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  1. Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
    By Geraldine McKelvie

    Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #ArronBanks #ReformUK #Partyfunding #SundayTimes #Media #UKnews #Politics #NigelFarage #Newspapers #Nationalnewspapers #TheGuardian #GeraldineMcKelvie

  2. Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
    By Geraldine McKelvie

    Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’

    theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a

    #ArronBanks #ReformUK #Partyfunding #SundayTimes #Media #UKnews #Politics #NigelFarage #Newspapers #Nationalnewspapers #TheGuardian #GeraldineMcKelvie

  3. Harpswell Anchor: Harpswell Anchor launches archives website. “The archives of the Harpswell Anchor, from its first edition in July 1998 through June 2026, are now available in a searchable database at harpswell.historyarchives.online. The website is the culmination of an effort to digitize and preserve years of Anchor archives previously unavailable to the public. It also allows readers to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/harpswell-anchor-harpswell-anchor-launches-archives-website/
  4. Harpswell Anchor: Harpswell Anchor launches archives website. “The archives of the Harpswell Anchor, from its first edition in July 1998 through June 2026, are now available in a searchable database at harpswell.historyarchives.online. The website is the culmination of an effort to digitize and preserve years of Anchor archives previously unavailable to the public. It also allows readers to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/harpswell-anchor-harpswell-anchor-launches-archives-website/
  5. Welcome to the New Home of the Fort Peck Journal

    The Fort Peck Journal is now online, bringing local news, public notices, and every issue of the Journal directly to our readers By The Fort Peck Journal Staff Welcome to the new online home of the Fort Peck Journal. Welcome to the new online home of the Fort Peck Journal. If you've visited this website before, you may recognize it as the former home of Tribal Times News. Rather than build an entirely new website from scratch, we chose to repurpose the existing digital infrastructure to […]

    fortpeckjournal.com/2026/08/06

  6. Welcome to the New Home of the Fort Peck Journal

    The Fort Peck Journal is now online, bringing local news, public notices, and every issue of the Journal directly to our readers By The Fort Peck Journal Staff Welcome to the new online home of the Fort Peck Journal. Welcome to the new online home of the Fort Peck Journal. If you've visited this website before, you may recognize it as the former home of Tribal Times News. Rather than build an entirely new website from scratch, we chose to repurpose the existing digital infrastructure to […]

    fortpeckjournal.com/2026/08/06

  7. ‘This isn’t some vendetta’ – Tulisa Contostavlos on taking on the tabloids, sex tapes and shame
    By Emine Saner

    The N-Dubz and X Factor star’s career went into freefall after an elaborate sting by the Sun on Sunday, and she’s still campaigning for tougher press regulation. But will it work?

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/a

    #TulisaContostavlos #NDubz #Culture #Music #Media #Mentalhealth #RealityTV #Newspapers #TheSun #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapersmagazines #Pressregulation #TheGuardian #EmineSaner

  8. ‘This isn’t some vendetta’ – Tulisa Contostavlos on taking on the tabloids, sex tapes and shame
    By Emine Saner

    The N-Dubz and X Factor star’s career went into freefall after an elaborate sting by the Sun on Sunday, and she’s still campaigning for tougher press regulation. But will it work?

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/a

    #TulisaContostavlos #NDubz #Culture #Music #Media #Mentalhealth #RealityTV #Newspapers #TheSun #Nationalnewspapers #Newspapersmagazines #Pressregulation #TheGuardian #EmineSaner

  9. Radio presenter Tony Livesey leaves BBC after David Sullivan allegations
    By Michael Savage Media editor

    Staff at 5 Live told he will not return following claims about his previous career at Sullivan’s Sport newspapers

    theguardian.com/media/2026/aug

    #BBC #Radio5Live #DavidSullivan #Newspapers #Media #Newspapersmagazines #Radioindustry #UKnews #TheGuardian #MichaelSavageMediaeditor

  10. Radio presenter Tony Livesey leaves BBC after David Sullivan allegations
    By Michael Savage Media editor

    Staff at 5 Live told he will not return following claims about his previous career at Sullivan’s Sport newspapers

    theguardian.com/media/2026/aug

    #BBC #Radio5Live #DavidSullivan #Newspapers #Media #Newspapersmagazines #Radioindustry #UKnews #TheGuardian #MichaelSavageMediaeditor

  11. WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to family with interests in logistics media. Circ is down to 12,000. Population of the area is 595,000.

    #media #newspapers

    timesfreepress.com/news/2026/j

  12. WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to family with interests in logistics media. Circ is down to 12,000. Population of the area is 595,000.

    #media #newspapers

    timesfreepress.com/news/2026/j

  13. Jeff D’Onofrio, publisher & chief executive of The #WashingtonPost, wrote in a separate note that O’Neal had made the call to step down. “I want to thank him for his leadership & hard work in reimagining the section,” wrote D’Onofrio.

