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Errin Haines / The 19th:
Biden announces White House communications team, with Kate Bedingfield as communications director, Jen Psaki as press secretary, and more — Kate Bedingfield, Jen Psaki, Karine Jean-Pierre and Symone Sanders will be among those overseeing communications for the incoming administration.
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Washington Post: Biden hires all-female senior communications team, names Neera Tanden director of OMB
@yashar: 1. NEWS Biden/Harris White House Press Team @KBeds - Comms Director @jrpsaki - Press Sec @K_JeanPierre - Principal Dep Press Sec @pilitobar87 - Dep Comms Director @SymoneDSanders - KH Chief Spox @AshleyEtienne09 - KH Comms Director @EAlexander332 - Dr. Biden Comms Director
Jen Psaki / @jrpsaki: Honored to work again for @JoeBiden, a man I worked on behalf of during the Obama-Biden Admin as he helped lead economic recovery, rebuilt our relationships with partners (turns out good practice) and injected empathy and humanity into nearly every meeting I sat in.
Jen Psaki / @jrpsaki: We can't wait to share what we are thinking as we get closer to inauguration, but @K_JeanPierre and I spoke just this am about taking the next few weeks to think outside of the box about how to ensure we are making the Biden-Harris agenda more accessible from the podium.
Thom Geier / The Wrap: Joe Biden Names All-Female Communications Team Led by Jen Psaki and Kate Bedingfield
Annie Linskey / @annielinskey: SCOOP: Jennifer Psaki to be Biden's WH press secretary, part of an all-female senior communications staff rolled out today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Theodoric Meyer / Politico: Biden announces all-female White House communications team
Justine Coleman / The Hill: Biden announces first all-female White House communications team
Jen Psaki / @jrpsaki: This is a team of some of the most talented, battle-tested communicators out there @KBeds, @K_JeanPierre, @SymoneDSanders, @AshleyEtienne09 @EAlexander, @pilitobar87—who are also all women, most diverse team in history and also 6 Moms of young kids
Jennifer Palmieri / @jmpalmieri: Neither @JoeBiden nor the press could ask for someone better prepared to do this job or has more integrity than @jrpsaki. Congratulations all around. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Caplan / @craigcaplan: Jen Psaki today was named White House Press Secretary and Karine Jean Pierre Principal Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden. https://twitter.com/...
Paris / @parisdennard: I thought it was historic for the @realDonaldTrump White House to have a female White House Communications Director, Director of Strategic Communications, Press Secretary... Press Secretary for @FLOTUS, Press Secretary for VP @Mike_Pence & Comms Director for Mrs. Pence https://twitter.com/...
Jen Psaki / @jrpsaki: I grew up through the hard fought battles of winning back the House, winning presidential campaigns and fighting for the Obama-Biden agenda with @KBeds and looking forward to the journey ahead.
Amanda Litman / @amandalitman: A team of 100% all-stars - all hits, no skips. We are going to be able to trust what comes out of the White House again! https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Nothing short of radical transparency will do https://presswatchers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Jen Psaki / @jrpsaki: I can't imagine a smarter, savvier, better human to partner with than @K_JeanPierre to rebuild trust of the American people, communicate the Biden-Harris agenda and make the work of the U.S. government more accessible to the people we will all serve.
Liz Mair / @lizmair: 1. This is a great team. 2. Anonymous member of family who loves to snark says “man, there's gonna be so much hair-sniffing.” https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: The Biden Harris press shop will be led by an all woman team. Three of the women are Black and one is Latina. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The resumption of daily press briefings will be a welcome start 👍 https://twitter.com/...
J.J. Abbott / @jjabbott: Strong hires. Will be nice to have professionals back in the White House comms shop. https://twitter.com/...
John Podesta / @johnpodesta: Women rule—some fantastic picks! Super excited about my friends and colleagues @neeratanden and @HBoushey. They'll do great things at OMB and CEA. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: The all-female team will bring women into a space often dominated by male voices. “The odds are very high that if it's a story about the Biden administration, any aspect of it, at least one quote in the story will be from a woman,” said Anita Dunn, a top Biden campaign aide. https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Raisner / @oliviaraisner: “It is the first time that all of the top aides tasked with speaking on behalf of an administration and shaping its message will be female.” https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Between @Princeton's Cecilia Rouse, @neeratanden et al., a lot of firsts as @JoeBiden apparently decides on all-female senior communications team; Council of Economic Advisors, and OMB leads, according to @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...?
