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Dan Froomkin / Salon:
NYT's op-ed page should be radically transparent: establish public standards for accuracy, good faith, and pertinence, and explain and contextualize exceptions — After the Tom Cotton snafu and the departure of James Bennet, the Times has a golden opportunity to set an example
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Vox, Reporting by Matt Taibbi, Columbia Journalism Review, New York Times, New York Times, @karaswisher, @ebruenig, New York Post, @froomkin, @katiekings, @katiekings, @ashleyfeinberg, @cleoabram, @rosiegray, @spj_tweets, @froomkin, @seantrende, @jayrosen_nyu, @seantrende, @ashleyfeinberg, @seantrende, @emilybell, @jaycosttws, @sulliview, CNN, Press Watch and The Week
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Ezra Klein / Vox: America is changing, and so is the media
Matt Taibbi / Reporting: The News Media Is Destroying Itself
Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review: As publishers rethink editorial norms, social media policies must follow
Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times: Our Writers' Responses to the Tom Cotton Op-Ed
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Read @ezraklein: The New York Times's Tom Cotton debacle, and the media's new reality - Vox https://www.vox.com/...
Elizabeth Bruenig / @ebruenig: Some of our marquee writers wrote and spoke on what happened regarding the publication of Sen. Tom Cotton's op-ed last week. You can find their commentaries, and some notes about the future of the section, here: https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Press Watch is up @Salon! Can the New York Times opinion section heal itself? Yes — it can even lead the way https://www.salon.com/...
Kathleen Kingsbury / @katiekings: If you'll indulge me a thread: We've spent a lot of time talking about what we stand for in @nytopinion following our publication last week of Tom Cotton's Op-Ed. (1/x) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kathleen Kingsbury / @katiekings: Finally, we owe a thanks to you, our readers, for adding your views on the Cotton Op-Ed and its fallout, and I encourage you to keep writing in. I look forward to more conversation and collaboration as we move ahead. (5/5) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: if there's one thing i love, it's elevating conversations worth having to inform what discourse looks like in a polarized world https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Cleo Constantine Abram / @cleoabram: 👋 one of that “young generation of journalists” here. what else should I read about news media shifts + media history? (looking for other articles like this from @ezraklein, books like @superwuster's Attention Merchants, podcasts...) https://www.vox.com/...
Rosie Gray / @rosiegray: Does the Times plan to, at any point, stop publishing content about the Tom Cotton op-ed, or is it just stuck like this https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: “If there is any benefit for journalism to the shift in media control from press institutions to platforms as gatekeepers, it is that news organizations can deploy resources more thoughtfully in this regard.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Not a lot of substance here from @katiekings, the new editorial page editor of the NYT. But an admirable commitment to conversation and collaboration with readers going forward. Here's what I think they should do, btw: https://presswatchers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean T At Rcp / @seantrende: Long-ish thread here. This @ezraklein piece is interesting, if only because of what it tells us about how the media is biased. This bias isn't the aggressively anti-conservative bias of right-wing fever dreams, and isn't ideological as such. 1/ https://www.vox.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: After reading this, you will understand the shifts in power and information flow that have led to a moment of upheaval at the New York Times, and in other newsrooms. Things will make more sense. (Fair warning: I am quoted.) https://twitter.com/...
Sean T At Rcp / @seantrende: What this really is, though, is the internet coming full circle. In the early aughts, the promise of the blogosphere was the democratization of discourse. One of the early books—a really good one!—was explicitly premised on destroying gatekeeping. 20/ https://www.amazon.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: new york times start using words that have any sort of meaning whatsoever challenge
Sean T At Rcp / @seantrende: So it's just sort of weird to see people trying to re-build the gates now, in a form that in so many ways reflects what stood before. Weird, sort of depressing, but I suppose not in the least bit surprising. 23/23
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Provoked by some of the journalistic eruptions of this week, I wrote about how social media policies are either absent, out of date, or not giving reporters what they need ...(or ignored. ) Maybe think of them instead as editorial policy https://www.cjr.org/...
@jaycosttws: Good thread from Sean on what is often called the “second face of power.” https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Thoughtful and provocative https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Liao / CNN: New York Times runs 2 op-eds defending op-ed that forced editorial page editor to resign
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: There's a better way to present opinions online - with radical transparency - and the New York Times should lead the way
Damon Linker / The Week: The woke revolution in American journalism has begun
Amal Clooney / Washington Post:
A preview of an expected verdict Monday for Maria Ressa, the Filipino American journalist charged with “cyber libel”; US response will send a signal to others — Amal Clooney is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, Britain's special envoy on media freedom and counsel to Maria Ressa.
