Investigative reporters will be added to the Sports, Climate and Environment, and Foreign teams.

“As a result, according to both sources, the digital editorial staff decided to institute a work stoppage until they were compensated for their contributions to the publication. Both sources then confirmed that on June 7, after being locked out of various company accounts, the entire online editorial staff was terminated by phone. To date, neither source has received their overdue paychecks or any form of severance.”

“A free paper going back to its founding in the early 1980s as the North Carolina Independent, IndyWeek joins a growing list of for-profit publications trying voluntary membership (versus paywalls) to tap readers for direct support. IndyWeek took ideas and inspiration from a membership drive by alternative weekly the Chicago Reader and others in the industry.”

“The gift will support and expand coverage of the environment and the outdoors in ten local communities across the country, from North Carolina to Washington state.”

“The most successful projects are those in which news outlets match our commitment by adding interactive or multimedia elements to enhance and showcase their original reporting.”

“We believe authentic community engagement takes time, intentionality and space to evolve. We resist rushing this process and will not operate on timelines that don’t accommodate our community.”

“Another Brandalism deepfake showing CEO Mark Zuckerberg praising Spectre has more than 100,00 views on Facebook-owned Instagram. That video, made from an interview with Zuckerberg on CBS News, remained online as of Monday morning despite CBS requesting Instagram remove it for an ‘unauthorized use of the CBSN’ trademark, a CBS spokesperson said.”

“It’s going back to the way it was in the old days when family-owned newspapers were run by people with ink in their veins, not dollar signs in their eyes.”

“How does my entity engage with the rest of the world and itself?”

“It’s a weird game of insiderism, where Goldberg routinely pushes professional and personal boundaries. It might not matter at all, except that Goldberg has big plans for his empire.”