“The internal chats, emails and text messages published by the German weekly Die Zeit on Wednesday clash with the public presentation of Axel Springer SE’s chief executive, Mathias Döpfner, who recently said he wanted to bring ‘non-partisan’ journalism to a too-polarized U.S. media landscape through his acquisition of the English-language title Politico.”

“The experience, so far, is not dissimilar from the golden age of the feed; I’ve poked around on Notes for a couple of days, and it’s freaking genteel on there.”

“Once again, the data suggested that ice cream might be the strongest diabetes prophylactic in the dairy aisle. Yet no one seemed to want to talk about it.”

“The original vision for Al Jazeera English, founded 17 years ago, was to have a global network producing live news from broadcast bases in Kuala Lumpur, Washington DC, London and Doha. The Malaysian and U.S. centers had already closed, and the latest move will centralize the network’s operations in Qatar.”

“Helping the indies is the whole point, something he feels an almost spiritual drive to do.”

The judge: “I could have a lot of fun with this case.”

“My takeaway after a fair amount of experimentation with ChatGPT is that generative AI can make all of you better editors, reporters, and producers, too.”

“Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of a US reporter on espionage charges for the first time since the Cold War, according to people familiar with the situation.”