The Guardian / Tristan Cross
You know modern life is hard when even ads don’t try to persuade you otherwise →“At some point, a significant segment of advertising in the UK and the US started self-consciously aping the sardonic disaffection and dejection that many of us feel about grimly submitting to life under contemporary capitalism. A shoe company predicts a future without retirement and does not offer salvation, but instead footwear suited to perennial toil. An online estate agent mocks the idea of conceiving of a home as anything other than an investment opportunity. A tech company boasts of how its mobile phones facilitate the penetration of work into your every waking hour.”
the Guardian / Hannah Ellis-Petersen
The independent press club in Indian-administered Kashmir has been forcibly shut down →“A small group of journalists supportive of the Indian government stormed the Kashmir Press Club with the assistance of armed police over the weekend, allegedly threatening its ruling body, and locked up the building, preventing journalists from entering. The club, which has irked the government by defending media freedoms and its critical reporting, had been about to hold new elections.”
New York Times / Andrew Higgins
Substack / Brian Morrissey
How Protocol applies the Politico model to tech →“Protocol currently splits its revenue into thirds, with one third from sponsored content, one third from newsletter sponsorships and another third made up of advertising, events and other activities. The publication has also benefited from the regulatory pressure on Big Tech.”
CNN / Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter
The Washington Post / Emily Davies and Elahe Izadi