Last month, USA Today Co. staffers gathered for a town hall meeting where executives addressed the state of the company and fielded employee questions about the newspaper chain’s future. The meeting came at a particularly contentious moment for the news organization: Less than a week earlier, chief executive Mike Reed announced a new partnership with Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, sparking immediate internal backlash.
Among staffers’ concerns was the fact that USA Today Co., the nation’s largest newspaper chain, regularly covers government organizations like ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense, yet is now handing over a slice of its data infrastructure to Palantir—the subject of those same journalists for its role in the surveillance apparatus targeting immigrants and activists. And Status has learned…
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A New Era for ‘60’: As “60 Minutes” rushes to launch its 59th season this weekend, the storied newsmagazine is entering one of the most consequential transitions in its history. CBS News went on a public-relations blitz after the Labor Day weekend…
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