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Tribune Publishing says Alden Global Capital is now the company's largest shareholder, buying 25.2% of the company from Merrick Ventures and Michael Ferro Jr. — Tribune Publishing Company (NASDAQ: TPCO), one of the nation's leading media companies, today announced that funds managed …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune: Tribune Publishing's largest shareholder Michael Ferro sells 25% stake to hedge fund Alden Capital
David Roeder / Chicago Sun-Times: Michael Ferro sells Tribune Publishing stake
Elise Schmelzer / @eliseschmelzer: Love it that our owners, Alden Global Capital, can spend $117,000,000 to become largest shareholder in competing newspaper company but says it can't give our newsroom any raises. Could give 3% raises to our entire union membership for ~$117,000 a year, by my bad, very approx math https://twitter.com/...
Alissa Skelton / @alissaskelton: It is only a matter of time before hedge funds will come for your newspaper. Today a hedge fund came for mine. Alden Global Capital bought a 25% stake of Tribune. pic.twitter.com/gugle63kXp
Jason Silverstein / @jaysunsilver: Don't overlook that today was exceptionally terrible for local newspapers. Gannett and Gatehouse merge. Majority stake in Tribune Publishing is sold to a hedge fund notorious for slashing newsrooms. This is a one-day crisis point. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ...
Stephanie Lulay / @slulay2: Alden Global Capital, the “destroyer of newspapers” hedge fund that decimated Denver Post & so many other local newspapers w/ brutal layoffs, is now Tribune Publishing's largest shareholder. Daily reminder: Journalists should own the news. NOT hedge funds.https://investor.tribpub.com/ ...
@pwoodreporter: Michael Ferro walks away with $117M for selling his shares of Tribune Publishing to a hedge fund with a history of buying and then pillaging news companies. Meanwhile, my salary hasn't changed since May 2015. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ...
Ron Lin / @ronlin: On same day reporters for Alden's @mercnews & @EastBayTimes protest their employer for stripping away their assets, Alden becomes largest shareholder of Tribune Pub (@chicagotribune, @NYDailyNews, @baltimoresun, @SunSentinel, @orlandosentinel) https://www.prnewswire.com/...
Sara Gregory / @saragregory: Started the day learning about restructuring — and layoffs — at my old paper. Finishing the day learning a hedge fund owns 25 percent of the company that owns my current paper. I can't stress how emotionally draining this is, day after day. We just want to do our jobs. https://twitter.com/...
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: The vultures at Alden Global Capital have decimated some of the best newsrooms in America, and now they're the largest shareholder in Tribune Publishing. This is so, so bad. https://investor.tribpub.com/ ...
Joan Niesen / @joanniesen: I mean could we please have a week without godawful news about media ownership is that too much to ask https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Alden Global Capital buying Michael Ferro's 25% stake in Tribune Publishing is like if someone picked the “kill five people” solution to the trolley problem. https://investor.tribpub.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/Fl2xjJlMif
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: “Hey, guys, I'm just spitballing here, but wouldn't it be CRAZY if we could somehow swap Michael Ferro for a WORSE owner” https://investor.tribpub.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: And so the Ferro era of Tribune Publishing ends The record includes: Tronc & unTronc LAT leadership fiascos involving D'Vorkin and Levinson Multiple union drives Sale of LAT (for $500M) #metoo claims agst Ferro Ferro slur inspires $2.5M payout https://investor.tribpub.com/ ...
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: Last year, journalists at Alden Global's newspapers were so tired of newsroom cuts that they protested outside the hedge fund's Manhattan office. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Clears the way for a McC-Trib merger either before or after McC restructures either before or after bankruptcy https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: New majority owner of TribPub is Alden Global Capital which drains money from newspaper holdings without relent The editor in chief of Alden's Denver Post once emailed me this no comment: “I'm pretty busy these days without much administrative help.” https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Cheung / The Tyee:
Torstar announces 121 layoffs, with 73 to be cut as it closes StarMetro Vancouver and four other free dailies on Dec. 20; more layoffs are in southern Ontario — Five more daily newspapers shuttered, 73 jobs lost across Canada. — Christopher Cheung is a reporter at The Tyee.
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Unifor / Canada NewsWire Group: Unifor says Parliament must act to save local news following Torstar layoffs
Andy Yan / @ayan604: They say “Democracy dies in darkness”...Democracy in #Vancouver just got a little dimmer today @bychrischeung @ianjamesyoung70 @joannachiu @wanyeelii @Garossino StarMetro Vancouver to Shut Down in Torstar Cost-Cutting Move via @TheTyee https://thetyee.ca/... #vanpoli
Christopher Cheung / @bychrischeung: 18 months after Torstar launched its StarMetro bureaus and hired new journos, the company has decided to shut it all down on Dec. 20 in pursuit of a new direction. 73 layoffs (30 of them journos). My @TheTyee piece. #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnmedia https://thetyee.ca/...
