Chris Krewson
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Executive Director, LION Publishers. Suburban husband and father. Into digital local news.
âGhorman is Greenland.â â Tony Gilroy on Andor and today
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âAndorâ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldnât During Its Release
While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/
9 days ago
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Julia Carrie Wong
23 days ago
will lewis resigning to spend more time with the darkness
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but... Going to the Super Bowl after you decide to cut the sports section is a choice, and not one that reflects well on the exec who does it.
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24 days ago
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Julia Lynch
24 days ago
Sponsored by Chris Rabb. HB 2047 for a state-backed fellowship program to place early- and mid-career journalists in community newsrooms. HB 2048 for a PA Civic Information Consortium to invest in local reporting.
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A clear-eyed note from Brian Morrissey at The Rebooting:
www.therebooting.com/p/blame-bezo...
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Blame Bezos
What a disaster
https://www.therebooting.com/p/blame-bezos?utm_source=www.therebooting.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=blame-bezos&_bhlid=596d6748b357e54287899ffc9d4b4a64ba6dfbb2&last_resource_guid=Post%3A885353d8-bb2e-4afd-b86b-a3f26c83493f&jwt_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJzY3JpYmVyX2lkIjoiYTkyYmRiM2UtZTQwZC00MjgzLWJkODctMGY5MGJkZDliOTFmIiwicHVibGljYXRpb25faWQiOiIyYmFhNmM2Yy1jMTFmLTQ3ZmItOTBjYi1lNzhhYjJmZjM2MzAiLCJhY2Nlc3NfdHlwZSI6InJlYWQtb25seSIsImV4cCI6MTc3MDQ4MDIyMCwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuYmVlaGlpdi5jb20iLCJpYXQiOjE3NzAzMDc0MjB9.f26x8Y-0XfD2cqEjZPX7FNmfqBWsuXHKkotEFzoxYKw
25 days ago
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Good news for local news: A pair of bills in Pennsylvania advanced today. Proud to have
@lionpubs.bsky.social
work on this with
@freepress.bsky.social
www.freepress.net/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania House Committee Advances Essential Legislative Package to Support Local Journalism and Civic Information
The bills follow legislative models that are helping to support local news in a growing number of states.
https://www.freepress.net/news/pennsylvania-house-committee-advances-essential-legislative-package-support-local-journalism
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Good news for local news in PA: Legislation to create a civic information fund and a reporting fellowship program advanced in a key House committee. More soon; we
@lionpubs.bsky.social
are thrilled.
26 days ago
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Me, reading this
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/is-t...
27 days ago
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Tomorrow a PA House Committee will vote on two bills to support local news. One would create a local news reporting fellowship program; the other would create a civic information consortium. It's a good time to call your representative.
www.palegis.us/house/commit...
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https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/68/communications-and-technology
27 days ago
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Barry Petchesky
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I think the key that unlocks Dan was his desire to share the things he loved with other people. Wouldnât be the worst way to honor him if we make the effort to do that for the things we love, too.
defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
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Dan McQuade, 1983â2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
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Mediagazer
about 1 month ago
Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
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Wow. RIP P-G.
www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to shut down
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-post-gazette-shutting-down/
about 2 months ago
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David T. Z. Mindich
2 months ago
Waymos, the self-driving cars, are coming to Philly. Here's your bingo card.
#Philly
#Philadelphia
#Waymo
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New
@niemanlab.org
prediction from yours truly, from the programs we're running at
@lionpubs.bsky.social
--
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/3-bi...
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3 big risks catch up with some indie publishers in 2026
"These emerging publishers need to learn how to properly manage risk for their businesses. The data shows us that, by and large, many don't do that right now."
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/3-big-risks-catch-up-with-some-indie-publishers-in-2026/
2 months ago
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This is the plot of Mountainhead
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2 months ago
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Netflix buying Warner Bros. and the Oscars moving to YouTube within a few weeks feels like the last element on a timeline in textbooks (or whatever the equivalent of that is) in a couple decades' time
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Wait, the Oscars are... gonna be on YouTube? Really...?
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Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
The world's highest-profile and most-watched awards show, which has aired on ABC since 1976, will be moving to a streaming-only platform starting as part of a deal that also includes red carpet covera...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars-bolt-from-abc-to-youtube-starting-in-2029-1236453188/
2 months ago
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Joe Adalian
3 months ago
My new dispatch from the front lines of World War Z: The Battle to Make David Zaslav Richer is out. Consolidation is bad for Hollywood, but between Netflix and Paramount, which potential owner would be the least awful? The tale of the tape, up now at
@vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/netf...
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Paramount vs. Netflix: Who Should Win the Battle for Warner Bros.?
