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Poynter announces a pilot project establishing a local public editor in Indianapolis to serve as a bridge between the public and local newsrooms (Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/news-release/2025/poynter-launches-publ…

Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter
Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.

CloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate mobile ad pricing and inventory optimization for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/adtech-founders-raise-30-million…

Adtech Founders Raise $30 Million to Automate Mobile Ads for Publishers
CloudX enlists AI agents for ad pricing and optimizing inventory.

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social)
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm. The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now! Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows. FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

I knew I was cranky about AI, but I guess I didn't realize just how cranky until I filled out this obnoxious and wildly boosterish questionnaire from the government of Canada.
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/public-co…

Turkish hackers call Defense Minister Katz on video, he answers — and they publish his photo
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syzoddgjxe

Turkish hackers call Defense Minister Katz on video, he answers — and they publish his photo
Alongside the call, which the hackers publicized with an image, Katz also received thousands of hostile messages, including curses — some automated — and threats such as 'We will kill you

« Les partisans de Nicolas Sarkozy sapent les fondations de la démocratie en saturant l’espace public de bruit, de confusion et de fureur »
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/ar…

« Les partisans de Nicolas Sarkozy sapent les fondations de la démocratie en saturant l’espace public de bruit, de confusion et de fureur »
Pour Philippe Conte, professeur émérite de droit pénal à l’université Panthéon-Assas, les juges n’ont pas statué selon leur bon plaisir ou leur ressentiment dans l’affaire dite « du financement libyen » : ils ont plus simplement appliqué les lois votées hier par ceux qui s’en plaignent aujourd’hui.

Digital Content Next survey: 19 US online publishers, including major newsrooms, saw a median 10% YoY decline in Google referral traffic in the May-June period (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie

UK and US publishers say Google AI is harming website traffic
US publishers reported an average fall in referral traffic from Google search of 10% in May and June compared to a year earlier.

An Alaska fund has raised $3.5M from 80 donors in its first two months to help public radio and TV stations partially offset the ~$15M federal funding cuts (Iris Samuels/Anchorage Daily News)
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2025/09/14…

As program cuts begin in wake of federal rescission, Alaska fund raises $3.5M for public media
A partnership between radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million gap created by Congress.