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* We Need Local News More Than Ever
* AI News
* Musk Attacks Media Matters
* Chicago Tribune Staffers Sue
* Big Tech and Section 230
* Why a TikTok Ban is a Terrible Idea 
* Breaking Up Live Action Entertainment 
* MAGA Communism
* Soul-Crushing New Ipad Ad
* Making Books

WE NEED LOCAL NEWS MORE THAN EVER
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By Rivera Sun
Counterpunch

Heat waves. Super-storms. Forest fires. Floods. Reporting on climate
events, disasters, and preparedness is essential, obviously. But local
news has a bigger role to play in helping us apply climate solutions
that make sense to the unique places that we live.

AI NEWS

* BIG TECH AND AI RISK
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 By Alex Hern, The Guardian
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AI STARTUPS AND ANTITRUST CONCERNS
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 By Paul Sawers, TechCrunch

* GOOGLE’S AI-POWERED SEARCH
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 By Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review
 

MUSK ATTACKS MEDIA MATTERS
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By Jon Queally
Common Dreams

Just months after mega-billionaire Elon Musk launched what he termed a
“thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters for America, the
nonprofit media watchdog outfit announced a round of punishing
layoffs.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE STAFFERS SUE
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By Kade Heather
Chicago Sun-Times

Seven Chicago Tribune journalists filed a class-action lawsuit against
the newspaper and its owner, alleging violations of equal pay based on
sexual and racial discrimination. The lawsuit alleges systematic pay
disparities between female and male employees, as well as between
Black and white employees.

Big Tech and Section 230

Why a TikTok Ban is a Terrible Idea 

Breaking Up Live Action Entertainment 

MAGA Communism

Soul-Crushing New Ipad Ad

Making Books

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