotiate a new labor contract. The Post says it needs to cut jobs and may resort to layoffs.

WEKU

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age

The Independent UK

A 35-year-old ‘huge Swiftie’ beat out a White House reporter and a legion of bloggers to get the most coveted job in journalism

It’s “no different than being a sports journalist who’s a fan of the home team,” said Bryan West, the new Taylor Swift reporter for USA Today.

Fortune

How a superfan landed a job as America’s first full-time Taylor Swift reporter

Biggest US newspaper chain was on the search for someone to cover Swift’s Eras tour and beyond

The Independent UK

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Do We Really Need a Taylor Swift Reporter?

Outlets like USA Today are hiring beat reporters to write exclusively about Swift and Beyoncé. But investing in this kind of journalism distracts from stories people actually need

Chicago Sun-Times

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé beats put profits ahead of serious journalism

Neither Taylor Swift nor Beyoncé will find themselves begging for more articles or air time even without a hype man or woman from Gannett, which laid off hundreds of staffers in its news division a year ago.

Salon

Downside of Beyoncé & Swift reporter job

Two new job postings are alluring for fans of the artists, but are they really as promising as they sound?

Evening Standard

Pop fans eye up dream jobs as media outlet seeks Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporters

You could get paid up to $100,000 a year to work as a journalist who writes about Taylor Swift or Beyoncé

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The Independent UK

Taylor Swift specialist reporter is now a real job title

Job ad seeks a writer, photographer and social media whiz to cover Swift’s Eras tour and beyond

WEKU

Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'

The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.

The Independent UK

Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising

Gannett is suing Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully acquired and maintain monopolies on the advertising technology tools that publishers and advertisers use to buy and sell online ad space

The Independent UK

LA Times announces 74 job cuts due to economic challenges

The Los Angeles Times says it is cutting 74 jobs due to economic challenges as the newspaper strives to transform itself into a digital media organization

Texas Observer

Unionized Texas Journalists Face Biggest Opponent Yet: Gannett

On Monday, Austin American-Statesman workers went on strike against Gannett. “I think that today is just a warning shot,” said one.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest U.S. newspaper chain

Journalists at two dozen papers in eight states walk off the job, demanding an end to cost cutting and leadership change at Gannett, owner of more than 200 daily papers.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain

Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain

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