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@davidakaye, @davidakaye, @charlieangusndp, @davidakaye, @postopinions, @jason_kint, @myhlee, @pzfahad and @rebecca_vincent
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David Kaye / @davidakaye: amicus ('friend of the court') filing is here (pardon some typos here and there) https://freedex.org/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: Important piece by Amal Clooney here. all eyes should be on the #Philippines and my hope is that governments are making clear how seriously they take this threat to media and specifically @mariaressa https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Charlie Angus Ndp / @charlieangusndp: The international community needs to speak up for @mariaressa She put herself at risk testifying to the international grand committee speaking out against the corruption in Philippines. We need to be there for her. @DamianCollins @bobzimmermp @beynate https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: i submitted an amicus to the court, laying out relevant human rights law issues. Will post it later, here's a story: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@postopinions: On Monday we will know the verdict in one of the most brazen and consequential journalism cases of the decade. Amal Clooney has the latest on @mariaressa: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: A test for democracy in the Philippines “If Maria is convicted and locked up for doing her work, the message to other journalists and independent voices is clear: Keep quiet, or you'll be next.” #HoldTheLine https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / @myhlee: Amal Clooney writes in @PostOpinions on how @mariaressa's case is a test for democracy: “The world will be watching on Monday, and no one should be watching more closely than the U.S. government. Because as well as being Filipino, Maria is American.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fahad Shah / @pzfahad: “Increasingly, we see false information proliferating while honest reporting is being suppressed — leaving people in the dark and democracy on the line.” - writes Amal Clooney on @rapplerdotcom CEO @mariaressa's case in Philippines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rebecca Vincent / @rebecca_vincent: Amal Clooney for @washingtonpost ahead of @mariaressa's verdict hearing on Monday: “If Maria is convicted and locked up for doing her work, the message to other journalists and independent voices is clear: Keep quiet, or you'll be next.” #HoldTheLine https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
When TV shows like Tucker Carlson's spark controversy, companies can generate goodwill by withdrawing ads, but the money usually shifts elsewhere on the network — Tucker Carlson is, once again, losing advertisers. But the real question is whether Fox News Channel is losing any of the cash …
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New York Times, The Banter, The Hill, @davidzmorris, @millerstream, @dbrauer, @waldojaquith, @kylegriffin1, @aaschapiro, @aaschapiro, @jasonfalter, @bristei, @rezaaslan, @philkensaban, @slpng_giants, @stands, Pancake Brain, CNN and The Verge
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Marty Johnson / The Hill: Tucker Carlson sees big-name advertisers bolt after comments on Black Lives Matter
David Z. Morris / @davidzmorris: Good god, the buried lede here: 1/3 of Tucker Carlson's ad revenue, and ~5% of Fox News' TOTAL ad revenue comes from ... MyPillow. h/t @JohnBuysse https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Brauer / @dbrauer: Mr. Pillow spends OVER ONE-THIRD of the ad dollars propping up Tucker Carlson's s show (from which other advertisers are fleeing because ... racism). https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Waldo Jaquith / @waldojaquith: Tucker Carlson's business model is selling pillows to white nationalists. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Since Tucker Carlson's comments on Black Lives Matter protests, companies including the Walt Disney Company, Papa John's, Poshmark and T-Mobile have distanced themselves from his Fox show, joining other businesses that have backed away in recent years. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: It's interesting to see corporate leaders like the CEO of T-Mobile take a moral victory lap after pulling ads from Tucker's show, since they'd evidently been OK with Tucker until a month, & they are still paying Fox to advertise at a different time slot. https://edition.cnn.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Fox News tells The Verge that “all national dollars/ads were moved to other programs and there has not been any national money lost.” https://www.theverge.com/...
@jasonfalter: @mediagazer @bristei Yeah because telling the truth is so bad... At least that's what he is doing. The rest of media... not so much.
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Advertisers like to flee from TV programs at the slightest hint of controversy. But it's not clear they are really moving any money away from the network they say offended them https://variety.com/...
Reza Aslan / @rezaaslan: They'll be back. https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: CONFIRMED: @Poshmarkapp has stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson Tonight. This is the 7th advertiser to leave the show this week, along with other names like @Disney @PapaJohns & @TMobile. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lauren Duca / Pancake Brain: Fuck Tucker Carlson
Brian Stelter / CNN: Tucker Carlson ad boycott cause headaches for Fox News
@niemanlab:
A thread collecting tweets by journalists of color speaking about racism and discrimination they faced while working in newsrooms — Over the last week, journalists of color have been talking about the racism and discrimination they've faced while working in newsrooms. Their experiences show that that racism in news media is institutionalized. We're collecting their tweets here (THREAD).
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@alwaysalejandra, @by_justin, @monachalabi, Nieman Lab, @meena_thiru, @cande313, @tailyrirvine, @abhabhattarai, @webjournalist, @drnatmcpherson, @rljourno, @karenyuan_, @webjournalist, @anupkaphle, @sophiekasakove, @mattwaite, @zainaerhaim, @raphaeldelag, @balkissoon, @michaelroston, @dennisjting, @brittanybritto, @svatikirsten, @laurahazardowen, @thatsjonnyfrank, @diinsilversmith, @mitrakalita, @kainazamaria, @webjournalist, @marissanne2011 and @tahtone
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Alejandra Ramos / @alwaysalejandra: All this publishing pay talk reminds me of the time one of my bosses at Hearst told me they couldn't give me a raise but that I should try to appreciate the value of “non- monetary benefits” like “getting to enjoy the escalator waterfall every morning.”