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Kamala Harris: “We need to communicate clearly, honestly, and transparently with the American people, and this ... barrier-shattering team will help us do that. These communications professionals express our commitment to building a White House that reflects the very best.” https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Biden has hired an all-female senior communications team: Jennifer Psaki, a veteran Dem spokeswoman, will be White House press secretary. Biden's press team will be led by Kate Bedingfield, a longtime Biden aide who served as his campaign comms director. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kaivan Shroff / @kaivanshroff: 🚨NEW: in addition to filling top Cabinet positions with an incredibly qualified and diverse set of women, Joe Biden has hired an all-female senior Communications Team. Give them a follow: @KBeds, @K_JeanPierre, @jrpsaki, @SymoneDSanders, @pilitobar87 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
UnitedStateofWomen / @usowomen: An all-women senior communications team is headed to the White House! @KBeds @jrpsaki @K_JeanPierre @SymoneDSanders @pilitobar87 @AshleyEtienne09 @EAlexander332 https://19thnews.org/...
@19thnews: Ashley Etienne (@AshleyEtienne09) will serve as Harris' communications director and Symone Sanders will serve as senior adviser and spokeswoman. Elizabeth Alexander (@EAlexander332) will be communications director for incoming first lady Jill Biden. https://19thnews.org/...
Barbara Rodriguez / @bcrodriguez: Several veteran Democratic women political strategists have been named to communications roles for President-elect Biden and Vice president-elect Harris, putting women in some of the most influential messaging roles of the incoming administration. https://19thnews.org/...
@joyannreid: Here is the @19thnews writeup (glad to see @K_JeanPierre make the cover pic here, though it feels like the podium would have been a more powerful statement...) https://19thnews.org/...
@reshmasaujani: For too long, we've seen all-white and all-male leadership teams dominate our government and board rooms. Those days are numbered. All women are leading the White House communications team starting on January 20, 2021. https://19thnews.org/...
Alencia Johnson / @alenciajohnson: We love to see it. Shout out to the Black women running comms for the first woman/woman of color Vice President. Congrats to my sis @SymoneDSanders and soror @AshleyEtienne09! https://twitter.com/...
DaLaun Dillard / @ddillardtv: The team includes Omaha native @SymoneDSanders, she will serve as Chief Spokeswoman for VP-Elect Kamala Harris. https://twitter.com/...
alyssa GrudgePAC mastromonaco / @alyssamastro44: this is great for america and big big love to all these women and especially @jrpsaki who I've known since the beginning of our political time ♥️💥🥳 💕 https://twitter.com/...
Keith Boykin / @keithboykin: President-elect Joe Biden has announced an all-female senior communications team. And congratulations to @SymoneDSanders, who will be the new spokesperson for Vice President @KamalaHarris. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rachel Thomas / @rachel_r_thomas: This is badass and these women are rock stars 💥 🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/...
Eric Feldman / @ejfeldma: I was lucky enough to work with both @jrpsaki and @KBeds at the 2006 @dccc. The Biden White House Communications team will be led by the best of the best.
Ryan Struyk / @ryanstruyk: Biden announces communications team: Kate Bedingfield WH Comms Director Jen Psaki WH Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre Deputy Press Secretary Pili Tobar Deputy WH Comms Director Ashley Etienne VP Comms Director Symone Sanders VP Chief Spox
@19thnews: Kate Bedingfield (@kbeds) has been named White House communications director. Pili Tobar (@pilitobar87) will serve as deputy White House communications director. https://19thnews.org/...
Johnny Verhovek / @jthverhovek: NEWS: Biden, Harris announced senior WH comms staff Jen Psaki, WH Press Secretary Kate Bedingfield, WH Communications Director Karine Jean-Pierre, Principle Deputy WH Press Secretary Pili Tobar, Deputy White House Communications Director
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Biden names members of his communications team. @jrpsaki will serve as press sec; @KBeds as comms director; @pilitobar87 as deputy comms director; @K_JeanPierre as deputy press sec; @AshleyEtienne09 as VP comms director; and @SymoneDSanders as chief spox for the VP.
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Two large investors of TheMaven are urging the company to “pursue a new direction” and have called for a new board, saying they have the votes to force changes — It's been quite the year for Sports Illustrated operator TheMaven, which made major staffing cuts in March …
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@alexweprin, @nick_bpss, @jadubin5, @jaredbkeller, @gwiss, @kyletucker_ath, @cianaf and @andyglockner
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Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: New trouble for Sports Illustrated owner TheMaven. Two of its largest investors, B. Riley and 180 Degree Capital wrote a letter to the board urging “the company to pursue a new direction” and for the current board to resign.
Nicky Fleets / @nick_bpss: Look, the plan cannot fail. More outlets need to be gutted and turned into low-quality content mills and ad firehoses. https://twitter.com/...
Yaya Dubin / @jadubin5: Who would have thought there would be problems with the, “fire all of the writers and editors” business plan? https://twitter.com/...
Jared Keller / @jaredbkeller: Maven isn't just a horrible company, but a terrible, terrible CMS https://awfulannouncing.com/ ...
