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Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decline

The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.

Bondi let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
Once again, Republicans and Trump are planning on stealing the election
Give me your voter files and ICE will leave!
It was never about gang members or drugs!
Our government does nothing but lie to us!
Stop voting for republicans! #Epstein

Susan (@joeyotis.bsky.social)
Bondi let the cat out of the bag, so to speak. Once again, republicans and Trump are planning on stealing the election, again! Give me your voter files and ICE will leave? It was never about gang members or drugs! Our government does nothing but lie to us! Stop voting for republicans! #Epstein [contains quote post or other embedded content]

SEO agency Clickout bought The Escapist and two other UK-based gaming sites, fired and replaced staff with AI, and filled the sites with content about casinos (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/staff-journalists-sacke…

Staff journalists sacked and misleadingly replaced with AI writers
A network of gaming sites has fired multiple human staff in recent days and replaced them with AI writers, complete with fake pics and biogs. 

Ariana Grande urges followers
to call senators about ICE
and shares a hotline for reporting ICE activity in New York.
https://bsky.app/profile/popcrave.com/post/3mdgcejhxs22p

Pop Crave (@popcrave.com)
Ariana Grande urges followers to call senators about ICE and shares a hotline for reporting ICE activity in New York.

Spotify launches Audiobook Charts in the US and the UK, which will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/spotify-is-rolling-out-audiobook-charts/

Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts | TechCrunch
Similar to the streaming giant's Music and Podcast Charts, the Audiobook Charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre

Google rolls out Nano Banana 2, aka Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, with advanced world knowledge and precision text rendering and translation, across its products (Naina Raisinghani/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/nano-banana-2/

Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.

An interview with Audrey Cooper, EIC of The Baltimore Banner, on local news decline, growing regionally, paywalls, experimenting with AI, and more (Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories

The Baltimore Banner enters a new year — and a new chapter — with a new editor-in-chief
Local journalism is shrinking in much of the country — but The Baltimore Banner is moving in the opposite direction. In just two years, the nonprofit newsroom has grown into Maryland’s largest reporting operation, expanded beyond Baltimore, and built a fast-growing base of paying subscribers. Now, with their new editor-in-chief, Audrey Cooper, at the helm, The Banner is doubling down on a belief that many in the industry have quietly abandoned: scale still matters. In this wide-ranging conv…

Sources: WaPo is laying off up to 300 employees, including over 100 staffers in the sports, metro, and foreign teams; the sports desk may be shuttered entirely (Natalie Korach/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-jeff-bezos

Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Ann Godoff, a top Random House and Penguin Press editor who cultivated the careers of dozens of novelists and nonfiction authors over 30 years, died at age 76 (Sam Roberts/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/books/ann-godoff-dead.html

Ann Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76
Considered an “author’s publisher” at Random House and then Penguin, she cultivated the careers of dozens of celebrated novelists and nonfiction writers.

Email: Future plans a "significant restructure", with 45 editorial redundancies while creating 15 new roles at titles including TechRadar and Tom's Guide (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/future

Future plans 45 editorial redundancies at titles including Techradar and Tom's Guide
Future plc has proposed to make 45 editorial redundancies in its tech vertical including at Tom's Guide and Techradar.