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It was a “bizarre and puzzling and heartbreaking” week at The Washington Post, writes senior media writer Tom Jones, which started with massive layoffs and ended with publisher and CEO Will Lewis abruptly resigning in a short note to staff. Read the full story and more in our

CGA President Kyle Kirkland is featured in a recent news clip warning that new regulations advanced by Attorney General Rob Bonta threaten California cardrooms and the communities that rely on them. Cardrooms support thousands of local jobs and generate critical revenue that

Newsroom leaders – Here a plan to assemble the information and resources needed to respond to threats against First Amendment rights: buff.ly/sgiGikN

You have 3️⃣ days left to submit your journalism to the 2026 Poynter Journalism Prizes 🏆 The Poynter Prizes recognize outstanding achievements in local accountability reporting, distinguished writing, public service reporting, commentary and editorial writing, justice reporting,

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

-CBS News executives are reportedly sketching out plans for company-wide layoffs that could kick off in the next few months. -Paramount CEO David Ellison and President Donald Trump met privately at the White House last week. -The Baltimore Banner tries to fill a void in sports

Major league eating champion Joey Chestnut talks poker, the Las Vegas food scene, and eating competitions. Read our full interview linked in the replies!

6/ The meetings reveal new details about the length of the preparations for, and people involved in, the Jan. FBI raid in GA, which election and legal experts told ProPublica was a significant escalation in Trump’s breaking of democratic norms. propublica.org/article/fbi-fu…

FYI: Poynter has a new guide to help newsroom leaders prepare their staff for reporting when First Amendment rights are at risk, citing Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press's Legal Hotline and Open Government Guide. poynter.org/reporting-edit…

Eight Years of Jeffrey Epstein Coverage by The Miami Herald How we got here With Links: jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-years-…

100 bracelet events, and more quetions minute-by-minute headins toward Kevin Mathers - as WSOP - World Series of Poker releases its full 2026 #VegasSummerCamp schedule

“Paris might have changed, the players might be cut from a different cloth but the spirit of 1920s poker lives on, quiet beneath the noise, resilient as ever.” My piece about The Lost Generation playing poker in Paris a century before this week’s EPT. 🖊️ vegasslotsonline.com/news/2026/02/1…

Building on one of the most respected ambassador partnerships in U.S. poker, we’re excited to share that Darren Elias remains the face of BetMGM Poker under a new multi-year deal. Congrats to BetMGM and the End Boss on the next chapter 👊 Read more 🔽

Carrie Hamblen Peter Wirth NM Local News Fund NMPA Santa Fe New Mexican The journalist employment tax credit is a model that Rebuild Local News has helped develop and refine in other states. We’re encouraged to see this approach gaining momentum and strongly support the state’s commitment to ensuring residents have access to reliable local news.

I’ve worked with a fair amount of rooms in California, both on the tribal side and cardrooms. I asked a lot of questions to those closely involved and took my own shot at breaking it down. Let me know what you think

BREAKING: Superstar lawyer and ultra-high-stakes poker player Tom Goldstein has been found guilty on 12 of 16 counts, Bloomberg Law reports.

Atlantic City casino workers have asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to ban indoor smoking UAW Devin O'Connor casino.org/news/atlantic-…

A disastrous start to 2026 - Strip gaming revenue fell 11% in January to $747.6M Every market in Southern Nevada - except North Las Vegas and Mesquite - fell in the month. Nevada overall was down than 6.5%. A good month from Northern Nevada softened the dip. Nevada Independent Nevada Gaming Control Board

Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. propublica.org/article/claren…