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Americans still have faith in local news â but few are willing to pay for itWithout financial support, Americans’ trusted local news sources may disappear. By Jennifer Hoewe. |
“The restrictions being discussed by the Federal Trade Commission as part of its merger review are part of an effort by the Trump administration to use federal agencies to root out what it considers political bias in corporate America against conservative voices and causes.”
Reuters / Ricardo BritoBrazil’s top court votes to hold social media platforms accountable for user posts →“Six of the 11 Supreme Court judges voted to hold platforms responsible for third-party content seen as illegal, in a decision that could result in fines against social media companies for not removing some users’ posts in the country.”
Poynter / Rick EdmondsInside the 5-year strategy to create a paid CNN →“Weather will be the first of 15 or more such experiments, MacCallum said, and ‘if three or four of those succeed, Iâll be happy.’ Each vertical takes nine months or so for her team to develop, MacCallum explained. Only about three at a time, she said, can be refined and assessed. ‘We donât know what they will cost or what the audience will be.’ That is a major reason the build-out will take five years.”
The New York Times / Alexandra AlterLaphamâs Quarterly will begin its revival with website and podcast →“Next year, editors hope to restart production of print issues. Elaborately designed, they revolved around a single broad theme, like youth, war, money or happiness, and featured long-form articles, essays and excerpts from historical texts. (Famous bylines included Thucydides, Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf and Sun Tzu.)”
Business Insider / Katie NotopoulosMark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI app is one of the most depressing places online →“I found Meta AI’s Discover feed depressing in a particular way â not just because some of the questions themselves were depressing. What seemed particularly dark was that some of these people seemed unaware of what they were sharing.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Liam ScottSmall-town newspapers are dying because no one wants to run them (and it’s not just about the money) →“In Colorado, the Range Ledger closed in 2022 when the owner died; South Dakotaâs Wilmot Enterprise stopped publishing after its owner got sick in 2024; eight weekly newspapers in northeastern North Dakota closed in 2023 when their eighty-eight-year-old owner wanted to retire.”
San Francisco Chronicle / Lily JaniakRebecca Solnit was temporarily banned on Facebook after writing about L.A. protests →On Tuesday, Solnit wrote, âFacebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).â
Press Gazette / Matt SmithChiswick is a local news oasis →“Two ultra local websites â ChiswickW4.com and The Chiswick Calendar â emerged in the vacuum left by print titles like the Brentford & Chiswick Times (closed in 2010 after 100 years) and the Hounslow & Chiswick Informer (closed in 1999). Chiswick also has a surviving free weekly print title, the Chiswick Herald.”
Semafor / Prashant RaoFearing Trump action, U.S. nonprofits seek shelter in the U.K. →“The Committee to Protect Journalists’ board discussed and approved the move to create a U.K. legal entity during a special meeting in April, a spokesperson told Semafor, but has not yet finalized the form that the charityâs legal entity will take.”
The Verge / Justine CalmaGoogle has a new AI model and website for forecasting tropical storms →“The importance of real-world observations and older weather models in developing these new kinds of tools is one reason why AI is so far only poised to assist traditional weather forecasting instead of replacing it. Adjusting to a changing climate will also hinge on the ability to collect and analyze new data on increasingly extreme and erratic weather events.”
The Emancipator / Jamil SmithWhy, and how, journalists must cover racism →“Too many journalists and media outlets continue to treat the horror of systemic and individual racism as if it were still somehow uncanny, a mysterious and ethereal force that cannot be properly quantified or described â let alone properly covered.”
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