December 17, 2015

Buyer of Las Vegas paper revealed

This story, plus 18 million watched Tuesday’s debate, what happens when two rival outlets team up and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Dec 16, 2015

Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family’s purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal

Howard Stutz, James DeHaven, Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal

Dec 16, 2015

GOP debate drew 18 million, making it third most-watched ever

Brian Stelter / CNN Money

Dec 16, 2015

Two rival outlets team up to produce one incredible story

Tom Kludt / CNN Money

Newspaper News

Dec 16, 2015

The persistent advocate: The New York Times’ editorials and the normalization of U.S. ties with Cuba

Marie Sanz / Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center

Dec 16, 2015

Inside the Washington Post’s police shootings database: An oral history

Allison Michaels / Medium

Media Business

Dec 17, 2015

Publishers embrace VR, but question its advertising potential

Lucia Moses / Digiday

Media Ethics

Dec 17, 2015

View: Journalists fail to tell full story on migration

Ingrid Cobben / WAN-IFRA

Dec 17, 2015

Harper’s issues its first retraction ever: A piece by disgraced ‘fabulist’ Stephen Glass

Yanan Wang / The Washington Post

International

Dec 17, 2015

Alibaba has held talks to buy Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper

Angus Grigg, Lisa Murray / Financial Review

Dec 17, 2015

Court acquits journalist accused of defaming South Korean President

Choe Sang-Hun / The New York Times

Dec 16, 2015

Charlie Hebdo giving all $4 million in donations to victims

Lori Hinnant / Associated Press