March 8, 2018

Sinclair is requiring anchors to air controversial promos

This story, plus Reddit has yet to turn over documents in the Russia investigations, Univision CEO Randy Falco announces his retirement, and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Mar 7, 2018

Sinclair’s new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors

Brian Stelter / CNN

Mar 7, 2018

Exclusive: Reddit says it’s cooperating with Russia investigations. They’ve handed over zero documents.

Ben Collins, Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast

Mar 7, 2018

Univision Chief Executive Randy Falco to retire as media company struggles

Meg James / Los Angeles Times

Media Business

Mar 7, 2018

The case for Meredith keeping Time magazine and other news titles

Rick Edmonds / Poynter

Mar 7, 2018

Controversial Sinclair station sales in NYC, Chicago advance

Todd Shields / Bloomberg

Mar 7, 2018

Ad-tech firms blacklist Newsweek sites, alleging website-traffic manipulation [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED]

Lukas I. Alpert, Lara O'Reilly / The Wall Street Journal

Television News

Mar 8, 2018

How 86-year-old Dan Rather became Facebook’s favorite news anchor

Ben Bergman / Columbia Journalism Review

Online Media

Mar 7, 2018

Associated Press will identify and debunk fake US midterm election news stories on Facebook

Bennett Bennett / The Drum

Mar 8, 2018

‘We’re making inroads’: Reddit is trying to tighten its relationship with publishers

Max Willens / Digiday

Mar 8, 2018

How Facebook’s big changes impact one local publisher – some surprising conclusions

Tom Grubisich / Street Fight

International

Mar 7, 2018

The Better India will show you all the positive news, on all the channels you might want it

Shan Wang / Nieman Journalism Lab

Mar 7, 2018

NME to close print edition after 66 years

Mark Sweney / The Guardian

Mar 7, 2018

Former UK PM Gordon Brown calls for police probe into Murdoch paper

Reuters