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The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and more drop Dilbert after its creator Scott Adams went on a racist rant on YouTube — Newspapers across the United States have pulled Scott Adams's long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a …
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Elon Musk tweets that the US media is “racist against whites & Asians”, in reply to a tweet that is sympathetic to Scott Adams' rant against Black people — The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams's comic strip after the cartoonist's rant against Black people
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Editors at some literary magazines say they are getting overwhelmed by AI-generated submissions, potentially crowding out genuine submissions from newer writers — A short story titled “The Last Hope” first hit Sheila Williams' desk in early January.
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The Guardian:
Despite laws criminalizing reporting, hundreds of independent journalists stayed in Russia, providing a surprising level of insight into its army's missteps — Jailed Mikhail Afanasyev one of many journalists refusing to be silenced despite laws criminalising much independent reporting
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@saskiadekkers, @andrew__roth and euronews
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Marina Chentsova / International Journalists' Network:
A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainian journalists share how the war has impacted their lives and work, including becoming war correspondents — A year has passed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. All-out fighting has continued over the past year …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Reports:
US local news has no single “roadmap” to thrive and grow as emerging organizations need a new alignment of philanthropy and market-driven business building — Beware of road metaphors. — In the twisty-turny devolution of the local press since The Great Recession …
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Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:
The Washington Post, CBS, CNN, Politico, ABC, Axios, Gannett, and others demand the January 6 footage that the House speaker exclusively gave to Tucker Carlson — Scores of news organizations — including The Washington Post — on Friday demanded congressional leaders release a trove …
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Financial Times:
Anime and shows like The Last of Us are helping Sony become a media giant; analysts expect 56%+ of its FY 2023 profit to come from games, music, films, and TV — If your world revolves around the fate of Joel, Ellie and the Fireflies, it probably means one of two things …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A look at the NYT's Local Investigations Fellowship, a one-year project led by Executive Editor Dean Baquet that got 200+ applicants since its April 2022 debut — Former executive editor Dean Baquet talks about the paper's new investigative fellowship for local reporters
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@kristenhare and Local News Initiative
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: WBD plans to exit the regional sports network business, telling teams to take rights back from AT&T SportsNet by March 31 or channels will go bankrupt — Warner Bros. Discovery has told teams that it plans to exit the regional sports network business entirely within the next several weeks.
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Media Matters for America researcher Kat Abughazaleh, who is building TikTok and YouTube followings by needling Tucker Carlson and other Fox hosts — According to Kat Abughazaleh, a researcher at Media Matters for America, “You don't know Fox News until you are watching it for a job.”
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Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer:
Sources: the cyberattack on Dish Network was “by an outside bad actor, a known threat agent” and the company is working with an external vendor to fix the issue — American TV giant and satellite broadcast provider, Dish Network has mysteriously gone offline with its websites …
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Engadget, @ax_sharma, @fgpalm, @ax_sharma, Insider, Mashable, Light Reading and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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