Linux Format Ceases Publication

New submitter salyavin writes: The final issue of Linux Format has been released. After 25 years the magazine is going out with a bang. Interviewing the old staff members, and looking back at old Linux distros […] The last 10-15 years have been absol…

May 29, 2025
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Should Climate Change Be Acknowledged In Movies?

The Los Angeles Times publishes a weekly “Boiling Point” newsletter about climate change and energy issues. And this week they examined whether the scientific fact of a change climate is reflected in the mass media:
For the second year running, nonprof…

February 24, 2025
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Can Philanthropy Save Local Newspapers?

70 million Americans live in a county without a newspaper, according to a 2022 report cited in this editorial by the Washington Post’s editorial board”
Who’s to blame? The internet, mostly. Whereas deep-pocketed advertisers formerly relied on newspape…

September 24, 2023
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Vice Media Group Prepares For Bankruptcy

“Vice Media Group appears to be the latest digital media company in trouble,” writes longtime Slashdot reader DesScorp. “The New York Times reports that the company is preparing for bankruptcy after being unable to find a buyer. Vice canceled Vice News…

May 3, 2023
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