Capital B Atlanta, the non-profit newsroom, debuting a weekly radio show on WRFG radio @wrfg.bsky.social right now, apparently.
Brian Bannon
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Atlanta comedian and writer. Blog about media issue. No relation to Steve. https://brianpbannon.medium.com
Prominent Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón is defending James Cox "Fergie" Chambers in his arrest and U.S. extradition request. Among other international cases, Garzón defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasa... iberianlawyer.com/baltasar-gar...
Baltasar Garzón takes on Fergie Chambers extradition case - Iberian Lawyer
Baltasar Garzón to lead defence of philanthropist Fergie Chambers in US extradition proceedings
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In 2021 I surveyed coverage of Atlanta's "Cop City" and argued it made the case for an explicitly left-wing local media to fill the gaps or push back on Corporate, and especially Cox, media framing. brianpbannon.medium.com/does-atlanta...
Does Atlanta’s “Cop City” Debate Make the Case for a Left Local Media?
On April 1st, the Atlanta Committee for Progress and Cox Enterprises released a joint press statement pledging support for Mayor Keisha…
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Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 5d ago🧵Democrats/the left have close to as comprehensive an online media ecosystem now as MAGA had four years ago. From Crooked Media and Meidas to Hasan Piker and Zeteo -- even Ezra Klein at the NYT. This has been essential to the rise of democratic socialist candidates.
This is in DSA member Kelsea Bond's city council district. It's also home to WRFG, and its Zine club which I participate in, the Seed and Feed community band, and Atlanta Jugglers.
Atlanta DSA@atldemsoc.bsky.social · 6d agoAtlanta DSA is moving into a new office! Stop by this Sunday to donate items for our new space! 🌹 For a list of items to donate and to RSVP, click the link in our bio 🔗
Defector w/ a left-wing but nuanced defense of Fergie Chambers seeing his prosecution as part of a larger crackdown. "Chambers is known for being loud and seeking attention, which he considers a political act, but also for donating... defector.com/eventually-e...
Eventually Everyone Will Be Called A Terrorist | Defector
Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened representatives from 66 different nations on July 16 for a “ministerial meeting” on the resurgence of “political terrorism.” The White House described the summi...
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GPB raised over $15 million from over 90,000 donors, including 20,000 new ones, in the first fiscal year after the rescission of federal funding for public broadcasting. brianpbannon.medium.com/this-has-bee...
“This has been a tremendous year for GPB.”
Georgia Public Broadcasting more than makes up for federal funding cuts amid national “rage giving” trend.
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Been reading a lot of anniversary pieces on the rescission federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, none of which mention Georgia and its complicated landscape: WABE and GPB competing, GPB a state network in a red-turned-purple state w/ elections www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/its-...
It’s been a year since Congress cut off federal funding for public media. How are things going?
Last July, the Republican-led Congress voted to end federal funding for public media, clawing back $1.1 billion in funds that had been previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. ...
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Adolph Ochs' first paper. Maybe the NYTs will start a Chattanooga newsletter. www.chattanoogan.com/2026/7/26/52...
Report: Local Group Buying Chattanooga Times Free Press From Arkansas Owners
A group of investors led by Chattanooga businessman and media specialist Craig Fuller is planning to buy the Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper from its...
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Today's the anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta.
Capital B Atlanta@capitalbatl.bsky.social · 2w agoOur reporter @chauncethewriter.bsky.social is currently at Wheeler HS in Marietta where President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak about his new Trump Accounts program this afternoon. There’s at least 1,000 people in attendance inside the school’s auditorium and hundreds more protesting outside.
Since I could find no statement from Cox Enterprises itself about Fergie Chambers' arrest and how its newsrooms are and aren’t allowed to cover it, I sought comment from both Cox Enterprises and the AJC. Neither responded before publication. brianpbannon.medium.com/when-cox-is-...
When Cox is the Story, Atlanta Media is Mostly Silent
Ten Days after Fergie Chambers’ arrest on a Trump DOJ Extradition request, the news in Atlanta is spreading more like samizdat than through…
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AJC ads next to Guardian articles on Fergie Chambers' arrest in Spain. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Brian Bannon@sobsax.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Guardian and Fox News Digital have now covered Fergie Chambers’ arrest in Spain. Both are instructive in the complex media dynamics at play when an heir to a media empire is involved. I'd like to add as much context as I can, perhaps in a blog post this weekend, but for now...
The Guardian and Fox News Digital have now covered Fergie Chambers’ arrest in Spain. Both are instructive in the complex media dynamics at play when an heir to a media empire is involved. I'd like to add as much context as I can, perhaps in a blog post this weekend, but for now...
Brian Bannon@sobsax.bsky.social · 3w agoHow is Cox City media responding to Cox heir Fergie Chambers arrest in Spain on a U.S. extradition request? So far, it’s been silence from mainstream outlets while WSB conservative host Erick Erickson did a segment linking Chambers to DSA. youtu.be/zmighKjmxGI?...
Geoegia's legacy locals in Macon and Columbus are going nonprofit. Both were McClatchy papers. Georgia Trust for Local News partners with local supporters to acquire two historic newspapers share.google/1FGzCackJHOO...
