Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 31, 2020
Some of Friday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Ginni Rometty, 1st female CEO at IBM, to step down in April Atari plans to open video game-themed resorts in 8 US cities Fortune VW...
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Vox Media to expand podcast business in 2020
One of the leading companies on editorial properties, tech and advertising, Vox Media, is aiming to expand its podcast business coverage this year. According to reports, the media company is directing its efforts to...
Lee Enterprises to acquire Buffett papers in $140 million deal
After spending 42 years as Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway, The Buffalo News is being sold to Lee Enterprises, an Iowa-based chain that owns 50 newspapers, mostly in the Midwest. With the $140 million deal...
News Corp to launch news aggregation service to break free from tech platforms
News Corp. on Wednesday, unveiled an online news aggregation service, “Knewz,” which will include content from more than 400 sources in the US and globally, including notable names like Al-Jazeera, The Washington Post and...
School of Journalism & New Media announces 2020 jobs conference
The School of Journalism and New Media’s 2020 jobs conference is an opportunity for graduating journalism students to make industry connections and get a head-start on securing jobs. The event will be held at...
CBS to launch “60 in 6” news show
Streaming service Quibi has partnered with CBS News to modernize “60 Minutes” which is a form of style programming for the era of bite-sized video. Now, instead of an hour-long magazine, CBS News will...
NBC Universal and StoryHunter strike multi-year deal
NBC Universal has stuck a deal with short form video and audio content company, StoryHunter. The partnership will see StoryHunter developing scripted and non-scripted content based on original IP. StoryHunter, which was set up...
Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 30, 2020
Some of Thursday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Apple, Broadcom told to pay Caltech $1.1B in patent lawsuit Survey: University investments saw slower growth in 2019, by Collin Binkley Fortune Facebook and Twitter...
Tesla beats forecasts with second quarterly profit for 2019
Tesla reported its a second profitable quarter for 2019, beating analyst forecasts. Lora Kolodny had the news for CNBC: Tesla has reported fourth-quarter results, and it’s a beat on earnings. The stock spiked as...
Facebook to award financial grant to news organizations
Facebook has announced a new investment schedule worth $700,000 to various news organizations across the country, reports Axios. Last year, the tech giant had announced plans to provide its users with more local news....
