Hearst Magazines lays off 200 employees — with most of them based at NYC headquarters
Hearst Magazines, publisher of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Esquire, has laid off about 200 employees. Most work at the company's iconic headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) is a union that represents thousands of media professionals. He told the news site W42ST. The total number of layoffs reached 197 people, […]
William Randolph Hearst, the man who inspired ‘Citizen Kane’
America’s first multimedia mogul, pioneer of “yellow journalism,” and struggling politician all come together in one man, the real-life “Citizen Kane.” William Randolph Hearst explored the dark side of wealth and fame and went down in history as an example of triumph and trial. He was at the helm of an empire that changed and […]
Dish Network customers lose local channels in Hearst dispute
Dish Network announced Friday that it has removed customer access to 37 local channels in 27 markets after Hearst Television failed to reach a distribution agreement. The company said it had been in talks with Hearst for several months to reach an agreement to continue airing the channel. “Hearst is demanding tens of millions of […]