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Denis Villeneuve / Variety:
Dune director Denis Villeneuve says AT&T decided to sacrifice Warner Bros' 2021 slate “in a desperate attempt to grab audience attention” for HBO Max — I learned in the news that Warner Bros. has decided to release “Dune” on HBO Max at the same time as our theatrical release …
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The Wrap, Deadline, NPR, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, New York Times, Engadget, The Playlist, ComingSoon.net, Hung Up, @msmlroberts, Vanity Fair, @vikyair, @richardlnewby, @techlinkedyt, The A.V. Club, Collider, @variety, @chris_osborn, Mediaite, UPROXX, Twelve Thirty Six, @swimiller, IndieWire, /Film, @lizrenzetti, @michaelsderby, @ljwr_, @jesabelraay, @richlightshed, The Wrap, IndieWire, The A.V. Club and The Verge
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline: Endeavor's Patrick Whitesell On WarnerMedia: ‘Blatant Attempt To Self-Deal And Use Our Clients Work To Build Their HBO Max Streaming Service’
Ari Shapiro / NPR: Christopher Nolan Says Warner Bros.' Shift To Streaming New Movies ‘A Great Danger’
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter: CAA President: Warner Bros.' Streaming Bet Will “Dramatically” Impact Clients' Backend Pay
Cynthia Littleton / Variety: Jason Kilar Defends Warner Bros.' HBO Max Decision as ‘Defining Moment’ for WarnerMedia
Peter Suderman / New York Times: This Blockbuster Is Coming to a Living Room Near You
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: Denis Villeneuve Rebukes WB/HBO Max Decision & Says Studio “Might Have Just Killed The ‘Dune’ Franchise”
Maggie Dela Paz / ComingSoon.net: Dune Director Denis Villenueve Speaks Out Against HBO Max 2021 Plans
Hunter Harris / Hung Up: Rihanna and ASAP Rocky Are Doing It
M Roberts / @msmlroberts: All I want to say is.... what would the discourse be like if it were female directors talking like this? Just...just a thought 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Rosen / Vanity Fair: Now It's Dune Director Denis Villeneuve's Turn to Trash Warner Bros.
Victoria Airaldi / @vikyair: Cinema on the big screen is more than a business, it's an art form that brings people together, celebrating humanity, enhancing our empathy for one another-it's one of the very last artistic, in-person collective experiences we share as human beings. https://variety.com/...
Richard Newby / @richardlnewby: We're not going to get Dune Part 2 are we? Though ironically I think the most likely way to get it, financially speaking, is by also premiering it on HBO Max. https://twitter.com/...
TechLinked / @techlinkedyt: Are these directors out of touch? Or should they get on board the streaming train? https://variety.com/...
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: Judd Apatow says Warner Bros.' HBO Max release plan shows creators “stunning disrespect”
Adam Chitwood / Collider: Dune Director Denis Villeneuve Slams HBO Max Deal, Warns Sequel May Not Happen
@variety: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar vowed that Warner Bros. would renegotiate contracts with creative partners on its 2021 films “through the lens of generosity,” but acknowledged that he did not reach out to many of them until after the bombshell announcement https://variety.com/...
Chris Osborn / @chris_osborn: what's bleak is, so many people are going to call this a rich artist's temper tantrum, and use the pandemic as an excuse to dismiss Villeneuve's core argument to protect the theatrical experience from the corporate class that seeks to eliminate it https://twitter.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Dune Director Warns That the Warner Bros. and HBO Max Deal ‘Might Just Have Killed’ the Franchise
Mike Redmond / UPROXX: ‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Blasts HBO Max In A Scorching Op-Ed, With Jason Momoa And Josh Brolin Expressing Support For Him
Cody Miller / @swimiller: Long Live Theatrical Cinema https://variety.com/...
Zack Sharf / IndieWire: Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin Stand by Villeneuve in Fight Against Warner Bros. Over ‘Dune’
Ben Pearson / /Film: ‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Slams WB's HBO Max Decision, AMC Needs $750 Million to Survive 2021
Elizabeth Renzetti / @lizrenzetti: “I want the audience to understand that streaming alone can't sustain the film industry as we knew it before COVID.” Preach it, Denis Villeneuve. I'm also dreading a world with no movie theatres https://variety.com/... via @variety
Michael S. Derby / @michaelsderby: “Warner Bros. might just have killed the ‘Dune’ franchise.” https://variety.com/...
@ljwr_: He's right though, they're all gonna be pirated af. It baffles me that Warner Bros did this when HBO Max is only available on ONE COUNTRY https://twitter.com/...
Jesabel / @jesabelraay: “There is absolutely no love for cinema, nor for the audience here. It is all about the survival of a telecom mammoth, one that is currently bearing an astronomical debt of more than $150 billion.” - Denis Villeneuve (via Variety) Damn... https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: 🤔🤔🤔 #challenge “But I want the audience to understand that streaming alone can't sustain the film industry as we knew it before COVID. Streaming can produce great content, but not movies of “Dune's” scope and scale.” https://variety.com/...
Brian Welk / The Wrap: ‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Says HBO Max Deal Shows Warner Bros Has ‘No Love for Cinema’
Zack Sharf / IndieWire: Denis Villeneuve Slams Warner Bros. for Moving ‘Dune’ to HBO Max: 'Might've Killed the Franchise'
William Hughes / The A.V. Club: Denis Villeneuve is pissed about Dune's release on HBO Max
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Jason Kilar on the decision to release 2021 movies on HBO Max: “If we...focus on the customer, we're going to be sitting on a very big future” — Depending on who you ask, Jason Kilar is either the most hated or most beloved man in Hollywood right now.
