Owner Joe Ricketts on Thursday closed local news sites that are part of the Gothamist network. Ari Shapiro talks to Julia Wick who, until Thursday, had been editor-in-chief of LAist.
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn holds all-staff meeting to address newsroom tensions over handling of sexual harassment episodes that led to a top news executive's resignation. All Things Considered Host Mary Louise Kelly talks to NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik.
Joe Ricketts, TD Ameritrade founder and Chicago Cubs owner, created DNAinfo in 2009 to cover neighborhood news in New York and Chicago. "But DNAinfo is, at the end of the day, a business," he wrote.
Robert Mercer, co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies and a major conservative donor, had brought attention to his firm. He is resigning amid reports that other company executives chafed at the scrutiny.
One year ago, Mark Zuckerberg said it was a "pretty crazy idea" that Facebook might have influenced the presidential election. He's had a change of heart.
Facebook, Google and Twitter appeared in a Capitol Hill marathon before Senate and House Intelligence Committees. The public got a clearer view of how Russia operated online to interfere in 2016.