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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Former colleagues share how a powerful Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter, Michael Fuoco, got away with sexual misconduct for years as his paper, union ignored it — Michael Fuoco was a bigfoot reporter with a fiery personality and a reputation for harassing young women. No one seemed to want to rein him in.
Discussion:
Moriah Balingit / @bymoriah: I was a 22-year-old reporter when I was sexually harassed by the head of the union that was supposed to protect me https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Kotch / @alexkotch: Jon Schleuss, head of News Guild, should resign. He did nothing for a year about a sexual predator. What a disgrace. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Farnaz Fassihi / @farnazfassihi: Women told @benyt star reporter Michael Fuoco was Pittsburgh's Harvey Weinstein. Women told me prominent artist Aydin Aghdashloo was Iran's Harvey Weinstein. From US to Iran #MeToo people knew & looked away for decades, women say. #آیدین_ آغداش لو #من_هم https://www.nytimes.com/...
Debra J. Saunders / @debrajsaunders: Another @benyt hand grenade https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Atkins / @davidoatkins: Congrats to @MikeElk for pushing this story of decades-long abuse to the national forefront: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ryan Deto / @ryandeto: .@benyt has a detailed report about former Post-Gazette union president Mike Fuoco's history of sexual misconduct, and how it went barely addressed until a Point Park student who had been harassed by Fuoco personally called parent union prez Jon Schleuss https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Kaplan / @sarahkaplan48: I'm so grateful for Moriah's courage, and the courage of all those who spoke out. But I'm so angry they had to be courageous at all. https://twitter.com/...
Adrienne Lawrence / @adriennelaw: “[T]wo women who were taught by Mr. Fuoco in college journalism classes said he had pressured them into sexual relationships. One became pregnant with his child.” This story is layered with abhorrent behavior for a supposed professional. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@sheriflanders: “He was so prolific in his harassment, that woman told me, he was like Pittsburgh's Harvey Weinstein.” https://twitter.com/...
Colin Dabkowski / @colindabkowski: Absolutely disgusted. With Fuoco. With the @newsguild's opportunistic, inexperienced president. With the wretched good-old-boy journalism culture now hopefully breathing its last breath, in Buffalo, in Pittsburgh and beyond. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Our media columnist @benyt on how Michael Fuoco, a crime reporter at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and president of the NewsGuild's Pittsburgh local, is said to have abused and sexually harassed women for decades — as many people looked the other way. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Berman / @markberman: “I remarked to a friend that I'd been working there for 18 months and hadn't been harassed a single time. It was striking to me” is not something a person should *have* to notice. What abysmal, painful behavior people are allowing and subjecting other people to https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Unionized staff at some media outlets have been pushing for more transparency and action to prevent harassment and misconduct in newsrooms. @benyt wrote about what can happen when the harasser is a prominent union figure himself. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jessica Calefati / @calefati: Speaking on the record about something so painful, and so outrageous takes guts. That this man's vile behavior was an open secret for so long is crushing. So many young, ambitious, female reporters deserved so much better. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: I've been thinking all evening how this is stated as kindly as is possible and utterly devastating. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mcbyrne: Wow. This whole thing is bad. Mike Elk violated a survivors confidence by lodging a complaint and naming her without consent. Good for @benyt to name that in the story. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tony Fratto / @tonyfratto: Very sorry but glad you're in a better place — and that this is being exposed. Thanks to you and the others for speaking up, and to @benyt for reporting it. https://twitter.com/...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: My colleague and friend @ByMoriah has more bravery and integrity in her pinky finger than those who were willing to look the other way for far too long. And judging from the kicker of this story, some leaders in that newsroom are still defending the indefensible. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Universal Music says it has acquired Bob Dylan's entire music catalog of over 600 songs; the deal is estimated to be worth over $300M — Universal Music purchased his entire songwriting catalog of more than 600 songs in what may be the biggest acquisition ever of a single act's publishing rights.
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Universal Music buys Bob Dylan's music catalogue in ‘9-figure deal’
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Bob Dylan Sells Entire Songwriting Catalog
David S. Joachim / @davidjoachim: “Dylan had no comment, a spokesman said.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chip Rolley / @chiprolley: Come gather 'round, capitalists Wherever you roam And admit that the profits Around you have grown... https://twitter.com/...
