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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.
@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/...
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/...
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
AllAccess.com: Supriya Dwivedi Exits CFMJ (Global News Radio 640)/Toronto, Files Complaint Alleging Company Failed To Enforce Standards Against Misinformation
Barry Francis / Toronto Star: Sad day when someone as talented as Supriya Dwivedi is driven off the air
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
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/...
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
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
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
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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/...
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/...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar On How Groundbreaking HBO Max Theatrical Window Strategy Will Optimize Revenues
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: HBO Max exec on Roku deal: 'We'll get it done'
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/...
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Peter White / Deadline:
HBO Max Global head Andy Forssell says the service will expand to Latin America in mid-year 2021 and then Europe in 2021's second half; goal is 190 countries
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The Playlist, @richardlnewby, @cbnostalgia, @tvgrimreaper, LABS English, The Streamable, Broadband TV News and PR Newswire
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Charles Barfield / The Playlist: WarnerMedia CEO Says Controversial HBO Max/WB Release Strategy “The Right Thing To Do” For Fans, Theaters & Filmmakers
Richard Newby / @richardlnewby: Yeah, them working on going global was inevitable. Wish it could be sooner for non-U.S. peeps, but it definitely seems like it'll happen later next year. https://twitter.com/...
Comic Book Nostalgia / @cbnostalgia: Smart move..tons of GREAT content coming from both Europe and Asia so why not. Not to mention we can explore some regional heroes never used before. https://deadline.com/...
TV Grim Reaper / @tvgrimreaper: “The headlines will be the number of new HBO Max subs we get. The amount of money we've lost on our movies by doing this will be impossible for the idiot press to quantify. That's why I'm a genius.” - Jason Kilar [unsaid] https://twitter.com/...
João Paulo Pimentel / LABS English: Why HBO Max has chosen Latin America as its first market outside the U.S.
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 …
Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
Report: in six countries, including the US, proportion of women journalists has remained flat since 2000 and women are 2x to 6x less likely to be quoted in news — The proportion of women journalists in newsrooms has remained flat since 2000 across all analyzed countries.
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@amariscastillo, @poynter, @nickcharles61, @julieburtonwmc, @joannelipman and Press Gazette
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Amaris Castillo / @amariscastillo: The Missing Perspectives of Women in News report, published today, was commissioned by the @gatesfoundation and delivers a grim state of women's representation both in newsrooms and in news media coverage across six countries, including the United States. https://www.poynter.org/...
@poynter: A report released this week found a stubbornly persistent underrepresentation of women in news organizations (especially at leadership and governance levels), as experts cited in reports, and as protagonists of news stories. https://www.poynter.org/...
@nickcharles61: “In the 21st century, news is produced mainly by men, featuring more men, and is consumed by more men... Women's share of quoted voice in news remains marginalized” — @LubaKassova More women in news, please and thx. https://www.poynter.org/...
Julie Burton / @julieburtonwmc: The ‘missing perspectives of women in news’ is alarming and grim, a new report shows — and reinforces the @womensmediacntr findings in our WMC Status of Women in US Media Reports https://www.poynter.org/...
Joanne Lipman / @joannelipman: Men are quoted as ‘experts’ up to six times more often than women in news reports. Meanwhile, men dominate newsrooms, deciding what IS news-and what isn't. This is why we desperately need news orgs like @19thnews AND more women in news leadership overall https://www.poynter.org/...
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Mitch McConnell has moved to end debate on a Trump nominee that would deadlock FCC when Biden takes office and for months after, setting up a vote next week — Cloture motion could end debate and advance nominee to Senate vote next week. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) …
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Peter Baker / New York Times: Trump's Final Days of Rage and Denial
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Despite Trump's “rage and denial” about the election results, facts have trumped fiction. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner
Caleb Howe / Mediaite: Trump Snarks at WaPo Reporting Only 25 Republicans in Congress Say Biden Won: ‘Surprised There Are So Many’
Karl Bode / @karlbode: Aside from the core policy wonks working hard to delay or shift the vote here, there's very few Democrats making any meaningful noise about the fact the GOP is preparing to cripple the nation's top telecommunications regulator, for potentially years.
Karl Bode / @karlbode: McConnell's (read: AT&T and Comcast's) quest to appoint an unqualified nitwit to the FCC then mire the agency in gridlock by blocking Biden from appointing a new boss will take another step forward next week: https://www.reuters.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: The GOP is pandering big telecom, which is terrified the FCC will restore the agency's consumer protection authority (and net neutrality). So they're pretending they're doing this to prevent “billions in economic damage,” which is gibberish and bullshit. https://arstechnica.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Shepardson / Reuters: U.S. Senate set to vote on Trump FCC nominee as soon as next week
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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Bob Cronin / Newser: Netflix's Answer: It's Clear The Crown Is Drama
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: ‘The Crown’: Netflix Rejects U.K. Culture Secretary's Request for Fiction Disclaimer
Mattie Kahn / Glamour:
Interview with Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, about covering Trump, writing her memoir, and rejecting “both sides” journalism — The morning I talk to Yamiche Alcindor is like most mornings she's had since she started covering Donald Trump in 2017 …
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@marclacey, @dlind, @jordynjournals, @sominisengupta, @aliciamenendez, @reineayiti, @porter_anderson, @itscaitlinhd, @yamiche and @newshour
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Marc Lacey / @marclacey: .@Yamiche's inspiring words: “To do work that I can be proud of, that I can look back on when I'm an old woman and say, ‘These were the right stories to be telling in the right moment.’” https://www.glamour.com/...
