Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force

The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom.

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The Atlantic Beefs Up Politics Coverage Under Trump

The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.

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Richard Parsons, Serial Fixer of Media and Finance Giants, Dies at 76

Mr. Parsons’s lengthy résumé is a catalog of corporate emergencies at Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers.

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BuzzFeed Strikes Deal to Sell ‘Hot Ones’ Company for $82.5 Million

The sale, to a group that includes the show’s host, Sean Evans, and Soros Fund Management, will allow BuzzFeed to pay down tens of millions of dollars in debt.

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Associated Press to Cut Staff by 8%

The reductions come just two weeks after Election Day, when The A.P. played a key role in calling races across the United States.

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Comcast to Spin Off MSNBC, CNBC and Other Cable Networks

The new publicly traded company is set to debut next year, with a bundle of channels that also includes Oxygen, E! and Syfy.

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Pitchfork Alumni Launch New Music Publication, Hearing Things

After the popular publication was folded into GQ, a group of them is striking out on its own. One of the first orders of business: doing away with album scores.

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