Justin Ray / @by_justin: What doesn't get said enough is the pain poc have to go through in order to get diversity. The worst moments in my career happened at CJR. One conversation left me in tears. And while my actions yielded new writers, hires and even events, I'll never get a sorry or a thank you.
Mona Chalabi / @monachalabi: I was traumatized by my time at FiveThirtyEight. I don't use that word lightly. I've gone to therapy about it. I continue to have nightmares that I still work there and wake up with my jaw throbbing from the clenching and grinding.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: “I continue to have nightmares that I still work there”: Many, many journalists speak …
Meena Thiruvengadam / @meena_thiru: For me, one of these moments was the time my boss - sitting next to me in a meeting with his boss - stretched out his leg to lower the chair I was sitting in while I was speaking. A seat at the table is not enough. https://twitter.com/...
@cande313: A short story about micro aggression and not having the right words in the moment: Last year at a conference right after I joined Outlier a person said to me upon introduction, “Oh! You're the person @sarahalvarezMI hired. Isn't it nice she is letting you ride her coattails?” https://twitter.com/...
Tailyr / @tailyrirvine: At an intern lunch, we went around the table doing introductions. After mine, the coordinator said in front of the entire table that he wishes his son was Native so he could get free college and casino money. I think about it often and wish I confronted him instead of freezing. https://twitter.com/...
Abha Bhattarai / @abhabhattarai: An editor at a national newspaper once asked if I was *sure* I was comfortable writing in English. This, after he'd read my work, seen my résumé and asked many questions about my childhood in Texas. (Also, English is the only language I can write in.) https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hernandez / @webjournalist: PSA to JOCs: It's okay that you didn't share your story. I'm serious. You are NOT a failure. Some of us can't afford to take that risk or burn that bridge — and that's okay. You are still part of the solution fighting to fix this huge problem. It's okay. We know. We all know.
Dr. Nat McPherson / @drnatmcpherson: I love LOVE that folks are sharing their traumas. Tell it. Tell it all. Between this thread and the #BlackintheIvory thread, I could just weep for all of us who continue to experience this bullshit but keep pushing bc we believe in our work. https://twitter.com/...
Ricardo Lopez / @rljourno: Important thread here. Hope ALL newsroom managers are reading and heeding these stories. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Yuan / @karenyuan_: i told an editor that i spent part of my childhood in china and he leaned back in his chair and said, “wow, but you have NO accent.” and then twice more: “you have no accent. no accent at all.” and then just looked at me appraisingly, speculatively, like i was a fascinating curio https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hernandez / @webjournalist: I remind them they — existing, doing good work and speaking up at strategically at work — are also part of the solution. There is no requirement to make a public statement to be part of the solution. We know we all have these stories.
Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle: During college, I got rejected for internship at local paper, Greeneville Sun, so many times that my journalism professor yelled at the owner/editor. Doug Watson, the ME (he liked me), said: “They'll never hire someone like you no matter how good you are.” https://twitter.com/...
Sophie Kasakove / @sophiekasakove: This is an embarrassment and a call to action for all white people in media: https://twitter.com/...
Matt Waite / @mattwaite: One of the most infuriating things I've ever read on this hellsite. https://twitter.com/...
Zaina Erhaim / @zainaerhaim: 13 years of experience in media, a position as communications manager, a master from a British university, still, in many events, I am introduced as “citizen journalist” by the hosts, as #Syria|ns r not white enough 2b recognised as professionals. #BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/...
Rapha / @raphaeldelag: to all my white journo colleagues listen to us read 👇🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Denise Balkissoon / @balkissoon: White journalists: read this. BIPOC journalists: you're probably mad enough already. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Roston / @michaelroston: If you haven't already, you should read as many of the tweets in this thread as you can. Block out some time and read them all. https://twitter.com/...
Dennis J. Ting / @dennisjting: A coworker once told me I had “chinky eyes.” When I called her out on it, she said it was okay to say, that it's just an adjective, like “brown eyes.” After trying to explain why it was wrong, she finally said she wouldn't say that word anymore - in front of me. https://twitter.com/...
Brittany Britto / @brittanybritto: if y'all aren't listening... idk what to tell you https://twitter.com/...
Svati Kirsten Narula / @svatikirsten: I'm having flashbacks to all the confusing and unfair things I've experienced in various newsrooms—and honestly still don't know what to think about those experiences. I blame myself for many of them; maybe I shouldn't? 🤷🏽♀ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: in my quick analysis of the RTs this morning, I found that women are sharing this thread about twice as often as men 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Franklin / @thatsjonnyfrank: I overheard a manager at one of my previous stations tell someone that she thinks the annual #NABJ convention is just a “big party.” Needless to say — I went to the convention that same year, networked, and landed another job. Best decision ever made. 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Shondiin Silversmith / @diinsilversmith: My professor told me that by the end of the program I would be just a journalist not a Native journalist. I wanted to pack my car and drive back to my rez that night. Every pitch I did in that program related to Indigenous communities was met with doubt and ignorance. https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Yes. Also saving it for the memoirs when #PublishingWillPayMe big time. https://twitter.com/...
