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alexshpilkinHi! It's no secret that independent Russian media outlets have been dying in the recent months, what with government crackdowns on one hand and Western payment processors cutting off any funding from emigrants on the other. Some outlets have just abruptly gone dark, but here's one that could afford a shutdown announcement beforehand, effective 10
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alexshpilkinSeptember: tjournal.ru/team/714914-istoriya-tj-zavershaetsya (Google Translate does a decent job on it if you need that)
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arkiverwe're on it!
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alexshpilkinyay, thanks :)
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arkiverif you know of anything else shutting down or in danger, let us know!
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arkiver(you can always ping me privately as well)
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alexshpilkin(it's a sort of Medium-like thing that pitched itself more to other publishers than to individuals, so expect the usual amount of lifestyle junk, but there are plenty of good texts there as well)
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arkiverwe'll get everything from them, and everything they link to
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alexshpilkinI mean, Echo of Moscow is the obvious one, but not even the most avid data hoarders predicted that one, so unless you want to seed torrents of other people's scraping there's little to be done I'm afraid
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alexshpilkinother than that, no. Meduza still seems healthy I think (provided the Latvian government doesn't go completely mad and kick their editorial / support staff out)
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systwiIs there any possibility I could have operator privileges here? Asking so I can finish setting up #journalthis .
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JAAUh... Let's chat over there.
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systwiAh, okay, sorry.
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tztlexico.com is shutting down August 26