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”
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”