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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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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/...
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: Respect the hustle, not the stupidity
Brandon Katz / Observer: The 10 Most-Watched Original TV Shows on Apple TV+
Jessica Toonkel / @jtoonkel: Quibi investor call has started. Katzenberg wearing a suit, while Whitman is going through slides of the history of the company
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg & Meg Whitman Detail “Clear-Eyed” Decision To Shut It Down
Moshe Isaacian / Adweek: Quibi's Many Faults. Let Us Count the Ways
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi Confirms Shutdown, Will Sell Assets
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Quibi is shutting down — The shortform video service had the shortest run of all
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: RIP Quibi, 2020-2020 A company committed to keeping things short, in a quite literal sense. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Quibi shuts down after seven months
@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/...
@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/ ...
@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?
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/ ...
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/...
I-Hsien Sherwood / Ad Age: Quibi calls it quits, and a final presidential debate looms: Thursday Wake-Up Call
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: Sheesh, the official #RIPQuibi post only has 254 claps. https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... 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/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: My friend Ben has done an excellent job owning this story, right until the very end of Quibi 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/...
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.
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/...
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/ ...
Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff: Found it refreshingly honest. But yeah, not uplifting. https://twitter.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: 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: that's *SOME* of why quibi failed. now go read this: https://quibi-hq.medium.com/ ... lol
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
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: R.I.P. @Quibi, whose life lasted only a few quick bites https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
TechCrunch: Quibi is dead — The startup raised nearly $2 billion in financing from backers including Alibaba, Goldman Sachs and Disney
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
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Quibi and Its Open Letter: An Idea Probably Not Considered
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
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi to shut down, a flameout less than 7 months after launch
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
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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Quibi decided to shut down and return $350M to investors rather than try and prolong the life of the company through another big investment — Streaming service designed for mobile users struggled to resonate amid pandemic, crowded marketplace — Quibi Holdings LLC is shutting down …
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Todd Spangler / Variety: After Quibi Announces Shutdown, Eko Says It Will Continue to Pursue Legal Action
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: Why Quibi Failed: 5 Reasons the Short-Form Streamer Sank So Fast
Sara Fischer / Axios: Quibi says it's shutting down
Taylor Borden / Business Insider: Meet Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Hollywood veteran who went from dropping out of college to founding DreamWorks and the shuttering streaming service Quibi
Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Quibi, Short-Form Streaming Service, Quickly Shuts Down
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: Quibi's co-founders explain what went wrong
Ben Carlson / A Wealth of Common Sense: Every Time Out It's a Guess
Julia Alexander / The Verge: 11 reasons why Quibi crashed and burned in less than a year
John Biggs / Gizmodo: Don't Cry for Quibi — A former boss of mine, someone who worked at a legacy cable TV channel …
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Quibi founder reportedly told newly-unemployed staffers to listen to a song from Trolls to cheer themselves up
Dennis Hegstad / @dennishegstad: or $2billion into 20,000 startups at $100,000 investment each 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Betley / @matthewbetley: Never doubted this would be the ultimate result, but I didn't think it would happen this quickly. https://twitter.com/...
@rafat: Congrats to @theinformation edit team that has owned this story through the whole time Quibi existed. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
@levelsio: Imagine burning $2 billion dollars of VC funding in 6 months That's $10 million per day $455,000 per hour $7,589 per minute $126 per second https://www.wsj.com/...
Ibrahim Sani / @ibrahimsaninet: This is unbelievable. $1.75 bil raised. $350 mil to be returned to investors following closure. That means $1.4 bil spent to build and then to shut down after 6 months?! Capitalism in its craziest moment: large amounts can be raised and spent in such a wasteful manner? https://twitter.com/...
David Pierce / Protocol: What Quibi got wrong
Was That A Nerve / @primediscussion: I continue to be blown away at how much dumb money chases after dumb money in the startup space while everyone chases their unicorn, and countless viable business plans struggle for access to even fractional funding. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast: Quibi Was an Incredible Display of Billionaire Hubris
John Koetsier / Forbes: Quibi Spent $63 Million On Ads In Short Six-Month Life
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Quibi Shuts Down After Six Months
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
Adam Rosenberg / Mashable: Quibi, the weird, buzzy streaming service with tons of star power, is shutting down
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Quibi calls it quits
Todd Spangler / Variety: Quibi Confirms It's Shutting Down: ‘The World Has Changed Dramatically,’ Jeffrey Katzenberg Says
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Quibi to Shut Down Six Months After Launch (Report)
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Quibi to shut down, report says, a flameout coming 6 months after launch
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi Set to Shut Down After Only 7 Months
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: Quibi's Fate May Be Doomed As Katzenberg Reportedly Tried to Sell The Service's Content
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: Quibi, short-form video thing that made no sense, shuts down
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Quibi is now available for Apple TV users with an official tvOS app
The Information:
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Quibi Is Shutting Down After Failing to Find a Buyer
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Daily Crunch: Quibi is shutting down
Sara Fischer / Axios: Report: Quibi shutting amid pandemic struggles
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: This is the End for Quibi — Just last month, we reported that Quibi founders were exploring options …
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/...
