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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Critics slam WSJ's opinion section after it published a column by Joseph Epstein calling Jill Biden “kiddo” and suggesting she drop her use of “Dr.” as a title — Many women said Joseph Epstein's suggestion in The Wall Street Journal was blatantly sexist and underscored …
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Melissa Korn / @melissakorn: There is a thick wall between the news and opinion operations of @WSJ, but it still saddens me that they'd print it. Which is the way I've felt about many op-eds over the years. Pieces like that make it harder for me to do my job. 2/2
Chasten Buttigieg / @chasten: The author could've used fewer words to just say “ya know in my day we didn't have to respect women.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Matthew Walther / @matthewwalther: Seriously, if this mild-mannered 83-year-old light essayist makes you wet the bed, I shudder to think at how you would read respond to anything not written by a Teen Vogue editorial intern.
@rheabutcher: All those words in the Wall Street journal complaining about Dr. Jill Biden when “Dr.” Phil exists
Moe Davis / @colmorrisdavis: I've published 35+ op-eds, including in the Wall Street Journal. For every one published, I wrote an equal number no one would print. I'm sure the @WSJ turned down other pieces on real issues to run this piece trashing Dr. Biden. Shame on them. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: The problem with the WSJ insane op-ed was not the nominal argument that people with humanitarian doctorates should not use “Dr” (which is a think lots of people believe), it was that the op-ed was written in the most insulting and patronizing way possible. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@ilyseh: Breaking: the WSJ is absolutely that clueless. Doubling down on their insane OpEd and making themselves the victim of...checks notes...the Biden's?!!! Just wow. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@bettemidler: My my, Mr. Epstein, aren't you on a high horse. How easy it is to condescend to and patronize a woman, especially one you imagine needs taking down a peg. Why don't you pick on someone of your own size and small-minded misogyny? You can start with #PresidentDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: A waste of column space. After calling Dr. Biden kiddo & dismissing her dissertation on support for community college education, we have to endure a long brag because the author took his final exam on a pool table on a military base. Tired of the misogyny. https://www.wsj.com/...
Rupa Subramanya / @rupasubramanya: Many in academia actually don't use the honorific title. It's usually insecure non academics or academic wannabes who want to prove their credentials and call themselves Dr. How are we going to get through the next 4 years of this insufferable sanctimonious bs? 🤢 https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / @myhlee: Interesting history of the “Doctor” honorific here https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Knight / @knightlat: Paul Gigot thinks race & gender are “cards” to be “played” rather than intrinsic aspects of lives that are lived. Spoken like a white male bigot. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr Naomi Wolf / @naomirwolf: Author tragically conflating honorary with earned doctorates. The fact that Dr Biden earned her title at 55 is even more impressive. Author didn't get a doctorate - how does he know how difficult it is to do so? Academic Twitter rightly on a rampage https://www.wsj.com/...
Andrew Solender / @andrewsolender: This is a real paragraph - written by Joseph Epstein - that was published in the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Korn / @melissakorn: I cannot bring myself to include a link, because why give it more air? But that op-ed belittling Jill Biden, urging her to drop the Dr., mocking her research on community college, likening her degree to an honorary doctorate, is disgusting. 1/2
Dr. Stephanie J. Creary / @stephaniecreary: I - like many others - am appalled and concerned about this sexist article published in the WSJ on December 11: https://www.wsj.com/...
Dr. Stephanie J. Creary / @stephaniecreary: I just sent the following email to @WSJ. “Thank you for inviting me to serve as a subject matter expert to answer audience questions in the Diversity+Business newsletter. At this time, I would like to withdraw my name and likeness from your newsletter....
Dr. Stephanie J. Creary / @stephaniecreary: This article should never have been published. It is highly offensive to all of us who have earned doctorates. It is also extremely elitist. As a result, I am unwilling to support any diversity initiatives backed by the WSJ - it would be hypocritical for me to do so."
Dr. Stephanie J. Creary / @stephaniecreary: For the record, differentiating @WSJ and @WSJopinion in order to protect “real” journalism from the taint of that writer's misogynistic and elitist dribble is absurd. I'm a business school professor for goodness sakes. A room in the same house is burning.
