Nieman Lab→ More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism

2026-05-20 In January, Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publishers — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. — had started blocking the Internet Archive due to concerns that AI companies might scrape the nonprofit’s repos …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Jeff Bezos justifies massive layoffs at The Washington Post by arguing poetry without rhyming is too easy

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The future of Google is a search box that does everything

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng is out

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Google tests new conversational AI ad formats for search that look more like content

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Nieman Lab→ James Murdoch buys up half of Vox Media, grabbing New York and podcasts, but leaving The Verge and SB Nation

2026-05-20 This is May 2026 in digital media: Arguably the two most prominent digital media startups of the 2010s are both being sold — one to the former host of NBC reality show “Real People” (1979-84) and one to the primary inspiration for Kendall …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Google is trying to make deepfake detection more accessible for everyone

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Current→ A new NPR podcast dares to ask ‘Are We Doomed?’

2026-05-20 Creator Ben Bradford says the show can interrogate the “growing feeling across society that things are falling apart and are less good than they used to be.” The post A new NPR podcast dares to ask ‘Are We Doomed?’ appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ #MyTerms at #CPDP2026

2026-05-20 Iain Henderson, talking MyTerms at IIW last month. Look for him at #CPDP2026. CPDP stands for Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection. The theme of this year’s CPDP is “Competing Visions Shared Futures.” The MyTerms future is replacin …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Paramount denies that Bari Weiss is being sidelined from CBS News and 60 Minutes

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “What was most exciting is that he’s a better media executive than I am, and he could be a media executive, and that could allow me to be more of a tech executive.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “I think most jobs that matter when you’re making a movie cannot be performed by this tech and never will be performed by this tech. As it becomes possible for anybody to create something that meets a certain standard of technical perfection, then imperfection becomes more valuable and more interesting.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A legal watchdog group is asking bar associations to investigate FCC chairman Brendan Carr

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Nate Silver on “Disney’s 10-year mismanagement of FiveThirtyEight”

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PRX Official - Medium→ “Scene on Radio” Podcast Presents “The News”

2026-05-20 “Scene on Radio” Presents “The News,” A New Podcast Series Tackling Today’s Information Crisis Launching May 27Co-Hosted by John Biewen and Chenjerai Kumanyika, the series is a 2026 Tribeca Festival Official Selection for Audio Storytelling. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Inside Donald Trump’s AI “slopaganda” machine

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ as much as 50%

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The great digital media valuation collapse

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Minnesota becomes the first state to ban prediction markets

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ These are the winners of the 2026 National Magazine Awards

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ OpenAI says it’s getting serious about AI detection and labeling

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ 50

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Sports Illustrated just deleted every article by one of its writers after an accusation of AI plagiarism

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Poynter→ Paramount pushes back on reports about Bari Weiss’ role at CBS News

2026-05-20 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. What’s going on over at CBS News? This […] The post Paramount pushes back on reports about Bari Weiss’ role at CBS News appe …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Figueroa Street and the Ethical Duty of Care

2026-05-20 Looking back at a New York Times magazine story to examine what responsible coverage of sex trafficking looks like—and what it doesn’t. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ ‘I’ll Always Be a Champion of Little Spots’

2026-05-20 Ligaya Mishan on how the New York Times’ Top 100 Restaurants list is made. …›

Poynter→ A video of a Florida governor candidate was AI slop. People spread it anyway.

2026-05-20 Politicians and other X users shared a manipulated clip appearing to show U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the leading Republican candidate in the Florida gubernatorial race, supporting insider trading as a […] The post A video of a Florida governor cand …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Storyful is being incorporated into Dow Jones, 13 years after its acquisition by News Corp

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Reuters retaliated against a journalist for raising concerns about the company’s ties to ICE, union alleges

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “We really have to find a different way to communicate. All of us worked for communications companies, but it turns out they’re really bad at communicating to the public the way it receives information today. “

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Book on truth in the age of AI contains quotes made up by AI

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The U.S. built a site to ensure fair access to public lands. Then everything went wrong.

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Economist prepares for a two‑track internet: one for humans and one for AI agents

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Sometimes, this career is deeply un-fun. Even when it’s most fulfilling. Because sometimes, even knowing you’re producing meaningful work won’t carry you through the darkness…That’s when, if you’re working in the right kind of place, with the right kind of people, you learn something else about reporting.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New York Times sues Pentagon for a second time

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Nieman Lab→ NPR may be flush with gifts to transform its tech, but it still has to cut jobs

2026-05-19 Last month, NPR announced two private gifts totaling $113 million — among the largest donations it’s received in its history. The $80 million donation, from philanthropist Connie Ballmer, is specifically for “ensuring NPR transforms its t …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Hannah Natanson’s Advice to Journalists

2026-05-19 A lecture to the Columbia Journalism School class of 2026. …›

Pew Research Center→ 5 facts about Africa’s population growth

2026-05-19 While global population growth is projected to slow over the rest of the century, Africa stands out for its relatively young and growing population. …›

Current→ Indiana Public Media cuts staff

2026-05-19 The reduction affected the station's marketing, engineering and television production departments. The post Indiana Public Media cuts staff appeared first on Current. …›