Shiplett joins Vice Media as a publicist

Lauren Shiplett has joined Vice News as a publicist. Previously, she was a media specialist at Edelman, reports Politico. Shiplett…

4 years ago

PBS promotes Bugg to new role

Sylvia Bugg has been promoted to chief programming executive and general manager of general audience programming at PBS, reports Politico.…

4 years ago

Facebook Journalism Project announces Sustainability Accelerator program participants

Facebook Journalism Project has announced 20 organizations who will be participating in its Sustainability Accelerator program, which provides intensive training…

4 years ago

Johnson departs Paste Magazine for Law360

Ellen Johnson has been hired by Law360 as a copy editor. Her new role begins next week. Recently, Johnson was…

4 years ago

Purdue Pharma settles opioid case for $8B

Purdue Pharma has pleaded guilty to charges of marketing and distributing OxyContin and will pay more than $8 billion to…

4 years ago

Talking Biz News Today — Oct. 22, 2020

Some of Thursday's top business news stories: Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges, by…

4 years ago

NY Times’ Smialek signs book deal about the Fed

New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek, who covers the Federal Reserve Board and the economy, has signed a deal to write…

4 years ago

How a WSJ reporting tool turned into a feature for readers

Wall Street Journal chief product and technology officer Louise Story writes about how a reporting tool from its Washington bureau has turned…

4 years ago

Why Tesla dropping its PR department is bad news for biz journalism

Hamilton Nolan writes for the Columbia Journalism Review about Tesla Motors decision to drop its public relations department and what…

4 years ago

How The Economist has increased subscriber retention

Lara O'Reilly of Digiday interviewed The Economist president Bob Cohn about how the magazine has increased its subscription retention. O'Reilly writes, "Subscriptions…

4 years ago