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A tweet from Chicago Tribune reporter Olivia Olander: "I'm sitting in on a Tribune editorial board endorsement meeting for the 9th district where a representative for Kat Abughazaleh just read a statement saying the board promoted 'reactionary' ideas and undermines the credibility of the newsroom. The representative then walked out."

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shout out to the coop radio dj playing tom's diner (dna mix) on this cold thursday evening..... banger of bangers

big news! if formally enacted this would be binding, and non-compliance on google’s part could result in a fine up to 10% of annual global revenue (or at least, see the gov *attempt* to levy such a fine)

Baby YouTube thumbnail depicting a vanishing mommy. Baby will explain how peekaboo works

The Surprising Physics behind Mommy

Update: We're pressing pause on our Threads account for now as we focus our efforts on other platforms. If you want to stay across the latest news, alerts and live coverage, the ABC News app is the best way to make sure you’re not missing anything: https://www.abc.net.au/news/app Thanks for joining us on Threads up to now. You can still follow us over on Instagram at abcnews_au: https://www.instagram.com/abcnews_au/

Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, has exited (paused) its account on Threads.

To be fair, they haven’t posted anything on Threads since July last year, and it comes after they shut all but four of their X/Twitter accounts in August 2023. The ABC doesn’t have an official presence on Bluesky

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

Nandy 'minded to' seek competition probe into DMGT's Telegraph takeover Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she is "minded to" intervene in Daily Mail owner DMGT's takeover of The Telegraph.

Nandy ‘minded to’ seek competition probe into DMGT’s Telegraph takeover

But Culture Secretary will not intervene to look at any foreign state influence in the deal pressgazette.co.uk/news/nandy-m...

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"The UK’s Independent Media is in advanced talks to take over the digital and commercial operations of lossmaking London newspaper The Standard... Staff were told that they would be offered a voluntary redundancy scheme alongside a formal consultation process"

A New York Times web article is interrupted by a display ad comprising four pictures, three of them depicting takeaway cup lids. The fourth picture appears to be a disposable food cup or bowl.

high quality display ad here

a) lmao, b) it's a good question though - maybe @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, ABC or @pressgazette.co.uk can help

Cathy Newman joins Sky News to front flagship politics show The journalist and broadcaster will also present a new podcast and work on long-form investigations and documentaries.

Cathy Newman is to join Sky News, fronting a politics show in the same timeslot as C4 News news.sky.com/story/cathy-...

Bit of TV history this: YouTube unseats BBC as UK's most-watched service, per monthly audience reach figures published by Barb. The BBC remains well ahead in other areas, but for it to be beaten on even a single monthly metric upsets British TV's natural order. deadline.com/2026/01/yout...

An excellent hire of an excellent man!

A screenshot of a song by "Aluna" titled "Cap Ferret c'est la Magie" illustrated with a beautiful woman sat in what is quite clearly an AI generated beach

A screenshot showing the AI song included in the new releases on established artist Aluna (formerly of AlunaGeorge)'s Spotify artist page

AI Aluna's Instagram page in which it's confirmed she is a "projet IA" (an AI project)

A song by an AI artist named Aluna, seemingly there just to promote Cap Ferret in Aquitaine, has made it onto the actual Spotify artist page for Aluna (formerly of AlunaGeorge) and from there into my Release Radar

Also I know the list is in alphabetical order but I am going to pocket that The Tina Triangle comes just above The Atlantic's "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans". Suck it Jeffrey Goldberg

I go through this list for story recs every year so it was with some surprise I discovered this time I'm on it!! Genuinely might be the best accolade of my career

As ever, credit to @thefence.bsky.social for commissioning The Tina Triangle, and thanks to @joshspero.ft.com for putting it forward

I chose The New Yorker on Sotheby’s (obvs) but also The Fence on chemsex www.the-fence.com/the-tina-tri...

What Newsroom Product Managers Want the C-Suite to Know - A Media Operator Newsroom product managers are a little frustrated. Arguably the newest professional discipline in the news industry, the number of product jobs at…

Very nice write up on News Product and @newsproduct.org from @bronmaher.bsky.social @amediaoperator.com www.amediaoperator.com/analysis/new...

my favourite thing about the new Knives Out movie was how one shot would clearly be filmed in a village in the Home Counties and the next in Kentuckysville, South Virginia

Politico Launches in Spain, Acquires Stake in CEO Conference Organizer - A Media Operator Politico is set to expand into Spain next year, marking its fourth launch into a European national market. News of the expansion…

New from me: Politico is launching in Spain www.amediaoperator.com/news/politic...

the gays in mexico city are getting around grindr's ban on nudes in profile pics by a) applying a kind of dazzle camouflage over their genitals to confuse the robots and b) layering a tiny nude over an otherwise PG picture and then zooming in on the nude for the pic thumbnail. 3008 thinking

Summa Cum Laude ‘It’s not sex,’ Andy Lee declares of what he does to earn a living. He’s showing me a pair of worker boots that he sometimes demands a submissive scene partner to sniff, assuring me they’re not just…

For the latest issue of the Fence, we sent @garyiship.bsky.social to the border of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, to check in on Porn Star University, the UK's premier academy for Gay-For-Pay adult performers.

www.the-fence.com/summa-cum-la...

a) this is very fun, b) I have genuinely not even considered before the prospect of "straight-for-pay" porn

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

honestly my experience since 2016 is many Americans abroad will simply pre-emptively say that they did not vote for Trump

To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism

I swear, someone *always* resigns when I go on holiday:

BBC Resignations Bombshell: Sources Say “Mangled” Trump Edit Was A Crisis Too Far For Boss Tim Davie Donald Trump claimed victory on Sunday following the news about Tim Davie quitting as BBC director general, but the truth is more nuanced.

My snap analysis from last night: why the “mangled” Trump edit was a crisis too far for Tim Davie.

Also, how Michael Prescott’s savage memo sowed division on the BBC board and was a factor in the corporation basically sitting on its hands for a week. deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...

whoever runs the BBC push notifications team at the moment: are you aware there are news stories out there that *aren't* about crimes perpetrated by migrants

i'm going to start telling people i'm a rapporteur of actualité