News media critic Doctor to set up news outlet
Over the past 15 years, Ken Doctor has served as a news media industry critic. Doctor started out as publisher and editor of an alt weekly and he also warns about hedge-fund ownership of...
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Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 7, 2020
Some of Friday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat, by Tali Arbel July US jobs report is expected to point to hiring slowdown, by Christopher...
Trump slaps ban on TikTok, WeChat
President Trump has issued a ban on U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of WeChat. David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper reported the news for Reuters: U.S. President...
Weekly political program to launch on NBC News Now
Chuck Todd, who has moderated NBC News’ Sunday-morning public affairs program since 2014 and worked a weekday version of the show on MSNBC, will be expanding the series to streaming video, reports Variety. Launching...
News24 to launch digital subscription service
News24’s new digital subscription service will be launched as a ‘freemium’ model as opposed to the metered model on Saturday. This would also majority of the content to be free, including breaking news, but...
Salt Lake Tribune executive editor Napier-Pearce departs
Jennifer Napier-Pearce, executive editor of Salt Lake Tribune, has resigned. The veteran journalist has steered Utah’s largest daily newspaper since August 2016. She sent her letter of resignation Monday, which was accepted on Tuesday,...
Advertising revenues fall, digital subscriptions increase at New York Times
The New York Times reported that advertising revenue in the second quarter fell by 43.6 percent compared to the same time last year, while digital advertising declined by 32 percent and print fell by...
Talking Biz News Today — August 6, 2020
Some of Thursday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Toyota’s profit plunges as pandemic halves vehicle sales, by Yuri Kageyama Bank of England holds off more stimulus, sees slow recovery CNN L’Oreal workers are...
NBCUniversal slashes 10 percent of employees
NBCUniversal began its anticipated round of redundancies on Tuesday, reportedly impacting 10 percent of the company’s 35,000 employees, reports Forbes. Laid-off staff are spread across the company’s entertainment portfolio, including its sports and cable...
Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 5, 2020
Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Virgin Atlantic airline files for US bankruptcy protection Ex-Google exec sent to prison for stealing robocar secrets, by Michael Liedtke CNN EU launches antitrust probe...
