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The Marshall Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization focused on the US criminal justice system, has named Susan Chira editor. Chira comes to the Marshall Project from the New York Times, where she worked as deputy executive editor, foreign editor and most recently as senior correspondent focusing on gender issues. She succeeds founding editor Bill Keller, who is retiring in April. “Susan is a natural leader with a demonstrated commitment to excellence, innovation and diversity,” said Neil Barsky, The Marshall Project’s founder and chairman. The Marshall Project has also launched Life Inside, a print publication targeted at the prison population. The publication is headed up by Marshall Project communications associate Lawrence Bartley, who calls it “a collection of TMP’s award-winning journalism that relates directly to incarcerated lives.” It is currently being distributed to 30 facilities in 19 states. To find out more, or to help support The Marshall Project and Life Inside, click here.
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The Financial Times is adding Singapore-based startup Deal Street Asia to its roster of properties, according to a report on TechCrunch. The deal, which is led by Nikkei, the FT’s parent company, is expected to close in April. TechCrunch’s source says that Nikkei has agreed to buy at least one-third of Deal Street Asia, but that the total stake could reach 51 percent, depending on which investors decide to sell. Founded in 2014 by Indian journalist Joji Thomas Philip and Sushobhan Mukherjee, Deal Street Asia mixes Asia startup news with updates from financial markets and business verticals. It has reporters across Southeast Asia and India, as well as a license to use content from wires. Complete access to its website costs users $89 and up for three months. Deal Street Asia’s events business is targeted at a business crowd. Admission fees for its September summit, which features senior executives from such companies as DBS, Grab, Sea, GGV, Allianz and IFC, start at $1,000.
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Bustle Digital Group has followed up its acquisition of Gawker and Mic with the purchase of The Outline, a tech/culture site launched by former Bloomberg chief digital content officer Josh Topolsky in 2016. Topolsky, as well as the site’s editorial, tech and revenue teams, will remain in place. The Outline laid off all of its staff writers last year, so all content is produced by freelancers. Topolsky also says he still plans to launch tech site the Input. According to PitchBook, The Outline was valued at $21.2 million last May.
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. has replaced CEO and former California Congressman Devin Nunes with Kevin McGurn, a seasoned media sales executive.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being bought by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that is the parent organization of the Baltimore Banner... The British Broadcasting Corporation is axing approximately 2,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force... Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is also succumbing to layoff fever, announcing plans to lay off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