Kainaz Amaria / @kainazamaria: If you work in a newsroom and this is surprising to you please take some time to consider why. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hernandez / @webjournalist: I have had countless private conversations with journalists of color seeing others share their stories about their careers... and feeling guilty for not being able to share their own. It's a heavy burden being forced to stay quiet because you know you'll get in trouble.
Marissanne L-T / @marissanne2011: Reading all of these experiences is truly upsetting. The truth is slowly coming out. The public unmasking of newsrooms. ☕️ https://twitter.com/...
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P. Kim Bui / Collected Notes:
What it's like to be a newsroom leader and a person of color right now, quietly swallowing racism, fake allies, slights, and soul-deep exhaustion
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @suilee, @ona, @erikaaaguilar, @emmacarew, @bdelossantos1, @kimbui, @paigeosburn, @leezeltanglao, @niketa, @mahnoorie, @bydavidsingh, @acarvin, @mthomps, @emmacarew, @elaheizadi, @neeeda, @emmacarew, @saleemkhan, @florangela, @nikkiusher, @nicolelzhu, @raju, @mathewi, @jeffjarvis, @sdkstl, @kimbui, @sisiwei, @walldo, @losowsky and @amzam
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: Five do-them-now steps to making your newsroom (and coverage) more representative
@suilee: Can identify with this, though I demand they learn. “The P. in P. Kim Bui stands for Phuong. My whole life no one has said my name right, so I do not use it. One more thing I've swallowed. It is a beautiful name. It means phoenix.” https://twitter.com/...
@ona: “You feel like you had to sneak in the back way. But also be twice as good to even get in the side door.” Powerful words on being an editor of color from former ONA Board member @kimbui. https://collectednotes.com/...
Erika A. Aguilar / @erikaaaguilar: “The burden is physical and emotional, and some days it boils over. ” https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: Required reading for everyone working in media. Especially if you are white. Especially if you're in leadership. Especially if you have colleagues who are BIPOC. Especially if that BIPOC coworker is the only lonely. #mediadiversity https://twitter.com/...
Brian De Los Santos / @bdelossantos1: SAME. Yes in MF capital letters. https://twitter.com/...
P. Kim Bui / @kimbui: What is it like to be a leader in a newsroom right now? You are probably “the only ____ editor.” An essay from me, distilling my feelings about this moment in time. https://collectednotes.com/...
Paige Osburn / @paigeosburn: I have already shared this many times but — I'm blessed to have known @kimbui way back when I was a baby journalist. When you're first starting, you notice every damn thing your boss does. And she did so much. https://twitter.com/...
Leezel Tanglao / @leezeltanglao: Thank You @kimbui for articulating what many of us have had to endure while navigating a world that never really fully accepted us for us. https://collectednotes.com/...
Niketa Patel / @niketa: I see you and I hear you, Phuong. Such a beautiful name for a beautiful person. You are not alone in terms of the pain. Thanks for writing & sharing this, @kimbui. https://twitter.com/...
Mahnoor Yawar / @mahnoorie: “You put on two faces, two personalities each morning. And everything you say, everything you do has dual implications. That is just one part. The other part is the part of you that has learned to stay quiet. To climb, sometimes... in stealth, & hope no one noticed your ascent.” https://twitter.com/...
David Singh / @bydavidsingh: This is written from the perspective of an editor, but really, can extend to all journalists of colour. A striking and realistic read that shows what it's like to be one and the kinds of things we think about/deal with on a daily basis. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Carvin / @acarvin: My fellow journalists: please take a break from whatever you're doing and read this essay by @kimbui on being a journalist of color during #blacklivesmatter. Thank you for writing this, Kim. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Thompson / @mthomps: Yes, this is all pretty much exactly it. The resonance is uncanny. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: Also consider, there are LOTS of managers in our field that would look at an essay like this and think, “let's punish this writer,” instead of thinking, “oh god, how can I support this person.” https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: read this essay on what it feels like to be an editor of color: https://twitter.com/...
Anita Li / @neeeda: I felt this in the core of my being. A #mustread about being a newsroom leader of colour by the fantastic @kimbui: https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: If you missed last night, this should be required reading for every white editor in media today. This is what it feels like to be an only lonely. This is what it feels like to be elevated and promoted, only to find that power and responsibility comes with walls. #mediadiversity https://twitter.com/...
@saleemkhan: 1505ET If you work in journalism, this is a must-read, by a skilled journalist I'm proud to call a friend: @kimbui. It will burn. Walk through the fire. https://collectednotes.com/... #journalism #racism #bigotry #leadership #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion https://twitter.com/...