Gaming out which merger would be least awful for Hollywood.
https://www.vulture.com/article/netflix-vs-paramount-ownership-warner-bros-discovery.html#comments
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"For the first time since LION started tracking this data in 2020, philanthropic funding is the most common revenue stream across our membership, unseating direct-sold advertising."
lionpublishers.com/philanthropy...
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Philanthropy overtakes advertising as most common revenue stream for LIONs - LION Publishers
In 2025, independent news publishers across the U.S. and Canada saw surges in foundation funding and reader revenue.
https://lionpublishers.com/philanthropy-overtakes-advertising-as-most-common-revenue-stream-for-lions/
3 months ago
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Maybe the best Nieman prediction headline I've ever seen
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-g...
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We guarantee the death of most remaining newsrooms
"We're not learning from the past. Instead, we're approaching this new era of generative AI much like we did platforms."
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-guarantee-the-death-of-most-remaining-newsrooms/
3 months ago
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Adam Bonin
3 months ago
So there's a guy on Instagram who's been doling out an all-Muppet adaptation of Hamilton (KERMILTON) for awhile now, and we're finally at the start of Act 2 so if you were interesting in seeing Swedish Chefferson, now's your chance.
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Kermit MaFrog on Instagram: "âWhatâd I Missâ Part One from Hamilton music and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda - Part Two out tomorrow - I burst through the doorway with flair and finesse, Like Iâm late ...
Catch up on the comedic sketch from Lin Manuel Miranda's hit musical 'Hamilton' where the main character returns to a scene he missed. Explore the lively and humorous dialogue, catchy melodies and the...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRsaHvIkSLf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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RIP Tom Stoppard, about whom I learned much from
@tcarmody.bsky.social
because Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is in my all-time pantheon list of great movies
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
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Tom Stoppard and the Last Crusade
Hermione Lee has written an authorized biography of playwright, screenwriter, translator, and man of letters Tom Stoppard, calle
https://kottke.org/20/11/tom-stoppard-and-the-last-crusade
3 months ago
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John Sands
3 months ago
OPPORTUNITY:
@knightfoundation.org
is looking for curious, motivated, civically-minded students or recent grads for our 10-week summer internship program.
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Internship Program
Thank you for your interest in Knight Foundation! Internships at Knight Foundation offer talented college students and recent graduates aâŠ
https://knightfoundation.org/about/interns/
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NEWS: We are partnering with Press Forward on a sustainability program. 205 news businesses each receive two LION Sustainability Audits, plus world-class coaching from the stellar team at Blue Engine Collaborative. More:
lionpublishers.com/lion-press-f...
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LION, Press Forward partner for grantee sustainability program - LION Publishers
Through this new partnership, more than 200 local news providers will receive targeted coaching and LION Sustainability Audits.
https://lionpublishers.com/lion-press-forward-partner-for-grantee-sustainability-program/
3 months ago
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Adams MultiMedia buys Iowa's Cedar Rapids Gazette. "The transaction maintains independence," despite it being one of a dozen titles sold to a company that already runs 120 other newspapers. "By deploying shared services, AMM will free up local resources..."
www.thegazette.com/news/adams-m...
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Adams MultiMedia acquiring Cedar Rapids Gazette and 11 community newspaper titles
A Minnesota-based company is entering into an agreement to purchase The Gazette and 11 community newspapers, the companies announced jointly this morning.
https://www.thegazette.com/news/adams-multimedia-acquiring-cedar-rapids-gazette-and-11-community-titles/
3 months ago
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4 months ago
I feel like research on our little industry is getting smarter and smarter. Nonprofit newsrooms (like ours at
@nextcity.org
) should check out this report from
@lionpubs.bsky.social
. It does a truly insightful job of identifying key indicators of growth and sustainability.
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2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION Publishers
A Roadmap for Local News Sustainability Hundreds of surveys, hundreds of hours, hundreds of datapoints. One comprehensive look into the state of local news businesses. Introduction Background & Defini...
https://lionpublishers.com/sustainability-audit-report/
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Find a local independent newsroom near you at
lionpublishers.com/members
-- support them any way you can
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4 months ago
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Hey that's me! Happy to talk about city magazines as a sector (from LA Mag on down, they're all shrinking) and what's next for the newly nonprofit Philly Mag.
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4 months ago
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5 months ago
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kottke.org
5 months ago
An iconic Philly skate locale, Love Park, was demolished in 2016 â but has been reconstructed in Malmö, Sweden (including street lights and trash cans).
[nytimes.com]
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A Philly Skateboarding Destination Was Rebuilt in Malmo. I Had to See It for Myself.
One of Americaâs most iconic â90s skate spots has now been rebuilt in â of all places â Malmo, Sweden.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/magazine/skateboarding-philadelphia-love-park-malmo-sweden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.w4wF.c6hCt7Erx4zR
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5 months ago
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RIP, Rick. We lost a living piece of journalism history; he was the nephew of Hedley Donovan, a pretty key player at Time Inc and a big part of David Halberstam's magesterial The Powers That Be, and the assistant to Scotty Reston, similarly a key figure in that book.
