The Government Wants Your Posts Before It Grants You Papers The Trump administration will start collecting social media account information on immigration forms. Reason · Feb 23
The Russian economy is eating its own muscle to survive as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank advisor says “The body is metabolizing its own muscle tissue for energy,” Prokopenko said. Fortune · Feb 22
Who is Hannah Natanson? Washington Post reporter at centre of FBI raid as US judge raises concerns over press freedom A federal judge in Virginia has declined to immediately order the return of devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson during an FBI raid on her home, but expressed deep concern over the implications for press freedom and confidential sources. The Times of India · Feb 21
US judge expresses concern about government’s role in Washington Post raid Federal judge said reporter Hannah Natanson ‘has basically been deprived of her life’s work’ after January raid The Guardian - US · Feb 20
Judge weighs Washington Post's demand for government to return devices seized from reporter's home A judge is weighing the Washington Post's demand for federal authorities to return electronic devices seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last month The Independent UK · Feb 20
Big Tech is building its own ‘power grid’ to help fuel data centers desperately needed for AI ‘It is catastrophic for climate goals,’ Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, an energy industry research group The Independent UK · Feb 20
DHS halts travel and restricts staff visiting disaster areas amid government shutdown, report says ‘Travel related to active disasters is not canceled,’ a FEMA spokesperson told The Independent The Independent UK · Feb 18
2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be there A pair of Washington Post sports writers are reporting for the newspaper for the final time from the Winter Olympics The Independent UK · Feb 14
Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hyper-capitalists in charge, your news is not safe His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson The Guardian - UK · Feb 14
Six great reads: a writer’s last words, inside Epstein’s world and on the Zack Polanski trail Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days The Guardian - UK · Feb 14
The Crunch: political donations, exceptional figure skating and the year of the horse It was donations disclosure season and we crunched the numbers on the amount of money going to different places The Guardian - AU · Feb 13
Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly? To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory The Guardian - US · Feb 12
Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff The Guardian - US · Feb 12
Washington Post editor acknowledges ‘genuine trauma’ over mass layoffs Matt Murray defends paper’s strategy as ‘demoralized’ staffers ask tough questions in contentious town hall The Guardian - US · Feb 11
The Conversation · Feb 11 Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press When the billionaire owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post from the Graham family in 2013, he promised a “golden era to come”. In February 2017, one month into Donald Trump’s first term as US president, the paper adopted the motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”, reflecting the perceived…
The Independent UK · Feb 11 Award-winning editor Tina Brown lays into Bezos and ‘junket schmoozer’ ex-publisher Will Lewis over gutting of WaPo newsroom The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff last week, with Lewis stepping down just days later
The Independent UK · Feb 10 Why Republicans are suddenly seriously sweating the Texas Senate race NEWS ANALYSIS: Senate leaders are still hopeful that Trump will save a beleaguered GOP senator from a primary challenge. But Trump prefers to back a winner, writes John Bowden
Sports Illustrated · Feb 10 Dan Quinn Had Classy Gesture for Post Reporters After Sports Section Was Dissolved Dan Quinn and the Commanders had a classy gesture for The Washington Post reporters after the newspaper eliminated its sports section.
The Independent UK · Feb 10 Trump’s push to have donors fund his $400 million White House ballroom might cost him the whole project Donations get pushed through a nonprofit intermediary, which stands to see major profits as a result
The Conversation · Feb 10 As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival The Washington Post’s evisceration at the hands of its billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, didn’t have to happen.
We Got This Covered · Feb 9 Fired reporter claims that his layoff from Washington Post wasn’t a budget cut – it was purely ideological and race-driven He claims they are backing down from old commitments.
Fortune · Feb 8 Russian officials are warning Putin that a financial crisis could arrive this summer, report says, while his war on Ukraine becomes too big to fail “Russia has to continue the war because this war is too big for Putin to fail.”
The Times of India · Feb 8 ‘This falls squarely on Jeff Bezos’ shoulders’: Internet reacts to GoFundMe for laid-off Washington Post journalists The Washington Post Guild created a GoFundMe for more than 300 journalists who were laid off at the mainstay newspaper on Wednesday morning, and said they were overwhelmed by the influx of donations from near and far.
Euronews · Feb 8 CEO of The Washington Post steps down days after mass layoffs In an email to staff shared on social media by one of the newspaper's reporters, Will Lewis said it was "the right time for me to step aside."
The Guardian - US · Feb 8 As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks