Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Trump Easily Loses His Censorial SLAPP Suit Over A Poll Predicting He Might Lose
2026-09-24 You may recall that after he had won the 2024 Presidential election, the sorest winner in the history of sore winners, Donald Trump sued retiring pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register for… having reported the — admittedly surprising a …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ What The New York Times looks for in AI licensing partnerships
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “People’s attention spans are so fried these days that I have to spend a lot of time crafting sentences to make them as simple and straightforward as possible in a way that I don’t think I would have done five or six years ago.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Kids too young to be allowed on social media are chatting on NPR’s comments section on Spotify
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ McClatchy, cutting newsrooms, says the quiet part out loud
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “I’m trying to stay ahead of people by building tools to compare this stuff. So maybe that gives me a competitive edge, but is it good that search doesn’t work? Probably not, right?”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Iowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ CNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House even after judge blocks Trump’s ban
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Court blocks Trump’s White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
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Poynter→ Judge rules against Trump’s White House media ban
2026-09-24 Once again, a federal court has said President Donald Trump has gone too far in his attacks against a free press in this country. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly listened […] The post Judge rules against Trump’s White House media ban appe …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Journalism in the Age of the Quick Take
2026-09-24 Razia Iqbal looks back—and ahead. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Max Tani on X: “Per a note to Boston Globe staff today, the lesbian bar story generated 1,000 subscriptions to the paper yesterday. The Globe’s managing editor said it was ‘by far our best performing story of the year,’ and appears to be ‘on pace to shatter all sorts of Globe records.’”
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Copyright Infringement Still Isn’t Theft, Even When A Microsoft Employee Says It Is
2026-09-23 You may have seen the headlines about a Microsoft employee calling AI scraping “the largest theft of labor in human history.” It made the rounds on social media, with plenty of people insisting it was a slam dunk admission of criminality. I …›
Current→ Comings and goings: WETA hires finance VP, AmDoc promotes staff …
2026-09-23 Meghan Biggs will be VP of finance and accounting for WETA. The post Comings and goings: WETA hires finance VP, AmDoc promotes staff … appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Trump was back on TV, but the network standoff isn’t over
2026-09-23 President Donald Trump was back on TV on Tuesday. Well, for a little while. As you’re well aware by now, Trump and the U.S. news networks are feuding. Trump started […] The post Trump was back on TV, but the network standoff isn’t over appear …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Done and Dusted
2026-09-22 With the collapse of the California-led challenge to Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros., the future of an independent CNN hangs in the balance. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Elon Said Fighting CSAM Was “Priority #1.” A NY Times Reporter With A Script Found 75 Known Images.
2026-09-22 When Elon first took over Twitter with grand plans to “bring back free speech,” I tried to help him run through the standard content moderation learning curve that basically every site created by a clueless tech bro runs through. They all s …›
Current→ Matt Shafer Powell named WUOT director
2026-09-22 Powell returns to the station after previously serving as director of news content. The post Matt Shafer Powell named WUOT director appeared first on Current. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ I Don’t Want My Trump TV
2026-09-22 A day in the life of the booted White House press and the twenty-four-seven propaganda people. …›
Current→ PBS Digital Studios, PBS SoCal team for ‘The Drawing Room’
2026-09-22 The new series starring comedian, cartoonist and writer Mo Welch was pitched as “Hot Ones meets Bob Ross.” The post PBS Digital Studios, PBS SoCal team for ‘The Drawing Room’ appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ ‘This is unprecedented’: Trump’s media bans upend White House coverage
2026-09-22 The New York Times’ Peter Baker recorded a video Monday in which he said that in the 30 years he has covered the White House, he had never seen a […] The post ‘This is unprecedented’: Trump’s media bans upend White House coverage appeared …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Hey Europe: Let’s make personal privacy online a contract and quit trying to fix consent
2026-09-22 Anu Bradford‘s book, The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World (Oxford, 2019), hardly exaggerates the EU’s influence. Many EU regulations have global reach, especially in respect to personal privacy. And for that we s …›
RJI→ 7 lessons from coaching community-driven journalism to newsrooms across the U.S.
