Tag: media
LA Mayor Karen Bass The Latest Democrat To Wimp Out On Paramount Merger
The unpopular Paramount Warner Brothers merger should have been a perfect opportunity for Democrats to demonstrate they are finally serious about stuff like media consolidation, right wing propaganda, media reform, and antitrust after decades of policy incoherence. Instead, numerous prominent California Democrats have been buckling to Paramount demands aimed at settling a 12-state antitrust lawsuit...
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Forced To Rehire Columnist Fired For Quoting Deceased Bigot Charlie Kirk
Jeff Bezos' Washington Post simply isn't what it used to be. During the Trump era Bezos and his lackeys have fired all of the paper’s black columnists, turned the op-ed section into pro-corporatist agitprop, censored cartoonists that criticized Jeff, and generally shifted the paper’s journalistic tone in a more right wing, corporate/autocrat-friendly direction. You know,...
FieldStation42
Turn a video collection into a simulated broadcast or cable TV system
The Ellisons Again Threaten To Move CBS/Paramount Somewhere Shittier And Hotter If State Antitrust Lawsuit Isn’t Settled
Paramount bosses Larry and David Ellison aren't having much fun in the wake of a 12 state antitrust lawsuit that risks derailing their $111 billion attempt to dominate what's left of U.S. corporate media. There's been a certain creeping desperation apparent the last month or two; whether it's the company's top lawyer claiming that critics...
Paramount Promises Meaningless CNN ‘Oversight Board’ To Try And Gain Merger Approval
It's always the same routine.Before each giant merger the companies promise that the new combined entity will deliver the sea, moon, and stars. We're told the consolidation will result in untold synergies, massive job growth, and incredible new innovation. Yet in a country too corrupt to have functional antitrust enforcement or working regulators, what we...
Chicago's social network is a huge bet for news. I think it's the future.
Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most excited about in news technology.
‘Trump Said A Thing’ Journalism Must Stop
One obvious byproduct of letting what's left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don't want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually Conservative, white, and male), event sponsors, or potential advertising targets, so their journalism winds up being...
Trump Rushes To Stock FCC With Personal Lackeys, Refuses To Seat Dem Commissioners
When Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr isn't trampling free speech or harassing major networks for platforming comedians, he's been illegally taking a hatchet to whatever's left of media consolidation rules and telecom consumer protection oversight.While he's been pretty effective at this, Carr would find it even easier to convene meetings and hold agency votes if...
On clothes – Gilbran
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Om märkligheter på den sociala webben
Svenskar på den sociala webben beter sig ofta som om de fortfarande befann sig på ett socialt medium med algoritmer. De har 90-100% svensktalande följare. Det är dessa som ser vad de skriver. I stort sett inga andra.
Brian Banda left a mark on Malawi’s journalism, says MISA
MISA Malawi has paid tribute to late journalist Brian Banda, describing him as a hardworking and dedicated media professional with a lasting legacy.
My next experiment
I'm spending a year at Stanford to explore community platforms in news.
Bourdain's Li.sts
Some lists of Bourdain's that I liked.
Change is fractal. It starts with leaders
"Leaders are leverage. Every leader is a multiplier, if they choose to be."
DN, GP, SVD, Aftonbladet och Expressen är också åsiktsmedier
DN, GP, SVD, Aftonbladet och Expressen är också åsiktsmedier. De har politiska ledarsidor och kultursidor. Urvalet av nyheter och vinklingen på nyheter har politiska grunder som är baserade på åsikter. Det finns ingen skillnda på dessa högertidningar, andra högerextrema tidningar eller vänstertidningar.
Today’s beach read, diving into the feisty and…
Today’s beach read, diving into the feisty and hilarious Earl Weaver #TheLastManager
Everyone Fled the Feed for the Group Chat.
We don't KNOW what comes next. But looking through the 'streams' we can see 'archipelagos' rising ...
Paramount Merger Gets Further Delayed, And Things Could Get Expensive
Just as Larry Ellison and Paramount executives had worried, the state antitrust challenge to their $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers has resulted in significant delays that could prove terminal.Two weeks ago California and eleven other states filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the merger, pointing out that the consolidation would undermine market competition, resulting...
Ownership vs Access - Enjoying Media by Finding and Preserving It Ourselves
In 2015, I wanted my mom to get me a new handheld gaming console.
Att skaffa ett konto i den sociala webben
Den sociala webben är den delen av internet som inte kontrolleras av storföretag. Det handlar främst om sociala medier som inte ägs av storföretag och inte kontrolleras av företag i USA. Sajterna samlar inte in data om användarna, sprider inte en massa reklam och har inga algoritmer som gynnar reklambudskap och högerextremism.
To innovate, news needs allies
"Allies, archives and infrastructure in the AI age" - a list of people with the potential to push news forward.
We need a PIT Crew for news
Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a radically collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to building internal technology capacity. News has a lot to learn from it.