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, CNN, Variety, @cassianelwes, @taraansley, @jakesherman, @nytopinion, @antovolk, @mlcalderone, @benmullin, @nytopinion and Protocol
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Endeavor's Patrick Whitesell Calls WarnerMedia's HBO Max Move A “Blatant Attempt to Self-Deal”
Dave McNary / Variety: Endeavor Chief Blasts WarnerMedia's HBO Max Plan: ‘A Blatant Attempt to Self-Deal’
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline: CAA Boss Richard Lovett To WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar Over HBO Max: “Blindside Entirely Unacceptable To CAA And The Clients We Represent”
Kate Aurthur / Variety: Judd Apatow Says Warner Bros. Showed ‘Stunning’ Disrespect in HBO Max Bombshell Decision
Cassian Elwes / @cassianelwes: CAA President Letter Rips WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar Over HBO Max Deal - Deadline. /. Incredible the havoc they have created. For what to push their also ran streamer. Will take so much time and money to fix this https://deadline.com/...
Tara Ansley / @taraansley: No one mentions the crews or ripple effects industry wide. From pa's to vendors etc. Everyone was hit. It's grotesque for everyone to be arguing about their millions while people around the world suffer and die. ✌🏼 https://deadline.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: I really, really enjoyed @karaswisher's latest podcast with @jasonkilar https://www.nytimes.com/... and the @benyt post-game analysis https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytopinion: “We have no problem going where others have not gone before. This is not for the faint of heart.” On “Sway,” @karaswisher talks to @jasonkilar, CEO of WarnerMedia, about the company's radical decision to release all their 2021 films on HBO Max. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anton Volkov / @antovolk: must-listen interview and probably the most in depth of this whole thing https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: When asked about reports Jeff Zucker will soon leave CNN (https://t.co/...), Jason Kilar says, “you should obviously have to ask Jeff” before going on: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: “But when HBO Max debuted, there was a lot of dreck that was shoved in there.” -@karaswisher to @jasonkilar https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytopinion: “You can't go through a pandemic like this and have things go back to the way they were in 2019.” On today's “Sway,” @karaswisher talks to @jasonkilar, CEO of WarnerMedia, about the company's radical decision to release all their 2021 films on HBO Max. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Pierce / Protocol: Tearing down the walled gardens
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Disney+ will get 10 Star Wars series, “roughly” 10 Marvel series, and more from Disney live-action, Disney Animation and Pixar “over the next few years” — The company also plans to bring many Disney Animation and Pixar movies and shows to the service
Discussion:
CNBC, Variety, Variety, The Wrap, @cityofthetown, The Streamable, The Wrap, Variety, Variety, The Wrap, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Sports Business Daily, The Wrap, The Wrap, Variety, /Film, Variety, Variety, /Film, Variety, The Wrap, Variety, @yashar, @teanah, @briankoppelman, @tommycsftp, @kelseymsutton, @natjarv, @natjarv, @kelseymsutton, @natjarv, @frankpallotta, @frankpallotta, @frankpallotta, @tvmojoe, @annecomics, @harrisj, @thewrap, @zeitchikwapo, @natjarv, @benmullin, @darrenrovell, @deadline, @ourand_sbj, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter and Android Central
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Alex Sherman / CNBC: Disney shows off the unstoppable power of its franchises as stock hits an all-time high
Joe Otterson / Variety: ‘Alien’ Series From Noah Hawley in the Works at FX, Ridley Scott in Talks to Executive Produce
Alex Stedman / Variety: Patty Jenkins to Direct ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue Squadron’
Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown: Looking at Disney's decision to blow up the Star Wars franchise into a million little pieces, it reminds that there other ways to undermine the theatrical business without directly going to war.
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: This is Every Show and Movie Disney Plus Announced at Disney Investor Day 2020
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap: Disney+ Orders ‘Moana,’ ‘Tiana,’ ‘Zootopia’ and ‘Baymax’ Animated TV Series
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: Disney Stock Soars to All-Time High and Record $300 Billion Market Cap After Epic Investor Day
Variety: Marvel Won't Recast Black Panther; Plots ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot; Casts Christian Bale in ‘Thor 4’
Richard Newby / Hollywood Reporter: ‘Star Wars:’ 5 Takeaways from Disney's New Plans
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: SEC Football Rights to Move From CBS to ESPN in 2024
Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap: Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa Won't Be Recast in ‘Black Panther 2’
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap: ‘Loki’ TV Series to Premiere Next May on Disney+ - Here's Your First Look (Video)
Angelique Jackson / Variety: Whoopi Goldberg to Return for Disney Plus' ‘Sister Act 3,’ Produced With Tyler Perry
Chris Evangelista / /Film: Disney Announces 10 New ‘Star Wars’ Shows, 10 New Marvel Series, Several Pixar Movies, and More Are Headed Directly to Disney+
Meredith Woerner / Variety: Amy Adams Returning for ‘Enchanted’ Sequel ‘Disenchanted’
Rebecca Rubin / Variety: ‘Pinocchio’ With Tom Hanks, ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ to Skip Theaters for Disney Plus
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: ‘Andor’ Teaser: Diego Luna's Cassian Andor Leads a ‘Star Wars’ Series About the “Building of a Revolution”
Meredith Woerner / Variety: Hayden Christensen Will Reprise Darth Vader for Obi-Wan ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Series
Daniel Goldblatt / The Wrap: Disney+ Promises 10 New Marvel Series and 10 ‘Star Wars’ Series in Next Few Years
Joe Otterson / Variety: 'Handmaid's Tale' Renewed for Season 5 at Hulu
Yashar Ali / @yashar: The news makes Jenkins the first woman to direct a “Star Wars” feature film; Victoria Mahoney was the first woman on a “Star Wars” directing team, serving as second unit director on “The Rise of Skywalker.” https://twitter.com/...
Brian Koppelman / @briankoppelman: Malcolm Spellman is one of the best people I know. A true friend for a long time. And he's brilliant. I am SO happy for him that his show is about to launch. Can't wait for it. Falcon and Winter Soldier! https://variety.com/...
Tommy C / @tommycsftp: Honestly I hope all the new Star Wars shows and movies work out but it really looks like oversaturation and will likely backfire. One maybe 2 more shows would have been good.
Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton: Marvel is working on Black Panther II to continue the story without Chadwick Boseman, but they will *not* recast Black Panther
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: Imagine if Netflix did one of these investor days. We'd literally be here all day.
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: As expected, Disney will not follow rival WarnerMedia in releasing all its 2021 films via streaming and is still planning to release Black Widow in theaters this spring.
Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier arrives in March 2021, and Loki will debut in May. it'll give Disney+ a weekly line-up of Marvel originals through the first half of the year with Wandavision's Jan. 15 premiere
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: Disney has set a target of 100+ new titles each year for Disney+. There was a time when that would have seemed like a lot, but it's really not when you compare it to Netflix's output
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: Disney is announcing so much content news that an Indiana Jones movie was an afterthought.
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: I feel like all of those Star Wars films we thought we were going to get are now just going to be Disney+ shows.
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: I know we're all like, “Wow, look at all these awesome shows,” but I hate to be the guy to tell you that this means that Disney+'s price is about to go up.
@tvmojoe: OMG: Dana Walden has been animated and turned into a SIMPSONS character. Top 10 upfront moment (though I'm guessing she's not the first network exec on the Simpsons....)
@annecomics: Literally as I wrote this tweet, holy shit. The marvel shows aren't that big a deal, they don't say 10 NEW marvel shows, pretty sure we already have a good amount of those announced...it's the 10 STAR WARS shows that interest me because we have Mando, Andor, and Obi...7 more??? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Harris / @harrisj: This had better include a series that is just Amy Sedaris' character from the Mandalorian remaking the Star Wars Holiday Special https://twitter.com/...
@thewrap: SEC Football to move from CBS to ESPN in 2024 in new 10-year deal https://www.thewrap.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steven Zeitchik / @zeitchikwapo: Takeaway on state of Star Wars: 1. They're throwing _ a lot_ at the streaming wall. 2. Theatrical direction still hazy but with Patty Jenkins and Taika Waititi directing upcoming films, I wouldn't bet against it. #DisneyInvestorDay
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: Conveniently being announced not long after Warner Bros. blew up the theatrical release of Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: begun, the phone wars have https://twitter.com/...
Darren Rovell / @darrenrovell: ESPN will pay more than $15 million per SEC football game. https://twitter.com/...
Deadline Hollywood / @deadline: Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader in ‘Obi Wan’ Disney+ series #DisneyInvestorDay https://deadline.com/...
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: .@SmittySBJ and I spoke to ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro and SEC's Greg Sankey about their new deal that was just announced. https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/ ...
Tracy Brown / Los Angeles Times: Obi-Wan Kenobi, ‘Secret Invasion’ series lead slate of 50+ (!) new Disney+ originals
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Plans 10 Star Wars and 10 Marvel Series Over Next Few Years
Christine Chan / Android Central: The cost for Disney Plus is increasing to $7.99 a month
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
As of December 2, Disney had 137.1M DTC subscribers, comprising 86.8M for Disney+, 38.8M for Hulu, and 11.5M for ESPN+
Discussion:
@disney, Axios, New York Times, Variety, The Ringer, The Streamable, @rkylesmith, UPROXX, The Week, @drajchristian, @drajchristian, @isaiahmontvel, The Streamable, @sree, @xpangler, @devanaltman, @variety, @kelseymsutton, @robert_hiltz, @ign, @sarahgranger, @wilgafney, @thedailybeast, @natjarv, @jbflint, @cityofthetown, @zeitchikwapo, @wesleysmorgan, @xpangler, @starfire2258, @id4ro, @sdkstl, @lucas_shaw, @kelseymsutton, @kelseymsutton, @variety, @lucas_shaw, @loudmouthjulia, Business Wire, The Verge, The Daily Beast, FierceVideo, The Walt Disney Company, Variety and CNET
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@disney: Come one, come all to #DisneyInvestorDay! Expect major announcements from the worlds of @DisneyAnimation, @Pixar, @MarvelStudios, @StarWars, @NatGeo, @DisneyPlus, and more. Follow this thread for live updates starting at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT today! https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Inside Disney's plans for streaming domination
Brooks Barnes / New York Times: ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pinocchio’ and More as Disney Leans Sharply Into Streaming
Todd Spangler / Variety: Disney Plus Rockets to 86.8 Million Subscribers
Miles Surrey / The Ringer: The Winners and Losers of Disney's Investor Day
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: ‘Raya and The Last Dragon’ to Premiere on Disney Plus The Same Day it Premieres in Theaters
Kyle Smith / @rkylesmith: not sure about this MOAR STAR WARS strategy since there have been only 4 good Star Wars movies and one pretty good TV show in 43 years of trying. https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Disney stock reaches new high after major film and TV announcements
AJ Christian / @drajchristian: This isn't only about race. This dynamic is an income inequality issue. Disney owns all of these ideas, everyone else is just renting. This will become more stark as cable shifts to streaming and the number of multibillion-dollar channels declines, increasing conglomerate power
AJ Christian / @drajchristian: Everyone knows we should break up Facebook meanwhile Disney out here like “We Own Everything MwahaHahaha” and we wonder why 80-90% of film directors are white men smh https://twitter.com/...
Isaiah Montvel-Cohen / @isaiahmontvel: I want to snark about this so badly, yet I just can't. They're pumping all this out at an unprecedented rate. It's just too much to deal with all at once. This is honest to god terrifying. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: ESPN+ Now Has 11.5 Million Subscribers, Bring SEC Football to Service in 2021
Sree Sreenivasan / @sree: Had no idea of @disneyplus was so popular in India - 30 percent of subscribers are there! From NYT's update on the streaming network's 2021 plans, by @brooksbarnesNYT. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: In 2021, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus will be available to Comcast's Xfinity X1 more than 19 million subscribers directly on their set-tops, joining the operator's existing distribution of Hulu https://variety.com/...
Evan Altman / @devanaltman: This thread tho https://twitter.com/...
