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David Ellison says antitrust suits against Paramount's WBD deal imagine a bygone Hollywood and are really about trust in his CNN stewardship, not market share (David Ellison/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 5:20:01 AM

The Storefront in Arlington

Backstory & Strategy , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 5:05:27 AM

It’s No Longer Morbin’ Time: Sony CEO ‘Doesn’t Know’ if There Will Be More Spider-Man Spin-Off Movies

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 5:00:07 AM

‘Brand New Day’ Director on Why Sadie Sink’s Character Was Chosen for This Story

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 4:00:33 AM

R&R: Found Family at the End of the World: A Rachel Pollack Doom Patrol Retrospective

The Comics Journal , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 4:00:22 AM

A Record 14 Billion-Dollar Rounds In July Pushed Venture’s Historic Run Higher

Crunchbase News , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 4:00:18 AM

Hide And Seek

The Comics Journal , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 4:00:03 AM

Radar Trends to Watch: August 2026

Radar , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:58:45 AM

Plume A browser extension to Post to your IndieWeb blog from any page — toolbar...

A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:56:26 AM

Lit Hub Daily: August 4, 2026

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:30:37 AM

Illinois Lawmakers Decry Prison’s ‘Gut-Wrenching,’ ‘Heartbreaking’ Conditions

The Marshall Project , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:30:00 AM

Stella Byrne

The National Lottery Heritage Fund , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:21:09 AM

Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to €4.8B, Premium Subscribers up 9% YoY to 300M, MAUs up 12% YoY to 777M, below 778M guidance, and a €545M net income (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:15:01 AM

Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google

Schneier on Security , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:13:58 AM

Former 60 Minutes correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley plan to serve as part-time journalists-in-residence at Columbia during the coming academic year (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:05:01 AM

Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry made redundant

Press Gazette , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:02:15 AM

The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom

Rest of World , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:00:00 AM

Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.

ProPublica , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:00:00 AM

A Wyoming doctor’s fight to keep abortion legal in her deep red state

The 19th , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 3:00:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence for Teachers: Build Your Own AI Support Team

TCEA TechNotes Blog , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:45:00 AM

The Student Activists Campaigning For Public Education in Chile

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:08:58 AM

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:07:49 AM

Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:06:45 AM

Tracy Borman Recommends Books To Make You Fall In Love With the Tudors

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:06:38 AM

The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.

ProPublica , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:05:00 AM

The White House Is Feeding Russia’s Information War Against Europe How the Ceuta...

A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:01:11 AM

The AI Conversation Is Leaving Out the People Who Need It Most

https://johnsandtaylor.com , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:00:00 AM

The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.

ProPublica , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 2:00:00 AM

The prisoner’s dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Google AI deals

Press Gazette , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:55:05 AM

What another Texas flood revealed about the state’s warning system

Grist , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:45:00 AM

Etna

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:32:31 AM

Paul Yoon, Meaghan Beatley, Claudia Rankine, and more: 22 new books out today!

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:32:10 AM

Gig Review: Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister at Margate Dreamland ★★★★★

Terence Eden , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:17:42 AM

Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:01:48 AM

MPA: Southeast Asia's premium VOD subscribers rose 15% YoY to 75M in Q2, with viewing hours up ~33%; streaming revenue is projected to grow 14% to $2.9B in 2026 (Natsumi Kawasaki/Nikkei Asia)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 1:00:05 AM

Pa. small towns set to get latest wave of federal funding for EV chargers

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 12:57:07 AM

The Golden Dangleticket

diamond geezer , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 12:10:58 AM

Book Review: Wickhills by Premee Mohamed

nerds of a feather, flock together , Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 12:00:00 AM

🔶 #77: A global report on impact in journalism

News Alchemists , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 11:45:56 PM

In Small Towns Across France, Victims Face an Uphill Battle for Justice Over AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

AlgorithmWatch , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 11:40:00 PM

The economics of H-1B immigration

Marginal REVOLUTION , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 11:23:41 PM

Bromley-by-Bodge

diamond geezer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 11:19:43 PM

Thessaly / Philosopher Kings Trilogy by Jo Walton

Interdependent Thoughts , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:35:30 PM

