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'New York Post' buyouts focus on 'loyal soldiers ... highest paid'
A list of at least eight Post journalists who've been offered buyouts has been circulating among veterans of the tabloid. Those on the list are mostly older, longtime reporters and editors. More
(1)Veteran journalist laid off by 'Daily News' is about to accept a prestigious award for her work at the paper
Wasserman, who is now out of a job, along with more than 20 other News journalists who were targeted in a round of newsroom downsizing last Wednesday and Thursday, will be given the award during a Silurians gala on the evening of May 22. More
'Daily News' chief Colin Myler tells staff layoffs were 'inevitable,' announces new digital initiative in boroughs
We want to assure you that the decisions that have been taken followed serious consultations with all departmental heads." More
(1)'New York Post' offers buyouts; seeks 10-percent staff reduction in attempt to avoid layoffs
The buyouts come as the Post's parent corporation, News Corp., prepares to separate its publishing properties, which also include The Wall Street Journal and various newspapers in the U.K. and Australia, from the company's cash-cow television and film assetts. After the split, the publishing titles will no longer be cushioned by more lucrative brands such as Fox News. More
Round two: More layoffs at the 'Daily News,' outer-borough desks expected to take hits
Following yesterday's bloodletting, Daily News journalists were bracing this morning for another batch of pink slips to be handed out in the tabloid's newsroom. More
(2)Pink slips for a dozen-plus 'Daily News' staffers; vets Joanna Molloy and Albor Ruiz among them
It's unclear who's been let go and how widspread the cuts will be. Several high-profile bylines have been floated by sources, but we've so far been unable to confirm any names. More
(2)Colin Myler opens up on the new Britainized 'Daily News'
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More
'New York Times' unloads free newspapers on digital subscribers, moves to No. 2 in circulation
The Times had a combined print and digital average weekday circulation of 1.87 million between October and March, up 17.6 percent from the same six-month period a year earlier, according to the latest figures from the Alliance for Audited Media. More
First, the good news: 'Daily News' promotes two in digital
The promotions reflect the paper's increasing focus on web growth, which it's achieved this past year by tailoring its homepage to photo-heavy national news. But they also come during a period of relative anxiety in the newsroom. More
'NOT BAG MEN!' The 'Post' has yet more news for you about Boston bomber: He isn't on today's front page
As a teen who was singled out as a Boston bombing suspect on the cover of the New York Post tries to clear his name, the tabloid has changed the tenor of its coverage. More
Will this week's near-universal opprobrium stick to the 'New York Post'?
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More
'Daily News' doctored front-page photo from Boston bombing
"If you can’t stomach the gore, don’t run the photo. Period," wrote Charles Apple, the author of the blog post and an editor at the Orange County Register of Santa Ana, Calif. He also noted that Newark's Star-Ledger ran the same photo on page one exactly as it had been taken by the Globe photographer. More
(84)On the strange tenacity of the 'New York Post'
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(2)Tabloid vets to 'Lucky Guy' Tom Hanks: 'Thanks for letting me see all my friends again'
Debbbie Krenek, herself portrayed in the play, said that the scene recreating McAlary's emotional newsroom speech after he won the Pulitzer "took my breath away" because it felt so real: "It was truly like seeing Mike." More
'Daily News' will return to Sandy-ravaged lower Manhattan headquarters this fall
Displaced from their 4 New York Plaza headquarters ever since Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the place in October, News staff were told on Friday to anticipate moving back "in the fall." More
