“Nobody in the media debated the need to dedicate resources to helping audiences understand Covid and then playing the story big. Most outlets ran multiple Covid stories every day, which helped even casual news consumers understand that something important was happening. Journalists grounded our coverage in science, but we didn’t silo it on the science desk: we covered Covid as a health story, a politics story, a business, education and lifestyle story. And we talked not only about the problem but also about its solutions (eg, masking, social distancing, vaccinations).”

“Old links to specific articles will still work, although www.fivethirtyeight.com will redirect to our new home at ABC News.”

“It will cease to exist in its present form.” (Fox News has been giving out the following statement: “The fact that this author’s books are spoofed by ‘Saturday Night Live’ is really all we need to know.”)

“The national broadcaster is still waiting on reports about social media use by stars such as Gary Lineker, an inquiry into the behaviour of its former DJ Tim Westwood, and an investigation into the news presenter Huw Edwards.”

“On Tuesday, journalist Ariane Lavrilleux’s home was searched and she was arrested for questioning by agents of the DGSI, France’s domestic intelligence agency … [The investigative news outlet Disclose] denounced an ‘unacceptable attack on the secrecy of sources’ – a view quickly backed by the Society of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).”

“An Aug. 29, 1963, article about the civil-rights movement’s March on Washington incorrectly quoted several parts of the speech of John Lewis, who was then the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.” (“It’s never too late to correct the record,” noted New York Times managing editor Marc Lacey.)

“The Hamilton Spectator is losing its office space as its owner tries to save money…Late last week, [parent company] Nordstar said it is laying off 605 people and is seeking bankruptcy protection for Metroland, the unit that owns 71 community newspapers and six regional daily newspapers.”

“It seems like Substack is moving away from its newsletter roots into a place with more of a focus on its feed, its app, and encouraging people to read posts directly on its platform. You know… like a social network.”

“Some [of the newly listed jobs], like a sports editor/producer role, are meant to support both GulfLive.com and LoneStarLive.com, a site that launched in beta less than a month ago in Texas.”

“Experiment behind closed doors first.”

“The complaint…said that OpenAI’s ChatGPT is capable of producing summaries of books that include details not available in reviews or elsewhere online, which suggests the underlying program was fed the books in their entirety.”

“During the livestream, Musk also divulged some new metrics from X, saying it now has 550 million ‘monthly users,’ who generate 100 million to 200 million posts per day.”

“We may have created the first language model that admits it has made a mistake.”

“I think niche media is going to be the thing that survives this next burst of energy. I think people value focused information from obsessives. People that genuinely go to sleep thinking about something, wake up thinking about it, and are willing to put in the effort to be at the point of inflection with their audience constantly.”