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Feed Me’s Emily Sundberg and her ‘studio mindset’

Sundberg’s business and culture newsletter has developed a cult following — and racked up 50,000 subscribers.

A tale of two jets: The old media grapples with its new limits

Remnick-Goldberg-Murray-Lessin-VandeHei-Thompson on the beginning of a new, diminished era for America’s legacy outlets.
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TikTok astrologers are convinced this election isn’t over

Many had predicted before the election that Vice President Kamala Harris would win.
Screenshots via TikTok/@babydoll.dej, @laurensmegamind, @learnastrohd

Gannett probes possible leak of bombshell Iowa poll

A stray tweet predicted the findings of Ann Selzer’s Iowa poll shortly before its release.
(Reuters/Emily Elconin)

Needle at risk: In bitter, election-day labor dispute, union accuses Times of trying to ‘burn the house down,’ while paper accuses tech workers of trying to ‘block this public service’

A labor feud plays out on election day.

In a frank internal meeting, The New York Times wrestled with its political role

It’s an extraordinary look inside a key American institution under intense external scrutiny and internal pressure.
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Open letter to Jeff Bezos: To restore trust in news, we need to look forward, not backward

Semafor CEO and co-founder Justin Smith on what the news industry needs to do next.

Why the Economist is endorsing in 2024

The British publication is going for Kamala Harris.

Washington Post pays to boost stories critical of Trump as subscribers flee

The paper has seen a mass exodus of subscribers since its owner Jeff Bezos decided it would no longer endorse candidates for president.

Bezos’ data-driven Washington Post gets its clearest signal yet

A wave of subscribers quickly deserted the paper after its owner canceled a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris.

Bezos celebrated in Europe with Katy Perry as Post crisis began

The Post owner lamented the timing of his decision to spike an endorsement of Kamala Harris.

Inside The Wall Street Journal, recriminations over Gershkovich’s arrest

The messy backstory on how the Journal sent a reporter, twice, to the heart of Russia’s military-industrial complex in wartime.

The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business.

A leading American newspaper enters a new era.

‘Untenable and unconscionable’: Exodus from Washington Post editorial board continues

The Post pulled the plug at the last minute on endorsing Kamala Harris.

Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper

The Washington Post says it is returning to an earlier tradition of not endorsing.

Rivals scramble to react to Washington Post endorsement crisis

The Post has tried to contain the damage from owner Jeff Bezos’ last-minute decision to have the paper not endorse a presidential candidate.

‘A civic disappointment’: Fallout continues after Los Angeles Times chooses not to endorse

The paper’s billionaire owner blocked journalists from endorsing the Democrat.

The New York Times, under fire from Democrats, responds

The paper has been taking heat, increasingly, from its left.