- Hearst Magazines' Digital, Print Staffs Vote To Unionize
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, July 30, 2020
Roughly 500 Hearst employees make up the new bargaining unit and work across editorial, video, design, photo and social. ...
- Besieged TikTok Promises 10,000 New U.S. Jobs
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 22, 2020
TikTok plans to expand its U.S. ranks in the areas of engineering, sales, content moderation, and customer support. ...
- Vox Media Lays Off 6% Of Staff
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Most of the laid-off staffers were previously furloughed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a few were still working at the company. ...
- ViacomCBS Fires 'Wild 'N Out' Host Nick Cannon Over Anti-Semitic Remarks
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
The firing occurred after ViacomCBS found an episode of Cannon's podcast and YouTube show "Cannon's Class" "promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories." ...
- Bari Weiss Resigns From 'New York Times,' Andrew Sullivan To Exit 'New York'
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, July 14, 2020
"Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor," Weiss writes. ...
- Nielsen Will Lay Off 3,500 In Cost-Cutting Restructuring Plan
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
The total restructuring charge for this year will now be $150 million to $170 million, and permanent overall cost reduction will yield $250 million in annual savings, Nielsen says. La ...
- New Creative Job Platform Launches 'Creatively Class Of 2020'
Out to Launch, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Creatively, a new job platform for creatives launched in May by alice+Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet, has announced a new initiative called the “
Creatively Class of 2020.” This n ...
- Job Platform Indeed Finds Gold In Long-Form Content On TV
Show Daily, Nina Lentini - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
"What we see is that linear TV is the biggest driver for us," Indeed's Paul J. D'Arcy told MediaPost's TV & Video Insider Summit via Zoom, "because of its rea ...
- 'Morning Brew' Launches Marketing Newsletter, Plans To Double Staff
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, June 26, 2020
A new marketing and media newsletter, 'Marketing Brew' will be add to its portfolio. Sailthru signed on as its first brand partner ahead of the launch. ...
- Roth On Adland D&I Efforts: 'We Suck Compared To The Rest Of The World'
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, June 25, 2020
The Interpublic CEO made the comment during a MediaVillage webinar held on Thursday. ...
- Quora Becomes A WFH Workforce Built On Diversity
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 25, 2020
Quora on Thursday became a "remote-first company." The company's CEO explained that employees will have the opportunity to work remotely. It also lets the company hire employees worldwide without t ...
- 'The New York Times' Lays Off 68 People, Mostly Across Advertising
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
In addition to its sales team, the newspaper's experiential marketing agency Fake Love was impacted. ...
- Agency Launches Industry Job Marketplace
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
San Francisco-based Playbook Media has launched GrowTal a platform designed to match those seeking work in advertising and marketing with open opportunities in the industry. ...
- Publishers Face Quandary While Reopening Offices
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, June 22, 2020
'The Post and Courier,' South Carolina's biggest newspaper, is emblematic of the friction that publishers face in asking staff to return to work. ...
- 'WaPo' Blackface Story Takes Cancel Culture To New Extreme
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, June 19, 2020
The Washington Post this week published a story that served no purpose - except to help two nobodies destroy the life of another nobody. ...
- Monster Brings A Little Levity To The Serious Subject Of Today's Job Market
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
"Suddenly you're feeling for a backpack stuck in bed all day, and maybe that makes you laugh," says agency execs. ...
- New Initiatives Help Adland Agency Jobseekers
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, June 15, 2020
FCB has launched "My Link Is Your Link" and the GetWanted marketplace has created a new tool called Switch. It's estimated that the pandemic has resulted in 40,000 industry layof ...
- Mindshare: Amid Multiple American Crises, Racism Looms Largest
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 15, 2020
It's not just the economy, stupid. That's one of the takeaways from the latest edition of Mindshare's COVID-19 tracking research, which in recent weeks began including questions about racial injusti ...
- Most Ad Pros Object To Company Contact Tracing, Fear Layoffs Too
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Nearly four in five ad industry professionals object to the idea of their company using a device or app that would trace their contact with other employees while at wor ...
- Sports Site 'The Athletic' Lets 46 Staffers Go, Cuts Pay
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, June 8, 2020
Live sports were effectively cancelled once the global pandemic hit, affecting The Athletic's new subscriber growth and podcast advertising revenue. ...
- Refinery29's Global Chief Barberich Steps Down To Promote Diversity
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, June 8, 2020
Barberich announced her decision on Instagram. The company's search for a new global editor in chief begins immediately. ...
- How Remote Work Fosters Tighter Connections with Colleagues -- And Why You Can't Afford to Lose Them
MAD, Simon Lister - Thursday, June 4, 2020
Those connections will do more than make us better people; they'll make us more collaborative, in-sync and able to produce greater, more creative results. ...
- Volvo Launches Tech Program For Veterans
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, May 31, 2020
The program gives veterans the opportunity to apply the skills they gained in the military toward a civilian automotive career. ...
- Deutsch LA's Craig On How Young Creatives Can Land Jobs Post-Pandemic
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, May 28, 2020
Brett Craig, Chief Creative Officer at Deutsch LA believes "the great silver lining" in the COVID-19 crisis is that it has actually accelerated opportunities for young creatives. ...
- More Facebook Staffers Will Work Remotely In Future
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 21, 2020
"There are some very clear benefits to remote work," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. "It lets us access talent pools outside of traditional tech hubs in big cities." ...
- 'The Atlantic' Cuts 17% Of Staff, Closes Video Department
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, May 21, 2020
Those cuts will mostly hit its live events division, as well as sales and marketing teams. A few newsroom positions are also impacted. ...
- Nigerian Cybercriminal Group Targets Eight States With COVID-19 Schemes: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The Scattered Canary group has filed 174 fraudulent unemployment claims with the state of Washington, Agari charges. ...
- Vice Lays Off 155 Employees, Many Across International, Digital Divisions
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, May 15, 2020
Vice Media Group became the latest publisher to endure a second round of cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the company announced it will layoff 5% of staffers. ...
- 'Quartz' Cuts 40% Of Staff Amid Ad Losses, 'Chicago Tribune' Union Employees Furloughed
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, May 15, 2020
The Chicago Tribune Guild agreed to furlough all unionized 'Chicago Tribune' newsroom employees making over $40,000 for three weeks. ...
- 'Economist' Group Lays Off 90, Takes '1843' Magazine Digital-Only
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, May 15, 2020
The company will also take its bimonthly print magazine '1843' digital-only beginning with the August/September issue. ...
