What's this about?
New York Times and Athletic workers, via NewsGuild, demand the company scrap its deal with Kalshi — the prediction-market platform — arguing a news organization taking money from a betting market on news events is a conflict at the root.
What exactly is Kalshi?
A regulated market for betting on real-world events — elections, economic data, news outcomes. Pairing it with a newsroom whose coverage moves those markets is the objection.
Why is this worth noting?
HN 251 points, 195 comments. Prediction markets went mainstream this cycle, and this is the first big institutional collision between that industry and journalism ethics — with the workforce, not management, drawing the line.