Florangela Davila / @florangela: “You swallowed the racism. You swallowed the stories that made you wince, the meetings that made you want to scream and cry.” On being ‘the only.’ (I see you @kimbui. Brown tricep emoji) #journalism #mediadiversity https://collectednotes.com/...
Nikki Usher, Ph.D. / @nikkiusher: Re-upping @kimbui, who does not get to be called her beautiful name, Phuong, because people like me can't pronounce it Journalism silences journalists of color “Because of the systems in place, most of us cannot even post that #BlackLivesMatter. Nope.” https://collectednotes.com/...
Nicole Zhu / @nicolelzhu: “i am impatient and want change now, but part of what i learned in the quiet ascension is it takes small work to make big change. annoyingly.” — such important words from @kimbui ♥️ https://collectednotes.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: On the many American journalists who are speaking out about racism in newsrooms across the country https://www.niemanlab.org/... via @NiemanLab
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: An excellent essay by my friend Phuong Kim Bui (@kimbui) about working and living as a journalist of color: https://collectednotes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I learn from our student @kimbui — Phuong Kim Bui — in our Innovation and Leadership program because she is a brilliant innovator and leader . I learn from her here. Do please read. https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: Closing out the night with @kimbui >>This is my experience, but I doubt I will be alone in saying this: We are tired. Bone tired. The kind of tired that is deeper than bones and marrow, but soul tired. We have waited patiently for change. And change (we hope) is here.<< https://twitter.com/...
P. Kim Bui / @kimbui: I intentionally published this in a space without comments, because I want to have a conversation about it. I want to hear from you, and your experiences, too. https://twitter.com/...
Sisi Wei / @sisiwei: I feel like in one piece, @kimbui saw and explained all words and struggles and memories straight out of my heart. Her essay, and what it feels like to be an editor of color in journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Wall / @walldo: This is gutwrenching. Important reading for white editors. “We are tired. Bone tired. The kind of tired that is deeper than bones and marrow, but soul tired.” https://collectednotes.com/...
Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
Google says it's updating its advertising policies to prohibit demographic and zip code targeting for housing, employment, and credit ads — The update will roll out in the U.S. and Canada this year. — Google is updating its advertising policies around housing, employment and credit opportunities, the company announced Thursday.
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The Keyword, Search Engine Roundtable, Ars Technica, @caro_milanesi, @marypcbuk, @markrrobertson, Ad Age, Engadget and AdExchanger
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Scott Spencer / The Keyword: Upcoming update to housing, employment, and credit advertising policies
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: Google Ads To Prevent Housing, Employment & Credit Advertisers From More Targeting Options
Carolina Milanesi / @caro_milanesi: Over the past week you got all the proof you needed that #AI will never be able to be #fair if the systems that provide the data for the algorithms are broken in the first place. Glad to see companies address the wrongs we have now when it comes to #discrimination and data https://twitter.com/...
Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk: in the US it is illegal to discriminate against people re housing and credit, so maybe the headline should be ‘Google updates its advertising policies to not break the law any more’ https://twitter.com/...
Mark Robertson / @markrrobertson: Every once in a while, Google does something where I think to myself “🙏 that's excellent, I'm proud of them for that” and then I think to myself “wait! what? they weren't already doing that?” https://twitter.com/...
George P. Slefo / Ad Age: Google announces new policy to restrict discriminatory ad targeting
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
HBO says it will be shutting down its HBO Go streaming app on July 31, following the recent launch of HBO Max; HBO Now will be rebranded as just HBO — HBO on Friday said it will be shutting down its HBO Go streaming app in July, following the recent launch of HBO Max, its new linchpin streaming service.
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The Playlist, @hshaban, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, CNET, @xpangler, Deadline, @reckless, The Streamable, The Verge, The Week, Breitbart, Variety, @jpmanga and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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Charles Barfield / The Playlist: WarnerMedia Exec Says Pulling ‘Gone With The Wind’ From HBO Max Was “A No-Brainer”
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: It's not TV. It's... “HBO shows using an app called HBO Go. WarnerMedia will be getting rid of that app (or “sunsetting” it, in WarnerMedia's language) from “primary platforms” as of July 31st. If you previously relied on HBO Go many cable providers...” https://www.theverge.com/...
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: WarnerMedia Says Goodbye to HBO Go Amid Streaming Rebrand
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: HBO Max: Everything you need to know about HBO's service upgrade
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Why isn't everything just becoming @HBOMax? It's because WarnerMedia doesn't have HBO Max distribution deals with @Roku or @amazon, along with a few other partners, so it can't fully retire the HBO Now/HBO legacy service https://variety.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Reminder that HBO is now managed by the same company that brought you “5Ge” that is actually 4G and “Unlimited Extra” data plans that have clear limits https://twitter.com/...