Anna Desmarais / @anna_desmarais: The first job cut number we got from Torstar was 73. It's actually up to 121 according to @jsource when you factor in layoffs at @TheSpec and @WR_Record #cdnmedia. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Craig / @sdbcraig: Meanwhile, there were 15 layoffs at La Presse in Montreal today. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/ ...
Sean Craig / @sdbcraig: Update: In a media release, Unifor says Torstar laid off a total of 121 employees today, “a majority of whom are journalists.” The union is calling on the federal government to levy a tax on foreign tech companies and invest it in local news. pic.twitter.com/xbX5irpy6E
Sabrina Wilkinson / The Conversation: Canadian journalism in decline: Fewer permanent jobs, less security
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Gannett and New Media Investment Group's merger became official Tuesday, with executives hoping “efficiencies” will save about $300M/year — The deal to create the largest newspaper company in the nation — which became official at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday — came about with remarkable speed …
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@jamesebriggs, @maxwelltani, @cooperoncourts, @melissayeagr, Brookings, @darrendcarroll, CNN, @mathewi, @joshsternberg, @amandahess, @kerrymflynn, @sethklamann, @joemfox, @spsullivan, @baltsunguild, @jcrutchmer, @jenwsheehan, @alexkotch, @marcatracy, @rebekahlsanders, @simonowens, @jbenton, @mattdpearce, @caspernewsguild, @indyemapolis, @jbenton, @vicky_jacobsen, @reporterdavidj, @dtohl, @courantguild, @pmalonedc and @emilyoverholt
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James Briggs / @jamesebriggs: It's not great that our new boss chose to ring in New Gannett by claiming that the company's employees are a problem (https://www.nytimes.com/...), but here we are. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: the head of the company that just bought gannett says the newsguild is a “big problem” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Cooper / @cooperoncourts: Funny. During the Gallup/Knight Foundation session Monday, not 1 panelist, nor survey finding, pointed to national news chains as the solution to the industry's struggles. And not 1 finding sd reporters want the 1950s back. We'd just like to get paid more than we did in the 50s. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Yeager / @melissayeagr: There is a substantial disconnect between those who see news and information as a commodity from which to profit and those of us who see it as a profession providing a public service to our communities. Two different world views. https://twitter.com/...
Clara Hendrickson / Brookings: How the Gannett/GateHouse merger could deepen America's local news crisis
Darren Carroll / @darrendcarroll: Hmmm. I believe the guy who's leading the new Gannett, which has taken out a $1.8B loan at 11.5% interest from Apollo Global Management while paying tens of millions to Fortress Investment, has misidentified the “big problem.” #SaveLocalNews https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN: Gannett CEO: ‘Protecting journalism is the right thing to do’
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: A reminder that 90 percent of corporate mergers not only fail to generate revenue-generating synergies but actually wind up destroying value https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: The tone-deafness of a media executive who will make millions talking about “cost reductions,” which can basically be, as history has shown, a euphemism for lay-offs https://www.nytimes.com/... pic.twitter.com/E3w7eRZtAX
Amanda Hess / @amandahess: “the guild” = your employees https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: Gannett - Gatehouse merger has officially closed. I sat down with Gannett Media Corp CEO Paul Bascobert and Mike Reed, CEO of the parent company Gannett, to chat about the future of their local newsrooms https://www.cnn.com/...
Seth Klamann / @sethklamann: [media exec after his company announces that it's planning on cutting hundreds of jobs to save money to pay off debt to a private equity giant] Am I out of touch? No! It's the journalists who are wrong! https://twitter.com/...
@joemfox: The Guild is made up of your employees. So you're saying your employees are a big problem. Great. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
S.P. Sullivan / @spsullivan: It will never not be infuriating to compare the mission of journalists to cut through spin and bullshit and tell people what is actually happening with the rhetoric from corporations that mergers and layoffs will lead to better journalism. https://twitter.com/...
@baltsunguild: We heard similar statements from @Baltimoresun management this year, before they agreed to extend a contract they said was too expensive. These people want to pay as little as they can get away with, nothing more. Of course they see investing in their product as a “big problem.” https://twitter.com/...
