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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
EIC Ben Smith is leaving BuzzFeed in early March to join NYT to write the Media Equation column made famous by David Carr — Smith will serve as the writer of the publication's “Media Equation” column, which became a must-read for media industry insiders under the David Carr, who died in 2015.
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@buzzfeedben, Mediaite, The Hill, Variety, CNN, The Wrap, @peretti, Breitbart, @erinleecarr, @donie, @raju, @juliareinstein, @rudoren, @theferocity, @streetsblognyc, @joshgerstein, @mitrakalita, @elcush, @lolacoaster, @alexis_levinson, @eramshaw, @sulliview, @perlberg, @stuartmillar159, @nickconfessore, @thegarance, @exjon, @jimrutenberg, @jscros, @lapresmidi, @shani_o, @carrasquillo, @janinegibson, @jayrosen_nyu, @pfpicardi, @rolandsmartin, @brianstelter, @jimwaterson, @lpolgreen, @kantrowitz, @yashar, @markdistef, @annehelen, @kevinroose, @joeconchatv, @micahgrimes and @freedlander
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Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben: It's been an incredible 8 years @BuzzFeedNews. Here's the note I just sent to our staff. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Kassel / Mediaite: BuzzFeed Chief Ben Smith Named NY Times Media Columnist
Kaelan Deese / The Hill: BuzzFeed editor-in-chief to become NY Times columnist
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: BuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Ben Smith Exits to Join the New York Times
Jonah Peretti / @peretti: My note to the team about @BuzzFeedBen leaving....Thank you, Ben! I'll always be grateful for your partnership, the adventures we shared, and the newsroom you built. I know we'll break big stories and make you proud in the years ahead. https://twitter.com/...
ELC / @erinleecarr: Great, lovely to hear that @BuzzFeedBen will be covering the amorphous, ever-changing environ that is media and + media column at the @nytimes. I think my dad would like the hire. Give em' hell Ben. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: the replies https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: A smart hire by @nytimes. Congratulations, Ben. And, in so many ways, also marks the approaching end of the news(y) @BuzzFeed that we got to know over the years in terms of its serious journalism. It has been a terrific run. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Reinstein / @juliareinstein: Any reporter in this newsroom could tell you there are few wilder reporting days than when @BuzzFeedBen himself personally assigns you a story. I've learned so much from him and he will be missed! https://twitter.com/...
Jodi Rudoren / @rudoren: Congratulations to @BuzzFeedBen and @nytimes Hard to imagine a wiser media mind, better sourced reporter, sharper writer or nicer guy for this critical role at this critical moment. Can't wait to read the column. https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: In November 2012, @BuzzFeedBen hired me — a poet with no newsroom experience — to launch @BuzzFeedLGBT. And that was just the start. He's one of the best mentors I've ever had. Proud to have worked for him and with him for six, wild years. End of an era. https://twitter.com/...
Streetsblog New York / @streetsblognyc: Congrats to @BuzzFeedBen, a great friend of Streetsblog. Let's hope that first (ok, second or third) @nytimes media column is about the pernicious effect of CAR CULTURE on all media (amirite, @cliffordlevy)? https://twitter.com/...
Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein: Hats off to @BuzzFeedBen, who has overseen an impressive string of work from a keen set of reporters. @BuzzFeedNews has also proved the naysayers wrong about cultivating quality journalism alongside more entertaining content. (P.S. Newspapers do this every day and always have.) https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Thank you, Ben. For so much - but above all, listening, good internet and your friendship. Fully expect that to continue even when you at brand x. https://twitter.com/...
Ellen Cushing / @elcush: A generation of reporters owe their careers, their sensibilities, and their fearlessness to Ben, and I am wildly, impossibly lucky to be one of them. I can't wait to read him every week. https://twitter.com/...
Kristin Chirico / @lolacoaster: I remember when BuzzFeed was small enough where Ben would write me little emails when things I wrote went viral and would take me to coffee to try and figure out my deal even though we make diametrically different internet things and that's the kinda guy Ben is. https://twitter.com/...
Alexis Levinson / @alexis_levinson: Working for @BuzzFeedBen meant getting really frustrated by one of his harebrained ideas and then eventually realizing that he was totally dead on. I loved working for him, and can't wait to read the new column. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: Wow wow wow. Good for you! https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: @BuzzFeedBen And @BuzzFeedNews will get a new leader after a wide search that will include internal and external candidates. That's a talent-rich, 200-person newsroom. Incredible opportunity for somebody.
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Like many reporters on here, I owe @BuzzFeedBen a lot. He taught me many things, like how you can write whatever you want about someone in a profile if you call them “fashionable” at some point. NYT media columnist is the perfect job for him until Dean Baquet retires https://twitter.com/...
Stuart Millar / @stuartmillar159: .@BuzzFeedBen is everything a top editor should be - brave, exacting and fiercely loyal to the story and the reporters. Unusually for a top editor, he doesn't mind being told he's got something wrong. Annoyingly, he's usually right. Cannot wait to read his NYT media columns
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Can't decide whether hiring @BuzzFeedBen is a sign of our continuing Borg assimilation of amazing BuzzFeed talent or the final act of our Borg assimilation of Politico 1.0.
Garance Franke-Ruta / @thegarance: Amazing get by the NYT! Though what it means for/about BuzzFeed... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Gabriel / @exjon: I'll be taking over at BuzzFeed; creating new verticals on Byzantinium, indie rock, and Stoicism. https://twitter.com/...
