Doc Searls Weblog→ Someday

2026-04-05 Hope it helps My old pal Dean Landsman pointed me to this post about Fake Fans, and much else, by Eliza McLamb, a musician, and much else.  She's great. And she's from Chapel Hill. Go Heels! Anyway, like many musicians, Eliza has problems wit …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ An Immodest Proposal for the Music Industry

2026-04-05 How music listeners can fill the industry’s “value gap.” This piece was my column for the November 2018 issue of Linux Journal. I’m running it again here for three reasons: 1) It’s still timely and worth resurfacin …›

Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #196: Yurt Radio at Hampshire College

2026-04-03 Every college campus is an adventure, requiring advance planning on my part so that I am able to navigate as quickly as possible to radio stations that are often in hidden-away locations. Before my visit to Hampshire College radio station Yurt …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are Built On A Scientific Premise That Experts Keep Telling Us Is Wrong

2026-04-03 Last week, I wrote about why the social media addiction verdicts against Meta and YouTube should worry anyone who cares about the open internet. The short version: plaintiffs’ lawyers found a clever way to recharacterize editorial decisions about …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2026-04-03 Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at: pewresearch.org/science. Primary r …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2026-04-03 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 189 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Ma …›

Current→ New York community radio stations plan merger

2026-04-03 Radio Catskill and WIOX signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with a merger. The post New York community radio stations plan merger appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Mark Brewer resigns as WOUB GM

2026-04-03 Brewer had led the station since 2016. The post Mark Brewer resigns as WOUB GM appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Tryday

2026-04-03 MVP thoughts I nominate Tyrese Haliburton for MVP. He hasn't played at all this year, because he's out with a hamstring injury he suffered when the Pacers (our Indiana home team) were neck-and-neck with the OKC Thunder in the final championship …›

Poynter→ Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. Here’s how the media covered it.

2026-04-03 Was it her mishandling of the Epstein files? Was it her failure to prosecute President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies? Was it her awful performances in front of the media and […] The post Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. Here’s how the …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Toward a Human Future for AI

2026-04-03 Delhi street scene, July 5, 2018. I was invited by Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie, of the Imagining the Digital Future Center at Elon University, to contribute my thoughts to their latest study, titled Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Age Old Questions

2026-04-02 Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Flursday

2026-04-02 Might do the same for you In The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis, the latest episode of the Founders podcast, David Senra compresses by Sebastian Mallaby's book, The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for …›

Poynter→ An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work

2026-04-02 Artificial intelligence company Nota — whose clients include organizations like The Boston Globe and the Institute for Nonprofit News — is scrapping its network of local news sites after learning […] The post An AI company set out to fix news …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Meta Caves To The MPAA Over Instagram’s Use Of ‘PG-13,’ Ending A Dispute That Was Silly From The Start

2026-04-02 Back in October, Meta announced that its new Instagram Teen Accounts would feature content moderation “guided by the PG-13 rating.” On its face, this made a certain kind of sense as a communication strategy: parents know what PG-13 means (o …›

Current→ Comings and goings: PMC exec steps down, Baltimore Public Media announces host changes …

2026-04-02 Former Public Media Co. CEO Erin Moran left the organization. The post Comings and goings: PMC exec steps down, Baltimore Public Media announces host changes … appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Trump broke into prime time with a speech that broke little news

2026-04-02 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Wednesday was quite the busy day for President […] The post Trump broke into prime time with a speech that broke little news app …›

Poynter→ Fact-checking has to go where misinformation actually spreads

2026-04-02 This commentary was published in commemoration of International Fact-Checking Day, held April 2 each year to recognize the work of fact-checkers worldwide. For much of the last decade, fact-checking organizations have […] The post Fact-checking …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The EU Killed Voluntary CSAM Scanning. West Virginia Is Trying To Compel It. Both Cause Problems.

2026-04-01 Last week, the European Parliament voted to let a temporary exemption lapse that had allowed tech companies to scan their services for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) without running afoul of strict EU privacy regulations. Meanwhile, here in the US, …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Wednesfool

2026-04-01 You're welcome I don't hate April Fools Day. I'm just too busy to participate. So this is a fooling-free blog post. Much to munch on Getting great hang time with Jon Udell (who also manifests here) lately. Here are two of his recent publis …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX and Radiotopia Podcast Partners Earn 2026 Webby Award Nominations

2026-04-01 More than a dozen nominees span arts, culture, science, news, and documentaryThe International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) announced the nominees for the 30th Annual Webby Awards. Established in 1996, the awards celebrate digital exc …›

Poynter→ How a CNN reporter covered war from inside Iran

2026-04-01 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel […] The post How a CNN reporter covered war from inside Iran appeared first on Poynter. …›

Poynter→ Like journalists, prosecutors shaped a distorted view of crime. They can help fix it, too.

