Itâs been a year+ since Iâve looked at Alden records. It may be it now has > investors who are not qualified purchasers or they meet some other exemption offered by the spectacularly opaque Investment Company Act of 1940. Godspeed!
Aldenâs PR team? đ¤ˇââď¸
More than a decade ago, when the United States was a much different place, The Denver Post got attention in some circles for not having anything about Easter on the front page and instead dedicating it to coverage of cannabis 4/20 rally. That's what was "controversial" on this holiday in 2014.
"I found out about the death of RenĂŠe Good and Alex Pretti from Signal chats before it was posted on any other published source."
Our first installment in News Diaries, a new series on people's habits for finding and consuming news.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/news...
Today at 3pm ET: @transjournalists.org is hosting an interactive workshop â led by @rcfp.org's @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social â that will guide journalists through the FOIA request process, how to find stories in records, and more.
Info: https://members.transjournalists.org/event-6611805
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
Exactly as the Ellisons intended, more bad news for the storied national broadcaster CBS.
Expect more layoffs and even less local news now that the FCC has approved the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna deal.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
Aram Sinnreich and Alisa Tang talk journalism.
@aramsinn.bsky.social hosting former Washington Post editor and foreign correspondent Alisa Tang for a talk on journalism and resurrection after being fired by a billionaire.
SCOOP â Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
Kristi Noem...welcome to Dancing with the Stars!
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ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheâs married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
Theyâve already sent her to Louisiana.
Mullinâs real national debut was challenging Teamsters president Sean OâBrien to a back alley brawl.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaRV...
Rural Juror
Câmon NYT! We all could use a break. đ
Enjoyed being a guest on @wbai.orgâs Frontline Voices show discussing the sweeping democratic implications and cultural impacts of the $110 billion Paramount / Warner Bros. merger. Two of the countryâs most important news channelsâCBS and CNNâwill become tools of the billionaire Ellison family.
My latest piece for @NewRepublic.com is on AI and war. It was painful to write. It might be painful to read.Â
newrepublic.com/article/2071...
At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.
A list of news outlets and social media sites whose billionaire owners, investors or parent companies also have U.S. government defense contracts:
Axios
CBS
NBC
The Washington Post
TikTok
YouTube
X
Soon: CNN
Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days âI donât want to be in this place I want to go to my school.â
UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:
âI donât want to be in this place I want to go to my school.â
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The spiked James Talarico interview CBS corporate doesnât want Americans to see.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Wow.
I talked to @aljazeera.com about the FCC. What a time to be finishing a book about media billionaires.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...
All - after two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step aside. I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership throughout my tenure as CEO and Publisher. The institution could not have a better owner. During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day. With gratitude, Will
Breaking â Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
2026âŚso far.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistâbecause the person felt she did didnât deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
What institutions will?
Washington Post laid off its reporter covering Amazon. From @columjournreview.bsky.social
