Bron Maher

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A copy of Scientific American is seen held in someone's hand in front of a newsstand. It reads: The Unsolvable Problem - A journey into some of the strangest ideas in modern math and physics. (Picture: dennizn – stock.adobe.com)
Pina’s comments in full Pina was responding to Le Monde’s chief digital operations officer Lou Grasser, who said that YouTube needs to let publishers “put a video under the paywall, to have a product feature that will help us to engage readers on that.” He replied: “I mean, the model that we developed, the core model of YouTube, as everybody knows, is an ad-based model—which was, by the way, already the legacy publishing model as well, so we are following the different sets and phases of the evolution of the industry. “And of course, we put all the priority on ads, because the ads is where typically this industry, generally speaking, monetizes—both the entertainment, as well as news, so why not start with the ads? We have a very sophisticated and very successful ads model, which we do the revenue share for. “Subscription comes next. We have subscription products already available—we have more than 10 ways of making money on YouTube, but subscription is an important component to it. And it’s already available, paywalls are already available. “But having a paywall that has a conversation between YouTube and the current paywall of publishers is something that has not yet been developed, but we have product and engineers working on it, thanks to great partners such as Le Monde who pushed us to start developing that solution. So I would expect it to come, and happening very soon. “It deals with sensitivity around about privacy—there’s no reason why we say no. We are eager to share the ad money with you, and we are eager to share the subscription money as well. It’s just a question of how to handle the data, and how to be incredibly careful and thoughtful about how that data is exchanged—and how to be, of course, law-abiding and privacy-safe, which is a crucial concern that we have.”
A picture of The New Statesman on some grass. The cover reads "What Britain Won't Face" and depicts Britannia, the personification of Britain, crouched on the beach with her head in the sand as a tidal wave approaches.
Christiane Amanpour on stage at the Sir Harry Evans Truth Tellers Summit in London in 2026
Allbritton described the expense as “significant, but it’s not huge. I did have somebody come up to me going: ‘Oh my God, you’re gonna lose all this money!’ And [I said]: ‘Yeah, I might lose like, a small, single-digit percentage from the proceeds of the sale of Politico.’”
a red buzzball is seen from ground level next to a bike cart and a tree
A screenshot of the Grammarly page for its "Expert Review" feature, with copy that reads: "AI that supports you without replacing you. With Grammarly, how and when you use AI is always up to you. Our AI agents work only when you engage them, and you’re always in charge of changes, so your voice and ideas remain at the center of your work—and you continue to grow as a writer."
A Google Finance share price graphic showing the NYT's price down 8% versus last night's market close. It was down as low as 17% right at the start of the day.
The City AM article about the London Stock Exchange Group axing FT subscriptions appears completely surrounded by website banner ads for the FT itself, featuring the line: "For the why: FT"
A New York Times web article is interrupted by a display ad comprising four pictures, three of them depicting takeaway cup lids. The fourth picture appears to be a disposable food cup or bowl.
A screenshot from the story below, reading: "Rather embarrassingly, we’re less sure about how consumer spend splits between physical copies and paywalled subscriptions for magazines or newspapers like, erm, The Financial Times. So we’re going to have to omit reading materials from our number."
A screenshot of a song by "Aluna" titled "Cap Ferret c'est la Magie" illustrated with a beautiful woman sat in what is quite clearly an AI generated beach
“Journalism” and “media” are loaded words. “People don’t dislike what you do,” the toolkit states. “They dislike what they think ‘journalism’ means.” The following is set apart in a quote box: While we heard throughout the research that people value the role of local news, the word “journalism” can evoke partisanship or elitism for some audiences, while “media” sounds like entertainment to many people. In our research, “local news and information” consistently tested better than “journalism,” with participants expressing concerns that “journalism” felt too institutional or politically charged.
But I have to be so real and say a big reason I'm active on TikTok is because I am so stubborn, and I was getting really sick of seeing my work being used for other people's content. I was like, I don't like this. You are getting facts wrong. You're using my words as your green screen background with your big head in front. I think it's crazy that there's this concept of news influencers and they're not reporters. I said this on Bluesky months ago where I was like, I feel like as journalists we're ceding ground to content creators who don't know left from right, who didn't report the stories, who don't have the expertise to explain this to a general audience. And I don't like that. I don't like the idea of us taking some of it lying down.
