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NBC News says it couldn't be prouder of journalist Brandy Zadrozny and says Fox News chose to smear her, encouraging harassment “and worse” — Statement from NBC News: https://twitter.com/...
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Discussion:
Brian Steinberg / Variety: NBC News Says Tucker Carlson ‘Dangerously and Dishonestly Targeted’ Its Reporter
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: NBC News Condemns Fox News After Tucker Carlson Attacks Reporter: ‘Shamefully Encouraged Harassment and Worse’
@nbcnewsguild: We are extremely proud to work with @BrandyZadrozny, who is uncovering disinformation and deception at a critical time in our history. We will always be in her corner. We're also happy to see @NBCNews stand up for one of its reporters against this bad faith attack. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Maddow / @maddow: 100% concur. @BrandyZadrozny is as good as it gets in this business. https://twitter.com/...
@nikkimcr: In July, Carlson erroneously accused two reporters of attempting to doxx his home address, within hours of the segment airing, the addresses of the reporters had been posted online and one of the reporters had someone attempt to break into their home https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@nikkimcr: Tucker Carlson spends every night railing about free speech and censorship while at the same time turning his show into a space where reactionaries can direct waves of violent intimidation against journalists doing vital, honest reporting. It's a pattern and it's unacceptable. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: really good statement, although ideally it would mention that tucker carlson's entire attack was based on her using tools that virtually every journalist uses daily https://twitter.com/...
@thetonymorrison: Here for a network that defends their journalists and their integrity 🔥 https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Two years ago, the Verge wrote this. Today, NBC News responds to Fox for targeting one of its stellar journalists. Are other newsrooms prepared for more? https://twitter.com/...
Maura Barrett / @maurabarrettnbc: We always stand with @BrandyZadrozny (+ she's always a must read). @NBCNews https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Response from @NBCNews after the attack on @BrandyZadrozny by @TuckerCarlson during his @FoxNews program. #media https://twitter.com/...
Jo Ling Kent / @jolingkent: I fully support @BrandyZadrozny. https://twitter.com/...
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John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson hosted a former WH speech writer on his Fox News show for a segment attacking NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny for basic reporting techniques — Zadrozny is just really good at her job — During the October 21 edition of his Fox News show, Tucker Carlson hosted Darren Beattie …
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Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Tucker Carlson is devoting an entire segment to attacking my colleague, Brandy Zadrozny, for doing actual reporting, like using public records to confirm identities of people who create harassment campaigns. It's disgraceful. She's the best reporter I know. I'm with her 1000%.
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: NBC News Slams Tucker Carlson For ‘Dangerously and Dishonestly’ Targeting One of Its Reporters
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: here's one of those poor people that Tucker Carlson is standing up for, who @BrandyZadrozny wrote about https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Had Tucker looked into this, his guest was emailed by Brandy the day before about a story she's doing about his website. He spent the day tweeting retributively at her. That wasn't mentioned. Seems pretty important to include. And the guest is this guy. https://www.cnn.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: Tucker Carlson is devoting a segment to attacking @BrandyZadrozny, one of the best investigative reporters. She wrote a chapter for the new Verification Handbook about researching people and social media accounts. Now that's being used to attack her with disgusting lies.
Tracy Connor / @tracyconnor: This is fantastic. Tucker Carlson is devoting an entire segment to how good @BrandyZadrozny is at doing her job. I can also vouch for how good Brandy is!
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: I am so proud every day to work with @BrandyZadrozny, the best reporter I know. She's also an exceedingly decent human and I'm lucky to know her.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: New: NBC News calls out @TuckerCarlson for having “dangerously and dishonestly targeted” @BrandyZadrozny in a segment Wednesday night. “Fox News has chosen to smear Brandy. In so doing they have shamefully encouraged harassment and worse.” https://twitter.com/...
PEN America / @penamerica: Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson went after an NBC reporter for her use of public records in her reporting on online harassment. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: One of the finest reporters we have, bar none, and this is bullying garbage. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: In conclusion, the guy who Tucker had on his show to rail against Brandy for being a reporter had this incredibly normal image of her made for his site today. I think it's pretty badass, personally. Making it is not normal, but I think she should frame it. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Anyways, that was a hideously unethical segment by Tucker Carlson, framing using basic reporting tools like public records searches as some sort of evil act. To do it to a mom, and one of the best people I know, is disgusting. I won't forget it.
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Couldn't agree with Ben more here. @BrandyZadrozny is a great reporter, and I can't wait to read the story she's working on that has Tucker Carlson so afraid that he has to smear her. https://twitter.com/...
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: Follow @BrandyZadrozny. Not only a great reporter, but one of the absolute kindest, most ethical people I've ever had the pleasure to work with. I know folks sometimes gag at reporters “circling the wagons” and shit, but w/ Brandy, it must be said. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Fryer / @joefryer: Brandy impresses me with each and every story she does. Her reporting skills have never been more important. So incredibly grateful to have her on our team. https://twitter.com/...
Tracy Connor / @tracyconnor: It gets better: They are revealing that Brandy is so good at her job that she teaches other journalists how to be good at their jobs!
Marisha Goldhamer / @marishagsherry: The Verification Handbook is an incredible free tool for journalists and none of its contributors — particularly @BrandyZadrozny — deserve to be harassed for helping to better equip newsrooms to tackle disinformation https://datajournalism.com/...
