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<p>World Leaders Laugh at Trump; Escalator & Teleprompter Join in </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders</span><span class="invisible">-laugh-at-trump-escalator</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#un</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/jimmykimmel/" rel="tag">#jimmykimmel</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#comedy</a></p>
<p>🎮 Five winning games about communication announced: </p><p>▫️Non violent video games<br>▫️Games that teach young people about the importance of communication: conflict resolution; fact-sharing; healthy relationships<br>▫️Winning teams represent Argentina, Canada, France, and USA</p><p>From our nonprofit's 18th annual game design challenge. 🎉</p><p>🌐<a href="https://www.openpr.com/news/4202911/winners-announced-communication-video-games" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openpr.com/news/4202911/winners-announced-communication-video-games"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openpr.com/news/4202911/wi</span><span class="invisible">nners-announced-communication-video-games</span></a></p><p>[ Small instance; boosts appreciated. 🧡]</p><p><a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#videogames</a> <a href="/tags/communication/" rel="tag">#communication</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/mediastudies/" rel="tag">#mediastudies</a> <a href="/tags/indiedev/" rel="tag">#indiedev</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/sociology/" rel="tag">#sociology</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> <a href="/tags/digitalhumanities/" rel="tag">#digitalhumanities</a> <a href="/tags/changetheworld/" rel="tag">#changetheworld</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://games.ngo/@stopTDV" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stopTDV</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://games.ngo/@gamingagainstv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gamingagainstv</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://games.ngo/@CommunicationGames" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CommunicationGames</span></a></span> @communicationscholars</p>
<p>Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.</p><p>A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/reporting/" rel="tag">#Reporting</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a></p>
<p>I Must Come Clean: I Have <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Derangement Syndrome—And Here’s Why <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-c</span><span class="invisible">lean-i-have-trump-derangement</span></a> </p><p>"You may get TDS if you have a strong dislike for adjudicated rapists, <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> insurrectionists, <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> -suckling seditionists, and golden-showering onanists. TDS is inflamed just by encountering un-sweater’d, White Bill Cosby the Convicted Felon, or seeing him make the Oval Office look like it was decorated by Pizarro.</p><p>It must be TDS to despise the worst “human” shuffling his cankles in <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a>. A vile, venal, fragile, flabby, narcissistic, lazy-ass, selfish, sociopathic, soul-holed, gauche, gaudy, perpetually dumbf*ked man, woman, person, camera old coot, who looks like someone piled a burnt-ochre-colored watermelon on top of a jello-gelatin factory spill"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>It's amazing that we have folks from the traditional German media like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zdf.social/@3sat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>3sat</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> or <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ard.social/@NDR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NDR</span></a></span> attending the <a href="/tags/fediday/" rel="tag">#Fediday</a> , but I can't find any mention to the event on their <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> accounts? </p><p>Did I just miss it or are they afraid of the (still) atypical?</p><p>My apologies if I didn't search well enough.</p><p>Cc <span class="h-card"><a href="https://eimsbuettel.social/@bjoernsta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bjoernsta</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@millerntorpirat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>millerntorpirat</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/fediday25/" rel="tag">#fediday25</a></p>
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<p>Oh hey, that's us on the DC metro! 👋</p><p>"[On transit], you don't know who's sitting next to you; all kinds of folks are coming together in this system," ProPublica reporter Maryam Jameel said. "And I hope our journalism can be [that] accessible to folks.”</p><p>Via Streetsblog USA<br><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/this-newsroom-is-looking-for-its-next-big-tip-on-the-train" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/this-newsroom-is-looking-for-its-next-big-tip-on-the-train"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08</span><span class="invisible">/this-newsroom-is-looking-for-its-next-big-tip-on-the-train</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/train/" rel="tag">#Train</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#Advertising</a> <a href="/tags/marketing/" rel="tag">#Marketing</a></p>
