We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
March 25, 2025
“On a recent trip in early March, AP’s chief White House correspondent, Zeke Miller, was stationed in a parking lot while the official pool gathered inside a West Palm Beach library to await the president’s movements. Over the weekend, Miller ‘thoughtfully’ provided doughnuts and layer cakes for his colleagues in the pool, Birnbaum wrote in one of his dispatches. ‘One of the cakes was intended for “celebration,” per its label. We celebrated the First Amendment.'” —
The Washington Post / Jeremy Barr
/ Mar 25“Citizens are far from immune. CBP detainees from journalists to filmmakers to security researchers have all had their devices taken out of their hands by agents.” —
WIRED / Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess
/ Mar 25“They’re all getting ready for a hearing on Wednesday — ominously titled ‘Anti-American Airwaves’ — organized by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who leads a House subcommittee tied to Elon Musk’s efforts to cut federal spending.” —
The New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
/ Mar 25“The Daily Beast said in a statement that the outlet stood by its reporting on Mr. LaCivita.
‘His lawsuit is meritless and a transparent attempt to intimidate The Beast and silence the independent press,’ the statement said. ‘The Beast will defend itself vigorously and looks forward to following the money to confirm where every penny flowed in LaCivita’s LLC.'” —
The New York Times / Katie Robertson and David Enrich
/ Mar 25“When the reporter replied that she worked for NBC News, Trump waved her off and ignored the question. ‘I don’t want to talk to NBC anymore. I think you’re so discredited,’ he said. The president has employed the same strategy in recent weeks to dismiss questions from reporters at other news organizations, including The Washington Post, HuffPost and Voice of America.” —
The Washington Post / Laura Wagner
/ Mar 25“My line is that Musk did not take over Twitter, Twitter took over Musk.” —
Vanity Fair / Anna Peele
/ Mar 25“As Trump has entered his second term with guns blazing, the comedians aren’t backing off. But the stridency can be wearing. [Stephen] Colbert’s gleeful Trump-bashing, in particular, has become hard to watch — an insult comic throwing out red meat to the cheers of a like-minded audience. ‘I don’t even know what to say anymore,’ [Seth] Meyers pleaded after one of Trump’s loonier riffs on the California wildfires. ‘I’m so over this guy. I’m running out of clever retorts.'” —
Bloomberg / Richard Zoglin
/ Mar 25“Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza on Monday, months after the Israeli military accused him of being a member of Hamas, an allegation rejected by Al Jazeera and condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists as a ‘smear campaign.'” —
The Washington Post / Sammy Westfall
/ Mar 25“The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, asks a federal judge to order officials to restore VOA, effectively reversing part of President Donald Trump’s executive order issued earlier this month that dismantled the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). The agency oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and Radio Free Asia.” —
The Washington Post / Tobi Raji
/ Mar 25“The operator of Truth Social, which is about 58%-owned by President Trump, plans to offer digital assets and securities ‘with a Made in America focus,’ it said Monday.” —
The Wall Street Journal / Katherine Hamilton
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