March 9, 2017

Jason Miller, former Trump aide, hired by CNN

This story, plus Denverite merges with the company behind Billy Penn, critical coverage of Gothamist’s new owner was deleted from the site and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Mar 8, 2017

Former top Trump aide Jason Miller joins CNN

Kelsey Sutton / Politico

Mar 8, 2017

Newsonomics: With a cross-country merger, Spirited Media aims to build a nationwide digital local news chain

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab

Mar 8, 2017

Gothamist deleted negative coverage of its new owner

Brendan O'Connor / Jezebel

Media Business

Mar 9, 2017

How commerce content sits uneasily alongside newsrooms

Max Willens / Digiday

Mar 8, 2017

Two Detroit projects get $2.3 million to expand local reporting

Kristen Hare / Poynter

Mar 9, 2017

‘The model can’t hold’: Publishers face content studio growing pains

Lucia Moses / Digiday

Media Ethics

Mar 8, 2017

Fox is said to settle with former contributor over sexual assault claims

Emily Steel / The New York Times

Mar 8, 2017

The New Yorker’s chief fact-checker on how to get things right in the era of ‘post-truth’

Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review

Television News

Mar 8, 2017

NBC News chairman: ‘Big changes’ needed in coverage of polling

Alex Weprin / Politico

Online Media

Mar 9, 2017

The Huffington Post’s new editor wants to reach Trump voters

Eric Johnson / Recode

International

Mar 8, 2017

Murdoch Sky bid is ‘serious threat to our democracy’

Mark Sweney / The Guardian

Mar 8, 2017

Russia’s RT network: Is it more BBC or K.G.B.?

Steven Erlanger / The New York Times