@greggershuny: Don't EVER start a 7am news alert with “Bob Dylan...” I almost had a heart attack. https://twitter.com/...
Silvia Killingsworth / @silviakillings: Everybody's doing it https://www.nytimes.com/...
Neil Cybart / @neilcybart: Bob Dylan's songwriting catalog (600 songs): Purchased for more than $300 million. - I completely understand why he wanted to sell now while he was still alive. - The price, on its own, feels low compared to what we have seen unfold in video land.
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
ICE has issued a subpoena demanding BuzzFeed News identify its sources for emails sent to ICE attorneys; EIC “emphatically rejects” requests for source info — “This is embarrassing for ICE,” the former acting director of the agency said. “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line.”
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@felixsalmon, @kenanmurray55, @julibriskman, @hshaban, @tomnamako, @bartongellman, @paulszoldra, @goldengateblond, @jameeljaffer, @shaneferro, @shaneferro, @kylegriffin1, @peretti, @alt_uscis, @45thabsurdist, @mattkatz00, @aurabogado, @aurabogado, @bradmossesq, @brittny_mejia, @schoofsfeed, @rmac18, @pebonilla, @brfreed, @mariasacchetti, @lailalalami, @tierney_megan, @marioboonetv, @shaneferro, @shaneferro, @tomnamako, @haleaziz, @tomnamako, @haleaziz, @haleaziz, @henryjgomez, @aflores, @arawnsley, @anaceballos_, @jimneff4, @hannahd15, @sikhprof, @byrontau, @seamushughes, @oneunderscore__, @dlind and The Wrap
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Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: Someone at ICE thought it would make sense not only to subpoena BuzzFeed asking them to reveal confidential sources, but also to ~request~ that they not report on the subpoena. Lol. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kenan Murray / @kenanmurray55: I wonder which quiz result sent him over the edge https://twitter.com/...
Juli Briskman / @julibriskman: Crossing the line once again. @BuzzFeed well within its rights to ignore such subpoena. This administration has egregiously attempted to intimidate and belittle the press making it even more crucial to have a fully functioning free fourth estate. #1A https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: BuzzFeed News Editor-in-Chief Mark Schoofs: “We do not confirm or discuss confidential sources, and this subpoena is an outrageous overreach by the federal government. It's fundamentally at odds with the US Constitution and will not have any impact on our journalism.” https://twitter.com/...
Tom Namako / @tomnamako: It has been one (1) day since the Trump administration demanded we keep quiet about its subpoena trying to force us to reveal sources and we went ahead and publicized it anyway: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Barton Gellman / @bartongellman: ICE is not subject to the DOJ guidelines on news media investigations. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Szoldra / @paulszoldra: “You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time. Any such disclosure will impede this investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law.” Request denied. Sincerely, @BuzzFeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Shauna / @goldengateblond: and ICE said “thou shalt not reveal the existence of this subpoena” and Buzzfeed said “lo, bite me” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer: ICE's “request” that Buzzfeed not disclose that ICE served it with this subpoena is an additional and independent First Amendment violation. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Shane / @shaneferro: This is bad and, as someone pointed out in the story, embarrassing for ICE. But it's also important to note that this is NOT a subpoena signed by a judge, it's a scare tactic https://twitter.com/...
Shane / @shaneferro: A weird legal thing that I think is not well explained in the media is that there are different kinds of subpoenas. Ones that are signed by a judge are serious and you have to comply. Ones that are not... eh, well, let's just say that *I* have subpoena power
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: ICE is trying to force BuzzFeed News to divulge its sources. “This is embarrassing for ICE,” the former acting director of the agency said. “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jonah Peretti / @peretti: ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @haleaziz https://twitter.com/...
ALT-immigration / @alt_uscis: Welcome to the club https://twitter.com/...
@45thabsurdist: Alternate headline, translated for our readers in 2008: “Popular internet listicle outlet subpoenaed by the Bureau of Orphan Creation, Involuntary Hysterectomy Task Force, and the Racial Profiling and Ethnic Hygiene Administration” https://twitter.com/...
Matt Katz / @mattkatz00: Solidarity with @Haleaziz, a tremendous journalist/scoop machine, as he stares down an unacceptable subpoena from ICE https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Aura Bogado / @aurabogado: ICE's attempt to try to come after @Haleaziz for doing his job and practicing press freedoms feels reckless. To try to get him to be silent about the fact the agency even issued a subpoena is such a dangerous reach. Looking forward to reading the OIG report about this next year.