Dara Lind / @dlind: She's so good. https://twitter.com/...
Jordyn Holman / @jordynjournals: “I think journalism is such a mighty service to this country, that I know that there are young people out there who will carry the torch,” @Yamiche says. Trust me, you've inspired so many of us https://www.glamour.com/...
Somini Sengupta / @sominisengupta: Purpose. @Yamiche is so right to remind us to always remember our purpose. https://www.glamour.com/...
Alicia Menendez / @aliciamenendez: “Being emotional can be used against women, but I lean into that because I know the stories that make me cry are the ones that end up on the front page of the NYT or in the A-block of NewsHour” @Yamiche https://www.glamour.com/...
Rgine Jean-Charles / @reineayiti: “I understand what it means to be stereotyped and criminalized just for how you look...I hope that my reporting illuminates some of the flaws that we have in this country, because it comes from a very personal place.” @Yamiche Alcindor | Glamour https://www.glamour.com/...
Porter Anderson / @porter_anderson: Media: @Yamiche to @mattiekahn: “I'm a journalist who has been taught and who has practiced the idea that I'm here to tell the truth, not to just balance both sides, and I don't believe in false equivalencies.” https://www.glamour.com/... @glamourmag https://twitter.com/...
Caitlin Dickerson / @itscaitlinhd: I love that this piece captures the essence of @Yamiche. TBQH she's the North Star we all need, in journalism and in life. It's a must-read for young journalists, especially. https://www.glamour.com/...
Newslaundry:
India's Times Group says it will stop the publication of Pune Mirror and will relaunch Mumbai Mirror as a weekly, but both will have a “strong digital presence” — As 2020 draws to a close, the latest casualty in the rampant layoffs and closures in the print media is Mumbai Mirror and Pune Mirror.
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Scroll.in, IJR, @raju, @dire_nair, @alishacoelho, @ranaayyub, @dpanjana, @vijaylokapally, @nandiniramnath, @jencyjac, @spignal, exchange4media and Scroll.in
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Churumuri / IJR: In the Samir Jain era, the ‘Times Group’ has shut down 26 newspapers and magazines. ‘Mumbai Mirror’ was a death foretold.
Raju Narisetti / @raju: India's largest newspaper conglomerate, Times Group, will stop publication of Pune Mirror and turn its fiesty @MumbaiMirror into a weekly in print. A significant blow to urban, local/community newspaper journalism in Western India. https://www.exchange4media.com/ ... via @e4mtweets
Roshni / @dire_nair: Wtaf? This is the only Times publication with a sliver of journalistic integrity. Mumbai Mirror has some badass reporters who break news and write some of the best stories, day after day. Turning it into a weekly is giving it a slow and certain death. https://www.mxmindia.com/...
Alisha Coelho / @alishacoelho: Mumbai Mirror is one of the cruelest casualties of 2020. As a journalist, it was the paper that I looked forward to and dreaded the most because of the stories they broke (and in turn, the explanations I'd have to give my editor for missing the scoop).
Rana Ayyub / @ranaayyub: I am going to miss the dogged reporting on local issues and some brilliant writing under the leadership of @writemeenal. Hope these bylines find an alternate space soon. Will miss you Mumbai Mirror
Deepanjana / @dpanjana: Mumbai Mirror shutting down is terrible, terrible news. It's done so many great stories, it didn't hesitate to take a principled stand on so many subjects and quickly became a favourite for city readers. Fingers crossed for everyone in Mirror's team.
Vijay Lokapally / @vijaylokapally: Very sad, disturbing and depressing news. I have so many friends working in these newspapers. How are they going to manage? https://twitter.com/...
Nandini Ramnath / @nandiniramnath: The best thing the TOI group ever produced, steered by my first boss and first-class editor @writemeenal. Kudos to her and her wonderful team: Mumbai Mirror and Pune Mirror to stop publication, Times Group says Indian economy in recession https://scroll.in/... via @scroll_in
Jency Jacob / @jencyjac: If there was any reason to continue to subscribe to a TOI paper, it was @MumbaiMirror. News of the Mirror shutting down is a shock. The mirror editions were led by some cool editors and journalists. Will miss the paper and their stories a lot 😞
The Daily Beast:
Fox staffers say Porter Berry, EIC of FoxNews.com and former Hannity producer, has shifted the site's tone to mirror the channel's opinion content — According to insiders, Hannity and the network's right-wing opinion side have managed, as if by proxy, to influence the content of FoxNews.com, the channel's website.
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: Serving Two Masters — FOX's identity crisis between its TV positioning and website perspective …
@thedailybeast: Sean Hannity is already one of Fox News' loudest voices. Now, his influence has spread to the once-independent digital news operation, staffers say, and it's largely thanks to a little-known former Hannity producer named Porter Berry. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: Sean Hannity isn't just something of a shadow White House Chief of. Staff. In many important ways, he's essentially taken over for Roger Ailes at Fox, too. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Sean Hannity's producer took over Fox's websites in 2018. Staff say he's pushed the sites even further right, and is still informally acting as an informal “shadow” producer for Hannity's show. Our look at Fox News digital EIC Porter Berry: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
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