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| Mike Bloomberg |
Bloomberg News is suspending its editorial board following Mike Bloomberg’s announcement of his entrance into the 2020 presidential campaign. The site is suspending all unsigned editorials for as long as Bloomberg remains a candidate. David Shipley and Tim O'Brien, executive editors of Bloomberg Opinion, are taking leaves of absence as they join the campaign. “Members of the editorial board will write and edit in other capacities within Bloomberg Opinion,” said Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait. He also said that Bloomberg would "continue our tradition of not investigating Mike (and his family and foundation) and we will extend the same policy to his rivals in the Democratic primaries."
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| Derek Jeter |
The Players’ Tribune, the website which was founded by ex-New York Yankee Derek Jeter and features first-person stories from professional athletes, has been acquired by Minute Media, an Israel-based digital publishing platform. According to a post from Jeter on the site, he will remain involved in its operations, maintaining his seat on its board of directors. “We will continue to operate independently,” he said, “powered by Minute Media’s technology and global scale.” Minute Media is behind such sites as the entertainment-focused 12up.com; esports-centered DBLTAP.com and 90min.com, which covers soccer. It also acquired sports site the Big Lead from Gannett earlier this year and purchased mentalfloss.com last year. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has raised $116 million from such investors as Goldman Sachs and Battery Ventures, though it is not yet profitable.
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Condé Nast is getting rid of the non-recyclable plastic wrapping it uses for magazine subscriptions and newsstands. The move is part of a pledge the company has made as part of its participation in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. Condé says it started to remove the plastic wrapping this year and plans to do the same for all its US publications in 2020. The company’s goal is to totally eliminate the use of plastics or to replace it with recycled and bio-based alternatives. Condé Nast has also signed on to the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. According to industry website Packaging Gateway, the company said both of those partnerships are part of an overall drive to push higher standards and systemic change in addressing climate change.
Michael Kaminer, who was responsible for the Observer’s “Power List” for the past 13 years, has cut ties with the publication... The New York Times Company continues the march toward its goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $6 million in funding to eight organizations working to address the challenges local news and information environments face along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservative outlets Fox News, Newsmax and the Daily Caller are holding back from signing Pete Hegseth’s edict restricting press access in the Pentagon... CBS News sees the first executive departure of the Bari Weiss era as head of standards and practices Claudia Milne exits... Indiana University shuts down the print version of The Indiana Daily Student.
Rothschild family plans to unload 26.7 percent stake in The Economist... STAT, a digital media company that focuses the life sciences, brings back Damian Garde, who anchored its biotech newsletter and podcast from 2016 to 2024... High Times officially resumes print publication (following its 2024 shutdown) with the release of a limited-edition, collectible 50th anniversary issue. 
CBS News is set to hand over its reins to The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as Paramount acquires her site for $155M... C-SPAN comes on board as an official media partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is charged by Congress to lead the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... A new Gallup survey says that the level of trust that US audiences have in the media has hit a new low.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Kenneth Weinstein, former head of the conservative Hudson Institute, as ombudsman for CBS News.