Aura Bogado / @aurabogado: ICE subpoenas for agency sources and tells BuzzFeed it wasn't allow to even “disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time,” suggesting/threatening obstruction of justice charges for doing so. @Haleaziz does the right thing, protects agency sources: https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: What on earth does ICE think it is doing? https://twitter.com/...
Brittny Mejia / @brittny_mejia: Uhhhh meanwhile FOIA requests to ICE can go unanswered for years... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Schoofs / @schoofsfeed: ICE is trying to force BuzzFeed News to divulge its sources though a subpoena. Let me be clear: We emphatically reject any requests for information about possible sources and methods of our reporting. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @haleaziz @BuzzFeedNews
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: It sucks getting subpoenaed as a reporter, but if you're going to try to intimidate us, you're going to need to try harder. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Peter Bonilla / @pebonilla: ICE: “You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time.” Buzzfeed: GFY. https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Freed / @brfreed: BuzzFeed rightly and promptly told ICE to get rekt https://twitter.com/...
Maria Sacchetti / @mariasacchetti: So, the agency that won't tell the public who it arrests or fulfill FOIAs is attempting to force a reporter to reveal sources. ICE involved Homeland Security Investigations in this—where agents wanted to split (Repost w/link) https://www.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Laila Lalami / @lailalalami: This is pure intimidation. We need immigration reporters like Hamed now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
Tierney Sneed / @tierney_megan: wow. Outrageous. https://twitter.com/...
@marioboonetv: Somebody at .@ICEgov has to know they can't win this battle: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Shane / @shaneferro: The subpoena power is pretty broad but I'm still unsure how shaking down Buzzfeed for its sources falls under enforcing the INA https://www.law.cornell.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Shane / @shaneferro: As the subpoena itself says, the only thing that can happen if you ignore an ICE subpoena is that ICE then can go to a federal judge and whine that you ignored the subpoena and ask the judge to hold a hearing, and... good luck with that on this one
Tom Namako / @tomnamako: “BuzzFeed News emphatically rejects any requests for information about possible sources and methods of our reporting,” said Editor-in-Chief @SchoofsFeed. .....
Hamed Aleaziz / @haleaziz: “This is embarrassing for ICE. I think it is a weak effort to intimidate the press,” said John Sandweg, former acting director of the agency. “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line. It is something that the agency should never do.”
Tom Namako / @tomnamako: “We do not confirm or discuss confidential sources, and this subpoena is an outrageous overreach by the federal government. It's fundamentally at odds with the US Constitution and will not have any impact on our journalism,” Schoofs added.
Hamed Aleaziz / @haleaziz: “You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time. Any such disclosure will impede this investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law,” it also states.
Hamed Aleaziz / @haleaziz: The subpoena appears to be an escalation of the Trump administration's efforts to track down the identities of people who provide information to news outlets.
Henry J. Gomez / @henryjgomez: “This is embarrassing for ICE. I think it is a weak effort to intimidate the press,” said John Sandweg, former acting director of the agency. “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line. It is something that the agency should never do.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Adolfo Flores / @aflores: ICE investigators issued a subpoena this week demanding @BuzzFeedNews identify its sources, an escalation of the Trump administration's efforts to track down the identities of people who provide information to reporters like @Haleaziz. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: Such a lame effort to whine and cry and stamp their feet to look tough. All the legal weight of children's letters to Santa https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Ana Ceballos / @anaceballos_: “This is embarrassing for ICE,” the former acting director of the agency said. “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jim Neff / @jimneff4: This won't stand. @rcfp ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Hannah Ryan / @hannahd15: I so look up to @Haleaziz and his revelatory immigration reporting in the US. Not surprised ICE is aggravated that he keeps getting scoops exposing their wrongdoing — but this is an unacceptable way to intimidate a reporter. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Simran Jeet Singh / @sikhprof: “ICE investigators issued a subpoena this week demanding BuzzFeed News identify its sources — an extraordinary attempt by the government to interfere with a news outlet acting under the protections of the First Amendment.” -@Haleaziz https://buzzfeednews.com/...
