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The 2025 gift guide for journalists

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Why video podcasts multiplied beyond the man cave

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AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key

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Disney invests $1 billion in the AI slopification of its brand

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The Guardian names a former Netflix exec as vice president of product

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Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo

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USA Today loses its second top editor in less than two years

Caren Bohan, who was named editor in chief in September 2024, will no longer continue in her role “effective immediately.” The next top editor of the flagship Gannett newspaper will have the title ...
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A Premier League team has banned The Guardian from its stadium over reporting about the team’s owner

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The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data

“In a war that pits tech giants against news publishers and the ad-tech that loves them, both sides see AI as a valuable weapon in what is likely to be a fight to the death. DeeperDive, then, seems an ...
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The Public Media Bridge Fund’s initial round of grants will support 180 public radio and TV stations

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Kushner, Gulf money, and desperate texts: Inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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“He’s a son of a bitch — but he’s usually right”: Why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth-shattering exposés?

“The shoot was a chore and his patience ran short. Hersh hated letting cameras snoop around his office, which was heaped with legal notepads and Rolodexes. He guarded his list of contacts like a ...