Jonah Peretti, the founder of Buzzfeed, said he is shutting down its money losing news division and laying off 15 percent of the company that had worked in the news division. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As Buzzfeed kills its news division, a new report says Disney once wanted to buy the company for $650M The extent of the layoffs at Buzzfeed is still not preciely known after the once high flying tech company that built its... News 25 Apr 2023 | 12:11
Straus Media President and Publisher Jeanne Straus with incoming Editor in Chief Keith J. Kelly. Photo: Christina Scotti Straus Media Names New Editor in Chief of Local News Group Straus Media announced that it has hired New York Post veteran Keith J. Kelly to be the next Editor in Chief of its Manhattan-based... News 14 Dec 2022 | 01:23
Jen Maxfield, author of “More After the Break.” Photo courtesy of Jen Maxfield Getting to the Heart of the News In her 22-year journalism career, reporter Jen Maxfield estimates that she has done over 10,000 interviews. They were all... Home 11 Jul 2022 | 10:50
Bill Diehl with Robin Williams. Photo courtesy of Bill Diehl For This Celebrity Interviewer, the Stars Have Always Been Aligned When Bill Diehl was just 10 years old, he built his first radio at his home in Corning, New York. What he could have never... News 04 Apr 2022 | 12:33
Steve Post. Photo courtesy of Laura Rosenberg Post From the Airwaves to the Big Screen Before her foray into filmmaking, Rosemarie Reed worked at WBAI, the city’s iconic public radio station. In fact, it was... News 28 Feb 2022 | 08:33
Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” Photo: Jeremy Freeman for CNN ( Jeremy Freeman) Where the President Gets His News As Brian Stelter wrote the final draft of “Hoax” in his midtown apartment, the ominous sirens he heard in the background... Home 21 Sep 2020 | 09:36
Peter Greenberg: "My favorite places in the world are all surrounded by, or on the water. Until I can travel again, I take daily walks around the Central Park reservoir, getting my water fix." ( Photo courtesy of Peter Greenberg) 'America is Learning How to Adjust' Peter Greenberg has lived in his Upper East Side apartment for his entire life; and yet, he has probably spend more consecutive... News 06 Apr 2020 | 10:15
The Media's Impossible Job The media have an impossible job right now. Put simply, it is doing their job. The coronavirus scare has overtaken every other... Voices 09 Mar 2020 | 09:58
New Bike Lanes Debut in Village and Midtown; Riders Pleased but Many Ignore Rules of Road