Byron Tau / @byrontau: ICE subpoenas BuzzFeed, demanding the news outlet turn over information about its sources in one of the most brazen attempts in recent memory of a government agency trying to force the press to divulge sources. BuzzFeed says it will not comply. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Seamus Hughes / @seamushughes: ICE: Buzzfeed, we request you don't reveal the existence of the subpoena against your journalist. Buzzfeed: https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Hamed is a tremendous reporter and this is an unambiguous assault on the free press by the U.S. government. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dara Lind / @dlind: This isn't okay or cool! https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: BuzzFeed News Subpoenaed by ICE in Attempt to Uncover Sources
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans says it will generate $2B+ in sales in 2020, now has 85M users, is adding around 500K users a day, and is paying out $200M+ a month to its 1M+ creators — As Cardi B prepared the release for her new song “WAP,” she checked off all the usual components of her promotional plan …
Discussion:
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Tribune Publishing, part-owned by Alden Global Capital, is closing the Hartford Courant's newsroom on Dec. 27; journalists will work remotely into 2021 — The Hartford Courant, the Connecticut newspaper that has been in print since 1764, when it chronicled the locals' dissatisfaction with British rule …
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@courantguild, @jessespector, @bensmithtweet, @treasurerwooden, @notonixon, @treasurerwooden, @thorn_john, @senatorcohenct, @actualcandrews, @treasurerwooden, @diciccomethod, @pdavis_llc, @thesarahkelly, @giacomonyt, @dchinni, @juliebartucca, @rossgarber, @mcallguild, @rachaelpacella, @alecmacgillis, @pdavis_llc, @picardonhealth, @lizbowie, @frankiegrazie6, @davidjlynch, @boston1775, @bjbetheltweets, @allyjarmanning, @ctblogger, @mattlesser, @bretteats, @andrewdasnyt, @dennishousetv, @senblumenthal, @mayorbronin, @vdelatorre, @samstein, @bruceputterman, @davidchang, @xshularx, @mmcintire, @kgmcwilliams, @hayley__harding, @i_m_m, @tomkrazit, @matt_velazquez, @saragregory, @edokeefe, @repjohnlarson, @bookgirl96, @courantguild, @mcfarland_shawn, @brian_donlon, @tomforemancnn, @courantguild, @katie_robertson, @wolfe321 and The Hill
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@courantguild: Today is a sad day in The Hartford Courant's history. We were just told @tribpub will close our Broad Street office, with no plan to find us a new one. We are indefinitely without an office.
Jesse Spector / @jessespector: It will now be the Raleigh Times, and they'll act like the Hartford Courant never existed, except for a special edition they put out twice a year that everyone goes nuts for. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @bensmithtweet: Watching unchecked capitalism choke out regional papers, in order to extract every ounce of profit possible from them, while also watching some of those papers give kind coverage to proponents of the free market system that's killing them, like Larry Hogan, is perplexing. https://twitter.com/...
@treasurerwooden: A vibrant press is a fundamental pillar of our democracy, and is critical to maintaining a healthy government that remains accountable to the people. https://www.nytimes.com/... (3/3)
Michael Koncewicz / @notonixon: This is really sad. I was an intern at the Courant in 2005 during my senior year at CCSU. I loved working in that building. https://twitter.com/...
@treasurerwooden: And while I know they will continue to distribute outstanding journalism remotely, this is an alarming trend that I hope does not prove to erode CT's strong tradition of excellent local journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/... (2/3)
John Thorn / @thorn_john: Since October 29, 1764. Maybe the original site is still available (the Heart and Crown, near the North Meeting House)? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christine Cohen / @senatorcohenct: Sending love to the @hartfordcourant family. We rely on you, perhaps now more than ever, & we know that you need each other. The big, bad wolf has come huffing & puffing, but that third house is your skill, your spirit, your community, your connectedness & that can't be destroyed https://twitter.com/...
Caitlin Andrews / @actualcandrews: The Courant is the paper of record in Connecticut. https://twitter.com/...
@treasurerwooden: Yesterday was a sad day for the @hartfordcourant, the oldest continuously published paper in our country. The Courant often covers stories in communities that would otherwise be overlooked. https://www.nytimes.com/... (1/3)
Anthony DiCicco / @diciccomethod: In the story of my sports life, the Hartford Courant means so much. There's things that this signifies about the larger media landscape, but for me it will always be a reminder that all news is local. Jerry Trecker bylines were the first soccer coverage I ever saw in print. 📰 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Phil Davis / @pdavis_llc: A reminder that Freeman and Friends are a group of human beings making bad decisions negatively affecting a vulnerable industry that this country sees as the equivalent of a public service. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kelly / @thesarahkelly: This fucking sucks and I hate Tribune Publishing a lot https://twitter.com/...