@jimrutenberg: Ben Smith to NYT Media column! This is gonna be fun. @sulliview with the deets https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: seeing as it takes him about five months to recognize a union we can probably expect him to do a media labor column in july https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lauren Sherman / @lapresmidi: This is secretly my dream job https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Shani Olisa Hilton / @shani_o: I know that I owe so much to Ben — end of an era. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Adrian Carrasquillo / @carrasquillo: .@BuzzFeedBen awakened a brand of reporter in me that will always be part of who I am and I'm grateful for how he challenged me. Now I'm just happy he's following his heart. You better get a scoop soon after starting or people will wonder if you lost your fastball.. https://twitter.com/...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: Can't believe @BuzzFeedBen who I once had to convince that media was a beat just as good as politics has taken my dream job but he will be a worthy successor to David Carr https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Wowzer. @BuzzFeedBen leaves Buzz Feed to become media columnist at the New York Times. He had been the editor of @BuzzFeedNews. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Phillip Picardi / @pfpicardi: Woooooow. Ben truly did incredible work, and @buzzfeednews has a stellar team. I hope whoever comes in next realizes what talent is on staff! https://twitter.com/...
@rolandsmartin: Ummmmm. Wow. To go from the top editor at @BuzzFeedNews to a media columnist at the @nytimes. Really @BuzzFeedBen? Shocking https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @sulliview: “Smith and I have been friendly for several years, & I want to welcome him as a fellow media columnist. We need sharp-eyed critics, daring truth-tellers & clear heads in this increasingly crazy sphere. I'm confident he has all that and more” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Ben Smith was a totally fantastic editor. Always without fail had the backs of his reporters, took a punt on people, and saw where media was going for good and bad. Anyway, as he always taught, never miss a chance for a story: So if you know who's going to replace him.... https://twitter.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: .@BuzzFeedBen is the best and this is amazing news for NYT readers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: It's been a dream come true working with @BuzzFeedBen. Wishing you luck and looking forward to reading, Ben. We'll miss you very much here. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: . @BuzzFeedBen has always been good to me, but a few years ago he gave me advice that changed my life. I can't wait to read his column (Look at my reply to Dylan's tweet below for a less diplomatic response) https://twitter.com/...
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: A giant of news on the internet. So many of us owe him everything. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: .@BuzzFeedBen took a true chance on a PhD from the quasi-middle of nowhere with no journalism experience. He once told me that books are “paywalled content.” He's a brilliant editor and an effortless writer and this is indeed the end of a BuzzFeed era: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: In addition to having a good forehand, @BuzzFeedBen is sharp as hell and this is very exciting. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Makes sense: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ben Smith turned BuzzFeed, seen as a clickbait factory, into an outlet that was twice a Pulitzer finalist, an Emmy nominee, and winner of the George Polk Award — His name is so closely associated with BuzzFeed News that his Twitter handle is BuzzFeedBen. — But Ben Smith …
Discussion:
Peter Kafka / Vox: The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it's hired its biggest star.
Keith Hernandez / @keithrhernandez: Congrats @BuzzFeedBen can't wait to see who you call a viral hot dog first. One time, I was talking to Ben about an annoying business thing and I was like “this motherfucker is not paying attention, he's on his phone” I left the meeting + already had an email approval from him
Caroline Moss / @carolinemoss: The only boss who can both listen and thoughtfully reply to your every word while simultaneously sending sixteen emails. A coveted skill. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Requisite reminder that when BuzzFeed published the NYT Innovation Report of 2014, NYT was scared shitless of BuzzFeed and its digital ilk. Now the digital guys are stalled, and NYT hires their stars.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: *Smith says he started talking to NYT in late December *Peretti says he was surprised *Both say the move had nothing to do with BuzzFeed News cuts (But NYT was certainly watching) *Peretti says BuzzFeed will make money this year; BuzzFeed News won't, and that's OK. https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WaPo reinstates reporter Felicia Sonmez after her suspension following her tweets about a rape allegation against Kobe Bryant and her response to backlash — The Washington Post said it has reinstated political reporter Felicia Sonmez, who was suspended for a series of tweets about Kobe Bryant …
Discussion:
@postguild, Variety, Axios, @mlcalderone, CNN, The Hill, Vox, Washington Post, Variety, The Daily Caller, @ericmgarcia, @maxwelltani, @pkafka, @oliverdarcy, @wesleylowery, @mlcalderone, @jeffyoung, @dcampoamor, @davidgura, @ashleyfeinberg, @maxwelltani, @dhberman, @allisongeroi, @rhodes_dawn, @ron_fournier, @tball, @jamisonfoser, @philoso_foster, Vox, @aricohn, iMediaEthics and @macloo
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Washington Post Guild / @postguild: Our statement regarding the reinstatement of our colleague Felicia Sonmez: https://twitter.com/...
Elaine Low / Variety: Washington Post Says Reporter's Kobe Bryant Tweets Did Not Violate Social Media Policy
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: WaPo says @feliciasonmez did not violate social media policy. Statement from managing editor Tracy Grant: https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Washington Post reinstates reporter who it suspended over Kobe Bryant tweets, saying she didn't violate policy
Emily Stewart / Vox: The controversy over a Washington Post reporter's Kobe Bryant tweets, explained
David Von Drehle / Washington Post: Remembering Kobe Bryant required the hammer of truth
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller: WaPo Clears Reporter Responsible For Kobe Tweets, ‘Regrets’ Speaking Publicly About The Situation
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: Welcome back, @feliciasonmez. And thanks to @postguild for sticking up for a colleague. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: WaPo union says it is “disappointed that The Post's statement did not include an apology to Felicia. We remain concerned that The Post did not take swift action to provide her with protection and support.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The Washington Post has reinstated @feliciasonmez after it suspended her over tweets posted after Kobe Bryant's death. The paper says Sonmez didn't violate its policies. Its managing editor adds, “We regret having spoken publicly about a personnel matter.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: @feliciasonmez In case it wasn't clear from the statement: Sonmez is no longer suspended.
