“Raids of news organizations are exceedingly rare in the United States, with its long history of legal protections for journalists. At The Record, a family-owned paper with a circulation of about 4,000, the police seized computers, servers and cellphones of reporters and editors. They also searched the home of the publication’s owner and semiretired editor as well as the home of a city councilwoman.”

“The company, which was founded in 2013, announced the layoffs internally on Monday, according to a memo reviewed by The Block…’This was a required step to ensure a financially sound business moving forward and to set us on the path to close the deal to sell CoinDesk Inc,’ [CEO Kevin Worth] added.”

(Related: We wrote recently about the BBC’s movement onto Mastodon.)

How two celebrity news accounts on Twitter turned into the internet’s wire service.

“A rep for Vice Media Group did not respond to a request for comment on the IRS claim. Vice Media completed the acquisition of Refinery29, for a reported $400 million price tag, in November 2019.”

“Mr. Dinh, a former official in the George W. Bush White House who amassed considerable power inside Fox, will advise the company after his exit, Fox said in an announcement on Friday. Mr. Dinh gave what some inside the company considered flawed advice during the Dominion suit, which exposed a pattern of deceptive coverage by Fox News after the 2020 presidential election.”

“Abby Phillip, a senior political correspondent and anchor of “Inside Politics Sunday,” will be the new host of the network’s 10 p.m. hour on weekdays. Laura Coates, an anchor and chief legal analyst at CNN, will host the network’s 11 p.m. hour.”

“At a time when hooligans have hijacked the national discourse with disinformation and paranoia, the Rappahannock News operates in a calmer place where the slow rhythms of rural life are newsworthy — and where, regardless of political views, its readers are unified by a powerful sense of community. In tiny Rappahannock County, the newspaper still serves as the hymnal of our civic religion. It’s a tradition that we need to rescue in rural America — and emulate in our cities.”

“Guzmán is part of an expanding network of social media personalities acting as a megaphone for the millennial leader. At the same time [President Nayib] Bukele has cracked down on the press, his government has embraced those influencers. As the president seeks to hold onto power, he has harnessed that flood of pro-Bukele content slowly turning his Central American nation into an informational echo chamber.”

“…the actual experience of video chat is maybe in its most boring state ever. Now that many people are gathering as they did before the pandemic started (even Zoom is demanding that some employees come back to the office), the market is largely run by tech giants and the pace of new and interesting features has slowed to practically nothing.”

“A source confirmed to The Ankler that CBS brought in an outside law firm, Kauff, McGuire & Margolis, to investigate [Neeraj] Khemlani’s behavior after complaints from women. It is unclear however if the investigation played any role in Khemlani’s departure from his position at CBS News…More than 30 women spoke to the law firm involved, one person said.”

“Revenues at the Evening Standard increased to £31m in 2022, up from £28m in 2021, according to accounts filed at Companies House. But losses grew from £14.4m to £16.4m. This took cumulative losses to £84.5m in the last six years, with the company now carrying twice its annual revenue in debt.”

“I don’t want to be too dramatic, but in a world where Facebook completely cuts us off, I mean, there’s a very real chance we do not survive that.”

“Because abuse tactics evolve quickly, we have to take preventative measures to make it harder for scammers and spammers to mislead or scam users via links.”

So did Insider, TMZ, and Barstool Sports. And don’t miss this blast from the recent past: “Liltay Token, a yet-to-be-launched cryptocurrency project in Lil Tay’s name.”

“The Illinois law will ‘entitle influencers under the age of 16 to a percentage of earnings based on how often they appear on video blogs or online content,’ AP reports. The money must be held in a trust which the child can access when they turn 18. Currently, there are no laws that protect child influencers, or children whose parents post them online for monetary gain.”

“The Threads Android app peaked at 49.3 million daily active users worldwide on July 7, according to Similarweb estimates. But on August 7, the app was down to 10.3 million daily active users. In the U.S., peak usage for Threads was 2.3 million daily active users on July 7, compared with about 576,000 as of August 7.”

“I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious.”

“We have prioritized resources aimed at growing engagement on our owned-and-operated properties through new AI-powered content formats. In doing so, we are reducing our dependence on the major tech platforms and leaning into our rare combination of voice and scale in a fragmented media environment.”

That’s 3.4 million at The Wall Street Journal, 1 million at Barrons, 565,000 at The Times of London, and 1 million for its Australian newspapers.