Josh Crutchmer / @jcrutchmer: a first step would be to stop giving media forums to media execs who use them to tell everyone how layoffs are actually good and/or to say journalism a lot so as to justify whatever grift they have going. the gatehouse/gannett guy and the maven guy each got one of these today
Jennifer W. Sheehan / @jenwsheehan: Not speaking for the @news_guild but: If by problem he means fight for these newspapers' existence and to preserve jobs then yes, we are going to be a very big problem. @azrepublicguild @RebekahLSanders @NolanRosenkrans https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kotch / @alexkotch: hey guys corporate ownership of media is definitely BAD (and please support your faithful independent media) https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: In interview, Michael Reed, new head of new Gannett, said there would be no or “almost nothing” of newsroom layoffs Disputes @news_guild: “I frankly think the Guild's a big problem” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rebekah L. Sanders / @rebekahlsanders: .@azrepublicguild is ready and willing “sit at a table and have a real discussion” about the company's investment in our newsroom. Two weeks ago we asked @Gannett to propose bargaining dates. We're still waiting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: @jbenton @Gannett Maybe I'm reading that incorrectly, but to me that speaks to a lot of the inefficiencies of media companies — that of their workforce, only 10% is dedicated to actual content creation, which is the primary service they're providing.
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: New @Gannett CEO Mike Reed on the rounds of cuts to come: “Out of 24,000 people in the company, there's about 2,500 that are actually writing stories every day. So it's a small number, relative to 24,000.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: the feeling is mutual https://twitter.com/...
@caspernewsguild: Who is the bigger “problem”: the union doing whatever it possibly can to protect journalists from corporate owners, or the absolute worst of those corporate owners? https://twitter.com/...
Emily Hopkins / @indyemapolis: “I frankly think the Guild's a big problem.” — our new boss https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: @Gannett @news_guild This is bad news for one of the two people who cover the Rochester Red Wings https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Victoria Jacobsen / @vicky_jacobsen: Fascinating to hear that salary and benefits for employees are “inefficiencies” and not, you know, basic costs of doing business https://twitter.com/...
David Jesse / @reporterdavidj: From the head of the newly merged Gannett in the NY Times: “The ability to measure production at the reporter level allows us to get stronger and healthier and do more quality local journalism with the same amount of resources, potentially. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Danielle Ohl / @dtohl: if any inefficiencies out there want help unionizing their newsroom, my DMs are open https://twitter.com/...
Hartford Courant Guild / @courantguild: We're proud to be part of @news_guild, fighting for workers and against executives who care about the bottom line and nothing more. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Malone / @pmalonedc: With all due respect to Mr. Reed, he's completely full of shit. This brand of corporate media ownership concentration has severely damaged democracy. These companies dump reporters, replace their copy with wire and wonder why America feels forgotten. https://nyti.ms/35kZSBs
Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Tribune EIC and chief audience officer are stepping down to launch a national nonprofit news organization aimed at giving women “facts, tools, and info” — They'll exit their leadership roles at The Texas Tribune at the end of the year. We couldn't be more grateful …
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@amzam, @emilybell, @jwharris, @lmcgaughy, @jeffjarvis, @eramshaw, @amzam, @amzam, @jayrosen_nyu, @eramshaw, @amzam and The Wrap
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Amanda Zamora / @amzam: 1/12 Happy Tuesday, y'all. I hope you'll indulge a brief thread from me on some important personal/professional news. I've taken a few good leaps in my career. And it's time for my next. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Two of the absolute best newsroom leaders and journalists @amzam and @eramshaw are taking their collective knowledge and wisdom and applying it to a news start-up for women. Genuinely excited to see the outcome of this https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Waisath Harris / @jwharris: I cannot begin to tell you how giddy I am over this news. Can't wait to see this women-focused news organization take flight! Congrats, @amzam and @eramshaw. #txlege https://twitter.com/...
Lauren McGaughy / @lmcgaughy: Huge news out of Texas as two of the top women in the business here leave the @TexasTribune to launch a news organization focused on women. Interested in hearing more from @eramshaw @amzam! 🔎 #txlege https://twitter.com/...
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: 8/8 Being the Tribune's editor-in-chief has truly been the gift of a lifetime. To my Tribune family, to our members & friends, and to @evanasmith, @rossramsey and @thorntonaustin, who made this possible, “thank you” doesn't begin to cut it. I will always bleed Tribune yellow.
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: 4/12 Throughout my career, I've come to believe that the nonprofit news model—with an emphasis on mission and sustainability—has much to offer an industry and a public that have seen their relationship erode over time. You cannot serve the audience you do not know.
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: 7/12 Leaving the Tribune hasn't been an easy decision—I've had no better example of how a nonprofit journalism model should work than the Tribune. It has set the gold standard for sustainable, impactful journalism, and taught me so much about the business of news.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Wowzer. “A new national nonprofit news organization aimed at giving women the facts, tools and information they need to be equal participants in democracy and civic life.” https://www.texastribune.org/ ... What a great idea.
