by Gary | Dec 31, 2015 | Uncategorized |
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...
by Gary | Dec 29, 2015 | Industry News |
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...
by Gary | Dec 29, 2015 | Industry News |
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...
by Gary | Dec 28, 2015 | Industry News |
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...
by Gary | Dec 28, 2015 | Industry News |
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...
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