BOSTON – In the wake of the New York attorney general's cease and desist order shutting down daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel in that neighboring state, Gov. Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey appear to be at odds over whether playing daily fantasy sports is gambling.
Baker told reporters Thursday that he played a free DraftKings game on his phone last weekend — he drafted Tom Brady as his quarterback — and said, "I don't think it's gambling. It's a game of skill."
In an unflinching report on the current state of journalism, the Brookings Institution proclaimed this week that so-called "hard news" is an endangered species along with the print newspaper "dinosaurs" that have purveyed the commodity for centuries.
Tribune Publishing, owner of broadsheet papers such as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun, spiked the Brookings study's conclusions Thursday by saying it was looking to cut 7 percent of its staff of about 7,500 through buyouts. The company said layoffs may follow, the Associated Press reported. Tribune was among the leaders in seeking to integrate its print, broadcast and online news operations starting in the mid-1990s.