    O’Neal’s announcement delivered another shock to a #news organization that underwent drastic changes in the past few years.

    #journalism #FourthEstate #billionaires #JeffBezos #newspapers

  14. Jeff D’Onofrio, publisher & chief executive of The #WashingtonPost, wrote in a separate note that O’Neal had made the call to step down. “I want to thank him for his leadership & hard work in reimagining the section,” wrote D’Onofrio.

    O’Neal’s announcement delivered another shock to a #news organization that underwent drastic changes in the past few years.

    #journalism #FourthEstate #billionaires #JeffBezos #newspapers

  15. When #billionaires buy #newspapers

    Top #editor of The #WashingtonPost #opinion section, Adam O’Neal, resigned Friday, just over a year after #JeffBezos hired him to reorient the section toward a more #libertarian bent.

    “While this was not an easy decision, I am leaving proud of how far the opinion section has come & optimistic that its best days lie ahead,” O’Neal wrote in a note to colleagues. He did not say in the note why he was leaving.

    #journalism #FourthEstate
    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/busines

  16. When #billionaires buy #newspapers

    Top #editor of The #WashingtonPost #opinion section, Adam O’Neal, resigned Friday, just over a year after #JeffBezos hired him to reorient the section toward a more #libertarian bent.

    “While this was not an easy decision, I am leaving proud of how far the opinion section has come & optimistic that its best days lie ahead,” O’Neal wrote in a note to colleagues. He did not say in the note why he was leaving.

    #journalism #FourthEstate
    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/busines

  17. Stopped the presses—

    One cool thing about this former printing plant was that it had its own rail spur that entered the building to deliver newsprint. Those days are long gone.

    "The media company ceased printing operations at the end of 2025 and outsourced duties to a facility in Iowa, citing declining print subscriptions and cost savings. The site is the last piece of real estate owned by the company, which used to control several blocks in and around downtown Minneapolis."

    Data center developer signs deal to buy Minnesota Star Tribune’s shuttered North Loop printing plant
    By Katie Galioto
    The Minnesota Star Tribune
    startribune.com/data-center-de

    #Minneapolis #newspapers #DataCenters

  18. Stopped the presses—

    One cool thing about this former printing plant was that it had its own rail spur that entered the building to deliver newsprint. Those days are long gone.

    "The media company ceased printing operations at the end of 2025 and outsourced duties to a facility in Iowa, citing declining print subscriptions and cost savings. The site is the last piece of real estate owned by the company, which used to control several blocks in and around downtown Minneapolis."

    Data center developer signs deal to buy Minnesota Star Tribune’s shuttered North Loop printing plant
    By Katie Galioto
    The Minnesota Star Tribune
    startribune.com/data-center-de

    #Minneapolis #newspapers #DataCenters

  19. 🆕 blog! “Are political journalists always wrong?”

    I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss.

    There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political…

    👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-p

    #AI #journalism #LLM #newspapers #politics

  20. 🆕 blog! “Are political journalists always wrong?”

    I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss.

    There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political…

    👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-p

    #AI #journalism #LLM #newspapers #politics

  21. Are political journalists always wrong?

    shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-p

    I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss.

    There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political Correspondents collectively shat their pants with excitement at being able to breathlessly report any half-baked gossip which would drive clicks.

    I saw "Rumours suggest so-and-so will be appointed…", and "Supporters say that A. N. Other will be fired from…", and "Insiders reveal urgent change of policy around…", and so on.

    They were all bollocks.

    I spent a dull afternoon going through a couple of dozen "sources say" headlines. About 85% were completely wrong. That person didn't become Minister for Administrative Affairs, that other one wasn't fired, the much ballyhooed policy announcement never came.

    A few weeks ago, The Economist ran a searing exposé on the accuracy of… The Economist. In an article called "Is The Economist always wrong?" they used a Large Langue Model to test the accuracy of their forecasts. It made for fascinating reading:

    We declared smartphones the ­future of computing in 2002, said that something like streaming would devour DVDs in 2008, and cautioned in 2011 that a flood of Chinese-made cars would wash over the West. Still, our techno-optimism occasionally got ahead of itself. Distributed electric grids (boosted by The Economist in 2000), cheap bioethanol (2003), open ­standards for social media (2008) and augmented ­reality (2016) have yet to bring about the breakthroughs we prophesied.

    I'd like someone to run the same process on the political rumours reported by the mainstream press. Just how accurate are the tips journalists receive?

    Now, obviously, perhaps the rumour was true at the time - but circumstances changed. Perhaps journalists are hanging around in bars and listening to SpAds boast about what the boss has just said. Perhaps they're just making shit up.

    It would be fascinating to see if any political journalist has a better than 50% ratio of hits to misses. I strongly suspect that they have an incentive to post the most outrageous rumour rather than the most accurate one.