Greg / @gwiss: Turns out ruining one of the most respected brands in sports media was....bad? https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Tucker / @kyletucker_ath: Who could've foreseen this from a bunch of terrible people?! Feel for the folks trying to do good work for them. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
The UK has created the Digital Markets Unit, which will write a new code of practice for Big Tech and mediate between platforms and news outlets — Alok Sharma says dominance of a few big companies hurts innovation and curtails customer choice — A new tech regulator will work to limit …
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GOV.UK, @prschlesinger1, @helienne, @bcs_policy, Financial Times, @cybercsis, @dcms, Financial Times, Press Gazette, @scullyp, @rasmus_kleis, MediaNama, @privacymatters, @dcms, @ameliafletecon, @samuelstolton, @beisgovuk, @smykos, @pressgazette, @lordscommscom, @oliverdowden, @liv_mcmahon, @badams, @jasonfurman, @rasmus_kleis, @renewparty, nuj.org.uk, @sharonodea, @cyberalexi, Engadget and CNBC
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GOV.UK: New competition regime for tech giants to give consumers more choice and control over their data, and ensure businesses are fairly treated
Philip Schlesinger / @prschlesinger1: It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in the UK's complex regulatory environment. Still waiting for @Ofcom to receive the online harms remit. Why the delay? https://www.gov.uk/...
@helienne: It's about time! “The dominance of just a few big tech companies is leading to less innovation, higher advertising prices and less choice and control for consumers.” #fixstreaming https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@bcs_policy: A @bcs survey this month found that the majority of UK adults (59%) believe the tech sector should be kept focussed on solving society's problems by an independent regulatory body. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@cybercsis: The UK plans to establish a dedicated unit within its Competition and Markets Authority to write and enforce a new code of practice on the competitive behavior of technology companies https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@dcms: We want to give you more choice online. The new Digital Markets Unit, based in @CMAgovUk and developed with @BEISgovuk, will ensure tech giants have to be more transparent, and give you more control over the websites you use. Read more: https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Beioley / Financial Times: UK digital watchdog planned to check Big Tech
Press Gazette: Government to create competition regime tackling ‘fundamental imbalance of power’ between platforms and publishers
Paul Scully MP / @scullyp: Our new pro-competition regime and code of conduct for tech giants will give consumers more choice and control over their data, and help small businesses thrive. Read more here: https://www.gov.uk/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “The UK is to create a new tech regulator to try to hold huge online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon in check against their smaller rivals”, following Furman et al's recommendation. https://giftarticle.ft.com/...
Aditya Chunduru / MediaNama: UK to set up new Big Tech regulator to address Google, Facebook dominance
Privacy Matters / @privacymatters: UK govt: New competition regime for tech giants to give consumers more choice and control over their data, and ensure businesses are fairly treated https://www.gov.uk/...
@dcms: We're helping small businesses and high quality journalism thrive online. Together with @BEISgovuk, we're establishing a new Digital Markets Unit that will mean tech giants have to stick to a code of conduct. Read more: https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
Amelia Fletcher / @ameliafletecon: For anyone following the digital regulation debate, this is a big UK Government announcement by @beisgovuk More details to come next month when the Digital Markets Taskforce, led by @CMAgovUK, releases its advice. https://www.gov.uk/...
Samuel Stolton / @samuelstolton: 🇬🇧 Interesting digital competition developments in UK as gov announces creation of a ‘Digital Markets Unit’ to ‘enforce a new code to govern the behaviour of platforms that dominate.’ I wonder if there'll be any alignment with EU's Digital Markets Act: https://www.gov.uk/...
Dept For Beis / @beisgovuk: We're making search engines more transparent 🔍 A new Digital Markets Unit will enforce a code of conduct for platforms funded by digital advertising such as Google and Facebook. Consumers will have more choice so smaller firms won't be pushed out. https://orlo.uk/PiriG https://twitter.com/...
@smykos: “The code will seek to mediate between platforms and news publishers, for instance, to try to ensure they are able to monetise their content; it may also require platforms to give consumers a choice over whether to receive personalised advertising ” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@pressgazette: “This is a really important change to help bolster the news industry” New Digital Markets Unit will rebalance relationship between news publishers and tech giants https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
@lordscommscom: Today the Government has announced that it will set up the Digital Markets Unit ASAP, one of our key recommendations. The evidence we heard made clear that this is right and urgent so we congratulate the Government on listening to the arguments and acting. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Dowden / @oliverdowden: NEWS: We'll set up a new Digital Markets Unit so we can pro-tech and pro-competition To benefit 🤝 consumers 👩💻growing tech companies 📰 news publishers Let's unleash a new age of #tech growth @CMAgovUK @EditorsUK @WhichMoney https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
Liv McMahon / @liv_mcmahon: This is why I think this idea of a Digital Market Unit taking on big tech in Britain rings hollow. It's been allowed to accumulate so much power and has been gutting numerous industries for years - all while paying v little tax. How do you rein in that much power at this point?
