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Why The Washington Post is inviting sources to annotate stories“We’re not giving up our fundamental framework where we make assessments about what we should publish.” By Neel Dhanesha. |
SimilarWeb “found that the number of news searches on the web that result in no click-throughs to news websites has grown from 56% to nearly 69% as of May 2025.” Meanwhile, “news-related prompts in ChatGPT grew by 212% from January 2024 through May 2025.”
Deadline / Max GoldbartTop U.K. YouTubers seek government support and formal recognition of digital creators →A big new report says “digital creators across all platforms should be treated similarly to those in the more traditional world of TV and film production.” The report “will be discussed with YouTube bosses in [the U.S.] later this month.”
• • •“Paramountâs decision to capitulate to Trump threatens journalistsâ ability to do their job reporting on powerful public figures.” →—WGA East, the union that represents writers at 60 Minutes and CBS News, on Paramount's $16 million settlement with Trump (Variety / Brian Steinberg)• • •Axios / Kerry FlynnG/O Media sells gaming site Kotaku to Gizmodo owner Keleops →“The sale leaves G/O Media with only one remaining property, Black culture site The Root, marking the near-complete unraveling of its once broad portfolio.”
The Verge / Emma RothICE-tracking app tops the App Store →“On Monday, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded to CNNâs coverage of ICEBlock in a post on X, calling it an ‘obstruction of justice.’ Following this comment, ICEBlock grew in popularity overnight, bringing it to the top of the App Store on Tuesday before dropping to the third spot at the time of writing.”
• • •“The press never truly recovered from the moral and professional collapse around the Iraq invasion â that betrayal lingers.” →—Aboubakr Jamaï, a journalist and the dean of the Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs in Madrid, Spain (Columbia Journalism Review / Aida Alami)• • •Associated Press / David BauderAward-winning international correspondent launches a new journalism platform →Since we wrote about Jane Ferguson’s Noosphere in March, she’s added Chuck Todd, among others, to the platform.
Latin American Journalism Review / César López LinaresJournalists combat information vacuums on Venezuela’s border by bringing news to the streets →“Mora didnât realize the impact that receiving local information could have on a disconnected community like his until he physically posted one of his reports on a wall in the city. The story recounted the case of ‘Carina’, a colleague from Táchira who was forced to emigrate after receiving threats for working on the border. The article moved the neighbors who stopped to read it. Many confessed to not knowing such situations were happening so close to them, the journalist said.”
• • •$16 million →The amount Paramount will pay Trump to settle the 60 Minutes lawsuit; “the deal is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Trumpâs ability to intimidate major American institutions extends to the media industry.” (The New York Times / Benjamin Mullin, Michael M. Grynbaum, Lauren Hirsch, and David Enrich)
• • •The Wrap / Sean BurchCNN argues its report on ICE location app did “nothing illegal” as the White House threatens prosecution →âThis is an app that is publicly available to any iPhone user who wants to download it,â CNN said in a statement. âThere is nothing illegal about reporting the existence of this or any other app, nor does such reporting constitute promotion or other endorsement of the app by CNN.â
The Guardian / Tara ConlanMore than 400 media figures urge the BBC board to remove board member Robbie Gibb over Gaza →“Delivered on the eve of Channel 4âs airing of the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which the BBC commissioned but shelved as it said it ‘risked creating a perception of partiality’, the letter alleges the decision to drop the film ‘demonstrates, once again, that the BBC is not reporting âwithout fear or favourâ when it comes to Israel.’â
The NewsGuild Snopes employees are unionizing →The union will represent “approximately 10” workers at the fact-checking organization. They write that “Snopes is unionizing because fact-checkers deserve transparency, too.”
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