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Cheddar struggling to find the right strategy

Cheddar News, which was founded in 2016 and described as business news for millennials, has struggled under owner Altice to find the right strategy to attract viewers, reports Reed Alexander and Elaine Low of Insider.

Alexander and Low report, “Most company sources requested anonymity for fear of reprisal from Altice, but their identities are known to Insider. Collectively, they painted a picture of an organization facing mounting pressures from within, including burnout and attrition, schisms that have pitted staff against management, and ethically questionable journalism practices. Three insiders estimated that the newsroom’s producer head count had shrunk by a third since the start of 2022 because so many people had quit.

“In recent months, Cheddar appears to have embarked upon yet another editorial shift, enlisting two executives from Altice’s News 12 stations to revive the site’s newsgathering values. Some insiders said the frequent seesawing has produced frustration and growing workloads.

“‘I’ve been asked to take on so much that it’s just like I can’t even wrap my head around the job,’ said a current producer.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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