Young To Become Clueless on Stewart's Exit
The departure of Jon Stewart from the "Daily Show" later this year will result in a huge news source gap for young people, wrote Aaron Blake in today's Washington Post. Stewart's exit follows the December sign-off of Stephen Colbert from the "Colbert Report."
The two programs ranked as the top two news sources by people aged 18-29. Colbert got 43 percent of the audience while Stewart pulled in 39 percent. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal ranked next with 32 percent and 24 percent, according to Pew Research.
Both shows scored high marks for accuracy and believability. They also drew a largely liberal viewership with Stewart at 43 percent and Colbert at 40 percent.
Noting that Stewart has downplayed his show's role as the primary news source for young people, Blake wrote that it's hard to under-estimate just how much it actually is.
Newseum Explores Free Speech Limits
Washington's Newseum, which champions First Amendment rights, is co-hosting with the Council on American-Islamic Relations a town hall on March 5 to explore how countries throughout the world deal with free speech and press protection.
The terror attack on the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo for a cartoon featured Prophet Muhammad is high on the agenda.
There will be a discussion while many US media outlets decided not to publish or broadcast an image of the cartoon and the memorial issue of he magazine.
Blasphemy laws and the growing impact of the web and social media are other topics.
The free event is called "Free Speech and Free Press: Laws, Limits and Liberty" and begins at noon.
CAIR, which is America's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, says its purpose is to enhance the understand of Islam, encourage dialog and protect civil liberties.
Harper's Bazaar Launches Style Supplement
Harper's Bazaar is launching harper by Harper's Bazaar supplement targeting stylish and social millennial women who love to shop in its March issue.
A different guest editor will oversee each issue. Alexa Chung, model, writer and TV presenter, handles the kick-off issue.
The cover story features Chung discusses balances life and work issues, beauty routines and secrets to her style.
Nordstrom sponsors the 24-page section.
Glenda Bailey is editor-in-chief of Harper's, which has a circulation of 375K and digital reach of more than eight million.
Harrison & Shriftman handles the magazine's PR.
Sony Picks Pascal for Spider-Man Movie
Amy Pascal, who will step down from the co-chairman slot at Sony Pictures Entertainment in May following the fall-out from North Korea's hacking attack, will join the production team of the studio's top franchise, Spider-Man.
Pascal oversaw the 2002 launch of the $4B franchise. The yet untitled film will premiere in 2017.
Sony has the rights to finance and control films featuring Spider Man, which is a property owned by Walt Disney's Marvel unit.
Trump Media & Technology Group today reported a $58.2M net loss on $4.1M in 2023 revenues, a disclosure that drove its stock price down 22.6 percent to $47.96.
Barry Pollack, an attorney at Wall Street’s Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, has registered Julian Assange as a client with the Justice Dept. “out of an abundance of caution.”
Paramount Global to slash 800 jobs in what chief executive Bob Bakish calls part of an effort to “return the company to earnings growth"... Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman is exiting at the end of the month due to disagreements with chief executive Gus Wenner over the direction the magazine is taking... The New York Times broke the $1 billion barrier in annual revenue from digital subscriptions in 2023... Press Forward is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms.
The majority of news articles are read within the first three days of publication, according to a recent report.
The Los Angeles Times gives pink slips to 115 people or 20 percent of its newsroom staff... TIME is also laying off about 30 employees, which is approximately 15 percent of its editorial staff... The Baltimore Banner, which was launched by Stewart Bainum in 2022 after he failed to buy the Baltimore Sun, added 500 subscribers per day in the three days following Sinclair Broadcast Group's deal to purchase the Sun.
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