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Front page of the day: ‘Bam’s tears’

Today’s front page of the day comes from the New York Post, which led Wednesday with the president’s executive actions on gun control. Via Newseum: Here’s a collection of front pages that also led with the news: Follow @kristenhare !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,...

Wed Jan 6, 2016 18:22
Medill heads west, planning to partner journalists with engineers

Photo by Kevin Stanchfield via Flickr. Reporters and editors at The Daily Breeze had a big story on their hands. Waste, corruption and lazy local government — and at the center of it all, a superintendent pocketing a bloated salary. The tale of how Jose Fernandez ended up making $663,000 per year was complicated, with key events scattered throughout...

Wed Jan 6, 2016 17:21
Obama’s tears: Will the media care in a few days?

Good morning. Tears of rage, tears of grief Watching President Obama Tuesday, you might have mulled the lyrics of "Tears of Rage," a Bob Dylan song first recorded by him and The Band in 1967 but made famous by The Band in a second version a year later (public confession: I have the vinyl album in the garage). "Tears of rage, tears of grief" is the key...

Wed Jan 6, 2016 15:21
AP: Don’t use the term ‘militia’ in Oregon standoff, try ‘armed ranchers’

Members of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters hug after Ammon Bundy, center, left, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, spoke with reporters during a news conference Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The group calls itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom and has sent a “demand for redress” to local,...

Wed Jan 6, 2016 00:16
Las Vegas Review-Journal sets disclosure rules for stories involving Sheldon Adelson

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, which was purchased by Sheldon Adelson in December, has established temporary guidelines for disclosing its conflict of interest in stories involving the billionaire casino mogul and the gambling industry. Going forward, the newspaper will include a box on an inside page in the A section stating that Adelson owns the newspaper,...

Wed Jan 6, 2016 00:16
Metro Corp., publisher of Boston and Philadelphia magazines, announces cuts

Metro Corp., which publishes Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine, is cutting staff in a corporate restructuring aimed at addressing “the changing media environment.” At the bottom of an unbylined report published by Boston Magazine Tuesday, Metro Corp. announced seven full-time positions would be eliminated company-wide. Metro Corp. cut staffers...

Tue Jan 5, 2016 22:16

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