Doc Searls Weblog→ No body day
2026-07-25 Goldie Boone is a “digital country artist” who looks too good to be real. So I’m betting she’s not. (I wouldn’t have brought this up if she hadn’t appeared in one of my Facebook doomscroll reels.) …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOJ Withdraws NY Times Subpoenas After Judge Notices It Never Bothered To Follow The Rules For Subpoenaing Reporters
2026-07-24 Just last week we had the story of the Trump DOJ issuing very questionable subpoenas of NY Times journalists while trying to track down who leaked information to those reporters regarding the potentially catastrophic security flaws of the “gift&# …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Live At TrustCon 2026
2026-07-24 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 …›
Storybench→ The Power of Words: Trump on Twitter
2026-07-24 Social media is a powerful tool that can be used to bring people together, but it can also incite violence. Public figures wield social media as a weapon to influence people’s behaviors and beliefs. Twitter is particularly effective in inciting viole …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Election Commission Says Musk Likely Broke The Law By Paying Voters. Will Anyone Do Anything About It?
2026-07-24 Will Elon Musk actually face legal consequences for illegally paying voters in an attempt to interfere in an election? We’re at least one step closer to finding out. Back during the 2024 Presidential election, he got away with offering $1 million …›
Poynter→ When the Boundary Waters burned, local journalists answered the call
2026-07-24 A smoke column was visible from the city of Ely. A massive body of hot gases and smoke, rising. Miles away, a wildfire was spreading in the Boundary Waters Canoe […] The post When the Boundary Waters burned, local journalists answered the call ap …›
Poynter→ A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI
2026-07-24 Like many small news efforts, Indiana’s The Bloomingtonian relies on its Facebook page to reach people and get subscribers. Local residents must have an appetite for stories about outdoor World […] The post A hyperlocal news page falls victim t …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Cryday
2026-07-24 Haven't figured out lighting yet, but I like the idea After struggling for days to make my new Epson FF-680W photo scanner, which does a much poorer job of scanning photos than my iPhone 16, I'm ready for one of these. Welcome to New York AeroX …›
Poynter→ Left with no options, the Trump administration drops subpoenas against New York Times journalists
2026-07-24 There was a big showdown on Thursday between the U.S. government and The New York Times. At stake? Some would say the freedom of the press to accurately report on […] The post Left with no options, the Trump administration drops subpoenas against …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Thurbsday
2026-07-23 It didn’t happen in 2010, but it will in 2016. It’s still a bubble In May of 2018, I posted GDPR will pop the adtech bubble. It didn’t. The bubble is now bigger than ever. My mistake was assuming that there was a policy answer to a m …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Government Lawyers Say Trump Admin Can Use TikTok Again Because ‘Owned’ No Longer Means ‘Owned’
2026-07-23 We spent a few years pointing out the ridiculousness of the whole “TikTok ban” moral panic, and the fact that all of the “concerns” magically melted away after Trump became president and then effectively gifted a controlling sta …›
Pew Research Center→ What Americans think about the global AI race
2026-07-23 Most Americans see China as more advanced than the U.S. in AI development, while 43% say U.S. leadership in AI is extremely or very important. …›
Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments
2026-07-23 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Ol …›
Current→ Edward F. O’Keefe named CEO of WNET Group
2026-07-23 O’Keefe has worked for ABC News and CNN. The post Edward F. O’Keefe named CEO of WNET Group appeared first on Current. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Video: U.K. lobbyists offer a reporter money to place a story in a national newspaper — and says they’ve done it plenty of times before
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ For news companies, AI visibility is no longer about referral traffic
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Journalists urge correspondents’ association to stand up to Trump at rescheduled press dinner
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Brendan Carr says the FCC will investigate ABC for not airing a Trump speech
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Reddit stock sinks on report it may not renew Google AI content deal
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The newspaper chain Lee is preventing an editorial cartoonist from donating his life’s work to a university library
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Semafor wants to be the “business outlet of record in the Gulf”
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RJI→ How to build social-first data visualizations
2026-07-23 Communicating key data and information to your audience through visuals As audiences turn to social platforms for information, it has become increasingly important for news organizations to present data-driven stories, and their most significant findin …›
Poynter→ Is the White House Correspondents’ dinner headed for another mess?
2026-07-23 Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has all the makings of a complete clown show. I was going to say it has all the makings of a complete disaster, […] The post Is the White House Correspondents’ dinner heade …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ How Transparent Should I Be About AI?
2026-07-23 Clearing up confusion about how and why to disclose AI use in writing. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ What Went Wrong
2026-07-23 A first-time editor in chief reflects on a startup that didn’t work. …›
HKS Misinformation Review→ Amplifying the storm: Climate disinformation dynamics during natural disasters on right-wing extremist Telegram channels
2026-07-23 Climate change amplifies natural disasters, posing an existential threat to our society. However, a digital storm is raging on right-wing extremist Telegram channels where climate disinformation works to delegitimize scientific consensus. I …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: PwC’s Dan Hays On The Future Of Trust & Safety
2026-07-22 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→ Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery
2026-07-22 We’ve written in the past that people online often get way too excited about theoretical pending “discovery” in frivolous lawsuits filed by bad actors. Because while there are certainly a few cases where (1) a frivolous case even reac …›
Nieman Lab→ “This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails
2026-07-22 Last December, one of our readers received a renewal email from The Wall Street Journal. Over the coming year, the email said, she would be charged $76.99 every four weeks for her print and digital subscription — $19.25 a week, or $923.88 annually. T …›
RJI→ How editing sessions with writers can strengthen your newsroom
2026-07-22 Research-backed tutoring techniques you might already be using With fewer editors than before, newsrooms are left with limited resources to balance quality and speed in their work. New research testing three tutoring techniques with eight editors offer …›
Better News→ 3 ways local news organizations are experimenting to increase paid subscriptions
2026-07-22 Learn how local news organizations are using group access, bundling and topic-driven products to increase paid subscriptions. The post 3 ways local news organizations are experimenting to increase paid subscriptions appeared first on Better News. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ I tried investigating a mysterious media company. A police report was filed against me.
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How tiny newsrooms are using AI — and their tips on effective use
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOJ Now Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases To Keep ICE Detainees Locked Up
2026-07-22 You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of made-up citations would cause everyone in the legal profession — especially prosecutors — to double-check their own. You would, of course, be wro …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ France joins a global move toward restricting social media for children
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