\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/peter-bart-column-badge.jpg?w=151\"){kind=icon}
<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\u201cSequels suck, whether you\u2019re making them or watching them.\u201d So mentioned one storied filmmaker in rejecting a wealthy film deal (particulars beneath), and he\u2019d doubtless react the identical if supplied Biden vs. Trump.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe New Hampshire major outcomes this week<\/a> bolstered media alarm over a projected 2024 rerun that might fracture scores and scale back print protection to \u201cmeaningless dribble,\u201d within the phrases of 1 writer.<\/p>\n \n\tCan there be a repair? Mark Thompson, the brand new CNN<\/a> chief who has seen half his linear viewers disappear, optimistically guarantees a digital upheaval<\/a> not solely in election protection however past.<\/p>\n \n\tOn the print aspect, nonetheless, chaos prevails: The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> has misplaced its prime editors and roughly half of its information employees<\/a> and offered off the San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em>. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun<\/em>, as soon as additionally owned by the Times<\/em>, has been acquired by Sinclair, a TV station behemoth whose chief, David Smith, believes political protection is \u201ctoo left wing.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tClearly, the information enterprise urgently wants some star worth to ramp up viewers curiosity and Ron DeSantis hasn\u2019t measured up<\/a>, whether or not towards Bob Iger or Donald Trump<\/a>. Nikki Haley delivers her traces forcefully however hasn\u2019t delivered the numbers her donors anticipated.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Times <\/em>turmoil in Los Angeles represents a poignant microcosm of the nationwide print malaise. Its prospects have been bolstered six years in the past when a biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong introduced his $500 million acquisition of the Times <\/em>and Union-Tribune<\/em> \u2014 a choice that, general, has truly price him a billion {dollars}, he mentioned this week.<\/p>\n \n\tWith losses nonetheless working at over $40 million a 12 months, the scale of his newsroom has been slimmed down from 1,200 to 550, with additional cuts attainable.<\/p>\n \n\tThe South African-raised tycoon this week noticed his management staff implode<\/a> \u2013 his editor, Kevin Merida, and his information room chief, Sara Yasin, have been each passed by week\u2019s finish. Also leaving are the Washington bureau chief, his deputy, the enterprise editor and many of the photograph division.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\tWhere D.C. and Hollywood Converge \u2013 CLICK HERE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tSome 90% of the information employees refused to come back to work final Friday<\/a> as a protest towards cutbacks \u2013 a employees that was successful applause for its inclusiveness.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GDvkbYrXwAAvJdy-1.jpg?w=240\")
<\/p><\/div>\n