“These cuts appear to have hit the country’s literary organizations particularly hard, according to data gathered by CLMP: Of the 51 small publishers who received NEA funding so far for this fiscal year, at least 30 have had their funding cut, including the Paris Review, McSweeney’s and the Oxford American.” The literary magazine n+1 was also affected.

“Relative to overall consumption, household spending by Americans on newspapers and periodicals is now back at its highest point since 2007.” But: “It’ll take a lot more than direct subscriber support to save local news.”

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“All those years ago, Skype was right: we don’t need another social platform or suite of work apps. We need a new layer for communication on the internet. We need something that operates between apps and devices, that doesn’t care where you’ve registered an account. We need something that doesn’t force us to put all our trust in a company that has quarterly results to worry about. What I’m describing is probably a terrible business, and a force for good on the internet. Skype was ultimately very much both those things.”

“This prolonged search for identity was perhaps a fitting way for a new magazine about modern American spirituality to get its start. Rutter, a longtime editor, and Gewirtz, the CEO of a progressive spirituality company, envision Kismet as an outlet for engaging with spirituality beyond the confines of how it has traditionally been defined by conservatives.”

“Mr. Mulaney’s show represents an important test in the entertainment industry: Can the traditional talk show format — with an opening monologue, celebrity guests, live musical performances, a sidekick — survive in the streaming era? Or is the future of talk shows something quite different, and much more like … podcasts?”

“Matt Pearce, senior policy advisor for the nonprofit Rebuild Local News, said Oregon’s SB686 and Washington’s SB5400, both introduced in January, are the only two bills of the five to gain traction [so far]. ‘In terms of genuine active legislation, it’s really about Oregon and Washington,’ he said.”

“The strategy reflects a sophisticated understanding of the current media environment — and takes the jolting step of incorporating it into the official communications of the United States…The White House is even making money through events in the mold of a D.C. media company: It sold corporate sponsorships for its annual Easter Egg Roll.”

“The company’s social impact team has been working for months on the initiative, called ‘Take A Seat,’ to encourage people across the country to run for local office….But at the last minute, Paramount significantly curtailed the idea, noting internally that the associations with partisan groups carried too much risk at a moment when Trump and his Federal Communications Commission, which has oversight over the company’s broadcast assets, have been criticizing coverage at another Paramount property, CBS News.”

“Community Notes is really best suited to nitpicking individual instances of people lying or just being wrong. It cannot counter sophisticated, large-scale disinformation campaigns or penalize repeated bad actors (as the old fact-checking regime did).”

“A disgraced ultra-conservative banjo player ousted from his Grammy-winning band; a far-right conspiracy theorist with alleged ties to Russia; a TikTokcreator known as ‘Maga Malfoy’ for his resemblance to the Harry Potter character; and an extremist social media ‘influencer’ once banned from Twitter for posting a video depicting sexual abuse of a child. These are just some of the ‘new media’ personalities courted by the White House to take part in a series of alternative briefings championed by Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.”