Danielle Campoamor / @dcampoamor: Not a single “we're sorry” to @feliciasonmez or even an acknowledgment of the credence the WaPo gave to misogynistic asshats who berated, harassed, and threatened her. This statement is as pathetic as it is lacking. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: incredible, they still manage to throw their reporter under the bus in the first line https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Kudos to Felicia's WaPo colleagues, who stood up and did the right thing defending her. Top editors, on the other hand, seem incredibly reluctant to do so https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Berman / @dhberman: In which The Washington Post publicly criticizes its reporter but then said she didn't violate its rules. https://twitter.com/...
Allison / @allisongeroi: when does the Post think it's a good time to post about rape (and the subsequent death threats you get for talking about rape) https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Rhodes / @rhodes_dawn: “We regret having spoken publicly about a personnel matter.” WOW. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: That last sentence is kinda lame. She tweeted a relevant and reliable story. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Ball / @tball: So they walk it back after an “internal review,” which was what? Re-reading her tweets? https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: If you unjustly suspend your employee and tell the world about it, thus tarnishing her reputation, your acknowledgment that you were wrong should be accompanied by an apology. Preschoolers learn that underlying concept. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Nicole / @philoso_foster: Even after 2016, and the Kavanaugh hearings, and the last four years generally, I somehow have never felt more shocked, or cognitively unmoored, by the *fact* of a normative disagreement than after reading the replies to this tweet. https://twitter.com/...
Ari Cohn / @aricohn: It's difficult to find words to describe @washingtonpost's actions. “Shame” is the one that keeps floating through my head. https://twitter.com/...
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
News startup Scroll debuts today with ad-free access to ~300 partners, including BuzzFeed News, BI, and Vox, for $2.49/mo. for first six months then $4.99/mo. — After a long period of invite-only beta testing, Scroll is officially launching today, offering ad-free access to sites like BuzzFeed News …
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Adweek, Nieman Lab, Axios, @tryscroll, Vox, @pkafka, @mayarodale, The Verge, @juliabeizer, @martinsfp, @mcwm, @francescook, @editrixjen, @pinboard, Neowin, @pkafka, @arctictony, @alexjamesfitz, @nathanblawrence, USA Today, @arctictony, @arctictony, @marklittlenews, @raju and Poynter
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: Scroll promises a better Internet for users and more money for publishers, all for just five bucks
Sara Fischer / Axios: Former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile launches startup Scroll
Scroll / @tryscroll: Scroll is now open to the public! Now you can experience an internet that's twice as fast, with 80% fewer trackers and completely ad free on a growing network of sites. Your membership directly funds the sites you love. Become a member today! http://scroll.com/ https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: This is happening in video already. Tubi: Free with ads Hulu: Subscription with ads; can pay more to remove them Netflix: Subscription, no ads. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Maya Rodale / @mayarodale: HUZZZAH! Congrats to @arctictony and his awesome team on their big launch today! I've been using scroll for months (cos I know a guy 😉 ) and it's an amazing, beautiful way to experience the web. Check it out. https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Scroll makes hundreds of websites ad-free for $5 per month
Julia Beizer / @juliabeizer: .@arctictony is one of the true innovators in our industry. So glad to know him. Best of luck @tryscroll!! // https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: I've been using Scroll for the past few months and I really like it. If you hate adtech and like supporting journalism, give it a go. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: this is an interesting idea — effectively trying to take advertising ARPU, make customers pay it directly to one company, and then revenue is split between partners ? seems like a lot of work, but could be cool if people buy into it https://twitter.com/...
Frances Cook / @francescook: News startup Scroll wants to let you read news without ads, and without multiple subscriptions - an interesting idea, if they can make it work https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jen Peters / @editrixjen: My favorite part of the Scroll release is this line: “I'm too fucking old to deal with Nazis. I don't want to give them money.” https://techcrunch.com/...
@pinboard: This is extortion as a business model. Pay up and maybe we won't serve you third-party malware on our news site, but of course we'll still track you. https://twitter.com/...
João Carrasqueira / Neowin: Scroll is a new service that gives you ad-free internet for $5 per month
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: This is the long-awaited launch of @arctictony's Scroll, a subscription ad-blocker that pays publishers. It's a very interesting experiment (and Vox Media is a partner). https://twitter.com/...
Tony Haile / @arctictony: Great, thoughtful inaugural piece on @tryscroll from @SarahScire, written on her first day at Nieman Lab! https://twitter.com/...
Alex Fitzpatrick / @alexjamesfitz: Really interested to see where this goes. It's promising, but whether anyone can overcome the original sin of making Internet content free remains to be seen. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Lawrence / @nathanblawrence: I've been on Scroll for a few months now. It's great. We've obviously walked the subscription revenue split path before, and if the economics scale is something I just don't know if our industry can see yet, but I'm glad someone's giving it another try. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Bomey / USA Today: Gannett-backed Scroll launches subscription service for ad-free journalism
Tony Haile / @arctictony: We're building a better internet, one site at a time. Join us at https://t.co/...! https://twitter.com/...
