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What The Houston Landing’s closure says about the state of nonprofit news

1 week ago | poynter.org | Angela Fu |TyLisa Johnson |Amaris Castillo |Ren LaForme

By Angela Fu, media business reporter On Tuesday, the for-profit Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, reported it would convert to a nonprofit. Hours later, the nonprofit Houston Landing had its own announcement: It would shut down after less than two years of operation. The diverging announcements reiterated a central truth in the news business — nonprofit status is not a silver bullet.
AP argues its White House ban has hurt coverage, chilled the press

3 weeks ago | poynter.org | Angela Fu |Rick Edmonds |Tom Jones

The battle between the Trump administration and the press continued this week, including Thursday’s court hearing involving The Associated Press and the White House over press access. So let’s start today’s newsletter there. My colleague, Angela Fu, reports on Thursday’s news. Associated Press journalists told a federal judge Thursday that the White House’s ban on the outlet has hampered its coverage and led to a chilling effect among other outlets, the AP and CNN reported.
Is Bezos’s new editorial mission for The Washington Post already bombing?

1 month ago | poynter.org | Rick Edmonds |Angela Fu |Tom Jones |Ren LaForme

Just two days after owner Jeff Bezos declared that Washington Post editorials would henceforth focus on “personal liberties and free markets,” the new way of doing things faced a tough stress test. It was an inauspicious debut. The Oval Office blowup that ended with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy being shown the White House door was the sort of big and totally unexpected news that demanded comment.
Will we ever see the Super Bowl on streaming?

2 months ago | poynter.org | Tom Jones |Angela Fu

Super Bowl LIX will be held Sunday in New Orleans, yet we already have a big winner. It’s Fox Sports, which is televising the game. The network has reportedly sold out all the ad spots, including 10 commercials that sold for a record $8 million a piece. The game will be the most-watched television broadcast of the year. By far. It will easily draw north of 100 million viewers. The question is just how far north. Last year’s game drew 123.7 on CBS/Paramount+/Univision.
A Rare Newspaper War Was Brewing In Baltimore. Then A Billionaire Owner Began Meddling

Jan 14, 2025 | citybiz.co | Angela Fu |William Harris

When a container ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending 50,000 tons of concrete and steel tumbling into the water, local reporters leapt into action. The two largest outlets in town — The Baltimore Sun and The Baltimore Banner — raced to investigate the tragedy. What followed was good journalism.
A rare newspaper war was brewing in Baltimore. Then a billionaire owner began meddling. - Editor and Publisher

Jan 14, 2025 | editorandpublisher.com | Angela Fu

Posted Tuesday, January 14, 2025 9:36 am When a container ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending 50,000 tons of concrete and steel tumbling into the water, local reporters leapt into action.
A rare newspaper war was brewing in Baltimore. Then a billionaire owner began meddling.

Jan 13, 2025 | poynter.org | Angela Fu

When a container ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending 50,000 tons of concrete and steel tumbling into the water, local reporters leapt into action. The two largest outlets in town — The Baltimore Sun and The Baltimore Banner — raced to investigate the tragedy. What followed was good journalism.
Why More And More Journalists Are Launching Worker-Owned Outlets

Jan 9, 2025 | popularresistance.org | Angela Fu

Above photo: The future Watchdog staff, minutes after walking off the job at the Long Beach Post, March 22, 2024. Jesse Lopez. Fed up with the media industry’s instability, workers are starting newsrooms where they can govern themselves. And reach readers directly. When staff at the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal decided to unionize in March, they were almost immediately hit with layoffs.
Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical about Meta’s plan

Jan 8, 2025 | politifact.com | Angela Fu

After eight years of working with professional journalists to flag misinformation on its platforms, Meta will turn that task over to users. The tech giant — which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads — announced Tuesday that in the United States, it will switch to a crowdsourced fact-checking model similar to X’s Community Notes system. Under such a system, participating users will be able to suggest notes to be displayed next to misleading posts.
Why more and more journalists are launching worker-owned outlets

Jan 8, 2025 | poynter.org | Angela Fu

When staff at the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal decided to unionize in March, they were almost immediately hit with layoffs. The paper’s parent company, a nonprofit called the Long Beach Journalism Initiative, laid off nine of the 14 staff involved with the union drive just four days after their unionization attempt.