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Mee @reddthat.com

1d ago

What is the avaliable alternatives to Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Times, Politico and The Verge?

I want to switch from those American for profit news outlets to Euro or non-profit news outlets, what are my options?

I will list the ones I know and I find here:

Bloomberg: TBA.
Reuters : Associated Press.
New York Times: Follow The Money, Mediapart.
Politico: The Guardian.
The Verge: The Register, Techzine, Heise.

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Plot twist: Politico is owned by the German right leaning publisher Springer.

Reuters is owned by the Thompson Family via Thompson Reuters. They’re for-profit, but Canadian.
- I know you probably came more for the Boycott US but this is Buy European and we shouldn't mix those up really
  
  I agree!
  I think that we will keep having a mixup of "Buy European", "Boycott US" and "Privacy" because of the typical overlap of reasons why consumers change their behavior. I really like the visualisations that acknowledge this difference and indicate which alternatives satisfy which reasons for wanting to switch away from American providers.
  
  Not sure if op edited the original question before or after your comment, but I say the question is definitely is about 'buying' European despite also being about not buying American. As of now this is what op asks: "I want to switch from those American for profit news outlets to Euro or non-profit news outlets, what are my options?"
- Reuters aid government agencies in their investigations.
  Matter of fact, they got sued for their privacy.
  More about this:
  On Oct. 11, a San Francisco judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement that would see Thomson Reuters cough up $27.5 million, mostly to state residents. The deal caps off a legal battle that began in 2020: Two Alameda County activists sued the media giant over its Clear product, accusing the company of compiling millions of people’s personal data and putting it up for sale on the searchable database.

AFP is independent by law. It can't be related to any ideology or government. It has mission of general interest with journalists all over the world and fact checkers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse?wprov=sfla1

theguardian.com is uk local but good world and euro coverage imho.
- I'm not from the UK and read them, they have an 'international edition' (although online and in the app it's just a filter I suppose). Skip most stuff about uk, but still.
  They also have a two or three weekend magazines which are not free but it's not hard to find the pdf online.

https://www.404media.co/

BBC news?
- In my humble opinion, it does not really replace any of them.
  
  I'm from the UK and would agree with you. Now is not the time to be consuming content from any government media

The best switch for me from Politico EU, was switching to RFI, and a couple more lefty opinion places like theequaltimes, thecanary, mediapart etc

The Register is a British tech news website. It's like if The Verge was even more techy, more sarcastic, and cared less about being trendy. I like it and read it sometimes.
The Register also has a few connected sites that cover different tech specialities. E.g. DevClass which focuses on news in the software development world.

I don't know which one is it a replacement for, but I like https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/ for their quick summaries about what is happening across Europe
They are mostly e-mail based (weekly or daily, split into north, central, eastern, western Europe that you cna opt in) but you can read it on their website also if you want.

Boycott those billionaires!

The economist BBC News The guardian
- The Economist is wildly expensive for Profit that is basically a spokesperson magazine for the 1%.
  They villify all welfare even if it is lifesaving for hunderds of thousands, but oppose any tiny tax increases on companies or rich people.
  It really is the 1%’s magazine. I really would not recommend OP to switch to that given they are looking for non-profit not corporatified sources.
  
  My understanding is that the board is held in a trust format to ensure editorial independence. They often do advocate for policies that would be beneficisl for all, and not the 1%
  Of late, both times they supported trumps opposition.
  They are one of the few internationally respected organisations that actually have news outside Europe and America, that's not business news from Japan or china.
  It may not be for you and every news source is biased in some way but I find it quite balanced.

@Mee@reddthat.com
Is Reuters US-based though? 🤔
- As I said in my other comment:
  Reuters aid government agencies in their investigations.
  Matter of fact, they got sued for their privacy.
  More about this:
  On Oct. 11, a San Francisco judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement that would see Thomson Reuters cough up $27.5 million, mostly to state residents. The deal caps off a legal battle that began in 2020: Two Alameda County activists sued the media giant over its Clear product, accusing the company of compiling millions of people’s personal data and putting it up for sale on the searchable database.
  
  @Mee@reddthat.com
  I see!
  in my other comment
  Federation not always work the way we want and not all posts get propagated to every instance, in this thread I only see the top post of yours, which @ueeu@vivaldi.net whom I follow replied to — Fediverse moment 😅

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