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'Massive legal siege' against social media companies looms

Media’s strategic role in integrating marketing functions for brands
As marketing’s ecosystem continues to evolve and the boundaries of marketing functions dissolve, media is emerging as a strategic force to connect those functions together. This was the key takeaway from The Future of the Media Organisation...

News B.C. looks to give workers 27 weeks of unpaid medical leave, job protection
Published 2:51 pm Monday, October 20, 2025 By Black Press Media Staff The provincial government is looking to amend the Employment Standards Act to give British Columbians job-protected medical leave. The proposed changes would mean people could...

Media School task force to make recommendations on IDS, student media independence, finances
Media School Dean David Tolchinsky announced plans Monday for a task force that will make recommendations on ensuring the editorial independence and financial sustainability of IU student media. In an email to student leaders of the Indiana Daily...

News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America
On Saturday, millions of people across the U.S. attended “No Kings” protests—a slogan born in response to President Donald Trump’s self-aggrandizing social media posts where he’s called himself a king, including with AI-generated images of himself...

News digest: MPs descend on Foreigners’ Police in Bratislava
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement Hey there, Todayists – you’re reading Today in Slovakia, where Prime Minister Robert Fico has been busy filming himself again, and where the culprit behind the...

"News feels unreal" - Ariarne Titmus makes emotional admission after ending whereabout submissions for drug tests after her retirement
Following her retirement from the sport, Ariarne Titmus made her feelings known about ending her whereabout submissions for drug tests. Titmus announced her retirement on Thursday, October 16, 2025. She last competed at the Paris Games, where the...
News The Guardian Bob Vylan ‘not regretful’ about IDF chant at Glastonbury: ‘I’d do it again tomorrow’
Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan is “not regretful” of his “death, death to the IDF” chant at Glastonbury and said he would “do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays”. The outspoken punk duo sparked controversy when they led chants of “death, death to...
US stocks rallied heading into big tech earnings, despite quiet newsflow - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open
US stocks gained in risk-on trade despite the very light newsflow to start the week amid the Fed blackout and lack of US data given the government shutdown. Nonetheless, headline action was sparse and comments from US President Trump largely...
Newspapers closing, news deserts growing for beleaguered news industry

Media-Security Alliance Deepens as Lagos Police, RazorNews Strengthen Partnership for Safer Communities
Chiemelie Ezeobi In a move that reinforces the growing synergy between the media and security institutions, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh Moshood, on Monday hosted the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of RazorNews...
MMA repositions as Marketing + Media Alliance to emphasize in-market collaborative testing
What’s in a name, you ask? In the case of MMA, a lot, given that those three letters have worked hard to reinvent themselves over the last 15 years. The marketing organization known as MMA Global, and headed by Greg Stuart for the last decade and...

Judge orders Zuckerberg, Mosseri, Spiegel to testify in social media trials
Big tech executives Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and Evan Spiegel will have to testify in coordinated proceedings for civil claims that their social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat promote addictive behavior in students with...

Student media has rights — Indiana University just violated them
By The Editorial Board Last week, Indiana University crossed a line no public institution should ever approach — it violated the First Amendment by censoring its student newspaper. Student media across the country can’t afford to ignore this,...

Journalism Clinic to Celebrate Nigeria’s Media Elders
The Journalism Clinic, a hub for high quality journalism capacity building and sustainability in Nigeria, has concluded plans to celebrate and appreciate Nigeria’s media elders, who are 70 and above for their contributions to the profession. In a...

Journalism Clinic hosts day of memories, reunion for media elders
Journalism Clinic is putting finishing touches to an event to bring together elders in the news media in Nigeria for a day of remembrance and reunion. The Founder/Director of The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe, made this known to newsmen in a...

Military Personnel on Social Media Call for Soldiers to Disobey Orders – A Violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
Captain Dylan Balaha tells troops to disobey President Trump’s orders. Photo courtesy of Dylan Balaha, screenshot. Numerous videos have surfaced on social media depicting individuals claiming to be active-duty military personnel, in uniform,...

Tonic Communications Serves Up Promotion For Georgia Coleman
Tonic Communications has bolstered its leadership ranks, promoting Georgia Coleman to managing director. Effective immediately, Coleman will oversee the agency’s newly-established hubs in both Australia and New Zealand, fostering innovation across...

Tonic Communications promotes Georgia Coleman to managing director
Tonic Communications has promoted its general manager Georgia Coleman to managing director. Tonic was launched in February 2024 by international marketing services group Attivo, parent company of agencies 303 MullenLowe, Mediahub, Farrimond, DNY,...

Opinion | Social media is making us less social
If we crave connection, we must lift our eyes from the digital vortex of social media. The paradox of social media is truly a baffling concept. Technology that was created to connect humans — to let people across continents stay in touch — has now...