2026-04-01 Journalists have misled the public about crime and are now trying to correct the problem. It turns out prosecuting attorneys have been guilty of many of the same sins. That […] The post Like journalists, prosecutors shaped a distorted view of cri …›

Poynter→ As the Supreme Court weighs birthright citizenship, Trump’s claims don’t add up

2026-04-01 One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that babies born in the U.S. are citizens. Trump issued an executive order on […] The post As the Supreme Court weighs birthri …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Free Speech Experts: Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Panic Is As Old As Democracy Itself

2026-03-31 We’ve been saying for years now that Jonathan Haidt’s crusade against social media and kids is a moral panic dressed up in academic robes, and that the evidence simply does not support the sweeping claims he’s been making. A new piece …›

Current→ Judge rules Trump order barring NPR, PBS funding unconstitutional

2026-03-31 U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss found that President Trump unlawfully instructed federal agencies to terminate funding to NPR and PBS. The post Judge rules Trump order barring NPR, PBS funding unconstitutional appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Arkansas TV creates fund for donations supporting PBS dues

2026-03-31 If the state network ultimately opts to drop out of PBS, donors will be reimbursed upon request. The post Arkansas TV creates fund for donations supporting PBS dues appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE

2026-03-31 On January 10th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan and put on quite a performance. He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down content. He detailed how the Biden administration had apparently pressured Meta …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ From Mainstream to Allstream

2026-03-31 David Weinberger once said, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen people.” It’s the future now, and he was right, or close enough. Because today we live in a world where the power to publish and distribute no longer …›

Current→ MPT lay leader and benefactor Edward Kaplan dies at 87

2026-03-31 “His nearly three decades of service and philanthropy won't soon be equaled,” said MPT CEO Steven Schupak. The post MPT lay leader and benefactor Edward Kaplan dies at 87 appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Toesday

2026-03-31 It's not too late Come join us for this at 4 pm Eastern today. Also on the privacy front One thinks of Thomson Reuters as a source of good information on issues (Thomson) and news (Reuters). That's the brand. Alas, it's also a source of inf …›

PRX Official - Medium→ More Perfect and PRX Present “In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan,” A New Podcast for America’s 250th

2026-03-31 More Perfect and PRX Present “In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan,” A New Civic Podcast for America’s 250thThe podcast series featuring acclaimed writers, historians, and thinkers will explore lessons of the past to write the nation’s futureThe bip …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The White House App’s Propaganda Is The Least Alarming Thing About It

2026-03-30 Call me crazy, but I don’t think an official government app should be loading executable code from a random person’s GitHub account. Or tracking your GPS location in the background. Or silently stripping privacy consent dialogs from every w …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Everday

2026-03-30 Before the Fall Pop was a Republican in the same way he was a fisherman, a carpenter, a Brooklyn Dodgers (and later a Mets) fan, and a Ford man. As a kid, I thought of myself the same way. Republicans stood for fiscal prudence, limited government, pers …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Was the FBI Raid on a Washington Post Reporter’s Home an Act of Retribution?

2026-03-30 Investigators “assisted” Hannah Natanson in applying her right index finger to a Post-owned MacBook Pro, accessing all its data. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ What’s Up with Tony?

2026-03-30 How Tony Dokoupil went from being a hair model to a print journalist to the anchor of CBS Evening News, guided by the principle “We love America.” …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation

2026-03-27 Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice — confirming what anyone with a passing familiarity …›

Current→ Colorado public broadcasters explore merger

2026-03-27 Rocky Mountain Public Media and the operator of KUNC have signed a nonbinding agreement to consider a merger. The post Colorado public broadcasters explore merger appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Missouri v. Biden ‘Settlement’ Is A Fake Victory For A Case They Lost

2026-03-27 Last week, Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri got into a heated exchange during a Senate hearing with Stanford’s Daphne Keller. Schmitt, who, as Missouri’s Attorney General, originally filed the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit, was berating Keller …›