Nevada gaming regulators monitor paper deal

State gaming regulators are monitoring the issues surrounding the purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal by the family of Sheldon Adelson, the majority shareholder in casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett cites Nevada gaming...

La Presse ends weekday print editions

La Presse, the Montreal-based French language daily, announced today that it will no longer publish its weekday print editions as of Jan. 1. The paper will continue publishing in print on Saturdays. In a release, the decision stems from the success of its free tablet...

At least 67 journalists killed in 2015

Sixty-nine journalists were killed around the world on the job in 2015. Twenty-eight of them were slain by Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The New...

The opportunities in local media

As yesterday’s local media companies wind down, tomorrow’s local media companies are being born. And like actual childbirth, local media company birth isn’t postcard pretty. Yesterday’s local media will underestimate and scoff at these scrappy news startups as they...

Las Vegas Review-Journal in upheaval after sale

Shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Michael Hengel, the editor of The Las Vegas Review-Journal, instructed staff members to gather in the newsroom and bring their cellphones. As reporters tweeted and recorded the meeting, Mr. Hengel shocked his employees by telling them...