In our latest roundup on the blog, we dive into the evolving landscape of news organizations moving beyond simply appealing for ad dollars, focusing on their bottom lines. We also pay tribute to Joshua Dean, a courageous whistleblower from Spirit AeroSystems, whose sudden passing leaves a void in the ongoing quest for integrity in manufacturing. Tech enthusiasts will find a gem in opengist, an open-source, self-hosted pastebin powered by Git that’s akin to GitHub Gist but with more freedom. And for those fascinated by AI advancements, we explore Open Voice, an innovative approach to voice cloning that can replicate a speaker’s voice in multiple languages with just a short audio clip. Join us in exploring these captivating developments!

• News Orgs Are Done Begging For Ad Dollars: Appealing to advertisers’ better angels is never going to bring ads back to the news. But appealing to their bottom lines might.
• Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died: Joshua Dean, one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit AeroSystems execs had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died after a sudden illness.
• opengist: Opengist is a self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. All snippets are stored in a Git repository and can be read and/or modified using standard Git commands, or with the web interface. It is similiar to GitHub Gist, but open-source and could be self-hosted.
• Open Voice: a versatile instant voice cloning approach that requires only a short audio clip from the reference speaker to replicate their voice and generate speech in multiple languages.