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Vice Media Group is planning to sell to investors for about $400 million — a fraction of its once high-flying $5.7 billion valuation back in 2017. The investors include Fortress Investment Group and Soros Fund Management, according to the Wall Street … Continue reading Vice Media Group Preps $400 Million Sale To George Soros and Fortress
“Vice Media Group appears to be the latest digital media company in trouble,” writes longtime Slashdot reader DesScorp. “The New York Times reports that the company is preparing for bankruptcy after being unable to find a buyer. Vice canceled Vice News… Continue reading Vice Media Group Prepares For Bankruptcy
The US government must drop its prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange because it is undermining press freedom, according to the media organizations that first helped him publish leaked diplomatic cables. The Guardian reports: Twelve ye… Continue reading Media Groups Urge US To Drop Julian Assange Charges
The BBC is celebrating the centenary of its first official broadcast – a news bulletin that included a court report from the Old Bailey, details of London fog disruption, and billiards scores. From a report: It was broadcast by London station 2LO, but … Continue reading Mystery of BBC Radio’s First Broadcasts Revealed 100 Years On
“A pair of pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees tricked multiple media outlets Friday as the public anxiously awaited news on whether Elon Musk had begun axing staffers,” reports the New York Post:
CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa interviewed two people… Continue reading Pranksters Posing as Laid-Off Twitter Employees Trick Media Outlets
Hundreds of New York Times employees are working from home this week in defiance of the company’s renewed return-to-office push. Bloomberg News: More than 1,200 people, who are the majority of the journalists and tech workers represented by the NewsGui… Continue reading New York Times’ Lunchbox Perk Backfires Amid Work-From-Home Protest
Adani Group said Tuesday it will buy a majority stake in NDTV, a high-profile Indian news house, in an apparent hostile takeover as the billionaire Gautam Adani expands his media ambitions. From a report: AMG Media Networks, Adani’s unit, will indirect… Continue reading Asia’s Richest Man To Buy Majority Stake in News Organization in ‘Hostile’ Takeover
The New York Times’ product-recommendation service “Wirecutter” has sparked widening criticism about how laptops are reviewed. The technology/Apple blog Daring Fireball first complained that they “institutionally fetishize price over quality”.
That mak… Continue reading Are Reviewers Refusing to Compare Wintel Laptops to Apple Silicon?
Nieman Lab: The clock starts right away. New data from the paywall tech company Piano shows about 33% of new subscribers cancel their digital subscriptions within a day. Piano, one of the world’s largest paywall providers, sells their technology as wel… Continue reading Nearly a Third of New Subscribers To News Publications Cancel in the First 24 Hours
“It’s Friday night and I’m meant to be on my first vacation in a year,” tweeted a senior writer at Wired. “But instead I’ve been bargaining with Wired management all day — and will tonight and into the weekend to get a fair deal.”
65 editorial … Continue reading 65 Editorial Workers at Wired Are Threatening to Strike