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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES — JANUARY 6, 2026
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_ The broadcast landscape changes — fast _
, Jack Ohman / Tribune Content Agency
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Dissolves
* Venezuela: Media’s Blind Deference
* CBS News: A Hostage Situation
* Digital Space and Gender Violence
* Resistance Zine Revival
* How Project 2025 Messes with Media
* Warning Labels for Social Media
* AI, X, and the Musk Factor
* Online, Power is Fakeable
* Stories to Watch in 2026
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING DISSOLVES
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By Luke Bouma, _Cord Cutters News_
In a historic and somber development, the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB) has announced that its Board of Directors has voted
to formally dissolve the organization after more than five decades of
service. The decision marks the closure of the private, nonprofit
entity established by Congress to oversee and distribute federal
funding for public radio and television across the country.
VENEZUELA: MEDIA’S BLIND DEFERENCE
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By Sophia Tesfaye, _Salon_
The world’s most powerful country is openly asserting the right to
invade, occupy and “run” any nation it chooses, and by failing to
connect the dots for the American people, the media is helping to
normalize Trump’s expansionist project.
CBS NEWS: A HOSTAGE SITUATION
ANOTHER VICTIM OF MERGER MADNESS
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Craig Aaron and Scott Harris,_ Between the Lines_
BARI WEISS REBOOTS THE EVENING NEWS
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By Justin Baragona, _The Independent_
DIGITAL SPACE AND GENDER VIOLENCE
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_International Idea_
This year, the global community is commemorating 16 days of activism
against gender-based violence by raising awareness to highlight one of
the fastest-growing and least regulated forms of abuse—digital
violence against women and girls. International IDEA joins this global
call, by emphasizing a truth that becomes clearer each year: democracy
for all depends on digital safety (for all).
RESISTANCE ZINE REVIVAL
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By Mallory Carra, _The Guardian_
Zines have made a resurgence in recent months as communities seek to
share information, such as how to protect one another from ICE, or how
to resist the Trump administration outside No Kings protests. People
of all ages, from all regions, are making, printing and distributing
zines on the streets, in libraries and at local gathering spots.
HOW PROJECT 2025 MESSES WITH MEDIA
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By Angela Fu, _Poynter_
Project 2025’s goals include reforming the government’s
relationship with the press. Contributors to the project have played
key roles in the administration’s attempts to stymie the press.
Outlets that received federal funding — public broadcasters and
United States Agency for Global Media affiliates — have been hit
hardest. But even fully independent outlets have been affected.
WARNING LABELS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
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By Elizabeth Shwe and Sean Carlson, _Gothamist_
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation requiring
warning labels for young users on social media platforms that allow
auto-play and infinite scrolling. The labels warn young people of
hazards they face while on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.
AI, X, AND THE MUSK FACTOR
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By John Herrman, _New York Magazine_
The world’s understanding of what’s going on in Silicon Valley
right now — the _hype_ and the _doom_ and the _bubble _and the
_progress _— is first processed through the strange culture and
incentives of X, which is now owned by estranged OpenAI co-founder,
Google antagonist, and xAI founder Elon Musk.
ONLINE, POWER IS FAKEABLE
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By Richard Hames, _Novara Media_
It was pretty typical about a decade ago for the alt-right to speak in
terms of “meme magic” – to ascribe, quasi-ironically, mythical
powers to the circulation of images. The idea hasn’t gone away and
since the alt-right, the technologies for producing images have hugely
improved.
STORIES TO WATCH IN 2026
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_Columbia Journalism Review_
Young people in particular experience the process of finding good
information as confusing and overwhelming, and this leads them to
distrust journalists. The online ecosystem surfaces plenty of bunk,
but it also rewards a rarer commodity: sincerity and authenticity.
Journalists who believe in what they do, and who are unafraid to be
loud about it, will stand out.
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* Gender Violence
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* Project 2025
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* social media
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* Elon Musk
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