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RIP Paramount+ —
“To meet requirements set under pro-Trump FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Skydance said it would ensure diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs remain dead at the new company...”
/1 🧵
#media #streaming #trump #DEI #Paramount #ParamountPlus
~ Paramount and Skydance Expect Deal to Close Aug. 7 ~
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-skydance-deal-close-date-1236470440/
To avoid some of the negative aspects of doomscrolling, avoid clicking on headlines that include words like may, might, could, possibly, projected to, etc. This isn't #news, it's speculation, less facts and more guesswork... a lot like #AI. And of course it's filled with worst case scenarios to keep us clicking. Modern #media profits from spreading misery, so be sure to remember that unimaginable things like #peace and love are always always always possible.
Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D'Annunzio and more.
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It's more disturbing than we can ever imagine 🤬 Over 1,000 little girls were raped by Epstein, Maxwell and wealthy men. Who are the pedophiles?
TONIGHT REVEAL: EPSTEIN HAND-DELIVERS VICTIMS LIKE PIZZAS
Nancy Grace speaks with Barry Levine, veteran investigative reporter and the author of "The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell."
The Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
That’s 4,725 lines of investigation right there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOd5HoHkCo
#epstein #EpsteinFiles #usa #europe #europeanunion #Deutschland #France #Uk #Britain #Italy #Spain #press #media
Newest #Substack: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod - "As #Democrats search for identity, #culture & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH.
Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate #media click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean there’s not a problem. B/c there is, it’s a major & it’s one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"
#news #politics #trump #russia #usa #ukraine #us #unitedstates #eu #ai #writing #tech #senate #tariffs #ICE #economy #nato #donaldtrump
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ProPublica and Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Divorce Records
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A group of eight state and national media organizations are arguing that the records are of public interest, especially in light of Paxton’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat.
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🎮 Five winning games about communication announced:
▫️Non violent video games
▫️Games that teach young people about the importance of communication: conflict resolution; fact-sharing; healthy relationships
▫️Winning teams represent Argentina, Canada, France, and USA
From our nonprofit's 18th annual game design challenge. 🎉
🌐https://www.openpr.com/news/4202911/winners-announced-communication-video-games
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#nonprofit #videogames #communication #publichealth #media #mediastudies #indiedev #education #sociology #psychology #students #digitalhumanities #changetheworld @stopTDV @gamingagainstv @CommunicationGames @communicationscholars
It's amazing that we have folks from the traditional German media like @3sat, @tagesschau or @NDR attending the #Fediday , but I can't find any mention to the event on their #fediverse accounts?
Did I just miss it or are they afraid of the (still) atypical?
My apologies if I didn't search well enough.
Oh hey, that's us on the DC metro! 👋
"[On transit], you don't know who's sitting next to you; all kinds of folks are coming together in this system," ProPublica reporter Maryam Jameel said. "And I hope our journalism can be [that] accessible to folks.”
Via Streetsblog USA
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/this-newsroom-is-looking-for-its-next-big-tip-on-the-train
#Media #Journalism #WashingtonDC #DC #Train #Advertising #Marketing
Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXsPU25B60
and
Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-tQYcZGM4
Summary:
Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M
In brief, the role of the media is not to tell the truth, but instead to tell us what the elites want us to think. You grew up with it, it has helped form your opinions.
AI slop is threatening journalism by churning out clickbaity versions of original stories, capturing web traffic, and destroying readers' trust in media. NiemanLab's Ben Paviour takes a look at how it's proliferating, with the help of Google.
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Slop #Journalism #Media #MediaIndustry #Google #Technology #Tech
"Don't Wanna Be Called #nazi Don't Do Nazi Sh*t"
https://www.blueamp.co/p/young-republicans-and-congressman
"These Young Rs are 'no one swiped right' in human form
And what's w 'young' for #MAGA lasting til minoxidil's a thing? Hell, they prob had their 1st #crypto scams a decade+ ago" #news #politics #fascist #tech #media #press ##youngrepublicans #trump #ai #donaldtrump #eu #tv
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Fired CBS Staffer Says Only White Producers Survived ‘Bloodbath’ Layoffs - Daily Beast
A Black producer who worked for a CBS News show that was canceled on Wednesday said that every producer on his team who was laid off is a person of color, whereas the white producers are being reassigned within the company.
15 years in and we're just getting started! Flipboard's CEO
@mike spoke with @forbes's Andy Meek about being digital survivors, @surf, and our role in the future of publishing.
#Technology #Tech #Media #Journalism #Publishing #Flipboard #Apps #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #SurfSocial
"The 'Why I’m Leaving Substack' post is the new 'Goodbye to All That,'” writes Sarah Scrier for NiemanLab. Some top newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — have left Substack for Patreon. Email delivery issues, poor technical support and an overemphasis on social features were reasons for their departure. Both Petersen and Lenz also referenced Substack's platforming of Nazis and hate speech in their farewell notes. Here's more.
#Media #News #Publishing #Substack #Patreon #Newsletters #LyzLenz #AnneHelenPetersen #VirginiaSoleSmith