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: 3/8 As many of you know, the only thing I care about as much as informing and engaging with Texans on politics and policy is informing and engaging with women on politics and policy. And that's what I'm devoting my next chapter to. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: 11/12 To my team, our members, our friends, and to @evanasmith, an enormous “thank you” for providing me this opportunity. I can't overstate the impact the Tribune has had on Texas, on journalism and on me personally. I look forward to seeing the outstanding work to come.
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Texas Tribune Top Editor to Launch Nonprofit News Organization for Women
Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC:
Disney says there's no indication of a Disney+ security breach, in response to reports of thousands of users' accounts being hijacked and sold online for $3-$11 — - Thousands of Disney+ user accounts have been stolen by hackers and put up for sale on the dark web, according to multiple reports.
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ZDNet, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The Streamable, BBC, Bloomberg, @kaspersky and New York Post
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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums
Janko Roettgers / Variety: Disney Streaming Boss Kevin Mayer: App Architecture to Blame for Disney Plus Stumbles
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Facebook exec defends Breitbart on Facebook News, saying Breitbart is not being paid and balances out “far left” outlets, but it's unclear which ones she meant — Facebook recently announced that white supremacist propaganda site Breitbart would be considered a “high quality” …
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@ranimolla, Vox, @teddyschleifer, @ericboehlert, @alibreland, @jaredlholt, @oliverdarcy, @deborahblum, @slpng_giants, @bgrueskin, Right Wing Watch, @ceciliakang, @voxdotcom and Memex 1.1
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Rani Molla / @ranimolla: Facebook considers Breitbart a “news source,” but “wouldn't call it a trusted news source.” — FB VP of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: Facebook sales chief Carolyn Everson says Facebook is NOT considering changing its policies on micro-targeting. “That is not on the table.”
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: do you ever think these high-ranking, successful execs at Facebook ever thought they'd spend their days defending a garbage site like Breitbart? https://twitter.com/...
Ali Breland / @alibreland: this a facebook vp's response to a question about them including breitbart as a “trusted” news source. it is extremely telling that they think there are “far left” equivalents to laundering white nationalism https://gizmodo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: New: Facebook won't say whether the fact editors at Breitbart News let Stephen Miller secretly pull the publication's strings violates Facebook's standards for publishers it ranks as “trustworthy.” https://www.rightwingwatch.org/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: What does this even mean? Either Facebook trusts Breitbart to be a quality news source, or it doesn't. If it doesn't, why would they include them at all? https://twitter.com/...
Deborah Blum / @deborahblum: Some irony here: Facebook executive falsely claims that it's against the law to bar dishonest political ads. https://www.vox.com/... via @voxdotcom
@slpng_giants: WHAT??? So @ceverson, if you wouldn't call Breitbart a “trusted” news source then WHY DID @facebook JUST MAKE THEM A “TRUSTED” NEWS SOURCE??? https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: ... And the Flint Public Works Department is a “water source,” but maybe not a “trusted water source ” https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch: Facebook Won't Say If Breitbart News Is Still ‘Trustworthy’ After Taking Orders From Stephen Miller
@ceciliakang: yeah, that's not true if you wanna go down that path, then you're kinda throwing yourself at the FCC and saying, regulate me like a broadcaster. https://twitter.com/...
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google announces Your News Update, an Assistant-powered audio feature that chooses stories based on interests, location, and more, available first in the US — It plays from a variety of sources instead of just the few you hand-pick — Google is rolling out a new service for Google Assistant that it's calling “Your News Update.”
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The Keyword, TechCrunch, CNET, @reckless, Search Engine Land, Engadget, @chelseactv, @backlon, @google, Fortune and RAIN News, more at Techmeme »
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Liz Gannes / The Keyword: Hey Google, play me the news
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Trying to unbundle and algorithmically remix the morning news just seems too clever by half https://www.theverge.com/...
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Google Assistant's latest feature is a personalized audio news feed
Chelsea / @chelseactv: The product I've been working on with @Google officially launched today!Listen to the future of audio news by using your #googleassistant https://www.blog.google/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Google is trying its hand at replacing the audio “news update” with one driven by an algorithm. Sort of like the news feed on the web, but on your speaker. I've been trying it for the last couple of days and... no thank you: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@google: “Hey Google, play me the news.” 🎙 Introducing Your News Update, a new way to listen to the news from the Google Assistant, with a mix of top news stories and news tailored for you. Available in the U.S. in English for now → https://www.blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...