Carol Giacomo / @giacomonyt: Long ago, I learned a lot of journalism in that building, forged lifelong friendships with fellow journalists. Its closing is a tragic commentary on the fate of newspapers today. https://twitter.com/...
Dante Chinni / @dchinni: This is very disturbing news. We're way past crisis point on this problem now. https://twitter.com/...
Julie Bartucca / @juliebartucca: I didn't know what to say about this. I've been out of journalism longer than in it. But there is no place like a newsroom. I've spoken as an alum to @UConnJournalism students &I always tell them, no matter what they choose to do later in their careers, to work in a newsroom. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Ross Garber / @rossgarber: The Hartford Courant has been publishing since 1764. It is shuttering its newsroom. (Its owners say it will continue to publish with all of its journalists working remotely....) https://www.nytimes.com/...
@mcallguild: Our company @tribpub thinks it's just fine to run a newspaper out of people's homes. That's because their focus is cash extraction, the hallmark of Alden Global Capital. #savelocalnews https://twitter.com/...
Rachael Pacella / @rachaelpacella: Tribune was wrong for taking the Annapolis newsroom away from shooting survivors who never wavered in the face of immense grief and trauma. It makes me sick to think of more cuts. https://twitter.com/...
Alec MacGillis / @alecmacgillis: The largest newspaper in Connecticut, in the state capital, no longer has a newsroom. https://twitter.com/...
Phil Davis / @pdavis_llc: Tribune's a wealth management company that also employees journalists, at this point. https://twitter.com/...
Andr Picard / @picardonhealth: “For all we know at this moment, the plan is for us to be remote forever” — The @HartfordCourant's newsroom is closing down, and other newspapers🗞️may follow suit, by @katie_robertson https://www.nytimes.com/... via @nytimes @charlesornstein #journalism #PandemicJournalism
@lizbowie: The Baltimore Sun is now one of the last @TribPub papers with a physical newsroom. Are we next? @TribPub has $90 million in cash on hand, no debt and is profitable, yet they will close the Hartford Courant's newsroom. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Frankie Graziano / @frankiegrazie6: These guys won't get something that I daydream about on a daily basis — getting to see my co-workers IRL when this is all over — is gross. I'm sorry to my brothers and sisters at the Courant. @CourantGuild https://twitter.com/...
David J. Lynch / @davidjlynch: I grew up reading this paper. Eventually, knew a few good journalists who worked there. I believe it laid claim to being the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. Sad day. https://twitter.com/...
J. L. Bell / @boston1775: The Hartford Courant began as a weekly titled the Connecticut Courant in 1764. The first publisher was Thomas Green, from the large Green family of printers. https://twitter.com/...
BJ Bethel / @bjbetheltweets: Local journalism is in the ICU. Despite the heroic efforts of local reporters. https://twitter.com/...
Ally Jarmanning / @allyjarmanning: I learned how to be a reporter by eavesdropping on colleagues' interviews and getting tips from my desk mates who overheard what I was working on. How will our next generation of reporters learn without a newsroom? https://twitter.com/...
Alfonso Robinson / @ctblogger: This is disgraceful! All I want for X-mas is for @tribpub to sell @hartfordcourant to someone who respects journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Sen. Matt Lesser / @mattlesser: What a travesty. The hedge fund owner of @tribpub is obviously not fit to own a newspaper. We need local news, now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
Brett Anderson / @bretteats: Shocking - if not surprising - journalism news: the newspaper in the capital city of one of the country's richest states doesn't have a newsroom anymore. ht @CKummer https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Das / @andrewdasnyt: Took a field trip to this building in elementary school. Got my first byline in it in college. What a terrible, sad day for an institution that's older than the United States. https://twitter.com/...
Dennis House / @dennishousetv: Saddened to hear this. I've had many friends at the @hartfordcourant over the years and I feel for them tonight https://www.google.com/...
Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal: A gut punch for the employees & readers of America's oldest newspaper. Community outrage, or a new owner, need to keep it the HARTFORD Courant. https://twitter.com/...