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: One of the best reporters and sweetest people I've ever been lucky enough to work with and learn from and call a friend is @BrandyZadrozny. An attack on her credibility and her methods is an act of bad faith and cowardice.
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Of all right-wingers that have attacked me (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Trump and Tucker), the absolute worst aftermath was when Tucker attacked me. His people were by far most fervent, vicious and straight up threatening. Brandy is great reporter; Tucker knows what he's doing. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Go and follow @BrandyZadrozny right now. She is not only one of the best investigative journalists in the business, but a fantastic and caring person who does not deserve to be the target of harassment by someone with no concept of journalistic ethics. https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: Having once been on the other side of this tactic by Carlson, resulting in death threats sent to my children, this is stochastic terrorism. Carlson knows well what he's doing to @BrandyZadrozny, who has a family and will likely experience the same thing. It's sick. He's sick. https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Ward / @byjacobward: Outrageous for so many reasons, not least because @BrandyZadrozny is an incredible reporter, who already slogs through so much online horror to do her job. https://twitter.com/...
Renee DiResta / @noupside: @oneunderscore__ @BrandyZadrozny As a black cat owner myself, this is pretty amazing. He should make a template.
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill: Brandy is a great reporter doing top notch work on an absolutely crucial beat. https://twitter.com/...
Caitlin Dickson / @cedickson: Anyone who would take a minute, let alone an entire prime time TV segment, to attack @BrandyZadrozny's credibility has clearly never met her... or worked with her... or read any of her consistently stellar and impactful reporting
Erin Gallagher / @3r1ng: Tucker Carlson launched an intimidation campaign against one of the best and most ethical journalists covering disinformation. Solidarity with @BrandyZadrozny. https://twitter.com/...
Weltschmerz / @agoldmund: Just to point out to people harassing @BrandyZadrozny: the “doxing” she allegedly participated in is totally standard and how information is found uncovered almost every piece of worthwhile reporting. But you know that, you just want to harass someone.
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: On one hand, you have Tucker Carlson, who Fox News lawyers have successfully argued in court that no one should take him seriously. On the other, you have a universally respected reporter whose colleagues and workplace stand behind 100%. Take your pick. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Nikki Mccann Ramrez / @nikkimcr: Brandy Zadrozny is just really good at her job. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Tucker Carlson pours poison into our public sphere on behalf of the Trump regime and the Murdoch family. @BrandyZadrozny does superb journalism, and has earned wide respect.
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: Absolutely shameful for Fox News to give a White House wash-up canned for being too unabashedly chummy with white nationalists a national platform to kick and scream about @BrandyZadrozny, who has more integrity and empathy in her pinky finger than that guy has had in his life.
David Beard / @dabeard: @oneunderscore__ Here's @BrandyZadrozny before she was famous—and unfairly reviled—and both journalists AND librarians have her back. https://www.poynter.org/... @oneunderscore__
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: A tweet of mine was featured on Fox News once, very briefly. I received hundreds of hate emails, death threats, & had to deal with an attempt to dox my entire extended family and friends. @BrandyZadrozny is likely dealing with that times 10,000 right now. https://twitter.com/...
John Whitehouse / @existentialfish: I think Tucker Carlson didn't disclose that his guest went to a white nationalist conference because he just assumed his audience saw him there already https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Caroline Radnofsky / @cradnofsky: Taking this opportunity to share a story by @BrandyZadrozny that I admire. She observes and reports some of the darkest things on the web with high standards. Brandy's sources trust her, her colleagues trust her, and so do viewers & readers of @NBCNews. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: it goes w/o saying, @BrandyZadrozny is doing some of the most pivotal reporting of our time. Ben is fine, too. https://twitter.com/...
Upstate Federalist / @upstatefederlst: *Laughs in Slate Star Codex* With all due respect, go fuck yourself, April. https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: When protestors visited Carlson's home (which I vehemently disagreed with, by the way) the press fell in line behind him and defended him. Seriously hope they defend @BrandyZadrozny equally this time around.
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Seriously, fuck off with this shit, Tucker. Giving voice to this alt-right cretin with ties to white nationalists in order to whip up your audience to target and harass a great reporter who is just doing her job is perhaps a new low, even for you. https://twitter.com/...
UntuckedHat / @popehat: With very few exceptions, if Tucker Carlson condemns you you should probably be proud and if he praises you you're probably a piece of shit.
Tracy Connor / @tracyconnor: If you missed Tucker's segment, you can read some of @BrandyZadrozny's story and see for yourself just how good she is. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Amanda Carpenter / @amandacarpenter: Thread here on how Tucker Carlson is smearing a terrific, smart, insightful, and dedicated reporter. I am a @BrandyZadrozny stan and you should be, too! https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: If Tucker Carlson is attacking you, you're doing something right. Bravo @BrandyZadrozny https://twitter.com/...
April Glaser / @aprilaser: I don't think many understand what reporters go through when we interrogate power. @BrandyZadrozny is among the most brave, thorough, principled and empathetic journalists I know. Being harassed like this on national TV is terrifying and we should all rally to support her https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: It's all because she reached out to this guy about a story she's working on. His response was to smear her and her work, and it was then taken up by others. This is a clear attempt to intimidate a top journalist who behaved ethically and did her job. https://www.cnn.com/...
