“The judge’s order expires on October 8, and the outlets are asking for a preliminary injunction, which would maintain their access while the lawsuit plays out in Washington, D.C.’s federal court. A preliminary injunction would also set the stage for a Trump appeal to revive the press prohibitions.”

—Evan Gershkovich in an interview with Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker (The Wall Street Journal / Emma Tucker)

Staffer Eddy Wax wrote Monday that the Brussels news organization was once known as the Yellow Submarine, “thanks to its lurid colour scheme — and perhaps its habit of sinking below the radar.” Now, he added, they’re building “a heavyweight outlet fit for the modern age. Proudly European, fiercely independent and serious in tone and approach.”

“Green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince is planning a ‘rescue’ package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune, and Westminster Extra.”

“Fast Company executive digital director Maia McCann says they chose WhatsApp in part because many working mothers already use the app to communicate with other parents….WhatsApp also allows Fast Company to eventually create subgroups based on members’ interests or locations.”

“The trip, organized by trade body News/Media Alliance, is centered on a bill known as the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, that would force AI stealth crawlers to clearly identify themselves and their purpose instead of disguising their traffic and skirting publishers’ attempts to block scraping.”

“The new Digital Journalist Scheme will employ 40 journalists on 18-month fixed-term contracts with a salary of £48,000. At least 20% of their time will be spent training and they will complete an apprenticeship qualification as a content creator.”

“The transformation of SCOTUSblog from an indispensable Supreme Court resource to a platform for Fortune 500 companies to praise the justices’ balls-and-strikes bona fides has grim implications for the future of legal journalism, a field that is already in dire straits…When the Supreme Court’s quasi-official news site is run by a high-profile lawyer who is also a high-stakes poker player facing years in federal prison, things can unravel really, really fast.”

“Following, he says, the example of Elon Musk, Fuller, who once pitched himself on social media to be Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, said his priority is shedding what he regards as needless bureaucracy. On August 20, after the initial round of [about fifty] layoffs, Fuller let go another thirteen employees, describing them in an email as the ‘final reduction in force necessary to right-size the organization.’ Through a combination of layoffs, firings, buyouts, and new hires, the publication now has fifty-seven employees; most of the reporters who were in the newsroom prior to the acquisition are gone, and six new employees have been hired, with seven more in the pipeline, Fuller said, most of whom are reporters.”

“‘That the DOJ fails to acknowledge any possible contrary views, and dismisses the Copyright Office’s comprehensive study in a footnote, suggests that the DOJ may have been influenced by extraneous considerations — up to and including the Administration’s political and financial interests,’ lawyers for the publishers wrote.'” Previously: The Trump admin said a New York Times win in its OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms.

“The companies joined forces last November, with Polymarket saying in a social media post at the time that it had become Yahoo Finance’s exclusive prediction market partner…The hub was taken down in April, and the overall agreement has concluded.”

—Jeff Zucker, praising Emma Tucker at The Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic, Mark Guiducci at Vanity Fair, Katie Drummond at Wired, Rebecca Kutler — one of his former top deputies — at MS NOW. (New York / Charlotte Klein)

“Suspend disbelief during an interview. Reserve judgment for the keyboard.”

“In the internal report seen by Press Gazette, chief executive Jon Slade said the FT.com website had ‘more than 700,000 habitual users’ in 2025 with more than one million recognized users (those who have signed up with at least an email address).”

“Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is part of DHS, plans to use Google’s AI and machine learning tools to recommend what information its FOIA officers should redact. ‘[T]his automation is expected to significantly reduce processing times,’ according to the description.”