Jay Peters / The Verge: WarnerMedia is getting rid of the HBO Go app
Brendan Morrow / The Week: WarnerMedia once again confuses everyone in trying to clear up HBO Max confusion
JP Mangalindan / @jpmanga: HBO GO is dunzo. HBO Now will simply be called “HBO.” HBO Max will remain... HBO Max. Got it? (It's fine. Neither do I.) https://www.thewrap.com/...
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
ViacomCBS says it has ended its relationship with Big Fish Entertainment, which produced Live PD, after A&E canceled the show on Wednesday amid protests — Production company was behind series like “Love and Hip Hop” for ViacomCBS networks — ViacomCBS has ended its relationship …
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R. Thomas Umstead / Multichannel News: ViacomCBS Drops Big Fish Entertainment
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Group Cuts Ties With ‘Live PD’ Producer Big Fish Entertainment
Grzegorz Piechota / INMA:
Researchers: a comparison of human and algorithm curation on Apple News shows that human editors chose more diverse sources, more evenly, and less “soft news” — Two Northwestern University researchers audited two Apple News sections: one curated by editors and one by an algorithm.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
At launch, Facebook News had very few politics stories, many New York Times links, and overlapped little with the most popular articles on rest of Facebook — On June 10, the most popular stories across Facebook were all NASCAR banning Confederate flags and Blue Lives Matter (with a sprinkling of dead kids).
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Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: I compared the top stories on Facebook's new News tab, which is curated by journalists, to the most popular stories on the rest of Facebook. Guess which list is which! https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@mattnavarra: “...The most notable thing about Facebook News is that it includes almost none of the stories that do well on the rest of Facebook.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Casey Newton / The Verge: Evan Spiegel on maps, Minis, and the future of Snapchat
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
BuzzFeed News EIC Mark Schoofs faces a diversity problem made worse by talent drain, with staff skeptical about a new “inequality desk” led by only white men — A talent drain has left what Mark Schoofs acknowledges as “a glaring diversity problem.” But a hiring spree isn't likely to happen anytime soon.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Sources: Refinery29, a brand focused on women's empowerment, fostered a toxic workplace at odds with its public image, including pay gaps for women and POC — New York (CNN Business)Amid the protests over the death of George Floyd and larger racial inequalities in the US last week …
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Rebecca Jennings / Vox: The racial reckoning in women's media
Maxwell / @maxwellstrachan: the entire digital media industry really needs to reckon with the analytics-first approach that dominated the last decade. people are racist, so the analytics are racist. making them your god only perpetuates an already racist environment. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nadra Nittle / @nadrakareem: The Goods by Vox, my ex-employer, ran this story about #blackatr29 & black women's experiences in media. Pot meet kettle. I left Goods b/c of microaggressions, tokenism, cattiness, having my ideas routinely ignored & being gaslit about it all. @NiemanLab https://www.vox.com/...
@kerrymflynn: When I joined CNN in August last year, I said I wanted to write a story about Refinery29. It didn't take me long to learn the culture was toxic. Over the last nine months, I spoke to 60 former and current staffers. Here's what they said https://www.cnn.com/...
Julie Zeilinger / @juliezeilinger: This dynamic — of publishing progressive, feminist work while mistreating the people who wrote it — was the culture I experienced at Mic, and, from what I've heard, so many other “progressive” outlets. Glad it's coming to light in a real way. https://www.vox.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: There are many reasons we have never had pageview targets at The Verge, or even make it easy for reporters to see their pageviews at all. We care about audience data, but it is inherently reductive and backwards-looking: it can only tell you about the past. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: A great example of how even simple algorithms can perpetuate bias. You create a test to promote whatever content people click on the most. People tend to click more on images containing white people. Result is content with minorities ends up being demoted. Objective yet harmful. https://twitter.com/...
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: yes yes yes. writing for clicks meant writing for white people. and if they didn't like it—brace for harassment and abuse. it's awful when your salary is dependent on catering to racism. https://twitter.com/...
Stefan Smith / @thestefansmith: I want to add that this is very true for political digital media as well, both organic and paid, and it can create really perverse effects. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Nancy Dubuc emailed Vice Media Group staff saying CNN is publishing a story today with “accusations of a toxic culture at Refinery29.” Dubuc says Vice was “not made aware of any of the claims that have come out in the past week” and “we are dismayed by what we have heard.”
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: As someone who has found sites like R29 & Man Repeller incredibly alienating, I'm so glad change is happening https://www.vox.com/... This comment from Man Repeller's website, though, sums up how the basic *premise* of these sites probably needs to be completely overhauled https://twitter.com/...
Sara David / @saraqdavid: i agree but these SATC jokes are an affect and symptom that are easy to dunk on bc it's white women—the bigger conversation should be leveraging this moment to challenge and eradicate an ad-based model that necessitates churning out exactly those kinds of shitty blogs https://twitter.com/...
Devaksha Vallabhjee / @devakshav: We came up against this argument SO many times at SA's women's magazines. It always amazed me how we were so able to steer people in the right direction with shoes, makeup, fucking belts, literally anything, but not when it came to normalizing black representation. https://twitter.com/...