Luke Bronin / @mayorbronin: My thoughts on the announcement today about the @hartfordcourant newsroom/HQ: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Vanessa de la Torre / @vdelatorre: In the Hartford Courant newsroom, reporting on a charter school scandal in 2014. The shredded paper I hauled from front curb of charter HQ... Editor was getaway driver. #newsroomnostalgia https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sam Stein / @samstein: the country's oldest newspaper in continuous publication has literally no home. https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Putterman / @bruceputterman: We grieve with our colleagues at @hartfordcourant, and hope Alden finds its way to understanding the value of place and physical connection as key to innovation and growth. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Chang / @davidchang: First Hartford let the Whalers leave, then they shut down the Jai Alai, then this... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Shular / @xshularx: Vulture capital parasites are intentionally killing America's oldest continuously published newspaper https://twitter.com/...
Mike McIntire / @mmcintire: This is criminal. I worked there for 10 years and can't believe it's come to this for the country's oldest continuously published newspaper. https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen McWilliams / @kgmcwilliams: This is devastating news for our city's paper and the reporters covering our communities. A new low for the absolutely shameful leadership @tribpub (and that's not saying much). https://twitter.com/...
Hayley Harding / @hayley__harding: I will forever remember the Broad Street office as the place where I got to file a story and then walk past the presses printing it an hour later. Thinking about my friends in Hartford who, like so many papers around the country, have lost their home base. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ian MacDougall / @i_m_m: This is the end game for the hedge funds/PE firms that are buying up local and regional papers: after bleeding them dry, unload the often valuable real estate they own. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Krazit / @tomkrazit: I knew what I wanted to do with my life around the age of 12 after spending a night during a school break watching my dad and his colleagues put out a paper in that building. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Velazquez / @matt_velazquez: This is decidedly quite bad and I don't like it at all. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Gregory / @saragregory: Tribune started 2020 by closing @virginianpilot's newsroom, shutdown five others mid-year and is ending it by closing @hartfordcourant's. Banner year for our hedge fund owners. Bad news for our communities. https://twitter.com/...
Ed O'Keefe / @edokeefe: Connecticut's largest newspaper is now without a newsroom. Are we okay with things like this happening in city after city across the country? https://twitter.com/...
Rep. John Larson / @repjohnlarson: I hope @tribpub reverses this decision. https://larson.house.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Schmidt / @bookgirl96: This is very bad. https://twitter.com/...
@courantguild: Via @nytimes: The Hartford Courant, the Connecticut newspaper that has been in print since 1764, when it chronicled the locals' dissatisfaction with British rule, is the latest daily that will try to cover the news without a newsroom. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shawn McFarland / @mcfarland_shawn: “We've been in that office for decades. We all value having the physical space, we value each other's company,” said @AlexPutterman. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Donlon / @brian_donlon: If anyone cares about the future of news read this piece about these giants of #journalism - Alden Globa Capital — and their approach to news. It is enough to make you sick https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Foreman / @tomforemancnn: Books will be written one day about how business folks grappled with the idea of folks working from home during this period and beyond - for good and for bad. https://twitter.com/...
@courantguild: This is what happens when hedge funds own newspapers. It's why we need new ownership immediately. Please visit https://saveourcourant.org/.
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: The Hartford Courant told staff today their office would be shut permanently from Dec 27. One reporter said: “For all we know at this moment, the plan is for us to be remote forever.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: Another media hit: The closing of the @hartfordcourant's physical newsroom was “a decision about real estate needs amid a difficult and challenging time on both the public health and economic fronts.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: Connecticut's largest newspaper loses its newsroom
BBC:
Netflix says “we have no plans, and see no need, to add a disclaimer” warning The Crown viewers that the show is a work of fiction — Netflix says it will not warn viewers of The Crown some scenes are fiction. — Responding to calls for a warning from Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden …
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Ellise Shafer / Variety: Netflix Has ‘No Plans’ to Add Fiction Disclaimer to ‘The Crown’
Bob Cronin / Newser: Netflix's Answer: It's Clear The Crown Is Drama
@variety: “We have always presented #TheCrown as a drama - and we have every confidence our members understand it's a work of fiction that's broadly based on historical events... We have no plans — and see no need — to add a disclaimer” https://variety.com/...