Medium:
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option” — We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
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Discussion:
Albert Burneko / Defector: Please Spend Ten Minutes Or Less Reading About The Death Of Quibi
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: During a video call with employees Wednesday, an emotional Mr. Katzenberg suggested Quibi staffers listen to the song “Get Back Up Again,” sung by actress Anna Kendrick in the animated film “Trolls,” to buoy their spirits: https://www.wsj.com/...
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: Why Quibi Failed: 5 Reasons the Short-Form Streamer Sank So Fast
Sean Burch / The Wrap: Jeffrey Katzenberg Says It's ‘Not Fair’ to Blame Quibi's Downfall on COVID-19
Sara Fischer / Axios: Quibi says it's shutting down
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: Respect the hustle, not the stupidity
Jessica Toonkel / @jtoonkel: Quibi investor call has started. Katzenberg wearing a suit, while Whitman is going through slides of the history of the company
Ahiza García-Hodges / NBC News: A look at why Quibi failed so soon after launching
Brandon Katz / Observer: The 10 Most-Watched Original TV Shows on Apple TV+
Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Quibi, Short-Form Streaming Service, Quickly Shuts Down
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg & Meg Whitman Detail “Clear-Eyed” Decision To Shut It Down
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi is shutting down, a flameout less than 7 months after launch
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi Confirms Shutdown, Will Sell Assets
Katie Baker / The Ringer: Ultimately, Quibi Was the Quickest Bite of All
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Quibi is shutting down — The shortform video service had the shortest run of all
Julia Alexander / The Verge: Quibi's top executives are ready to blame themselves, not just the pandemic, for Quibi failing
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: RIP Quibi, 2020-2020 A company committed to keeping things short, in a quite literal sense. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: Quibi's founder and CEO explain what went wrong
Ben Carlson / A Wealth of Common Sense: Every Time Out It's a Guess
Tom Jarvis / The Drum: Why Quibi did in fact fail from ‘lack of trying’
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Quibi shuts down after seven months
@raineyovalle: Everyone in the replies like “of COURSE Quibi didn't work, it was NEVER gonna work,” you buggin. Quibi should have 100% worked. It was the perfect platform for bite-sized content, specifically for commuters in metropolitan areas. I believe COVID stranded their main viewer base. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The third person on tonight's debate stage might be the most important. So who is Kristen Welker?
John Biggs / Gizmodo: Don't Cry for Quibi — A former boss of mine, someone who worked at a legacy cable TV channel …
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Striking that the two people in charge of Quibi, two veteran CEOs, fail to mention any of their mistakes, their lack of relevant experience, their failure to understand their audience, but instead pin their failure — in part and only possibly — on “timing” https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
I-Hsien Sherwood / Ad Age: Quibi calls it quits, and a final presidential debate looms: Thursday Wake-Up Call
@thequartering: I don't think I have ever seen a startup burn through so much cash so quickly and just completely fail. https://twitter.com/...
David Pierce / Protocol: What Quibi got wrong
Chris Franklin / @campster: I mean, what else did you expect the guy who bet the farm that everyone wants Expensively Produced Content By Industry Professionals Over That Other Online Crap to say https://twitter.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: This is genuinely funny but shaded with the dark reality of dozens of staffers (probably permalancers on shitty contracts) who are going to try and look for work now; should've set some of that Monopoly money aside for severance packages for people who aren't already millionaires https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Quibi was born at 85 on the go90 Scale of Doomed Streaming Services. And now, it has gone 90. https://www.theverge.com/...
@nash076: Katzenberg keeps trying to blame the pandemic for Quibi's failure, and not the fact it was a ridiculous fucking idea no one was ever going to pay money for. The headline shows were a sex doll on a road trip and Dollar Store Bojack Horseman., you idiot. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: My friend Ben has done an excellent job owning this story, right until the very end of Quibi https://twitter.com/...
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: Sheesh, the official #RIPQuibi post only has 254 claps. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: This is a very good letter. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Janko Roettgers / @jank0: Quibi's wind-down news release starts with the words “Quibi Holdings, LLC, the mobile-first media technology platform” ... Which I guess makes sense if you are trying to sell assets, but don't actually own any long-term content rights. https://twitter.com/...
@pinboard: I want to amplify this because as an independent developer, this stuff makes me really angry. The volume of venture capital that pours through the industry makes it almost impossible to compete the way a free market is supposed to work—on the strength of your product or service https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Kadro / @ryankadro: Big thanks to Jeffrey & Meg, everyone @Quibi, & all of our amazing partners for a terrific 18 months. I'm grateful for the opportunity and would do it all again tomorrow. Thanks for all the support from family, friends and colleagues. #grateful https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: App raises $1.75 billion. Six months after launch... it shuts down. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Byrnes / @michaelbyrnes: Can't wait for the inevitable book on this. Quibi will become the byword for corporate hubris...and it was never “high flying”. It was a total dud from the start. https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: While it's easy to critique and ridicule: https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... https://www.mediagazer.com/... I am reminded of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/... Always have respect for entrepreneurs who try.
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Quibi's Katzenberg and Whitman on company's demise: ‘All that is left now is to offer a profound apology for disappointing you and, ultimately, for letting you down. We cannot thank you enough for being there with us, and for us, every step of the way’ https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: if quibi was a good idea, well executed and had decent content, it would have exploded BECAUSE of the pandemic https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: “Quibi is not succeeding. Likely for one of two reasons: because the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing.” I can help with this one. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: delusional up until the very end https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... CONSUMERS refused to “buy” quibi content, so why would anyone else https://twitter.com/...
