Author: Dominick Mastrangelo

NPR boss Terence Samuel hired to run USA Today

USA Today has hired NPR chief Terence Samuel as its next top editor. The national newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, announced Friday that Samuel will oversee its flagship publication and shape content that serves what the company said is more than 75 million readers monthly. Samuel most recently served as vice president and executive editor of…

Fox News makes changes to weekend prime time lineup 

Fox News is making significant changes to its weekend evening programming lineup. “The Next Revolution,” with Steve Hilton, which aired Sunday nights at 9 p.m. will end its run, as Hilton steps back from hosting the weekly show to “focus on his new California non-partisan policy organization launching next week,” the network said. Hilton will remain…

Gannett journalists plan workers strike

Journalists working for Gannett, the company that owns USA Today, some of the nation’s largest metro daily newspapers and more than 100 more local newspapers are planning to walk off the job next week. Seizing on the company’s annual shareholders meeting June 5, Gannett’s workers union said it would be holding a wave of nationwide…