Media Social Media and Updates
Media Social Media and Updates
Who says local-news economics are cratering? Judge Parker has his mitts on a thriving daily broadsheet, chockablock with classified ads on the back page and thick enough not to get wafted by indoor breezes.... https://t.co/VY3QLwe93T
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Meta's investments into GEM and its LLaTTE architecture, and last week, I wrote about Meta's use of LLMs for ad re-ranking (prioritizing the ad shown from a candidate set). Both of these approaches are...
Kent Babb; Kareen Copeland; Robert Klemko; Chuck Culpepper; Tom Schad; and Ben Strauss all heading to ESPN, which is scooping up the six former WaPo sports scribes.... https://t.co/ezxY9fleGR
PSA: We don't hold embargoes at Second Opinion. It's a massive hassle and I'm not finding any correlation between audience growth and our publication adhering to companies' enforced timing. Bottom line... I care more about us being smart than first.
Rashida Jones led a news network often accused of being too “woke.” Piers Morgan has for the last few years railed against people taking such a stance. Now they're working together.... https://t.co/J3bDdLDZFq via @variety
Just in: Scott MacFarlane, the hard charging CBS News justice and congressional correspondent, has announced he's leaving the news unit to pursue other ventures. His exit was disclosed on Monday's AM editorial call
INBOX: Uncensored founded by Piers Morgan, appoints Rashida Jones as CEO, and secures capital raise to fund expansion.
When automobiles first appeared, they were built by hand. Craftsmen assembled them the way carriage makers built horse-drawn wagons. Skilled mechanics fitted parts together piece by piece. It was slow, deliberate work, and if you owned a car in the...
Because of news flow intensity, the Daily Discord Linkfest is now being formatted as an overnight summary + linkfest. Why read our summary rather than everyone else's? Because our community tries to flag stories buried by the noise. https://t.co/fdU8j6eDP1
I’ve been reporting on these legal efforts for years. Absolutely no one “controls” these ppl, these laws are simply being rammed through by politicians hungry for power under the guise of a fake moral panic about social media similar to...
What’s with this framing? Lebanese people “die” but Israelis are “killed” — what’s the deal with the selective word choice here?
The media treat Trump wth kid gloves because they don't want to seen as abusing someone suffering from dementia.
At 25, Wikipedia faces a double threat: the rise of AI and the decline of local media | CBC Radio https://t.co/8qDg2QcwVT
I hate this site The below blue checked account makes up completely fake stuff - that never happened - and it gets 2M+ views. No it didn't happen People treat as fact, thanks to having a $8/month blue check Fake news (often written...
President Trump's legal pressure on media companies has faced ample pushback in court —USAGM, Mar 2026 (Lake's tenure voided) —TMTG, Nov 2025 (Suit dismissed) —CNN, 2023 (Dismissed) —NYT, 2023 (Dismissed) Still watching: AP legal fight & BBC lawsuit https://t.co/Gxt9QOkooS
The NYT have sacrificed being “the paper of record” and exchange for games, cooking and a great direct to consumer business
Just 100 users were responsible for almost 70% of online conspiracy posts from influential accounts they examined in Canada. An analysis of over 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada found that 87% of conspiratorial claims come from these...
Lake undertook sweeping and devastating actions against VoA and other US funded international networks such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. She was so intent on layoffs she kept doing new rounds after calling staffers back because she had...
Tip of the hat to Eddy, Oliver and the Apple team on their approach to distributing the new F1 rights. Fan first strategy, unlocking availability beyond their owned and operated platforms is good for everyone. Excited that @Tubi is part...
Your committee did brilliant work hearing out the issues from all perspectives, Dr. Fry. It was a delight to experience and a fruitful outcome for a free and plural press - and democracy. You provided journalism a boost while an...
To anyone NOT in the United States: what is your media saying about Trump and the Epstein files? Can you post any links to your articles here?
Voice of America Persian journalist says he was fired by USAGM exec assigned to oversee the agency over clash about suppression of voices supporting Pahlavi. Agency denies coverage is hostile to the son of late Shah.
NEW @PuckNews: On heels of Telegraph acquisition, Mathias Döpfner told charges that Axel Springer was unlikely to make more big acquisitions in near future, noting that Murdochs were unlikely to sell The Wall Street Journal, which Springer couldn’t afford anyway. https://t.co/1NKCcK3NXz
OMG, #MurdochJournal puff piece on the aged interns making RFK's laughable-if-he-weren't-such-a-sicko social videos. They "have helped turn the 72-year-old Kennedy into a social-media maverick." No, laughingstock. How RFK Jr. Is Promoting ‘Real Food’: AI Videos, Memes and Celebrity Cameos https://t.co/fKogTdrMUE
I wrote about the viral “body count checker” app and surveillance purity culture for Playboy https://t.co/H6qGChWm7X
NEW @PuckNews: David Ellison has lost faith in Jeff Shell and sources believe he is unlikely to survive at Paramount past its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. https://t.co/fSCgcW4ews
⚡️ Netflix Will Use AI to Increase the Velocity of Content Creation ⚡️ $NFLX @netflix released a short five minute explainer video with InterPositive founder and actor Ben Affleck, Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, and Netflix Chief Product and...
