Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Tosses Trump’s Epstein Letter SLAPP Suit Against Murdoch, For Real This Time

2026-11-06 Last year when Donald Trump sued Rupert Murdoch over the WSJ’s article revealing the… um… birthday card he sent Jeffrey Epstein, we pointed out that it was a pure SLAPP suit (and also that it was against a guy who, you could argue, is …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ MAGA Fell For Its Own Hunter Biden Laptop Conspiracy Theory And Brought A Case Too Dumb To Survive A Probable Cause Hearing

2026-11-06 You may have heard some talk in the last week or so regarding a criminal case against two former FBI agents, supposedly having something to do with Hunter Biden’s infamous “laptop.” On Monday, a magistrate judge dismissed the case, no …›

America’s New Shipbuilding Orders Are Expensive Bets on Fossil Freight

South Korea’s Hanwha Group owns the Philadelphia shipyard that has become a centerpiece of Washington’s attempt to rebuild American commercial shipbuilding. Its Hanwha Ocean and Hanwha Systems subsidiaries acquired the US yard in December 2…

Current→ Comings and goings: RMPM appoints VP, Jacobs Media president to step down …

2026-11-06 Brandi Swicegood became VP of engaged journalism for Rocky Mountain Public Media. The post Comings and goings: RMPM appoints VP, Jacobs Media president to step down … appeared first on Current. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New York Times Company in advanced talks to acquire Letterboxd for $330 million

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Columbia Journalism Review→ Political Journalists in Disarray

2026-11-06 Midterms missteps, a notable apology, and a sturgeon rescue. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Mike & Ben Review The Social Reckoning (Teaser)

2026-11-05 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 …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Yoani Sánchez, one of Cuba’s best-known independent reporters, arrested in an “alarming” crackdown

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Salon, a pioneer of online publications, shuts down after 31 years

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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Tech Bros Who Bet On Fascism Lost. Don’t Let The Internet Pay For It.

2026-11-05 Well it’s now been a couple days since the Democrats obliterated Donald Trump and MAGA in the midterm. It turns out that the messaging of “price hikes, soldiers in the street, new forever wars, and diarrhea for everyone, with a side of enri …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Apple will now let you try to convince your subscription-canceling users to change their minds

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Will Democratic control of Congress bring back federal funding for NPR and PBS?

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A MAGA media civil war erupts over who’s to blame for the GOP’s thrashing

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “We don’t see ourselves as something that will end with the end of the war.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The New York Times doesn’t see AI agents as a threat to its subscription model (yet)

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Pew Research Center→ Carousel: Facts about Catholicism in Latin America ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s November 2026 visit

2026-11-05 Check out these slides exploring what Catholicism in Latin America looks like in 2026. You can also review how we did this or download the data and charts below. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Russia has killed its leading independent newspaper, but Novaya Gazeta’s journalism will live on

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his $10 billion defamation suit against Wall Street Journal

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PRX Official - Medium→ Fast Forward and PRX Announce “Otherwise,” A New Podcast Exploring AI for Humanity

2026-11-05 The series launches November 10 and is hosted by Fast Forward leaders Kevin Barenblat and Nicole DavenportToday, Fast Forward — the organization empowering nonprofits building tech and AI for humanity — announced Otherwise, a new podcast ex …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Future of Journalism When Prediction Markets ‘Financialize Everything’

2026-11-05 Companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are reaping huge profits and reshaping journalism to fit their business interests. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Novaya Gazeta’s Journalism Will Live On

2026-11-05 The paper is shutting down. But a new project grants it electronic immortality. …›

Online Journalism Blog→ Using personalisation makes every AI chat less risky and more effective — here are five essential custom instructions to add

2026-11-05 One of best things you can do to lower the risks of using AI and improve the quality of outputs is to spend five minutes with one of AI tools’ least-used features: their personalisation settings. ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Claude all ha …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ofcom Admits ‘Highly Effective’ Age Checks At 16 Really Mean ‘ID Scans For Teens’

2026-11-04 Last week, Ofcom, the UK regulator in charge of all this stuff, released its “rapid assessment of highly effective age assurance at 16.” That came right on the heels of its quietly released (only because the law required it) report showing …›

Current→ Renee Shaw appointed CEO of KET

2026-11-04 Shaw succeeds Shae Hopkins, who died Oct. 29. The post Renee Shaw appointed CEO of KET appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Building community engagement through commenting spaces

2026-11-04 A conversation with Broadband Breakfast’s Drew Clark Comment spaces can help newsrooms interact directly with their audiences and create opportunities for meaningful public discourse. But fostering productive discussions takes time, thoughtful modera …›

Pew Research Center→ Are you part of an online community?

2026-11-03 Pick a card that speaks to you and share it on your favorite social platform. Let’s get the conversation started! For more information, see the full report “Online Community and Connection in America.” …›

Current→ Comings and goings: NPR hires SVP, CDP promotes staff …

2026-11-03 David Berzin joined NPR as SVP of product and data. The post Comings and goings: NPR hires SVP, CDP promotes staff … appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Reddit Keeps Bricking Up The Open Web, One Login Wall At A Time

2026-11-03 While Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian have tried to downplay Aaron Swartz’s role in “founding” Reddit, he was still an instrumental part of the company’s early journey. His “infogami” project was rolled into Reddit, …›

RJI→ How to measure whether your journalism is useful

2026-11-03 A five-step guide to outcome metrics that matter show what your journalism actually does for readers We approach newsroom strategy through three lenses that work together: a content strategy, a product strategy, and a service strategy. Service design i …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The OpenAI Copyright Case Has Drawn A Mountain Of Amicus Briefs. We Sorted Them For You.

2026-11-02 Last week Cathy wrote about the amicus brief we filed in the big multi-district litigation (MDL) that consolidated a bunch of different lawsuits claiming that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed the plaintiffs’ copyrights by training AI models on thei …›

RJI→ How to make comment sections a space for public discourse

2026-11-02 My Edmonds News tested AI-powered comment moderation tools to improve community conversations and reduce staff workload Community commenting invites readers to have a conversation by creating a space for public discourse on issues affecting your commun …›

BuzzMachine→ A day in the life of the #BrokenTimes

2026-10-30 Practically every day on the socials, under the hashtag #BrokenTimes, I bring receipts to my claim that The New York Times is failing us and democracy. I do not wish to join in the cacophony from the Trumpists about “fake news.â€� To th …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ The California AI Rush

2026-10-29 Ships abandoned at San Francisco during the 1949 California Gold Rush. There have been five tech booms since Gordon Moore coined his eponymous Law in 1965: Mainframes (IBM, the BUNCH and minicomputers (1965-1982) PCs (1978-1985) Internet …›

RJI→ How we used community-driven journalism to teach our methods

2026-10-26 We listened before we taught: Here is how we built Building Bridges The Building Bridges program, now open for applications for its second cohort, helps newsrooms that want to serve immigrant communities in their area use Documented’s Community-Drive …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Harvest Moonday

2026-10-26 Among many One more way the US defeats itself. A briefing Inside Anthropic. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ The Fossil Present

2026-10-24 ChatGPT’s response to “I need an image of the World Wide Web as a fossil, to use under the headline ‘The Fossil Present.'” The Web isn’t dying, but it is being removed from our experience. As a place to seek knowledge …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Friday Tab Clearance Sale

2026-10-23 Stormy Whether GDPR services is a market we shouldn't need at all, but it's growing like a thundercloud. (Source: Mordor Intelligence) Toward Agentic VRM vCon is "A new IETF open standard defining how conversation data — audio, video, t …›