Lexy Perez / Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Says There Are “No Plans” to Add Fiction Disclaimer to ‘The Crown’
Manisha Krishnan / VICE:
Canada's Global News radio host Supriya Dwivedi quits, alleges colleagues' on-air racist narratives led to threats against her; Global News is “taking action” — An email to staff said the company is in the midst of an “internal reflection” regarding systemic racism but didn't provide many details about what that means.
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icfj.org: 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
Matt Gurney / Matt Gurney's Code 47: Supriya Dwivedi deserved better.
Amy Diehl, Ph.D. / @amydiehl: Survey of 1,210 women journalists find 73% experienced online abuse/threats and 20% experienced attacks in the physical world connected to online violence. Threats even extended to family members. This all has a chilling effect on women's journalism. https://www.icfj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebekah Sanders / @rebekahlsanders: Online Attacks on Women Journalists Are Leading to Real World Violence “This conundrum - the need for women journalists to participate online to do their jobs even as these spaces grow increasingly unsafe - has become more urgent over time.” https://www.icfj.org/... @ICFJ
Reem Abdellatif / @reem_abdellatif: “The insidious problem of #onlineviolence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline, with potentially deadly consequences.” https://www.icfj.org/... #cyberviolence #PressFreedom https://twitter.com/...
@manishakrishnan: new: @globalnews told staff it is in the midst of an “internal reflection” on systemic racism following @supriyadwivedi's resignation—but provided almost no details about what that means: https://www.vice.com/...
Jane Gerster / @jane_gerster: Dwivedi said after going public, she's received “dozens and dozens” of messages from former and current Corus employees who said they've raised similar complaints internally, to no avail. https://www.vice.com/... #cdnmedia
Chad Loder / @chadloder: Dwivedi quit because she alleged @globalnews refused to do anything about the “false narratives about refugees, Muslims, Sikhs, and other targeted groups” being spread by her talk radio colleagues. She received a deluge of hate, including rape threats directed at her baby. https://twitter.com/...
Barry Francis / Toronto Star: Sad day when someone as talented as Supriya Dwivedi is driven off the air
Shree Paradkar / The Hamilton Spectator: Suck it up? Vicious online abuse of talk-show host Supriya Dwivedi a reminder of dangers for women in the public eye
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Maya Wiley made ~18 appearances on MSNBC since leaving as a contributor to launch her NYC mayoral run, earning criticism from mayoral rivals and media ethicists — Maya Wiley left a cushy contributor's job at MSNBC in July so she could launch her campaign for NYC mayor …
Financial Times:
Inside Disney's costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline, as sources say the success of Disney Plus diminished Disney's interest in Hulu — Media empire must sustain its costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline
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Anna Nicolaou / @annaknicolaou: In Iger's view, Disney's biggest problem right now is cash. Plans to expand Hulu have been scrapped. Iger has taken a backseat in recent months, after a NYT report that he was still running the company strained relations with new CEO Bob Chapek https://www.ft.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Happened then with music when streaming ate physical media. Happening now with video. Lots of growth for online video, very little profitable growth. Good deep dive into Disney. $DIS https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Web / @webbarr: “There is not a spreadsheet in the universe that gives you similar economics to pay TV.” https://www.ft.com/...
@financialtimes: Disney's uneven strategy for TV channels reveals that the transition to streaming is bumpy and financially uncertain https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: The unfinished media revolution: “The question is: how far does the TV universe have to decline before they decide to start shifting high-profile content over?” @RichLightShed asks, adds “It would rewrite their whole economic livelihood.” https://giftarticle.ft.com/...
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Inside WarnerMedia's transition to streaming: current and former execs say it was marred by rushed decision making, culture clashes, HBO brand confusion, more — - CNBC spoke with more than a dozen former and current WarnerMedia executives to gauge how John Stankey and Jason Kilar are progressing with HBO Max.
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Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Will AT&T turn WarnerMedia into a new Netflix? Or has buying Time Warner turned into a “making lemonade from lemons” situation? I spent the past two months talking to more than a dozen present and recently departed executives: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: If you're having some coffee and looking for some Sunday morning reading, please consider my long read on AT&T/WarnerMedia. I spent a few months on this and talked to more than a dozen current and recently departed AT&T/WarnerMedia executives. https://www.cnbc.com/...
@janewells: Fascinating story from @sherman4949 - The home of the Sopranos is under siege: Inside the battle for the soul of HBO @CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/...
