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May 20, 2026
James Murdoch buys up half of Vox Media, grabbing New York and podcasts, but leaving The Verge and SB Nation
This is May 2026 in digital media: Arguably the two most prominent digital media startups of the 2010s are both being sold — one to the former host of NBC reality show “Real People” (1979-84) and o...
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May 13, 2026
These for-profit local news sites have become the “papers” of record in their communities
In most American cities, the largest local newsroom still belongs to the local newspaper. But that certainly doesn’t mean the largest local news audience always goes to the people with a printing p...
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May 11, 2026
In Atlanta, the push for digital subscriptions hasn’t taken off as much as hoped
For American newspapers, the past decade-plus has been all about seeking digital subscribers. The print business is shot. Digital advertising is shot. And while not everyone can be The New York Tim...
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May 6, 2026
Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism — but it doesn’t want to use it
In 2022, I got cranky with the nation of Australia over its News Media Bargaining Code — its convoluted scheme to get money out of big tech companies’ pockets and into news companies’. The idea in ...
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April 1, 2026
The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune is ready to tear down its paywall
After two years of planning, there’s finally a date. Well, okay, a month: May. That’s when the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah’s largest newspaper, will drop its paywall. “Starting in May, all newly publis...
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March 30, 2026
Nonprofit news outlets had a strong traffic month in January
“The news gods provided us with a lot of reporting opportunities — good and bad — that resonated with people.” That’s the reason Colorado Sun editor Dana Coffield gives for her nonprofit news site’...
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March 23, 2026
Grammarly’s CEO defends putting AI editorial suggestions into the voices of real writers (while noting it didn’t work very well)
Sometimes you just get lucky with the editorial calendar. About a month ago, Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra agreed to be a guest on Decoder, the podcast from The Verge hosted by editor-in-chief Ni...
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February 26, 2026
The New York Times is adding another daily crossword, because why not
Veni, vidi, vici? Try Mini, Midi, Maxi. Okay, The New York Times does not call its big daily crossword the Maxi — but otherwise it fits. Just as Julius Caesar came, saw, and conquered, the Times co...
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