A screenshot of an FT article, illustrated with the Wall Street road sign: Headline: Donald Trump calls on US companies to ditch quarterly reporting Subhead: US president says taking a quarterly view on company is 'not good' Photo caption: Trump issued his call to scrap quarterly reporting in a Truth Social post
A screenshot from transcription service Otter. It reads: Note 09:51 • 34 mins • Media faces challenges
a meme in which a woman reads out a headline to her husband who is turning the page on the calendar to reveal it's gone back from 2020 to 1984, except the headline is about Redbird looking at taking control of the Telegraph (while reducing Abu Dhabi backed IMI's stake) and the new date is november 2023
st peter's basilica with white smoke and the new statesman logo on the building
a screenshot of a tweet from GB News, reading: 🌞Spring has arrived!🌞 The UK is set to be warmer than Barcelona & Athens today! But despite the sunshine, Britain has dropped to 23rd place in the global happiness rankings—its lowest in 9 years.
a reward is pictured among the options reading: '£10 towards your mortgage'
a man facing away from the camera has a shadow cast across his back reading: 'hung' a sandwich board in the foreground shows he is at an Itsu and the h is probably short for 'hungry'
Michael Caine tweets: "Trump calm down"
a BBC News headline reading: Archaeologists may have found pharaoh's second tomb it is illustrated with a picture of a tunnel
edvard munch's 'The Scream' but he's wearing a kinda camp little press cap
a linkedin alert for a job as a 'senior distressed reporter'
A feature about the film director Coralie Fargeat said: "Fargeat is all smiles in the office of her production company in central London. There's a big plate of salami - she loves salami (I love salami!)." To clarify, Fargeat was not in the office of her production company but that of Working Title, and she is a vegetarian. Also, her first film, Le télégramme (2003), wOir several awards, not just two as we said.
rhe ad, written in the style of a guest column, will run as a special wrap-around in today's edition of the Washington Post, with distribution planned to the White House staff.
a Linkedin job description, reading: Staff Writer, Emergency Preparedness NYT Wirecutter About the Role Wirecutter is looking for an experienced staff writer to cover Emergency Preparedness. Your success depends on your ability to respond to disastrous news events with an urge to collect information from sources including survivors, scientists, first responders, and relief organizations. Emergency prep includes firsthand testing on products ranging from generators to medical supplies, recording findings from Wirecutter’s testing and notes on how these products are used in real-world scenarios. You may work with local reporters witnessing emergencies first-hand, and you’ll collaborate with writers on the many beats emergency prep touches on: cleaning, air/water quality, pets, home improvement, and more. Example projects include product guides, related how-to articles, seasonal blog posts, newsletters, social posts, and interviews for internal and external media appearances during news events. You will have the potential to be remote.
WIRED sub plans, with an annual digital sub for $5 and print plus digital $6
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a screenshot of an Instagram poll asking whether you use an AI chatbot instead of a search engine, showing 89% voting no and 11% yes
If Meta and X were confident in heading off the regulatory impositions of the EU, Brazil and elsewhere, they would not need to swing behind Trump and the new administration. The fact that they are doing so openly and unapologetically - indeed shamelessly - means they know they have a challenge, and one which they may not meet. They know that certain foreign governments and legal systems are capable of winning any head-to-head regulatory battle.
it's kristin scott thomas, two rows behind me in the lecture theatre
john micklethwait speaks to a crowd in a lecture theatre (picture: Eve Lacroix, City University)
the new press gazette registration wall appears over an article, telling readers 'You've reached your limit of free articles. Please register now to continue reading.'
it's me at the british journalism awards, with Press Gazette editor in chief Dom Ponsford up on stage
charli xcx tweets: 'I just met pop crave like the irl person wtf i'm starstruck'
He wrote that Mr. Murdoch and Lachlan's representatives on the trust, including Mr. Barr, "demonstrated a dishonesty of purpose and motive" in abetting their plan. Mr. Gorman criticizes another one of their newly appointed representatives for his scant knowledge of the family and trust, writing that his research had been limited to "Google searches and watching YouTube videos about the Murdochs (or the fictional family in the show 'Succession')," as well as listening to a book by Michael Wolff about the family.
