#New York Times balks at gender demands in contract negotiations

#New York Times balks at gender demands in contract negotiations

“#New York Times balks at gender demands in contract negotiations” New York Times journalists want the company to bring in “Ally McBeal”-style gender neutral bathrooms and to retroactively revise the bylines of transgender journalists who have changed their names. Those are the issues topping the list of demand by the Gray Lady’s unionized editorial staffers…

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#Media hangout Michael’s Restaurant set to reopen

#Media hangout Michael’s Restaurant set to reopen

“#Media hangout Michael’s Restaurant set to reopen” The media world will get its unofficial cafeteria back on Wednesday when Michael McCarty reopens Michael’s Restaurant, the once and future hot spot for the chattering classes. The West 55th Street eatery, a popular media hangout since it opened in the late 1980s, closed its doors on March…

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#Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing ‘burnout’ and ‘exhaustion’

#Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing ‘burnout’ and ‘exhaustion’

“#Two top Wired.com staffers resign, citing ‘burnout’ and ‘exhaustion’” Two top Wired.com employees announced Thursday that they’re stepping down from the Conde Nast title, with one of them citing “burnout” and the other simply saying he is “exhausted.” “Hi, some big news: I’m leaving @Wired next week,” Meagan Greenwell, editor at Wired.com tweeted on Thursday….

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#Reuters is adding a paywall to its website

#Reuters is adding a paywall to its website

“#Reuters is adding a paywall to its website” Hoping to join the cash-for-content world of its media rivals, news service Reuters announced plans to put its website behind a paywall. The move comes as Reuters.com will be given an overhaul that its chief marketing officer, Josh London, called “the largest digital transformation at Reuters in…

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