Some personal news: today I was laid off from @NavyTimes after 10 weeks of furlough.
It's a tough -- though not unexpected -- blow given the pandemic and I am not alone. These times are unimaginably difficult for so many families.
Chatham and Brigade, the two hedge funds that hold the majority of secured debt in McClatchy, now have made a tentative offer to buy the company out of bankruptcy. A sale could happen soon, but complications remain. https://t.co/iz90WoPDyG
Some good news in media: @AP has hired 17 (17!!!) new journalists around the US as part of our partnership with Report for America. https://t.co/mqTdgtHLls
New Need To Know podcast on North American supply chains during the pandemic - thanks to @sandsatwilson @Chris_E_Wilson and of course Aaron Jones and @paige_rotunda for this great collaboration @MexicoInstitute @CanadaInstitute@TheWilsonCenter https://t.co/dyFF4k5CZa
Jeff Zucker told CNN staff today that for almost all employees "return to the office will not happen in any significant way before the end of the summer."
https://t.co/eH1J1H0iu8
Pandemic Poses Challenges for Data Center Construction, Supply Chain: Over time, COVID-19 risks could impact construction schedules, new capacity delivery. #datacenter#cloud#construction#COVID19 https://t.co/sLItdN9Ysi
NYT is hiring! We’re looking for a weekend editor for our growing Instagram team. It’s a FT position, working with some really creative people. Please RT: https://t.co/oB0juDS0hJ
We didn't want to make this announcement, but things being how they are, it just makes sense. BSides Las Vegas 2020 is officially canceled.
More details are available here: https://t.co/xJLdf6eDd7
FT SCOOP: The US Senate has become the latest organisation to tell its members not to use Zoom because of concerns about data security
Google, SpaceX and NASA have all taken similar steps in recent days
Full story with @kiranstacey here: https://t.co/044JbVdSoh
My good news in this stressful time. I am super thrilled to be joining the @washingtonpost tech reporting team on Monday, first from my home and then from the SF office https://t.co/Tdmk0HduQX
"If there is something déjà vu about all of this, you aren’t wrong," writes our tech columnist @bxchen. "A product’s being great just isn’t good enough if it’s lousy at protecting our privacy."
https://t.co/FWWwtg1KM6
M&A deals continued in D.C. this week amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, with CGI Federal Inc. and ShorePoint Inc. both acquiring firms. https://t.co/3gvPypagDl