David Pierce / @pierce: This is ... an incredibly sad letter. So many things like this are like “failure is the great teacher” and “remember when Michael Jordan got cut from the team” but this just says, we failed and it sucks. Kinda gutting to read https://twitter.com/...
Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss: Quibi never made sense to me personally because I dont like short videos. (I like Korean dramas bc there are always 100 episodes and they are all 1.5 hours long.) But that said! My husband loves short videos. Quibi was perfect for him and yet he hadn't ever heard of it. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff: Found it refreshingly honest. But yeah, not uplifting. https://twitter.com/...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: some of why quibi failed: - the execs were arrogant - the execs didn't know what they were doing - instead of just letting the talent build, they couldn't help but talk - the execs took any and all press opportunity to “tease” which overhyped what was really poor execution
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: - content is king is a real thing, not a suggestion - execs spent way too much time overhyping this “new” way of viewing content when all we want is good content - investors pumped WAY too much money too soon into something that should have been playing the long long game
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: that's *SOME* of why quibi failed. now go read this: https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... lol
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: “Quibi is not succeeding. Likely for one of two reasons: because the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing. Unfortunately, we will never know...” Katz and Whitman open letter re: Quibi. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: For the record, Katzenberg still thinks launching during a pandemic was bad for Quibi. But also allows that maybe “the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service.” https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Official Quibi RIP https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: My neutral non-pile-on q re Quibi is what happens to the patents on the technology that enabled viewers to watch a film vertically/horizontally?
John Scalzi / @scalzi: They've put the Quibosh on it https://www.wsj.com/...
Greg Jenner / @greg_jenner: Wow. A £1.5b streaming platform dead within 6 months of launch 🤨 https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Steven W. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: Is Meg Whitman shuttering it so she can join the Biden administration as Secretary of Labor or nah https://twitter.com/...
Maya Kosoff / @mekosoff: the truest proof of quibi's dedication to shortform content? its corporate lifespan https://www.wsj.com/...
Josh Crutchmer / @jcrutchmer: nobody tell quibi https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Quibi's biggest assets/strengths were: 1) Jeffrey Katzenberg himself 2) Its owners: Disney, NBCUniversal, Time Warner, Viacom, and Sony Pictures Huge missed opportunity to have those rights holders aligned enough with JK and not hatch the right plan! Shame https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: The last time Meg Whitman dumped this much money into something unsuccessful was when she ran for governor of California. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Lessin / @lessin: I really (truly) applaud Katzenberg's crazy / bold shot on goal with Quibi AND his super fast move to shut it down when it clearly wasn't working (vs slowly bleeding out) https://thein.fo/...
Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets: Jeffrey Katzenberg personally invested $5.5 million in Quibi's Series A, while Meg Whitman put in $10.5 million. They will lose millions. Later investors will lose even more: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: It's over. Latest from @cityofthetown and @jtoonkel https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast: Quibi Was an Incredible Display of Billionaire Hubris
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: On Wednesday, Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg called investors to tell them he is shutting the service down, the WSJ reports https://www.wsj.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: R.I.P. @Quibi, whose life lasted only a few quick bites https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: All money diverted toward journalism so far by Facebook /Google < $600 m. Money media execs spent in 1 year on Quibi (RIP) $2 billion ... ( ie the media industry's priorities suck too) https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Quibi founder reportedly told newly-unemployed staffers to listen to a song from Trolls to cheer themselves up
TechCrunch: Quibi is dead — The startup raised nearly $2 billion in financing from backers including Alibaba, Goldman Sachs and Disney
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Quibi and Its Open Letter: An Idea Probably Not Considered
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Quibi Shuts Down After Six Months
Mercedes Milligan / Animation Magazine: Mobile-First Streamer Quibi Shutting Down, Leaving Toons in the Lurch
Bethany Guerrero / ScreenRant: Quibi Is Officially Shutting Down, Selling Off Assets
James Hale / Tubefilter: Quibi Is Shutting Down — Quibi is calling it quits. — Seven months post-launch …
Kelly Gilblom / Bloomberg: Quibi Will Close Down in One of Hollywood's Biggest Flops
Peter Kafka / Vox: In defense of Quibi — Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg in January 2020. Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Quibi
Mary Colussi / Pop Culture Curriculum: pop culture curriculum #8
Adam Rosenberg / Mashable: Quibi, the weird, buzzy streaming service with tons of star power, is shutting down
Todd Spangler / Variety: Quibi Confirms It's Shutting Down: ‘The World Has Changed Dramatically,’ Jeffrey Katzenberg Says
Madeline Berg / Forbes: Quibi By The Numbers: From Sizzle Reel To Sunken Ship In Less Than Seven Months
Jared Newman / Fast Company: Quibi is already dead
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Quibi to Shut Down Six Months After Launch (Report)
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: Welp, Quibi's done
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Jeffrey Katzenberg's video app Quibi is shutting down after six months
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi to shut down, report says, a flameout less than 7 months after launch
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Quibi Throws In The Towel
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: Quibi Is Shutting Down After Just 6 Months: ‘Our Failure Was Not for Lack of Trying’
Grant Hermanns / ComingSoon.net: Streaming platform Quibi reportedly shutting down
Catie Keck / Gizmodo: RIP Quibi — After several tumultuous months during which each new week brought more bad news for Quibi …
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi: Everything to know about the (doomed) $5 short-form video service
Dan Conlin / Game Rant: Quibi is Shutting Down | Game Rant
John Squires / Bloody Disgusting!: Goodbye “50 States of Fright”: Quibi is Shutting Down After Just 7 Months
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Short Form Video Service Quibi Shutting Down
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine: Quibi Streaming Service to Shut Down
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Quibi video service shuts down 6 months after launch, 1 day after Apple TV app release
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Quibi is reportedly shutting down
Tyler Hersko / IndieWire: Quibi to Shut Down — Here's What Went Wrong
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: Quibi Reportedly Considering Shutting Down Only Months After Its Launch
Libby Watson / New Republic: There Are No Good Republicans for a Biden White House
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The Information:
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: It's official: Jeffrey Katzenberg is calling investors to tell them he's shutting the company down, sources tell @JBFlint and I: https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Neistat / @casey: this is wild. $1.75 Billion dollars raised. shutting down after 6 months https://twitter.com/...
Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: This is a genuinely sad end to Katzenberg's career He was a genius in his time who literally shaped every millennials childhood from Disney animation to Dreamworks https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Mims / @mims: Possibly the only not-surprising news of 2020 https://www.wsj.com/...
Emily Best / @emilybest: I'll be honest. This makes my blood boil. The capital that went into Quibi was chasing big personalities who were neither subject matter, audience or creator experts. This could have funded 1000 companies that knew how to survive and thrive https://www.wsj.com/...
Andy Signore / @andysignore: File this under “Duh.” https://www.wsj.com/... Just don't let Katzenberg blame the pandemic for the @Quibi failure.This idea was dumb from the start. He raised $1.75 BILLION Off Millennial BuzzWords & gave the bulk of it to Celebrity Influencers. Brands, Wise up. Such a waste
Frank Rich / @frankrichny: This should end any Biden camp talk of putting Meg Whitman in the cabinet. $1.75 billion down the toilet overnight. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Sorry, but this is not an exclusive WSJ :) https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://www.wsj.com/...
Emma Vigeland / @emmavigeland: Lmao Biden is considering the Republican Quibi CEO for his cabinet... and somehow the “Republican” part of that statement isn't even the most egregious. Quibi. QUIBI. He wants the CEO of the most obviously terrible idea ever?! https://twitter.com/...
Jeff D MandaLowerian / @jeffdlowe: “[COVID] forced would-be subscribers away from the kinds of on-the-go situations Quibi executives envisioned for its users.” Give me a break. Over $1 billion in capital. Tons of media minds behind it. No excuse, pandemic hit a solid month (or more$ before launch. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: $1.75 billion flies into the ether like yesterday's tweet. Quibi Weighs Shutting Down as Problems Mount https://www.wsj.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: “Quibi is holding a call with its investors later Wednesday to update them on the status of the company, some of the people said.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: Quitbi https://twitter.com/...
Ahiza García-Hodges / NBC News: Quibi is shutting down, just months after launching
Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company: Quibi died a quick death, but here are 9 of its projects that deserve an afterlife
Todd Spangler / Variety: Quibi Is Shutting Down After Failing to Find a Buyer
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Quibi calls it quits
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Daily Crunch: Quibi is shutting down
Sara Fischer / Axios: Report: Quibi shutting amid pandemic struggles
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: If a video streaming startup that has raised $1.75 Bn and launched in the midst of a once-in-a-century global pandemic where consumers are staying at home and consuming content like there's no tomorrow has to shut down, then, maybe, just maybe, it's the execution... https://twitter.com/...
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: This is the End for Quibi — Just last month, we reported that Quibi founders were exploring options …
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: Quibi is Shutting Down Streaming Service
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: Quibi Finally Launches on Apple TV, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV, Just As the Service is About to Shut Down
Erica Euse / Mic: Let us take 10 minutes to mourn Quibi
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi to shut down, report says, a flameout coming 6 months after launch
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Quibi reportedly considering shutting down less than 7 months after launch
Nick Statt / The Verge: Is Quibi done for? — Quibi or not to be — Struggling streaming service Quibi's days appear to be numbered.
Cruella Dawson / @brosandprose: I think often of how many people in media showed how little they understood their own industry by raving about Quibi's genius. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi Set to Shut Down After Only 7 Months
Tom Gara / @tomgara: People trash talk the idea of Meg Whitman joining the Biden cabinet, but personally I think that given how crucial the Department of Quick Bites will be in the coming years, we need someone there who can hit the ground running https://twitter.com/...
Best Pumpkinman Ever / @asunflowerpose: and one of the co-founders is being vetted for federal executive leadership https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Lawrence / @nathanblawrence: Quibi started at an interesting moment, being a mobile only video service while we were all trapped in front of giant television sets. And it didn't help that during its launch, TikTok and Snapchat were both growing to be bigger, sometimes better, places for very similar ideas. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Billinson / @jbillinson: A $1.8B streaming platform shutting down after less than year ... the ultimate quick bite https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Appears Quibi is at the end of the line: “strategy meetings have been cancelled, according to two people familiar with the matter. Some employees have informally been scheduling goodbye drinks” https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
@naveman: @mediagazer Before there was a TikTok there was a Vine. Before there was Uber Eats there was Pink Dot. So after Quibi folds someone will come along with the exact same service but the timing will be right.
