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David Halbfinger
Steven Nelson
Gabby MorrongielloThe New York Times has appointed David Halbfinger, a 20-year veteran at the paper, as its next Jerusalem bureau chief. Currently the deputy national editor at the Times, Halbfinger began his career there as a copyboy, moving through reporting positions in its metro, national and culture sections before serving as an editor in metro and politics. He succeeds Ian Fisher, who has been with the Times for 28 years.
The Washington Examiner added Steven Nelson and Gabby Morrongiello to its newsroom. Nelson comes to the paper from U.S. News & World Report and before that was an associate editor at news and opinion website The Daily Caller. Morrongiello, who previously worked as White House correspondent for the Examiner was most recently DC bureau chief for the New York Post.
The Atlantic promoted Matt Thompson and Adrienne LaFrance. Thompson, who has been deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com since 2015, is moving into a new role as executive editor, with oversight of all cross-platform projects. Before joining The Atlantic he worked as deputy web editor for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, and built and ran the Fresno Bee’s news blog. LaFrance will move from staff writer to the editor’s spot at TheAtlantic.com, succeeding J.J. Gould. She joined The Atlantic in 2014 and before that worked for Honolulu Civil Beat, Nieman Lab, Boston NPR member station WBUR and Digital First Media.
The New Yorker tapped Dan Oshinsky to take the newly created position of director of newsletters. Previously director of newsletters at BuzzFeed, Oshinsky begins at The New Yorker Aug. 7. He will work with the magazine’s editors, writers, web producers, designers, and product and audience teams to improve its existing lineup of newsletters and launch both new newsletters and other digital products.
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.