Roxane Gay / @rgay: I have had terrible jobs in my day but the stuff that goes on in media companies is truly on another level. https://www.cnn.com/...
@amelia_faith: ...protect editorial from the whims of people who literally didn't even read the site much less understand why it wasn't possible or humane to ask people to write 5 stories a day and change the world in the process.
@amelia_faith: In my experience, every time they hired a new editorial leader (shocker, but there was quite a bit of shuffling), that leader was run off or so exhausted by constantly managing up that within months they were either: 1) gone or 2) completely unable to ...
@amelia_faith: First, I need to take responsibility for being complicit in R29's culture and racism. As CNN lays out in stark detail, there is a specific brand of gaslighting & exploitation-with-a-wink that comes w/ working at R29, and no one has it worse than Black women and women of color.
@amelia_faith: I just sat by as talented people were pushed out. They were forced to leave by R29's inept leadership—and in part by me and my silence. Sure, I empathized when I heard stories, but I thought listening & helping people politely navigate, and leave R29 if needed was good enough.
Hayden / @hiishaydenthere: As a former employee of Refinery29, I can say everything said in this startling in-depth exposé on the way leadership treats its talent, from the deplorable treatment of BIPOC to its lust for clicks over brand accountability, is both true and triggering. https://www.cnn.com/...
Connie Wang / @conniewang: Hope this doesn't get lost in this article, so I'll say here: In spite of mismanagement & an analytics-first approach to content, @refinery29 employees were able to produce work that changed culture. I am so excited to see what we can do with more freedom. https://www.cnn.com/...
Iram Ali / @iramfali: It's not just digital media industry. It's also political campaigns, digital-first advocacy orgs, and every industry that uses data for decision-making and prioritization. How many times have people heard that something couldn't be focused on bc of “the data”? https://twitter.com/...
Annie Shields / @anastasiakeeley: Unlimited vacation is a scam, and this whole story is horrendous https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alyssa Vingan Klein / @alyssavingan: I've never worked at R29 but have experienced a similar “prep stories for each planned vacation day on top of normal daily assignments” policy, which led to my first-ever panic attacks. This is unsafe, unacceptable, and unsustainable: https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Eby / @margareteby: I just...yes. In 50 years when we look back at a system that had a whole generation of writers have to guess what an algorithm weighted towards the worst opinions on earth was trawling for it will seem ludicrous BECAUSE IT IS https://twitter.com/...
Sesali / @badfatblackgirl: Some points were made here, but let's clarify some things. I believe in saying names. First and foremost, Christene Barberich was about to leave Refinery anyway. She was an easy sacrificial lamb for all this. https://www.cnn.com/...
@r29union: We stand in solidarity with all the employees, past and present, who spoke out for this article, and think it's as accurate as it is devastating in its portrayal of R29 as a hotbed of racist aggressions that has prioritized clicks over community. https://twitter.com/...
Jill Krajewski / @jillkrajewski: “[I] observed other colleagues, usually Black and Brown women, be subjected to tone policing, pay disparity, and open verbal abuse.” https://www.cnn.com/ ...
Michelle Legro / @michellelegro: Sometimes stories can take nearly a year to come out. They're always worth it. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Terrific reporting from @kerrymflynn on the awful working conditions at Refinery29: https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sienna / @winonasrider: Refinery29 also openly supported Amber Heard (who has since then confessed to being an abuser) and her outrageous “sympathy PR” campaign with 3 articles. @AshleyAlese herself said they were FORCED to write about Heard's immigration piece, even after raising concerns. https://twitter.com/...
Hope King / @lisahopeking: Thorough, detailed reporting here by @kerrymflynn — read how a veneer of cool hides the splintered belly of media company, a pattern we've been seeing https://twitter.com/...
Aaron W. Gordon / @a_w_gordon: I will echo what Maxwell said and extend that to every industry that uses analytics as a key driver of decisions, which is, last I checked, every industry. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: Absolute bombshell from Kerry. So proud of her for chasing down this story. I gasped several times while reading it https://twitter.com/...
Sara David / @saraqdavid: THIS and also, this is a coward's excuse—audiences evolve with you if you commit to change. we learned that at broadly (s/o @angiejaime) where we made it a point to diverge from stereotypical lede images and create our own https://twitter.com/...
@rebel19: I wish this whole piece didn't resonate so deeply. Sound so familiar. Ring so unsurprisingly true. https://www.cnn.com/...
@andreagonram: I asked for one day per week to report my investigation into women's rights (!) in Puerto Rico. I had just been promoted to senior writer and writing features was part of the job. She said no. It escalated to the point I was taken to HR. I had never been written up in my life.
@itstheannmarie: hmmmmmmmmmm “Refinery29 promotes stories about self-care, but 23 employees said overly ambitious traffic demands made them feel chained to their desks, and others said it kept them from taking vacations.” https://www.cnn.com/...
