The Oregonian / Oregon Live / Matthew Kish
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
Guatemala has a new reformist president. Will he get a veteran muckraker out of jail? →“Since taking office earlier this month, [president Bernardo Arévalo] has already engaged on [José Rubén Zamora]’s case, including by asking [attorney general María Consuelo Porras] to clarify the criteria for prosecution in cases involving free expression. Last week, Arévalo met with delegates from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Inter American Press Association and promised not to wield the law as a cudgel against journalists.”
El Espectador / El Espectador Staff
Mother Jones / Sean Kelly
Australia fought back against Rupert Murdoch. Your turn, America. →“Suggestions that the Murdoch empire is declining in the place that Rupert first built it are tantalizing to his critics. That this alleged decline coincides with such a delicate handover—from all-powerful father to relatively untested son—may raise these hopes still higher: Perhaps this is the moment those terrified of Murdoch have been waiting for all these years. After all, if it can happen there, surely it could happen anywhere—perhaps even everywhere.”
Intelligencer / Shawn McCreesh
As the “media apocalypse” nears, Condé Nast and other publishers are staring into the abyss →“Increasingly, journalists have moved on from ascribing blame for the collapse of the news business to ‘the internet’ and vast technological forces beyond their control. They’re blaming corporate executives who seem unable to come up with plans that cobble together revenues from subscriptions, dwindling advertising money, e-commerce sales, and events — which is what successful executives have accomplished at the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.”
Talking Biz News / Chris Roush
Bloomberg now providing news summaries written by AI →“The company has developed a tool that will look for news-related topics in earnings calls, such as guidance, capital allocation, hiring and labor plans, the macro environment, new products, supply chain issues, and consumer demand.”
Texas Monthly / Michael Hardy
Austin’s daily newspaper is being starved to death →“[American-Statesman staffers] described a newsroom in seemingly irreversible decline. The paper continues to replace long-standing newsroom talent with a revolving door of inexperienced transplants who stay for a few years and then move on.”