The Washington Post is attempting to stabilise its newsroom after February’s sweeping layoffs by quietly bringing back some of the journalists it had just let go, a sign of how quickly the impact of the cuts became apparent. According to reporting by the Columbia Journalism Review, editors began contacting dismissed reporters in March, asking some to return on what the union calls a “delayed layoff” basis. Under that arrangement, staff resume work until July, with severance deferred until September if they are not kept on permanently. By 21 April, the Washington-Baltimore News Guild said 15 newsroom employees had been offered…
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Us Weekly is cutting close to half its workforce and shutting its New York office, in a sharp retrenchment that underscores the strain on legacy magazine brands as print advertising continues to erode. As audiences and advertisers move online, titles built on mass-market print circulation are struggling to adapt, forcing…
Norway is preparing to introduce one of Europe’s toughest child-safety measures online, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre saying legislation will be brought forward by the end of 2026 to bar under-16s from social media. The proposal signals a shift from platform self-regulation to state enforcement, following similar action in…
When Meredith Kopit Levien speaks, the news industry does well to listen. The CEO of the New York Times has been an exemplary steward of a news brand whose success is self-evident and doesn’t need repeating here. Earlier this month she was interviewed by Ben Thompson for Stratechery, a great…
Rheinische Post has been treating artificial intelligence less as a standalone technology project than as part of a wider effort to build a stronger digital business, with a particular emphasis on subscriber growth and internal capability. Margret Seeger, who was appointed Group Head of AI in October 2024, said at…
Deccan Herald has turned to artificial intelligence to solve a familiar newsroom problem: how to give readers a quick, visual version of a story without adding a heavy production burden for editors. The Karnataka-based publisher has built a CMS-integrated infographic tool that converts finished articles into structured summaries with a…
Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley investment firm, has backed a new media venture, MTS – short for Monitoring the Situation – in the latest sign of tech’s push into news and commentary built around X. The project, unveiled on Monday by Erik Torenberg, aims to track technology, finance, geopolitics and…
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Berkshire Hathaway has acquired about 5.1 million shares in The New York Times Co., taking a roughly 3% stake valued at just over $350 million at year end, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The disclosure, made in Berkshire’s latest 13-F, marks a return to…
Australian journalist Joe Aston says his business-based investigative newsletter and podcast Rampart generated revenue of more than $350,000 in its first year and moved into profit within months of launch. In an interview with Mumbrella, Aston said revenue was measured in “multiples” of A$500,000 and that the business quickly exceeded…
Condé Nast has named Adam Baidawi global editorial director of GQ, placing the 35-year-old editor in charge of the men’s title worldwide and extending a run of senior promotions from within the company. The appointment signals both continuity and generational change at the publisher, which has reshaped its top ranks…
Portugal is Europe’s most active adopter of generative artificial intelligence, with 62% of respondents using such tools regularly, well above the 52% European average of 52%, according to a new study by Bain & Company. The findings suggest a market moving quickly from experimentation to routine use, reshaping how consumers…
Apple is embedding native video into Apple Podcasts, reshaping how publishers distribute and monetise shows inside one of the industry’s largest listening platforms. The update – now in beta across iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 – treats video as a first-class format powered by HLS streaming rather than…
Dow Jones has appointed Ben Levisohn editor in chief of Barron’s, elevating a 15-year company veteran to the top editorial role at the financial publication. The move puts a longtime insider in charge at a moment of heightened interest in markets and investing, as Barron’s looks to build on recent…
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