Robert W. McChesney, an influential left-leaning media critic who argued that corporate ownership was bad for American journalism and that Silicon Valley billionaires who dominated online information were a threat to democracy, died on March 25, at his home in…
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Radhika Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair since 2017, said on Thursday that she would step down, a surprise decision that opens up one of the most highly visible jobs in American journalism. Ms. Jones, 52, said in an email…
Jeff Bezos is shaking up the Washington Post again. The billionaire owner of the newspaper said Wednesday he will change the focus of the opinion section to focus on “support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” According to Bezos,…
In the cutthroat arena of global media mergers, few names evoke the blend of ambition and audacity quite like Mathias Döpfner, the silver-haired CEO and co-owner of Axel Springer SE. The 62-year-old German billionaire, a board member at Netflix and…
Google Inc. is snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a starring role in the online video revolution. The all-stock deal announced Monday unites one of the Internet’s marquee companies…