@variety: Disney Plus Prices to Increase in Early 2021, Eyes Up to 260M Subscribers by 2024 https://variety.com/...
Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton: and here it is: Disney+ will now cost $7.99 a month in the U.S. beginning in March 2021, a $1 price hike
Robert Hiltz / @robert_hiltz: It's a bit early for my annual predictions recap for @LooniePolitics, but boy did I call it. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@ign: BREAKING: Disney announced that Disney Princesses Tiana from Princess and the Frog and Moana will be getting their own respective streaming series on Disney+ http://www.ign.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@wilgafney: “...a huge swath of new originals will be coming to Disney Plus under the Star Wars, Marvel, Disney Animation and Pixar brands over the next few years. Going forward, the goal is to have new originals premiere on Disney Plus every week.” Regularity would be welcome. https://twitter.com/...
@thedailybeast: Disney is greatly expanding its direct-to-streaming releases, planning 10 Marvel and 10 Star Wars projects on Disney+ “over the next few years,” the company announced https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: John Landgraf is teasing a new new FX shows: - An Alien TV series from Noah Hawley and Ridley Scott - The Stones from the producers of The Crown - A retelling of James Clavell's Shogun
Joe Flint / @jbflint: FX planning a drama series about The Stones with their participation. Nick Hornby involved as well.
Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown: Ok. FX shows are great but using the average IMDb score to back that up is risible.
Steven Zeitchik / @zeitchikwapo: FX announces four (!) more seasons of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Will go up at least up to eighteen.
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Of the 86.8M Disney Plus subs, about 30% (~24M) are via Disney Plus Hotstar in India, according to Rebecca Campbell, chairman of Disney's International Operations and Direct-to-Consumer segment https://variety.com/...
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: “Or, to put it another way, Disney accomplished in one year what Netflix took several years to do.” -@loudmouthjulia https://twitter.com/...
Ishmael / @id4ro: yeah but what is that number the week after the last Mandalorian episode airs? https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: wonder what churn rate they're seeing https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: There's the pitch. Over the next few years, Disney will release: > 10 Marvel series > 10 Star Wars series > 15 live action/animated/pixar series > 15 live action/animated/Pixar movies
Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton: Daniel says roughtly 10 Marvel series and 10 Star Wars series are in the works as Disney+ originals
Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton: Kareem Daniel now taking the stage - he was elevated in October as part of a streaming-centric restructure https://www.adweek.com/...
@variety: At its investor day in April 2019, Disney projected 60 million-90 million Disney Plus subscribers by the end of its 2024 fiscal year. The service hit 86.8 million paid subscribers worldwide as of Dec. 2 https://variety.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Disney is already trading up 2.5% in after-hours trading on new subscriber numbers. That number should continue to rise this afternoon/evening.
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: If we get a Falcon and Winter Soldier trailer tonight, it'll make the four-hour Disney event (and possible four-hour window of “breaking news” blogging) so, so worth it. Can't imagine they don't bring one. Whether or not they show the world or keep it for investors only, well.
Julia Alexander / The Verge: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier return in first trailer for Marvel's new show
Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast: Disney Announces That Dozens of New Marvel, Star Wars Projects Will Debut on Disney Plus in Coming Years
The Walt Disney Company: Disney Investor Day 2020 — The Walt Disney Company will webcast its Investor Day 2020 on December 10, 2020.
Joe Otterson / Variety: 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Renewed Through Historic Season 18 by FX
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Disney Plus hits 86.8 million subscribers
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney will raise the cost of Disney+ to $7.99 per month, up from $6.99, starting March 2021 in the US, as the company heavily invests in content offerings
Discussion:
The Wrap, /Film, @jdroege, @loudmouthjulia, @dannysullivan, @trengriffin, @loudmouthjulia, @xpangler, @loudmouthjulia, @sherman4949, @markberman, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @loudmouthjulia, Adweek, Polygon, Broadcasting Cable, Deadline, Vox and CNET
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap: Disney+ to Increase Monthly Price by $1 in US
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: Disney+ is Raising Its Price to $8 a Month Starting March 2021
Jason Droege / @jdroege: Think Disney nailed the roll out of Disney+ Core to their future so they rolled out with no-brainer pricing & now inching up value capture Rare for non-tech co https://www.theverge.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: NEW: I wrote a quick thing on Disney's 15-year, nearly $100 billion acquisitions journey to create Disney Plus. It wasn't what Disney announced at its investor day in 2019, it wasn't even what we've seen, really. Last night, Disney finally revealed Disney+. https://twitter.com/...
Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan: Could I just get a Disney+ and Hulu ad-free bundle? Because I don't need ESPN. https://twitter.com/...
Tren Griffin / @trengriffin: Warren Buffett on pricing power: “If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. If you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by 10% you've got a terrible business.” https://www.theverge.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Trying to make sense of everything Disney announced today? @jaypeters has you covered. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Disney to Spend $8B-$9B on Disney Plus Content Through Fiscal 2024 (over the next 3 years) https://variety.com/... via @variety
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Disney+ bundle also going up a dollar. “Beginning March 26, 2021, Disney+ will be priced in the U.S. at $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year, while the Disney Bundle with Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ will be priced at $13.99 per month.”
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Losses will peak in fiscal 2021
Mark Berman / @markberman: reading through this entire string of tweets in one sitting genuinely made me feel like my brain was being expanded and contracted simultaneously and in every possible direction https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Disney is also bumping up its Hulu forecast from 40-60m to 50-60m by 2024. Not quite the Disney+ bump!
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Disney says it still expects Disney+ profitability in 2024 despite bumping its forecast from 60-90m to 230-260m(!)