Daniel Politi / Slate: Everyone Is Mad at Wall Street Journal for Op-Ed Saying Jill Biden Should Drop Dr. Title
Rachel Treisman / NPR: Op-Ed Urging Jill Biden To Drop The ‘Dr.’ Sparks Outrage Online
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap: Wall Street Journal Slammed as Sexist for Op-Ed Calling Jill Biden ‘Kiddo’ and Urging Her to Drop Doctor Title
Dr Khodosh / @drkhodosh: Mr. Joseph Epstein-Joey-baby. Please drop the pretense. Your op-Ed is nothing more than misogyny. Having both MD and PhD never stopped men like you from trying to belittle me. The outrage your words ignited gives me hope. A wise man once said: the Times They Are a-Changing. https://twitter.com/...
Joanne Lipman / @joannelipman: Agree. I spent 22 years at the @wsj and have never commented on an edit page piece til now. What's so alarming is the lack of judgment running the piece. This wasn't a misogynistic dog whistle; it was a bullhorn. How could editors not have seen that? Worse yet if they did. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Tannenbaum / Glamour: A New Opinion Piece Maintains Jill Biden Should Drop the ‘Dr.’
Harriet Alexander / Telegraph: ‘Patronising, sexist, elitist drivel’: Anger as WSJ writer calls on Jill Biden to drop the Dr title
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Mr Epstein, 83, an essayist, author and former editor of The American Scholar, has advanced offensive views before. In a 1970 essay about homosexuality in @Harpers Magazine, he called gay people “cursed” and “an affront to our rationality.” https://www.nytimes.com/...? via @nytimes
Eric Todisco / People.com: Dr. Jill Biden Receives Support After WSJ Op-Ed: This ‘Would Never Have Been Written About a Man’
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: @ArminRosen This is good trolling but I don't actually see any pressure, beyond a Biden spox saying the column was dumb. Seems like the internet mob is freelancing.
Dr. Lora Burnett / @ldburnett: Nice article, but it would have been useful to talk to an expert in the history of higher education. The title “Dr.” was an indicator of expertise CENTURIES before MDs used it in the 19th century. @mlevenson, I can help you with some contacts in #highered. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: WSJ reporter: “Pieces like that make it harder for me to do my job” https://twitter.com/...
Scott G / @scott_garrod: @JoannaStern @WSJ @WSJopinion The Op-Ed section is designed to appeal to a certain demographic and the rest of the newspaper casts a wider net. Most readers understand that and it's all good. Don't get caught in the noise. Keep bringing us the best of you. It's why I subscribe.
Kurt Schlichter / @kurtschlichter: I like how we're somehow morally obligated to ignore convention in order to build up the ego of some ridiculous woman whose only achievement has been to marry a desiccated old weirdo. No. I won't. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Cannon / Newsweek: Author of WSJ Op-Ed on Jill Biden Denounced by Former Employer, Has Profile Removed From Northwestern Website
Benjamin Wittes / @benjaminwittes: Translation of this piece: “I have status anxiety and I'm playing it out by attacking a woman for using the title Dr.—which she is fully entitled to use.” https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Berk / @bobbyberk: Cannot believe that the @WSJ published this disrespectful and misogynistic “opinion” piece. They should be disgusted with themselves. https://twitter.com/...
Aoibhinn N Shilleabhin / @aoibhinn_ni_s: This op ed in @WSJ is rightly getting a lot of negative backlash. To top it off the author clearly doesn't know that “Dr” shouldn't have a full stop. That's required only when abbreviation doesn't end in last letter of the word e.g “Prof.” Eejit = ej. = et #DrJillBiden https://twitter.com/...
Joanna Stern / @joannastern: Today feels like a good day to remind everyone who follows me of something: I work for @WSJ. I do not work for the @WSJopinion. Those are two different things and there's a strong wall between them.
