#newspapers — Public Fediverse posts

“I get paid to satisfy my curiosity.”

Why the Cap Times’ reporters pursued journalism as their careers
https://captimes.com/news/community/why-the-cap-times-reporters-pursued-journalism-as-their-careers/article_ed3adf80-976c-4aef-9f30-7b4d0f84ac48.html

#journalism #newspapers #careers

Arkansas Advocate: Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details. “A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment.”

Arkansas Advocate: Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details. “A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment.”

Arkansas Advocate: Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details. “A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment.”

Arkansas Advocate: Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details. “A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment.”

Arkansas Advocate: Judge weighing whether to block Arkansas news outlets from publishing data center pact details. “A federal judge is considering whether to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, a move that free speech advocates say would violate the First Amendment.”

Associated Press: Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview. “A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.”

Associated Press: Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview. “A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.”

Associated Press: Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview. “A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.”

Associated Press: Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview. “A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.”

Associated Press: Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview. “A federal judge refused Friday to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence.”

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» https://institutional.org/posts/institutional-newspapers-boston-public-library/ #opensource

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» https://institutional.org/posts/institutional-newspapers-boston-public-library/ #opensource

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» https://institutional.org/posts/institutional-newspapers-boston-public-library/ #opensource

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» https://institutional.org/posts/institutional-newspapers-boston-public-library/ #opensource

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» https://institutional.org/posts/institutional-newspapers-boston-public-library/ #opensource

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» institutional.org/posts/instit... #opensource

Making 1.47 Million Historical...

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» institutional.org/posts/instit... #opensource

Making 1.47 Million Historical...

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» institutional.org/posts/instit... #opensource

Making 1.47 Million Historical...

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» institutional.org/posts/instit... #opensource

Making 1.47 Million Historical...

« The Institutional Data Initiative at the Harvard Law School Library and Boston Public Library release an open #dataset and processing pipeline that make historical #newspapers more accessible for #research, discovery, and responsible #AI development.» institutional.org/posts/instit... #opensource

Making 1.47 Million Historical...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/117212158434664828

Truly sad. Killing off #printed #newspapers is not something I ever expected to see.

#Journalism is dying in more ways than one, and I have to wonder what the ripple effect will be when suddenly #news is unavailable to anyone who can't afford the entry fee to get it online.

The so-called #PublicRecord becomes a luxury to some and invisible to others at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/117212158434664828

Truly sad. Killing off #printed #newspapers is not something I ever expected to see.

#Journalism is dying in more ways than one, and I have to wonder what the ripple effect will be when suddenly #news is unavailable to anyone who can't afford the entry fee to get it online.

The so-called #PublicRecord becomes a luxury to some and invisible to others at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/117212158434664828

Truly sad. Killing off #printed #newspapers is not something I ever expected to see.

#Journalism is dying in more ways than one, and I have to wonder what the ripple effect will be when suddenly #news is unavailable to anyone who can't afford the entry fee to get it online.

The so-called #PublicRecord becomes a luxury to some and invisible to others at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/117212158434664828

Truly sad. Killing off #printed #newspapers is not something I ever expected to see.

#Journalism is dying in more ways than one, and I have to wonder what the ripple effect will be when suddenly #news is unavailable to anyone who can't afford the entry fee to get it online.

The so-called #PublicRecord becomes a luxury to some and invisible to others at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/117212158434664828

Truly sad. Killing off #printed #newspapers is not something I ever expected to see.

#Journalism is dying in more ways than one, and I have to wonder what the ripple effect will be when suddenly #news is unavailable to anyone who can't afford the entry fee to get it online.

The so-called #PublicRecord becomes a luxury to some and invisible to others at the same time.

For Gloria Steinem, fashion was about much more than aesthetics
By Morwenna Ferrier

In an era when feminists were stereotyped as unattractive, the pioneering writer’s style created a Trojan horse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/gloria-steinem-fashion-feminism-aesthetics

#Feminism #Women #Worldnews #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Newspapers #Magazines #Media #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MorwennaFerrier

For Gloria Steinem, fashion was about much more than aesthetics
By Morwenna Ferrier

In an era when feminists were stereotyped as unattractive, the pioneering writer’s style created a Trojan horse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/gloria-steinem-fashion-feminism-aesthetics

#Feminism #Women #Worldnews #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Newspapers #Magazines #Media #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MorwennaFerrier

For Gloria Steinem, fashion was about much more than aesthetics
By Morwenna Ferrier

In an era when feminists were stereotyped as unattractive, the pioneering writer’s style created a Trojan horse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/gloria-steinem-fashion-feminism-aesthetics

