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☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Last year, podcasts surpassed AM/FM talk radio in total listening time for the first time in the U.S., according to a new study from Edison Research. Among Americans ages 13 and older, 40% of time spent listening to “spoken-word audio” was dedicated to podcasts, compared with […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Three members of the media in Washington state have filed a lawsuit against the state House of Representatives after their applications for statehouse press passes were denied over their political advocacy. All three plaintiffs have […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story A report released last week looks at the first year of Illinois’ Local Journalism Sustainability Tax Incentive Program, which created the country’s first refundable tax credits to support local journalism jobs. In its first year, this new […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Washington Post announced sweeping layoffs on Wednesday, eliminating around one-third of its staff. Its sports, local and foreign desks were among the hardest hit.  Executive Editor Matt Murray described the cuts as necessary for the stability of the company, citing a steep decline in online traffic amid the […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Following the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, political content has been appearing even in online spaces that typically steer clear of the news and focus on other […]

This newsletter was delayed due to a Microsoft service outage – thanks for your patience. ☀️ Happy Friday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The BBC announced a deal with YouTube this week to make original content for the video-based platform, including […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Yesterday, the FBI  searched the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson as a part of an investigation into leaked government documents, raising concerns about press freedom and journalists’ security. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Pentagon requested the search because Natanson “was […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which started publishing in the late 1700s and won a Pulitzer Prize as recently as 2019, will shut down on May 3. Its unionized workers recently ended a more than three-year strike after […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! The Briefing will be on hiatus until Thursday, Jan. 8. Happy holidays! ❄️ In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story This week, Netflix announced deals with iHeartMedia and Barstool Sports to publish video podcast episodes from select shows exclusively on Netflix beginning in early 2026, furthering the streaming platform’s push into podcasting.  […]

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story After Warner Bros. Discovery struck a deal last week to sell its studio and streaming services to Netflix, Paramount Skydance responded by launching a hostile takeover bid. But there is a key difference between the two potential transactions: While […]