We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
May 10, 2023
“They made me a deal I couldn’t refuse!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Could be the beginning of a New & Vibrant CNN, with no more Fake News, or it could turn into a disaster for all, including me. Let’s see what happens?” —
The Daily Beast / Dan Ladden-Hall
/ May 10No more newspaper delivery carriers. The T&D says the scaled-back schedule will result in expanded editions when newspapers are printed on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. —
The Times and Democrat / Lee Harter
/ May 10“More recently, press officials — and even some reporters — have bristled during press briefings at interruptions by journalist Simon Ateba, the White House correspondent for Today News Africa. Ateba has gained attention by shouting questions out of turn at Biden press secretaries Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre, in violation of protocol, if not written rules.” —
Washington Post / Paul Farhi
/ May 10Alex Hardiman, chief product officer for the Times, will lead “a cross-company effort to ensure that we think expansively and collectively about how we might put GenAI to use to support our journalists, grow audience and engagement with our products, and scale our business, while working to ensure we protect our intellectual property.” Also announced: longtime exec David Perpich will focus on The Athletic full-time as its publisher. —
The New York Times Company
/ May 10“The MTV News of 2023 was much smaller and far less high-profile than the MTV News of the 1990s and early 2000s, when it could help define pop culture and cover stories more traditional outlets wouldn’t touch” —SS
The Hollywood Reporter / Alex Weprin
/ May 10In a reply, Elon Musk
tweeted, “I want to be clear that we have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators.”
—Washington Post / Jeremy Barr, Faiz Siddiqui, and Sarah Ellison
/ May 10Soldin, a 32-year-old video coordinator for Agence France-Presse, was described as a “fantastic reporter” by colleagues. He’d
recently tweeted about taking care of an injured baby hedgehog in Ukraine.
—the Guardian / Luke Harding
/ May 10May 9, 2023
“The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published the report on Tuesday, just two days before the one-year-anniversary of the death of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old Palestinian-American who was killed by a bullet to the head on May 11, 2022 while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin.” —HT
CNN / Allegra Goodwin and Richard Allen Greene
/ May 9“The study particularly noted abuse targeted at transgender people, with LGBTQ+ journalists saying taking part in media coverage of trans issues often led to high levels of abuse.” —
The Guardian / Kevin Rawlinson
/ May 9Axios’s Sara Fischer: “Niche media is thriving in an era where generalist media seems to be declining. Companies that launch with a little bit of money, but in a targeted way, focusing on one specific thing with authority, tend to build incrementally and more sustainably than companies that try to do it all at once upfront.” —LO
The Rebooting / Brian Morrissey
/ May 9
