New George documentary Netflix series:Trial by Media

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• The Stranger in Seattle temporarily suspended print and laid off 18 staffers. “The Stranger has never had to do mass layoffs before, nor have we ever not put out our print edition, with the exception of the one week we skipped in 2017 when we reconceptualized the print edition as a biweekly.” (Also, read Joshua Benton’s collection of alt news in Nieman Lab. It’s extensive.)
  
• The Portland (Oregon) Mercury announced it was temporarily cutting print and had temporarily laid off 10 staffers.
  
• DigBoston suspended print publication.
  
• Sacramento (California) News & Review, Chico (California) News & Review and Reno (Nevada) News & Review suspended print and laid off staff.
  
• Salaries were cut at the Phoenix New Times, Denver’s Westword, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and Miami New Times.
  
• The Tampa Bay Times, which Poynter owns, laid off 11 journalists, noting the cuts were expected since February. On March 30, the Times reported it was eliminating five days of print and furloughing some non-newsroom staff.
  
• Monterey County Weekly in California announced it had laid off seven employees. Three other staffers had salaries reduced, the CEO eliminated his salary and the publisher took a pay cut.
  
• Texas’ San Antonio Current laid off 10 employees.
  
• Riverfront Times in St. Louis laid off seven.
  
• Shepherd Express in Milwaukee suspended its print edition.
  
• The Pulse in Chattanooga, Tennessee, suspended publication.
  
• CityBeat in Cincinnati, Ohio, had furloughs and pay cuts.
  
• MetroTimes in Detroit laid off eight staffers. 
  
• Creative Loafing in Tampa laid off seven employees.
  
• Cleveland Scene in Ohio laid off five staffers.
  
• Orlando Weekly laid off 13 people. 
  
• And Oklahoma Gazette in Oklahoma City paused print publication.
  
• Isthmus, a weekly in Madison, Wisconsin, announced it had to “go dark for an undetermined amount of time.”
  
• The Fauquier Times in Warrenton, Virginia announced layoffs, reduced hours and furloughs.
  
• And the Mountain View Voice in Mountain View, California suspended print temporarily.
  
• Austin Chronicle in Texas went to an every-other-week print schedule.
  
• Mountain Xpress in Asheville, North Carolina, laid off seven and had pay cuts.
  
• The Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus in Vermont laid off 20 employees and temporarily cut print down from five days to three.
  
• The Durango (Colorado) Herald laid off five people from its news and advertising departments.
  
• Trib Total Media in Pennsylvania combined two print editions and laid off staff.
  
• Providence Business Journal suspended its print edition.
  
• In Vermont, Seven Days laid off seven employees.
  
• The Times-Picayune/nola.com/The Advocate in New Orleans announced a temporary furlough of 10% of its workforce.
  
• Valley News, which covers the Upper Valley region in Vermont and New Hampshire, announced layoffs, a cut in hours and pay.
  
• Three Vermont weeklies, the Milton Independent, Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun, had temporarily cut print.
  
• The Warwick Beacon in Rhode Island cut one publication day to become a weekly and had eight layoffs, including the publisher.
  
• Northampton, Massachusetts’ Daily Hampshire Gazette had layoffs, the suspension of Hampshire Life and the last print edition of the Valley Advocate until the end of April.
  
• The 13-year-old Waterbury (Vermont) Record reported it printed its last edition.
  
• RI Suburban Newspapers laid off employees, reduced the hours of others and cut publication days for the Narragansett Times.
  
• Easy Reader News in Hermosa Beach, California laid off its entire staff, “returns to volunteer roots.”
  
• Sound Publishing “which owns 43 titles across the state including the Everett Daily Herald and the Peninsula Daily News,” had layoffs and furloughs.
  
• Hours were cut for “Tennessee-based Adams Publishing Group, which owns nine Washington papers, including dailies The Skagit Valley Herald and The Ellensburg Daily Record,” Khashimova Long reported.
  
• Inlander in Spokane, Washington has layoffs.
  
• Gannett had furloughs and other cost-cutting measures, including 25% pay reductions for executives.
  
• The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, announced it’s cutting print on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.
  
• The Henrico Citizen in Henrico County, Virginia, announced it was stopping its twice-monthly print edition for April “and possibly beyond.”
  
• The Daily Herald in Illinois cut pay.
  
