“.. he was completely inaudible because a pool microphone was not there to capture his statements. .. ‘So maybe this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit,’ Newsmax anchor Bianca de la Garza said .. @thehill.com
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Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. https://bit.ly/4hhOjBo
media consolidation is always extremely harmful to labor, consumers, creatives, and markets. It's not a debate. when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
Feckless Dems Fold, Back Off Effort To Kill Paramount Merger
Every single time Democrats have an opportunity to demonstrate they're serious about media reform, they trip over their own assholes.
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As more PE firms invest in food establishments, people are bemoaning the ‘same-ification’ of NYC’s restaurant scene
‘Don’t spend $20 on an acai bowl’: gen Z are shunning private equity’s restaurant takeover
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Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access to the journalists of CNN, MSNOW and Politico.
If there was nothing wrong with it, why pay back the Putin crony who infiltrated the Trump family? And can we see a copy of the check? www.HowRussiaWon.com
THEN STOP COVERING HIM, White House Correspondents Association STOP LETTING HIM THREATEN FREE SPEECH - and you GO IN, TELL HIM TO HIS FACE THAT HE'S LYING TO YOU, AND THEN WALK OUT STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY - THIS HAND-WRINGING IS JUST PASSIVE COLLABORATION
"As the media world continues to change for better or worse, there needs to be a local voice to document it all – and it might as well be me." (@tdogmedia.bsky.social) www.tdogmedia.com/2026/09/t-do...
T Dog Media at 20 - T Dog Media
A look back at what's changed in media and what to look forward to After 4,385 posts, T Dog Media has reached the age of 20. And it's been a long, strange trip to get here. The last time an anniversar...
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According to a self-storage-industry executive, there are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than there are Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Home Depot, Domino’s, Dunkin’, and Costco locations combined. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/N5tSxM
The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities
Why are we so obsessed with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again?
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The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media. This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries. See the problem?
FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
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Joby Aviation’s 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis
Joby Aviation’s 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis
An aircraft equipped with Joby Aviation's autonomy technology flew across the United States without a human pilot taking control at any point.
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👀"The ballot measure has strong backers from across the political spectrum, including a well-known former Republican governor and Democratic senator who have campaigned for it together." (@gettingviggy.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Montana Ballot Measure Would Strike at Political ‘Dark Money’
A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling.
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NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Incredible story by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social & @jonchristian.net I know it seems like a never-ending slog, but this is just one example of amazing tech journalism being written in the ai-moment. Also, I'm so fucking angry this is happening, along with the giant side of colonialism thrown in.
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 5d agoNEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Darin@settingthetable.bsky.social · 6d agoAfter listening to the entire back-catalog of Yacht Or Nyacht, Beyond Yacht Rock/BYR 2000 and Billion Dollar Record Club over the course of a year, It's tough that I have to wait to listen to episodes from @jdryznar.bsky.social, @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social, Hunter and Dave. Love the show(s).
The id.Buzz (VW's electric hippie bus) is the inverse experience. People grin, wave, give us thumbs up and peace signs, and snap pictures everywhere we go. Folks approach us in parking lots asking if they can check it out.
Philip Eil@phileil.bsky.social · 7d agoRhode Island Cybertruck owner: "I get more middle fingers and thumbs-downs and just looks of disdain and hate, having this vehicle drive me around Rhode Island, than I have ever experienced in my entire life.”
The NFL's Sunday Ticket is carrying fewer games as the NFL expands its prime-time lineup, leaving YouTube subscribers with a smaller package even as prices rose (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Extraordinary reporting: "Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family."
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Bettina Trump, Don Jr.'s wife, defends having a Putin ally finance part of their wedding trip, saying he was simply "our dear friend." Such a dear friend that brother Eric's rep told @propublica.org that “Eric has absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name.”
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · last wk.Donald Trump Jr.'s island wedding extravaganza was partially funded and planned by a Russian oligarch who is close to Putin and attended part of the multi-day outing. Don Jr calls him a "personal friend." @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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'When people are exhausted & don’t know how to find good information, it opens the door to conflict entrepreneurs who now overwhelm the information stream. The technology that was supposed to democratize information has balkanized it." (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality
The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.
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'When people are exhausted & don’t know how to find good information, it opens the door to conflict entrepreneurs who now overwhelm the information stream. The technology that was supposed to democratize information has balkanized it." (@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality
The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.
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Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite.
25 Years After 9/11: The Canadian Town That Became a Safe Haven. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkxV...
25 Years After 9/11: The Canadian Town That Became a Safe Haven
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