The Guardian·2026-05-02
‘On the inside I felt a rage’: Antoinette Lattouf on emerging from her bruising battle with the ABCMost people facing a gruelling federal court trial, hostile press and the glare of the public spotlight would hesitate to add more challenges to their load. But for journalist Antoinette Lattouf, the public drama she was starring in and the “molasses of multiple legal battles” she faced was a good time to become “match fit” by taking on tough physical challenges and start writing a book. “I needed to try and find some kind of blueprint or way out of what I felt was so overwhelming and so despairing and so unfair, and I just honestly couldn’t have done it by myself,” Lattouf says. Lattouf became the “overwhelming” centre of attention after she shared a Human Rights Watch post about the war in Gaza while she was a casual host on ABC Radio Sydney. In between winning her case at the Fair Work
The Guardian·2026-05-02
BBC News to bear deepest cuts amid 2,000 planned job lossesThe BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies. The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years. Last month, staff were informed that, on average across the BBC, about 10% of the corporation’s 21,500 employees would be affected as part of a £600m cost-cutting plan, but it was not clear at the time that news operations would see even deeper cuts. The development comes as Matt Brittin, the former top Google executive, takes over as the corporation’s new director general from 18 May. His appointment came after the resignation o
The Guardian·2026-05-02
From Mumford & Sons to ‘free speech’ YouTuber: Winston Marshall’s dramatic career changeOn a Los Angeles stage in 2011 Winston Marshall, then the banjo player for the folk rock band Mumford & Sons, could scarcely believe what was happening. Not only was he playing at the Grammys, he was playing alongside Bob Dylan, legendary composer of social justice anthems and one of his heroes. About 15 years later, Marshall once again found himself stateside, this time on a very different stage. Appearing on Fox News in his new guise as a conservative YouTuber, Marshall advocated what he admitted was an “outlandish idea” to stop small boat crossings in the Channel. It would be feasible, he argued, to blockade one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes with a giant floating wall, armed with mines. He also described those making the crossing as “military-aged men” – a regular descriptor
Adweek·2026-05-01
The Marketing CEO: Why Leadership Now Starts With Knowing Your Brand IdentityWhy today's chief executives must lead as marketers first.
Adweek·2026-05-01
AI Is Bringing Retail Media Closer to the SaleThis post was created in partnership with CVS Media Exchange Retail media has become a bigger part of the growth plan for many brands; it has also become harder to [ ]
Adweek·2026-05-01
What It Takes to Grow a CPG Challenger BrandThis post was created in partnership with Ibotta Entering the competitive CPG industry can be an uphill battle—even more so for a challenger brand. But with enough grit and determination, [ ]
Digiday·2026-05-01
OpenAI starts laying foundations for ChatGPT ads in EUOpenAI appears to be getting ready to expand its ads business to Europe. A code update to its conversion tracking pixel , which Digiday reviewed, points to the company building the technical groundwork needed to run advertising in the European Union. The update adds a consent management system, essentially a mechanism that lets advertisers ask users for permission before tracking them, and stops t
Digiday·2026-05-01
Baller League’s creator strategy: reach is not the same as fandomBaller League has something rare in creator economy business circles: a plan that doesn’t end with it becoming a media company. Instead it wants to become a sustainable sports league. That’s not as obvious as the name suggests. Most creator-led sports properties have ended up caring more about the entertainment wrapper than the sport inside it – the spectacle, the IP and the media rights. Baller L
Adweek·2026-05-01
Ticker: Testy Exchange Takes Place Between Scott Jennings and Adam Mockler on CNN NewsNightNewsmax announces a new podcast featuring Greta Van Susteren.
Digiday·2026-05-01
Future of Marketing Briefing: YouTube’s creator data play is an on-ramp, not a destinationYouTube is giving brands something they’ve been asking for. The question is whether getting it makes them want something it can’t yet provide. The platform’s Creator Partnerships API, announced at the NewFronts earlier this sping, opens up creator performance data to a select group of third-party ad tech companies for the first time – who watches what, for how long and what that means for an adver
Digiday·2026-05-01
Marketers question expensive AI visibility tools as inconsistent results fuel skepticismThe latest industry phrase keeping marketers awake at night is AI visibility. The so-called zero-click reality has ushered in a slew of tools promising insight as to when and where a brand is referenced in AI chatbots. Google users are less likely to click through links when an AI summary appears in the results, according to Pew Research Center . Those who were met with an AI summary clicked on a
Nieman Lab·2026-04-29
More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AIOriginal reporting, news analysis, and a roundup of links. Those have been the three pillars of journalist Casey Newton s technology newsletter, Platformer , since it launched in 2017. But, Newton wrote Monday , two of them — link roundups and news analysis — may no longer work so well for his audience in a time of AI automation. So he s experimenting with changes to Platformer s offerings, spendi
Nieman Lab·2026-04-28
“Like nailing Jell-O to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AIProPublica journalists walked off the job for 24 hours, after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract that would have included terms around AI and a ban on AI-related layoffs. Meanwhile, in Italy, the country’s main journalists’ union called for two strike days over publishers refusing to accept basic rules on the use of artificial intelligence. And at
Screen Rant·2026-04-27T19:00:20Z
Netflix’s New Feature Officially Brings Streaming Even Closer To Social MediaThe biggest streaming platform in television has just made a big statement about where its content is going, with a brand-new interface feature.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-27
Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beatIn 2018, Joseph Poliszuk fled Venezuela. That year, after exposing corruption in then-President Nicolas Maduro’s administration, he had become the target of lawsuits by wealthy Maduro loyalists. He and several of his colleagues at the independent outlet Armando.info packed up their lives and fled the country under threat of imprisonment. For years, Poliszuk had published stories on Southern Venezu
The Boston Herald·2026-04-22T20:05:54Z
Ticker: Trump media company replaces CEO; SpaceX in $60B deal to to buy AI coding toolThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
PBS News·2026-04-22T20:00:09Z
Trump Media replaces Nunes as Truth Social CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Newsmax·2026-04-22T10:45:49Z
Trump Media Company Replaces Fmr Rep. Nunes as CEO After Stock Plunge That Wiped out BillionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-15
Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archivingIn January, Hanaa’ Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Our reporting showed that these decisions, including a “hard block” by the Times that started late last year, were driven by publishers’ concern that the Internet Archive’s free library of webpage snapshots could be scraped
Adweek·2026-04-08T17:26:58Z
Experiential Retail as a Loyalty Driver at a Heritage Brand With Tecovas CEO David LafitteBalancing brand and performance marketing.
