Alexandra Bruell, Wall Street Journal

Alexandra Bruell

Wall Street Journal

New York, NY, United States

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Past:
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Cashay
  • Fox Business
  • Advertising Age

Past articles by Alex:

Deal to Sell National Enquirer Collapses

Vinco Ventures, part of a group that agreed to buy the supermarket tabloid, found the transaction wasn’t in its best interest. → Read More

GQ Pulls Article Critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav

The magazine says the piece about David Zaslav wasn’t properly edited before publication. → Read More

NBCUniversal Says Group Black to Sell Ads in Shows Like ‘Bel-Air’ and ‘The Best Man’

Group Black, which invests in Black-owned media companies, will keep the majority of revenue from ads it sells through new NBCUniversal deal. → Read More

Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer

The company said the long-delayed product would pay more than 150 U.S. news publications to feature their content. → Read More

Black-Owned Media Venture Eyes Big Acquisitions, Including Bustle Parent

Group Black, a company that aims to invest in and develop Black-owned media firms, was co-founded last year by three Black entrepreneurs. → Read More

BuzzFeed Taps Karolina Waclawiak as Editor in Chief of News Division

Ms. Waclawiak, a six-year BuzzFeed veteran, has served as the site’s top culture editor. → Read More

Facebook Rethinks News Deals, and Publishers Stand to Lose Millions in Payments

The social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab. → Read More

New York Times Puts Return-to-Office Plans on Hold as Covid Cases Rise

The company said its original early-June target will be adjusted once conditions improved. → Read More

Popular Science Owner Recurrent Ventures Raises $300 Million in Blackstone-Led Round

The media firm, which also counts Domino and Outdoor Life among its publishing brands, plans to use proceeds to fund acquisitions. → Read More

News Corp Revenue Boosted by Gains in Dow Jones and Real-Estate Units

Increases in advertising sales and subscriptions fueled growth at Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones. → Read More

Ukraine War, Wordle Help New York Times Draw More Subscribers

The news company’s profit dropped 89% on Athletic-related acquisition costs. → Read More

Gizmodo Owner G/O Media Buys Business News Site Quartz

The deal is part of a wave of consolidation in media as publishers seek scale to compete with Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’ Facebook. → Read More

New York Post and Former Digital Editor Resolve Discrimination Suit

Former senior editor Michelle Gotthelf alleged that she had been sexually harassed by the paper’s former editor in chief. → Read More

New York Times Appoints Joseph Kahn Executive Editor

The New York Times said Joseph Kahn will serve as its next executive editor, taking over a newsroom that has grown significantly in size and complexity in recent years. → Read More

Bill Would Let Small Publishers Use Baseball-Style Arbitration to Settle Disputes With Google and Facebook

Newly revamped legislation aimed at helping news publishers negotiate deals with digital platform operators wouldn’t apply to the biggest media companies, people familiar with the proposal said. → Read More

Rival Networks Aided Fox News After Ukraine Tragedy, Highlighting War-Zone Collaboration

Journalists are coordinating on an array of challenges, including travel routes, evacuation plans and supply access. → Read More

BuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Is Stepping Down as Company Trims Workforce

The digital-media company said it expected revenue to decline in the current quarter and is reducing its workforce by 1.7%, as it issued its first earnings report as a publicly traded company. → Read More

Russia Targets Media Outlets With ‘Fake News’ Law, Blocks Facebook

CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia, while the BBC and Bloomberg News have suspended the work of their journalists in the country. → Read More

Hundreds of New York Times Tech Staffers Vote to Unionize

Group of some 600 employees will form largest U.S. union of tech workers with bargaining rights, NewsGuild says. → Read More

Publishers Move to Abandon Google-Supported Mobile Web Initiative

Owners of the Verge and Bustle test alternatives to the AMP framework, an effort they expect will generate more ad revenue. → Read More