OTR Links 08/04/2026

doug — off the record , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:31:03 PM

France's TF1 is considering selling its production and distribution unit, Studio TF1, to focus on streaming; a deal reportedly could value Studio TF1 at ~€400M (Elsa Keslassy/Variety)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:30:01 PM

Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort

Marginal REVOLUTION , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:16:58 PM

Being told to sit

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:15:54 PM

Fitness Challenge: Update Two

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 10:15:00 PM

Hearing and Learning

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 9:37:00 PM

The possibility economy

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Deskilling, AI and the questions we should be asking

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Gabriel Dawe

Matt Mullenweg , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 9:23:30 PM

my boss is microdosing at work, how can I make return-to-work better for my team, and more

Ask a Manager , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 9:03:17 PM

Waiting to be found by only you

annie's blog , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 8:04:48 PM

Sony Gives Its Disc-Loving Customers A Giant Middle Finger

Techdirt , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 8:00:59 PM

Kawakami: ‘We know who we are’ — Brock Purdy on QB play and the 49ers’ 2026 vision

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 7:10:02 PM

TikTok agrees to settle three more teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial; 2,600 cases with similar claims are pending in California federal court (Dietrich Knauth/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 6:30:00 PM

Scammers Keep Scamming- Trump, Blanche & the IRS with American Ex-Pat Dave Johnson 8-3-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 6:15:38 PM

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm (2008)

Justin Cox , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 6:02:04 PM

Hello Aspen

Benjamin Chait , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:52:00 PM

Bilton’s Leak Battle

Status , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:51:26 PM

Quoting Steve Yegge

Simon Willison's Weblog , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:42:45 PM

Waxy Refresh: The End of Playfic

Waxy.org , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:38:43 PM

Built Oregon selects 12 companies for Fall 2026 accelerator cohort

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:24:09 PM

F.T.: Apple Filed a Legal Complaint in the U.K. Over Revised iCloud Backdoor Demand

Pixel Envy , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:19:17 PM

Hotel Wi-Fi attacks use custom malware to breach Microsoft 365 accounts

BleepingComputer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:17:15 PM

Visible Power, Invisible Rights: Why Earning Progress Is Not Enough to Keep It

The Forge - Articles , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Materialization: A Reflection on Five Years of Worker Ownership at The Drivers Cooperative

The Forge - Articles , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 5:00:00 PM

New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys

BleepingComputer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:58:01 PM

The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:47:38 PM

Don't be a meat proxy

Simon Willison's Weblog , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:45:04 PM

Building a Newsletter, Daddy-Daughter Day, and Too Much Heat (Week 31, 2026)

CybersecKyle , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:28:39 PM

EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:25:40 PM

Tom DeLay tells how he helped Congress set the 39% TV station ownership cap in 2004 and says the FCC's Brendan Carr should ask Congress if he wants to change it (Tom DeLay/The Daily Wire)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:25:00 PM

Dave Bautista May Take Over Kratos Role in ‘God of War’ TV Series

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 4:00:49 PM

Mike Brown dropped by 49ers camp. Here’s the message he left behind

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:53:04 PM

AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle

Sludge , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:42:06 PM

Day 2022: “Last chance before decapitation.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:37:50 PM

On August 4—Michigan, Virginia, Missouri, & More Have Primaries

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:25:22 PM

EFF Joins Call for FTC to Drop Its Disastrous AI Policy Proposal

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:17:56 PM

Judge To xAI: If This Law Is So Urgent, Why Did You Wait Three Months To Sue?

Techdirt , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:13:30 PM

A Lesson in AI Economics

Doc Searls Weblog , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:06:50 PM

Kevin Feige on the ‘Brand New Day’ Box Office and What’s Next for Spidey and Marvel

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 3:00:01 PM

States challenging executive order on mail-in voting ask justices to leave in place limits on its implementation

SCOTUSblog , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 2:55:59 PM

Q&A with Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider on the AT Protocol, moderation, Bluesky's liberal reputation, expanding conversations about live events like sports, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 3, 2026 2:35:00 PM