Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests
Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.
The New York Times > MediaHessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.
The New York Times > MediaWhen Jeffrey Epstein Confronted Tina Brown
Tina Brown was one of the most prominent media figures in the 1980s and ’90s, serving as the top editor at Vanity Fair and then The New Yorker. She later launched The Daily Beast, which ran one of the first national series on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She answered questions about that coverage, her career, the royal family and more on “The Interview” with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
The New York Times > MediaPresident Trump’s Vision of Power
“My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” he told Times reporters.
The New York Times > MediaMamdani Hosts Influencer Summit, Sidestepping Traditional Media
A friendly summit at New York’s City Hall with digital content creators and social media stars symbolized the new mayor’s attitude toward the changing news media.
The New York Times > MediaBruce Crawford, Arts-Loving Adman Who Led the Met Opera, Dies at 96
He helped build the ad agency BBDO International into a powerhouse before channeling his passion for opera into managing the Met and revitalizing Lincoln Center.
The New York Times > Advertising and MarketingNew York Times Case Against Pentagon Will Move Quickly
The lawsuit, over the Defense Department’s new rules for journalists, is headed for oral arguments in March.
The New York Times > MediaVenezuela Detained and Deported Members of the Foreign Press
Military officers detained 14 members of the news media during a National Assembly session. All were released after their phones were searched. One was deported.
The New York Times > MediaBan on TV junk food advertising before 9pm comes into force in UK
Watchdog will also monitor online ban for high fat and sugar products as part of wider effort to tackle childhood obesityA ban on junk food advertising on TV before 9pm and a total ban online has come into force as the government attempts to tackle the childhood obesity crisis.Under the rules, which will be enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) 13 categories of products can no longer be advertised on TV before the watershed or at any time online. The banned products are high in fat, sugar and salt. Continue reading...
The Guardian > Media‘Blood in the water’: Bari Weiss’s chaotic first three months in charge of CBS News
Weiss is embroiled in her first major controversy as editor in chief as her handpicked anchor takes evening news showTaking charge of CBS News in early October with no television industry experience, and already facing both deep skepticism from many network employees and a faltering business model, Bari Weiss began with a lot working against her.Still, her three months as editor in chief have been more chaotic than even many of her critics expected. “There is blood in the water,” said one CBS News journalist, who, like the others quoted in this story, was not authorized by the network to comment. Continue reading...
The Guardian > MediaElon Musk’s Grok AI is used to digitally undress images of women and children
The degrading pictures are being posted to X despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate themDegrading images of children and women with their clothes digitally removed by Grok AI continue to be shared on Elon Musk’s X, despite the platform’s commitment to suspend users who generate them.After days of concern over use of the chatbot to alter photographs to create sexualised pictures of real women and children stripped to their underwear without their consent, the UK’s communication’s watchdog, Ofcom, said on Monday that it had made “urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK”..
The Guardian > MediaHow far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion-dollar box office triumph?
Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours inFor a movie saga that is, on paper at least, the world’s most popular fantasy trilogy of all time, Avatar doesn’t half have its sceptics. Maybe it’s James Cameron’s po-faced belief that he’s making the sort of films that could save planet Earth from future environmental apocalypse. Or perhaps it has simply become the kind of cultural behemoth that invites opposition merely by existing. Either way, it’s fair to say not everyone has exactly been sobbing over..
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