@andreagonram: I experienced what is described here. I heard similar stories from current and former coworkers. I knew this piece was coming. And yet nothing prepared me for how physically ill it would make me to see all of Refinery29's toxicity laid out like this. https://www.cnn.com/...
@andreagonram: In fact, fuck it I'm ready to talk more about my experiences at R29. Not only was grossly underpaid for years, but the then-executive editor actively tried to derail my career by meddling with my Ida B. Wells fellowship.
@andreagonram: During the wave of six-week abortion bans, an Editorial SVP suggested we reached out to T*m* L*hr*en for an op-ed on abortion rights. I pushed back on Slack, saying it was more newsworthy to interview women actually impacted by the policy. I got reprimanded in my next 1:1.
@sal19: Are you really a minority working in corporate America if your colleagues have never called you by the name of the only other person of color in the office? https://www.cnn.com/... great reporting by @kerrymflynn
@andreagonram: Worst part is that there are so many anecdotes—and so many names of perpetrators and enablers—that likely did not make the final draft. The people most impacted are the women who every day bust their asses off for this damn brand. They deserve much more. https://www.cnn.com/...
Saba Hamedy / @saba_h: Excellent reporting as always from @kerrymflynn that adds to the current important conversation around treatment of POCs in newsrooms. https://twitter.com/...
@andreagonram: Management loved having a Latina represent them on interviews and panels. They loved when celebrities shared my content. What they did not love was paying me fairly. Or treating me with dignity. I was one of the most high-profile writers, and I was still treated like shit.
Rachel Charlene / @rachelcharlenel: “In addition to being segregated, we were told that we wouldn't be given resources to create. After it took off ... the company realized that Unbothered could be monetized and that's when they started to care.” https://www.cnn.com/...
@anhaiphung: Photos of black or plus-size women were considered “off brand.” The editor in chief repeatedly confused one black woman with another. Employees were “subjected to tone policing, pay disparity, and open verbal abuse.” This is the story of Refinery29👇https://www.cnn.com/ ...
Kim Truong / @kimberlanded: these issues are pervasive all across media, and we're not done solving them just because they're out in the open now.
Kim Truong / @kimberlanded: i haven't spoken much about my personal experiences at Refinery29, but this by @kerrymflynn just about sums it up: https://www.cnn.com/...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: If you need to know why @kerrymflynn is one of the best media reporters in the business, read this. Here's her deep dive into the toxic culture at Refinery29. https://www.cnn.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: This is great reporting from @kerrymflynn about Refinery29, but can be about many other media companies. When it comes to leadership, many CEOs are blind to the toxicity they create, because they only see in one color: green. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Mull / @amandamull: i think fashion as a personal interest can be reformed—dressing itself can be subversive—but fashion as an industry cannot be. it's built on aspiration, and aspiration requires hierarchy, and if there's no hierarchy there's no industry https://www.vox.com/...
Garance Franke-Ruta / @thegarance: Women's media seemed progressive in the 2010s. Black employees say otherwise. https://www.vox.com/... via @voxdotcom
Heather Barmore / @heatherbarmore: Just gonna leave this here. This happens to Black women across industries, all of the time. The sad part is how many of us are so used to being bruised in our professional life so we just roll with it. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rachelle D'nae / @heyydnae: this, along with that big piece in Jezebel about feminist bloggers, fall into this trap of “HOW could we have KNOWN that these websites were racist??” and lemme say a whole lot of black women y'all called bitter would love to have a word w/ you https://www.vox.com/...
@rfmb: These were the media outlets I wanted to WORK FOR, I dreamed of making an impact as a WOC back in college at these places considering I read them religiously—I just....smh https://twitter.com/...
@nnekaxoxo: As a former @Refinery29 employee I started at $35K/year. I later learned my white male counterpart was making $55K/year. We had the same title. I asked for a promotion and they put me on a 6-month plan. I met all my goals and received a title change but no pay increase. https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Gonzlez-Ramrez / @andreagonram: Sending love to all the Black women who put themselves at professional risk to expose the failures of women's media, and to those who can't share their stories publicly. I'm in awe of all of you and how you're changing this industry. #QuietAsWereKept https://www.vox.com/...
@priyadesai: The Wing, Refinery29, Who What Wear and now Man Repeller? This is my sports now. https://twitter.com/...
M A Y A / @mf_greatest: I am not impressed by white women who were able to create large media companies using family wealth stepping back/down/aside from their media empires that have already expanded their riches. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: The reckoning continues. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
60 in 6, the 60 Minutes show for Quibi, will premiere Sunday with two episodes and subsequently release new episodes every Monday — After teasing the series' arrival for some months, Quibi is finally ready to launch its take on 60 Minutes for the social media generation.
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Tom Richardson / @convergencetr: “In bid to attract younger viewers” is the opening to almost every headline & press release about old media announcing new digital initiatives. In the attention economy, is six the new 60? #goodlucktv #media https://techcrunch.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Quibi's Short-Form ‘60 Minutes’ Goes Long to Find Younger Viewers
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