If you're attending GDC next week, please consider attending this panel about The Rise of Independent Game Journalism, featuring some so-called experts on the topic (Monday, 3:10-4:10pm, West Hall - Room 3005) https://t.co/pccS4g9IdS https://t.co/Vzw5nh6Fpe
CNN C.E.O. Mark Thompson emails staff: “On U.S. cable, we’ve had our best weekend in four years and have been #2 in all of cable (news and non-news) since the conflict started.” Here’s his note: https://t.co/FNhiGsX819
⚡️ Premium-Priced AI Tier Coming to @Spotify ⚡️ $SPOT Spotify will transform from AI loser to AI winner over the course of 2026 https://t.co/DgqxhetIEf
The one thing people are missing about the McDonald's CEO discourse is he posted this on his own page It never made it to the McD's grid And if you look back at Chris K's Reels, his personal brand is being adork-able https://www.instagram.com/chrisk_mcd/
Summary judgment arguments still going…but going very well so far. Court clear on this: “reporters have to be able to ask questions…that’s what they’ve done…since the beginning of time.” Dept of Defense can’t do an end around to suppress viewpoints...
Prediction markets are actively trying to turn college students into gambling addicts. They are some of the worst companies in America. It's pathetic that news organizations and other institutions are doing business with them. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/prediction-markets-campus-e57cd19f?st=5aB7uM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Listening into NYT v Pentagon over new press credentialing Judge lays into US Justice Dept atty defending policy agst allowing reporters who ask for info not authorized for release - or even legal to release. "I am not persuaded," the judge says,...
Discounting is NOT a growth strategy @DisneyPlus and @hulu are starved for fresh content $DIS https://t.co/gVtGO3UCZZ
I tried @NotebookLM's new Cinematic Video Overview with my latest deep dive: "Your New Job Is to Onboard AI Agents" Honestly, it came out super well. Really impressed by how it created its own structure and narrative. 📌 Watch below: https://t.co/8gdzc95CVb
"Nobody wakes up in the morning and goes, 'Oh, let me go see what's on @paramountplus' the way they check out what's on @YouTube or what's on @netflix," Greenfield said. "I think he is, directionally, spot-on," said media analyst Rich Greenfield...
'We expect HBO Max to essentially be shut down at the end of 2027 ' -- MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman in a research note today...
So I actually read the bill. It would attach liability to the chatbot answer ONLY IF there would similarly be liability if a person said the same thing. It’s a challenging question, sure, but I don’t think the public will be okay...
The German Murdoch (no longer with New York right-winger Dovod Efune) buys the Telegraph. Expect it to invade America alongside Springer's Politico & Business Insider. Just what we need: more right-wing media. Axel Springer buys Telegraph in £575m deal https://t.co/T3uAE3VSvY
SCOOP: AXEL Springer to buy Telegraph, gate crashing an earlier deal RedBird IMI had with the Daily Mail. With dream team @DanielThomasLDN @ArashMassoudi https://t.co/JXU4G9iMuj
Notice how PR letters from Heritage Foundation-affiliated grifters pushing to pass surveillance laws get written up immediately in MSM outlets, but not ONE major news outlet is covering the 60,000 young people coming together to voice opposition.
X Defunds The Deepfakes: Undisclosed AI War Clips To Face 90-Day Revenue Ban | Republic World https://t.co/hUVPj3L7Nj #war #wardeepfake #Deepfake #DeepfakeDetection #AIGeneratedContent #AISecurity #DigitalForensics #SyntheticMedia #MediaManipulation #CyberSecurityAwareness #Disinformation #Misinformation #AIEthics #AIRegulation #TrustInMedia #ContentAuthentication #OnlineSafety
After nearly a week of being mum about it, David Ellison *finally* commented on CNN's future under Paramount—but he offered little more than empty platitudes and dodged the larger questions that loom over the network. More in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-cnn-cbs-news-future
The American press are letting them. And then the #BrokenTimes editorial board bothsides even this... Politicians Are Trying to Control the News https://t.co/SKjiPhNbe1 https://t.co/zNDaP3UHNs
New rule: if you use the word “efficiency” to try and sound better/smarter/more caring than saying “layoffs” or “jobs lost,” immediate big kick in the butt. Immediate. And repeated.
371 security/ privacy academics, including a Turing Award winner, just issued a letter saying age verification laws are building global surveillance infrastructure. Every search, message, and article read would require ID verification. Democrats are working w/ Republicans to push these laws...
My piece on the grave dangers of the KIDS Act that congress is trying to ram through this week is one of the top stories on The Intercept. Read it here: https://t.co/Ikr00eJA7K https://t.co/eoWgDmgCkG
Disney is looking to crank up its streaming subscriber numbers for the first quarter of 2026 — introducing a 62% price discount on the ad-supported Disney+/Hulu bundle for a three-month period https://t.co/ThNJ10Kpe2 via @variety
I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for @theintercept https://t.co/Ikr00eJA7K