Barry Adams / @badams: I'm in two minds about this. Let's be honest - regulation is necessary, but individual countries lack the leverage to do it effectively. This needs to be a European project. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Furman / @jasonfurman: The UK is taking the most important step of any country in the world to increase competition in the digital sector. Starting in April they will have a pro-competition “Digital Markets Unit” for big tech. The US & other countries should follow. https://www.ft.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: * Encourage the news media industry to draw up diversity charter * Address the difficulties freelance journalists face relating to unfair payment practices * Digital Markets Unit (announced today!) * Legislate for mandatory news bargaining code modelled on Australian proposal 3/4
@renewparty: On the face of this story, control of big tech seems a good response to the issues of the last few years. Scratch the surface, however, and we are being sucked into a bun fight between platforms and the media. It's about influence and money. Not us. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
nuj.org.uk: Lords report calls for tech platforms to pay for news and an industry-wide diversity charter
Sharon O'Dea / @sharonodea: Uk government preparing to regulate Facebook and Google. But as in so many other areas, can't say precisely how. #goodluckwiththat https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dr. Alexi Drew / @cyberalexi: Gee, wouldn't it be great to create better governance, accountability, and market practice legislation for big tech! If only there was a multi-national group with tech governance experience and the economic/regulatory weight to make it happen... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: The UK is creating a new agency to regulate Big Tech
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Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
The chair of a House of Lords committee urges the UK government to fix the imbalance of power between publishers and platforms by reforming the online ad market
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The Guardian, @baekdal, @oliviacrellin, @ciojournalist, @chrismsutcliffe, @digidickinson, @cecook, @chrismsutcliffe and The Independent
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Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: @chrismsutcliffe I'm going to say something weird. I don't think we have a media illiteracy problem. Instead, I think we have a clarity problem. The problem isn't that people don't read the news. The problem is that our reporting confuse people. We see this clearly in the Ofcom study. https://twitter.com/...
@oliviacrellin: Important recommendation in House of Lords Future of Journalism report: “to pay all interns enough to cover all necessary expenses, including accommodation” & a mention of @PressPadUK as well as links to our full written testimony https://publications.parliament.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
CioJ / @ciojournalist: House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee publishes its report on the future of journalism and urges Ministers to lead new plan to support ‘innovation and pluralism.’ See @CIoJournalist written submissions at https://committees.parliament.uk/ ... & https://committees.parliament.uk/ ...
Chris Sutcliffe / @chrismsutcliffe: Delighted that it took until page 6 in the House of Lords report into the future of journalism for the phrase ‘fake news’ to rear its head https://publications.parliament.uk/ ...
Andy Dickinson / @digidickinson: Some good points here on the reality of the business implications of the House of Lords Future of Journalism report https://twitter.com/...
Clare Cook / @cecook: Not as many business insights from the House of Lords Future of Journalism report (including witness statement from me) as I'd have hoped. Yes - there is a fundamental imbalance of power between news publishers and platforms and the proposed Digital Markets Unit can be set up
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Interview with Mehdi Hasan on his new Peacock nightly news show, anti-Muslim attitudes in media, Greenwald's messy exit, liberal press giving Obama a pass, more — IN CONVERSATION — The host of Peacock's ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show’ talks to Marlow Stern about the anti-Muslim hate he's faced …
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@thedailybeast, @sarahbmalik, @drogon_dracarys, @mzaheer88, @marlownyc, @mehdirhasan, @shahed, @mehdirhasan, @bahmankalbasi, The Wrap and Mediaite
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@thedailybeast: The host of Peacock's ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show’ talks to Marlow Stern about the anti-Muslim hate he's faced, Glenn Greenwald's Intercept debacle, and a certain Islamophobic HBO host. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Sarah Malik / @sarahbmalik: “We need more Muslims in the media. But don't do it unless you have the thickest of thick skin. Because the amount of abuse, and ...the amount of attacks you will face are astonishing. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Drogon / @drogon_dracarys: Good interview and would love for @mehdirhasan to interview Obama. I presume his people wouldn't allow it though https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Mohammad Zaheer / @mzaheer88: This was a pretty good read, and the first time I felt that an interviewer (@MarlowNYC) actually knows what he's talking about when referencing anti Muslim prejudice/hate in the media/criticism of Obama https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: .@MehdirHasan opens up about his excellent new nightly news show, Bill Maher's “racist” crap, Glenn Greenwald's messy exit from The Intercept, and more https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: “ I'm not the same person in private that I am on Twitter. I think Twitter often brings out the worst in some of us more opinionated people.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Shahed Amanullah / @shahed: “Since its Oct. 5 debut, Peacock's The Mehdi Hasan Show has fast become one of the most satisfying nightly news programs in America” - @mehdirhasan puts so much thought into every show that by the time I finished digesting it a new episode airs https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: “Since its Oct. 5 debut, Peacock's The Mehdi Hasan Show has fast become one of the most satisfying nightly news programs in America.” A wide-ranging interview/profile of me in the @thedailybeast today. Enjoy 😜 #HappyThanksgiving https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Bahman Kalbasi / @bahmankalbasi: “There is subtle Islamophobia, and I wouldn't put Bill Maher in the “subtle” category. He's pretty brazen. This is a guy who says Islam acts like the mafia, and “Muslims bring that desert stuff to the West.” I mean, that's not just Islamophobia, that's old-fashioned racism.” https://twitter.com/...
