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The Week of January 7, 2025

NYT. Washington Post Lays Off 4% of Its Work Force 

NYT. Inside Disney’s Decision to Settle a Trump Defamation Suit

The Atlantic. The End of News: Legacy media has a trust problem, but it’s not too late to solve it.

The Week of December 24, 2024

CJR. Spyware Is Spreading—And It’s Cheaper Than Ever

CJR. The Sentencing of Carlos Watson

The Republican-American. Hearst Connecticut Media Group is negotiating to buy the Republican-American

CBC. Looming closure of Thompson newspaper 'a huge loss' for northern Manitoba: culture minister

The Week of December 17, 2024

JSTOR. Can We Build a Better Facebook?

The Week of December 10, 2024

The Guardian. LA Times owner says AI meter will show article ‘bias’

HP. Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack

AP. The Future of Data Journalism in Local News

The Walrus. Tech Titans Should Pay to Save Canada’s Newsrooms

Axios. Minnesota's Oldest Black Newspaper Turns 90

The Guardian. Canadian media companies sue OpenAI in case potentially worth billions

HP. Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year

The Week of November 19, 2024

WP. Liberal media bias no longer helps Democrats. It’s hurting them

NYT. Meet David Hoffmann, the Florida Billionaire Buying Up Print Newspapers

PND. INN Index shows nonprofit news growth stable

WVXU. Cincinnati nonprofit online newsroom 'Signal' launching in 2025

CalMatters. A powerful next-stage journalism venture: CalMatters acquires The Markup

NJL. The Salt Lake Tribune, profitable and growing, seeks to rid itself of that “necessary evil” — the paywall

NJL. Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom

Tennessee Lookout. ProPublica selects Tennessee Lookout for newsroom partnership

AP. AP to launch sister organization to fundraise for state, local news

AP. AP announces content collaborations with 5 nonprofit news outlets

The Guardian. Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts

The Guardian. Associated Press to cut 8% of staff through layoffs and buyouts

BBC. Trump defence pick paid accuser to save Fox News job, but denies claim

BBC. Trump names 'big tech' critic Brendan Carr to head US comms regulator

CNN. Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds

The Week of November 1, 2024

CNN. Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI ‘presenters’

Al Jazeera. What Joe Rogan, Washington Post dramas say about the US election and media

The Guardian. New Jersey’s largest paper ends daily print editions but will continue online

The Week of October 21, 2024

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hoffmann has an eye on the Post-Dispatch after big spend in Augusta

The Guardian. Olivia Nuzzi leaves New York magazine after revelation of RFK Jr relationship

The Week of October 14, 2024

Poynter. Crane slams into Tampa Bay Times building during Hurricane Milton

NPR. Taylor Lorenz leaves 'Washington Post' after rift with editors

The Hollywood Reporter. Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack

The Guardian. Executive resigns at Trump Media, Truth Social’s parent company

Columbia Journalism Review. Sewell Chan named executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review.

Portland Press Herald. Maine Trust for Local News names Carolyn Fox executive editor.