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Apple removed Eyes Up, which collects videos and news reports documenting ICE abuses, from its App Store

“The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps such as ICEBlock which were designed to report sightings of ICE officials in real-time to warn local communities. Eyes Up, meanwhile, was more ...
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The editor-in-chief of Rest of World was on vacation in his home country of Nepal. Then a revolution unfolded.

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A giant Washington Post investigation shows how TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

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A six-month-old business podcast from Twitch streamers is making more than $58,000 a month on Patreon

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Memo to Bari Weiss: You’re doomed

“On a business level, your problem with TikTok is this: Platforms exist to erode institutions like CBS News. You cannot solve your problems with improved distribution on TikTok. The things that work ...
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EA Sports and The Athletic enter a “strategic partnership”

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Washington Post’s opinion editor promised “intellectual diversity” — but his layoffs and new hires tell a different story

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One-on-one with the man hired to save CNN

“Thompson’s task is monumental: not just to stabilize CNN, but to reimagine it in a world increasingly indifferent to cable news—a challenge best evidenced by CNN’s declining ratings.” —HT ...
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How anti-cybercrime laws are being weaponized to repress journalism

“In Nigeria, more than two dozen journalists have faced prosecution under the Cybercrime Act, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. In most cases, the journalists have been accused of ...
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CNN hires Washington Post fashion critic Rachel Tashjian as part of new digital push

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Why reporters may miss Eric Adams

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Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre

With past journalistic stints at both Sports Illustrated and ESPN, Torre is not exactly a pure outsider. Yet he’s far from a household name, with fewer than 200,000 podcast subscribers.