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Tribune Publishing, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun, late Thursday said it was asking employees across the company to take pay cuts ranging from 2 percent to 10 percent. Unionized shops within the company are being asked to take a 4.5 percent pay cut, according …

Dana White was determined to stage UFC 249 next weekend, but even the president of the UFC has to bow to the power of his network partner. White on Thursday announced the cancellation of UFC 249 after he received calls from the “highest levels” of ESPN’s parent company, Disney, to “stand down,” he said in …

Television personalities are trying to get to the bottom of the coronavirus broadcasts — by not wearing any. A video montage compiled by John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” contains dozens of clips of local news anchors across the country asking colleagues and guests on-air, “Are you wearing pants?” “I do have pants on. You’re just …

USA Today publisher Gannett announced a series of pay cuts and mandatory furloughs on Monday in the latest economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Gannett executives will take a 25 percent pay cut and CEO Paul Bascobert will forgo his salary entirely until the pay reductions and furloughs cease and the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, …

NBCUniversal’s newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Shell, has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a memo to staff Wednesday, Shell said he was diagnosed with the virus after feeling sick. “I recently have been feeling under the weather and just learned that I have tested positive for Covid-19,” Shell wrote. “Although the virus has …

President Trump said Tuesday that he would love to see the U.S. economy reopen by Easter, even as millions of Americans remain largely confined to their homes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I’d love to have it open by Easter,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox News. “I would love to have the …