Georgia Trust for Local News partners with local supporters to acquire two historic newspapers
Deal will revitalize local journalism in Middle, West and South GeorgiaDublin, Ga. – The Georgia Trust for Local News today purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in a landmark...
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How is Cox City media responding to Cox heir Fergie Chambers arrest in Spain on a U.S. extradition request? So far, it’s been silence from mainstream outlets while WSB conservative host Erick Erickson did a segment linking Chambers to DSA. youtu.be/zmighKjmxGI?...
S15 EP126: Hour 2 - Back to Schrodinger's Strait
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This Spanish source includes a statement from Fergie Chambers' partner Stella Schnabel. As far as I can tell his father and Cox Enterprises have not publicy commented. Sources have at times conflated James Cox Chambers, Jr.'s wealth w/ his father's. www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2...
United States billionaire family denounces “political persecution” by the Trump administration after son’s arrest in Ibiza
Claims James ‘Fergie’ Cox Chambers Jr.is a victim of “political persecution”. Chambers’ partner, Stella Schnabel, states in the press release that the businessman is being imprisoned “because he uses ...
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Two left-wing politicians in Spain are calling on the Spanish Govt. Not to cooperarte with the Trump admin. in extraditing Fergie Chambers. www.ultimahora.es/noticias/loc....
Several international news outlets are reporting that Cox family heir Fergie Chambers was arrested in Spain last Friday on a US extradition request. Acc. to Middle East Eye, the indictment alleges money laundering and conspiracy in orchestrating campaigns. www.middleeasteye.net/news/fergie-...
Pro-Palestine activist Fergie Chambers arrested in Spain after US extradition request
Supporters say indictment is 'politically motivated' after American activist was detained in Ibiza on Friday
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"Our hope is that The Local: Twin Cities can serve as a model for similar future efforts elsewhere around the country." Cox-owned Axios has its own local newsletters and is experimenting with AI partnerships to expand them. www.nytco.com/press/the-ne...
The New York Times to Launch Local Newsletter in the Twin Cities | The New York Times Company
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A pillar of Atlanta’s philanthropic community, or its Non-profit Industrial Complex if you’re cynical, will be getting new leadership. As skepticism of philanthropy grows CFGA is more public-facing than the city's private titans (Woodruff, Blank, Marcus, Cox), saportareport.com/frank-fernan...
Frank Fernandez leaving Atlanta’s Community Foundation - SaportaReport
Read Frank Fernandez leaving Atlanta’s Community Foundation by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.
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I'm not a DSA member. (Yet) But watching the growth of DSA in Cox City has been generally refreshing when not only have traditional Democrats been reluctant to challenge corporate power or billionaires and their foundations' role in public policy, but so have most local media.
Change in AJC publisher means a change in its Editorial Board. Andrew Morse was a public face of the AJC and wrote front-page editorials. Will Curran be as high profile? Or is Cox CEO Alex Taylor's recent pieces a sign he'll be?
Brian Bannon@sobsax.bsky.social · last mo.No Regrets: Andrew Morse's exit interview as he steps down as Publisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after 3.5 years. Morse famously set a goal of achieving 500,000 digital subscribers by the end of this year. He leaves with just ~101,000. 🧵 youtu.be/hyq9mTgprDk?...
Morse on Georgia Politics: “One of the things that has surprised me is that in a time when the country is seemingly so polarized... There's actually a tremendous amount of cooperation on the state level between parties.” The neoliberal consensus. One that has prioritized Cox's interests.
Brian Bannon@sobsax.bsky.social · last mo.No Regrets: Andrew Morse's exit interview as he steps down as Publisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after 3.5 years. Morse famously set a goal of achieving 500,000 digital subscribers by the end of this year. He leaves with just ~101,000. 🧵 youtu.be/hyq9mTgprDk?...
No Regrets: Andrew Morse's exit interview as he steps down as Publisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after 3.5 years. Morse famously set a goal of achieving 500,000 digital subscribers by the end of this year. He leaves with just ~101,000. 🧵 youtu.be/hyq9mTgprDk?...
Inside Andrew Morse’s Digital Bet on the AJC | Politically Georgia
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The last Dem. Gov in GA was Roy Barnes who purged GPB of its leadership following a financial scandal. During Sonny Perdue's tenure, Fox News began leasing space. Under Nathan Deal's admin. GPB began directly competing with WABE, licensed to APS, in Atlanta. brianpbannon.medium.com/the-politics...
The Politics of Public Media
Georgia’s Governor’s Race and Its Public Broadcasters
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"Will public media be an issue in the Georgia Governor’s race? Will media policies in general? From filling news deserts to corporate consolidation, to regulating Big Tech? Not if left to the media strategists." brianpbannon.medium.com/the-politics...
The Politics of Public Media
Georgia’s Governor’s Race and Its Public Broadcasters
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Brian Bannon@sobsax.bsky.social · last mo.I work a non-media day job so won’t finish the piece until this weekend. I'll update if the Jackson campaign does respond.
Culver's started in my hometown of Sauk City, Wisconsin. In a former A&W, hence its own root beer. It's not luxurios, though more expensive than Ramen noodles. It's family-friendly, like a dairy Chik-fil-A that's open Sundays.
Elite Grifters@elitegrifters.bsky.social · last mo.Kat Abughazaleh, who claims to be poor, posted yesterday about buying fast-casual shrimp twice in a day.
