Feature / December 13, 2023 How 2 Companies Came to Dominate the Media Business Once upon a time, six companies controlled the media in this country. That, it turns out, was the good old days… Thomas Schatz Illustration by Brian Stauffer. This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline…
The Front Burner / December 13, 2023 The Invisible Victims of Anti-Black Policing Racist policing is also deadly for Black women and girls—a reality that is far too often ignored or dismissed. Kali Holloway Ad Policy (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP Photo) This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline…
Feature / December 13, 2023 The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company How to throw off the corporate shackles and launch an independent news outlet. This, but better: Goodbye, bad corporate thing that you don’t run, Hello, good indie thing that you DO run. (Details of thing TBD.) (Clockwise, top right: Underwood Archives…
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2 hours ago About sharing The Geminids can typically be seen at the same time each year in mid-December By Maddie Molloy BBC News Climate & Science The Geminids meteor shower, famous for its multicoloured streaks of light, will peak on Thursday and Friday. Visible around the world, they can be seen with the naked…