Brian Bannon
@sobsax.bsky.social
Atlanta resident, sometime comedian and writer. Diagnosed with Asperger's at age 40. No relation to Steve.
https://brianpbannon.medium.com
https://brianpbannon.medium.com
With the AJC out of print the Sunday Athens Banner-Herald is on sale at my local Publix.
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
With the AJC out of print the Sunday Athens Banner-Herald is on sale at my local Publix.
Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget proposals for Georgia Public Broadcasting neither replace federal funds nor make significant cuts to state appropriations. But past cuts to GPB’s state funding originated in the State Senate later in the legislative session.
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Let’s Do the Preliminary Numbers
Gov. Kemp’s budget proposals for Georgia Public Broadcasting don’t replace federal funds but also don’t significantly cut state funding.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget proposals for Georgia Public Broadcasting neither replace federal funds nor make significant cuts to state appropriations. But past cuts to GPB’s state funding originated in the State Senate later in the legislative session.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
There's lots of money to be made in journalism if you monetize access and suck up to power. There's also a cost to democracy and credibility.
This is who Cox spent half a billion on while colonizing public media in Atlanta.
This is who Cox spent half a billion on while colonizing public media in Atlanta.
20 years ago, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen left The Washington Post and Time magazine to start Politico.
“We alone didn't start this fire. But we surely lit or fanned it — then had front-row seats to witness the blaze.”
“We alone didn't start this fire. But we surely lit or fanned it — then had front-row seats to witness the blaze.”
Behind the Curtain: 20 years of media revolution
We alone didn't start this fire. But we surely lit or fanned it — and then had front-row seats to witness the blaze.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
There's lots of money to be made in journalism if you monetize access and suck up to power. There's also a cost to democracy and credibility.
This is who Cox spent half a billion on while colonizing public media in Atlanta.
This is who Cox spent half a billion on while colonizing public media in Atlanta.
Cox-owned Axios would get this scoop just to taunt me.
Remember what Steve always says: "There are no conspiracies but there are also no coincidences."
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www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
Remember what Steve always says: "There are no conspiracies but there are also no coincidences."
brianpbannon.medium.com/steve-bannon...
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
Scoop: Bannon quietly making moves toward 2028 run
Publicly, however, he's calling for a third term for President Trump.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Cox-owned Axios would get this scoop just to taunt me.
Remember what Steve always says: "There are no conspiracies but there are also no coincidences."
brianpbannon.medium.com/steve-bannon...
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
Remember what Steve always says: "There are no conspiracies but there are also no coincidences."
brianpbannon.medium.com/steve-bannon...
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/s...
RADAtlanta's Dec. Issue was themed "That time I Ran into Steve"
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
RADAtlanta's Dec. Issue was themed "That time I Ran into Steve"
Now to turn it into a zine. First draft.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Now to turn it into a zine. First draft.
I wrote about The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ending print, why I criticize it from the Progressive left, and why Atlanta shouldn't equate "saving the AJC" with "saving local journalism."
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To the Last Barrel of Ink: Why I’m Still Arguing with the AJC.
Atlanta’s billionaire-owned newspaper of record ended print editions by curating its own, and the city’s, history. Unsurprisingly…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I wrote about The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ending print, why I criticize it from the Progressive left, and why Atlanta shouldn't equate "saving the AJC" with "saving local journalism."
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And this NPR interview with Robert Draper about his profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene does't mention her efforts to defund public media.
www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
And this NPR interview with Robert Draper about his profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene does't mention her efforts to defund public media.
www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...
The NYTs lengthy profile of MTG doesn’t mention her leading the fight to defund public media. Its new profile of NPR CEO Katherine Maher, while mentioning the Anti-American Airwaves hearing, attributes it to Republicans in Congress without mentioning Greene.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The NYTs lengthy profile of MTG doesn’t mention her leading the fight to defund public media. Its new profile of NPR CEO Katherine Maher, while mentioning the Anti-American Airwaves hearing, attributes it to Republicans in Congress without mentioning Greene.
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Breaker, a gossipy New York-based media newsletter, was given an exclusive scoop on tomorrow's front page of the final print edition of the AJC.
It includes a front page pieces by Cox Ent. Chairman Emeritus James Cox Kennedy.
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It includes a front page pieces by Cox Ent. Chairman Emeritus James Cox Kennedy.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Breaker, a gossipy New York-based media newsletter, was given an exclusive scoop on tomorrow's front page of the final print edition of the AJC.
It includes a front page pieces by Cox Ent. Chairman Emeritus James Cox Kennedy.
#atl
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www.breakermedia.com/p/the-breake...
It includes a front page pieces by Cox Ent. Chairman Emeritus James Cox Kennedy.
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www.breakermedia.com/p/the-breake...