Nicole W.C. Yeatman / @nwcyeatman: The demise of Quibi should not be recorded by history as Covid-related; Quibi Will die because it was a very stupid, no good, dumb idea to reinvent YouTube but with studio-sized budgets 🤷♀️ https://twitter.com/...
Brandy MP / @brandybeephd: I just need one academic to fall on the sword and write The Article on Quibi so that I can assign it on my syllabi. https://twitter.com/...
Tony Lin / @tony_zy: Watching Quibi's journey is like reading a modern Japanese crime fiction: both the victim and killer have long been revealed, and the entire book is just about how it's done https://twitter.com/...
Clare O'Connor / @clare_oc: Quibi raised $1.8 billion in venture capital. Black women entrepreneurs, the fastest-growing founder demo, raise an average of $42,000. 😒 https://twitter.com/...
Cory Weinberg / @coryweinberg: There's a real violinists-on-the-Titanic vibe among Quibi employees, @cityofthetown & @jtoonkel report. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Feldman / Sportico.com:
ESPN to put about 10% of its overall written output on ESPN+, making it available only to subscribers, though breaking news will remain free — As of Nov. 9, five daily ESPN radio shows' telecasts will be exclusively available on the platform for both live and on-demand viewers.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post: ESPN moving high-profile features and analysis behind ESPN+ paywall
Marc D'Amico / @marc_damico: I have still yet to pay for content on a sports media site, and not sure I ever will (unless a lot changes). There's just too many other places with quality content where I can get my fix and information. I'm a sports fanatic and I just haven't found a subscription that I “need.” https://twitter.com/...
Jon Greenberg / @jon_greenberg: Good scoop. You have to figure we had something to do with this. (I guess you don't have to, but I think so.) https://twitter.com/...
Maury Brown / @bizballmaury: We will all be overwhelmed by subscription services by (checks notes) yesterday. But it's where everything is headed. Ad model is dead. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rubin / @adamrubinmedia: I'm not bullish on this model. At least in a market like New York, there's too much info available for free. And people don't differentiate between independent and team-produced content. It will just further drive the eyeballs to the party-line copy.
Scot Bertram / @scotbertram: ESPN+ is not going to make the list of sports writing for which I'm willing to pay. https://nypost.com/...
Stewart Mandel / @slmandel: Eventually all good sports content will be a paid product. Just like movies. And TV shows. And music. And ... https://twitter.com/...
David Ubben / @davidubben: This will never work. No one's ever going to pay for sports news. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Prediction: This drives far more subscriptions to @TheAthletic. ESPN is a good free alternative, but Athletic is the one worth paying for. https://nypost.com/...
Adam Rubin / @adamrubinmedia: Basically, they're trying to entice people to subscribe to their direct-to-consumer TV products because the cable route is failing too.
Daman Rangoola / @damanr: This is really interesting. It's a more sustainable way for ESPN to fund a lot of their journalistic work, makes ESPN+ more valuable (it's becoming a sports bundle on its own). News breaking has a short shelf life and doesn't hold value, keeping that open is a good balance https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post:
Trump posted a 37-minute clip of his 60 Minutes interview on Facebook, violating an agreement that WH was taping the interview “for archival purposes only” — President Trump followed through on his threat, or promise, to release video of his interview with CBS News journalist Lesley Stahl …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: ‘60 Minutes’ Will Run Trump Interview Sunday, Despite President's Release of Footage
New York Times: 2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Posts ‘60 Minutes’ Interview He Cut Short After Bristling at Questions
Margeaux Sippell / The Wrap: Watch the Exact Moment Trump Walks Out of ‘60 Minutes’ Interview With Lesley Stahl (Video)
Oliver Darcy / CNN: CBS News calls out White House for breaking agreement and posting Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ interview online
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: President Trump posts unedited ‘60 Minutes’ interview on Facebook
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo: CBS Fires Back At Trump After He Whines About ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Brett Samuels / The Hill: Stahl tells Pence he and Trump ‘insulted 60 Minutes’ by giving ‘campaign speeches’
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico: Lesley Stahl says Trump and Pence insulted her and ‘60 Minutes’
Daniel Dale / @ddale8: The best thing about Stahl's performance here is that she was willing to just spend minutes going round and round with Trump on one point he was lying about, rather than trying to move on to a checklist of pre-planned topics.
Frank O'Laughlin / WHDH-TV: Trump posts unedited ‘60 Minutes’ interview before it airs
@yronlyhope: Why would any media company ever agree to interview this clown again? https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Alter / @charlottealter: This Leslie Stahl thing once again proves that Trump isn't really running against Biden— he's running against the media and the very idea of scrutiny (and women journalists usually bear the brunt of this)
@darickr: What an insecure little baby. Rules and agreements are for suckers in Trump's world... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@bandyxlee1: His expression, and the fact that he is taping his own version, shows him full of anger, fear, suspicion, and paranoia. The “interview” consists of rigid, insistent talking points intended to “double down” on his fixed beliefs detached from reality: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marty Schladen / @martyschladen: Watched this clip. Put me in mind of the first debate. Trump rarely let Stahl finish a question. Wonder what that means for tonight? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matt Dornic / @mdornic: Welcome to my world, CBS. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: As Trump attacks Lesley Stahl now, remember his comments to her in 2016 on why he attacks the media: “He said, ‘You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.’”