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Disney+ price is going up $1 in the US starting in March because — look, content is expensive. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: Disney+, Clearing 86 Million Subscribers, Plans March Price Hike
Petrana Radulovic / Polygon: Disney Plus promises tons of new shows — and a price hike
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting Cable: Disney Plus Plans $1 Price Increase to $7.99
Allegra Frank / Vox: Disney+ is planning more reboots, Star Wars, and Marvel galore
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Disney Plus to raise subscription price $1 to $8 a month in US
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney unveils Star, its answer to Hulu for international Disney+ subscribers, rolling out in some EU countries, Canada, and New Zealand on Feb. 23
Discussion:
@parismarx, Forbes, @jetgirl78, @backlon, The Verge, @kevinlaforest, @devondundee, @clarajeffery and @loudmouthjulia
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Paris Marx / @parismarx: Important point: Disney Plus' vision is completely dependent on the industry consolidation that's taken place over the past decade. Sure, that means Disney can churn out a ton of Marvel and Star Wars shows, but is that good for the broader culture? (No.) https://www.theverge.com/...
Tom Nunan / Forbes: Wall Street Rewards Disney After Triumphant Investor Day Call - - Stock Sets New Records, Shatters Market Cap
@jetgirl78: “There will come a time when Disney has a new Star Wars or Marvel show seemingly every week, and that powerful harnessing of lucrative, sought-after, fan-adored brands should be terrifying to competitors.” A good summary of the future of Disney+ https://www.theverge.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: “We can do this because we're Disney, and we're Disney because we can do this.” @loudmouthjulia captures it: https://www.theverge.com/...
Julia Alexander / The Verge: Disney's stream of Disney+ announcements on Thursday finally delivered on ~$100B worth of acquisitions over 15 years of widely adored billion dollar franchises
Kevin Laforest / @kevinlaforest: Star, Disney's international answer to Hulu, will roll out in Canada on February 23. Star is a free tier within Disney Plus [...] shows from FX and movies from 20th Century will be available to stream. https://www.theverge.com/...
Bloomberg:
Chinese authorities detained Bloomberg News staff member Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen, on Monday on suspicion of endangering national security — Chinese authorities have detained Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security.
Discussion:
CNN, Business Insider, Washington Post, @quicktake, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, @vwang3, @niubi, Forbes, @suilee, @reuters, @niubi, @stephenmcdonell, @jerrydunleavy, @fanyiyi33, @rover829, @gerryshih, @hillelneuer, @letahong, @mccarrennews, @schorselysees, @lthometafp, Mediaite, @alykhansatchu, @chrdnet, @wilfredchan, @dktatlow, @srussolillo, The Guardian, The Hill, The Desk, New York Post, Committee to Protect … and Boing Boing
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Sol Han / CNN: Bloomberg journalist detained in Beijing for allegedly ‘endangering national security’
Kate Duffy / Business Insider: Chinese authorities have detained a Bloomberg News journalist on suspicion of threatening national security
Bloomberg Quicktake / @quicktake: Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait speaks about the detention of Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: China detains Bloomberg News staffer Haze Fan on suspicion of ‘national security’ offences
Vivian Wang / @vwang3: NEW: Jimmy Lai has been charged under Hong Kong's national security law, and if convicted could face life in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Bishop / @niubi: or has bloomberg told staffers this is not related to her work? if so, how hard are they going to push? https://twitter.com/...
Siladitya Ray / Forbes: Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Charged Under New National Security Law
@suilee: A former colleague and a friend. Just shaken for her and everyone in the press corps. https://twitter.com/...
@reuters: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law: local media https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Bishop / @niubi: I hope Bloomberg himself is moving heaven and earth to get her released, including calling all his contacts who are close to “not a dictator” Xi. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Stephen McDonell / @stephenmcdonell: More terrible news from #China. Haze Fan is an experienced Chinese journalist. Apart from Bloomberg she's worked for Reuters, CNBC, CBS and Al Jazeera. Now she's been taken away to be held in secret because of some “national security” breach. https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Christmas / @jerrydunleavy: At the same time as the CCP charged Jimmy Lai under the new “national security” law in Hong Kong. The message being sent here is that anyone critical of the Chinese government can be thrown in jail. https://twitter.com/...
@fanyiyi33: the whole reason that monolingual journalists get to say that they can report on China without knowing Chinese is because of the work of these news assistants, who are now under a tremendous amount of pressure because of bad US-China relations https://twitter.com/...
Vincent Lee / @rover829: “Fan was last in contact with one of her editors around 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday. Shortly after, she was seen being escorted from her apartment building by plain clothes security officials.” https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Shih / @gerryshih: Awful news: Chinese employee for Bloomberg's Beijing bureau has been detained and incommunicado since Monday for what the government says was “endangering national security.” She was last seen escorted from her home by plainclothes officials. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Hillel Neuer / @hillelneuer: 🇨🇳 China detains Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, “on suspicion of engaging in criminal activities that jeopardize national security.” 🇨🇳 China was just elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council, and will join on January 1st. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@letahong: Very troubling, especially since Bloomberg does not have a good track record of standing up to Chinese government pressure. https://twitter.com/...
Bill McCarren / @mccarrennews: The Chinese Government should #FreeHazeFan at once. Fan, a @business news assistant working in Beijing, should be reunited with her family and colleagues without delay. @PressClubDC @cdeloire @Joelcpj @jrezaian @johnmdonnelly @mhmilliken @mariaressa @brianstelter @YeganehSalehi https://twitter.com/...
Georg Fahrion / @schorselysees: Should it turn out that our Chinese colleagues are now targeted for their work for foreign media (and it certainly looks like it), it would severely limit what foreign correspondents can do in China. We depend on our Chinese colleagues. I hope she gets out quickly. Terrible news https://twitter.com/...
@lthometafp: This chilling news will alarm all foreign media orgs in China. Chinese “news assistants” are the backbone and unsung heros of foreign media operations in the country. I use quotation marks because they are really stellar journalists who can't be employed as such in China. https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Chinese Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Staffer in Beijing
Aly-Khan Satchu / @alykhansatchu: That's in fact extraordinary because @Jkylebass Bloomberg has always soft pedaled https://twitter.com/...