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
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.
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Quibi could flame out if suitor not found - report
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/ ...
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/...
Cory Bergman / @corybe: Looking closer to the end for Quibi, which has spent an estimated $1 billion. Just imagine what good could've been done with that money. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets: “Some employees have informally been scheduling goodbye drinks.” https://www.theinformation.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/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: Man, my article going live tomorrow about how Quibi could have succeeded is going to look awfully prescient. https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: Can Katzenberg stop claiming he invented / pioneered something with Quibi now... Me in Sept 21 Reliable Sources newsletter: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: I'm happy to have a conversation with the folks who swore up and down this was the future and acted like I just didn't get it. Content was awful. Concept dumb. Leadership blind. https://twitter.com/...
Brooks Otterlake / @i_zzzzzz: Me and my buddies are all solemnly shaking each other's hands about a job well done, inadvertently causing a superspreader event https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: Its entire existence will be one quick bite https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi: Quibi is almost done 400k subs (unclear how many of them paid); the plan was for 7.4m at EOY1 Strategy meetings have been cancelled and some employees have informally been scheduling goodbye drinks $1.5B gone; I'm looking forward to the post-mortems https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Daniel Roberts / @readdanwrite: 6 months after launching https://twitter.com/...
@pixelatedboat: Sad to hear that Quambo is going out of business. Really going to miss watching all that great short-form content on Quabbub. Don't know what I'll do without Quijiblimf in my life 😞 https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky: I... can't believe it.... it went exactly like every single person I've ever talked to thought it would https://twitter.com/...
Johnny Paranormality / @probgoblin: True to form, Quibi had a shorter runtime than more traditional streaming services. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: The end for @Quibi? Big scoop from @cityofthetown and @jtoonkel https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: 1 Qubit. https://twitter.com/...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: Bye Qwiby https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: “Katzenberg has told people in the industry that he may have to shut down the company” “important strategy meetings have been cancelled” “employees have informally been scheduling goodbye drinks” https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Not surprising but this would be a colossal failure: Jeffrey Katzenberg Tried to Sell Quibi Content, Raising Questions About Service's Future. Via The Information https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown: Quibi's days are numbered. Jeffrey has tried unsuccessfully to sell off Quibi's content library to NBCU and Facebook. He's admitted to people in the industry that he may have to shut down the company. w/@jtoonkel https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Quibi Now On Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV - But Is The End Near?
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Quibi launches CTV apps, but is reportedly close to shutting down
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Quibi employees ready for possible closure of service
Richard Lawler / Engadget: Quibi chairman reportedly looked into selling its content library
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%.
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/...
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__: 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/...
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.
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/...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: One of the finest reporters we have, bar none, and this is bullying garbage. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
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!
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: If Tucker Carlson is attacking you, you're doing something right. Bravo @BrandyZadrozny https://twitter.com/...
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.
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/...
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__
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.
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/ ...
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/...
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.
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.
@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/...
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/...
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.
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/...
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.
Discussion:
New York Post, @adamrubinmedia, @adamrubinmedia, @scotbertram, @slmandel, @jon_greenberg, @bizballmaury, @davidubben, @kantrowitz, @damanr and Awful Announcing
Discussion:
Andrew Marchand / New York Post: ESPN moving high-profile features and analysis behind ESPN+ paywall
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.
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.
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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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Adweek, The Streamable, The Wrap, @tvgrimreaper, Game Rant, @xpangler, @xpangler, The Verge, The Streamable, Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable, @xpangler and Cord Cutters News
Discussion:
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
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: AT&T CEO John Stankey Is ‘Not Optimistic’ About Theatrical Recovery in Early 2021
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/...
Jared Bruett / Game Rant: HBO Max Is Growing, but Not Quite Fast Enough | Game Rant
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/...
Kim Lyons / The Verge: HBO Max has 28.7 million subscribers, but not all of them are actually watching yet
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/...
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: HBO Max Reaches 8.6 Million Subscribers
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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Variety, Mediaite, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Poynter, @cbsnews, The Hill, Fox News, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Deadline, @paulwaldman1, @johnrobinson, The Week, @sulliview, @sulliview, @jeremymbarr, TVLine, Hollywood Reporter and @brianstelter
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: ‘60 Minutes’ Will Run Trump Interview Sunday, Despite President's Release of Footage
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
Brett Samuels / The Hill: Trump posts full ‘60 Minutes’ interview showing him walking out
Brian Flood / Fox News: Trump teases release of unedited ‘60 Minutes’ footage to expose ‘vicious attempted takeout’ by Lesley Stahl
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: Trump Exposes Himself as Whiner-in-Chief in Leaked ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Donald Trump Posts Raw Footage Of ‘60 Minutes’ Interview; CBS News Says White House Broke Agreement
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
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Also, a little ref-working for tonight?