Tony Haile / @arctictony: This story by @pkafka is one of the clearest explanations of @tryscroll I've ever seen: https://www.vox.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Very best wishes to @arctictony and his team. Starting the internet from scratch. https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Congratulations on the formal launch of @tryscroll, @arctictony and team. Glad to have “backed” it from the very beginning & excited to see where it goes: @niemanlab: Scroll promises a better Internet for users & more money for publishers, all for just $5 https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post:
Facebook says its Off-Facebook Activity tool, which lets users clear all the data passed onto Facebook by other apps and sites, is now available globally — The new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool reminds us we're living in a reality TV program where the cameras are always on.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: All users can now access Facebook's tool for controlling which apps and sites can share data for ad-targeting
@thedavidmurphy: This is critical: “(To get the third-party to delete whatever data it's collected on you, you'll still need to follow its own procedures to delete your account or clear your data there.)” https://techcrunch.com/...
Mike Madden / @mikemadden: I read this story, followed @geoffreyfowler's instructions, and discovered that my continuous glucose monitoring software (among other apps) was notifying Facebook every time I opened it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Philip Moscovitch / @philmoscovitch: I don't even have the Facebook app on my phone. Am I thrilled that @freshbooks is sharing info with Facebook every time I open the bookkeeping app? No, I am not. https://twitter.com/...
Ann Marlowe / @annmarlowe: This is really making me feel like getting off FB entirely, not that I post mucj besides cat and tomato photos..Facebook will now show you exactly how it stalks you — even when you're not using Facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Here's how to see where Facebook follows you around the web—and how to make it stop
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: Facebook's New Privacy Tool Is a Data Landfill
Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: Facebook's ‘Clear History’ Tool Doesn't Clear Shit
Neil Greenberg / @ngreenberg: Wait is Facebook essentially Santa Claus from the darkest timeline? https://twitter.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Facebook: We don't assemble “shadow profiles” and users can download their data. Also Facebook: Here's a metric ton of tracking data that hasn't been previously disclosed until this year's #DataPrivacyDay #DataProtectionDay https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mohammad Farooq / @mohammadfarooq_: The Off-Facebook Activity tool will offer a clear summary of which apps and sites have collected data, how Facebook received the information, how many interactions (logging in, searching, purchases, etc.) it has received, and more. https://techcrunch.com/...
Rob Sherman / @rmsherman: We're sending reminders to nearly 2 billion people to review their privacy settings on @facebook. Also, now everyone can manage their info off FB using our new OFA tool. More here: https://about.fb.com/... #DataPrivacyDay
Josh Elman / @joshelman: Happy Data Privacy Day! The holiday they knew you always wanted since they have access to all your data https://about.fb.com/...
Aral Balkan / @aral: Transparency is only Step 1. If we don't like what we see, what can we do about it? If the answer is nothing (e.g., because the regulators want to work there in 3 yrs), transparency becomes a synonym for learned helplessness; a snuff film of our lives that we're forced to watch. https://twitter.com/...
The Citizen Lab:
A link to a site with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware was sent to NYT journalist Ben Hubbard by an operator tied to Saudi Arabia who also targeted Saudi dissidents — Key Findings — New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware via …
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New York Times, @nytben, @rondeibert, @davidakaye, Fortune, The Guardian, @pressfreedom, Reporters Without Borders, @nytimes, @kevincollier, @davidakaye, @selectedwisdom, @marietjeschaake, @davidakaye, @jennycohn1, @davidgura, @davidakaye, @razhael, @aaschapiro, @agnescallamard, @kevincollier, @rondeibert, @kimzetter, @dangillmor, Business Insider, @stefsimanowitz, @kenroth, The Week and @kevincollier
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times: Someone Tried to Hack My Phone. Technology Researchers Accused Saudi Arabia.
Ben Hubbard / @nytben: I got a weird SMS. I didn't click. Researchers concluded it was a hacking attempt with Israeli software by hackers linked to Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials: no comment. The Israeli company: not all hack attempts use our products. Be careful out there, kids. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Profdeibert / @rondeibert: @citizenlab @nytimes @NYTBen .@NYTBen is the first American journalist we have verified to be targeted with NSO's spyware. I suspect he's not the only one, or the last.
David Kaye / @davidakaye: a few very quick highlights from the must-read @citizenlab report on targeting of @NYTBen by “Saudi-linked Pegasus” spyware https://citizenlab.ca/...
Fortune: New York Times reporter writing a bin Salman book was targeted with NSO Group spyware, report says
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: Reporter who wrote book on Saudi crown prince was allegedly targeted by hackers
@pressfreedom: The revelation by @NYTBen that Saudi Arabia targeted him with hacking and surveillance, coming days after allegations that @JeffBezos was also hacked, is a reminder of the need for greater oversight & restrictions on the sale of sophisticated spying tools to authoritarian regimes https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jcavelier / Reporters Without Borders: Ukraine: RSF warns against ineffective and counterproductive draft bill on disinformation
@nytimes: “The attempt on my phone came after I had covered Saudi Arabia for 5 years, most recently with a focus on Prince Mohammed,” writes our Beirut bureau chief @NYTBen. “At first glance the link appeared to be a Saudi news story about my coverage.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: @citizenlab @NYTBen @RonDeibert A clarification I haven't seen elsewhere, since today's report is the first reported instance of NSO being used against an American, which is against NSO's TOS. The phone where Hubbard received the targeted message wasn't registered with a US #, source says.