Aris Folley / The Hill: Northwestern University rejects Wall Street Journal op-ed on Jill Biden penned by former lecturer
Valerie Jarrett / @valeriejarrett: It is disappointing that the @WSJ would give anyone an avenue to publish such misogynistic nonsense. The soon-to-be First Lady of the United States will be referred to by her name - Dr. Jill Biden. Get used to hearing it, kiddo. https://twitter.com/...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: This from a WSJ reporter. It's so often the case that those who shoulder the brunt of criticism for bad editorials or op-eds are the reporters, who spend way more time interacting with the public than anyone else at a newspaper. Imagine being asked to defend that piece. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Shea / @bill_shea19: I know the WSJ editorial pages cater to a conservative aristocracy but publishing dead-ender revanchist bigots and misogynistic rubbish at some point will be bad for business. https://twitter.com/...
Ming Long AM / @mingylong: Courtesy #JodieWhittaker @bbcdoctorwho #DrJillBiden should be #DrFLOTUS not just #FLOTUS https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jimhollo: All of the outrage is focused on Joseph Epstein an 83 year old misogynist, sexist, racist, jagoff but very little on the @WSJ and @WSJOpinion who allowed it to be printed. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Espinoza / Complex: Jill Biden Targeted in WSJ Op-Ed Asking Her to Drop ‘Dr.’ from Her Title
Alma S. Adams / @repadams: I'm disappointed by the unvarnished sexism of the @WSJ op-ed that minimizes @DrBiden's academic accomplishments. I doubt a successful man with a doctorate and two masters degrees would be treated with the same level of condescension. Yours truly, Dr. Alma S. Adams
Fareed Zakaria / @fareedzakaria: How come he never wrote this about “Dr. Kissinger”? https://twitter.com/...
@seyitaylor: I want to understand the editorial process for these opinion pieces. How does it work? Is it like Medium or Substack? Is there a dialog asking “ARE YOU SURE?!” Or is it more of a Twitter-style thing where you're screaming for the edit button? https://twitter.com/...
Business Insider: Wall Street Journal op-ed telling Jill Biden to drop her ‘Dr’ title condemned as ‘patronizing drivel.’ Even the WSJ higher education reporter was disgusted.
@viet_t_nguyen: Epstein “had taught at Northwestern University for 30 years, even though he held only a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Chicago.” It's called white male privilege. I've taught 23 years at a university. I had to have a PhD. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kim Lisagor Bisheff / @kimlisagor: Crappy op-eds erode public trust in journalism. Stop it already. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: WSJ reporter covering higher Ed rips WSJ column mocking Jill Biden over academic pedigree and use of honorific “Dr.” for PhD. I don't recall Henry Kissinger getting cuffed by WSJ opinion writers for same. https://twitter.com/...
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite: Wall Street Journal Reporter Calls Out Publication for Running ‘Disgusting’ Dr. Jill Biden Op-Ed
Jaime Harrison / @harrisonjaime: I understand now why some newspapers are having such a hard time financially... they are wasting money by employing Neanderthals on their editorial boards. Dr. Biden earned her PhD and the right to use the title Dr. @WSJ #DoBetter https://twitter.com/...
Anushay Hossain / @anushayhossain: A thousand percent https://twitter.com/...
George Takei / @georgetakei: Why is the @WSJ publishing such drivel? No, Dr. Biden should not drop her title, because she has earned it. And Mr. Epstein—Joseph—Joey— boy: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think not unimportant matter: Any chance you can STFU? https://twitter.com/...
Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez / @stefanieoconnel: Today's @WSJ OpEd disparaging @DrBiden is exactly why I argue that woman don't have a ‘confidence gap’ so much as they face an ‘ambition penalty’ Our behavior is shaped by a lifetime of having our expertise dismissed and our successes devalued. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Wiggins / @paulwiggins: @JoannaStern @WSJ @WSJopinion I'm of the view opinion sections show more rigour when there is no such wall.
Armin Rosen / @arminrosen: Wow. The president-elect is now pressuring a newspaper to remove an article critical of his wife. Quite an escalation... https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rutiregan: @melissakorn @WSJ I'm sorry you're having to deal with that kind of misogyny at work. It's wrong, and I think that was the intended impact of that piece. Everyone who played a role in its publication ought to be ashamed of themselves.