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.
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/...
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:
@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/ ...
@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/ ...
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/...
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/ ...
Alexandra Mondalek / @amondalek: SCOOP: Employees at (Man) Repeller learned on Monday the publication would wind down operations soon. https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...
Kat Harding / @iwearaviators: A case of “we can't exist inclusively, so we won't exist at all.” 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/...
@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/...
Lauren Alexis Fisher / @laurenalexis: Man Repeller has always published some of the most fun, thought-provoking fashion pieces that I genuinely enjoyed reading. This is such a bummer. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Oh wow https://twitter.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
Discussion:
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/...
Mark Bergen / @mhbergen: The flood of campaign ads, which Google has to sort and screen, has spurred a ~code yellow~ internally. Company, though, says every ad category doing well rn. https://twitter.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.
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 …
Discussion:
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
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Hulu drops Sinclair sports networks from live TV service
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to testify about their handling of NY Post story — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey …
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Washington Post, CNET, @moonalice, The Hill, Engadget, @jason_kint and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Tony Romm / Washington Post: Senate Republicans vote to authorize subpoena targeting Facebook, Twitter CEOs
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: This is may be an effective threat to work the refs, but the Republicans on Senate Judiciary would be crazy to force Zuck and Jack to testify. There is no bias against conservatives on platforms; there is well documented pro-conservative bias at FB. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill: Republicans on Senate panel subpoena Facebook, Twitter CEOs
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: Senate Republicans vote to subpoena Facebook and Twitter CEOs
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 …
Discussion:
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: Sony Reveals PS5 to Launch With Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus and Netflix Integrated on Console
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
@playstation: ✔️ Apple TV ✔️ Disney+ ✔️ Netflix ✔️ Spotify ✔️ Twitch ✔️ YouTube Details on the entertainment apps shipping day one on #PS5: https://blog.playstation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Esther Kezia Thorpe / Media Voices Podcast:
Podcast transcript of Casey Newton, Thomas Baekdal, Simon Owens, Anne Helen Petersen, and Josh Sternberg on going solo and earning revenue directly from readers — Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of high-profile examples of journalists leaving publications to launch their own newsletters.
Discussion:
Baekdal Plus, Talking Biz News, @iroughol, Columbia Journalism Review, @mediavoicespod, @iroughol, @iroughol, @iroughol, @estherkeziat, @simonowens, @iroughol, @baekdal, @travelfish and @mediavoicespod, Thanks:@estherkeziat
Discussion:
@iroughol: Also, there's another reason it's mostly men doing this: safety. A solo newsletter brings the author very close to the audience. That's part of the appeal. You give a lot of yourself, and some readers will not understand there are still boundaries. 4/
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: The Google case is a stew of technology, law, and politics
@mediavoicespod: “I had a million visitors. I launched Baekdal Plus, and I had this idea that I could convert something like 5%...After three months, I had 29 subscribers. And so I went from thinking, ‘Oh, this is the best thing ever,’ to ‘Oh, my freaking God!’” @baekdal https://voices.media/...
@iroughol: For the same reason, I have serious reservations about applying this solo sub model to local news. The more niche you go, the richer your audience (or their expense account) must be. 3/
@iroughol: Size of initial market matters so much because conversion rates are so low. Which means I've only seen this work in English, for predominantly US audiences. Don't think @baekdal would have made it happen in Danish. My French podcast will never make meaningful money. 2/
@iroughol: Whatever abuse you get as a female journalist online, you will get more as a solo creator. Maybe not the crowds of bots, but more often the lone creep who reads you obsessively. I don't share about this a lot, because frankly, I'm afraid this person is reading. 5/
Esther Kezia Thorpe / @estherkeziat: It's live!!! VERY grateful to the brilliant people who took the time to speak to me for this, and their many words of wisdom for people looking to go the same route. (It's fully written up on the link already if you don't have time to listen just yet) https://twitter.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: I was recently interviewed about my newsletter and the difficulties of building a business around paid subscriptions. Check it out! https://voices.media/...
@iroughol: Great pod on the reality of going solo. This can't be said enough: it will take more time than you think, it will make less money than you think. Listen then consider a couple more points... 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: Something worth listening to ... (although I may be slightly biased ;)) https://twitter.com/...
Stuart McDonald / @travelfish: “After three months, I had 29 subscribers. That was it. And so I went from thinking, ‘Oh, this is the best thing ever,’ to ‘Oh, my freaking God!’” Amen. An **excellent and realistic wrap** on paid newsletters by mere mortals. https://twitter.com/...
@mediavoicespod: “One of the lessons I learned early on is that a lot of people go into this, they assume that the difference with the paid & the free version is you just offer more of the free version...that's just not enough for much of a value proposition” @simonowens https://voices.media/...
Thanks:@estherkeziat
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