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Top news of the week: 14.08.2022.

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@mediagazer shared
On Aug 9, 2022
A look back at the decline of the News & Record newspaper in Greensboro, NC, starting under Landmark ownership and continuing under BH Media and Lee Enterprises (Margaret Moffett / The Assembly) https://t.co/u1OkWJW6BO https://t.co/JmX6kH8ZBM
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Below the Fold

Below the Fold

North Carolina’s third-largest city, Greensboro, once had a thriving newspaper in the News & Record. What’s left after years of media-conglomerate cuts is a shell of the paper’s former ...

@mediagazer shared
On Aug 11, 2022
A look at the pros and cons of Canada's Online News Act, which could be made more inclusive but has greater transparency than Australia's news bargaining bill (Nieman Lab) https://t.co/Q2KFsGwAX7 https://t.co/a4OGCbfFVB
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Canada’s Online News Act shows how other countries are learning from Australia’s news bill

Canada’s Online News Act shows how other countries are learning from Australia’s news bill

The potential here is for democratic governments to evolve their digital policy models based on each other's experiences.

@mediagazer shared
On Aug 12, 2022
A look at The Kansas City Defender, with one full-time staffer, two part-timers, five interns, and four freelancers, rooted in abolitionist press tradition (James Anderson / Nieman Lab) https://t.co/pVu6AOHDQb https://t.co/Fv3GZ9DKQh
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The Kansas City Defender is a nonprofit news site for young Black audiences across the Midwest

The Kansas City Defender is a nonprofit news site for young Black audiences across the Midwest

"We do advocate against the racist function of policing, [but] we focus equally on being present in the community, doing poetry nights, basketball park takeovers, and other ...

@mediagazer shared
On Aug 12, 2022
Journalists juggle the need to report on ransomware gangs with the knowledge that the gangs lie and use news stories to recruit and pressure victims into paying (Washington Post) https://t.co/ln0CQ2ig47 https://t.co/wwmrHObjOj
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For ransomware gangs, journalists are another tool of the trade

For ransomware gangs, journalists are another tool of the trade

They've tried to manipulate reporters on multiple occasions.

@jbenton shared
On Aug 8, 2022
New (and fun) by me —> I asked Facebook's new AI chatbot why the news industry's in such bad shape. "Definitely craigslist...I don’t know that facebook is really to blame for anything specific..." https://t.co/1uWigzL5hB
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Blame Craig: How Facebook’s AI bot explains the decline of the news industry

Blame Craig: How Facebook’s AI bot explains the decline of the news industry

"Definitely craigslist.... I don't know that facebook is really to blame for anything specific." And maybe the Pope <em>did</em> endorse Trump after all!

@Anthony shared
On Aug 11, 2022
RT @JoshKraushaar: Law of unintended consequences: Manchin provision in spending bill likely to slow adoption of electric vehicles (via @Axios) https://t.co/g6XN0ADC2Q
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If you want an electric car, buy one this week

If you want an electric car, buy one this week

Biden's about to sign a bill that would instantly make many EVs more expensive

@nycjim shared
On Aug 9, 2022
Illuminate Ed Pulled from ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ After Massive Data Breach. via @The74's @mkeierleber https://t.co/0Wd5m64miw
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Illuminate Ed Pulled from ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ After Massive Data Breach

Illuminate Ed Pulled from ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ After Massive Data Breach

Updated Embattled education technology vendor Illuminate Education has become the first-ever company to get booted from the Student Privacy Pledge, an unprecedented move that follows a ...

@NiemanLab shared
On Aug 9, 2022
"It’s also a reminder that, while the disgraceful manner in which Trump left the White House has (again, understandably) dominated coverage of his post-presidency, the policies he pursued while in office still matter, too,” @Jon_Allsop writes. https://t.co/x5MBPrBTBF
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What toilets say about the latest Trump news cycle

What toilets say about the latest Trump news cycle

<p>Back in February, Axios shared an early finding from a (still) forthcoming book by Maggie Haberman, a reporter at the New York Times who had heard that, while Donald Trump was president, ...