Most recently, Pilhofer was the James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation at Temple University. He previously worked at The Guardian and The New York Times. The Minnesota native has co-founded three news-related startups: DocumentCloud.org, Hacks & Hackers and The Tiny News Collective.

“Companies have to meet a number of criteria in order to trade on the Nasdaq, one of which is that their bid price must be above a $1 minimum. BuzzFeed Inc. stock is currently trading at 30 cents.”

“‘I’m now forever the girl who changed ‘is’ to ‘was’ on Henry Kissinger’s Wikipedia article,’ reads the bio of the Wikipedia user Asticky, who updated her bio after editing Kissinger’s page on 8:46 PM EST on Wednesday.”

“In a recent talk with the Atlantic Council, a member of Meta’s independent Oversight Board gave new details about the weeks immediately following the October 7 attacks. As part of its arrangement with Meta, the Board receives appeals from the company or its users when a moderation decision is believed to be false, or simply raises issues the company can’t resolve. But in the three weeks after the attacks, the board received 20 times more appeals than usual, according to board member Julie Owono.”

“The launch represents Threads’ largest market expansion since its debut in July and signals the social-media company’s commitment to the microblogging service, which rivals that of Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter.”

“People who are looking for news and information on topics are just facing a really confusing mix,” said veteran audio executive Collin Campbell. “You can’t sort between the output of a group of journalists that have the goods and have the boots on the ground, and a bunch of people [simply] talking about it. We have to really look at ways to stand out and show what we do and how we do it.” (See: Are public media podcasts facing a “Moneyball” moment?)

“Religious folks haven’t gone away. They are still the engines of community awareness, activism and political organization.”

“The focus on video signifies a shift in Substack’s business model — and a sign that the platform may now be forced to compete for talent with video-focused social media behemoths like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. It also puts Substack in direct competition with platforms like Patreon that allow users to charge subscriptions for a wide variety of content formats.”

“Hasan will become an on-camera analyst and fill-in host. The network plans to expand host Ayman Mohyeldin’s weekend program to two hours to replace Hasan’s show.”

“I hope they stop. Don’t advertise,” Musk told interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin. “If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.”