@chrdnet: More charges laid against @appledaily_hk founder @JimmyLaiApple - #HongKong's practice is getting so similar to mainland #China's way to silence dissidents. Calling for sanctions on officials is considered violating #NationalSecurityLaw. #freespeech. @UNHumanRights @Irenekhan https://twitter.com/...
Wilfred Chan / @wilfredchan: chinese news assistants for intl media do some of the hardest work for the least pay and the least credit at the greatest personal risk. under prc law they are not actual employees of the foreign bureaus but work for (and must report regularly to) the ministry of foreign affairs https://twitter.com/...
Didi Kirsten Tatlow / @dktatlow: Awful. And the irony of it being Bloomberg, given a relevant person's supportive comments about Xi, a relevant company's enthusiastic China business forums ... https://twitter.com/...
Steven Russolillo / @srussolillo: “We are deeply concerned for her well-being.” https://twitter.com/...
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian: Chinese authorities detain citizen who works for Bloomberg news
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Bloomberg News Beijing staffer detained by Chinese authorities
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: Chinese authorities detain Bloomberg news assistant
Committee to Protect Journalists: Authorities detain Chinese staff member of Bloomberg News in Beijing
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New York Times:
Jimmy Lai, owner of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, has been charged under the national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces — Mr. Lai's case was followed hours later by a disclosure that the authorities in China had detained a Chinese citizen working for Bloomberg News.
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Selina Cheng / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to face new charges under Hong Kong security law
@gogojojobaba: @JimmyLaiApple fled communist #China to #Hongkong when he was just 12yo. But still can't escape from it. The oppression from #CCP won't stop as long as it still exists. https://twitter.com/...
@samuelmchu: The 73-year-old @JimmyLaiApple was charged after an investigation by its National Security Dept, a branch set up under the new security law. The charge of collusion with a foreign country carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. https://www.wsj.com/...
Rep. Frank Pallone / @frankpallone: The global community should be outraged by the lengths Beijing will go to curb freedom of speech and crackdown against pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. The charges against Jimmy Lai follow a dangerous trend by Xi and his henchmen to silence dissent. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amanda CW / Amanda's Newsletter: Dec. 11th Newsletter 双语新闻 评论
@renew_democracy: On paper, pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai “colluded with foreign forces.” But we know the real reason behind his arrest. It's the latest measure by an authoritarian regime to silence dissent and undermine free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gordon G. Chang / @gordongchang: We must do everything possible to free @JimmyLaiApple. #JimmyLai #HongKong #China #CCP #CCPChina #StandWithHongKong https://twitter.com/...
@pressfreedom: #HongKong police today charged media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital Limited, which owns @appledaily_hk, with collusion with foreign forces under Hong Kong's new national security law. The charge carries up to life in prison if convicted. https://cpj.org/...
@tiffanydcross: Freedom of the press is an integral part of defending democracy. “If convicted, Lai could face up to life in prison...court proceedings can be held behind closed doors, and defendants can even be removed to mainland China to stand trial.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Political journalists question the value of reporting anonymous concerns by Republicans who publicly support Trump as he tries to overturn the election — During his decades on the congressional beat, John Bresnahan has spent countless hours listening to the private concerns of his congressional sources.
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Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: Forget compromise. The GOP isn't likely to accept Biden — ever
Nu Wexler / @wexler: Members of Congress want to avoid Trump's wrath and privately convince reporters that they respect democratic institutions and norms. Anonymous quotes allow them to do both. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times: Democrats, and Even Some Republicans, Cheer as Justices Spurn Trump
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News: Jacobin time in the GOP — Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for December 11
Heather Caygle / @heatherscope: First the NYT, now WaPo. Who won't local media celebrity @bresreports talk to? https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: It's a culture of anonymity, shot through by fear, that has posed a quandary for political journalists of this era — especially in these particularly fraught closing hours of the Trump administration. . . My latest https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Betty Cracker / @bettycrackerfl: We should judge them by their anti-democratic actions rather than their anonymous hand-wringing. Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won't let reporters quote them by name about it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won't let reporters quote them by name about it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: To me, it's frustrating to hear from journalists that Republican office holders are “privately” appalled by Trump. There's nothing private about it. It's public information that is being kept secret by a fearful politician, yes— but also by the journalist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: I'll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when GOP lawmakers stop talking about him like a toddler. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [This is the 2254th tweet in the #ToddlerinChief thread.] https://twitter.com/...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: “It's a culture of anonymity, shot through by fear, that has posed a quandary for political journalists of this era — especially in these particularly fraught closing hours of the Trump administration...” NEW from @sarahellison https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Bass / @sbassopb: “Anonymous sourcing is a standard that has been allowed to flourish in Beltway journalism circles that most local journalists would never be allowed to get away with, said @dlboardman , the former executive editor of the Seattle Times.” Exactly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Every Hill reporter has spent the entire Trump presidency trying to get people on the record about Trump,” Bresnahan said. “I've spent the past five years trying to get people to put their names to their sentiments.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: The ‘culture of anonymity, shot through by fear’ that permeates how political journalists have functioned in the Trump era. ... Good piece on the (further) explosion of anonymous sourcing by @sarahellison https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Really interesting but overly nuanced story on reporters who write about anonymous Republican officials' “private concerns” about Trump Those reporters are enablers, pure and simple When those officials claim otherwise in public, they should be outed https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
Q&A with former reporter Allison Hantschel on how newspapers damaged themselves, inspired by a tweet lamenting that people pay for Netflix but not journalism — “Never ascribe to malice what stupidity will adequately explain.” — 3 hr ago — For a decade, Allison Hantschel worked at small newspapers in the Midwest.
