Patrick Brennan
@pbrennannyc.bsky.social
I live in New York City, read a lot and post stories I think you’ll be interested in mostly about media, tech, AI politics and Football (Soccer). I am politically progressive, a dog lover and a lifelong fan of Millwall FC.
Trump Unveils “Media Offender Of the Week” + “Hall Of Shame” On White House Website: David Ellison-Owned & Bari Weiss-Run CBS News Makes The List deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump Unveils “Media Offender Of the Week” + “Hall Of Shame” On White House Website: David Ellison-Owned & Bari Weiss-Run CBS News Makes The List
Targeting the so-called "enemy of the people," the Trump White House has gone after media outlets it claims put out "false and misleading stories"
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December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump Unveils “Media Offender Of the Week” + “Hall Of Shame” On White House Website: David Ellison-Owned & Bari Weiss-Run CBS News Makes The List deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
RIP: Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder and first editor of The Independent, dies aged 88
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Andreas Whittam Smith death: Co-founder of The Independent, dies aged 88
The editor and media entrepreneur changed the landscape of British journalism over his decades-long career
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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
RIP: Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder and first editor of The Independent, dies aged 88
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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/fa...
News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads
Facebook scam ads prompt criminal complaintt rom publishers' group against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/fa...
What happens when you kick millions of teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out
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What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN
In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What happens when you kick millions of teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out
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A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
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A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star
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December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
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Semafor Exclusive / Vanity Fair expected to let Olivia Nuzzi’s contract lapse, insiders say www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
Exclusive: Vanity Fair expected to let Olivia Nuzzi’s contract lapse, insiders say
Just weeks after Vanity Fair published an excerpt of Olivia Nuzzi’s book, it’s increasingly unlikely she’ll be a fixture on its print masthead.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Semafor Exclusive / Vanity Fair expected to let Olivia Nuzzi’s contract lapse, insiders say www.semafor.com/article/11/3...
The Guessing Game of Trump’s Air Strikes www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
The guessing game of Trump's air strikes.
The purge of the Pentagon press means that the recent military action on Caribbean and Pacific boats remains underexamined.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Guessing Game of Trump’s Air Strikes www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Omnicom to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Retire FCB, DDB, and MullenLowe
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Omnicom to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Retire FCB, DDB, and MullenLowe
BBDO, TBWA, and McCann emerge as the three global creative networks in post-IPG overhaul
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December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Omnicom to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Retire FCB, DDB, and MullenLowe
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RIP: Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club has announced
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November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
RIP: Billy Bonds, West Ham legend as a player and manager, dies aged 79
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www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Wrexham AFC receives £18m from government despite Hollywood backing www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Wrexham AFC receives £18m from government despite Hollywood backing
Welsh government grants used to fund football club even though it is owned by wealthy movie stars
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November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wrexham AFC receives £18m from government despite Hollywood backing www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?
The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
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November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The Week Junior: Ten years of proving the young still read print journalism
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The Week Junior: Ten years of proving the young still read print journalism
Future's The Week Junior has seen a subscription model drive its success, with 90% of its revenue sourced from subscribers.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Week Junior: Ten years of proving the young still read print journalism
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Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
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Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
AI does not appear to have freed journalist's from mundane tasks as promised.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
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News Corp launches corporate copyright licence scheme for Australia
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News Corp launches corporate copyright licence scheme for Australia - AdNews
Allows for news to be used as a prompt in AI tools.
www.adnews.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
News Corp launches corporate copyright licence scheme for Australia
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The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
News publishers embrace vertical video with in-app “watch” tabs
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News publishers embrace vertical video with in-app “watch” tabs
“We're not trying to be TikTok."
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November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
News publishers embrace vertical video with in-app “watch” tabs
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Bevan Shields steps down as Sydney Morning Herald editor, chief reporter Jordan Baker named as replacement www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Bevan Shields steps down as Sydney Morning Herald editor, chief reporter Jordan Baker named as replacement
Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his life
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November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bevan Shields steps down as Sydney Morning Herald editor, chief reporter Jordan Baker named as replacement www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Trump's media lawsuits keep falling flat www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Trump's media lawsuits keep falling flat
Despite settlement with ABC and CBS, Trump's broader campaign is faltering.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trump's media lawsuits keep falling flat www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
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BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
The BBC has confirmed plans to save £100M by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants. The plan is known as Project Ada.
deadline.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
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Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians as leaked transcript roils Washington
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Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about his special envoy Steve Witkoff’s engagements with the Kremlin after a new phone call transcript provided rare insight into how the president’s top ne...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians as leaked transcript roils Washington
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Media Goes on Offense as Trump Steps Up His War on Journalism
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Media Goes on Offense as Trump Steps Up His War on Journalism
The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian U.S. tell TheWrap how they’re upholding journalistic standards.
www.thewrap.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Media Goes on Offense as Trump Steps Up His War on Journalism
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Could Public Skepticism of the Press Actually Be Good for Democracy?
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Eugenia Mitchelstein on whether public skepticism of the press could actually be good for democracy.
An expert on political communication explains how Argentina’s history of public lying created a protective barrier between citizens and information, and how distrust can help fight autocracy.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Could Public Skepticism of the Press Actually Be Good for Democracy?
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Are You Boycotting Black Friday?
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Are You Boycotting Black Friday?
The Mass Blackout and We Ain’t Buying It campaigns call for people to flex their power not to shop, especially from companies allied with Trump.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Are You Boycotting Black Friday?
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Best Buy hikes sales forecast as shoppers upgrade tech, splurge on devices
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Best Buy hikes sales forecast as shoppers upgrade tech, splurge on devices
The consumer electronics retailer said it saw tech upgrades and strong sales of computers, gaming consoles and smartphones during the fiscal third quarter.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Best Buy hikes sales forecast as shoppers upgrade tech, splurge on devices
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