Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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Struggling Kansas City Newspaper Leaves Front Page Blank as Warning: ‘What Happens If We’re Gone?’
The weekly Northeast News’ tactic led to $800 in donations in a day
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USA Today Editor Says She Was Fired for Tweet ‘Challenging Whiteness,’ Accuses Paper of Racial Bias
“There is always the threat that tweets which challenge white supremacy will be weaponized by bad faith actors,” Hemal Jhaveri writes
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LA Times Top Editor Search in ‘Advanced Rounds of Interviews,’ Company President Says
“We’re making progress. I think we’re getting close,” Chris Argentieri, tells staff
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LA Times Reveals ‘Catastrophic’ $50 Million Revenue Loss in 2020 (Exclusive)
Company announced revenues shortfalls at LA flagship paper and San Diego Union-Tribune
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All Californians Age 16 and Up Eligible for COVID Vaccine on April 15
Californians age 50 and up will be eligible next Thursday
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MEL Magazine to Stop Publishing After Mass Layoffs From Owner Dollar Shave Club
The magazine will stop publishing on Wednesday and is seeking a new owner
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How Instagram Celebrity Gossip Accounts Are Changing Tabloid Media
“People love to see themselves show up somewhere, even if their actual name is not credited. That is the weird effect of social media,” Lainey Gossip founder Elaine Lui says
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HuffPost Names The Root’s Danielle Belton as Editor in Chief
The website had been without an editor for a year after the departure of Lydia Polgreen
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CNN’s Brianna Keilar Brushes Away Tears During Coverage of Boulder Mass Shooting (Video)
“You lose count. You don’t forget it, but somehow it’s just so much,” the CNN anchor says
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Cable News Ratings: CNN Has Lowest-Rated Week of 2021 for Total Day and Primetime
MSNBC also has smallest total day audience for the week of March 15
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Why Aren’t the Georgia Spa Shootings Considered a Hate Crime?
“We should not let law enforcement define for us when we think injustice has occurred,” Scot Nakagawa, a community organizer with ChangeLab, tells TheWrap
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Beeple’s $69.3 Million Collage and 14 Other Pricey NFTs
Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” is now the third most expensive artwork sold by a living artist
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Teen Vogue Editor Alexi McCammond Resigns After Backlash Over Racist Tweets
“I should not have tweeted what I did and I have taken full responsibility for that,” McCammond says
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Georgia Cop Criticized for Saying Murder Suspect Had a ‘Bad Day’ Shared Racist Merch on Facebook
T-shirts promoted on a Facebook account in Capt. Jay Baker’s name said COVID-19 was an “imported virus from CHY-NA”
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Armed Man Arrested Near Vice President Kamala Harris’ Home
The vice president is not currently living at the residence as it undergoes renovations