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Inside Grist’s new toolkit for navigating disastersâThe original audience for this was people who might experience disasters…thatâs basically anybody these days.â By Neel Dhanesha. |
ABC and CBS settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chiefPrevious presidents have sought to apply editorial pressure on broadcast journalists, but none of those presidents won millions from the corporations that aired ethical news reporting in the public interest. By Michael J. Socolow. |
“Extreme heat is a weather and public health emergency, but it doesnât receive the round-the-clock coverage that hurricanes, wildfires, or floods receive. Those disasters create spectacle: visible wreckage, people fleeing their homes. But heat turns us inward, into private spaces in search of cool.”
CNBC / Lillian RizzoSiriusXM, long commercial-free in cars, is betting on advertising to capture new listeners →“On Tuesday the company launched its first ad-supported subscription plan for car listening called SiriusXM Play. Itâs a cheaper option than its long-standing offering and will cost less than $7 each month for in-car and streaming.”
The New York Times / Steven Lee Myers, Natan Odenheimer, and Erika SolomonIsrael and Iran usher in a new era of psychological warfare →Researchers say the countries’ recent social media posts “represented a greater intensity of information warfare, by beginning before the strikes, employing artificial intelligence and spreading widely so quickly.”
Axios / Sara FischerFox News to license “Ruthless” podcast as part of digital expansion →“It’s the first time Fox News has licensed a podcast. Fox News has created a ‘new media’ division that will house all of its opinion and non-news podcasts, as it invests more in that type of audio programming.”
• • •“I could see that the number of people who might read a 10,000-word investigative feature was maybe declining, but the number of people who, say, would watch a 10-part mini-series on the exact same topic was really increasing.” →—Christine McLaren, head of journalism initiatives at PopShift, who is leading the creation of a 2025 "IP List" that will highlight 20 to 30 of the best works of journalism available for adaptation. (Poynter / Sophie Endrud)• • •Deadline / Melanie GoodfellowCNN crew attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank amid escalating violence against journalists →The Foreign Press Association: “This is the second settler attack on foreign journalists in Sinjil this month. On July 4, a Deutsche Welle team was chased by settlers while filming. A window of DWâs car was smashed with stones, and its bodywork dented. In each of these incidents, settlers struck in broad daylight. Yet so far, we are unaware of any arrests being made.”
The New York Times / Benjamin MullinPBS and NPRâs last-ditch fight to save federal funding →Congress is expected to vote on the rescission request by the end of the week; “if approved, it would end federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to NPR, PBS and local stations. That deadline has led to a rush of last-minute appeals from dozens of public radio and TV executives across the country, from Washington, D.C., to Anchorage.”
Axios / Sara FischerDozens of local newspapers raise prices, blaming tariffs →“Lee Enterprises, one of the last remaining independent local newspaper companies, has added a $4.99 per month ‘temporary’ surcharge to its newspaper subscriptions, citing inflation and global tariffs.”
Platformer / Casey NewtonThe campaign to make it illegal for ChatGPT to criticize Trump →“On one hand, tech platforms would be on solid ground if they resisted a plainly unconstitutional request to change the output of their chatbotâs speech. But most of them have made the calculation that it is better to quietly appease Republican elected officials than to loudly oppose them. And thatâs how a request that is plainly illegal winds up being effective anyway.”
The Guardian / Michael SavageBBC to look at overhauling license fee as 300,000 more households stop paying →“BBC senior executives have set red lines around any move to a subscription or ad-based service as used by their streaming competitors.”
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