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Here’s who American newspapers (minus The Washington Post) are backing this election

Following The Washington Post’s decision not to endorse a candidate, papers around America are nailing their colours to the mast.

Crikey

Augusta National is just one course in the region still picking up after Hurricane Helene’s devastation

Golf courses that make up much of the Augusta area's identity continue to slowly dig out from the damage.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?

The media sector’s challenges amplify shadow banks’ toll on the US economy and mirror the 2008 housing crisis.

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$25M in Libel Damages Based on Newspapers' Misidentification of Plaintiff as Broadcaster Who Used Racial Slurs

CBS News reports on Monday's verdict ($5M in actual damages and $20M in punitives), in Sapulpa v. Gannett Co.: The incident occurred in 2021 before the Norman-Midwest City girls high school basketball game when an announcer for a livestream cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the…

Reason

'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts

Workers are on a 24-hour strike to pressure owner Jeff Bezos and company leaders to negotiate a new labor contract. The Post says it needs to cut jobs and may resort to layoffs.

WEKU

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age

The Independent UK

A 35-year-old ‘huge Swiftie’ beat out a White House reporter and a legion of bloggers to get the most coveted job in journalism

It’s “no different than being a sports journalist who’s a fan of the home team,” said Bryan West, the new Taylor Swift reporter for USA Today.

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How a superfan landed a job as America’s first full-time Taylor Swift reporter

Biggest US newspaper chain was on the search for someone to cover Swift’s Eras tour and beyond

The Independent UK

Do We Really Need a Taylor Swift Reporter?

Outlets like USA Today are hiring beat reporters to write exclusively about Swift and Beyoncé. But investing in this kind of journalism distracts from stories people actually need

The Walrus

Do the media need a Taylor Swift reporter? A timely question for sneering old media

USA Today is hiring Tay-Tay and Beyoncé reporters. Mainstream mastheads are mystified but young fans are asking why’d it take so long?

Crikey

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé beats put profits ahead of serious journalism

Neither Taylor Swift nor Beyoncé will find themselves begging for more articles or air time even without a hype man or woman from Gannett, which laid off hundreds of staffers in its news division a year ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downside of Beyoncé & Swift reporter job

Two new job postings are alluring for fans of the artists, but are they really as promising as they sound?

Salon

Pop fans eye up dream jobs as media outlet seeks Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporters

You could get paid up to $100,000 a year to work as a journalist who writes about Taylor Swift or Beyoncé

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift specialist reporter is now a real job title

Job ad seeks a writer, photographer and social media whiz to cover Swift’s Eras tour and beyond

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Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'

The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.

The Independent UK

Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising

Gannett is suing Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully acquired and maintain monopolies on the advertising technology tools that publishers and advertisers use to buy and sell online ad space

The Independent UK

LA Times announces 74 job cuts due to economic challenges

The Los Angeles Times says it is cutting 74 jobs due to economic challenges as the newspaper strives to transform itself into a digital media organization

Texas Observer

Unionized Texas Journalists Face Biggest Opponent Yet: Gannett

On Monday, Austin American-Statesman workers went on strike against Gannett. “I think that today is just a warning shot,” said one.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest U.S. newspaper chain

Journalists at two dozen papers in eight states walk off the job, demanding an end to cost cutting and leadership change at Gannett, owner of more than 200 daily papers.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain

Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain

The Independent UK

Journalists to strike June 5 at the largest US newspaper chain

Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at publications owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. Their union said Thursday that the mostly one-day strike will start June 5

WEKU

How America's largest newspaper company is leaving behind news deserts

The country's largest newspaper company, Gannett, is once again forecasting it will sell off more of its daily newspapers. It's prompting fears of news deserts and a weakened democracy.

Los Angeles Times

The California newspaper that has no reporters left

SALINAS, Calif. — When brown water overflowed the banks of the Salinas River in January, flooding thousands of acres and throwing an untold number of farmworkers out of jobs, the leading newspaper in this agricultural mecca did not cover the story.

The Independent UK

A Eugene Kohn: Architect of soaring skyscrapers

His New York-based firm was a global powerhouse responsible for four of the tallest buildings in the world

The Guardian - US

Dilbert cartoon dropped by US newspapers over creator’s racist comments

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