Discussion:
@athenae, @ahazlett, @winterformt, @kemc, @annehelen, @coreyhutchins, @laurarbelin, @athenae, @lyzl, @froomkin, @simonhoupt, @athenae, @kbernot, @nicdawes, @athenae, @lyzl, @aliceraeherman, @damemagazine, @megreenwell, @gteresa, @meredithshiner, @athenae, @athenae, @michellelegro, @millbot, @clarajeffery, @luxlotus, @nilofer, @kerryhowley, @kbernot, @zacharyos, @jane_gerster, @rozmurph, @whet, @lisalsong, @athenae, @froomkin, @athenae and @michellelegro
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Allison Hantschel / @athenae: Invest in UX, fire the Dollar Store Buckleys that populate your editorial pages, dump the syndicated content that for some reason is behind a paywall, and tell your reporters to quit being thin-skinned babies on Twitter dot com. Then I'll give you my Netflix $$$.
Alex Hazlett / @ahazlett: Reader, I died over this @lyzl interview with @Athenae https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Winter / @winterformt: This applies to the @missoulian and our community is all the worse for it.😔 https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen McLaughlin / @kemc: Excellent discussion on the problem with a lot of local news trying not to make anyone mad. People like to read things that have a soul. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: “I used to think the problem with local journalism was that the people running them didn't understand the internet. And I think genuinely the problem is...they don't understand the job of journalism, which is to write stories about the community.” https://lyz.substack.com/...
Bleeding Heartland / @laurarbelin: Highly recommend this interview with @Athenae for reporters and #journalism students. https://twitter.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: This was the conversation of my entire life, thank you @lyzl for including the bit about my favorite newspaper editorial of all time! https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: I spoke to @Athenae about her career working at small newspapers and what she see's as the REAL reason newspapers are dying. Come for the John Kass dragging. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: See my 2009(!) essay: ‘Playing it Safe’ Is Killing the American Newspaper https://www.huffpost.com/... Also the section on “Taking the public's side” here: https://presswatchers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Simon Houpt / @simonhoupt: This is fun. It also goes some way to explaining why, for example, CBC management frequently has a tough time instituting its wishes - the place is lousy with journalists! https://twitter.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: Newspapers had GENERATIONAL brand loyalty and trust and they pissed that away on purpose before the mobile internet was a thing. Firing delivery drivers, centralizing production, WHAT ARE MARKETINGS, the late 90s were a bloodbath. And all the while: WHY DON'T PEOPLE VALUE US?
Kate Bernot / @kbernot: @Remember_Sarah bring back newsies, you cowards https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: This conversation between @lyzl and @Athenae has too many perfect zingers on too wide a range of news business ills to choose from. You'll just have to read the whole thing. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: All I have to hawk here is an actual journalism venture that will change the whole world by raising a cohort of fantastic journalists every single year, and guess what, they're the Kids Today who are being told they don't value journalism: https://www.supportthecardinal.org/ donate
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: “And everyone worries about influence and secrets in political journalism, where they really should be worried about it is in local high school sports coverage.” https://lyz.substack.com/...
Alice Herman / @aliceraeherman: “[E]very once in a while, I hear from people who say, 'I would love to subscribe to my local newspaper, but it's run by literal, like, white supremacist apologists.' And you know what, good point!” https://lyz.substack.com/...
Dame / @damemagazine: Such a great interview (and we're so proud to call @Athenae a DAME contributor) https://twitter.com/...
Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell: Man oh man this @lyzl interview with @Athenae about how local newspapers destroy themselves is so good. And so much of it applies to many national media outlets too. https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Teresa Gorman / @gteresa: This is 🔥 good —> https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner: Hello I would like to report that this paragraph is my love language. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: And by the by, I'll listen to this argument when bigfooting reporters stop parachuting into the Midwest to yoink, wholesale, indie-reported stories without a breath of credit for the local papers who broke them in the first place. Looking at you, every TV station on earth.
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: Well, you first, assholes.
Michelle Legro / @michellelegro: Here's a one-two punch on what happens when local media fails its community. First up, @lyzl who definitely knows what's what in this space. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Emily Mills At Home / @millbot: Fantastic & painfully accurate conversion/assessment here: “I don't care if they're digital first or print first, if you're not reader first, what are you doing?” #Journalism #Newspapers https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: What drives journalists insane: -people willing to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars A MONTH for cable/streaming services that are janky -refuse to pay pennies a day for the journalism/art that many of their offerings are derived from https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Cerand / @luxlotus: Sharp and illuminating and absolutely worth your time to read today. https://twitter.com/...
Nilofer Merchant / @nilofer: Who is your real audience? (truth bombs galore 👇) https://lyz.substack.com/...
Kerry Howley / @kerryhowley: This from @lyzl is an interesting response to sanctimony about local newspapers; also, crucially, quotes Newsies https://lyz.substack.com/...
Kate Bernot / @kbernot: This Q&A is fantastic and articulated so many of the frustrations I've had with newspapers, both as a reporter and as a reader. https://twitter.com/...
Zachary Oren Smith / @zacharyos: Bad user experience, little work marketing the paper to new customers and dumb ideas about how chummy the paper should be with other institutions. An excellent (and familiar) read. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Jane Gerster / @jane_gerster: “Newspaper editors and publishers hire all these people because of their incredibly advanced bullshit detectors and their question-asking skills. And then you somehow are confused and upset when they apply those to their own newsroom.” 💯💯💯💯 💯 https://twitter.com/...
Rosalie Murphy / @rozmurph: Cannot possibly pick one sentence from this to turn into a tweet so just go read the whole thing. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Song / @lisalsong: “It's not bad business to hold people accountable. It just makes you uncomfortable at the country club. And sure, maybe the governor won't come to your conferences, but so what?” https://twitter.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: If Disney+ dropped 46 ad trackers, three pop-ups and a banner that covered half the screen on the home page after I subscribed (which took three tries and a phone call) and signed me up for four newsletters without my confirmation, I'd refuse to pay “pennies a day” for that too. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This brilliant thread about how local newspapers are to some extent hastening their own deaths through stupidity and gutlessness led to a great, provocative interview by @lyzl: https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Axios plans to launch AxiosHQ in Feb. to help companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, with real-time feedback and “Smart Brevity” score — This coming February, Axios's first software-as-a-service product, AxiosHQ, will hit the market.
