“A review of the Argus’ website and recent newsletters shows stories and photographs taken from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Magazine, KTVI (FOX2), and STLMade, the Greater St. Louis, Inc.-funded initiative to bring good news to the region. The Argus hasn’t asked for, or received, permission to reprint those stories and photos, according to editors at each.”

“The NewsGuild claims, according to a spokesperson, that at least 20 Tech Guild members have been pulled into one-on-one interrogation meetings with their managers over the past few weeks to ask if they supported a strike.”

“Executive editor Terry Tang told editorial board staff earlier this month that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election this cycle, a decision that came from the paper’s owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry.” (See also: This political era has nearly killed off newspaper endorsements for president)

“Despite the fatigue that has gripped Ukraine and diminished global attention, The New Voice of Ukraine’s audience has surged, as did online subscriptions, driven by demand for independent journalism.”

“Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Jack Sweeney, who says the accounts appear ‘blacked out with no options to interact or receive information.'”

“Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and conditions that ban uploads or sharing of a range of harmful content types — including cyberbullying; promoting self-harm or suicide and promoting eating or feeding disorders, in addition to banning content that incites hatred or violence, terrorism, child sex abuse material (CSAM), and racism and xenophobia.”

“Kamin is paying for the Tribune’s next architecture writer out of his own pocket. Why would he do such a thing? ‘I’m a realist, and I realize that, given who the Tribune is owned by now and given the realities of the business model of journalism having collapsed, either somebody was going to do something, or nothing would get done,’ he said.”

“It’s not just limited to Pinterest or ‘vibes’: AI-generated content is now infiltrating social media in ways that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.”

“In the U.S., political advertising drove a 5% uptick in overall ad revenue, while subscription and licensing revenue rose 6%.”

“You have a larger segment of people who are on the right ideologically and who are also avoiding news, and part of what they are expressing is dissatisfaction with conventional sources of journalism.”

“Fake reviews not only waste people’s time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest competitors,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. “By strengthening the FTC’s toolkit to fight deceptive advertising, the final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest, and competitive.”

“It’s a great American company and a great American brand, outside of my personal connection to it,” [Cooper] Hefner, 33, said in an interview. But it “has been managed to a state of potentially nonexistence.”