David Kaye / @davidakaye: & finally, of course i completely agree with these conclusions. the time for global regulation of the spyware industry is now https://twitter.com/...
Clint Watts / @selectedwisdom: We had the hacking and killing of a @washingtonpost journalist and now we have the hacking of a US @nytimes reporter. What will be 🇺🇸 response? (Guessing we know the answer) https://twitter.com/...
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: ‘The targeting of yet another journalist makes clear the current regulatory regime for the spyware industry is not working. Absent strong regulation & control, the industry will continue to bolster authoritarianism & powerful elites invisibly thwart the work of journalists’ ↘️ https://twitter.com/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: this alleged masquerading as the Post is extremely dangerous & presents a warning for all media outlets https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Cohn / @jennycohn1: “The NSO Group has also run operations under different names like OSY Technologies, which paid former U.S. national security adviser Michal Flynn over $40,000 as an advisory board member for nearly a year, until last January [2016].” https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: “Technology researchers who inspected the message I received concluded that I was targeted with powerful software sold by NSO Group, an Israeli company, and deployed by hackers working for Saudi Arabia.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: this is chilling & underscores the cxn between targeted digital surveillance & physical safety of #journalists https://twitter.com/...
Raphael Satter / @razhael: Deeply concerning. @NYTBen was targeted using NSO spyware, @citizenlab says. Kudos to Ben for knowing who to call — and to the Times for agreeing to make this case public. Not all organizations have the courage to talk about these threats publicly. https://citizenlab.ca/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Did Saudi use spyware supplied by the Israeli surveilence firm NSO Group to try & hack into the NYTimes Beirut bureau chief's phone? It looks like the first documented NSO-hack of an American journalist. Read @NYTBen's account of what went down: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Agnes Callamard / @agnescallamard: I could@not agree more: @davidakaye and I issued our statement last week regarding the hacking of #Bezos phone to warn people of strategic interest to #SaudiArabia that their phone too may have been compromised. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: NSO Group has responding to this morning's report from @citizenlab, which found that NSO software was used to target @NYTBen's phone with malware. In a statement, NSO denies it's them and goes ad hominem against both parties. https://twitter.com/...
Profdeibert / @rondeibert: Our report identifying Saudi targeting of @NYTBen brings the number of journalists and civic media we have confirmed targeted by governments using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to thirteen https://citizenlab.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: NYTimes journalist targeted w/ mobile spyware Pegasus from NSO Group; evidence also suggests an NSO Group operator may have been infecting targets while impersonating the Washington Post in the weeks leading up to and after Khashoggi's killing in 2018 https://citizenlab.ca/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: New @citizenlab report is also a reminder that journalism education is doing a terrible job, overall, when it comes to helping students understand digital security. It's essential that we get better at this. https://citizenlab.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Holmes / Business Insider: A New York Times reporter who covers Saudi Arabia was targeted by the same spyware used …
Stefan Simanowitz / @stefsimanowitz: NSO's Pegasus spyware tool is cited as the most likely culprit in the Bezos hacking. #SaudiArabia is believed to have used NSO software to spy on Khashoggi & other critics. Govts in 45 other countries also use Pegasus. @amnesty are trying to stop this. https://www.google.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Another case in which Saudi Arabia targets a journalist, this time from the New York Times using the Israeli firm NSO Group's Pegasus hacking software. https://citizenlab.ca/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: @citizenlab @NYTBen CitizenLab director @RonDeibert to me: “We present detailed, peer-reviewed evidence. For their part, they provide dubious claims and never directly address our evidence.” Of note, CL is a U of Toronto lab. Today's report, if you haven't read yet, is here: https://citizenlab.ca/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump praises Pompeo for his behavior with NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly: “That was very impressive....I think you did a good job on her, actually.” — At a White House ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump noted the presence of Pompeo and said, “That was very impressive.
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Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Trump praises Pompeo after he bullied an NPR reporter and then prohibited another NPR reporter from traveling with him: “That reporter couldn't have done too good a job on you ... I think you did a good job on her actually.” https://twitter.com/...
Bill Chappell / NPR: NPR Seeks ‘Clarification’ From State Department About Reporter Dropped From Trip
Erik Wemple / Washington Post: Trump signals to Cabinet: Abuse reporters at will
Katie Cooper / @thekatiecoop: And here's Dershowitz giving Pompeo an attaboy pat on the back after Trump praises the secretary of state for berating @NPRKelly. https://twitter.com/...
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill: Trump praises Pompeo over handling of NPR reporter: ‘You did a good job on her’
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News: ‘You did a good job on her’: Trump praises Pompeo for confrontation with NPR reporter
Evan McMurry / @evanmcmurry: Pres. Trump to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo: “That reporter couldn't have done too good a job on you yesterday, huh? I think you did a good job on her, actually.” https://abcnews.go.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post: Trump praises Pompeo for fight with NPR reporter: ‘You did a good job on her’
Maya Earls / McClatchy Washington Bureau: Trump praises Pompeo on treatment of NPR reporter: ‘I think you did a good job on her’
M.M. Schill / @mm_schill: Seriously, Mary Louise Kelly is a national treasure. Start treating her like she is one, America. She didn't deserve that treatment. https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: What's worse than hearing the president praise his SecState for lying and berating a woman reporter? Watching men laugh and nod along, then seeing someone who spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate last night, who senators are using to excuse their votes, pat him on the back. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: EVERY REPORTER SHOULD HAVE WALKED OUT. #IStandWithNPR https://twitter.com/...
