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 […]
After CNET, BuzzFeed tests AI
Last month BuzzFeed laid off 12 percent of its workforce amid an economic downturn. This year, the digital media publisher plans to use OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool to help produce content and enhance quizzes, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. CEO Jonah Peretti said in an email to staff: “The creative process will increasingly become AI-assisted […]
Barron’s hires Serwer as editor at large
Barron’s announced that former Yahoo Finance editor in chief Andy Serwer has joined its newsroom team as editor at large. “Andy is recognized as an innovator in the world of financial journalism through his decades-long work as a reporter, writer, editor, TV broadcaster, radio and podcast host and film producer,” said David Cho, Barron’s editor […]
New ’60 Minutes’ host, Vox layoffs, CNET’s AI woes: TBN Ticker for Jan. 27
This week’s Friday TBN Ticker explores the rescue of Northern Ireland’s paper the Newry Reporter, set to shut down after 155 years until bought by News Letter owner National World plc. Also: Gabriel Jagger’s media start-up Whynow is reviving CNN’s defunct short documentary brand “Great Big Story”; CNET continues its embarrassing AI woes; and generous […]
CNBC to launch “Last Call,” new show hosted by Brian Sullivan
CNBC president KC Sullivan sent out the following on Thursday: We are hitting the ground running in 2023, investing in our core content of business news and personal finance and implementing strategies that will best position CNBC for the future. As the global leader in business news for more than 30 years, there is no question that […]
