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Sunday, September 27, 2026

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At the close · Sep 27
Staff Writer

Thomas Gutierrez

Media, culture and health access

Thomas Gutierrez covers media and culture with an eye for institutions that outlast the ones that dismissed them — trade publications, regional magazines, small music venues, the public library. His media reporting has followed the economics underneath the independent boom, the consolidation of the newsletter economy, and the measurement fragmentation advertisers have stopped trying to fix. On the health beat he reports on access rather than treatment: where pharmacies close, who is left to deliver care at home, and which communities absorb the difference.

Stories
82
Published
July 2, 2026 – September 27, 2026
Sections
Media 26 · Health 25 · Culture 22 · World 3

All Stories

82 stories by Thomas Gutierrez
A chain-link fence in the foreground, out of focus, with a second post-and-wire fence running across flat grassland beyond it towards a line of low buildings and trees on the horizon under an overcast sky. A strip of tarmac runs along the bottom edge. No people, vehicles or aircraft are visible.
The Numbers

Five Men Are in Custody Near RAF Fairford. No Attack Took Place, and No Official Has Alleged Iran Directed Anything.

Gloucestershire police were called to three suspicious vehicles near Whelford at about 12.45am on Sunday. Five men were arrested, first on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and then on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. A major incident was declared, about 85 homes were evacuated, and an Army ordnance disposal team worked inside a cordon reported at 440 yards. Nothing detonated. Nobody has been charged.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

A cluster of video screens mounted on a multi-sided tower in a darkened hall, each panel showing a different image, with the silhouettes of several people watching from the left.
Streaming

Ten Streaming Services Disappeared Last Quarter. None of Them Took an Audience With It.

Two trade outlets reported this week that standalone streaming services are in decline in the United States and that the market is consolidating. Both stories trace to a single press release issued on 23 September by Parks Associates, a research firm in Plano, Texas. The number underneath is a count of apps — ten removed from the tracker in the second quarter, two added — and it says almost nothing about where Americans watched television.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

A black metal gate closed across an entrance, with a closed sign hanging on it.
The Long View

The Doors Closed at Half Past Four, and Two Thousand Performances a Year Closed With Them

The Kennedy Center shut its main building to the public at about 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon, hours after its board voted to close it for two years. Guards stood at the doors. Staff were seen hugging through the glass. The Honors and the Mark Twain Prize move elsewhere, the REACH stays open, and everything that filled the building for the rest of the year does not.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

The Kennedy Center lit in colour at dusk, seen across the Potomac under a pink sky.
The Long View

The Board Voted to Close the Kennedy Center Hours After a Judge Refused to Let It Carry Trump's Name

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Kennedy Center cannot install memorials to President Trump or rename itself without Congress. Hours later the board he chairs voted to close the main building immediately for a renovation expected to last two years. The president said the work will not happen at all unless the naming ruling is overturned.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

The Kennedy Center lit up at night beside the Potomac, its lights reflected in the water.
The Numbers

The Kennedy Center Says It Cannot Make Payroll, and Its Board Has Named One Way Out

The Kennedy Center's board has told a federal court the institution cannot meet payroll or routine maintenance "within a matter of weeks" and could close as soon as Tuesday. A 57-page internal report projects $124 million of a budgeted $220 million in revenue. Internal documents describe restoring President Trump's name to the building, the subject of a lawsuit, as the only way to avoid bankruptcy.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

A white diesel generator in a utility room beneath wall-mounted electrical units.
The Numbers

Gaza's Hospitals Run Entirely on Generators. Their Diesel Is Funded Until Saturday.

Gaza's Health Ministry says the World Health Organization will stop supplying diesel to more than 20 hospitals and health centres from 19 September because of a funding shortfall. The WHO has not commented. Gaza's hospitals have run on generators since the power was cut in October 2023, and the generators were already running on oil changed a quarter as often as they should be.

By Thomas Gutierrez  

Woman browsing shelves in a library archive
Media

The Archive Turns Out to Be the Asset

Publishers spent two decades treating back catalogue as storage cost. The same material is now the thing buyers want, and the ones who kept clean rights records are discovering how few of their competitors did.

By Thomas Gutierrez