Discussion:
@jz, @thekendallbaker, @noahchestnut, @imkialikethecar, @bmorrissey and @glennf, more at Techmeme »
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Jordan Zaslav / @jz: Excited to share AxiosHQ with the world this Feb. In the meantime, a behind the scenes look at the product and team we are building from Digiday https://digiday.com/...
Kendall Baker / @thekendallbaker: In addition to publishing newsletters for our audience, we also publish them internally, using the same format. It's a great way to keep employees up to date and on the same page, especially when we're all remote. In February, that tool will be public. https://digiday.com/...
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: AxiosHQ is an interesting business. Who's the customer? - A CEO trying to communicate with 1,000s to 100,000s of employees? - A salesperson sharing a new deal? - A PR flak running rapid response? - TBD? https://digiday.com/...
Kia K. / @imkialikethecar: oh look — I work at a tech startup, it turns out! (also, check this out if you run a company/org!) https://digiday.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Publishers selling software has a checkered history — RIP Mashable's Velocity and, of course, Gawker's Kinja — but having a dedicated team is critical to take a real shot. Otherwise becomes a side project. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: Ah, it's GrammarVandeHei https://twitter.com/...
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
PwC: 2020 deal activity in media and telecoms was relatively stable despite the pandemic, with 612 deals, down 4% from 2019, and a combined value of $99B, up 8% — “COVID-19 forced companies to be more introspective and reconsider their core strategies,” says PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
Al Jazeera's Ghada Oueiss sues Saudi prince, UAE leader, and others, alleging her phone was hacked and photos leaked to stifle her reporting on Saudi Arabia — Ghada Oueiss alleges she was targeted in attempt to silence her and other critics of Saudi government
Discussion:
The Hill, @ghadaoueiss, @ghadaoueiss, @aaschapiro, Columbia Journalism Review, @courtneyr, Miami Herald and Riyadh Bureau
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Maggie Miller / The Hill: Al Jazeera journalist files hack and leak suit against Saudi Arabian and UAE crown princes
@ghadaoueiss: This case is not just a fight for me it's a fight for all who cant speak up against injustices.A fight to ensure no female journalist has to experience what myself, Rana Ayoub, Patricia compos Mella and countless others have had to. To set an example & stop future injustices. 6/6
@ghadaoueiss: 6 months ago the Crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE believed they could silence me by hacking my phone, stealing my private pictures and spreading them with false misogynistic claims. 1/6
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: A new lawsuit alleges that the Saudi government hacked the cellphone of a Al Jazeera reporter @ghadaoueiss , using NSO Group software, & stole photos, doctored them to make her appear nude, & disseminated them as retaliation for journalism critical of MBS https://www.ft.com/...
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: The characters of the vaccine story, and the risks of ‘vaccine nationalism’
Dr. Courtney Radsch / @courtneyr: Hacking, leaks, threats, attacks - all part of the online harassment campaign against @AlJazeera's @ghadaoueiss. We use the term “online harassment” but the catch-all term for a whole range of terrible things that people and bots do to journalists online. #PressFreedom https://twitter.com/...
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald: Al Jazeera anchor sues Saudi, UAE princes, along with Miami woman, over Twitter attacks
Ahmed Al Omran / Riyadh Bureau: Saudi-American doctor sentenced to jail
Washington Post:
Three NC newspapers have filed a petition with the NC Court of Appeals seeking to open a district court to media after a judge blocked them from a hearing — The judge has given no reason for the order in a county wracked by racial justice protests. That's causing concern for transparency advocates.
Discussion:
Associated Press, @rcfp, @deonnakelli, @robyntomlin, @sarahellison, @robyntomlin, @elaheizadi, @amyargetsinger, @spj_tweets and Committee to Protect …
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@rcfp: In the brief, @rcfp attorneys argue the trial court's wholesale closure of these criminal proceedings undermines public confidence in our courts and violates the First Amendment and North Carolina Constitution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Deonna K. Sayed / @deonnakelli: @AlamanceNC continues pattern of violating #FirstAmendment rights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@robyntomlin: Alamance Co. isn't exempt from the Constitution. Stop acting like it [Editorial] https://www.newsobserver.com/ ...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: A North Carolina judge is blocking journalists from his courtroom. One objected — and got handcuffed. WIld story from @ElaheIzadi and @markberman https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@robyntomlin: CPJ calls on North Carolina county to grant court access, drop charges against journalist - Committee to Protect Journalists https://cpj.org/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: A judge kicked a journalist out of an open hearing this week in a case of great interest to local BLM activists: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... This is the same NC town where a peaceful march to the polls ended in mayhem, police pepper spray and 23 arrests.
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: Whatever is going on in Alamance County, N.C., is not good! NEW from @ElaheIzadi and @markberman https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Debbie Weinstein / The Keyword:
Google says it will let users limit the alcohol and gambling ads they see, starting with YouTube in the US — Building tools that provide transparency and control has always been a top priority for us, and over the years, we've empowered people to shape their ads experience through user controls.
Discussion:
Pernod Ricard / @pernod_ricard: As a member of @IARDnews, Pernod Ricard and other leading producers are joining with @Google and @Youtube to introduce a feature that limits alcohol advertising to legal drinking aged adults, out of respect for their personal preferences. Find out more: https://blog.google/...
Stephen Shankland / @stshank: Google now lets you shut off alcohol and gambling ads. https://blog.google/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: Google has new controls to see fewer alcohol or gambling ads. I asked “why only fewer, not block all?” GOOG says hard to categorize some (ex: someone in airline ad w/ champagne) so trying to manage expectations/will try to get close to blocking as poss. https://blog.google/...
Trisha Jalan / MediaNama: Google to let users see fewer gambling, alcohol ads
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Google will let you turn off YouTube ads for alcohol and gambling
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