ME Pensiero leaves Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal managing editor Karen Pensiero sent out the following message on Wednesday: Dear Colleagues, I’m leaving the Journal early next week after more than 37 years of incredible opportunities and adventures. My work and time with each of you has enriched my life – whether it was making sure you were properly welcomed into […]

Media Movers: University of Missouri’s Marty Steffens

Long before the field was cool, Martha “Marty” Steffens was a business journalist. In fact, I’d argue that she blazed the proverbial trail for biz journalists today. For more than two decades, Marty has taught business journalism, economics for journalists and entrepreneurial journalism at the University of Missouri, an institution known for training distinguished reporters […]

The Athletic’s Reed debuts ‘Between the Lines’ podcast

The New York Times’ The Athletic has launched “Between the Lines,” a podcast which looks into what it “means to be Black in the N.F.L. and explains how race impacts each level of the league’s organization chart.” An excerpt from the announcement reads: In this five-part miniseries, host Tashan Reed, a staff writer for The Athletic […]

Shah reflects on first month as Texas Tribune CEO

Sonal Shah, who was named chief executive offer of The Texas Tribune in January 2023, recently reflected on what it’s been like since she took the reins of the Tribune. An excerpt from the announcement at Tribune’s website reads: One month ago, I took the reins as CEO of The Texas Tribune, beginning what I […]

NY Times opens TikTok account for news

The following was sent out from The New York Times: This week, The New York Times launched an official news account on TikTok, joining NYT Cooking, Wirecutter and the Hard Fork Podcast, which have already established a presence on the platform. The new channel will share some of our best journalism through short news updates, culture takes, lifestyle segments and […]

CNET’s search engine blues, WaPo layoffs, Chicago Sun-Times acquired: TBN Ticker for Feb. 3

This week’s ticker brings to you yet another AI struggle for CNET, a new round of layoffs at The Washington Post, and news of Chicago Public Media’s completed acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times.   Chicago Public Media acquires Chicago Sun-Times…Crain’s Chicago Business reported this week on the long-anticipated closing of its Chicago Sun-Times purchase. The […]

Chicago Sun-Times CEO Wright departs

The following excerpt was sent out from chicagobusiness.com: Chicago Sun-Times CEO Nykia Wright announced today that she has left the newspaper after five years with the organization. The move comes just a day before the one-year anniversary of the Chicago Public Media acquisition of the legacy newspaper. No reason was given in the statement announcing her departure […]

Media Movers: Crain’s New York’s Cory Schouten

Since its inception, Media Movers has featured smart, thoughtful and passionate journalists. Cory Schouten is no exception. Cory worked at the Indianapolis Business Journal back when weekly biz journals had to be scrappy enough to beat the local daily. Now, he’s EIC of Crain’s New York Business at a time when it has to be […]

Rebuild Local News nonprofit launches to create jobs, save local news

The following excerpt was sent out from Axios: Local journalism groups representing more than 3,000 local newsrooms have come together to create a new nonprofit that aims to save local news through bipartisan public policy initiatives. If successful, the Rebuild Local News coalition believes its efforts could create thousands of local news jobs across the country. Rebuild […]