2026-09-21 Documented shares what they learned with their first cohort in the Building Bridges program In June of this year, five newsrooms graduated from Documented’s first educational program, Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program. This progra …›
Current→ Comings and goings: Chicago Public Media appoints managing editor, Michigan Public adds news strategy editor …
2026-09-21 Veronica Toney joined Chicago Public Media as managing editor of community and platforms. The post Comings and goings: Chicago Public Media appoints managing editor, Michigan Public adds news strategy editor … appeared first on Current. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ ‘Overstayed His Welcome’
2026-09-21 The Trump administration is ramping up its hostile environment for journalists, from American streets to the corridors of the White House. …›
Poynter→ What’s behind Trump’s White House media ban — and what happens next
2026-09-21 Just when you think President Donald Trump has done everything possible to attack press freedoms in this country, he pulls out a machete and hacks away even more. Over the […] The post What’s behind Trump’s White House media ban — and what …›
Poynter→ Poynter launches free course offering ethical guidance for funders interested in supporting local news
2026-09-21 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (September 21, 2026) — Amid a growing movement for national and local philanthropies to support local news, the Poynter Institute has launched its first online course aimed […] The post Poynter launches free course offer …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Collateral Damage
2026-09-21 Almost no one has seen NAZA, a chilling new documentary. That hasn’t stopped Israel from freaking out about it. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Splatterday
2026-09-19 They need more. Smithsonian Magazine: An Amateur Astronomer Using Google Maps Spotted a Strange Indentation. It Turned Out to Be a Meteorite Crater From 390 Million Years Ago. That one has been added to the excellent Impact Earth crater map. No doom …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Reanimating a Corpus. Or Two. Or More.
2026-09-19 For many years, I have despaired of ever saving the contents of my old blog (1999-2007), my writing for Linux Journal (1996-2019), and countless other articles, essays, and posts, published mostly on the Web—which looks and sounds like a permane …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ A Wham on the Moon
2026-09-19 The Moon has a new crater, called McGetchin. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera people have the story here. (That’s their before and after view.) NASA calls it a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Specifically, Officially named McGetc …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: No Child Left Online
2026-09-18 Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Court Tells Imran Ahmed His First Amendment Claim May Be Real, Just Not Reviewable.
2026-09-18 Well, this is unfortunate. Late last year, Marco Rubio’s State Department declared that it had banned five people from entering the US because of their speech. Most of them work, in one way or another, on fighting hate speech online, including Im …›
Pew Research Center→ Politics: Sept. 18
2026-09-18 Politics A monthly digest of research on public attitudes on politics and major policy issues · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of those with bachelor’s degrees who say “working class” describes them extremely or very well, c …›
Current→ Alabama Public Television board chooses political polling firm for survey research
2026-09-18 Cygnal, a Virginia-based company that describes itself as “center-right,” will poll Alabamians on their views about the state network and its programming. The post Alabama Public Television board chooses political polling firm for survey research a …›
Current→ Ohio stations PBS Western Reserve, Ideastream Public Media to merge
2026-09-18 The organizations, which collectively lost almost $4 million last year due to the rescission of federal funding, said combining forces will increase their chances of long-term stability. The post Ohio stations PBS Western Reserve, Ideastream Public Med …›
NYT Open - Medium→ Designing the Front Door to Our Subscriptions
2026-09-17 Illustration by Suvi SuitialaBy Tracie Lee (VP of Design, Growth & Platforms) & Pamela Glass (Director of Design, Growth)The mission of The New York Times is clear: We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Fulfilling that takes …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Tariffs Work Great, Says Alabama Senator Who Quietly Asked Trump To Exempt Alabama’s Fireworks, Aluminum, And Airplanes
2026-09-17 Being a GOP politician in the Trump era is defined by two things: publicly embarrassing yourself to show support for Trump’s most dangerous policy ideas, and lying to your constituents about what those ideas will do to them. It is an inherently p …›
RJI→ Joy Jenkins becomes Reynolds Journalism Institute’s research director, will launch transformative research effort
2026-09-17 The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism has named Associate Professor Joy Jenkins as its research director, intensifying RJI’s pursuit of impactful, solutions-based research for community journalism nationwide. Je …›
Pew Research Center→ Methodology
2026-09-17 About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates and Social Research Centre. …›