Michael Sheridan, chair of the Daily News Union, which lost 16 members to layoffs last week. The New York Daily News is owned by Alden Global Capital.

“518,284 humans — and rapidly counting — are offering their labor to AI agents on a new online marketplace called RentAHuman. There are classifieds to count pigeons in Washington ($30/hour); deliver CBD gummies ($75/hour); play exhibition badminton ($100/hour); and anything else you could possibly imagine that a disembodied agent couldn’t do…But as well as kerching noises, there are alarm bells sounding. Are we cooked?”

Lori Schott, whose teenaged daughter died by suicide in 2020. Schott traveled from Eastern Colorado to Los Angeles to watch Mark Zuckerberg testify in a trial about social media addiction.

“The Dublin-based Irish Times Group (which includes the Irish Examiner based in Cork) has around 150,000 subscribers across print and digital…The Irish Times introduced its subscription model in 2015.”

“Everyone is looking to go viral with a particularly contentious exchange or ‘gotcha’ moment, and what used to be considered the rules of decorum can go out the window in those moments. What is a bit different in recent days is the sheer vitriol and disdain from Trump administration officials toward members of Congress during these hearings. Many of them come to Capitol Hill seemingly primed to attack and insult lawmakers.” – New York Times editor Julie Hirschfeld Davis

“The political podcast company, which is home to titles such as Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, Lovett or Leave It and more, has struck a deal with MS NOW to air highlights from the week’s podcast episodes on Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET. The first episode will premiere Feb. 28, featuring analysis about the State of the Union and more.”

“Evie is privately funded. The company generates revenue through subscriptions, merchandise and branded content, and the Hugobooms say it is profitable, with all earnings being reinvested into growth. It publishes one print issue a year and places most of its focus on digital.” The brand declined to disclose total paid subscribers.

“A user needs to believe this is the best possible answer, to keep using the product and be willing to pay for it,” a Perplexity executive said.

“Berkshire, which has had a long history in media stocks, sold its newspapers to publisher Lee Enterprises for $140 million in 2020. Shareholders at the time viewed it as a sign that Buffett viewed his newspaper businesses, which included publications such as the Buffalo News, the Tulsa World in Oklahoma and the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia, as unsustainable.”

“Greene said that after friends, family members, and coworkers began emailing him about the resemblance, he became convinced that the voice was replicating his cadence, intonation, and use of filler words like ‘uh.’”