    So, if you have access to a couple of years of newspaper archives, a local AI model which won't burn the planet, and want to cause chaos - please create a leaderboard of the most- and least-accurate political rumour-mongers in the UK.

    #AI #journalism #LLM #newspapers #politics
  22. Are political journalists always wrong?

    shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-p

    I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss.

    There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political Correspondents collectively shat their pants with excitement at being able to breathlessly report any half-baked gossip which would drive clicks.

    I saw "Rumours suggest so-and-so will be appointed…", and "Supporters say that A. N. Other will be fired from…", and "Insiders reveal urgent change of policy around…", and so on.

    They were all bollocks.

    I spent a dull afternoon going through a couple of dozen "sources say" headlines. About 85% were completely wrong. That person didn't become Minister for Administrative Affairs, that other one wasn't fired, the much ballyhooed policy announcement never came.

    A few weeks ago, The Economist ran a searing exposé on the accuracy of… The Economist. In an article called "Is The Economist always wrong?" they used a Large Langue Model to test the accuracy of their forecasts. It made for fascinating reading:

    We declared smartphones the ­future of computing in 2002, said that something like streaming would devour DVDs in 2008, and cautioned in 2011 that a flood of Chinese-made cars would wash over the West. Still, our techno-optimism occasionally got ahead of itself. Distributed electric grids (boosted by The Economist in 2000), cheap bioethanol (2003), open ­standards for social media (2008) and augmented ­reality (2016) have yet to bring about the breakthroughs we prophesied.

    I'd like someone to run the same process on the political rumours reported by the mainstream press. Just how accurate are the tips journalists receive?

    Now, obviously, perhaps the rumour was true at the time - but circumstances changed. Perhaps journalists are hanging around in bars and listening to SpAds boast about what the boss has just said. Perhaps they're just making shit up.

    It would be fascinating to see if any political journalist has a better than 50% ratio of hits to misses. I strongly suspect that they have an incentive to post the most outrageous rumour rather than the most accurate one.

    So, if you have access to a couple of years of newspaper archives, a local AI model which won't burn the planet, and want to cause chaos - please create a leaderboard of the most- and least-accurate political rumour-mongers in the UK.

    #AI #journalism #LLM #newspapers #politics
  23. The parliament of #Latvia has banned the import of #books, #newspapers, video #games, sporting goods, toys, clothing, and footwear from #Russia and #Belarus. The #government said that the ban would serve as encouragement not to buy goods from aggressor states.

    viabaltica.fi/latvia-ban-on-bo

  24. The parliament of #Latvia has banned the import of #books, #newspapers, video #games, sporting goods, toys, clothing, and footwear from #Russia and #Belarus. The #government said that the ban would serve as encouragement not to buy goods from aggressor states.

    viabaltica.fi/latvia-ban-on-bo

  25. ‘Topless modelling never aligned with me’: inside Everyone’s Seen My Tits, the play by a former page 3 model
    By Anya Ryan

    As she brings her memoir to the Edinburgh festival, Keeley Hazell talks about trauma, exploitation, the hollowness of the high life – and her new career as a writer on Ted Lasso

    theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul

    #Stage #Comedy #Theatre #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Media #Magazines #Newspapers #Comedy #Culture #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #AnyaRyan

  26. Burnham is master of his message for now. But he should know this: media foes will offer no respite | Tom Baldwin
    By Tom Baldwin

    While the new PM’s slick social media operation can help him bypass the hostile press that devoured Starmer, he will still need friends in the fourth estate

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Newspapers #Newspapersmagazines #Media #Labour #TheGuardian #TomBaldwin

  27. Donald Trump dons 'Trump 2028' hat and jokes about 'fourth term' – video

    Donald Trump jokingly announced he was running for a fourth term, pulling out a red hat emblazoned with the words 'TRUMP 2028' during the White House correspondents’ dinner on Friday. He framed his remarks as a tongue-in-cheek appeal to journalists, calling the statement 'somewhat of a scoop'. Trump returned to the annual event celebrating press freedom after a shooting disrupted the original gathering in April

    theguardian.com/us-news/video/

    #DonaldTrump #WashingtonDC #Newspapers #USnews #TheGuardian #

  28. David W. Fitzsimmons: What will become of my life’s works?. “For years, Lee Publishing, owner of The Arizona Daily Star, has been blocking me from donating my professional life’s work to my hometown Alma mater, the University of Arizona, specifically the University of Arizona Library’s Special Collections Archive. Now that billionaire investor David Hoffman has acquired a controlling stake […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/23/david-w-fitzsimmons-what-will-become-of-my-lifes-works/
  29. Trail Times: Historic Trail Times newspapers now available online. “The Trail Museum and Archives and the Trail Historical Society have announced that 15,676 newspaper issues spanning 1896 to 2022 are available through the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s BC Regional Digitized History platform.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/23/trail-times-historic-trail-times-newspapers-now-available-online/