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newsrooms stories: 5 news summaries

New York Times to Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs

Newspaper forced to reduce journalistic staff by 8%

Oct 19, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to continue cutting costs, the New York Times will eliminate 100 jobs from its 1,300-person newsroom. The paper will offer buyouts before instituting layoffs if necessary, executive editor Bill Keller said in an email to his staff. The move comes on the heels of an across-the-board... More »

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New York Times • journalism • buyout • revenue • newsrooms • newsroom cuts

 Post Cancels 
 Off-the-Record 
 'Salons' 

'Overzealous marketing execs' pushed fliers, paper says

Jul 2, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth today nixed the “salons” aimed to sell lobbyists access to off-the-record gatherings of administration officials, members of Congress, and Post journalists, the paper reports. “This should never have happened," said Weymouth. Fliers advertising the meetings "got out and weren't vetted. They... More »

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media • newspaper • Washington Post • marketing • lobbyist • newsrooms • Marcus Brauchli • access • Katharine Weymouth

Washington Post Top Editor Calls It Quits

Downie presided as Internet transformed newspapers, media

Jun 23, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Post's executive editor is retiring, he said today, after a 17-year run that included many prizes, painful staff cuts, and the rise of the Internet. A low-profile but highly respected figure, Leonard Downie Jr. told his staff he would miss the paper. "At the same time I'm... More »

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newspaper • Washington Post • retirement • editor • newsrooms • newsroom cuts

'Wire' Spotlight Burns Paper

Show's creator defends portrayal of real-life newsmen

Jan 16, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The portrayal of battered, prize-grubbing  and unscrupulous journalists in HBO's “The Wire”—based loosely on creator David Simon’s years at the downsizing Baltimore Sun—has provoked a furious internet outcry from some former colleagues who can't help but recognize themselves, the Washington Post reports. One highly regarded... More »

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HBO • The Wire • David Simon • Baltimore Sun • newsrooms

Wire's Architect Begins His
Final Chapter

David Simon put whole life, love of Baltimore into HBO's hit drama

Oct 15, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The final season of HBO critical darling The Wire lands in January, and will revolve around the newsroom—the last unscripted setting from creator David Simon’s own experience. The show has tackled drug runners, cops, dockworkers, and inner-city schoolchildren “with sociological precision,” reports New Yorker’s Margaret... More »

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crime • HBO • Baltimore • Wire • David Simon • Baltimore Sun • Captain Ahab • newsrooms

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