John Lansing / @johnlansing: I stand behind the NPR newsroom, which has some of the most respected, truthful, factual, professional and ethical journalists in the United States. Our mission is to serve the American public by seeking and reporting the truth.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Congrats to all of those in the audience laughing along to attacks on the free press. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth de la Vega / @delavegalaw: Why did the journalists not just walk out of the room en masse? https://twitter.com/...
Mallory Yu / @mallory_yu: “That reporter” has a name - Mary Louise Kelly - a celebrated body of work, the deep respect and admiration of her colleagues here at NPR and within the journalism community, and the ethics and trustworthiness of the kind of journalists this country needs now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: People will say he's kidding because there's laughter but when your whole platform is “believe no women” it's hard to find this funny. https://twitter.com/...
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: “on her” https://twitter.com/...
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
NPR's Michele Kelemen has been removed from Mike Pompeo's press pool for a trip to UK and Ukraine, a few days after Pompeo responded angrily to an NPR interview
NPR's Michele Kelemen has been removed from Mike Pompeo's press pool for a trip to UK and Ukraine, a few days after Pompeo responded angrily to an NPR interview
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Lara Jakes / @jakesnyt: The State Department removed NPR reporter Michele Kelemen from the press pool on @SecPompeo trip this week to Europe and Central Asia following his dustup w @NPRKelly. Read statement by @shauntandon, State Department Correspondents' Association president: https://twitter.com/...
Nick Schifrin / @nickschifrin: State Department removes @NPR's @michelekelemen from @SecPompeo plane—where she was scheduled for a pool radio rotation—during upcoming trip to London, Kiev. Comes after @SecPompeo accused media of being “unhinged” after @NPRKelly interview and subsequent back and forth.
Andrea Mitchell / @mitchellreports: State dept colleagues are dismayed, outraged by @SecPompeo decision to kick esteemed @NPR veteran diplomatic correspondent @MicheleKelemen off his plane for this week's trip to Ukraine in apparent retaliation for her colleague standing up to bullying. #FirstAmendment
Aaron Rupar / Vox: State Department bans NPR reporter from traveling with Pompeo after testy interview
Javier Blas / @javierblas: Over the years, I had found myself in trouble on foreign land as a journalist. Always, US diplomats proved resolutely helpful to free me from jail and keep an eye as I was deported (even if I'm not an American citizen). I hope @StateDept would hold tight to @pressfreedom values https://twitter.com/...
John Kruzel / The Hill: State Department removes NPR reporter from Pompeo trip
Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer: Petty and vindictive and maybe also unconstitutional. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Scott / @amyreports: How does the State Department explain this to its diplomats promoting freedom of the press abroad? https://twitter.com/...
Scary Lawyerguy / @scarylawyerguy: What is that term for when you help start a fire and then start screaming about how someone needs to put out the fire you helped start? https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: “The removal of Michele, who was in rotation as the radio pool reporter, comes days after Secretary Pompeo harshly criticized the work of an NPR host. We can only conclude that the State Dept. is retaliating against @NPR as a result of this exchange...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Sam Seaborn / @samseaborn: This is where I'd love to see a show of solidarity by the press. Vote a single reporter to go and file a pool report; everyone else opt out of the trip https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: NPR is awaiting answers from the State Dept, according to two sources. NPR has not been told if this is a one-off decision or a full-blown ban. The organization is not covering this matter on the air until it gets more info... https://www.cnn.com/...
Scott Nover / Pressing: Trouble for American Journalists
Joy Reid / @joyannreid: An attempt by a high administration official to bully and humiliate a reporter, followed by retaliation. Not at all the way autocratic regimes behave ... https://twitter.com/...
David Mihm / @davidmihm: Never been prouder to be an @NPR supporter and listener. https://twitter.com/...
Joaquin Castro / @joaquincastrotx: Autocracies target journalists. Democracies respect a free press. Which do you support, @SecPompeo? A reporter's questions may be hard, but the choice is easy. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Lara Jakes / New York Times: State Dept. Will Not Allow NPR Reporter on Pompeo's Plane Following Interview
Edward Wong / @ewong: .@SecPompeo escalates attack on the press: State Dept. bars NPR reporter @michelekelemen from Pompeo's plane on trip to Ukraine & other nations. State Dept. Correspondents' Association says he is retaliating over journalism by @NPRKelly. Back story: http://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher C. Cuomo / @chriscuomo: Why is this ok? Press works for you. Why should you have less coverage of power? https://twitter.com/...
David Sanger / @sangernyt: I have traveled tens of thousands of miles on the Secretary of State's plane with @michelekelemen. Like @NPRKelly, she is a consummate pro, a superb reporter. The State Dept. may try, childishly, to pick who fills the seats but it won't be able to pick who covers US diplomacy. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Plenke / @mplenke: NPR should be in court challenging this targeted ban on its reporting. Clearly unconstitutional (plenty of case law to back it up). https://apple.news/...
