News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
#Tech #AI #OpenWeb #InternetArchive #DigitalRights #MediaPower #Paywalls #Journalism #TechEthics #Business #PublicAccess #DigitalHistory #AITraining #Copyright
https://the-14.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing/

News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
#Tech #AI #OpenWeb #InternetArchive #DigitalRights #MediaPower #Paywalls #Journalism #TechEthics #Business #PublicAccess #DigitalHistory #AITraining #Copyright
https://the-14.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing/

@himay
Yes, I was struck by this too, that not a single soul in the room said anything in support or re-asked the question. Her professionalism was exemplary. Thump’s behaviour was disgusting. A childish bully elevated way above the ditch that he & his family crawled out of. ☹️

#USPol #journalism

@amydiehl

"Dear Washington Post journalists,

Solidarity on a terrible day. A craven tech bro has sold you out."

~ Carole Cadwalladr

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/13

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight

"The north star of corporate media isn’t defending free speech, holding powerful people accountable, or sharing the truth. It’s all about profits, ratings, and access to power, even if they’re enabling a fascist regime that will inevitably come for you and your colleagues."

~ Wajahat Ali

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/12

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/megalomaniacs-and-the-media-a-live

Journalists Damon Kiesow & Jeff Jarvis write about community and audience, echoing key distinctions between peer and traditional conferences

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/02/community-audience

#journalism #community #audience #media #meetings #eventprofs

"It was not saved because saving it would have required standing up to Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos decided that protecting his broader business interests mattered more than preserving one of the most important news organizations in the country."

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/2

Journalists Damon Kiesow & Jeff Jarvis write about community and audience, echoing key distinctions between peer and traditional conferences

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/02/community-audience

#journalism #community #audience #media #meetings #eventprofs

"Jeff Bezos’ assassination of the The Washington Post was the ultimate catch-and-kill operation on behalf of Trump."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/15

https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/to-the-reader

"Democracy, the Post says, dies in darkness. Newspapers are murdered in broad daylight."

~ Charles Pierce

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/10

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70249537/washington-post-layoffs/

"This isn’t just about layoffs; it’s about a calculated erasure of the narrative. By controlling the papers of record and social media platforms, the ultra-wealthy can decide which stories are “important” and which should be buried under the guise of 'moving on.'”

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/7

"The recent bloodletting at legacy institutions like the Washington Post is not a mere byproduct of a 'shifting media landscape.' It is what happens when the billionaire class acquires the very mechanisms meant to hold them accountable."

~ Danielle Moodie

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/6

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/burn-the-billionaires-democracy-ish

"This isn’t just the broligarchy’s attack on journalism, but it’s their continued assault on American workers and unions. The endgame is to create an authoritarian regime that dominates an overworked, poor, tired, and sick population that is confused, disoriented, and no longer believes the evidence of its own eyes and ears."

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/5

"Elon Musk took over and ruined Twitter. Larry Ellison just bought and throttled TikTok. His son, David Ellison, is the head of Paramount/Skydance and brought in Bari Weiss, who tanked CBS News in less than two months. (BTW, Musk is featured heavily in the Epstein files, and the notorious pedophile had a chummy relationship with Weiss’ wife, Nellie Bowles, because of course.)"

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/4

"Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post. ...

Jeff Bezos has essentially unlimited resources. He is now worth roughly a quarter of a trillion dollars—far wealthier than when he bought the paper twelve years ago.

The Washington Post could have been saved."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/1

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-a-billionaire-dismantled-one

"These layoffs come on the heels of the release of a bribe masquerading as a propaganda piece, the so-called 'documentary' about Melania Trump, which Bezos’ Amazon reportedly funded to the tune of 75 million dollars."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/8

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/darkness-at-the-washington-post

"I suspect the Post in the future will be political news, pro-Trump editorials, and little else."

~ Perry Bacon

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/11

https://newrepublic.com/article/206136/washington-post-layoffs-jeff-bezos-blame

The U.K. High Court privacy trial against the Daily Mail's publisher, ANL, continued today with evidence from David Furnish, husband of Sir Elton John. Furnish wrote in a statement that he and John believe their home's landlines had been bugged by the Mail, that the tabloid had obtained a copy of their son's birth certificate before they did, and that it published personal medical details about John's health. Seven claimants are suing the Mail, including John, Furnish, Prince Harry, and anti-racism campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered in a racist attack in 1993. Here's more from @BBCNews.

https://flip.it/Wmxw_P

#UKNews #Celebrity #DailyMail #UKLaw #Media #Journalism