spotify wrapped summary: top artists kaytranada, jeremy soule, men i trust, charli xcx and jungle. top songs: evan finds the third room (gently cringe), von dutch, cinderella, husk and 360
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a wikipedia display panel for the artwork 'brutus condemning his sons to death', which depicts lucius junius brutus overseeing his sons' execution for conspiracy to overthrow the government, with the title changed to 'brutus letting his sons off because it's what any father would do really'
it's a pineapple plant in a pineapple pot with a miniature pineapple growing out the top
ShayShay and Fizz Sinclair appear on stage as Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie, each wearing white t-shirts emblazoned with the words STOP BEING DEAD
A screenshot from Grindr, reading: Building Better Products for You We ask for your consent to use certain types of your data that privacy laws define as sensitive to help develop AI Technology enabling a more personalized Grindr experience for the Grindr community. This includes new intelligent features tailored to individual interests, like recommended connections and a personal chatbot. The data used: • Certain fields from your profile [Ethnicity, pronouns, gender, looking for, tribe, tags, position, and any text you enter into open fields across the app] • Content from your chat messages We may use chat messages to help create an individualized chatbot based on your personal chat style and interests.] • Precise location [As provided by your
BBC headline: Logan Paul accused of misleading fans over crypto investments
Westminster Police | Central West BCU @MPSWestminster Heaven nightclub will be closed for up to 28 days, effective immediately, following a decision to suspend its alcohol licence. The decision was made after serious concerns were raised about the venue's ability to protect its customers. More details below 🔽 Earlier today, Westminster Council’s licensing committee ruled that the licence for Heaven nightclub, off Villiers Street, should be suspended for up to 28 days, until a full hearing can take place. This will take effect immediately. The decision, which followed an application from the Metropolitan Police, was made on the grounds of public safety. The hearing heard that in the early hours of Sunday, 1 November a woman was allegedly raped in the vicinity of the venue by a member of security staff. Other staff then allegedly ignored her efforts to report the attack. A member of security staff was arrested and has since been charged with rape. He is on remand in prison. It follows another incident in May when three members of the venue’s security team were filmed assaulting a customer in the street. These incidents raise serious concerns about the venue’s ability to fulfil its obligations to protect its customers, in particular in relation to safeguarding.
london bridge station with a 'lib dems winning here!' sign
A hoarding under a railway arch at London Bridge station promises a Gail's will soon be setting up shop
me, in purfleet, in front of the purfleet station car park sign because i couldn't find anything marking the start of the loop
A poster tied to a lamppost reads: Do you engage in Halloween Pagan Rituals??? Halloween is one of the most practiced public holidays across the centuries - where children and adults dress up in dark costumes, host occultic parties and knock-on other's door for sweets and tricks. According to The Sun (one of the biggest newspaper company in the UK) Halloween is regarded as the day for witches and devil worshippers to gather and practice witchcraft and other rituals. It is quite surprising that they released this article, however. hide the truth in plain site. Halloween is also known as the festival of Samhain in ancient Europe - where the Celtic people would build a bonfire and sacrifice humans and animals rave to appease and honour their 'gods' on the 31st October .
A screenshot of an Atlantic article titled: "The Chronically Online Have Stolen Halloween - Obscure memes are sucking the joy from the holiday"
from Popbitch: >> Big Questions << Who's asking what this week? Which former newspaper mogul took pity on a fellow ex-magazine editor before their BBC TV Question Time appearance by offering him a sniff of poppers? Supposedly it helps the nerves and perks you up in front of the cameras.
Anecdotally, too, The New York Sun does not yet appear to be a mainstay of the New York media scene. Among ten New Yorkers Press Gazette spoke to – four of them journalists – none could remember encountering a New York Sun story over the past few years. One journalist said: “I can say with certainty I have never read anything from The New York Sun or seen it in the wild – I thought that was the made up paper Carrie writes for in Sex and the City.” (That fictional paper is The New York Star.)
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charles hanani from industry