Star Spangled Media petitioned lawmakers for press status. A leaky ad portal suggests ties to dark-money group. August 22, 2024 By Pete Brown
One super-PAC’s curious reliance on a short-lived, lavishly funded quasi–news site August 16, 2024 By Pete Brown
Licensing deals, litigation raise raft of familiar questions in fraught world of platforms and publishers May 22, 2024 By Pete Brown
‘Pink Slime’: Partisan journalism and the future of local news January 26, 2024 By Pete Brown As we hurtle towards 2024 elections, interest in pink slime journalism and the continued growth of partisan local outlets with deep, often opaque, ties to dark money, advocacy groups and other special interests has only grown.
A Case Study: The relationship between a candidate and a ‘pink slime’ news network December 1, 2022 By Pete Brown
A case study of an Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s use of shady local ‘news’ networks May 3, 2022 By Pete Brown
Pushed Even Further: US Newsrooms View Mobile Alerts as a Standalone Platform December 20, 2018 By Pete Brown
Apple News UK editors rely on six outlets for 75 percent of Top Stories December 14, 2018 By Pete Brown