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: If Judge Leon hadn't allowed AT&T to buy Time Warner, think of all the things we wouldn't be able to enjoy that the combined entity has brought us, like layoffs, the destruction of HBO, record corporate debt, and more layoffs. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: every company becoming a tech company is going to be absolutely fucking ruinous for art https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: “ultra-rich glib MBA idiot unsatisfied with mere billions in profit tries clumsy imitation of market leader, steps on own dick” is like 75 percent of business now https://www.cnbc.com/...
Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff: Reading @sherman4949's reporting on HBO, I can't help but think how things would be different if the US government hadn't held up ATT/Time-Warner. Imagine HBO Max launching before Disney+. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: This story of HBO's CEO suggesting AT&T give HBO more money to buy content and double down on dual cable & HBO Go strategy being ignored so AT&T could launch the confusing HBO Max product to compete with Netflix is classic value destruction by acquisition. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: I spoke with more than a dozen current and recently departed WarnerMedia execs about what's been going on there over the past couple years. Here are their thoughts — and some new details about HBO Max, brand confusion, culture clash and strategic haggling https://www.cnbc.com/...
Derek Kompare / @d_kompare: Fantastic dive from @sherman4949 into the strains in the relationships between AT&T, Warner Media, and HBO. This was always going to be a prickly marriage. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: @sherman4949 Amazed at the stupidity of that HBO plan, but my favorite part of the article was the Stephenson gibberish. That is mediaspeak gold.
Jordan Novet / @jordannovet: have had zero interest in watching anything on HBO Max. solid reporting on what's been going on at AT&T from @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@timhanlon: “AT&T is trading near a 10-year low. Meanwhile Verizon, AT&T's closest competitor, is trading near an all-time high. The most glaring difference between the[m]? Verizon didn't spend $170B buying Time Warner & DirecTV in the past 5 years.” (RT @sherman4949) https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I was shocked to learn from this article that AT&T plans to put ads into its movies and TV series on HBO Max. https://www.cnbc.com/... That would be the end of my relationship with HBO.
Carl Quintanilla / @carlquintanilla: “Alhough Stankey was new to media, he suffered the same disease as every other media executive: Netflix envy.” A richly-reported piece on Warner's ambitions for @HBO. $T https://twitter.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @media_evan: Couple interesting tidbits from the Warner Media overhaul. https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Yarow / @jyarow: Draftkings was interested in buying Bleacher Report from WarnerMedia https://www.cnbc.com/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: “...former executives point to Stankey's push to add advertising to HBO Max, slated for [Q2 2021], as potentially ruinous... ‘If HBO stood for anything, it was making a product for the customer, not the advertiser,’” Story by @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Another detail — The Bleacher Report executive team was hoping WarnerMedia would sell Bleacher Report to DraftKings in May/June when DraftKings expressed interest in buying it. But AT&T never seriously considered a deal. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: One of my favorite details in here — there has been internal discussion (though nothing actively planned) to change the HBO Max name, either internationally or globally. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Osborn / @rozzy: Genuinely curious how such a well-reported piece isn't behind a paywall https://twitter.com/...
Deep Bagchee / @deepbagchee: The thesis was right, John Stankey & @ATT leadership were early to streaming... yet it has failed to deliver on the promise. Great piece by @sherman4949. The brands sure are confusing: HBO Go, HBO Max, HBO Now, AT&T Now, DirecTV Now!! https://www.cnbc.com/...
Steve Kopack / @stevekopack: AT&T's “HBO Max experiment isn't going particularly well so far. Only 8.6 million people have signed up to activate the service since it launched in May. Compare this to Disney, which has signed up 73.7 million people for Disney+ in less than a year.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: I spoke with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar about his huge movie announcement. Well, everyone thinks it's huge except him: https://www.cnbc.com/...
João Paulo Pimentel / LABS English: Why HBO Max has chosen Latin America as its first market outside the U.S.
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
This year, disinformation about the pandemic, BLM protests, and the election divided the US, with “Plandemic” as a case study of social networks' failures — Disinformation and its fallout have defined 2020, the year of the infodemic. Month after month, self-serving social media companies …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
ProPublica's Richard Tofel discusses the Trump Bump: donors rose from ~3K in 2015 to 32K in 2019, when small donations made up 20% of $33.1M in revenue — ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news operation that has won six Pulitzer Prizes in its 12-year history, was a major beneficiary of the so-called ‘Trump bump’.
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