Martin Goillandeau / CNN:
Tens of thousands across France, including journalists and press freedom advocates, protested on Saturday against a proposed law that would ban filming police — (CNN)Demonstrations took place across France on Saturday against the proposed global security law and its signature measure to restrict the filming of police officers.
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: French Police Officers Face Assault Charges in Beating of Black Music Producer
@dpa_intl: Police in France detained 81 people across the country after protests were held in several cities against police brutality and a controversial new security law, according to reports https://dpaq.de/R1W9o
Constant Méheut / New York Times: Protests Over Security Bill in France Draw Tens of Thousands
Philip Whiteside / Sky News: France protests turn violent as people demonstrate against new filming law and police brutality
@cnni: Demonstrations took place across France against the proposed global security law and its signature measure to restrict the filming of police officers. They came as calls to withdraw it were exacerbated by cases of police violence this week. https://www.cnn.com/...
Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi: “On one hand, citizens are asked to accept the possibility of being filmed under the pretext that they have nothing to fear if they have done nothing wrong. And at the same time the police refuse to be filmed, which is a right in every democracy” https://www.cnn.com/...
DeeDee / @nashvilledeedee: .@EmmanuelMacron As an American who has always supported you, I'm finding it difficult to understand how you can say you believe in freedom of the press when it comes to religious cartoons but make it illegal to film police officers. #Paris https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Clarke / @kristenclarkejd: Events in France are a reminder that police violence perpetrated against Black people and people of color is a global crisis. And some lawmakers will go to any length to shield and protect them. https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Anti-police brutality protestors, police clash in Paris
Savannah Jacobson / Columbia Journalism Review:
As the media industry shifts from being an ad-based business to one reliant on subscribers and benefactors, an overview of the big players making investments — While most news outlets are slashing budgets, an emerging class of philanthropists and streaming services—plus the country's largest newspaper …
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Corey Hutchins / @coreyhutchins: “As Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund, buys up newspapers and chops them down to stumps, charitable organizations have arrived to help—on their own terms.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Mei Fong / @meifongwriter: It's a free press, but it sure ain't free to produce. Who are the players funding journalism? https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
Jane Singer / @janebsinger: Shift from media reliance on advertisers to reliance on subscribers and benefactors ‘has critical implications for the form and veracity of coverage’. @srjacobson1 looks at this ‘new money’: Who is investing, how much, in what — and where to be wary. https://www.cjr.org/... @cjr
@cjr: In looking at who is investing in what, we can observe what seems most promising—and what risks sacrificing journalistic independence: https://www.cjr.org/...
Columbia Journalism / @columbiajourn: “The media industry's shift, from an advertising-based business to one reliant on subscribers and benefactors, has critical implications for the form and veracity of coverage.” For @CJR, @srjacobson1 ('19 M.S.) looks at who is investing in the news today. https://www.cjr.org/...
Brendan Carlin / Daily Mail:
UK Culture Secretary says Netflix should add a disclaimer to The Crown that it is a work of fiction, as viewers may “mistake fiction for fact” — - Culture Secretary concerned fabricated scenes were damaging to Royal Family — Mr Dowden expected to write to Netflix to request that it adds a ‘health warning’
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Forbes, The Guardian, Sky News, @janeygodley, @jimwaterson, Bustle, @mrianleslie, @thomas_aldridge, @jakeyimdb, ScreenRant, @stephenpollard, @stephenkb, Variety, New York Post, IndieWire and The Daily Beast
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Dani Di Placido / Forbes: The UK Government Wants Netflix's ‘The Crown’ To Be Less Convincing
Lanre Bakare / The Guardian: Culture secretary to ask Netflix to play ‘health warning’ that The Crown is fictional
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: To be fair, Netflix does have form when it comes to removing material that has offended a nation's monarchy. https://twitter.com/...
Mary Kate McGrath / Bustle: UK Government Wants ‘The Crown’ To Have A Fiction Disclaimer
Ian Leslie / @mrianleslie: On The Crown debate - if all you have to say is, “Of course people know it's not a documentary, duh” you're playing on easy mode.
Tom Aldridge / @thomas_aldridge: ❤️❤️ This is our CULTURE secretary. And we wonder why our government just doesn't get our industry! https://twitter.com/...
Jacob / @jakeyimdb: Okay, but the documentary ‘Diana: In Her Own Words’ is right there. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Pollard / @stephenpollard: As a rule of thumb, it's a bad idea to base policy on the needs of morons. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ ...
