Jeremy Barr
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New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger announces succession plan
Sulzberger made the announcement at a staff meeting this morning → Read More
Joe Nocera's New York Times op-ed column is ending
Joe Nocera, who has served as an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 2011, will publish his last op-ed column on Tuesday, the company confirmed to POLITICO. Nocera's column, which focuses on business and finance, has run twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Nocera is expected to take on a new role at the paper, POLITICO has learned, but it was not clear Friday evening what that may… → Read More
The New York Times builds out digital rewrite team
The New York Times has created a new newsroom unit to tackle the types of stories that are going viral on the web. Headed up by Patrick LaForge, the "Express Team" "will cover news that readers are searching for and talking about online, but also push that news forward rather than just repackaging it for clicks," according to a Tuesday afternoon staff memo signed by executive editor Dean Baquet,… → Read More
The Daily Beast poaches Mediaite editor in chief Andrew Kirell
Kirell is joining The Daily Beast as senior editor in charge of the Cheat Sheet → Read More
Guy Vidra says he underestimated the 'fear' factor at New Republic
A lot has happened in the space of less than a year, when Guy Vidra joined The New Republic, from Yahoo, as chief executive. Vidra, in a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon, said that he has focused on creating a viable business model for a magazine that has, in the past, relied largely on benefactors. "We've really bet the farm on content marketing," said Vidra, detailing T.N.R.'s newly… → Read More
Times sends New York City Hall reporter to cover Bush campaign
New York Times City Hall reporter Matt Flegenheimer is switching over to the 2016 campaign beat, where he'll cover the presidential bid of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. In an email announcing a Sept. 2 send-off for Flegenheimer by his colleagues in Room 9, the City Hall press room, Associated Press reporter Jonathan Lemire called Flegenheimer's beat-swap—from Mayor Bill de Blasio to Bush—"a… → Read More
Media's young conservatives in training
At the National Journalism Center's fellowship program, the emphasis is on fairness, not politics → Read More
Washington Post revamps homepage
The Post has been working on refereshing its website for about a year and a half → Read More
Buzzfeed C.E.O. Jonah Peretti: 'I don't want to sell to anyone'
Peretti spoke at the The Ainsworth during a staff outing. → Read More
Buzzfeed loses its head of diversity hiring
Juliette Austin served as global talent diversity and inclusion leader → Read More
National Journal ending print magazine, reducing newsroom size
Atlantic Media has decided to cease publishing the weekly National Journal magazine, "likely at the year’s end," company owner and chairman David Bradley announced in a memo to staff Thursday afternoon. The company will still publish National Journal Daily (formerly Congress Daily) and the Hotline daily tip sheet, and Bradley said that the company will be investing in both properties, as well as… → Read More
Harper's employees bust out of union
Decision was made public in a National Labor Relations Board Document → Read More
Elite Daily promises changes after writer identity theft
A spokesman for the digital media company said it's beefing up its system of checks and balances → Read More
Fusion launches in-house 'news lab'
In early February, Fusion, the collaboration between ABC News and Univision, formally unveiled the new online home for its digital content: http://fusion.net. Fusion's New York-based digital team, having added to its ranks, moved out of the ABC News building earlier this year and has been working in a temporary office space. But, this fall, Fusion will be moving into a new, 6,000-square-foot… → Read More
Upworthy outlines new editorial strategy
Call it a "pivot," or an effort at "rebranding," but Upworthy is formally shifting to a focus on original content creation, rather than the curation-centric strategy that made the site a viral sensation a few years ago. Upworthy laid out its new mission—"employing seriously deep data to support storytelling," with a "mission"—in a lengthy strategy document from editorial director Amy O'Leary,… → Read More
A.J. Daulerio readies Ratter 2.0
The next iteration of the digital media company will launch July 20 → Read More
The Huffington Post hires managing editor of news
The digital media publisher has brought on The A.P.'s Karen Mahabir → Read More
Gawker, Vox Media break bread at Cannes
Gawker Media and Vox Media held a dinner on a Wednesday night in Cannes → Read More
Crunch time for Mic
The digital media company launched in 2011 and is still working out the kinks → Read More
NBC makes Lester Holt official
NBC made the announcement Thursday afternoon, after months of anticipation → Read More