Brian Flood / Fox News: Trump teases release of unedited ‘60 Minutes’ footage to expose ‘vicious attempted takeout’ by Lesley Stahl
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: “Can I say something? This is 60 Minutes... We can't put things on we can't verify.” - CBS's Lesley Stahl, in interview with President Trump
Nicole Gallucci / Mashable: Trump drops full ‘60 Minutes’ interview early in puzzling attempt to control the narrative
Paul Waldman / @paulwaldman1: Trump releasing the White House recording of his 60 Minutes interview because he thinks it will make him look great is just like him releasing the transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine because he thought it would exonerate him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Robinson / @johnrobinson: He violates rules in the debate he agreed to. He doesn't pay his bills and breaks contracts. He lies daily. Why anyone would take him at his word is a mystery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Trump tells Lesley Stahl he doesn't want ‘tough questions’ in 60 Minutes interview he leaked
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: Trump Exposes Himself as Whiner-in-Chief in Leaked ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Stephen Shankland / CNET: Trump uses Facebook, Twitter to publish 60 Minutes interview days before air date
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Re: Trump's releasing the @60Minutes interview, let's not lose sight of what's actually going on here, which is his constant need for attention and reality-show-style drama. Don't try to apply common sense or old rules of engagement to this.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Quick reminder for what it's worth, which is evidently very little: CBS says the WH “agreed to record the interview only for its archives.” In other words, for archival purposes only — not for political weaponization https://twitter.com/...
Dave Nemetz / TVLine: President Trump Leaks 60 Minutes Interview Footage — Including the Moment He Walked Out
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: CBS NEWS says: “The White House's unprecedented decision to disregard their agreement with CBS News and release their footage will not deter 60 MINUTES from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting which presidents have participated in for decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Also, a little ref-working for tonight?
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Donald Trump Posts Raw Footage Of ‘60 Minutes’ Interview; CBS News Says White House Broke Agreement
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T Q3: HBO Max subscribers reach 28.7M and top 57M worldwide with HBO; HBO hits revenue of $1.8B, down 2.1% YoY; Warner Bros. revenue is $2.4B, down 27.7% YoY — All told, 28.7 million customers were eligible to get HBO Max at the end of Q3. — As of the end of September …
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap: AT&T Q3 Earnings: HBO Max Hits 38 Million US Subs, Warner Bros Revenue Falls 28%
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: AT&T's Ad Revenues Stabilize in Third Quarter
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: AT&T CEO Says Robust HBO Max Library Has Managed to Grip Subscribers
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: AT&T “premium TV” subscribers (including DirecTV and the AT&T TV broadband service) were 17.1M in Q3, down 590,000 sequentially and a loss of 3.3M over the past 12 months https://variety.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: AT&T's numbers for HBO Max/HBO show that around 9.3M legacy HBO subs are not eligible for HBO Max at this point. That includes customers who subscribe to HBO through Amazon and Roku (with whom WarnerMedia still does not have HBO Max distribution deals) https://variety.com/...
TV Grim Reaper / @tvgrimreaper: 3Q HBO Max adds ~2.1m subs HBO loses ~0.4m subs Net add ~1.7m subs to ~38m total 2Q Net add was ~3.25m subs Trade media touting HBO exceeding 36m end of year sub goal for 2020, forgetting it had been exceeded by 6/30. https://twitter.com/...
J. Williams / @donthatebehated: more than half of HBO's existing subscribers who have access to HBO Max for no extra charge still have not signed in to use the super-size streaming service https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: AT&T TV NOW Loses Another 37K Subscribers, Dropping 60%+ of Customers in 2 Years
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max Reaches 28.7 Million Subscribers
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: HBO Adds 1.7 Million Subscribers to Reach 38 Million, Including 8.6 Million on HBO Max
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Stankey says WarnerMedia is not going to be aggressive in bidding for sports media rights: “Our goal is not to become known as ‘the sports company.’ I don't see going deeper into sports as the right move for WarnerMedia.” https://variety.com/...
Kim Lyons / The Verge: HBO Max has 28.7 million subscribers, but not all of them are actually watching yet
Jared Bruett / Game Rant: HBO Max Is Growing, but Not Quite Fast Enough | Game Rant
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: HBO Max Reaches 8.6 Million Subscribers
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Hulu to drop Fox regional sports networks from tomorrow, joining YouTube TV, Sling TV, and fuboTV — The ability to stream Sinclair-owned Fox Sports RSNs including YES Network and Marquee Sports Network has become a major challenge for streamers. Starting tomorrow, October 23 …
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Ian Casselberry / Awful Announcing: Hulu dropping Sinclair's Fox Sports regional networks from live-sports packages
Todd Spangler / Variety: Hulu Is Dropping Sinclair-Owned Fox Regional Sports Networks From Live TV Plans
Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: Hulu With Live TV is about to lose a bunch of Fox regional sports networks
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Hulu drops Sinclair sports networks from live TV service
Alexandra Mondalek / The Business of Fashion:
Fashion site Repeller, renamed from Man Repeller, is shutting down after its founder stepped back in June following staff accusations of racist behavior — The company, which rebranded as Repeller earlier this year, faced criticism over the summer for its content and internal culture.
