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on January 30, 2016 in World News

Beck’s CEO Exits as ‘The Blaze Burns Down’

by Breitbart News Lloyd Grove writes in the Daily Beast: In what knowledgeable observers say is a sign of increasing turmoil in Glenn Beck’s troubled media empire, Beck’s longtime mentor and corporate executive, Kraig Kitchin, has quit as CEO of The Blaze. Kitchin’s replacement, Stewart Padveen, a digital startup entrepreneur who joined Beck’s company last summer, will be the fourth leader of The Blaze since late 2014. Kitchin, 54, who took over operations of Beck’s conservative-leaning subscription digital and cable television enterprise last June—after two previous CEOs abruptly left in the space of six months—is resigning along with two other… View Article

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on January 30, 2016 in World News

Union Leaders Fear Members May Vote for Trump

by Neil Munro The New York Times notes the growing worry among unions’ far-left progressive leaders that their rank-and-file members may back the GOP’s populist, pro-American candidate, Donald Trump. WASHINGTON — Of all the voters who might be expected to resist the charms of Donald J. Trump, the two million members of the Service Employees International Union would most likely be near the top of the list. The union, which endorsed Hillary Clinton in November, is widely regarded as one of the more progressive in the labor movement. It skews female and racially diverse — roughly the opposite of a Trump rally, in other… View Article

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