Anna Washenko / RAIN News: Google Assistant launches personalized news stream
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
During Tuesday's debate, UK's Conservative party renamed its main media Twitter account as “factcheckUK” and changed its logo to push anti-Labour material — Party accused of misleading public by tweeting anti-Labour posts as ‘factcheckUK’ — The Conservatives have been accused …
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@alexhern, First Draft, Financial Times, @alexhern, @lisaocarroll, @broderick, @emilybell, @joe_stone, @lisaocarroll, @alexhern, @aljwhite, @johnedwards33, @carljackmiller, @daveleebbc, @peterstefanovi2, @alexhern, @dsquareddigest, @pickardje, @midlandsound, @dsquareddigest, @grodaeu, @jimwaterson, @sdp and @cononeilluk
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Hern / @alexhern: This is fucking unacceptable. Russian level disinformation. pic.twitter.com/ucmKNIvDud
First Draft: The UK just joined the club of countries where the ruling party created its own ‘fact-checking’ service
Hern / @alexhern: Curious to see how the Tory press minimise this. I think the Telegraph will argue it's smart campaigning, the Sun will run it as a hilarious piece of mischief, and the Mail will straightforwardly ignore it
Lisa O'Carroll / @lisaocarroll: Complaints already filed about The Tories using “factcheck” for name of new campaign social media account https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: in a way, I'm kind of pleasantly surprised how long it took for a right-wing political party to try something like this https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: In a world of dystopian levels of shameless grifting - *this is the most shameless grift* . Tory press office changes its handle to ‘factcheckUK’ during the debate. And then back again. It can embed and promote those misleading tweets pretty much everywhere. Despot playbook 101 https://twitter.com/...
Joe Stone / @joe_stone: The Tories are resorting to misleading, lying and cheating to try and win the upcoming general election. I honestly do not understand how anybody could trust them to be in power any longer. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa O'carroll / @lisaocarroll: Can this be reported the Trade Descriptions Act? How can the Conservative party (CCHQ) be doing fact checks on political campaigns in a national election... Factcheck UK is a conservative party account. https://twitter.com/...
Hern / @alexhern: It's not an accident that the “disclosure” doesn't include the word “Conservative” anywhere and relies on an acronym not widely known outside Westminster.
Alan White / @aljwhite: CCHQ has rebranded itself as a fact checking service which is the most cynical thing I've seen on political twitter in the last... ooh five hours pic.twitter.com/01PL1JAhed
Cllr John Edwards / @johnedwards33: A key question in tonight's #ITVDebate was about trust and integrity. This act of deceit by Johnson and the Tories makes it clear that they don't have a shred of either. Tories pretend to be factchecking service during leaders' debate https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Carl Miller / @carljackmiller: This is actually unacceptable - at a glance in your timeline, you just see a stream of tweets slamming Labour that look like they're from one of the many hardworking and tirelessly impartial fact-checkers we're lucky to have https://twitter.com/...
Peter Stefanovic / @peterstefanovi2: As Johnson is asked how the country can trust dishonest politicians the Tories pretend to be a fact checking service during the leaders debate! This is what it's come to https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dan Davies / @dsquareddigest: I do kind of feel like the political media has got a bit of a “if you tolerate this then your children will be next” moment to decide how it is going to handle this.
Jim Pickard / @pickardje: hope @CCHQPress picks up on Boris Johnson lie that Labour's plan for 26p corporation tax would be the highest in Europe
Midland / @midlandsound: The @Conservatives changing their twitter account artwork to resemble a fact checking Twitter account and tweet anti labour info during the debate is pretty much a spot on representation of the party and what it stands for right now. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dan Davies / @dsquareddigest: Who in the living hell thought that this was not going to get caught? Or did they think it would look like a bit of cheeky bantz? https://twitter.com/...
@grodaeu: This “FactcheckUK” thing is very Boris Johnson. You tell lies that you *know* will immediately be uncovered because you *know* there will be no consequences.