Discussion:
Celia Fernandez / INSIDER: Man Repeller is shutting down months after its founder took a ‘step back’ following criticism over lack of diversity
@bof: Just in, fashion website Repeller, until recently known as Man Repeller, is winding down operations and plans to shut down, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
Jessica DeFino / @jessicadefino_: Kind of love that my face will forever be associated with the end of the era of Man Repeller? https://twitter.com/...
Emily Singer / @emily_singer: i just hope that @repeller keeps its archive accessible. published some gr8 essays over the years and served as a launchpad for really talented thinkers. https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
Lola Mndez / @lolaannamendez: FYI writer friends. @repeller is folding. Check-in with your editors about outstanding payments and pending publications. My heart goes out to the editors who have lost their jobs this week. My DMs are open if I can provide any advice about freelancing. https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
Safy / @safyhallanfarah: I read the founder's Substack newsletter. I didn't expect this to happen because she made it seem like it was going to live on w/o her. https://twitter.com/...
@mollytaft: media is a hot mess and reading the tea leaves of shit like this is always pointless buuuuut does seem *sus* that Man Repeller folded after its v popular founder was called out for racism/classism https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
@erinecunningham: As legacy publications lost their identities in the digital era, Man Repeller redefined fashion coverage, with some of the most fun story ideas (coats on boats!), inventive styling, and headlines that didn't feel like boring SEO clickbait. This hurts my heart. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Oh wow https://twitter.com/...
Daniela Candela / @daniela_candela: Wow, end of an era. Man Repeller was one of my go-to fashion bloggers before the influencer craze. Buttttt.....the content changed up and didn't hit the same. https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Mondalek / @amondalek: SCOOP: Employees at (Man) Repeller learned on Monday the publication would wind down operations soon. https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Political strategists say they are struggling to find enough space on YouTube for ads as campaigns flood the service, with particular shortages in swing states — - In some swing states, YouTube is entirely sold out of ad space — Political advertisers see ‘crunch’ in final month of election
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Stephen Nellis / @stephennellis: This @mhbergen story is fascinating because if you're old enough to remember legacy media like print or TV, the point of digital was that the inventory was supposed to never run out, keeping prices lower than legacy. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: @mhbergen My kids have learned a *lot* about @MaxRose4NY and Nicole Malliotakis while waiting for their Among Us/Fortnite/Minecraft videos to play.
Mark Bergen / @mhbergen: @pkafka @MaxRose4NY gotta get 'em young.
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
WHO grants Wikipedia free use of its published data, allowing it to be reposted widely in almost 200 languages and starting with COVID-19 information — The health agency will license much of its material to the online encyclopedia, allowing the information to be reposted widely into almost 200 languages.
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Taylor Lyles / The Verge:
Sony says its PS5 will have Apple TV+, Disney+, Netflix, Spotify, Twitch, and YouTube at launch on Nov. 12, with Prime Video, Hulu, and Peacock coming later — No Prime Video, HBO Max, or Hulu on day one, though — If you are planning to use your PlayStation 5 for more than just gaming …
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Sony PlayStation 5 Will Include a Remote, Apps for Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Apple TV and More
Phil Rosenberg / PlayStation.Blog: New media experience and top entertainment streaming apps coming to PS5
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: Sony Reveals PS5 to Launch With Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus and Netflix Integrated on Console
Philip Palermo / Cord Cutters News: Sony Outlines More Streaming Services Heading to PlayStation 5 in November
Dylan McDonald / Game Rant: PS5 Missing Major Streaming Apps at Launch | Game Rant
Connor Sheridan / GamesRadar: PS5 will support Netflix and Disney Plus at launch, here's what else
Sean Illing / Vox:
Q&A with Jay Rosen on the media's progress as seen in its treatment of the NY Post story, the reality-based press, and necessary changes to election coverage — A conversation with media critic Jay Rosen. — SHARE All sharing options — Last Friday, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden …
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New York Times, @benjiwheeler, @jayrosen_nyu, Salon, @froomkin, Press Watch, @guygavrielkay, @jayrosen_nyu, @theplumlinegs and The Daily Beast
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times: A Full Guide to the Debate Tonight
Ben Wheeler / @benjiwheeler: @froomkin I agree! What to ACTUALLY watch for in the debate: * will Trump continue to lie about having a plan to replace the ACA? * will Trump continue to lie and dodge responsibility for exposing others to COVID? * will Trump continue to signal support for QAnon and white supremacists?
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: @froomkin We have to keep finding ways to say it, making what's familiar by now seem strange. Flooding the zone is harder to explain — and to oppose — than it looks.
Dan Froomkin / Salon: If Joe Biden wins this election, mainstream media has plenty of catch-up work ahead
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Debate coverage like this normalizes a completely abnormal election: https://www.nytimes.com/... Allow me to explaiin: https://presswatchers.org/...
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: In the final stretch, political journalists should flood the zone with the truth
Guy Gavriel Kay / @guygavrielkay: Smart, accurate observation. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Dean Baquet wants the New York Times to emerge from the Trump era with a national newspaper that talks equally to Democrats and Republicans. In this interview with @seanilling of @voxdotcom I try to explain why that's impossible. https://www.vox.com/...