“It helped that Navalny spoke the street language of younger Russians, and used it to powerful effect on social media. His Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) made detailed claims about official corruption.”

“Showmax has overtaken Netflix amid intense competition brewing in Africa’s video streaming industry, where global firms, major telecoms, and several country-specific apps are fighting for consumers’ bucks.”

“What remains to be seen is whether Meta’s decision to de-emphasize politics will stunt the service’s growth or lead to the departure of some of its early users and fans.”

“’Occasionally, ‘The Morning’ is responsible for more than half of an article’s online audience,’ [David] Leonhardt told me, with recent examples including Wirecutter advice on black tights and a politics story on how the cold weather was affecting the Iowa campaigns. But Leonhardt’s approach has raised questions about how the paper distinguishes between analysis and opinion—and whether Leonhardt, an institutional star, has more latitude than others to toe that line.”

“For many oddballs and lefties and malcontents out in America’s hinterlands (I was among them), finding their first copy of The Voice was more than eye-opening. Here was a dispatch from another, better planet. There was nothing else like it. It drove many to go into journalism, or to move to New York, or both.”

“I definitely want to go into journalism after I graduate,” said Sophia Harris, 20, a junior at Framingham State University and the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Gatepost. “The only thing holding me back is…the layoffs, high cost of living, now inflation, and that most people, when they start in journalism, they’re not making a ton of money.”

“Conversations with former employees [suggest Finkelstein was] a fiddling, meddling presence in the daily production of Messenger journalism — a guy who distracted and flustered his staffers with every last directive…One former deputy section editor of the now-defunct site received 1,300 interventionist emails from Finkelstein between early July and the site’s demise.”

“Slate’s chief executive officer Dan Check and chief revenue officer and president Charlie Kammerer said that they were a bit hesitant to celebrate their record-setting year due to the gloomy state of digital news media. But they also said the company’s leadership was proud of their strategy. By focusing on its podcasts and website, Slate was able to weather an otherwise dark media business climate and continue to grow.”