Turmoil at The Washington Post and AI Licensing Deals: June 2024 Media News Recap
We’re recapping some of the big trends and a few of the major media news headlines that dominated the conversation last month.
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Media Insider: Washington Post Staffers Strike, Hearst Acquires Puzzmo
Also in this week’s media news roundup: Paste Magazine acquires Jezebel, more media layoffs announced.
Media Insider: Google and Canada Reach Deal on News Content, WaPo Braces for Layoffs, Threads to Launch in Europe
Also in this week’s media news roundup: Elon Musk tells advertisers to “Go F—” themselves, Popular Science shutters its magazine.
Media Insider: CNN Names Mark Thompson as CEO, Washington Post lays off Arc XP staff
Also in the media news roundup: Media companies block access to ChatGPT and NYT unions react to return-to-office policies.
Media Insider: The Athletic Adds Ads, Condé Nast Recognizes Union, Axios Launches Policy Newsletters
Also in this week’s recap of the top media news headlines: Publishers favor Twitter over other social networks.
Media Insider: WSJ Launches Commerce Site, Journalists Report Passion for the Work Despite Challenges
Also in this week’s media news roundup, Joe Kahn takes the helm at The New York Times.
Media Insider: Sarah Palin Loses Times Defamation Suit, WaPo Adds 70 Newsroom Jobs
The Financial Times is nearing 1M digital subscribers. Read more in the weekly media news roundup.
5 Questions with The Lily: The Washington Post’s Bold Experiment for Millennial Women
Amy King, editor at The Lily, talks about #MeToo, the site’s striking design, and why the team banned the exclamation point.
Washington Post Talent Network Offers New Opportunities to Freelancers
The freelance life can be awfully funny. For more than a dozen years, I’ve traversed this land of pitching, writing, copyediting, blogging, and ghost writing. I’ve verbally agreed to take on freelance work, shaken...
The Case for Press Freedom: Washington Post Journalist Awaits Verdict in Iran
The journalism community continues to wait on a verdict in the case of a Washington Post bureau chief being held in Iran. Jason Rezaian, who was based in Tehran, was detained more than a...
