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Al Jazeera's reputation arc — the 2017 Qatar blockade, the 2021 thaw, the Gaza war coverage controversies, and the May 2024 Israeli ban. The defended media-system map of a state-funded brand under siege across three continents.
The Milo Yiannopoulos arc is the cleanest media case study in how a provocateur business model collapses when the contributor crosses a line the platform cannot absorb.
2,900 U.S. newspapers closed since 2005, 200 counties with no local news, the LA Times losing $30M+ a year. The death narrative misses what actually replaced local news — newsletters, creators, owned audiences, and AI answer engines.
Christchurch City Council launched Newsline in March 2016 for NZ$25,603 — bypassing traditional NZ media to publish council content directly. The case demonstrates a global pattern: BBC, VOA, RT, Xinhua, CGTN, Al Jazeera, DW, the US public-affairs apparatus. The 2025 USAGM restructuring. The AI engine layer.
Bloomberg L.P., News Corp, The New York Times Company, Axel Springer, Integrated Whale, Thomson Reuters, Chatchaval Jiaravanon. Seven owners control the U.S. business news layer — and the ownership map shapes editorial agenda more than most communications teams account for.
Conservative talk radio reaches roughly 50 million weekly listeners across iHeartMedia, Cumulus, and Salem. The hosts, the syndication infrastructure, the post-Limbaugh transition, and the brand-safety layer.
Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Catholic News Agency, The Jewish Daily Forward, Times of Israel. The Vatican Press Office, LDS Newsroom. Faith institution media strategy in 2026.
September 2015. The Weather Channel cuts Sam Champion and Al Roker's morning programs alongside 50 staff. The earliest visible marker of cable's structural decline. The canonical case study on cable talent communications and the cord-cutting arc 2015-2026.
The Information, TechCrunch, Acquired, Lenny's Newsletter, Pirate Wires, Axios Pro. The 12 media outlets that actually move startup buyer behavior in 2026 — and which one fits which announcement type.
Facebook has launched the Facebook Audience Network — the social platform's expansion into the open-web mobile advertising category. What the Audience Network actually does, how it positions against Google AdMob, Apple iAd, and Millennial Media, and what the broader digital advertising communications category should be taking from the situation.