“Photographers may aspire to capture scenes that galvanize public opinion and pressure world leaders to act to end wars, but few images — if any — have ever done this. The most graphic and disturbing images from Ukraine and Gaza have hardly slowed the carnage. So I focus on gentle interactions, quiet conversations and gestures. I’m steadily amazed by the openness and candor with which people share their lives and experiences, no matter how traumatic.”

“The commercial, which is a minute long, begins with shots of people with duct tape over their mouths while the narration tells viewers that ‘Big Tech is suppressing free speech’ and that ‘there’s a place where your voice matters, a place where freedom of expression is cherished and the love of our country unites us.'”

“Condé Nast’s high-profile head of diversity quietly stepped down in June amid bitter internal tensions over alleged antisemitism and divisive arguments about the war in Gaza … In September 2020, Condé Nast hired its first head of diversity, equity and inclusion. It was a point of pride for the magazine publisher: Yashica Olden, a veteran DEI officer, became the highest-ranking nonwhite employee at a company that had been roiled by a year of internal frustrations around race.”

“Her newsletter, Fresh Hell, is set to debut on Tuesday. In an introductory note to readers, she said the title referred to the experience of waking ‘every day to a news alert from Hades.’ The newsletter, she said, would be written mostly in weekly ‘notebook form,’ rather than ‘Big Think columns.'” (Note: the Times reports Substack did not offer Brown payment, as it did for other writers years ago.)

“No other Muslim-majority country imposes similar restrictions, including Iran and Saudi Arabia. During their previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban banned most television, radio and newspapers altogether.”

“All BBC divisions have been told to reduce content creation by one-fifth. The newsroom cuts announced on Tuesday include closing the bespoke Asian Network News service, axing the HARDtalk long-form interview program, and synchronizing the production of news bulletins used on Radio 5 Live and Radio 2.”

“Most of the publication will be free to read. But it will offer several subscription tiers for those who want a deeper experience. A basic subscription ($70 a year) includes unlimited access to the site and the ability to comment on the site. The highest tier, Super Deluxe Remastered Hi-Fi Membership ($1,000 a year), includes a handmade mix CD or cassette or streaming playlist made by a Hearing Things editor, as well as quarterly hangouts with the staff.”

“The New York Times sports publisher The Athletic partnered with the sports streaming service Fubo on Tuesday …The multiyear tie-up will first see Fubo integrated into live game blogs, with future plans for further placements in preview articles, newsletters, and product sections of the site. Both parties declined to provide commercial details of the deal.” Read the press release here.

“Spotify’s audiobook push follows a years-long foray into podcasting that’s only now starting to become profitable. But audiobooks aren’t expected to weigh on costs as much upfront.”

“Perplexity and its business partners have been unjustly enriched by using, without authorization, The Times’s expressive, carefully written and researched, and edited journalism without a license,” the publisher wrote.