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Press Forward gave $20 million to 205 local newsrooms over two years. Here’s how some of them spent it. niemanlab.org/2026/10/press-…
Only 32% of Americans said they had "quite a bit" or "a great deal" of confidence that news outlets would accurately report the results of the upcoming midterm elections. niemanlab.org/2026/10/only-3…
Meta pledges to consult publishers before finalizing its new terms
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The New York Times is adding more AI features to its Cooking app, and users aren’t thrilled
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TWO Meta updates today:
- Meta promises to consult news publishers and industry leaders about the new terms in the wake of global pushback
- A Norwegian court has blocked the terms from going into effect on November 20
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Vox launches its first app with an eye toward building paid memberships
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New research shows that giving audiences a peek into the reporting process can help bolster their trust in the news. niemanlab.org/2026/10/creato…
“Forcing publishers to choose between surrendering their off-platform IP or forfeiting a primary channel of public communication is a gross abuse of Meta’s power as a powerful platform with critical access to consumers,” Schiff wrote. niemanlab.org/2026/10/a-gros…
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Meta should provide "explicit guarantees" to publishers that paywalls and robots.txt protocols will be respected, @SenAdamSchiff says in a letter to Zuckerberg.
@HanaaTameez with update on the (now bipartisan!) concern in U.S. Senate over new Meta terms niemanlab.org/2026/10/a-gros…
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🚨NEW: Senator @AdamSchiff tells Meta to withdraw its commercial terms that allow for the mass-scraping of business users' websites.
Following Senator @MarshaBlackburn's comments on Friday, Meta's terms have now become a bipartisan concern.
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The Independent Journalism Atlas looks at “wells” and “springs” in news deserts
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"I don’t think that repeating the same non-explanations for another three weeks will make much difference," said James Grimmelmann, a professor of digital and information law at Cornell Law School. "But maybe they’ll use the time to come up with better explanations."
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"I followed link after link, figuring surely I would get to the bottom of it, but every source pointed to another source, which pointed to another, and somehow none of them led to the original research I was looking for."
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Ahead of Election Day, the tool has ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts to gain new insight into U.S. voters. niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data niemanlab.org/2026/10/when-h…
Facing mounting pressure from the news industry, Meta has delayed the effective date of its new terms of service for business accounts. buff.ly/adsXveE
Two out of five Americans regularly get their news on Facebook niemanlab.org/2026/10/two-ou…
“Convenings” for CEOs will help Semafor reach a second profitable year niemanlab.org/2026/10/conven…
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Le Wall Street Journal suit les sujets qui émergent sur TikTok avant les élections, grâce à un outil IA maison niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-wa…
The terms were set to take effect on October 30, with no way to opt out, setting off an outcry from news publishers, politicians, and press associations on both sides of the Atlantic.
As of October 23, Meta has made no other changes to the terms aside from the implementation date.
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