• And the Palo Alto Daily Post in California switched to a four-day-a-week printing schedule.
  
• Lee Enterprises had furloughs and cost-cutting measures, including a 20% pay cut for executives.
  
• The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin, announced furloughs and pay cuts.
  
• East Oregonian reported its parent company laid off 47.
  
• The San Francisco Examiner and SF Weekly announced cuts in hours and pay to staff.
  
• Honolulu Civil Beat reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser furloughed and cut hours for some staff. The Star-Advertiser also cut its Saturday print edition. 
  
• 22nd Century Media, which published community newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, went out of business.
  
• Atlanta Magazine laid off six staffers.
  
• Left Hand Valley Courier in Niwot, Colorado dropped print and is going online.
  
• Pamplin Media Group, which owns the Portland Tribune and other community newspapers, had about 40 layoffs, 20 from newsrooms.
  
• Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group had layoffs and furloughs. Newsrooms include The Denver Post, the Boston Herald and several in California. San Jose Mercury News Guild tweeted “the entire sports staff of The Mercury News and East Bay Times are being furloughed.” There were also furloughs and layoffs at the 11 newspapers that make up Southern California News Group.
  
• The Philadelphia Public Record announced it was going on hiatus on April 2. 
  
• On April 4, the Appeal-Democrat in Marysville, California told readers it was moving to a five-day-a-week print schedule.  The Appeal-Democrat told Poynter it laid off three positions (one was open) and hours were reduced by 20%.
  
• The Jessup (Georgia) Press-Sentinel had cuts in hours and pay.
  
• The Dallas Morning News had pay cuts.
  
• The Rural Messenger in Haven, Kansas, told Poynter five staffers have been furloughed and it’s temporarily dropped print.
  
• The Paducah Sun in Kentucky told readers that it’s dropping its Saturday print edition “for the foreseeable future.”
  
• The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington announced it’s dropping its Saturday print edition “for the first time in more than a century.”
  
• Forum News Service reported layoffs and the end of Monday and Friday print in its “more than two-dozen newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.”
  
• Shaw Media told subscribers that it’s cutting some print. Shaw also had layoffs and furloughs, Poynter learned.
  
• In Iowa, The Oskaloosa Herald and The Daily Iowegian stopped Thursday publication.
  
• The Provo (Utah) Daily Herald stopped printing its Sunday edition.
  
• McClatchy furloughed 4.4% of staff at its 30 papers around the country.
  
• Tribune Publishing announced permanent pay cuts of between 2% and 10% and executives will take pay cuts. Tribune newsrooms include the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, The Baltimore Sun and The Virginian-Pilot. It also had furloughs.
  
• The Daily Clintonian in western Indiana stopped publishing and closed.
  
• Landmark Community Newspapers, which owns publications in 12 states, had a cut in hours.
  
• Aspen (Colorado) Daily News furloughed reporters.
  
• Boulder Weekly furloughed some staff and cut freelancers.
  
• The Anniston (Alabama) Star had one layoff, one early retirement and that one employee stepped down.
  
• The Los Angeles Times had furloughs and pay cuts.
  
• Advance Local newsrooms announced pay cuts and furloughs. Advance Local has newsrooms in nine markets.
  
• LA Times that parent company California Times closed three community newspapers and laid off 14 staff members. “Final editions of the Glendale News-Press and the Burbank Leader are planned for Saturday. The La Cañada Valley Sun sets April 23, with its final issue.”
  
• The Gloucester Daily Times announced it was cutting Tuesday and Saturday print.
  
• On April 23, Eden Prairie News and Lakeshore Weekly News in Minnesota announced it will stop publishing.
  
• On April 24, North Jefferson News in Gardendale, Alabama, announced it was merging with sister paper The Cullman Times.
  
• Washington Times instituted 10% pay cuts and most freelance contracts were suspended, Poynter learned.
  
• M Roberts Media, with six newspapers in Texas, cut Monday print editions and instituted temporary pay cuts for employees making $30,000 or more, Poynter learned.
  
• The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania laid off three from the newsroom, Poynter learned, plus positions in pre-press, circulation and advertising. It also cut down to four days a week of print.
  
• Jewish Week told Poynter that as a direct result of the coronavirus, it laid off two full-time employees and one part-time employee.
  
