Abu Dhabi-backed fund to acquire The Telegraph
The following excerpt was sent out from The Telegraph: An investment fund backed by Abu Dhabi has confirmed plans to take ownership of The Telegraph “at an early opportunity” as MPs on the culture select committee urgently discuss the implications for press freedom. RedBird IMI, led by the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and mostly funded by […]
Elle UK taps Ford to serve as acting features director
Elle UK has appointed Lucy Hunter Ford to the post of acting features director. Recently, she served as a features director at The Telegraph. Previously, Ford held the posts of features editor, executive editor, podcast producer and columnist at the Evening Standard. She also worked as an associate editor at The Independent. Ford graduated from […]
Washchyshyn-Owens takes on new role at CTV News
Marika Washchyshyn-Owens, a producer for “Top 3 Tonight with Merella Fernandez,” has taken on the role of coordinating producer of the Control Room for CTV Your Morning. Previously, Washchyshyn-Owens held the posts of chase producer, associate producer and news producer at CTV News. She also served as associate producer for “SI Wire,” multimedia journalist, producer […]
Keating to join Vox as senior correspondent
Vox has hired Joshua Keating as a senior correspondent to cover “global trends, and the ideas and dynamics that have shaped them.” He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will begin on Dec. 4. Keating will join from The Messenger, where he is a global security reporter, a post he previously held at Grid. […]
Lockyer swaps Sky News for BBC
Chris Lockyer, a news reporter at Sky News, is set to depart. He wrote on X/Twitter: “Decided the time was right to move away from London to the south west with the family – where I’ll be reporting for BBC Somerset from January!” Lockyer joined Sky News in September 2018 as an output producer. He […]
PBS Distribution to debut ‘PBS Food’ FAST channel
PBS Distribution is in plans to launch the “PBS Food” FAST channel, an additional free ad-supported streaming TV channel. The channel is available on Amazon’s Freevee, Plex and Roku. In addition, “PBS Food” will feature new recipes and cooking lessons, and will feature top chefs, including Julia Child, Jacques Pépin and Marcus Samuelsson. PBS Distribution president Andrea Downing […]
Boston-based The Emancipator appoints Smith EIC
Jamil Smith has joined The Emancipator, housed within the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, as its editor-in-chief. As per reports: “Smith will drive The Emancipator’s editorial vision and serve as a key partner to Payne in growing the rising media startup’s reach and impact nationwide.” Smith commented: “This is a singular opportunity. I’ve […]
News Revenue Hub seeks a project manager
The News Revenue Hub seeks a dynamic professional to join our team of remote digital news experts. The Hub’s consulting team advises cutting edge newsrooms from across the industry on strategies to expand their audiences, develop products, and build sustainable membership programs. The project manager role is the heart of everything we do. Working with […]
Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 27, 2023
Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The Associated Press Turned down for a loan, business owners look to family and even crowdsourcing to get money to grow, by Mae Anderson Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual, by Thalia Beaty CNN Jack Ma backs off on plans to sell […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal editor Moss set to depart
J. Jennings Moss, editor-in-chief of the Silicon Valley Business Journal, is set to depart early next year after more than six years. He had joined the Journal in January 2017 as editor-in-chief. Moss also served as editor of the digital-only news site the New York Business Journal, while also holding the same post at Upstart […]
