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Seattle’s Cascade PBS spins out Local Public, a tech platform that builds streaming apps for stations

The goal is to provide local PBS stations nationwide their own branded, station-curated streaming apps — plus tools for fundraising and audience data — as an alternative to a one-size-fits-all national app. Read More

Will Bezos step in? FBI searches Wash. Post reporter’s home in classified materials investigation

Federal agents seized electronic devices from reporter Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal workforce for the newspaper. Read More

Report: Amazon to pay at least $20M a year in AI content deal with New York Times

Amazon’s deal to license some content from The New York Times for use on the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms… Read More

Amazon inks deal with New York Times to license newspaper’s content for AI platforms

Amazon and The New York Times have agreed to a new deal in which the newspaper’s editorial content will be… Read More

Trump praises Bezos for changes at Washington Post: ‘He’s trying to do a real job’

The recent changes Jeff Bezos has instituted at The Washington Post have captured the attention of President Donald Trump, who… Read More

Jeff Bezos shakes up Washington Post opinion section to focus on ‘personal liberties, free markets’

Jeff Bezos is shaking up the opinion pages at The Washington Post again, telling employees Wednesday morning that the section… Read More

Report: Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is in talks to sell Time to Greek media company Antenna Group, CNBC reported Friday, citing… Read More

Jeff Bezos says ‘no quid pro quo of any kind’ in decision to end Washington Post endorsements

Jeff Bezos is defending his decision as owner of The Washington Post to end the newspaper’s tradition of endorsing candidates… Read More

Jeff Bezos blamed for spiking Washington Post’s presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris

The Washington Post is getting out of the business of endorsing candidates for president, starting with the upcoming election between… Read More

After Trump shooting, UW researchers try to make quick sense of online reaction, rumors and more

The chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump led many people… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: How AI is shaking up the worlds of media, marketing, and startups

How is artificial intelligence making marketers more productive? How are journalists approaching the ethical dilemmas inherent to AI content creation?… Read More

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for training AI chatbots on its copyrighted work

The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training… Read More

Jeff Bezos makes rare visit to Washington Post as newspaper plans more layoffs

Jeff Bezos made news this week with a rare visit to the newspaper that he owns. The Amazon founder attended… Read More

Report: Amazon planning standalone app for sports content

Amazon’s desire to stream more live sports has the company looking at launching a standalone app for such content, according… Read More

Seattle startup helping teens learn about and invest in crypto raises $2.7M

Stack, a Seattle-based startup building a platform that enables teens to invest in and learn about cryptocurrencies, has raised $2.7… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur launches ‘JoySauce’ to spotlight American Asian talent

Seattle entrepreneur and tech veteran Jonathan Sposato is launching another media property with the arrival Wednesday of JoySauce Network, an… Read More

Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

See disclosures at bottom of story. Nearly 13 years after New York-based Hearst Corp. made the Seattle Post-Intelligencer the country’s… Read More

Audible discontinues daily audio digests of NYT, WSJ and Washington Post stories

Audible, the audiobook service owned by Amazon, has discontinued its daily audio digests of stories from The New York Times,… Read More

Bill Gates backs Cipher, a new online climate news source produced by his Breakthrough Energy

Bill Gates is backing a new online climate news publication called Cipher that is slated to start publishing on Sept.… Read More

Washington Post editor talks Bezos and Amazon, and how billionaire owner reshaped newspaper

The editor who has been in charge of The Washington Post newsroom ever since Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper is… Read More

Employees want Seattle-based media company Maven to shut down ‘Blue Lives Matter’ website

Maven, the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, among other magazines, is hearing from employees upset about a pro-police… Read More

Seattle online magazine Grist acquires Pacific Standard assets to keep years of content accessible

Grist, the Seattle-based non-profit online magazine that has covered climate, sustainability, social justice and more for 20 years, has acquired… Read More

Internal memo: Sports Illustrated publisher Maven blasts ‘me-first attitude’ in firing of top soccer journalist Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated publisher Maven fired top soccer journalist Grant Wahl for his criticism of how the company handled job cuts… Read More

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