 Sewell Chan |
The Los Angeles Times has hired longtime New York Times editor Sewell Chan as a deputy managing editor. Chan has been with the New York Times since 2004, most recently as international news editor. He has also served as a reporter and deputy editor of the op-ed page. He will report to L.A. Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine, who took over at the paper in June, one of several prominent hires made by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who purchased it from Tronc in February. “Sewell Chan has distinguished himself as a skilled and thoughtful editor,” said Pearlstine in a statement. “He will play an important leadership role while making us smarter and faster.”
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Facebook says it’s removing over 5,000 ad targeting options that could have been misused to place discriminatory ads across its platform, according to a report on TechCrunch. The company also said it is introducing a new certification for U.S. advertisers through its Ads Manager tool, requiring advertisers to properly register their compliance with Facebook’s non-discrimination policy if they post housing, employment or credit ads. The move follows a complaint from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accusing Facebook of helping landlords and home sellers violate the Fair Housing Act. It says that Facebook’s ad settings disregard the law by allowing advertisers to target certain demographics
 Porter Berry |
Fox News has promoted Porter Berry to editor-in-chief of Fox News Digital. Berry was previously senior executive producer of “Hannity,” the channel’s top-rated program. Before working with Hannity, Berry was producer of the roundtable opinion show “The Five.” He has also produced shows for Bill O'Reilly and Greta Van Susteren, as well as working on Fox News Digital programs. Berry replaces Noah Kotch, who left earlier this summer to edit The Daily Mail. In his new role, Berry will oversee all Fox News Digital content, including FoxNews.com, FoxBusiness.com and the Fox News apps. His replacement at “Hannity” will be Tiffany Fazio, who served as executive producer of the show under him.
Underscore Media, a new creator-led media venture dedicated to New York sports, is built around three established New York sports personalities, Sal Licata, Jimmy Traina, and John Jastremski.
McClatchy, which owns 29 daily papers across 14 states (including The Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee and Kansas City Star), launches a wave of layoffs that extends to at least 13 of those papers... The Toledo Blade, which was founded in 1835, is set to shut down on Dec. 31, unless owner Block Communications manages to find a buyer for it... A bill awaiting approval by California governor Gavin Newsom would give local newsrooms a boost. 
Fox News Media issued a pretty sparse release to announce the departure of one of its stars. “Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media,” it reads.
Brunswick Group partner John Simons has joined CNN as senior director of business & media. He held top jobs at Time and the Wall Street Journal.
WNET, the nation’s largest public media company, names Edward O’Keefe its next president and CEO, effective September 21. O’Keefe succeeds Neal Shapiro, who becomes president emeritus and will retire at the end of the year... The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, which would empower news publishers and other content providers to defend themselves by mandating transparency for all bots crawling their sites, in introduced in the House by Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC)... Google gets socked by European Union regulators with a $1 billion fine for using the platform’s dominance as a search engine to illegally undercut competition.
