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Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hypercapitalists in charge, your news is not safe | Jane Martinson

Bezos' ownership and recent mass layoffs at the Washington Post show how ultra-rich owners can decimate journalism to serve power, influence, or personal interests.

fromAxios

1 week ago

The death of sportswriting

Zoom out: The last 10+ years have seen the hollowing out of storied publications like Sports Illustrated and Sporting News, the end of ESPN's magazine and Grantland and the erosion of local newsrooms' sports sections before the Washington Post announcement. The New York Times cut its sports section after it acquired The Athletic in 2022 - one of the few reporting-driven publications that has emerged in the current sports media landscape.

Media industry

fromThe Atlantic

1 month ago

Will Google Ever Have to Pay for Its Sins?

Big Tech, led by Google, used ad-tech monopoly power to capture and divert advertising revenue, severely harming publishers' finances and journalism's sustainability.

US politics

fromPoynter

1 month ago

A brief history of the media through political convention pins - Poynter

Political convention pins chronicle three decades of media proximity to power, shifting resources and hierarchy, reporters' camaraderie, and an overall decline in media influence.

Media industry

fromNieman Lab

2 months ago

Finding a candle in the dark

Journalism faces collapse, declining public trust, corporate capture, AI-driven internalization, and rising authoritarian oligarchic forces undermining democratic institutions.