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USA Today | October 27, 2016

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — USA Today publisher Gannett (ticker: GCI), suffering from the ongoing print-ad declines that have hurt the broader newspaper industry, is cutting jobs as it reported a loss in its latest quarter. The company said it is cutting 2 percent of its staff. Gannett had nearly 19,000 employees at the end of 2015, suggesting more than 300 jobs were lost. Gannett spokeswoman Amber Allman did not reply to a question asking how many employees are losing their jobs....

Salon Media Group | January 05, 2017

Medium, the web publishing company created by one of the co-founders of Twitter, will be laying off 50 employees, CEO Ev Williams announced Wednesday in a notice to readers that the site will be restructuring. According to Williams, traffic to the site, primarily known as a platform for people to publish independent writing, was up but revenues were insufficient to keep things the way they were....

The Wall Street Journal | January 11, 2017

A New York Times Co. staffer recently spent weeks digging into a technology company, visiting engineering departments and interviewing executives to ferret out the best story there was to be told about the firm. It wasn’t for a hard-hitting exposé. Instead, the writer was working for T Brand Studio, the company’s in-house ad agency, to put together a report commissioned by the media publisher on how best to market itself in an ad campaign....

Merkle | November 08, 2016

Merkle (merkleinc.com), a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, announced the appointment of Charlie Weiss to its leadership team as general manager, media and publisher solutions. In his new role, Weiss will focus on managing and growing Merkle's partnerships and solutions within its media and publisher business; specifically, Publisher Addressable Marketplaces (PAM). Launched earlier this year, PAM is a consortium of leading premium publishers, such as Pando...