UN asked to declare WSJ reporter Gershkovich arbitrarily detained
Lawyers representing Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones requested that a United Nations group declare reporter Evan Gershkovich arbitrarily detained and asked it to appeal to Russia to release him immediately, reports Joanna Sugden of The Journal. Sugden writes, “In a letter Tuesday to the U.N.’s working group on arbitrary detention, lawyers for the Journal’s publisher accused […]
Applying shareholder squeeze, vulture capital firm Alden Global grabs four Pennsylvania papers
Heath Freeman’s vulture capital firm Alden Global Capital — infamous for its draconian staff cuts meant to enrich him and Alden’s board members — has bought Times-Shamrock Communications’, a Pennsylvania-based media company owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families, newspaper group. The acquired papers include: The Times-Tribune The Citizens’ Voice The Republican Herald The Standard […]
New on Bankadelic: Generative AI enters the banking world
On the latest episode of Bankadelic, host Lou Carlozo speaks to a Bell Labs veteran and a pioneer in the chatbot world. Now, Kasisto, Inc. founder-CEO Zor Gorelov is at the forefront of bringing generative AI to financial services like no one else before him. Tune in as Zor walks us through his KAI-GPT technology […]
Bon Appétit’s new EIC, Texas Tribune layoffs, CNN’s new leader: TBN Ticker for Sept. 1
This week’s ticker features exciting top appointments, including Jamila Robinson being named editor-in-chief of Condé Nast’s food magazine Bon Appétit. On the other side, CNN has named Mark Thompson as its leader. With these exciting appointments comes bad news as The Texas Tribune lays off its staff for the first time in history. We also […]
Media Movers: Cord Cutters News’ Roger Cheng
In his time at Dow Jones, CNET and now Cord Cutters News, Roger Cheng has made a name for himself by interviewing the people who have literally reshaped every facet of our daily lives. That’s something that not a lot of journalists can say. Roger — who won a Best in Business award in 2011 for […]
CNN appoints Thompson CEO and chairman
The following excerpt was sent out from CNN: Mark Thompson, the former chief executive of The New York Times and director-general of the BBC, will be the next leader of CNN, the network announced Wednesday, taking the reins of the renowned global news organization at one of the most pivotal times in its 43-year history. […]
Texas Tribune lays off staff for first time in its history
Nonprofit news outlet The Texas Tribune has axed staff members for the first time in its history. The 11 cuts will encompass the newsroom, engineering, design and operations department, and includes two staffers who have been with the Tribune since it launched in 2009. The entire copy desk was also eliminated. The move comes as […]
Media Movers: CNN Business’ Paul Glader
For years, I thought that once you left daily journalism, you were done. But I’m starting to rethink that. Last week, we chatted with Tony Wilbert, who opened up his own PR shop only to get lured back into the crazy world of editorial deadlines. Today, we’re hearing from Paul Glader, who recently landed at […]
Chicago Sun-Times names Rodriguez politics and government editor
The Chicago Sun-Times has hired Alex Rodriguez as a politics and government editor. Commenting on his new role, he said: “I’m very much looking forward to this new challenge. At the core of journalism in Chicago, Illinois, and D.C. is government and politics. Holding politicians accountable for their actions and decisions, and government for how it spends […]
FT’s Brussels bureau chief, Russia’s journo purge, Law360’s ed-at-large: TBN Ticker for Friday Aug. 25
This week’s ticker has many très intéressant items in the journo world to soak up, starting with the Financial Times naming Henry Foy as its Brussels bureau chief. On the international side, Russia has blacklisted 13 UK journalists from The Guardian, BBC and The Telegraph. Meanwhile, Law360 has announced Hilary Russ as its editor at […]