Arden Dier / Newser: NPR-Pompeo Brouhaha Rolls On
Ed Markey / @senmarkey: Muzzling the press is what dictatorships do, not the United States of America. Retaliation against NPR or any news outlet for doing their job is authoritarianism and entirely un-American. Secretary Pompeo, it's not personal, it's press. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Bennet / @senatorbennet: The Secretary of State should promote American values - including a free press - around the globe. Bullying journalists for doing their jobs is something you'd expect from authoritarian regimes, not the U.S. https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: This is unacceptable @SecPompeo. You work for us & we expect the press to have access to you. Explain what happened here & how you intend to correct it. This is what dictatorships do to the press, not how our country's officials behave. https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: Secretary of State is supposed to defend American values, including press freedom. Pompeo does the opposite. Listen to the interview @NPRKelly did that upset him. A true professional, she asked about Iran & Ukraine. Then he cursed her with F-bombs. https://www.npr.org/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: 1. Pompeo implied he had been lied to about the subject of their conversation. Emails show his aide was told. 2. Pompeo laughably suggested @NPRKelly had mistaken Ukraine for Bangladesh on a map. 3. Now NPR is being punished? https://twitter.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Allow me to introduce @michelekelemen, a deeply experienced foreign correspondent and @NPR diplomatic correspondent. She's one of the best colleagues I've ever worked with. She's thoughtful, honest, gracious and tough. Also, just got banned from Sec. Pompeo's plane. https://twitter.com/...
Elise Labott / @eliselabott: Statement by the State Department Correspondents' Association responding to @SecPompeo decision to ban respected veteran diplomatic correspondent @michelekelemen from his plane on his upcoming trip to Ukraine in apparent retaliation against @NPR https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Shameful. Every other reporter on this trip should refuse to accompany, or cover, this Pompeo trip. Stand up against the administration's anti-press and divide-and-rule approach. https://twitter.com/...
Qasim Rashid / @qasimrashid: Here's an NPR report on how in 2019 the United States dropped to 48th in World Press Freedom. The move downgrades America from a “satisfactory” place to work freely to a “problematic” one for journalists.😳 America was 20th in 2010😑 Are we great yet?🤔 https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Chuck Holmes / @chuckatwbhm: Really? @michelekelemen has covered State for years under Rs and Ds, earning the respect of her peers & from those she covered. She does her job with intelligence & professionalism. But, um, she has been known to ask questions on a variety of topics. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Kaczynski / @kfile: As a rule we shouldn't be restricting reporters because their outlet's questions hurt Mike Pompeo's feelings https://twitter.com/...
Dan Barry / @danbarrynyt: Let's slow this down: The Secretary of State. Removes an NPR reporter from the press pool for a diplomatic trip. Because another NPR reporter asked him hard but fair questions. After which he maligned her by misrepresenting what the ground rules had been. Where are we? https://twitter.com/...
Laura Kennedy / @ambkennedy_ret: Can anyone see this removal of @michelekelemen by Pompeo as anything but retribution against NPR? How do US diplomats promote democracy & freedom of press with a Secretary like Pompeo? PS He sure likes to pick on women journalists https://twitter.com/...
Toomas Hendrik Ilves / @ilvestoomas: The US is a member of the @OSCE and pushed hard for the establishment of the office of the @OSCE_RFoM, the organization's High Representative for Media Freedom, a post currently held by @harlemdesir. Cases such as this are investigated by the High Representative. https://twitter.com/...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: Mike Pompeo, like Donald Trump, has the instincts of a true despot. Retaliating against one NPR reporter because a different NPR reporter asked you a question you didn't like—and then noted your abusive rage at her to the public—is the marking of a weak, petty tyrant. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: Pompeo bullied an NPR reporter for doing her job. Then he lied about her. And now he's banned her colleague from covering him as a form of retribution for simply asking a basic and reasonable question. This is the kind of stuff you see under despots, not in democracies. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Taylor / @jessicataylor: Both @michelekelemen and @NPRKelly are consummate professionals. This is absurd. Reporters ask tough questions. It's their job. https://twitter.com/...
Mary Delach Leonard / @marydleonard: Well, this looks petty ... And I'll betcha NPR's @michelekelemen can also point to Ukraine on a map. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
Former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams named head of editorial video strategy for Facebook News — Scoop: Facebook has tapped former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams to head video strategy for Facebook News, the dedicated news tab that will launch wide later this year, a source familiar with the move tells me. https://link.nbcnews.com/...
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NBC News, @moneyries, @paulconstant, @adamhousley, @olsencassidy, @lam_barrett, @jeniontheblock, @cliffschecter, @pardesseleh and @anthonyblsmith
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@moneyries: The company that sucked the life out of countless digital media shops with its pivot to video promises is now doing a pivot of its own, likely using lessons learned from the countless failures of the last 10 years. Neat! https://twitter.com/...
Adam Housley / @adamhousley: Big win for them. Congrats!! https://twitter.com/...
Cassidy Olsen / @olsencassidy: Love to see Facebook doubling down on radicalizing boomers while YouTube stays radicalizing teens https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett: zuckerberg's enthusiastic catering to the right in the decisions he makes about the direction and content policies of his misinformation delivery service is not a small problem. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Williams / @jeniontheblock: Some personal news... I'm thrilled to be joining Facebook News on Monday. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Schecter / @cliffschecter: Bc of course. Might as well just start calling it Fox Digital https://twitter.com/...
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP held “townhall” meetings on racial sensitivity in its journalism after it was slammed for mistakenly cropping out an African climate activist on Friday — NEW YORK (AP) — A “terrible mistake” in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers …
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@ap: “It was a mistake that we realize silenced your voice, and we apologize. We will all work hard to learn from this.” @AP executive editor apologizes to African climate activist for photo crop that removed her from image where she posed with other activists. https://apnews.com/...
Vanessa Nakate / @vanessa_vash: Anyway my name is Vanessa Nakate Thought I would add that https://twitter.com/...