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Rick Edmonds chronicled the media business with savvy, care and wit - Poynter
The veteran journalist died at 78 on Sunday
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/rick-edmonds-obituary/
5 months ago
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The pivot to video happened and it was the audience that made the pivot
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5 months ago
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The last part of
@joshuabenton.com
's Nieman piece on Alden losing out on the Dallas Morning News -- the dual class stock structure some family-run newspapers employed -- is part of why today's local newspaper landscape is so apocalyptic.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dall...
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Dallas Morning News shareholders vote to deny the hedge fund Alden Global Capital
Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dallas-morning-news-shareholders-vote-to-deny-the-hedge-fund-alden-global-capital/
5 months ago
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It's always a good day to support your local independent journalism provider -- and we're happy to be able to serve 40 of those in New England through our first regional program like this:
lionpublishers.com/lion-to-help...
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LION to help 40 New England publishers thanks to Barr Foundation grant - LION Publishers
This $265,000 Barr Foundation grant will support post-Audit tools and resources for up to 40 New England newsrooms.
https://lionpublishers.com/lion-to-help-40-new-england-publishers-thanks-to-barr-foundation-grant/
5 months ago
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This podcast is amazing. I found it via
@nealstephenson.bsky.social
and haven't looked back.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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âWeâre insanely hubristicâ: how The Rest Is History became the worldâs biggest history podcast
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on storytelling, their strangest interactions with fans and bonding over The Lord of the Rings
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/16/the-rest-is-history-worlds-biggest-podcast-tom-holland-dominic-sandbrook-australia
6 months ago
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Brandon Butler
6 months ago
It's wild, delicious, and utterly predictable for the original compilers of unprotected facts to bring a lawsuit against the next generation. Encyclopedias were "stealing" facts and ideas from other people's books back when we still called it "research."
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Calvin & Hobbes being quoted in a Supreme Court ruling is kind of quietly mind-blowing.
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We at
@lionpubs.bsky.social
are now accepting applications for the Growth Grant program; 15 members will receive $100,000 thanks to the
@macfound.org
program we've just launched. Details here:
lionpublishers.com/lion-opens-a...
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LION opens applications for 15 $100,000 Growth Grants - LION Publishers
MacArthur Foundation-supported initiative will turn Sustainability Audit recommendations into transformational action.
https://lionpublishers.com/lion-opens-applications-for-15-100000-growth-grants/
7 months ago
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St. Louis, here we come! In a couple of weeks
@lionpubs.bsky.social
's Independent News Sustainability Summit lands, with this slick design available on t-shirts only for in-person attendees...
7 months ago
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Infrastructure is hard and unsexy and
@lionpubs.bsky.social
spends a lot of time trying to help people with just that.
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7 months ago
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Local TV news biz is consolidating fast imo
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7 months ago
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Rut roh.
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7 months ago
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OK well this is charming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5v4...
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The Paper | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5v4LJJkvUU
7 months ago
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Jon Stewart interviewed Tony Gilroy (ANDOR) AND Mike Duncan (REVOLUTIONS [podcast]) at the same time?! I'm like half an hour in but wow, what a cool idea.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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History Meets Galaxy with Tony Gilroy and Mike Duncan
Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 07/10/2025 · 1h 35m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-show-with-jon-stewart/id1583132133?i=1000716624551
7 months ago
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I am fascinated by this list from
@joshuabenton.com
and how little it has in common with ... where people live / which cities are largest
www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/thes...
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These public radio stations have built online audiences thatâll help them survive federal cuts
They may have been born on the airwaves, but these public media stations compete on the web as well. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 local public media websites in the United States.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/these-public-radio-stations-have-built-online-audiences-thatll-help-them-survive-federal-cuts/
7 months ago
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What was the last product News Corp launched? I recall Knewz (lol) and The Daily; not a long or successful list, that.
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7 months ago
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Poynter: Craig Newmark's list didn't scramble newspapers' biz models -
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
(Once the Internet cooked their regional monopolies for advertising, it was only a matter of time)
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Did Craigslist decimate newspapers? Legend meets reality. - Poynter
Craig Newmarkâs simple site was hailed as a disruptor and blamed for the collapse of classifieds. But journalismâs business failures ran deeper.
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/did-craigslist-kill-newspapers-poynter-50/
7 months ago
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RIP CPB. Damn.
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) â The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
https://cpb.org/pressroom/Corporation-Public-Broadcasting-Addresses-Operations-Following-Loss-Federal-Funding
7 months ago
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I am not as confident as
@joshuabenton.com
is that this is over.
investor.dallasnewscorporation.com/node/15086/h...
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