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Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
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Memo: David Leavy, who became CNN's COO in 2023, is leaving; sources say the longtime key lieutenant of David Zaslav is returning to Warner Bros. Discovery (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/david-leavy-cnn…

David Leavy, CNN's COO, Will Return to Warner Bros. Discovery
David Leavy will leave CNN and return to duties at corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery, where he has long been a key aide to CEO David Zaslav

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Gaming the Metrics? Bibliometric Anomalies and the Integrity Crisis in Global University Rankings
Global university rankings have transformed how certain institutions define success, often elevating metrics over meaning. This study examines universities with rapid research growth suggestive of metric-driven behaviors. Among the 1,000 most publishing institutions, 98 showed extreme output increases between 2018-2019 and 2023-2024. Of these, eighteen were selected for exhibiting sharp declines in first and corresponding authorship. Compared to national, regional, and international norms, thes…