#Feminism #Women #Worldnews #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Newspapers #Magazines #Media #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MorwennaFerrier

Ink review – Danny Boyle turns the birth of the Sun into a lurid tabloid frenzy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/02/ink-review-danny-boyle-jack-oconnell #VeniceFilmFestival #Film #Biopics #DannyBoyle #GuyPearce #JackOconnell #JamesGraham #TheSun #RupertMurdoch #ClaireFoy #Culture #Media #NationalNewspapers #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #Stage

Ink review – Danny Boyle turns the birth of the Sun into a lurid tabloid frenzy
By Peter Bradshaw

Venice film festivalJack O’Connell is terrific as editor Larry Lamb in James Graham’s tale of Rupert Murdoch, Page 3 and the newspaper that transformed Fleet Street

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/02/ink-review-danny-boyle-jack-oconnell

#Venicefilmfestival #Film #Biopics #DannyBoyle #GuyPearce #JackOConnell #JamesGraham #TheSun #RupertMurdoch #ClaireFoy #Culture #Media #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapers #Newspapersmagazines #Stage #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

https://www.europesays.com/people/210257/ Capital Perspectives: Historical analog for SaaSpocalypse #Advertising #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BerkshireHathaway #Business #CECWealthManagement #ChasCraig #Entertainment #Finance #Investing #magazines #MarketFragmentation #MediaIndustry #newspapers #Oklahoma #SaaSpocalypse #SoftwareIndustry #Stocks #Technology #television #valuations #WarrenBuffett #WealthManagement

‘There’s always a fresh fury’: Tracey Scott Wilson on Black America and her play about a fraudulent journalist
By Arifa Akbar

As The Story – inspired by a scandal that ended a young Black reporter’s career – makes its London debut, its author explains why, two decades on, it’s more relevant than ever

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/01/tracey-scott-wilson-fake-news-and-black-america-the-story-national-theatre

#Stage #Culture #Theatre #NationalTheatre #Race #Newspapers #BlackUSculture #TheGuardian #ArifaAkbar

Prince Harry and others ordered to pay interim £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher
By Caroline Davies

Judge orders payment within seven days towards legal costs in failed case over alleged unlawful information gathering

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/prince-harry-and-others-ordered-to-pay-interim-legal-costs-daily-mail-publisher

#PrinceHarry #DoreenLawrence #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMail #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapers #Media #Newspapersmagazines #UKnews #Medialaw #Privacythemedia #Pressintrusion #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

Prince Harry and others ordered to pay interim £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/prince-harry-and-others-ordered-to-pay-interim-legal-costs-daily-mail-publisher #PrinceHarry #DoreenLawrence #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMail #NationalNewspapers #Newspapers #Media #NewspapersMagazines #UkNews #MediaLaw #PrivacyTheMedia #PressIntrusion

NiemanLab: We analyzed 6,400 New York Times stories to find out how comments change when you give readers more information. “Data journalists have sometimes wondered whether loading a story with data can be overwhelming rather than clarifying. We found that giving readers more information changes who comments, and how.”

Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Labour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/12/bridget-phillipson-condemns-richard-tice-attempt-silence-free-press-reform

#RichardTice #ReformUK #Partyfunding #BridgetPhillipson #Labour #Politics #NCANationalCrimeAgency #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Media #Newspapersmagazines #Newspapers #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor

Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/12/bridget-phillipson-condemns-richard-tice-attempt-silence-free-press-reform #RichardTice #ReformUk #PartyFunding #BridgetPhillipson #Labour #Politics #NcaNationalCrimeAgency #UkNews #PressFreedom #Media #NewspapersMagazines #Newspapers

Prince Harry and co-claimants face huge legal bill due to insurance shortfall https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/prince-harry-and-co-claimants-face-huge-legal-bill-due-to-insurance-shortfall #PrinceHarry #DoreenLawrence #DailyMail #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMailGeneralTrust #Media #NationalNewspapers #Newspapers #UkNews

Prince Harry and co-claimants face huge legal bill due to insurance shortfall
By Caroline Davies

Claimants’ insurance might not cover Associated Newspapers’ costs for defending phone-hacking case, high court hears

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/prince-harry-and-co-claimants-face-huge-legal-bill-due-to-insurance-shortfall

#PrinceHarry #DoreenLawrence #DailyMail #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMailGeneralTrust #Media #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapers #UKnews #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

The Dacre dynasty: how the Daily Mail’s fearsome former editor still shapes the British press
By Andy Beckett

Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/16/the-dacre-dynasty-how-the-daily-mails-fearsome-former-editor-still-shapes-the-british-press

