The @bostonglobe.com reports that @wgbh.org is laying off another 15 people. Awful, but none of them are in news. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/b...

Important possum-related news. wapo.st/4nGNZNS

It's so confusing ... ICE agents are acting like criminals, and criminals are posing as ICE agents.

In what universe did the NYT think that Mamdani wasn’t going to push for taxes on the wealthy?

The @walthamtimes.bsky.social, a nonprofit startup, is seeking a part-time assistant editor, an ad sales rep and a board member. walthamtimes.org/join-our-team/

In today's @bostonglobe.com, @devrafirst.bsky.social reviews All’Antico Vinaio, an Italian sandwich restaurant in Copley Square. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/l... And here is @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism student @chiaralostimolo.bsky.social's earlier review: medium.com/@chiara.lost...

Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney's falsehoods. Now Cheney and McClatchy's DC bureau, the successor to Knight Ridder, have died the same week. New at Media Nation. dankennedy.net/2025/11/05/r...

So when did YouTube stop you from downloading anything unless you "upgraded" to Premium?

This is the second time GateHouse Media has entered the witness protection program. First it rebranded itself Gannett after buying the venerable chain. Now it's becoming USA Today Co. (Item 4.) www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Kim Khazei, longtime anchor for WHDH/WLVI-TV in Boston, is stepping down at the end of the year. whdh.com/news/7news-a...

Here's a treat for you: @scottvv.bsky.social has posted a video interview with Emily Rooney of "Beat the Press" fame about the Skydance takeover of Paramount. Topics include Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News and CBS affiliate WBZ-TV's layoff of Jon Keller. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/what-in-th...

Dick Cheney has died at 84. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/d...

New at Media Nation: Three shining examples of enterprise reporting from the @bostonglobe.com that you should know about. dankennedy.net/2025/11/03/t...

Looking for a Jon Keller fix following his layoff at WBZ-TV? His MASSterList column for this week predicts low turnout in tomorrow's local elections. Read it here: massterlist.com/2025/11/03/t...

The enshittification of Whole Foods. www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Important goat-related news. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

At least Rojas is a good story.

Well.

Not what we wanted to see.

Domínguez got it done. Let’s go Jays!

You reach the point where you’re out of pitchers.

Holy cow.

Tired: Tucker Carlson shouldn’t platform neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes. Wired: Tucker Carlson is a neo-Nazi like Nick Fuentes.

New at Media Nation: With midnight approaching, here are my last three New York Times gift links for October. dankennedy.net/2025/10/31/w...

New at Media Nation: Further thoughts on the Paramount purge that claimed Jon Keller at Boston's WBZ-TV and how media moguls are pissing away local television's advantage as the most trusted source of news. dankennedy.net/2025/10/31/a...

Old friend Jon Keller has been laid off by WBZ-TV (Channel 4) as the Paramount regime at CBS begins its campaign of destruction. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/b...

Bill Mitchell reports that Bill McKibben is modestly optimistic about humankind's ability to innovate its way out of the climate crisis. howtrue.substack.com/p/bill-mckib...

In a rational world, Andrew Cuomo would have concluded a month or two ago that he had no way forward and would have spent the rest of the campaign taking the high road and trying to polish his tarnished legancy. Instead, he's probably more despised now than when he resigned for groping women.

For people living in the Deep South, local news is what really matters. deepsouthtoday.org/2025/10/29/w...

Since 2021, @ellenclegg.bsky.social and I have recorded 107 episodes of the @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast, interviewing entrepreneurs and thought leaders on the future of local news. Our latest is with Rick Goldsmith, whose film "Stripped for Parts" is streaming on @pbs.org.

LinkedIn can see that I graduated from college in 1979. You'd think they'd be able to filter out ads telling me about a great opportunity to earn my MBA.

New at Media Nation: An anti-Trump meme poster is free, but Tennessee authorities have sent a chilling message. Plus: Two stories from Illinois, one a clear case of authoritarianism, the other more ambiguous. dankennedy.net/2025/10/30/a...

The print version of @bostonmagazine.bsky.social, now owned by @bostonglobe.com Media, is expanding into another 350 retail locations. www.bostonglobemedia.com/boston-magaz...

Another headache for news publishers: How AI browsers sneak past blockers and paywalls. www.cjr.org/analysis/how...

Our independent student newspaper at @northeasternu.bsky.social, the @huntnewsnu.bsky.social, editorializes that the university should reject the Trump compact if offered, calling it a "thinly veiled bribe" and an attempt to "to manipulate institutions of higher education."

A couple of weeks ago I thought I read that @cnn.com's paid thing would be included for those of us who are already paying for CNN through our cable provider. It turns out that such is not the case. Hey, CNN — I'm not refusing to pay. I'm refusing to pay *twice*.

I talked with @iandonnis.bsky.social of @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social about why the local-news ecosystem in Mass. (and R.I.) is stronger than it is in some other parts of the country. www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...

I talked with Jeannette Barnes of CAI Radio on Cape Cod about misguided efforts to make merely being a spectator at a so-called street takeover a crime — a move that would be a clear violation of the First Amendment. www.vermontpublic.org/2025-10-27/c...

Call me skeptical: Nextdoor doubles down on local news — here's why publishers should care. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/next...

New at Media Nation: The Washington Post runs three editorials failing to disclose Jeff Bezos' business interests. dankennedy.net/2025/10/29/t...

I keep seeing this quote from Steve Bannon: “He’s going to get a third term. Trump is going to be president in ’28 and people ought to just get accommodated with that.” Yes, he'll be president in 2028 unless he doesn't finish his term. Someone ought to point that out, and it might as well be me.

Ana Marie Cox gets at some of my frustrations. I could goose traffic and get a few more paid supporters by trashing Trump every day. But I'd rather focus on developments in local news, which is my research area. Fortunately, I have a day job, but the pressure on those who need the $$$ must be huge.

My supporters newsletter for Media Nation (dankennedy-dot-net), a free source of news and commentary since 2005, goes out later today. For $6 a month, you'll receive exclusive content, and you'll help support my work. Just click here: patreon.com/dankennedy

At Harvard, a “conservative” student publication echoes Nazi rhetoric. (Via @scottvv.bsky.social.) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

On the new @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast, Rick Goldsmith tells us about "Stripped for Parts," his jeremiad against hedge-fund journalism. whatworks.news/2025/10/28/r...

Just read an academic report that referred to "uniquely new insights." 🙄

New at Media Nation: The New York Times discovers Maine’s Midcoast Villager. Here’s the rest of the story. dankennedy.net/2025/10/27/t...

New at Media Nation: Trump's targeted killings of civilians at sea is the worst thing he has done as president. dankennedy.net/2025/10/26/t...

I'd like to read The Free Press' piece on Heather Cox Richardson, but I don't want to subscribe. (This is not in protest. I have enough subscriptions.) I'm thinking I might get a blog post about it. I'm hoping someone can send it to me. Thank you in advance.

Alden Global Capital's @denverpost.com owes the city of Denver $2 million in back rent on its former headquarters, @coreyhutchins.bsky.social reports. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/awkward-de...