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: I think the only surprise really is that it's taken us so long to reach this point. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Sources: NYT is facing a succession contest to replace Dean Baquet before September 2022, with three top candidates: Joe Kahn, James Bennet, and Cliff Levy — If you're following the news these days, you'll notice that a high percentage is about the New York Times — the headlines …
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@perpetua, @nbashaw, @annehelen, @tomgara, @katherinemiller, @jasonleopold, @jeremymbarr and @ckrewson
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Matthew Perpetua / @perpetua: This piece by @BuzzFeedBen is a really good explanation for why the NY Times is very strange and all over the place lately, and I also appreciate him admitting in it that it's weird that he is the one to write this thing https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: “Spotlight” meets “Succession” would be a show I would instantly watch https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: Always love to read a new @BuzzFeedBen blog: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Who will inherit the throne when the NYT's top editor steps down in 2 years? Obviously the Twitter favorite will be Opinion editor James Bennett, running the paper's “shadow newsroom” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Miller / @katherinemiller: “'A lot of what you're seeing right now is people are trying out and trying to impress the boss (for the post-Baquet succession fight),' one top Times person told me.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold: What's Really Happening At The New York Times “I'm probably a bit of an odd person to be writing this piece, as the editor of a rival newsroom who is often jealous of the attention the Times gets for every punctuation mark.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @buzzfeedben
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: A good post from cub media reporter @BuzzFeedBen https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Dean Baquet (executive editor of the New York Times) about the younger and more multicultural generation of journalists in his newsroom: “They probably want a more political New York Times than I'm willing to give them.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Is Trump a racist? NYT editor Dean Baquet responds: “I don't know. I think Donald Trump says racially divisive things. That's a little bit different. I'm not in his head enough to know whether he says them because he wants to stoke his base.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@derektmead: the most political thing about the Times right now is that Baquet does not view the sustaining of the establishment position as political https://twitter.com/...
Adam Jentleson / @ajentleson: If you're the Bernie or Warren campaigns, how can you think you're getting a fair shake from the NYT after reading Baquet's comments? And you're right to feel you're getting treated unfairly, because the executive editor is stating - clearly and on the record - that you are. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: .@lachlan was filing stories on Lev Parnas et al a year before his name ever appeared in the New York Times https://twitter.com/...
Lachlan Markay / @lachlan: Given the number of news outlets, startups or otherwise, that the Times routinely fails to credit properly, maybe he just doesn't know https://twitter.com/...
Howard Dean / @govhowarddean: This is demeaning to these reporters. I am neutral in this race but I have to speak truth when I see it. This is outrageous and it is the final straw. The NYT has been under fire since Judith Miller. I finally conclude Dean Baquet has to go if the Times is to recover. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Cox / @josephfcox: It's pretty concerning what else NYTimes executive editor Dean Baquet can be ignorant about if he actually believes this https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jake M. Grumbach / @jakemgrumbach: I'm very impressed by young academics who tweet stuff like “It's bad that my discipline has historically considered white men opinions/outcomes/whatever as ‘natural,’ apolitical, or not ‘identity politics.’” But if you think academia is behind, wait til you see the NYT lmao 😂😂 https://twitter.com/...
RiShawn Biddle / @dropoutnation: Baquet exemplifies what @johnastoehr calls the anti-moral nature of mainstream journalism practice. Literally ignore actions and words done and said before the very eyes under the guise of ‘objectivity ’. Which is also a form of bias. @CharlesPPierce @cjane87 @negrosubversive https://twitter.com/...
Phillip Picardi / @pfpicardi: The amount of garbage this is. Whew. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: this is the same nonsense defense NYT uses for not calling Trump a liar—they're not in his head so can't tell it's been documented that Trump has told some lies 60-80 times! confused NYT just can't make a call https://twitter.com/...
Simran Jeet Singh / @sikhprof: “I don't know. He says racist things and acts racist and hires racists and passes racist policies and hangs out with racists and calls Mexicans rapists and mocks Indian accents and inspires hate crimes and bans Muslims and calls neo-Nazis “very fine people” and.... https://twitter.com/...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: The problem with the NYT, for the most part, isn't with its journalists (though there are a couple of exceptions). The problem at the NYT starts right here. 👇🏻 https://twitter.com/...
John R Stanton / @dcbigjohn: This is journalistic malpractice https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: I call bullshit. It's not “political”. I bet what they want is a NYT that is braver about calling out the truth, less easily manipulated by accusations of liberal bias, and more acutely aware of issues like racism, sexism, inequality and the climate. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Nice way to slam your younger, diverse journalists as being not that into great journalism. *sigh*. And yes—I have two subscriptions (home, office) and I'm keeping them. But jeez—imagine being one of the (not very many) journalists of color @nytimes. Whew. https://twitter.com/...
@reignofapril: Good Lord, @deanbaquet. When he took out a full page ad in YOUR paper condemning the Exonerated 5 to death, what base was he stoking then? When he refused to rent to Black and brown people, what constituency was he considering? https://twitter.com/...
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: What about the things he said & did before he ever ran for office or had a “base” in the first place? Your own reporters have dug up enough information to answer that question in the affirmative. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: The thing is this dodge works — but is not used! — for any belief. Is Elizabeth Warren really liberal? Is Newt Gingrich really conservative? Is AOC really a democratic socialist? Does David Duke really hate blacks and Jews? Or do they all just say things to “stoke their base”? https://twitter.com/...