<p>Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚<br><a href="https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cjr.org/feature/public-med</span><span class="invisible">ia-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/lpfm/" rel="tag">#LPFM</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/radio/" rel="tag">#radio</a> <a href="/tags/publicmedia/" rel="tag">#PublicMedia</a></p>
<p>📢 ++ Israel killed 56 <a href="/tags/journalists/" rel="tag">#journalists</a> in 2025, global <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> deaths hit record ++ </p><p>🔹 New IFJ data shows a sharp rise in journalist deaths worldwide, with war zones driving unprecedented risks and growing warnings over impunity and <a href="/tags/pressfreedom/" rel="tag">#pressfreedom</a> erosion </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/headlines/" rel="tag">#headlines</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a><br><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> <a href="/tags/mena/" rel="tag">#mena</a> </p><p>Source: IFJ </p><p>📰 Report Al Mayadeen JAN-01 </p><p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--killed-56-journalists-in-2025--global-press-deaths" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--killed-56-journalists-in-2025--global-press-deaths"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.almayadeen.net/news/po</span><span class="invisible">litics/-israel--killed-56-journalists-in-2025--global-press-deaths</span></a></p>
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<p>Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Documentary<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXsPU25B60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXsPU25B60"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXsPU</span><span class="invisible">25B60</span></a></p><p>and</p><p>Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-tQYcZGM4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-tQYcZGM4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-tQY</span><span class="invisible">cZGM4</span></a></p><p>Summary:<br>Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media machine<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPI</span><span class="invisible">XvU5M</span></a></p><p>In brief, the role of the media is not to tell the truth, but instead to tell us what the elites want us to think. You grew up with it, it has helped form your opinions.</p><p>Ref: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufact</span><span class="invisible">uring_Consent</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#Propaganda</a></p>
<p>AI slop is threatening journalism by churning out clickbaity versions of original stories, capturing web traffic, and destroying readers' trust in media. NiemanLab's Ben Paviour takes a look at how it's proliferating, with the help of Google.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/6VypfN" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/6VypfN</a></p><p><a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/slop/" rel="tag">#Slop</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/mediaindustry/" rel="tag">#MediaIndustry</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>
<p>"Don't Wanna Be Called <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#nazi</a> Don't Do Nazi Sh*t"<br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/young-republicans-and-congressman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/young-republicans-and-congressman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/young-republi</span><span class="invisible">cans-and-congressman</span></a> </p><p>"These Young Rs are 'no one swiped right' in human form</p><p>And what's w 'young' for <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> lasting til minoxidil's a thing? Hell, they prob had their 1st <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> scams a decade+ ago" <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> #<a href="/tags/youngrepublicans/" rel="tag">#youngrepublicans</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>
<p>Stop autopromocji za nasze pieniądze! ❌</p><p>Media prowadzone przez samorządy najczęściej nie informują, lecz przede wszystkim promują lokalne władze – i to z publicznych środków. Ministerstwo zapowiadało zakaz finansowania takiej pseudoprasy, ale nie znalazł się on w projekcie nowej ustawy medialnej.</p><p>To problem dla demokracji lokalnej <br>➤ propaganda zamiast rzetelnej informacji ❌<br>➤ nieuczciwa konkurencja wobec niezależnych mediów ❌<br>➤ presja na dziennikarzy i osłabianie kontroli władzy ❌</p><p>Jeśli włodarze dobrze rządzą, obronią się wynikami, nie promocją za publiczne pieniądze. Mieszkańcy i mieszkanki zasługują na obiektywne treści, nie gazetki „prasowe” tylko z nazwy.</p><p>👉 Weź udział w konsultacjach publicznych nowej ustawy medialnej i daj znać, że jesteś przeciwko wydawaniu publicznych pieniędzy na autopromocję.<br>Przygotowałem formularz z gotowymi wzorami, zachęcam do skorzystania: <br><a href="https://mateusz-jarczynski.pl/przeciwko-mediom-samorzadowym/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mateusz-jarczynski.pl/przeciwko-mediom-samorzadowym/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mateusz-jarczynski.pl/przeciwk</span><span class="invisible">o-mediom-samorzadowym/</span></a></p><p>Konsultacje są otwarte do jutra, czyli 23.01. Nie odkładaj tego na później.</p><p><a href="/tags/konsultacje/" rel="tag">#konsultacje</a> <a href="/tags/samorząd/" rel="tag">#samorząd</a> <a href="/tags/ustawa/" rel="tag">#ustawa</a> <a href="/tags/ustawamedialna/" rel="tag">#ustawamedialna</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p>
