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Bruce MacDonald

"The columnists were deeply wounded by the newly announced limits and what they portended. We had always been able to assure our readers that no one restricted what we could write. How could we credibly make that claim now? What was the meaning of “personal liberties and free markets?” Without further clarification, we were like dogs that had been fitted with shock collars but had no clue where the invisible fence was situated."
newyorker.com/news/essay/why-r

The New Yorker · Why Ruth Marcus Left the Washington PostBy Ruth Marcus
#journalism#newspapers#uspol
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Jerusalem Post: Unveiling the past: State Archives digitizes official British Mandate newspaper . “The Israel State Archives published on Sunday the digital collection of the Palestine Gazette, the official newspaper for the British government during mandatory Palestine. The collection was published to mark the uploading of the 50 millionth paper to the archive’s website.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/10/jerusalem-post-unveiling-the-past-state-archives-digitizes-official-british-mandate-newspaper/

#israel#israelhistory#newspapers
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The Guardian: LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKK. “The Los Angeles Times has reportedly removed its new artificial intelligence (AI) tool from one of its articles, just a day after launching the feature. The publication unveiled a new AI-driven feature called ‘Insights’ this week, designed to accompany articles that express a particular viewpoint or are […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/the-guardian-la-times-reportedly-removes-new-ai-tool-from-story-after-it-downplayed-kkk/

#ai#aiassisted#contentsummarizing
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Global Investigative Journalism Network: A New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central America. “For more than a quarter century, elPeriódico was Guatemala’s boldest daily newspaper, proudly describing itself as ‘the most aggressive, least complacent, most critical and nonconformist counterweight to abuses of public power’ among the country’s news media…. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/global-investigative-journalism-network-a-new-digital-archive-to-preserve-an-investigative-legacy-in-central-america/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Global Investigative Journalism Network: A New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central America | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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#centralamerica#centralamericaculture#centralamericahistory
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Anne Delong

@RobotDiver @JHein

Hmmm... How to reconcile that according to its website, the Toronto Star is Canadian-owned

thestar.com/site/about/

but Wikipedia says they are owned by Nordstar, and its website says they are based in London, New York and Kuala Lampur.

nordstar.com/

Toronto StarAbout the StarFounded in 1892, the Toronto Star publishes a daily newspaper in the GTA and publishes ongoing news and information on thestar.com and mobile applications.
#newspapers#Canada
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Current trends point, at best, to a continued retreat, as the press serves fewer and fewer people, ultimately ending up with a role akin to contemporary art or classical music: highly valued by a privileged few, regarded with indifference by the many. At worst, the lack of substantial innovation leaves a growing number of historically independent news media vulnerable to takeover by proprietors who, as we have seen in the past, and will probably see even more in the future, put politics ahead of their commitment to publishing.

A different story begins with the recognition that the existential crisis for journalism is not seen that way by much of the public. While many people retain a sound scepticism of aspects of the digital media environment, they also appreciate much of what it has to offer, and choose it every day at the expense of declining legacy media. Scare stories about the problems associated with digital media will not bring people back to news. A wiser course of action might be to impress people, rather than try to depress them.

The people best positioned to forge a different path are those journalists and publishers who accept that the next step is to meet people where they are. The aim should not be to take journalism backwards, but to create something new."

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/m

www.prospectmagazine.co.ukIrrelevant and unloved: how the press lost its touchJournalism is in freefall—and the public doesn’t care
#Journalism#Media#News
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Calishat

#NorthernIreland #newspapers #DigitalHumanities

"The News Letter, first published in September 1737, will this year mark its 288th anniversary as the oldest continuously published English language daily paper. ... the Northern Ireland Office is working in partnership with the British Library and FindMyPast to expand the online collection of the historic publication in the British Newspaper Archive."

gov.uk/government/news/uk-gove

GOV.UK · UK Government boosts digital collection of world’s oldest English language daily newspaperBy Northern Ireland Office
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Ecologia Digital

#Jacobin: "#JeffBezos has finally dropped the pretense. The world’s third-richest man has decreed that the #WashingtonPost, which he purchased back in 2013, will no longer publish opinions that challenge free market economics. With a casual diktat that would make William Randolph Hearst blush, #Bezos has laid bare what critics have long suspected: when #billionaires buy #newspapers, they aren’t just after profitable investments — they’re buying ideological bodyguards."

jacobin.com/2025/03/bezos-wash

jacobin.comJeff Bezos Is Scared to Have an Open Debate on EconomicsBy banning perspectives critical of the status quo, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is turning a major news outlet into a mouthpiece for market fundamentalists. If the ideas he champions are so defensible, why is he squeamish about debate?
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"More than 75,000 digital subscribers to The Washington Post have cancelled since its owner, billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Wednesday that he would radically overhaul the paper's opinion pages to reflect libertarian priorities and to exclude opposing points of view.

Wednesday's announcement led to the immediate resignation of Opinions Editor David Shipley. He had vainly sought to persuade Bezos to drop the plans, according to a person with direct knowledge. Shipley did not respond to requests for comment.

Bezos' decision also prompted an outcry from longtime Post figures, including Associate Editor David Maraniss and former Executive Editor Marty Baron. Baron called the move "craven" and told Zeteo News that Bezos, whom he praised extensively in his 2023 memoir, was "basically fearful" of President Trump.

The number of cancellations comes from a person who asked for anonymity because of the fear of repercussions at the Post. The Washington Post Co. declined to comment on the figures, first reported here by NPR, citing its status as a privately held company. Nor did it comment on the criticism."

npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-53128

#USA#Bezos#Journalism
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