Will Stancil / @whstancil: There's a fine line between “not making undue assumptions” and “being a gullible dope,” and Baquet is nowhere near that line https://twitter.com/...
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: The New York Times' embarrassing caution is why the Washington Post is a better news shop now. If you can't reach an obvious conclusion from mountains of available evidence, why are you a journalist? https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: The editor of the New York Times, who is black, can't bring himself to say Trump says racist things, only 'racially divisive" things. Argh. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: many of the biggest news stories of the past decades that were widely believed and had enormous impact came from outlets with clear stances or ideological perspectives, but k. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@pulitzerprizes: 1988 Investigative Reporting winner @deanbaquet in an interview today w/ @guardian: “It's the Guardian, it's @nytimes, @washingtonpost. It's the papers that were supposed to be the dinosaurs that are breaking the big stories.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Adam Goldman / @adamgoldmannyt: “I think his personal attacks on reporters, including Maggie, are pretty awful and pretty unpresidential,” @deanbaquet said. “I think personal attacks on journalists, when he calls them names, I think he puts their lives at risk.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Whitney Phillips / @wphillips49: Just like refusing to take a side —by being “neutral”— is, in fact, taking a side https://twitter.com/...
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: Journalists should “act as the opposition” to any powerful people and institutions that seek to hide the truth. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: NY Times Top Editor Says Trump's ‘Awful’ Attacks on Journalists ‘Puts Their Lives at Risk’
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast: New York Times Editor: Trump's Trolling Has Put My Reporters' Lives at Risk
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner: New York Times executive editor: Trump has put my reporters' ‘lives at risk’
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: NYT Editor Dean Baquet: Trump's ‘Personal Attacks’ on Our Journalists Put ‘Their Lives at Risk’
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
DOJ antitrust head Makan Delrahim says the DOJ will move to end the 1940s Paramount consent decrees, which limit major distributors' control over theater chains — The Justice Department will ask a federal court to eliminate the Paramount consent decrees, the 71-year-old restrictions …
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U.S. Department of Justice: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Remarks at ABA's 2019 Antitrust Fall Forum
Wall Street Journal: Justice Department to Terminate Longstanding Legal Rules for Movie Distribution
John Eggerton / Multichannel News: DOJ to ‘Terminate’ Paramount Consent Decrees
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider: The DOJ wants to end a 71-year-old set of antitrust rules in the movie business, and some small …
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Good news for Disney: Movie studios might soon be able to buy their own theaters
Josh Shepperd / @joshshepperd: Potential pretty seismic shift in the Film world. If the decree is rescinded this might mean that you'd eventually only be able to see specific movies by specific studios in specific theaters. Block booking is detrimental for independent or art cinema. https://deadline.com/...
John August / @johnaugust: We'll discuss the Paramount Decree on next week's show, but my short take is this is great news for giant corporations and bad for movies. https://deadline.com/...
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: We forced the movie cartel to knock it off, and they did, so because the effort was so successful, we don't have to force them to knock it off anymore. https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
@williambibbiani: They just opened the floodgates for a return to vertical integration and industry-choking entertainment monopolies. Our whole industry is fucked. https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: If Netflix can own theaters, why can't Disney or Universal own theaters? More importantly, theatrical windows are collapsing led by Netflix, Amazon, Apple and even Disney and WarnerMedia — well done @TheJusticeDept 👏👏👏👏 https://twitter.com/...
Nick Kapur / @nick_kapur: More rent-seeking and crony capitalism as the Trump administration prepares to ditch longstanding anti-trust rules that prevent powerful movie studios from squeezing out independent films and standalone theaters https://www.wsj.com/...
Gene Maddaus / Variety: Justice Department Moves to End Paramount Antitrust Decrees
Adam Conover / @adamconover: This is a very, very, very big mistake. Disney is trying hard to recreate the studio system of the bad old days and the Justice Dept just handed them the keys. Terrible news for anyone who cares about a vibrant and creative entertainment industry. https://www.wsj.com/...
Mister Fengi / @mrfengi: “clears the way for consumer-friendly innovation” translation: We are so screwed. https://twitter.com/...
Erich Schwartzel / @erichschwartzel: The Justice Department is planning to terminate the rules that have governed how movies get distributed since the 1940s. It's a step that will give even more leverage to major studios and major theater chains: https://www.wsj.com/...
Brooks Otterlake / @i_zzzzzz: Looking forward to Netflix buying AMC in about six hours https://twitter.com/...
