Our brief puts it plainly: the Bureau approved the largest broadcast merger in history — without a full Commission vote, without a hearing — on "novel questions of law" it has no authority to decide. Agencies can't shield illegal decisions from review by delegating them down. #MediaJustice #FCC

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📢 Media Faith and Manufactured Outrage: Why We Fear Phantoms and Ignore Genocide We live inside a cathedral of airwaves. Our media no longer simply reports—it preaches.

Outrage is rigged.

Phantoms like “Satanic Panic” dominate headlines, while genocide in Gaza is minimized.

This isn’t journalism—it’s dogma serving power. Silence is complicity. Break the hierarchy of outrage.

#progressive #mediajustice

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Young Adults and the Future of News U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

Young adults under 30 are following the news less — but they get more of it from social media, influencers, newsletters. Pew’s 2025 report shows the news-consuming generation is rewriting the rulebook.

🔗 www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

#MediaJustice #DigitalJournalism #News #Democracy

Why people choose not to share news Plus: U.K. journalists' skeptical adoption of AI, politicians as drivers of journalist harassment, and metrics' post-publication influence

More people read news — but fewer share it. According to Nieman Lab, “sharing ≠ guaranteed” anymore.
If journalism is to matter — even when it’s not trending — we need to build systems that value depth, trust and public-service, not just reach.
🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/why-...
#MediaJustice #News

NPR reports ‘exceptional’ performance of its digital revenue-sharing programs Proceeds from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions will be distributed to stations in January.

Big win for public media: NPR’s digital revenue-sharing programs brought in north of $30M in FY2025, with $18M going to stations.
If we’re serious about equitable journalism, models like this need to scale—and need to include everyone.
🔗 www.current.org/2025/11/npr-...

#MediaJustice #PublicMedia

More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it A majority of Americans who prefer to watch the news (62%) say they prefer to get it from TV, rather than another platform.

Watching news still wins: 44% of adults prefer watching vs. 37% reading vs. 19% listening. If we care about equitable access to news, we must ensure reading + listening formats don’t become second-class.

🔗 www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

#MediaJustice #NewsFormats #DigitalMedia

Nonprofit news outlets don’t need to fear ad sales, my tax research shows Some news nonprofits are directly challenging the traditional classification of advertising revenue as unrelated business income.

Nonprofit news outlets: you can sell ads — and still keep your tax-exempt status. Research shows the fear of unrelated business income may be overstated.
✔️ That’s empowering.
⚠️ But transparency and careful strategy still matter.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/nonp...

#MediaJustice #NonprofitJournalism

How journalists covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days Trans people and our place in society are at the center of a fierce political debate, legislative attacks, and widespread misinformation. As public discourse shapes policy and perception, the accuracy...

The new Trans News Initiative is a big deal: over 190 k articles analysed to map how U.S. newsrooms cover trans communities—few stories of resilience or voices of trans people themselves, many framed as controversy or culture-war.

🔗 www.transjournalists.org/introducing-...

#MediaJustice

Bloomberg uses 'synthetic characters' to test out products and marketing COO Julia Beizer shared insights into how business giant Bloomberg has grown subscribers and revenue at a Press Gazette event.

Bloomberg Media is using AI-generated “synthetic characters” to test products and marketing messages.
If media is about serving diverse publics, we should ask: who builds these characters and whose responses are being modelled?
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
#MediaJustice #AI #AudienceResearch

Lucasfilm loves galactic diversity on screen but couldn’t build a workplace where Black women could thrive. The Force ain’t the problem — the culture is. #MediaJustice #HollywoodAccountability

Financial Times launches first Substack newsletter to target younger readers The Financial Times joins titles including the Daily Mail in joining Substack, launching a free weekly newsletter on markets and finance.

FT is heading to Substack to reach younger audiences — interesting pivot.
In the age of media disruption: platform change is important, but inclusion and voice matter more.
🔗 pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/...

#MediaJustice #DigitalNews #InclusiveMedia

The Keyword Get the latest news and stories about Google products, technology and innovation on the Keyword, Google's official blog.

Big news: Google just launched their new model Gemini 3, promising smarter reasoning, multimedia search and “thought-partner” responses.
We must ensure these next-gen tools serve everyone, not just those already plugged in.

🔗 www.wired.com/story/google...

#MediaJustice #AIethics #Search

Google promises Discover 'fix' as more fake AI stories top rankings Google has promised it is working on a "fix" for spam sites in its Discover app after more fake news stories topped the rankings in the UK.

Fake AI-stories surged in Google Discover. Google acknowledges the issue and promises a fix.
When people lose trust in what they read, democracy loses.
🔗 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/go...

#MediaJustice #AI #Trust #DigitalMedia

Modern Podcast Sets and Online Chat Shows Are Less Polished By Design Modern online chat shows look less fussy and polished than TV. That’s by design.

Creators: the look of your podcast set is telling the story before the mic even opens. The New York Times’ recent piece dives into how podcast set design is evolving—light, space, visual cues all matter.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#MediaJustice #Podcasting #Design #InclusiveMedia

Daily Mail says Google AI Overviews have killed click-throughs Daily Mail’s clickthroughs drop 80–90% when Google AI Overviews appear, but traffic impact remains minimal due to strong direct traffic.

Search is changing — and news media are feeling the hit.
When a Google AI Overview appears, the Daily Mail reports click-throughs drop by ~80-90%.
We need not only innovation, but also fairness — both for audiences and the newsrooms that serve them.

