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Views of the News: Gannett Makes a Bid For Tribune Publishing

Amy Simons / KBIA

After years of shedding debt, what prompted Gannett to make a hostile bid for Tribune Publishing? We’ll look at the $815 million deal, what it might mean for news consumers and why the Tribune executives are fighting it.

Roger Yu, USA Today: “Gannett offers $815 million to buy Tribune Publishing

Press Release, Tribune Publishing: “Tribune Publishing confirms receipt of unsolicited proposal from Gannett

Ken Doctor, Nieman Journalism Lab: “Newsonomics: After Gannett’s $815 million Tribune bid, here are eight things to look out for

Lukas I. Alpert & Joshua Jamerson, Wall Street Journal: “Gannett offers to buy Tribune Publishing

Leslie Picker & Sydney Ember, New York Times: “Gannett offers $815 million for Tribune Publishing

Kevin Roderick, LAObserved: “Gannett makes overture to buy Tribune Publishing

Ken Doctor, POLITICO: “Gannett makes Tribune’s Mike Ferro an offer he likely can’t refuse

James Warren, Poynter: “Tribune Publishing, fresh from strategic pivot, is weighing surprise offer from Gannett

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “In possible Gannett acquisition, what would happen to Tribune Co.’s Washington bureau?

Robert Feder: “Read all about it: Tribune, Gannett CEOs go public with war of words

'Saturday Night Live' to cut commercial time by 30%

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X9zGUC9Wmw

Jeanine Poggi, AdAge: “’Saturday Night Live’ will cut ads by 30% next season

Ellen Killoran, Forbes: “’SNL’to cut commercial breaks, introduces sponsored content

Tim Baysinger, AdWeek: “Saturday Night Live will reduce its ad load in favor of sponsored content

Brian Steinberg, Variety: “’Saturday Night Live’ will have fewer commercials next season

Credit via Flicker user Laughlin Elkind

Scott Wampler, Birth.Movies.Death: “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE to begin incorporating sponsored sketches in the show” 

Remembering Prince

Ben Sisario, New York Times: “How Prince rebelled against the music industry

Elmo Keep, Fusion: “Why Prince didn’t want his music on the internet

Jon Caramanica, New York Times: “Prince, a master of playing music and distributing it

George Howard, Forbes: “Prince and Negativland: Strange bedfellows tilting at a similar copyright windmill

Kevin Fallon, The Daily Beast: “Why you can’t listen to Prince’s music after his death

Dianna Dilworth, GalleyCat: “Prince’s death highlights the importance of old media

Chris O’Brien, VentureBeat: “What Prince could have learned from Bowie about the value of music streaming

David Goldman, CNN Money: “What happens to the trove of unreleased Prince music in ‘the vault’?

TMZ… first again

Paul Fahri, Washington Post: “TMZ was first – again. Will its word alone ever be good enough to traditional media?

Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate: “America, it’s time to trust TMZ

Brian Flood, The Wrap: “Did TMZ pay to get its big Prince death scoop?

Daily News fires editor

Peter Sterne & Kelsey Sutton, POLITICO: “Daily News fires editor amid plagiarism charges

Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “NY Daily News editor: ‘I accept 100% of the blame’

Christopher Mele, New York Times: “A Daily News editor is fired after plagiarism accusations

Leon Neyfakh, Slate: “The Daily News’ Shaun King was accused of plagiarism. Here’s how he got vindication.

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept: “False plagiarism accusation against Shaun King shows dangers of online mob journalism

Kelly Ripa’s standoff with ‘Live’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=_8f4ir8cCZ8

Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “Kelly Ripa gets a personal apology from ABC execs

John Koblin, New York Times: “Kelly Ripa’s absence from ‘Live’ points to rancor at ABC

Stephen Battaglio, LA Times: “Kelly Ripa, after thanking staff in email, will return to ‘Live’ beside Michael Strahan on Tuesday

Mackenzie Dawson, New York Post: “Calling Kelly Ripa a diva screams sexism

Eliana Dockterman, Time: “What Kelly Ripa’s situation reveals about TV and women stars

WaPo’s virtual Obama ‘museum’

Washington Post: “Obama’s legacy

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.