Stephen Bush / @stephenkb: Think this thread is obviously *correct*, but am dubious that a ‘the following is fictionalised’ disclaimer really tackles the problem (could anyone name the films they've seen which have and haven't done this?) and am highly dubious Dowden believes this either. https://twitter.com/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: UK Culture Secretary Asks Netflix to Label ‘The Crown’ as Fiction
International Center for Journalists:
Survey of 1,210 women journalists: 20% report being targets of offline abuse they think was connected to online attacks; 73% say they've experienced the latter — The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline, with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests.
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@icfj: Alarming early results from our survey w/ @UNESCO about online violence against women journalists: 73% of female respondents say they've experienced online abuse, harassment, threats & attacks, write @julieposetti, @JackieHarrison6 and @silviowaisbord: https://www.icfj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Lizzie Dearden / @lizziedearden: This incident was the first real-world abuse I have experienced after years of online abuse and threats As this research shows, online attacks on female journalists are “increasingly spilling offline” into violence https://www.icfj.org/...
Rosamund Urwin / @rosamundurwin: And yet some other journalists are happy to cause pile-ons on others. Someone recently threatened to come to the labour ward and strangle my baby. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Wishart / @ericwishart: Online harassment of women journalists is one of the biggest safety issues facing the profession - @mariannaspring has joined the ranks of @mariaressa, @RanaAyyub and others who have to suffer threats and abuse for doing their jobs. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Vincent / @rebecca_vincent: Utterly vile. Journalists must be able to do their jobs safely, online and offline, and threats like these certainly have no place in a democracy. @RosamundUrwin, please do report this to Twitter and the police - and let us know if RSF can help. https://twitter.com/...
Maite Taboada / @maite_taboada: I often speak about the need to have more women in media, either as reporters or as sources. But there are serious harms, online and offline, that come with being prominent. Important study from the Int'l Centre for Journalists https://www.icfj.org/...
@icfj: There's increasing evidence of online violence against women journalists spilling offline. In our survey w/ @UNESCO, 20% of respondents reported facing offline abuse that may have been connected with online violence: https://www.icfj.org/... #JournalistsToo https://twitter.com/...
Sir Humphrey / @pinstripedline: This is really important to read. Engage online, debate and learn and accept not everyone will agree with you. When you feel the need to send abuse, or threaten someone for doing their job, then you've crossed the line from expressing freedom of speech to criminal behaviour. https://twitter.com/...
Prof. Shazia Choudhry / @drschoudhry: We have to acknowledge and deal with the disproportionate cost attached to women's speech through threats of rape, murder, and bodily harm. https://twitter.com/...
@jessikkaaro: Please support Marianna, she's a UK journalist covering disinformation and for that, targeted for online abuse and threats. Show her that she and her work are valuable and follow/RT her, please ❤️ We got your back, Marianna! https://twitter.com/...
Marianna Spring / @mariannaspring: Abuse of any form should never be tolerated or normalised. It's awful to see so many exceptional journalists addressing horrific and disgusting abuse they receive while doing their work today. I'm totally fine and I love my job - but think it's so important this is called out.
Marianna Spring / @mariannaspring: I've received vitriolic abuse online for months - but recently that's escalated to threats risking my personal safety and involved security. As the BBC's specialist disinformation reporter I receive unique abuse from who believe or spread conspiracies. A lot is misogynistic. https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Women journalists are ... at much greater risk in the course of their work, especially on digital platforms” @julieposetti @JackieHarrison6 & @silviowaisbord write on basis of new @UNESCO @icfj work, and risk extends to “families, sources and audiences” https://www.icfj.org/...
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Last month Intel quietly shut down Intel Studios, its 10,000-square-foot AR/VR volumetric capture stage in LA that opened in 2018 — Intel Studios was operating a 10,000-square-foot stage in Los Angeles. — Intel has pulled the plug on one of its most ambitious AR/VR projects to date …
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Estella Tse / @estellatse: My heart 💔 There was such incredible work that came out of this stage! https://twitter.com/...
Alex Coulombe / @ibrews: Heard about this thru the grapevine a while ago and was hoping that barring an official announcement, there was still hope 😔 https://twitter.com/...
Hugo Guerra / @hugocguerra: That is so disappointing, volumetric capture is amazing and I hope it doesn't go away! I has involved in a project using volume capture and the results in VR were incredible. Real shame we lost this stage! https://www.protocol.com/...
Janko Roettgers / @jank0: Intel Studios was an ambitious 10,000 sq. ft green screen stage to capture volumetric video for AR and VR that first opened its doors in early 2018. Now, Intel closed it down “due to business conditions.” https://www.protocol.com/...
Amy LaMeyer / @amylameyer: Innovative AR/VR volumetric content was created on this stage. Thank you for that @intel #XR https://www.protocol.com/...
