Columbia Journalism Review / Sacha Biazzo
Trump’s tariffs are causing chaos for newspapers →“Canada has long been a major supplier of American newsprint—it now provides an estimated 80 percent of the paper used by US newspapers. A tariff would add a significant burden to publishers already struggling with high costs of production and thin margins, and analysts say the mere looming threat of one has complicated life for printers … ‘Almost anything that is done here is going to be increasing prices for newsprint.'”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jack Herrera
The Houston Landing has lost a major funder →“In January 2022, Arnold Ventures committed $4 million in initial funding, to be paid out over three years. From the beginning, the organization referred to the money as seed funding, a catalyst to get the Landing off the ground … In December 2024, as the first three years wrapped up, leaders at the Landing believed they had secured $850,000 in additional funding from Arnold Ventures. But no contract was ever finalized and, when the Landing came asking about the money in December, Arnold Ventures announced it would not provide any more funding.”
The Guardian / Mark Sweney