<p>Out today from Gus Bova: Highlights of our newest issue include criminal justice reporting from Michelle Pitcher, exploring <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a> culture with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>, the war over homelessness policy with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span>, and much more. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/editors-</span><span class="invisible">letter-january-february-2026/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>Wag the Dog, <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a>: <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> Must Relentlessly Expose <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p>Rep Seth Moulton & Sen Ruben Gallego are leading the way responding to Trump’s unconstitutional, int <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> crimes</p><p>But Venezuela, <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>, <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a>, tariffs, Trump’s billionaire-fluffing, are all of a piece. So the broader narrative goes like this <br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-in-venezuela-democrats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-in-venezuela-democrats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-i</span><span class="invisible">n-venezuela-democrats</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#greenland</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a></p>
<p>“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.</p><p>“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tac</span><span class="invisible">rolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/mother/" rel="tag">#Mother</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
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<p>Fired CBS Staffer Says Only White Producers Survived ‘Bloodbath’ Layoffs - Daily Beast</p><p>A Black producer who worked for a CBS News show that was canceled on Wednesday said that every producer on his team who was laid off is a person of color, whereas the white producers are being reassigned within the company.</p><p><a href="/tags/cbs/" rel="tag">#CBS</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/newsmedia/" rel="tag">#NewsMedia</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-cbs-news-staffer-says-only-white-producers-survived-bloodbath-layoffs/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thedailybeast.com/ex-cbs-news-staffer-says-only-white-producers-survived-bloodbath-layoffs/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thedailybeast.com/ex-cbs-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-staffer-says-only-white-producers-survived-bloodbath-layoffs/</span></a></p>
<p>15 years in and we're just getting started! Flipboard's CEO <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> spoke with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forbes</span></a></span>'s Andy Meek about being digital survivors, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span>, and our role in the future of publishing.</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2025/10/30/flipboard-ceo-mike-mccue-on-the-15-year-old-app-were-just-getting-started/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2025/10/30/flipboard-ceo-mike-mccue-on-the-15-year-old-app-were-just-getting-started/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/</span><span class="invisible">2025/10/30/flipboard-ceo-mike-mccue-on-the-15-year-old-app-were-just-getting-started/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#Publishing</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/apps/" rel="tag">#Apps</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/surfsocial/" rel="tag">#SurfSocial</a></p>
<p>"The 'Why I’m Leaving Substack' post is the new 'Goodbye to All That,'” writes Sarah Scrier for NiemanLab. Some top newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — have left Substack for Patreon. Email delivery issues, poor technical support and an overemphasis on social features were reasons for their departure. Both Petersen and Lenz also referenced Substack's platforming of Nazis and hate speech in their farewell notes. Here's more.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/L22UTT" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/L22UTT</a></p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#Publishing</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a> <a href="/tags/patreon/" rel="tag">#Patreon</a> <a href="/tags/newsletters/" rel="tag">#Newsletters</a> <a href="/tags/lyzlenz/" rel="tag">#LyzLenz</a> <a href="/tags/annehelenpetersen/" rel="tag">#AnneHelenPetersen</a> <a href="/tags/virginiasolesmith/" rel="tag">#VirginiaSoleSmith</a></p>
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