I’m hoping to write a piece about how the AJC is curating its own history as it ends print editions. I likely won’t post it until the New Year, but today’s inclusion of a full-page article, "College radio keeps its cool," in the final Sunday print edition is certainly a choice.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Xmas Eve at Archer's
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Xmas Eve at Archer's
"Motivational Mad Libs.
A mirror let you write your own headline, but the limited words--HOPE, POWER, BRAVE, LEGACY--ensure that a "new" story is the same aspirational narrative the paper has long wanted to tell."
Started drafting a zine about Headline House.
A mirror let you write your own headline, but the limited words--HOPE, POWER, BRAVE, LEGACY--ensure that a "new" story is the same aspirational narrative the paper has long wanted to tell."
Started drafting a zine about Headline House.
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Motivational Mad Libs.
A mirror let you write your own headline, but the limited words--HOPE, POWER, BRAVE, LEGACY--ensure that a "new" story is the same aspirational narrative the paper has long wanted to tell."
Started drafting a zine about Headline House.
A mirror let you write your own headline, but the limited words--HOPE, POWER, BRAVE, LEGACY--ensure that a "new" story is the same aspirational narrative the paper has long wanted to tell."
Started drafting a zine about Headline House.
Both Semafor and Status have items on the future of Axios including speculation that AJC Publisher Andrew Morse could replace the founders if they leave.
Morse's "ambitious plan" to grow the AJC's subscriber base, while hyped by national media reporters, has so far
www.status.news/p/axios-cox-...
Morse's "ambitious plan" to grow the AJC's subscriber base, while hyped by national media reporters, has so far
www.status.news/p/axios-cox-...
Axios’ Future: Why It Matters
Three years after selling to Cox, incentives for Axios’ co-founders have vested, opening the door to a possible exit—a scenario Cox execs have begun informally planning for, Status has learned.
www.status.news
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Both Semafor and Status have items on the future of Axios including speculation that AJC Publisher Andrew Morse could replace the founders if they leave.
Morse's "ambitious plan" to grow the AJC's subscriber base, while hyped by national media reporters, has so far
www.status.news/p/axios-cox-...
Morse's "ambitious plan" to grow the AJC's subscriber base, while hyped by national media reporters, has so far
www.status.news/p/axios-cox-...
In not running for Georgia Gov., MTG lets all the political journalists who've developed an access relationship w/ her over the past year to not press about the future of public media in Georgia.
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Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
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Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas has voted to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In not running for Georgia Gov., MTG lets all the political journalists who've developed an access relationship w/ her over the past year to not press about the future of public media in Georgia.
#gapol
apnews.com/article/arka...
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
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apnews.com/article/arka...
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
MTG and The Unaccountability of Political Journalism:
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a favorite subject for political journalists over the past year.
but her mainstreaming coincided with her leading efforts to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a favorite subject for political journalists over the past year.
but her mainstreaming coincided with her leading efforts to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
#gapol
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
MTG and The Unaccountability of Political Journalism:
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a favorite subject for political journalists over the past year.
but her mainstreaming coincided with her leading efforts to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
#gapol
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a favorite subject for political journalists over the past year.
but her mainstreaming coincided with her leading efforts to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
#gapol
Over the weekend a pop-up gallery used one of the currently vacant stores in L5P.
There's a lot of turnover in small retail + who knows what lies ahead so it was cool to see one of the empty spaces used for creative purposes.
I believe 7 Stages Theater started in a shop around the corner.
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There's a lot of turnover in small retail + who knows what lies ahead so it was cool to see one of the empty spaces used for creative purposes.
I believe 7 Stages Theater started in a shop around the corner.
#atl
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Over the weekend a pop-up gallery used one of the currently vacant stores in L5P.
There's a lot of turnover in small retail + who knows what lies ahead so it was cool to see one of the empty spaces used for creative purposes.
I believe 7 Stages Theater started in a shop around the corner.
#atl
There's a lot of turnover in small retail + who knows what lies ahead so it was cool to see one of the empty spaces used for creative purposes.
I believe 7 Stages Theater started in a shop around the corner.
#atl
Today is the anniversary of the Winecoff Hotel fire.
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Winecoff Hotel fire.
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Winecoff Hotel fire.
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
For a piece contrasting the memorials “etched in stone” near the Atlantic Station arch and the ones people make at the Krog St. Tunnel, I did some research on Atlanta Time Machine,
www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/bur...
Nobody loves me, but my mother,
And she could be jivin` too.
And she could be jivin` too.
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Nobody loves me, but my mother,
And she could be jivin` too.
And she could be jivin` too.
Elle rejects Harvard for a junior college and retains her personal integrity.
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Elle rejects Harvard for a junior college and retains her personal integrity.
The rest is silence.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The rest is silence.
Through the cumulative effects of heavy traffic, an unhealthy diet, and not knowing how to spell fascists.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Through the cumulative effects of heavy traffic, an unhealthy diet, and not knowing how to spell fascists.