“In [his latest column], he doesn’t disclose that he worked against BuzzFeed staffers organizing with NewsGuild when he was in charge of the site’s news side, or that he has a financial interest in BuzzFeed, with which the union is currently negotiating.”

The Chattanooga Times Free Press is owned by Walter Hussman, who piloted the straetgy at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “The Chattanooga Times Free Press began distributing iPads to subscribers in September and offering in-personal tutorials in community rec centers, hotel conference rooms and the newsroom — in anticipation of the end of the daily print edition next year … Every print subscriber will get to keep their iPad so long as they keep paying their $34-a-month subscription rate.”

“In an email to CJR, [McClatchy’s senior vice president for news Kristin] Roberts wrote, ‘Part of the rationale behind our partnership with RFA was extending coverage. We have shown that we can and should and these beats are now shifting into the core.’”

“Improved working conditions are rarely achieved by way of a tweet, but following an uproar around a post on October 26 by Roxane Gay, author of the best seller Bad Feminist, Hearst adjusted its freelancer payment policy to universal net zero payouts, financial nomenclature meaning they will now pay immediately when billed rather than waiting 30 days or more.”

“The company blamed a $167m hit to advertising revenues on regional and community closures or digital transitions.”

“A proposed U.N. resolution would ‘unequivocally’ condemn all attacks, reprisals and violence against journalists and media workers and urge governments to take action to end the prevailing impunity and punish these crimes.”

“Nationwide, tens of thousands of articles about Critical Race Theory have been published across the Metric Media network. That number is growing every day. The network is positioned to be a powerful tool in injecting Critical Race Theory into the 2022 campaign under the guise of ‘local news.'”

“The new brand of labor journalism runs the gamut from conventional newspaper reporting to outright advocacy, and the most ambitious new entrant on the scene hails unapologetically from the Bernie Sanders stream of class-based American politics: More Perfect Union, a nonprofit news outlet that quietly started in February. It is led, in part, by Faiz Shakir, the former manager of Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, and Nico Pitney, a former top editor at The Huffington Post and NowThisNews.”

“Kicked off by an accidental pocket dial that revealed an executive-level coup attempt, the battle has pitted mother against son, ensnared Toronto’s mayor and drawn comparisons to the HBO show Succession…While Rogers is publicly traded, it has a dual share structure, with voting control still held by the family.”

“…a review of court records shows the streamer is facing more active libel suits than any big news organization. Think it’s CNN, The New York Times, Fox News or some other media outlet that has the most to lose from changing defamation standards in favor of plaintiffs? Well, perhaps, but don’t discount how libel jurisprudence might factor in the future of entertainment.”

“The family donated the paper to The Oglethorpe Echo Legacy Inc., a nonprofit established as part of the arrangement…UGA journalism students will provide content under the direction of Grady faculty. The first edition of the reimagined paper, staffed by paid UGA interns until a capstone class takes over in January, came out on Thursday.”

“It’s a newsletter discovery service. After you sign up, we pick a different newsletter to forward you each day. If you like it, you can hit ‘subscribe in 1 click’ and you’ll get added to their list.”

“Unless you’re a crypto fanatic, it’s easy to see Mirror as a kind of niche, crypto-driven amalgam of platforms like Substack and Patreon and Kickstarter—with more steps.” But some writers are making real money on it. One raised the equivalent of $27,000 (now more than $46,000) to expand a Twitter thread on a Billie Eilish documentary into a longform essay.