A special edition of Power Lines has landed. We break down how Donald Trump delivered Warner Bros. Discovery to David Ellison, the panic inside CNN as staffers brace for Bari Weiss, and how the news network will be reshaped under MAGA-friendly ownership. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/nWEG5jUrP2Q?...

It's time. #LetJournalistsIn aje.news/z0o2vt

One family to control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok.

Netflix declines to raise offer for Warner Bros., says the deal is "no longer financially attractive."

Hong Kong appeals court has overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction relating to an alleged lease violation at the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper headquarters. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/26/bre...

Drone killings of press members are on the rise: surging from two in 2023 — the first year CPJ documented such killings — to 39 in 2025. Military drones were confirmed or thought to be behind 33 of those killings, with Israel responsible for 28. Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

This AI-generated podcast network publishes 11,000 episodes a day. It also rips off local media outlets. indicator.media/p/this-ai-ge...

A gentle reminder that the VOA Charter calls for factual, balanced and content journalism.

More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel. Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it has received a new offer from Paramount to buy its entire company.

Have a new piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social about the Federal Trade Commission's double standard on media bias. www.techpolicy.press/considering-...

This is a characteristic feature of kleptocracy.

True and vital reading about the Trump administration's attempts to take over facts and the free flow of ideas from the @nytimes.com editorial board. The FTC and FCC actions described threaten us all. #PressFreedom is your freedom. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

Destruction - "The cuts risk curtailing technologies that helped Iranians to coordinate during recent anti-government protests, and that allowed videos and images of massacres to reach the outside world. They could have a major impact in other nations too.." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

It's been 4 years since Russia's full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. Last last year I was honored to hold a discussion with journalist Mstyslav Chernov on "2000 Meters to Andriivka," his latest film. It's humane, poetic, tender and very raw.Click to watch 👇 #ThisIsJournalism www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's insightful essay in @foreignaffairs.com outlines his policy in response to a new world of power politics & critical security challenges for Europe: "principled realism." His top priority is freedom at a definitive, existential time. www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/how-a...

"The Supreme Court has in recent terms overturned precedents on abortion, affirmative action and the power of administrative agencies. Overruling Sullivan would be a comparable shock." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

Join our team! CPJ is #hiring a US-based, full-time Journalist Safety Advisor to provide physical and digital safety consultations, guidance, and training to individual journalists and newsrooms around the world. 🗓️ Deadline is March 5, 2026. Apply today:

The declining state of #PressFreedom and free expression in the U.S., captured in this succinct article in the @financialtimes.com - www.ft.com/content/8cc9...

CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah spoke with @npr.org’s Leila Fadel about CPJ’s new report on the torture and abuse treatment that Palestinian journalists endure in Israeli prisons. 🔉 Listen now ⤵️

Today at 3pm ET: @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman is testifying before @democrats-judiciary.house.gov, highlighting the Trump administration’s escalating threats to press freedom. 📺 Watch the hearing live: www.youtube.com/live/4HCw_vv...

This kind of reporting is endangering journalists even outside the U.S. - Cameroon police probe journalists investigating secret US migrant deportations, seize equipment cpj.org?p=564085

Four years of Russia's war in #Ukraine. To understand the brutality, watch this film by journalist Mstyslav Chernov and team. It's direct, simple, multilayered and profound. It will leave you frozen and moved all at once. #ThisIsJournalism 👇 www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

New issue of the @lrb.co.uk has my piece on “Thought Control”—Trump’s censorial effort to deport pro-Palestinian protesters, disinformation researchers, fact-checkers, and anyone whom Marco Rubio thinks has a “hostile attitude” towards the United States. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Rest in peace Legend. We will never stop singing your songs, dancing to your music and carrying our badge of conciencia y orgullo Latino. ❤️✊🔥💃🏻 www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

The hard work of exposing and explaining corruption deserves recognition. ¡Felicidades! 👇👇👇

Freed Venezuelan journalist says time behind bars ‘made me feel desperate’ cpj.org?p=561038 "Now that I’m free, I would like to return to my job as a reporter, but I don’t want to create new risks for myself or my family. For now, I am going to distance myself from journalism. Time will tell."

apnews.com/article/appl... of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms

Four journalists, including AP freelancers, were detained in Cameroon on Tuesday while reporting on migrants deported there by the Trump administration. They were released, but their devices were confiscated. w/ @maeganvaz.bsky.social + @liamjscott.bsky.social

CPJ calls for accountability in Ukrainian journalist surveillance allegations  cpj.org?p=563509

Palestinian journalist Shadi Abu Sido was detained in the notorious Sde Teiman prison for over 100 days. “Sde Teiman is a cemetery of the living, with torture no one can imagine, not even the human mind,” he told CPJ. Read CPJ's new special report: cpj.org/special-repo...

@jameeljaffer.bsky.social is clear—when President Trump attacks freedom of the press, he's attacking the American people.

Today, @pressfreedom.bsky.social published the testimonies of 59 Palestinian journalists who provide horrendous details about how they were brutalized in Israeli prisons. Most of them (49) were never even charged with a crime. (1) cpj.org/special-repo...

🧵 New special report: CPJ collected 59 testimonies from Palestinian journalists released from Israeli custody since October 7, 2023. All but one reported being subjected to torture, abuse, or other forms of violence for their work. ⤵️ cpj.org/special-repo...

Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6

Coming February 19, 2026, at 3:00 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CET 👇 cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...

What a consolation, a rallying cry for dignity and rights. Thank you, U2 for this creation, for your conscience and for choosing to include @pressfreedom.bsky.social as an org you support. On this Ash Wednesday, this Catholic press freedom fighter is so moved. Read, Listen, Act!♥️✊ propaganda.u2.com

Thank you, Georgia Fort. #ThisIsJournalism #ProtectThePress! 👇👇👇 www.kare11.com/video/news/l...

New report: On February 19, 2026, CPJ will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experiencing while in Israeli detention. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists released since October 7, 2023. cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...

Thank you, @anticorruption.bsky.social for showing so clearly the deadly nexus of #pressfreedom and corruption. Corrupt interests are so threatened by the journalists exposing their abuse of power that they also ensure good reporting is met with imprisonment. (1)

Democracies that once did well in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 are now slipping. Anti-corruption safeguards in countries like the U.S., United Kingdom and France are weakening fast. Read more ⬇️ #CPI2025 www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025

For those following U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's support #Hungary's PM, Viktor Orbán, take a look at his impressive repression record in regards to #pressfreedom which is widely known as the illiberal playbook to silence factual, critical reporting 👇 cpj.org/europe/hunga...

CPJ has nominated imprisoned Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio for @unesco.org’s 2026 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, in recognition of her outstanding courage, commitment to journalism, and defense of press freedom in the face of adversity. Read more: cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...

Pakistan’s government has stepped up the use of in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas since late 2025, highlighting an escalating crackdown by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government on critical reporting and commentary.

🚨 New from @hrw.org: #UN member states should select a champion of #HumanRights as the next UN Secretary-General as the UN faces a crisis amid a global retreat on rights & democracy. - by Widad Franco