#PaulDacre #DailyMail #DailyMailGeneralTrust #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapers #TelegraphMediaGroup #NewsUK #Media #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #AndyBeckett

Zohran Mamdani riding high despite New York Post’s daily demonization https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/zohran-mamdani-new-york-post #ZohranMamdani #UsNews #NewYork #Democrats #Newspapers #Media #NewYorkPost

Doreen Lawrence will not foot any of legal bill in failed attempt to sue Daily Mail https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/09/doreen-lawrence-legal-bill-failed-sue-daily-mail-prince-harry #DoreenLawrence #PrinceHarry #DailyMail #AssociatedNewspapers #UkNews #Newspapers #Media #NationalNewspapers

Prince Harry loses lawsuit against Mail publisher over phone-hacking claims https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/07/prince-harry-lawsuit-mail-publisher-phone-hacking-claims #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMail #MailOnSunday #PrinceHarry #DoreenLawrence #EltonJohn #DavidFurnish #ElizabethHurley #SadieFrost #SimonHughes #DailyMailGeneralTrust #MediaLaw #NationalNewspapers #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #Media #UkNews #MediaBusiness #Law

Recently added titles (June 2026)

Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October,  November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September,  October, November, and December of 2024, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of this year, and January, February, March, April, and May of this year, this post notes recent titles with libraries or librarians in popular culture which I’ve come across in the past month. Each of these has been watched or read during the past month. No films, animated series, or other entries with libraries (or librarians) to add for this past month, but I did come across some in webcomics. There may be spoilers for these series, so be aware.

Animated series recently added to this page

None for this month.

Anime series recently added to this page

• Ascendance of a Bookworm, “The Gathering of Gutenberg[s]” (s4 ep 11)
• Black Lagoon, “The Succession” (s1 ep 20)
• Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku, “Zing!” (s1 ep 11)
• A Hundred Scenes of Awajima, “Akiho Kashiwabara & Wakana Tabata” (s1 ep 9)

In the 20th episode of Black Lagoon, Yukio is reading a book by Martin Heidegger, as she tells her friend Maki, in the school library, calling the book philosophical and “very powerful.” In contrast, Maki says she likes skincare guides and modern horror books, with Yukio saying she remembered Maki saying she liked Anne Rice. They talk a bit more with Yukio saying she sometimes feels like she is caught inside of book worlds, and viewers see some of the library bookshelves. She says she doesn’t like Stephen King and Maki says she thought Yukio would like Edgar Allan Poe. She says she doesn’t like the ones that imagine the night, and she does not like the world as it makes her scared, that it is not romantic at all.

There is a second scene in the episode in the reading room where Yukio is thinking about the gang war between the Russian mafia and Japanese yakuza, and does not listen as much to what Maki tells her and decides to not tell her troubles. The reading room is shown briefly in the next episode, but not enough to mention it here. It is worth noting that Heidegger was directly involved with the Nazis from 1933 to 1945, and even banned from teaching after the war until 1949 (when the ban was lifted). He also never expressed remorse for being involved with the Nazis, which is funny because Hannah Arendt, who became known for her political theory against authoritarianism, including Nazism and fascism. I’m not sure why Heidegger was mentioned (in the manga as well), except to possibly indicate that Yukio was intellectual, nihilistic, and his existential philosophy was appealing. At the same time, I seriously doubt she was a Nazi as there was an earlier plot line in the series where the protagonists stole loot from a submarine filled by wannabe Nazis/neo-Nazis and killed a bunch of them, but rather a bit of a mob boss, if I have to guess. At the same time, during his life, Heidegger had intellectual contact with Japanese scholars like racist Hajime Tanabe (who later regretted defending claimed Japanese state and racial superiority) and pro-militarist Shūzō Kuki over the years, influencing his work, according to Reinhard May.

Otherwise, in the ninth episode of A Hundred Scenes of Awajima, there is a brief library scene of the students studying on the library together, learning about people at the school and searching on the local computers, even reading newspaper articles.

Lastly there’s an episode of Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku, the 11th episode. Previously, in episode three (noted later), there was a library scene. In this episode, to relax from the festival and feeling he is taking up the time of Kotoko Ijichi and Amane, Takuya Seo (otherwise known as Otaku-kun) hangs out in the school library. While there he hears the rumor that the Mister and Misses from the contest begins dating, with mention of Amane and Ijichi, and some other kids dating them. After they find the book they want and leave, Takuya looks through his phone and sees images of him with Amane and Ijichi, and thinks they may have better matches than him, and he feels anxious about the idea of other people dating them. It seems he is starting to say that he would make the next move, somehow, although it isn’t clear what that would be.