Dimitri Diakopoulos / @ddiakopoulos: News is finally out that Intel nuked their volumetric capture stage. It had some unique large-scale capabilities that I don't think we'll see again for a while... bummer. https://www.protocol.com/...
@timlobes: https://www.protocol.com/... Humbled by the brilliance of those who built this space and feel lucky to have been a part of a group of makers who used it. Inspired some beautifully immersive works and was blazingly fun working w/ @_sgrptl @reggiewatts on #RunninVR
Kris Holt / Engadget:
As Spotify continues to test its stories feature, it has tapped popular musicians to contribute to select Spotify-created playlists — If you're in the festive spirit and you're already listening to seasonal music, you might have noticed Spotify's Christmas Hits playlist is looking a little different.
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Chris Cantino / @chriscantino: Many are skeptical. Here's a bull case: -Arms new artists with tools to grow audiences -In-app time goes up -More exclusive content on plat makes Spotify *the place* to discover and learn about artists -Lack of clutter because Stories are only from artists, labels, & curators
Adam Swimmer / ScreenRant: Spotify Is Testing Its Own Stories Feature | Screen Rant
Cristian Nyari / @cnyari: Spotify has been experimenting with video for years albeit unsuccessfully. Discovery has also become a huge challenge in the age of music streaming. Ergo...a curated Spotify Stories feature could be a good discovery and education mechanism. https://www.engadget.com/...
Bersabel / @brsabel: @chriscantino with music playing such a crucial part of short form video, makes sense for spotify to test this and there's tons of potential, but they need to fix their IA for stories to have any chance
C.Y. Lee / @cxy: @chriscantino The big question is how many artists will be willing to participate with authentic-feeling content and if there will be a mechanic for fans to engage with them. Without a feedback loop, it'll be as ancillary and lifeless as Spotify Canvas
@chrismessina: Ok, @Spotify adding stories is just... I dunno, I guess it makes sense if it's just from artists? #StoriesEverywhere https://twitter.com/...
@drewcoffman: This rules, actually. Giving artists more ways to connect with their audience is a good thing. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Scott Cowley / @scottcowley: Spotify Stories make more strategic sense than many social media platforms, but I get the sense that Story fatigue is real—both for creators and consumers. https://twitter.com/...
@seyitaylor: @chriscantino It's been too long coming. Ceding audience engagement to Instagram and Youtube is unforgivable imho. Paywalled content à la OF would be another layer for artistes that they're in the best position to deliver.
Hannah / @h_thoreson: This is going to ruin my idealized vision of the artist diligently honing their craft https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: God no https://twitter.com/...
Ryu Spaeth / New Republic:
Ben Smith, best ever NYT media columnist, personifies a morally indefensible fact of journalism: each journalist robs others of their stories to tell their own — Let's be honest: Ben Smith is the best media columnist The New York Times has ever had. He instantly surpassed …
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Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Very well I assume. This is a really spot-on short take on @benyt: How Does Ben Smith Sleep at Night? | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/...
Ryu Spaeth / @ryuspaeth: @benyt @jeremymbarr Just popping into say that this is like my very own Marshall McLuhan moment! Sorry you didn't like the piece Jeremy.
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: @jeremymbarr @benyt @RyuSpaeth I don't know I mean I hadn't read this until seeing this tweet but I don't think it reads as negative as the headline sorts of suggests? Like, the post reads more like “how do journalists sleep at night.” Good question! (I don't sleep well but for other reasons)
Ben Smith / @benyt: @jeremymbarr @RyuSpaeth I mean, I realize it's a morally complicated job and also have made peace with it? I don't agree with all the flattery or I wouldn't be any good at it
ELC / @erinleecarr: my dad wrote columns, did the work but also made sure to answer emails from *almost* every human that wrote him. a bit of advice, a note to a young journo and yes even a thanks to his critics. 5 years after his dead and i'm still and consistently inspired by his generosity
Ryu Spaeth / @ryuspaeth: @leahmocc @carr2n It really was not meant to be a dig. I call him legendary, praise his writing. It is just a joke, one that occurs mostly at my expense, not his.
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: @jeremymbarr @benyt @RyuSpaeth Don't worry Jeremy he's talking about you too https://twitter.com/...
ELC / @erinleecarr: I didn't mean to sick media twitter on this TNR editor, i'm a fierce defender of the legacy i gotta same something. jeremy tried to hide from me lol
Ryu Spaeth / @ryuspaeth: @felixsalmon @jeremymbarr @benyt Oh it's Felix again! Obviously if so many people are confused by this concept then maybe I didn't do a good job explaining it. But yes, all journalists are implicated in this ethical conundrum IMO.
ELC / @erinleecarr: so agitated now, my dad would take it in stride which is what I loved about him. This author does not to share that reaction.
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: @benyt @RyuSpaeth You see yourself as a journalistic killer without conscience?
