Joe Pompeo

Which blogs stay and which go at 'The New York Times'?:

Some blogs were getting so big, they were becoming indistinguishable from existing "section fronts" elsewhere on the site.

Bio: Joe Pompeo covers media for Capital New York. He was previously a reporter at Yahoo! News, Business Insider and The New York Observer.

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For New York's hometown newspapers, days of bloodshed

The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More

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on May 9th, 2013 3:11pm

 
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'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

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on May 9th, 2013 11:06am

 
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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

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on May 9th, 2013 10:14am

 
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News Corp. earnings report highlights need for coming corporate crack-up

The company's latest quarterly earnings report, issued this afternoon, paints a clear picture of why News Corp. is so keen on the separation. More

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on May 8th, 2013 5:31pm

 
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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

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on May 8th, 2013 1:11pm

 
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Robert Redford, unveiling new CNN show 'Chicagoland,' calls Rahm Emanuel 'tough, visionary'

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on May 8th, 2013 11:41am

 
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'Times' editor Jill Abramson likes 'snowfalling' a lot better than 'native advertising'

Abramson also took a gentle dig at the concept of "native advertising," which she said was "for the conference set ... It's the buzzword of 2013's business model discussion at conferences"--such as the one at which she was presently speaking. More

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on May 7th, 2013 5:38pm

 
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An all-documentary movie-theater ground-breaking draws Michaels: Moore and Bloomberg

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on May 6th, 2013 12:09pm

 
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Rolling Moss gathers more Ellies: Winners (and losers) at the National Magazine Awards

New York is a perennial favorite at the awards, known as the Ellies for the Alexander Calder-designed elephant stabiles presented to winners. There are so many Ellies floating around the magazine's Varick Street offices that several are scattered on a coffee table, among art books, in a coffee table in the editorial office's waiting area, like paperweights (though they weigh less than the books they sit atop). More

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on May 2nd, 2013 10:27pm

 
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After an embarrassing error, media wag Howard Kurtz and Tina Brown 'part company'

Kurtz has had a bad week. He's come under the kind of fire even Brown doesn't like to get burned by, for a column that was retracted completely today after several rounds of modifications yesterday afternoon. More

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on May 2nd, 2013 3:16pm

 

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