The Trump administration is subpoenaing journalists to reveal sources. Their data security is more important than ever.
"Historically, the Justice Department has sought to subpoena reporters only as a last resort after other reasonable options have been exhausted." Now the FBI is doing it to satisfy an angry President.
Communities will build trust and loyalty for local public media. Chicago Public Media is taking a big leap forward.
Chicago Public Media is launching a region-wide social platform as a way to bolster its journalism. I believe it represents a path to the future.
Motherfucker, You ARE the Mainstream
I was just on NPR's website for an unimportant reason and I encountered this remarkable artifact of the media in the year 2026: Screenshot Bear with me, please, because I want to describe what is in this screenshot that I grabbed: First, it says "Popular on NPR.org." Then, there's a picture of an old white...
CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck
Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.
A new media spinout provides streaming apps for public service broadcasters. I just wish it was open.
We need to see more technical collaborations between public service media organizations. It's also really important that they're based on open technology that doesn't lock them in.
Newsrooms need to get comfortable expressing their business value - and raising money on it.
Newsrooms like to spend their time on the journalistic process and assume that the value of their work will speak for itself. They need to start selling themselves.
A concrete tool to help newsrooms cover emergencies
A new site to help newsrooms cover disasters is refreshing in its concrete practicality. Wouldn't it be great if these existed for every aspect of running a newsroom?
A right-wing media chain tried to replace 47 newspapers with AI. They all died.
A right-wing media chain bought local papers, replaced their journalists with AI, and died. Now their communities are left to plug the gaps.
Journalism is rearranging the deckchairs. It needs to reinvent itself.
"In philosophy, we have a term for this: a logical fallacy. And right now, journalism is full of them."
Min blogg är numera ett socialt medium
Min blogg är numera ett socialt medium och sen länge inte en plats där jag själv publicerar allt. Det betyder att bloggen omfattas av en annan lagstiftning än en ren tidning. Sålunda omfattas bloggen av Digital Services Act (DSA) vilket för ett litet företag som detta innebär att publicering av något som skulle kunna vara ett brott inte kan vara ett brott förrän det påtalats att det är ett brott.
More people get their news from social media than anywhere else - globally. The platforms we use matter.
"For the first time, social media and video networks are, on average across the markets covered, more popular than both TV and owned news websites and apps as sources of news."
Söndag 17 juni 2001 – dagen efter
Söndag 17 juni 2001 – dagen efter är dagen då jag började vara med i media. Totalt var jag sen med i media, SVT, Sveriges Radio, GP, DN och en del andra tidningar, cirka 50 gånger under året efter Göteborgshändelserna. Det finns också en opublicerad lång intervju med mig som gjordes direkt efter polisens angrepp på Schillerska.
To build the future, we need theories of change
News tends to treat technology as something that happens to it, like an asteroid. To better navigate the future, we need to imagine what might come next.
CodeTV Appearance
I was invited to participate in an episode of CodeTV’s “Web Dev Challenge”, so I flew out to Portland, Oregon for the filming. The episode was sponsored by Bluesky and the theme of the challenge was based around the AT Protocol. You can watch the full episode below.
Slouching Into Summer: Let’s Get Physical
I’ve been 37 for all of one month, though this month alone has aged me a decade. A cluster of recurrent issues at work—ghosts of bad decisions past—have returned to haunt the codebase, and since I’m the last soul standing from that era, the blame has naturally settled on my shoulders like a heavy, unfair...
AI may be the new gatekeepers, but human connection is more needed than ever
"What comes next, after the algorithmic social feed that’s defined our digital social lives for the last decade?" I believe this very useful presentation will be referred back to for years to come.
To maintain their independence, publishers are fleeing Substack
"Substack faced talent drain in 2024 linked to its platforming of Nazi newsletters, but now it’s not just the platform’s stance on hate speech that’s driving away creators."
Asking platforms to do better won't work. We need to force their hands
"If there were a dictator of the internet who intentionally set out to destroy your ability to get accurate information, the result would look a lot like what’s already on your screen. But why?"
Plugging the gaps won't save news. It's time to redesign
"Journalists, cultural workers, content creators, and other trusted messengers are enabling better civic insight for communities. How do we economically support the civic information future that society needs?"
The way to save news is not to create monopolistic monocultures
"Why, a funder asked me recently, do two intermediaries this funder saw as offering duplicative services both still exist? Because you—and your funder colleagues—let them, I said." But consolidation is a dangerous road.
A Cognitive Defense Brief
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Why Knight Foundation Invested in Bluesky
Newsrooms have been slow to care about the open social web - but one of their most important support organizations is paying attention.
Marching Forth
Jacob explains something in the woods. A robin. Me and Jacob Jacob A selfie I took at work. A selfie I took on my porch. My cat sniffing a Chick-fil-a sandwich. A handwritten note from my late mother. A little frog statue and a capybara lamp on my end table. My March has been an...