Leah Carroll / @leahmocc: I guess I'm confused about whether this is an erotic ode to or condemnation of access journalism @RyuSpaeth. Either way, a dig at the exceptionally generous @carr2n undermines the whole “argument.” https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: @jeremymbarr I think perhaps it's confirmation of @RyuSpaeth's thesis that I didn't take it that way?
Rich Azzopardi / @richazzopardi: .@benyt basically invented political blogs and has worked his butt off for the scoop for literally decades. Don't love everything he writes (that would be impossible) but this is nuts. https://newrepublic.com/...
Daniel Knowles / @dlknowles: Journalism about a journalist who writes about other journalists, quoting other journalists writing about the journalist who writes about other journalists. Who says the media isn't self-obsessed?: https://newrepublic.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @media_evan: I'm not sure why this column singles out Ben Smith for what is essentially a critique of well-practiced mainstream journalism as a whole. https://newrepublic.com/...
Sam Eifling / @sameifling: This @RyuSpaeth appreciation of @benyt is really about the joy of reading journalists who get more personal zazz from seeing their own byline than they get from the fawning of powerful assholes https://newrepublic.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Just a bizarrely bad, weird, totally out of left field piece we've got here. Happy thanksgiving all! https://newrepublic.com/...
Matt Frederick / @mattfredstl: “They say the stupidest thing you can do is agree to talk to Isaac Chotiner. I say it is Ben Smith. At least Chotiner meets you on the field of battle. Smith plays a game in which he holds all the cards and his opponent doesn't even know he's playing.” https://newrepublic.com/...
@newrepublic: “Ben Smith is the best media columnist The New York Times has ever had.” @RyuSpaeth on the frighteningly clean conscience of @benyt: https://newrepublic.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: It reads like more of a critique of journalism in general (?), namely interviewing people and writing about them (?)
Ryu Spaeth / @ryuspaeth: @felixsalmon @chick_in_kiev @taffyakner Well, as I explain in the piece, because he seems to have made his peace with that dilemma. So I thought he would be an interesting way to tackle the issue. It certainly applies to all journalists!
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: @RyuSpaeth @chick_in_kiev I don't get it. This reads like an admiring profile of a man who Does Journalism better than anybody else, with... some kind of lens saying that the better you Do Journalism, the worse a person you are?
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: @RyuSpaeth @chick_in_kiev Why single out Ben, though? Why not, idk, @taffyakner or anybody else who tells other people's stories?
Ryan Kearney / @rkearney: “There is something about his smiling baby face that is terrifying.” @RyuSpaeth on @benyt: https://newrepublic.com/...
Ryu Spaeth / @ryuspaeth: @felixsalmon @chick_in_kiev That might be a tad reductive but yes. It's just an ethically fraught occupation.
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: I am unable to grapple with the substance of this piece because the author criticizes how the subject uses a single em-dash without a “partner” only to then use partnerless em-dashes throughout the piece. Is it an intentional, mocking grammatical choice? https://newrepublic.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I don't quite understand this critique of @benyt https://newrepublic.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I don't always agree with Ben's columns but I think he has a great batting average. Still, I think the author has a larger issue with journalism in general that he's hinting at but not fully exploring and throwing Ben under the bus doesn't exactly hep the reader understand.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Comcast plans to raise again its Broadcast TV fee, which currently ranges from $7.90 to $14.95 per month, by as much as $4.50 per month starting in January — Internet prices to rise $3 a month; “Broadcast TV” hidden fee going up $4.50. — Comcast is raising prices for cable TV …
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Dwight Silverman / @dsilverman: Comcast raising TV and Internet prices, including a big hike to hidden fees https://arstechnica.com/... by @jbrodkin via @arstechnica Happy Thanksgiving from Comcast, everyone!
Ian Schlakman / @ischlakman: Comcast raising prices again along w/ the data cap. While everyone is stuck at home & reliant on them. Playing defense & constantly lobbying Comcast to “do the right thing” has failed. #NationalizeComcast now! It's a pandemic & they're price gouging. https://arstechnica.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: while Comcast expands usage caps “for fairness,” it's also raising rates on most of its other services, including its bogus “Broadcast TV fee,” which hides some programming costs below the line, letting it falsely advertise a lower rate: https://arstechnica.com/...
Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News: Comcast Internet And TV Customers Brace For Ill-Timed Service Charge Hikes In 2021
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Comcast will raise prices for TV and internet in January, report says
Alan Breznick / Light Reading: Comcast preps higher rates, hidden fees for New Year's Day
Mariella Moon / Engadget: Comcast is hiking TV and internet prices in 2021
Daniel Frankel / nexttv.com: Comcast Sets Up Big New Year's Price Hikes
Todd Spangler / Variety: Comcast Plans to Expand Broadband Data Usage Caps in 2021, Angering Some Customers
Ashley Carman / The Verge: Comcast to raise internet and TV prices nationwide next year
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