“A new rule was put into place: Prior to publishing opinion stories, the headlines must be emailed over to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. While it is normal for newspaper owners to influence the opinion wing of a newspaper, it is highly unusual for an owner to have article headlines sent to them ahead of publication for review.”

“For me, using ChatGPT or Google’s AI function creates extra work — I have to go check the answer against a primary source; old Google Search just gave me that source directly. But people who are less cautious and less persnickety than I am, which I suspect is most people, simply stop at the answer and never check to see if it is right.”

“‘The wrong way to interpret this is ‘Oh, the rubes voted for Trump because they’re uninformed,’’ said Waldman, Report for America’s former president. He pointed out that Trump also increased his support in places with relatively robust local news. Instead, Waldman said, the election results show ‘that some of the most common victims of the collapse of local news’ are the same people who support Trump.”

“I think the ways we would explore advertising, if we did, would be much more user intent-driven,” Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said. “We want to keep our incentives aligned with users and make sure that we’re not turning into a model where the user’s attention is the product.”

“Trump’s showmanship, aggression, and ability to confabulate suit this new environment. His inconsistency is not a problem—these interviews are designed to be entertaining and personal, not to nail down his current position on abortion or interrogate his income-tax policies.”

“As part of the changes, Thrillist will now be operated by Eater, a similar model to the relationship between Eater and the bar and spirits publisher Punch. The two will share leadership and resources.”

“Eleven high-profile reporters and editors have left the newsroom since March, some apparently chafing at what insiders characterize as a meddlesome or confusing editorial process led by the demanding head of news, Alex Burns.”

“Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies broke into the barricaded building a little after 7am and arrested everyone—including [Stanford Daily’s Dilan] Gohill, who says (as do his colleagues and a protester) that he was there to observe and report, not to protest. Gohill then spent more than twelve hours in custody before his mother got him released on $20,000 bail. He faces allegations of burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy—all felonies.”

“In Catholicism, envy is one of the seven deadly sins. In professional journalism, it’s a virtue, albeit too seldomly expressed.”

“Whether in news or opinion … you have a bias meter,” Patrick Soon-Shiong said on a recent podcast appearance. “So that someone could understand as a reader that the source of the article has some level of bias.” He elaborated, “The reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story, based on that story, and then give comments.”

“The more distant facts are from people’s lives, the easier it is for them to be misinformed. But conversely, when inflation erodes a household’s purchasing power, or when a breadwinner gains or loses a job, or individuals’ taxes rise or fall markedly, or a family member recovers from or succumbs to illness, or children receive or are deprived of educational opportunities, these facts are more stubborn. One thing newsrooms need to get much better at is understanding, and acting on (that is, reporting on), those facts people actually find most salient, rather than the ones we think they should.”