Before this, there have been other episodes in this series with library scenes. In April, I noted that in the third episode of the series, saying that “Ijichi helps the two other protagonists…Takuya…and Amane) study in the school library for midterms but Takuya admires the two gyaru gals in front of him. Some of the books in the school library are shown. Despite Kotoko saying they should keep studying, instead Takuya and Amane have an art battle over their favorite characters of Glittermon in the library.”

Last but not least, Ascendance of a Bookworm FINALLY had an episode with a library, which has been an utter crime for a while, despite the focus of the series on books and the fact that the protagonist was a librarian in her former life. According to my records, the last episode with a library scene, “Re: Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2”, a recap episode, was in late March 2022! There were no library scenes, at all, in season 3. Entitled “The Gathering of Gutenberg[s],” Myne finds a key to the rare books shelf of the cathedral library, which she happily checks out. She goes to the cabinet with rare books, unlocks it with a key (another barrier to entry). Her attendant, Fran, tells her that these “books” are not actually books. Instead, they are letters on parchment, inside of a box, which were addressed to the former High Bishop. She even agrees, after Fran says she can read the letters as she is now the High Bishop, and report the contents to the Head Priest (Ferdinand).

The letters are filled with bitter grievances about their bad position in life, revealing bribery, and deep ties between the viscount (Gerlach) and the former High Bishop (Bezewanst). She later describes these letters, to Ferdinand as “filled with wicked schemes and evidence of…wrongdoings” by Gerlach. The letter end up being helpful to Ferdinand in his schemes. It is also revealed that one of those mentioned in the letters, Veronica, was the mother of Ferdinand and his brother Sylvester, and charged with forging official documents and acting as an accomplice to Bezewanst. Apart from Myne later looking at the existing printing press and bringing together different tradespeople (a carpenter and smither) to create an improved printing press in this episode, with Myne buying the blueprint, among other plot points, Fran says her conduct as a noble is fine, “as long as it doesn’t involve books.” Then there’s a short scene of her laughing while reading a book, with Ferdinand saying it is best to keep her away from books (not good!). In the post-credits scene, one of the priests says he told Myne a story, to get over her drowsiness: the size of the collection, the types of books, names and ages of the librarians, and sealed archives at the Royal Academy. While the priest thought this was boring, Myne comes onto the scene saying the information was entertaining and useful. The ending credit illustration by Somchira Katsu has Myne smiling happily as she grabs one of the books in the church library.

Comics recently added to this page

None for this month.

Films recently added to this page

None for this month.

Other entries recently added to this page

I was reminded of Love Live! songs this month and came across, again, a song by Shioriko, entitled “Emotion” behind a library backdrop in  an episode of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, which I wrote about back in August 2024. In that post I said:

Let me start with Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, a series which ran from 2020 to 2022. In the episode “The Memory of Dreams,” of aforementioned idol music series, a library is featured. At the end of the episode, Shioriko sings a musical ballad which features her going through a library, touching the spines of books, and walking down stairs in the library. This might be indicating how academic she is, as a person. She also, during the song, changes outfits in the library and finds a key… within a book. The song isn’t about libraries at all as a translation of the lyrics makes abundantly clear.

Here’s the related video:

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Sept. 25, 1970: A time when someone would write to the local #newspaper Action Line to figure out where Disney World was, or rather where it was going to be, and a local snowbird had the answer.

#OldNewspapers #newspapers #Albany #Schenectady

Mail on Sunday attacks Restore as split right creates headache for UK papers https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/16/mail-on-sunday-attacks-restore-as-split-right-creates-headache-for-uk-papers #Media #Newspapers #MailOnSunday #ReformUk #RupertLowe #NigelFarage #NationalNewspapers #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMailGeneralTrust #MediaBusiness #Politics #UkNews #NewspapersMagazines

NiemanLab: When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blog . “The live blog was the newspaper’s top traffic driver in January, [Chris] Iles said, and that month’s total gifted articles was double the 2025 monthly average. Its second most-read story identified the first of two American citizens killed by federal agents, and its third most-read […]

‘It ruined my night’: photographers accused of targeting women at St Andrews May Dip https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/01/photographers-women-swimwear-st-andrews-may-dip #PressIntrusion #Women #UniversityOfStAndrews #Students #Scotland #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #PrivacyTheMedia #Media #Education #UkNews #Society

Daily Mail accusers induced to sue on basis of disowned claims, court told https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/30/daily-mail-associated-newspapers-accusers-induced-to-sue-court-told #AssociatedNewspapers #DailyMail #DoreenLawrence #EltonJohn #PrinceHarry #NationalNewspapers #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #UkNews #Media