• The (La Grande, Oregon) Observer reported layoffs from parent company EO Media Group.  “EO Media Group, the parent company of The Observer, Baker City Herald and 11 other newspapers across Oregon, announced on Wednesday it is laying off 47 employees.”
  
• Ogden Newspapers furloughed employees company-wide, Poynter has learned.
  
• Sound Publishing in Washington state laid off 70 people in its Washington and Alaska newsrooms. Sound Publishing owns 49 newsrooms, and the layoffs make up 20% of its workforce.
  
• The Nashua (New Hampshire) Telegraph ended all but Sunday print.
  
• The New Hampshire Union Leader furloughed 24 employees.
  
• The New York Post had layoffs and furloughs.
  
• The Edmond Sun in Oklahoma told readers “effective May 6, The Edmond Sun will merge with our sister newspaper, The Norman Transcript.
  
• CNHI, which has newspapers in more than 20 states, had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs.
  
• Weekly Alibi in Albuquerque, New Mexico had layoffs, Poynter learned.
  
• The Elkhart Truth in Indiana had furloughs and a reduction in hours, Poynter learned.
  
• Southern Community Newspapers Inc. had layoffs and pay cuts.
  
• The Daily News in Galveston, Texas, cut down to five days of print.
  
• The Facts in Clute, Texas, cut down to five days of print.
  
• The Bolivar Commercial in Cleveland, Mississippi, closed at the end of April.
  
• The Zionsville (Indiana) Times-Sentinel merged with The Lebanon Reporter and cut print from five days to three. Both are owned by CNHI.
  
• The Pella (Iowa) Chronicle and The Oskaloosa (Iowa) Herald will merge. Both are owned by CNHI.
  
• The Journal Express in Iowa will merge with The Oskaloosa Herald. Both are owned by CNHI.
  
• The Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette will stop printing on Saturday and Sunday.
  
• The Hastings Star Gazette, a weekly in Minnesota owned by Forum Communications Company, closed.
  
• The Bulletin of Woodbury and Cottage Grove, a weekly in Minnesota owned by Forum Communications Company, closed.
  
• Lake County News Chronicle in Two Harbors Minnesota, will publish its last issue on May 22. It is owned by Forum Communications Company.
  
• The Daily Iowegan will merge with the Ottumwa Courier. Both are owned by CNHI.
  
• NUVO, a 30-year-old alt-magazine in Indianapolis, closed.
  

Television

• TEGNA announced furloughs and pay cuts company-wide. According to Poynter’s Al Tompkins, “TEGNA is the first of the big TV owners to announce such cuts.”
  
• Executives at E.W. Scripps Co. are taking voluntary salary reductions.
  
• Univision had layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. 
  
• NBCUniversal is cutting executive pay by 20%.
  

Radio

• Meruelo Media had furloughs. Meruelo has stations in five markets.
  
• Forever Media had layoffs . Forever has stations in 11 markets.
  
• Townsquare Media Group had pay cuts and layoffs.  Townsquare has stations and sites in 67 markets.
  
• iHeartMedia had furloughs and pay cuts.  iHeart has stations in 153 markets.
  
• JVC Broadcasting furloughed some employees. JVC has stations in New York and Florida.
  
• American General Media had layoffs, . American General Media has stations in seven markets.
  
• Beasley Media had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. Beasley has stations in 15 markets.
  
• Entercom had layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. Entercom has stations in 46 markets.
  
• Radio One/Urban One had layoffs and furloughs. The company owns stations in 15 markets.
  
• Cumulus had temporary furloughs and pay cuts. Cumulus owns 424 stations in 87 markets.
  
• Alpha Media had layoffs, furloughs and reduced hours. Alpha Media has stations in 21 states.
  
• NPR had pay cuts for executives and cut pay and benefits.
  
• Minnesota Public Radio had 14 people accept voluntary buyouts. It also had voluntary furloughs.
  

Digital media

• BuzzFeed cut employee pay, cut AM to DM, its morning news show. Eight people lost their jobs, and had furloughs of some staff.
  
• VTDigger, a nonprofit digital news site in Vermont, announced its first three layoffs since launching 10 years ago.
  
• Vice cut some pay and stopped 401K matching and promotions. “
  
• The Outline laid off its staff.
  
• Bustle Digital Group laid off two dozen staffers and implemented pay cuts, according to Sara Jerde in AdWeek.
  