Simon Peter Lokomo / @lokomopeter: I was actually wondering who made such a dumb mistake. Your racial media bias has been exposed. Anyhow, great you apologized. But again write her name in the apology « Vanessa Nakate » https://twitter.com/...
Bree Newsome Bass / @breenewsome: Climate change disproportionately impacts communities of color. The centering of white activists on the issue is deliberate erasure. Dominant media does this with everything. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Holthaus / @ericholthaus: It took @AP til the fourth paragraph in this news story about the erasure of an African climate activist to mention that her name is Vanessa Nakate @vanessa_vash. Vanessa has founded a pan-African climate solidarity movement. We should all know her name. https://apnews.com/...
Joe Black / @joeblackzw: Imagine being raised with the name “African climate activist” on your birth certifica ... oh? YOU ERASED HER FACE FROM THE PICTURE AND IN YOUR APOLOGY YOU ERASED HER NAME FROM THE TWEET AND HEADLINE. You're Doing Good at The Racism. https://twitter.com/...
Yvonne Ndege / @yvonnendege: The name is @vanessa_vash Vanessa Nakate and she is Ugandan not African. Colleagues @AP come on! https://twitter.com/...
@deardean22: 1. Edit Vanessa Nakate out of the picture. 2. Apologize without naming Vanessa Nakate. 3. Vanessa Nakate puts AP on blast again. First of her name, working to improve climates the world over, is not to be erased or ignored. Vanessa Nakate. https://twitter.com/...
Michele Norris / @michele_norris: Say her name. Say her name https://twitter.com/...
Val Brown / @valeriabrownedu: Let's keep soul-searching and address about how one can graduate from HS and a top-5 J-school without one required course on race/racism. What we're learning and not learning matters. https://apnews.com/...
Kinyera Jordan / @kinyerajordan: Hi @AP she's called @vanessa_vash and she's from Uganda. Africa is a bit too broad. @ChimamandaReal said it. Africa isn't a country Do better. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jutta Ditfurth / @jutta_ditfurth: .@AP So why you don't name Vanessa Nakate in your apology and add her: @vanessa_vash ? https://twitter.com/...
Don Cheadle / @doncheadle: and her name is ...? https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard will now feature local news coverage in 23 cities in US and Canada and start recommending stories based on IP address — Flipboard, the personalized news aggregation app used by 145 million users per month, is today launching a new feature aimed at bringing local news coverage …
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: Flipboard Creates Local Hub For 23 Cities
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Flipboard adds a dedicated section for local news
Sara Fischer / Axios: Flipboard launches local news initiative
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Podcast analytics group Podsights raises $1.5M; it helps advertisers track the impact of their buys on podcasts, and its clients include NYT, NPR, and Wondery — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 243, dated January 28, 2020. — Recap. The busyness of January continues.
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Brad Hill / RAIN News: Podsights raises $1.5M, expands team
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Xana Antunes, a top editor at Quartz and former editor at NY Post, Fortune/CNN Money, Crain's New York Business, and CNBC, has died at 55 after cancer battle — Former New York Post chief Xana Antunes, who was an executive editor at Quartz for the past six years, passed away on Monday following a battle with pancreatic career.
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business: Xana Antunes, former Crain's editor, dies
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Xana Antunes, Former NY Post Top Editor, Dies at 55
Jim Zarroli / @jimzarroli: Xana Antunes, a smart, talented, dedicated journalist and a dear friend I will miss very much, died yesterday. Everyone who knew her will feel the loss. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Gibbs / @lisagibbs954: A really nice tribute to Xana Antunes. Email xanascholarship@gmail.com if you want to be kept apprised of scholarship plans in her name. https://twitter.com/...
Abdi Latif Dahir / @lattif: “She was a tough critic, a fierce advocate, an incisive editor, and the kind of mentor who would roll her eyes if you called her one to her face”: @KiraBind beautifully captures the life of @qz Executive Editor, Xana Antunes, who died on Jan. 27. RIP. https://qz.com/...
Ben Casselman / @bencasselman: This is a lovely remembrance of Xana Antunes from @KiraBind. I didn't know Xana well, but one thing that deeply impressed me was her commitment to staff development, something impossibly rare in digital media (and part of what has made @qz a powerhouse). https://qz.com/...
Adam Lashinsky / @adamlashinsky: We have lost one of our best, a talented, lively, caring soul. To know Xana was to love her. I wish I had told her so: Xana Antunes dies, editor of CNBC, Quartz, New York Post, Fortune https://www.cnbc.com/...
Oliver Staley / @ostaley: Xana hired me, mentored me, edited me, coached me and befriended me. And I am but one of the hundreds of journalists she made better. Many of us knew the end was coming but Xana's energy and enthusiasm convinced us otherwise. We will miss her terribly. https://qz.com/...
Jenny Anderson / @jandersonqz: Xana was fierce, funny and expected excellence. But she was there when you weren't feeling it. And that was the magic: high expectations, lots of love. We will miss her so. Remembering Xana Antunes, a mentor to just about everyone she met https://qz.com/... via @qz
Zach Seward / @zseward: We are devastated to have lost Xana Antunes, Quartz's executive editor. This piece captures her so well. https://qz.com/1792688
Fred Vogelstein / @fvogelstein: I felt like I knew Xana Antunes years before I started working for her. She'd been the editor of the New York Post, where my wife worked.She seemed a little terrifying. Then she became my boss - and my friend. She died yesterday at 55 of pancreatic cancer.https://rsci.app.link/ ...
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: Quartz executive editor Antunes dies from cancer