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Feminist website Jezebel is coming back to life after a less-than-three-week hiatus. Closed down on Nov. 9 by G/O Media, which also operates Gizmodo, Deadspin and The Root, the site has been purchased in an all-cash deal by Josh Jackson, a co-founder and the editor in chief of Paste magazine. As part of the deal, ackson also picked up Splinter, a former political news website that was shuttered by G/O Media in 2019. Jackson told the New York Times that he planned to start publishing on the site again as soon as Nov. 29. Started up in 2007 as part of Gawker’s portfolio, Jezebel become part of G/O Media in 2019.
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Sports Illustrated has been accused of publishing product reviews carrying the bylines of authors who could only be traced back to websites that sell artificial intelligence-generated headshots, tech publication Futurism reports. Arena Group, Sports Illustrated’s publisher, pushes the blame for any fake authors or content onto AdVon Commerce, a third-party supplier that sits “at the edge of content and marketing” according to its website. “AdVon has assured us that all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans,” an Arena Group spokesperson told Futurism. “However, we have learned that AdVon had writers use a pen or pseudo name in certain articles to protect author privacy—actions we don't condone—and we are removing the content while our internal investigation continues and have since ended the partnership.” The SI Union posted a statement on X saying that “if true, these practices violate everything we believe in about journalism.”
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Popular Science, which shuttered its print edition in 2021, is now pulling the plug on its digital magazine. Recurrent Ventures, which also manages Domino, Dwell and Field & Stream, called the closure a response to the “evolving landscape of its audience,” citing changes in advertising budgets and a move toward video as factors. On Nov. 13, Recurrent cut 13 jobs at Popular Science, according to a report on Axios, leaving the platform with just five employees. The platform will continue to publish content on its website, in addition to producing its “The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week” podcast.
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.