• G/O Media, which includes sites such as Jezebel, Deadspin, The Root and The Onion, laid off 14 employees.
  
• Group Nine laid off 7% of staff. Group Nine publications include The Dodo, Thrillist and NowThis.
  
• The Hill was implementing pay cuts.
  
• Altice’s i24 and Cheddar had layoffs. On April 24, J. Clara Chan reported for The Wrap that Cheddar shut down its Los Angeles studio.
  
• Vox furloughed more than 100 people for three months.
  
• Protocol had layoffs.
  
• The Skimm cut 20% of editorial staff.
  
• Curbed Atlanta, a Vox Media newsroom, will stop publishing for three months. Its editor was furloughed.
  
• Quartz will lay off 80 employees.
  
• Vice will lay off 55 people in the U.S. and 100 outside the U.S.
  

Magazines, city magazines

• Washingtonian magazine laid off fellows and had 10% pay cuts.
  
• Time Out group suspended print editions of 40 city magazines.
  
• San Diego Magazine laid off nearly its whole staff.
  
• D Magazine in Dallas reported layoffs and salary cuts.
  
• Maven Media Brands, which operates Sports Illustrated, had layoffs and pay cuts.
  
• CQ Roll Call laid off 30 staffers.
  
• Conde Nast had pay cuts, furloughs and potential layoffs at Condé Nast. It publishes magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Layoffs did follow.
  
• Valence Media had layoffs. It owns trade magazines, including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
  
• Fortune Magazine had layoffs and pay cuts.
  
• Meredith, which owns magazines including People and Entertainment Weekly and 17 local TV stations, had pay cuts.
  
• San Diego Home and Garden closed. It was 41-years-old.
  

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People Are Calling George Clooney's New True Crime 'Trial By Media' An 'Emotional Rollercoaster'​

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JOANNA FREEDMAN in ENTERTAINMENT
[size=13]Last updated 9:18, Friday 15 May 2020 BST
On Monday, Netflix treated us to a brand new true crime docu-series: Trial By Media.

The six-part series, exec produced by none other than George Clooney, is hooked to one big question: how much impact does the media have on trials?
And so far, it has not disappointed, with fans taking to Twitter to claim they're already "hooked," despite the fact it's a difficult and emotional watch.
Each episode essentially pulls apart a high-profile trial that won huge attention from the press, examining how big an influence the media may have had over the eventual verdict.

As the retelling of various trials unfolds, the series shines a light on the corresponding news cycle, looking at media storytelling and the tabloid press' ability to sway the court of public opinion.

It's certainly left people with a lot of feelings.

"I cant binge watch #TrialbyMedia because so far every episode leaves me mentally drained and so angry. It's an emotional rollercoaster for me," one wrote.
As another agreed: "Some of these stories of #trialbymedia on Netflix are hard to watch".

A third signed off a tweet about the series by writing: "I don't know why I watch this before bed as I get so wound up".
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The series is produced by George Clooney (Credit: PA)

Episode one looks into the chilling 1995 murder of talk-show guest Scott Amedure. The case involved a guest on daytime talk show Jenny Jones Show, who admitted to having a crush on his friend Jonathan Schmitz, who later murdered him as a result.

Schmitz appeared on an episode called Same Sex Secret Crushes, where Amedure's fantasies about him were revealed.

And at the time, he appeared to take it relatively well, but three days later he fatally shot Amedure at the home they lived in together in Lake Orion, Michigan.

To viewers' outrage, Schmitz went on to garner sympathy from the media, after he claimed he killed his friend due to being "embarrassed on national television".

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Jonathan Schmitz killed his friend for 'embarrassing him on TV' (Credit: Netflix)

"Jonathan Schmitz really got this much sympathy because he hauled off and killed a man who told him he had a crush on him? The blatant homophobia these people are still proudly displaying is gross #trialbymedia," one wrote.

While another fumed: "The blatant homophobia in the Jonathan Schmitz case. Why has the criminal become the victim ?#trialbymedia".

Elsewhere the series examines the money-laundering trial of former CEO Richard Scrushy, the 1983 rape case of Cheryl Araujo, the police shooting of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo, the attempted killing of the 'subway vigilante', as well as the charges of corruption against former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

One thing is for sure - it's definitely not an easy watch, but it is an important one.