The Center for Public Integrity is laying off the majority of its union’s members →

“The pandemic destroyed entire industries, birthed others, and transformed the rest.” —JB

“While all journalists may be subject to online abuse, women are far more likely to experience gendered attacks: recent research showed that three-quarters of women working in the UK journalism and media industries had experienced rape or death threats, harassment, stalking, misogyny or sexual approaches online in connection to their work.”

“For those seeking to better understand why Altman was suddenly fired from his perch last fall, OpenAI’s public summary of the WilmerHale investigation is frustratingly light on details.”

“Founded in 2005, Reddit averaged 73.1 million daily active unique visitors in the fourth quarter, according to its February filing. The company reported a net loss of $91 million on revenue of $804 million in 2023, compared with a net loss of about $159 million on revenue of $667 million a year earlier.”

“Downplaying officials’ roles and not dwelling on their errors suits the league’s purposes. As the lockout drags on, it strengthens MLS’s negotiating position to promote the impression that the replacement officials are doing well and that it is business as usual even without the first-choice crews. Anything else would hand leverage to the regular referees.”

“Mr. Whitworth offered every individual he profiled ample opportunity to be quoted, providing each with equally ample petards on which to hoist himself.”

“The Digital Marilyn can interact in real-time using advanced natural language processing, deep learning, and Open AI’s ChatGPT 3.5. What that means is another step forward in extending the ability to monetize celebrities even after their death.” (Also, esteemed magazines.)

“Print nevertheless still makes up 75% of revenues of [British newspaper chain] Reach, which also publishes a number of the U.K.’s best-known national news brands including the Mirror, with digital on 25%.”

“While journalist groups welcomed the inclusion of the clause, one of them raised concerns that the threshold for the defence might be too high, which could make it difficult to convince a judge the information reported concerned great public interest.”

“Last year in Australia, an inquiry recommended phasing out ads for online gambling over three years…The Guardian announced last year that it would no longer accept gambling ads on its news websites to address the ‘pervasive nature of retargeted digital advertisements that trap some people in an addictive and unhealthy cycle of gambling.'”

“The billionaire, one of the world’s richest people, already controls France’s leading financial title, a daily newspaper, and a classical radio station, among a host of other media investments. His latest target is Paris Match, a French magazine best known for spreads of politicians and celebrities.”

“A British regulator will decide Monday whether to allow the Abu Dhabi-backed investment group Redbird IMI, represented by former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, to take control of The Telegraph, or whether to move the deal to another stage of review and give its opponents more time to kill it.”

“Reporters and news organizations in hundreds of communities have faced interference, intimidation, and harassment from local officials in recent years. These episodes have occurred at a time of waning public support for the news media and amid the industry’s ever-deteriorating financial condition. In other words, officials may be emboldened to bully the press because they believe they can get away with it.”

“Now, six years after Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong bought The Times in 2018, the lease on the Olympic plant is expiring, and paying rent has become untenable. The paper will be printed in Riverside by the Southern California Newspaper Group, with its circulation numbers remaining the same.”

“Lineup Publishing will ‘not carry over any of the site’s existing staff and instead build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand,’ the staff-wide note added. ‘While the new owners plan to be reverential to Deadpin’s [sic] unique voice, they plan to take a different content approach regarding the site’s overall sports coverage. This unfortunately means that we will be parting ways with those impacted staff members.'”