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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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What We’re Reading
Talking Biz News / Chris Roush
The Wall Street Journal fills a new position: “Print editor” →
Bob Rose will “run a newly created team that edits, produces and assembles our print papers around the world, with a mandate to keep the print paper, which remains central to the Journal's future, strong and vibrant even as we deepen our commitment to digital news.”
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Meet the 79th class of Nieman fellows →
Twenty four journalists from around the world will spend the 2016-17 academic year at Harvard.
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
Gannett and Tribune bosses get into snit during acquisition talks →
“At the heart of the dispute, laid out in two emails made public this morning, are differing characterizations of a would-be meeting between bosses of Tribune Publishing and Gannett. The first email, sent Monday by Tribune Publishing CEO Justin Dearborn to Gannett CEO Robert Dickey, says that Gannett canceled a meeting earlier this month in Washington, D.C. with representatives from Tribune.”
Poynter / Melody Kramer
How scientists at the South Pole get their news →
“The newspaper at the South Pole is called the Antarctic Sun, and it's had as many as three full-time staff members over the years. Like many publications in our industry, it has transitioned from a daily print newspaper to a weekly print newspaper to its currently online-only incarnation.”
The Washington Post / Erik Wemple
Former Rolling Stone executive editor Eric Bates named editor of the New Republic →
Winthrop McCormack, who bought the magazine from Chris Hughes, will be editor-in-chief. Bates will report directly to McCormack.
BBC News
BBC pledges half of workforce will be women by 2020 →
“The BBC has pledged that 15% of its workforce will be drawn from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds in staff and leadership roles by 2020, as well as ensuring the same percentage for on screen, on air and in leading roles. Disabled people will make up 8% of the workforce and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people will also comprise 8% by 2020.”
The New York Times / Sydney Ember
New York magazine is launching Select All, a new tech and culture site →
It’ll be edited by former Gawker editor Max Read. New York is “focusing on pumping up video offerings and building out a new branded content studio that it hopes will bolster ad revenue.”
POLITICO
Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism →
“His ‘expertise will allow the Institute to continue to build an even bigger profile, helping to shape many of the key questions dominating the media industry,’ Monique Villa, chief executive of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which funds the Institute, said.”
The New York Times / Sydney Ember
The New York Times is closing its editing and press operations in Paris →
Up to 70 jobs will be eliminated or relocated.
Shorenstein Center
Nicco Mele is the new director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center →
Mele is the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California and former Senior Vice President and Deputy Publisher of the Los Angeles Times. He begins his new role on July 1.
From Fuego
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 79th class of Nieman Fellows —nieman.harvard.edu
Inside “Emojigeddon”: The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium —www.buzzfeed.com
Kelly Ripa: ‘Our long national nightmare is over’ —money.cnn.com
Gannett and Tribune bosses get into snit during acquisition talks —www.poynter.org
ESPN Statement about Skip Bayless – ESPN MediaZone —espnmediazone.com
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