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Trump wants news outlets to get on board with “Gulf of America” — or else. Will they?
The White House’s move to block AP’s reporters over its house style has turned a debate about language into one about power.
By Joshua Benton
If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes)
An analysis of more than 185,000 tweets by New York Times staffers showed they got less opinionated — and less frequent overall — when a management memo asked the newsroom to scale back the takes.
By Joshua Benton
The (nearly) full list of Good Daily’s AI-generated local newsletters
Nieman Lab’s public database of the AI newsletter network operating in over 300 towns and cities across the U.S.
By Andrew Deck
“Lightning in a bottle”: Meredith Clark on Black Twitter’s journalistic impact, legacy — and writing its “obituary”
“No matter what the technology is, we’re going to be using it.”
By Hanaa' Tameez
Less is more, and discounts work: A new study looks at the minutiae of paywall strategy
“Reducing the information density of teaser elements on paywalled articles and offering discounts may help newspapers increase their online subscriber numbers.”
By Sophie Culpepper
How DeepSeek stacks up when citing news publishers
The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors?
By Andrew Deck
The Trump war on the news media takes an absurd turn
Now even a paid subscription is tantamount to bribery for some.
By Joshua Benton
How ProPublica reported on homeless encampment sweeps in 11 cities
Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. ProPublica compiled some of the tips and lessons its reporters learned.
By Asia Fields
Meet the first-ever policy and advocacy director at LION Publishers
“If policy is being crafted that impacts our members, I think it’s important that we are making efforts to help shape it to their benefit. The sausage-making is going to happen whether we choose to be a part of it or not.”
By Sophie Culpepper and Sarah Scire
A new outlet covers climate policy in the language Brazil knows best: Soccer.
With quippy headlines, a “betting” portal, a tournament bracket, and more, Central da COP is pulling out all the stops to inform Brazilians ahead of the next U.N. Climate Change Conference.
By Hanaa' Tameez
The BBC asked marginalized groups how it could do better. They didn’t hold back.
“They’re going to the shop for sense-making, I think. And there’s nothing on the shelf.”
By Neel Dhanesha
How El Tímpano is changing its reporting practices to protect immigrant sources
“We were trying to think, how do we balance these two things? How do we keep these people safe and tell their stories at the same time?”
By Sophie Culpepper
An independent journalist doubled paid subscriptions after scooping everyone on the federal funding freeze
Marisa Kabas has published The Handbasket since 2022. “The jump has been staggering.”
By Sarah Scire
What will a conservative National Labor Relations Board mean for news unions?
“If you want something out of your crappy news company, you’re going to have to go fight for it yourself out on the picket line.”
By Hanaa' Tameez
Trump wants news outlets to get on board with “Gulf of America” — or else. Will they?
The White House’s move to block AP’s reporters over its house style has turned a debate about language into one about power.
By Joshua Benton
If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes)
An analysis of more than 185,000 tweets by New York Times staffers showed they got less opinionated — and less frequent overall — when a management memo asked the newsroom to scale back the takes.
What We’re Reading
The Wall Street Journal / Alexandra Bruell
The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and other major publishers are suing AI startup Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement
“In some cases, according to the suit, Cohere is also infringing on publishers’ trademarks by delivering ‘hallucinated’ material—with information that wasn’t actually published by the outlet—under a publisher’s name.”
Wired / Kate Knibbs
Thomson Reuters wins first major AI copyright case in the U.S.
“Notably, Judge Bibas ruled in Thomson Reuters’ favor on the question of fair use. The fair use doctrine is a key component of how AI companies are seeking to defend themselves against claims that they used copyrighted materials illegally.”
The New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
F.C.C. chair orders investigation into Comcast’s D.E.I. practices
“While Mr. Carr has ordered investigations into several media entities, the inquiry into Comcast is the first focused solely on D.E.I. His investigation into PBS and NPR focused on corporate sponsorships of news programming, and his inquiry at CBS News is focused on ‘news distortion’ complaint. Mr. Carr said in his letter that he was starting his D.E.I. push with Comcast because the company covered ‘a range of sectors regulated by the F.C.C.,’ including cable and high-speed internet.”
The Verge / Justine Calma
The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order
The plaintiffs claim that removing the data forced Doctors for America members “to scramble in search of alternative resources to guide how they treat patients; slowed their clinical practices or reduced the amount of information they can convey to patients in time-limited visits; and paused or slowed their vital research.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
Q&A: Borgen’s Angunnguaq Larsen on Trump’s stranger-than-fiction push for Greenland
“Facebook is the way people share the news; it goes fast from East Greenland to North Greenland. I think people are very critical about what comes out; people ask, Is this real? Did you check? I check if something comes out, if it’s fake news. When I can see something is wrong, I write to [the person who shared the link], This is not true, I have to do something about it. We’re not like Americans.”
Platformer / Casey Newton
America’s new AI safety plan is “let’s see what happens”
“It seems bizarre that at the highest levels of government, people believe that we should put super-powerful systems into the hands of as many people as possible and just see what happens.”
Axios / Dan Primack
Slow Ventures raises $60 million seed fund for creators
“Slow scours YouTube for potential investments, believing it’s the only serious platform for monetization. If a creator’s focus is on TikTok or Instagram, it might work for them but likely becomes a filter for Slow.”
404 Media / Emanuel Maiberg
AI slop of Musk and Trump on TikTok racks up 700 million views
“An account called @trumpsaying, which has 57,000 followers and some videos with millions of views, posted more than a dozen videos with an AI-generated Trump voice before pivoting to videos promoting Trump-themed or vaguely patriotic t-shirts. The videos lead viewers directly to the TikTok Shop, where they can purchase the shirt. The videos are also marked as eligible for commission, meaning other creators can get paid for promoting them as well.”
The Washington Post / Jeremy Barr
The Associated Press says reporter was barred from White House event
“AP executive editor Julie Pace said in a statement on Tuesday that the news organization was ‘informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.'”
InDepthNH / Damien Fisher
New Hampshire Union Leader dissolves employees’ trust in bailout deal
The Union Leader is New Hampshire’s only statewide print newspaper. “If almost 30 percent of the Union Leader was worth $50,000, that appears to mean the whole Union Leader was worth about $174,000 as of Dec. 9 when the trust was dissolved.”
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