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: Movie Studios Could Buy Theaters as U.S. Seeks to End Old Limits
Diane Bartz / Reuters: Justice Department asks court to scrap decades-old ‘Paramount’ antitrust decrees
NBC News:
Emails show that a 2015 article, fed by Stephen Miller, ran in Breitbart with a “Breitbart News” byline at Miller's insistence, disguising opinion as editorial — The emails offer a window into just how closely Miller coordinated with Breitbart, a publication that backed President Donald Trump early in his campaign.
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center: Miller Turned to Breitbart to Promote Political Agenda
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: New batch of Stephen Miller emails from the SPLC: Stephen Miller had much more control over Breitbart during and before the 2016 campaign than previously known, even printing an anti-immigration press release under a Breitbart News byline https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This is not now news organizations handle bylines on press releases from politicians. But it apparently is at Breitbart. A reminder, too, that Breitbart is a “trusted news partner” at Facebook. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: White House aide Stephen Miller held wide sway over Breitbart News, according to emails
Michael Edison Hayden / @michaelehayden: In Part 3 of our Stephen Miller investigation, you can learn how closely he worked with Breitbart. He gave what looks like editorial orders and pushed racially-charged attacks against @marcorubio: https://www.splcenter.org/...
Michael Clemens / @m_clem: Shocking to learn that Stephen Miller's influence at Breitbart overlaps with the 18 months that the site backed Paul Nehlen—a Neo-Nazi who campaigned for deporting all Americans who practice Islam. —> https://www.nationalreview.com/ ... —> https://www.splcenter.org/... —> https://www.cbsnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: New @Hatewatch report on leaked Stephen Miller emails shows that Miller ordered stories be produced at Breitbart, and directly framed the way writers covered issues, seemingly as if he were an editor. Also, Miller pushed hard to attack @marcorubio 👀 https://www.splcenter.org/...
@slpng_giants: The White House still hasn't answered why one of their senior aides was emailing white nationalist articles from VDARE and American Renaissance to Breitbart. Keep asking. This cannot go unchallenged and should never be normalized. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: Trump's White-Nationalist Vanguard
Hassan Ahmad / @hmaesq: If there's one thing this makes clear (besides #MillerMustGo, of course) it's that Miller's had a lot of help implementing his hideous white nationalist policies. Any call for Miller to leave MUST not stop with him, or the movement behind him will just advise the next Miller. https://twitter.com/...
Corey Pein / @coreypein: Stephen Miller must be one of the highest-paid news editors in the country. https://www.splcenter.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Breitbart is exposed taking orders from the Trump campaign to aggregate conspiracy theories and other incendiary content. Does @campbell_brown think this is the behavior of a “trusted” news source that should be featured in Facebook News? https://www.splcenter.org/...
Andy Campbell / @andybcampbell: Breitbart is listed as a “trusted” and “high-quality” news source on Facebook, with millions of followers, and it has been secretly controlled since 2016 by bald-faced white nationalist. This should be upsetting to anyone who actually gives a rip about “fake news” and media bias. https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: This is a scandal not only for Miller and Breitbart but also for Facebook, which has given its stamp of approval to Breitbart as a trustworthy site. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: We get falsely accused of doing all sorts of shady shit, and I'm finally realizing that maybe it's because the people who accuse us of doing shady shit ACTUALLY ARE doing that kind of shady shit with other news sites, so they assume we must do so too. Crazy. https://twitter.com/...
David Bier / @david_j_bier: Miller really hates green cards for Indians. “Rubio needs to be hammered on [the immigration bill] I-squared. Will send you some articles in about 15 minutes.” https://www.splcenter.org/...
Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett: breitbart laundered miller's xenophobic swill by removing his byline to disguise his involvement. FB's news team won't find this revelatory, they're just comfortable giving breitbart credence bc it might* make the conservative yelling caucus be nicer to them *(it will not) https://twitter.com/...
Ishaan Tharoor / @ishaantharoor: Says a lot about Breitbart, Miller and the administration that defends him. My colleagues reported that Miller was bent on privileging Euro/white migration over others. His white nationalism is overt and now well-documented. It should still shock us that our taxes pay his salary https://twitter.com/...
John Ourand / The Business Journals:
Report: Trump is in negotiations with Fox to buy a Super Bowl ad; 30-second spots are reportedly selling for $5.6M — It appears likely that President Trump's re-election campaign will buy an ad during February's Super Bowl telecast, marking what would be the first time in recent memory …
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John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: President Trump's reelection campaign is negotiating to buy a Super Bowl ad. Source: “The president's team has agreed on the broad terms for buying an ad...No contract is signed yet.” SBJ Media is live. 🔒https://t.co/...🔒 https://twitter.com/...
Tim Baysinger / @tim_bays: RIP #StickToSports https://twitter.com/...
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