#Over 500 journalists died from COVID-19 in 2020: report

#Over 500 journalists died from COVID-19 in 2020: report

“#Over 500 journalists died from COVID-19 in 2020: report” COVID-19 claimed the lives of over 500 journalists in 2020, according to the Save Journalism Project. The tragedy hit home for the New York Post when beloved sports photographer Anthony Causi died in April after battling COVID-19, leaving behind a wife and a young son and…

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#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches

#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches

“#Talk of Marty Baron retirement at WaPo clouds editor searches” Growing chatter that Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron could soon retire is complicating searches for several other high-profile top news jobs, including the quest for a new head of the Los Angeles Times, media sources say.  Baron has not made any officially announcement, but…

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#Joanna Coles eyes second SPAC with Islanders co-owner

#Joanna Coles eyes second SPAC with Islanders co-owner

“#Joanna Coles eyes second SPAC with Islanders co-owner” Joanna Coles — who once ran Marie Claire and its racier sister Cosmopolitan — is reinventing herself following her departure from Hearst. In addition to Freeform show “The Bold Type,” loosely based on her days at Cosmo, Coles has joined the male-dominated world of buying companies using…

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#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast

#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast

“#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast” ­­­An editor who got tapped to lead an ill-fated effort to revive Gawker last year has withdrawn a defamation suit against an ex-employee — but claims she’s being intimidated by lawyers.  Carson Griffith — who in January 2019 got accused in a lengthy Daily Beast exposé of making…

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