🔗 digiday.com/media/daily-...

#MediaJustice

Threads targets podcasters with new features, aiming to become the home for show discussions | TechCrunch Threads is targeting podcasters with new features, including dedicated links in the bio and more visible links in the feed.

Podcasting + Threads = interesting mix.
Threads is adding highlighted podcast links, profile-showcase for creators, and promises to become the place fans discuss shows.

🔗 techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/t...

#MediaJustice #Podcasting #SocialMedia

Podcasting's Diversity Problem: 64% of Hosts Are Male, 77% Are White, USC Study Finds The hosts of the top 100 podcasts of 2024 were overwhelmingly white and male, a new comprehensive study from USC reveals.

Podcasting’s promise of inclusive voice is faltering: according to a new USC study, 64% of top-100 podcast hosts are male and 77% are white.
We should ask: who gets heard, who profits, and who’s invisible?
🔗 www.thewrap.com/usc-study-po...

#MediaJustice #Podcasting #Representation

The Journalism Support Exchange is a new matchmaking tool for local news outlets to get the help they need Put a finger down if you've ever been in a journalism-related Slack and asked for recommendations or help with something, got a bunch of responses that you sifted through, only to find in the end that...

Local newsrooms often know what they need—but not where to find it. Enter the Journalism Support Exchange (JSX): a searchable, transparent database of 300+ organisations offering help in finance, audience, legal, strategy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
#MediaJustice #JournalismSupport

Want to build a sustainable local newsroom? These 21 steps will help you get there, a new report finds “Having dedicated staff to generate revenue was transformational to an organization’s chances of sustainability.”

Local newsrooms: there’s a new guide you need to see.
The Nieman Lab highlights a report with 21 actionable steps to help outlets move from “just getting by” to being truly sustainable.

🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/want...

#MediaJustice #LocalNews #SustainableJournalism

Patreon is adding tweet-like features and more recommended content Patreon recently scooped up high-profile Substack writers.

Patreon is rolling out “Quips” (public short-posts) and collaboration tools so creators can co-author and reach each other’s audiences.
More algorithmic reach = more chase for visibility, fewer guarantees of fairness.
www.theverge.com/news/816723/...

#CreatorEconomy #MediaJustice #IndependentMedia

Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...

Public radio is facing serious pressure: funding cuts are forcing many stations to lean heavily on “old, rich, white” donors. when funding narrows, programming and priorities narrow too.

🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...

#MediaJustice #PublicMedia #Journalism

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Meta internally estimated that up to 10% of its 2024 revenue (~$16b billion) came from scam and banned-goods ads, and the company’s platforms showed users ~15 billion high-risk scam ads a day.

🔗 www.reuters.com/investigatio...

#MediaJustice #PlatformAccountability #Journalism

Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI, and Bytedance.

Major news-publisher videos from The NYT, Vox and others were pulled into large AI-training sets by Microsoft, Meta, Snap and others.

🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...

#MediaJustice #Journalism #AIforGood

Google promotes fake content to millions on Discover news platform Fraudulent sites with no history promoted as trusted publishers to millions by Google.

Google Discover is promoting fake news sites—fraudulent publishers are getting treated like trusted outlets and reaching millions. This isn’t just bad tech—it’s bad for journalism and public trust.

pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/go...

#MediaJustice #AIEthics #Journalism

NBC News Addresses Low Trust In Media With “Reporting For America” Marketing Campaign Highlighting “Facts. Clarity. Calm” The "Reporting for America" campaign is the first in recent memory tied to the news division in general.

NBC News is pushing a brand campaign to address news fatigue and low trust, wrapping the message in “Facts. Clarity. Calm.”
It matters that the network recognises the crisis—but campaigns can’t substitute for action.

🔗 www.deadline.com/2025/10/nbc%...

#MediaJustice #JournalismFuture #MediaTrust

E-commerce sites see low sales from ChatGPT traffic, new study finds Referral traffic from ChatGPT converts far worse than traditional marketing channels such as Google Search, email and affiliate links, report.

A recent study finds that while ChatGPT sends referral traffic to e-commerce sites, those visits convert far worse than traditional channels like Google or email.

🔗 digiday.com/marketing/e-...

#MediaJustice #AIforGood #DigitalEconomy

Netflix Jumps Into Podcasts With Spotify Deal

Netflix is moving into video podcasts with Spotify: starting 2026, they’ll host series like Bill Simmons, Rewatchables, Conspiracy Theories, etc. This is a fascinating shift.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/b...

#MediaJustice #CreatorRights

“How can we help?” The Engaged Journalism Exchange aims to create belonging through media "We don't see the news business as a connection business or an experience business. There's a ton of opportunity there."

I loved reading the NiemanLab piece about the Engaged Journalism Exchange—it reframes journalism not as a broadcast but as a relationship.
Some lines stuck: “We don’t see the news business as a connection business or an experience business.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/how-...

#MediaJustice

ChatGPT, not satisfied with being an app, wants to become your life’s operating system All things equal, you'd rather not be intermediated. It's just not a nice way to spend an afternoon! Picture it: You've got a perfectly nice little business going. You make widgets, and you sell them...

ChatGPT is trying to stop being “just an app” and become your digital OS. It wants to embed apps, push personalized content (Pulse), and control how you discover everything.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/chat...

#AIEthics #MediaJustice #PlatformPower #JournalismTrust