In April, comedian Allan McLeod launched “Walkin’ About,” a podcast in which he and a guest stroll somewhere in the L.A. region. • His walking companions have included actors Dan Stevens ...

Alan MacLeod, MPN’s Senior Staff Writer and Podcast producer, told the WSWS, “This is clearly an attempt to shoot the messenger; to make crucial reporting like ours financially unsustainable.

Affected journalists include Ken Klippenstein of The Intercept, Steven Monacelli of the Texas Observer, Alan MacLeod of MintPress News as well as blogger Rob Rousseau and the TrueAnonPod podcast.