Ben Birkinbine

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Wisconsin, to Elon.

I’ve been teaching First Amendment law to journalism students for nearly 15 years. Khalili’s detention is the most egregious violation of I’ve seen in that time. Anyone who cares about free speech and the First Amendment should be *deeply* concerned.

Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.

Breaking News: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost.

Public compute — state provision of computing resources — could be a powerful tool for reshaping the AI sector.

In our report, Jai Vipra and I offer an overview of existing approaches, and recommendations for avoiding industry capture, reducing environmental harms, and delivering public value

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The children’s section in Brazil just hits different.

Forgive the naïveté, but does your university pay external reviewers of doctoral dissertations? Doesn’t matter how much. Just curious

The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.

👋 Hey, journalists, how's your digital security looking for 2025?

Track your progress with our checklist.

Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain There are some new Mickey Mouse animations, too.

Some Popeye, TinTin, Hitchcock, Hemingway, Faulkner, Christie, and more will enter the public domain in 2025

www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/243...

Lauer and Graves 2024. In New Media and Society. “How to Grow a Transnational Field”

Definitely other network analyses out there, but relatively fewer that focus on corporate relationships. What kind of stuff are you looking for? Ownership networks for the tech firms?

Etherpad may be best, depending on exactly what functions you need.

Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery Set the Stage for 2025 Deal-Making Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery are rearranging their businesses for mergers and acquisitions. Experts say the next year could transform the media industry.

2025 could see a wave of mergers and acquisitions in media industries: “There is no shortage of smaller companies for these media mammoths to scoop up.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...

Also a realistic timeline for when the White Sox can start to think about being competitive again

Yes, but the total package seems decent. Montgomery could (finally) be a RF solution.

Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.

Judge in my former home of Reno, NV denies Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to consolidate control of family trust (incl News Corp, Fox News, NY post, etc) for son Lachlan. All four of his children set for equal control. Real life Succession stuff here, folks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

UDC 2025: The Future We Want: Resistance and Resolve
June 19 - 22, 2025 | Call for Papers is LIVE: www.democraticcomm.org

Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet

IAMCR is now on Bluesky and letting you all know that we are receiving proposals for our 2025 conference in Singapore. See the conference website at singapore2025.iamcr.org and submit your abstract before 7 February.

Portion of a news story, describing how hackers could not access messages on encrypted apps like WhatsApp or Signal but could access phone calls and text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices

Friendly reminder to invite your friends to use Signal for messaging. 😁
(Excerpt from NYT story on the Salt Typhoon hack)

The Department of Media Studies at CU Boulder is hiring! We’re seeking an open-rank scholar with a critical, interdisciplinary approach to media, culture, and the environment.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Updated list of global media+comm scholars. Lmk if you want to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/Avb3yM

Yes, please. Would like to be added, if possible. Current Co-Chair of the Political Economy Section of IAMCR, researching Global Media Giants

Please spread the word, and do send us an abstract if you are reflecting on solidarity, worldmaking, media and communication infrastructures, and figures like Bruce Lee, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

CfP for IAMCR 2025 in Singapore is now live! Here is the link for Political Economy Section CfP:

iamcr.org/singapore202...

Yes, please. Thanks for organizing!

@mandytroeger.bsky.social

PhD from Oregon…but Madison is home. One of the perks of being back in my home state. Game time. Go Bucky!

I think this was part of the plan. People knew it would be disappointing (see Mike’s last fights), but it was a masterful inter-generational marketing scheme. Will be curious to see numbers, if Netflix provide them. Maybe slightly more than the MASH finale (??)

I did appreciate the “nice low blow” comment 🤣. He wasn’t wrong

Calling all CPEC Scholars!

[Please comment suggestions/self nominate below to be added folks]

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