This is not typically what embargoes are for
Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox
Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios.
AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests | Fortune
"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news.
Independent journalists are mission-driven, but financially strained, a new report says
"Journalism isn't immune to the larger trend of the gig-ification of labor."
Don't Read The Comments
I sent this email to the current YC batch this morning: I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company. Often this takes...
Opinion | Twitter Has an Old Media Problem. Here’s a Solution. (Published 2016)
The company has become an indispensable news source for millions but as a business, it needs a white knight to swoop in.
Tough News: We’ve Made 10 Layoffs. How We Got Here, the Financial Details and How We’re Moving Forward
Some tough news: Buffer has made 10 layoffs, 11% of the team. We want to share openly how we got here, the financial details and how we’re moving forward.
Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky | Hacker News
The marking out of the symbiotic relationship between reliable information producers and journalists is also vital to understanding the media system. A reliable, centralised stream of new information content is the life blood of journalism organisations, with a strong emphasis on _reliable_ and _centralised_. This particular need that journalists have sees them often becoming dependent on state institutions and corporations at the expense of minority groups and labor. An example being the journalists 'on the beat' that used to hang out around the local courthouse because that's where the 'feeding trough' is. Or the reports so nicely formatted and condensed produced by the state departments such that journos merely have to copy-paste the information straight into their papers. Easy-peasy.
Layoffs.fyi - Tech and Startup Layoff Tracker
[LIVE] Tracking all tech startup layoffs — and lists of employees laid off — since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. This page is constantly being updated.
ESPN Layoffs Mostly Tied to NFL Network Acquisition: Full List
ESPN is undergoing a round of layoffs, which chairman Jimmy Pitaro says is primarily the result of its acquisition of NFL Network.
Guild statement on more layoffs at the L.A. Times — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild
We still believe in the Los Angeles Times and the important role it plays in our community. It is difficult to carry out our mission when our staff has been cut year after year. But we will continue to report and we will continue to fight — for our members, our readers, our subscribers and our city.
Seattle Times Journalists Picket Newsroom Over Low Pay and Threats of Being Replaced by AI
Dozens of unionized Seattle Times workers picketed near the newsroom on Denny Way yesterday after they say the newspaper’s owners refused to satisfactorily raise wages or agree not to replace workers with AI during contract negotiations. The picket is the Seattle Times’ first big labor action in decades, and a sign that disagreements between those […]
Journalistic Malpractice: No LLM Ever ‘Admits’ To Anything, And Reporting Otherwise Is A Lie
Over the past week, Reuters, Newsweek, the Daily Beast, CNBC, and a parade of other outlets published headlines claiming that Grok—Elon Musk’s LLM chatbot (the one that once referred to itsel…
A serious problem the news industry does not talk about
Ask anyone working in a newsroom what they think of their audience, and you’ll hear a variety of answers. Over the past couple of years…
What the Challenger Layoff Tracker Really Measures
Why announced layoffs often diverge from the government’s layoff data.
The Press Release Is Dead — Use This Instead – Mike Butcher
I’m QUITE TIRED of dealing with MILLIONS of tech entrepreneurs (these days there are a HELL of a lot of you) and (some) PR people who have ZERO clue how to pitch me/TechCrunch/the media. Their pitches are long-winded and rambling. They ask if they could ‘send some more information’. Listen, I have no idea if it’s interesting or not until you send it! Many just ask me out to lunch or coffee. (Thanks, but I prefer hanging out with my *actual friends*). Even worse, they haven’t read this post or seen my presentation on how to deal with tech media. [2021 update: This is a basic outline for super-early startups. If you want something for Post Series A / later stage startups go here].