In this episode, we tell you the secret to combatting misinformation: don't speak to anyone, ever -- even your token extrovert. Trust us.
We also fangirl over the unbridled chaotic good that is Chuck Tingle.
Plus, we'll show you the other side of banned books: a publisher that's giving a home to controversial books.
Here are our sources!
Several legacy magazines will be ending their print runs. Most of the coverage is either apocalyptic or rosy, here's something more measured: https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/thoughts-on-dotdash-meredith-and-the-data-industrial-complex/
The conglomerates are doing just fine online, though: Conde Nast with banger subscription numbers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/magazine-giant-conde-nast-posts-first-profit-in-years-11645117633
Your news interest can be predicted by your political party: Ihttps://pressgazette.co.uk/democrats-paying-less-attention-to-us-national-news-than-republicans-for-first-time-in-four-years/
Despite that, some newsrooms are expanding: WaPo adds positions in health/wellness: https://pressgazette.co.uk/washington-post-creates-70-newsroom-jobs/
AP Expands climate change reporting: https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2022/ap-announces-sweeping-climate-journalism-initiative
AAP successfully blocks MD Libraries' attempt to enforce reasonable digital book prices: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88550-court-blocks-maryland-s-library-e-book-law.html
Dont know if they can stop this train, though:
With Missouri and Tennessee, the number of states attempting to regulate terms that publishers offer books to libraries has gone up to five: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88515-tennessee-missouri-introduce-library-e-book-bills-illinois-bill-advances.html
Update: Palin vs. NYT: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-23/sarah-palin-to-request-new-trial-in-n-y-times-defamation-case
FB not meeting its commitment to curb climate misinformation: https://pressgazette.co.uk/facebook-climate-misinformation/
Mindy Kaling expands Amazon partnership into new "story studio" (read: imprint): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/88546-mindy-kaling-and-amazon-launch-mindy-s-book-studio.html
Lampblack publishing, bringing tools and funding to black writers: https://www.scribd.com/article/559937160/The-Lampblack-Model
Lampblack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lampblack_lit
