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In September, I went through all the proposals from Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation's policy blueprint for a second Trump term — that would have a direct impact on the media. At the time, of course, candidate Donald Trump took pains to say that he wasn't behind Project 2025, that he bare…
5 days ago
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In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.
about 1 month ago
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Partisanship, conspiratorial thinking, and IRL connections make for a potent mix — on both the left and the right.
about 2 months ago
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It has a much better chance of success than CNN+ ever did. But it still has to convince people its work is distinctive enough to break out the credit card.
about 2 months ago
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From defunding NPR and PBS to kicking reporters out of the White House, it's an array of conservative priorities and Trumpian retreads.
about 2 months ago
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After finding success — and a Pulitzer Prize — in Santa Cruz, Lookout aims to replicate its model in Oregon. "All of these playbooks are at least partially written. You sometimes hear people say, 'Nobody's figured it out yet.' But this is all about execution."
2 months ago
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"Elections, it seems, amplify the influence of partisanship on the perception of truth."
3 months ago
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Google — which planned to block third-party cookies in 2022, then 2023, then 2024, then 2025 — now says it won't block them after all. A big win for adtech, but what about publishers?
4 months ago
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The New York Times and the Washington Post compete with meme accounts for the chance to be first with a big headline.
4 months ago
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“The strength of weak ties” applies to misinformation, too.
4 months ago
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The cable news network plans to launch a new subscription product — details TBD — by the end of 2024. Will Mark Thompson repeat his New York Times success, or is CNN too different a brand to get people spending?
5 months ago