December 18, 2013

MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media to Merge

This story, plus Lifetime to adapt Brian Stelter’s book “Top of the Morning” as a movie, Mashable considers new NYC headquarters and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Dec 17, 2013

Two Newspaper Companies to Merge under Digital First Media

Tony Semerad / The Salt Lake Tribune

Dec 17, 2013

Lifetime Developing TV Movie From Brian Stelter’s ‘Top of the Morning’

Jethro Nededog / The Wrap

Dec 17, 2013

Mashable Considers Lease for Big New HQ

Daniel Geiger / Crain's New York Business

Television News

Dec 17, 2013

Justin Kraemer Out at KSNW after Hot Mic Moment: ‘I’m Embarrassed’

Merrill Knox / TV Spy

Newspaper News

Dec 17, 2013

St. Paul Pioneer Press Offers Buyouts, Agrees Not to Oppose Unemployment Claims

Jim Romenesko / jimromenesko.com

Media Business

Dec 17, 2013

Huck Post Joins with Christian Media

Mackenzie Weinger, Tal Kopan / Politico

Dec 17, 2013

Uncoverage Hopes to Crowdfund Investigative Journalism, Because Newspapers

Eliza Brooke / TechCrunch

Online Media

Dec 17, 2013

Al Jazeera’s AJ+ Publishes First Videos on YouTube

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom

Dec 17, 2013

Brown Moses to Launch Site for Open Investigative Journalism

Alastair Reid / journalism.co.uk

Media Ethics

Dec 17, 2013

Still Slip-Sliding: Gallup Poll Ranks Journalists Low on Honesty, Ethics

Kristen Hare / Poynter

News Magazines

Dec 17, 2013

Time Inc. Eyes Candidates for Chief Revenue Officer, Mulls Cost-Cutting Options

Michael Sebastian / Advertising Age

Dec 18, 2013

S.I. Newhouse, Jr. Quietly ‘Retires’

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post

International

Dec 18, 2013

The 2nd-Worst Year for Jailed Journalists

Edirin Oputu / Columbia Journalism Review

Other News

Dec 17, 2013

Bloomberg Defends Homeless Policies While Calling Dasani Story ‘Extremely Atypical’

Colin Campbell, Ross Barkan / Politicker

Dec 17, 2013

View: Storytelling Advice: Beginning, Middle, End

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