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Forbes moves toward unionization as sale talks continue
Forbes Media employees are seeking to unionize at the most inopportune time for the company. The NewsGuild of New York on Tuesday said that "over 80 percent" of Forbes' 105...
Condé Nast may have a place in the Warner Media/Discovery merger
The billionaire Newhouse family's significant stake in Discovery Inc. has some media watchers speculating that the magazine empire behind Vogue, the New Yorker and Vanity Fair could soon be folded...
Hearst selling Marie Claire to London-based Future Media
Hearst Magazines is bidding farewell to one of its edgiest women's titles.
Washington Post taps first female executive editor
The Washington Post on Tuesday named Sally Buzbee of the Associated Press to be its new executive editor — the first woman to hold the job in the paper's 144-year...
New York Daily News unionizes ahead of Alden takeover vote
Workers at the New York Daily News voted 55-3 to be represented by the NewsGuild of New York ahead of a harrowing May 21 shareholder vote to sell parent company...
Shake-up at Gothamist as WNYC axes editor-in-chief
Three years after being rescued by listener-supported WNYC radio, NYC-focused website Gothamist suffered a jolting round of layoffs on Friday that cut loose its editor-in-chief.
WWD in turmoil after staffer behind grievance forum canned
Already depressed morale at "fashion bible" WWD hit a new low when a reporter behind a forum letting staffers vent their grievances was unceremoniously canned last week, Media Ink has...
Union blasts Gannett for gender and racial pay gaps
The fourteen papers that have unionized newsrooms at Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain, are suffering from serious gender and racial pay gaps, according to an explosive study released Tuesday...
Journalists pray for miracle to stave off Tribune takeover by Alden
Now that talks have broken off between Tribune Publishing and hotel magnate Stewart Bainum, the newspaper company's journalists are hoping for a miracle to derail a $634 million bid by...
Institutional Investor's top editors jump to London-based rival
Institutional Investor, the flagship publication of publicly traded Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, has lost its top two editors to another London-based rival looking to expand its US offerings. Kip McDaniel,...
Time running out for Stewart Bainum's bid as Tribune sets May 21 vote
Time is rapidly running out for hotel mogul Stewart Bainum to play white knight for the New York Daily News and other newspapers in the Tribune empire. The special committee...
New York Times balks at gender-neutral bathrooms, transgender byline demands
New York Times journalists want the company to bring in "Ally McBeal"-style gender-neutral bathrooms and to retroactively revise the bylines of transgender journalists who have changed their names. Those are...
Media hangout Michael's Restaurant set to reopen on April 21
The media world will get its unofficial cafeteria back on Wednesday when Michael McCarty reopens Michael's Restaurant.
Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing 'burnout' and 'exhaustion'
Two top Wired.com employees announced Thursday that they're stepping down from the Conde Nast title, with one of them citing "burnout" and the other simply saying he is "exhausted." "Hi,...
Want to read Reuters? It will soon cost you $35/month
Hoping to join the cash-for-content world of its media rivals, news service Reuters announced plans to put its website behind a paywall. The move comes as Reuters.com will be given...
Workers at Mashable, PC Mag stage strike over 'paltry wages'
About 70 editorial workers at three Ziff-Davis publications--Mashable, PC Mag and Ask Men--are staging a 24-hour strike amid complaints of "paltry wages."
Firebrand writer tapped to bring Gawker back from the dead
Bustle Digital Group has hired a firebrand writer from Gawker's past to lead its third effort at resurrecting the snarky gossip site it picked up at a bankruptcy auction nearly...
Labor unrest at NY Times as hundreds of tech workers seek to unionize
A majority of the more than 650 tech workers at the New York Times want to unionize, according to the NewsGuild of New York, which said it will seek voluntary...
News Corp. ups private bond offering to $1B amid buying spree
News Corp. plans to raise $1 billion selling bonds amid a buying spree -- up from previous plans to raise $750 million. The publisher of the Wall Street Journal and...
Move to give mayor's office power over press passes stirs controversy
A move to give the Mayor's office responsibility for press passes that have long been handled by the New York Police Department is generating controversy from all sides. The Mayor's...