@jrubinblogger: Misogyny a defining feature of the repulsive right. Even forWSJ Ed page this is horrendous https://twitter.com/...
Kat Arney / @kat_arney: The irony being that it's PhDs who can legitimately call themselves Doctor as they have a doctorate - it's actually an honorific for medical doctors (certainly in the UK, as I kept reminding my medic friends when I was younger and more obnoxious). https://twitter.com/...
Dom Calicchio / Fox News: WSJ op-ed on ‘Dr.’ Jill Biden gets writer ‘canceled’ by Northwestern University
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Gigot, WSJ editorial page editor, equates the Biden team's reaction to an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of “Dr.” to Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets — Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’
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Dr. Jill Biden / @drbiden: Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.
@womenatdj: We appreciate the need for reading different perspectives, but we're embarrassed that @wsjopinion published an op-ed this weekend that stooped to patronizing and denigrating her — and many other doctors' — many accomplishments. 2/2
Michael LaRosa / @michaellarosadc: .@jamestaranto, you and the @WSJ should be embarrassed to print the disgusting and sexist attack on @DrBiden running on the @WSJopinion page. If you had any respect for women at all you would remove this repugnant display of chauvinism from your paper and apologize to her.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Day Before Electoral College Meets, Trump Tweets That Certifying Votes Will Be a ‘Severely Punishable Crime’ (It's Not)
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: I wrote up WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot's response to the responses to The Op-Ed. If past is prologue, the op-ed and/or his response could stir tensions with newsroom, which have occurred several times this year. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: WSJ editor claps back: “These pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe,” says editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Maggie Farley / @maggilista: @WSJopinion If you're going to provoke a debate, engage in the debate — and don't dismiss it as a political backlash. Thousands of people are making persuasive arguments why Epstein's article — and Paul Gigot— are hopelessly out of step. https://www.wsj.com/...
Aaron Pallas / @ampallas: WSJ Opinion Page editor Paul Gigot should acknowledge that much of Joseph Epstein's screed about Dr. Jill Biden reproduces a column Epstein wrote for the Weekly Standard in 2008. Tired editing of a tired argument. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: Victimhood of powerful, rich white men complaining about free market criticizing their attempts to cancel ... in this case, checks notes ... women (especially highly educated ones), is so pathetic, sad, infuriating. Especially when it comes from super-villain Murdoch Family. https://twitter.com/...
Preet Bharara / @preetbharara: This is an overwrought and really dumb defense by Paul Gigot of an even dumber op Ed about Dr. Jill Biden by Joseph Epstein https://twitter.com/...
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story: Post style-writer rebukes ‘weird, grumpy, elitist’ WSJ columnist telling Dr. Jill Biden to drop her Ph.D.
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: Or maybe it was just because the piece was shit, Paul. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Aurthur / @kateaurthur: Among other things, Paul Gigot has never heard of a viral ratio on a Saturday — and instead sees a coordinated campaign! How embarrassing! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Wow, that's not much of an apology to Jill Biden. It's almost as if they don't think their misogyny is misogynistic https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: what an absolute disgrace. just insultingly bad. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Splan / @clairesplan: @marcatracy The problem is Paul Gigot equates conservative outrage and bitchiness with provocative commentary.
Tim Wu / @superwuster: No one needed to orchestrate a campaign to condemn that Jill Biden honorific piece written in the style of the 1880s — a piece like that organizes its own orchestra of contempt https://www.nytimes.com/...
@bibliotecariarr: Indeed — much to @WSJopinion & Paul Gigot's chagrin, we “kiddos” have enough agency to speak for ourselves, thank you very much. I know, I know it's hard to believe educated women don't need to rounded up, campaign style and told what to think, and how to say it, concert. https://twitter.com/...
Heather Ferris / @bartferris5: @mediagazer @AmyArgetsinger There was not a “coordinated response.” We all read it at the same time...and he sounded like a misogynistic a*$hole.
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: If you're wondering why the @WSJ ran that misogynist piece about Dr. Jill Biden, lets take a closer look at James Taranto, the man in charge of op-eds. He's called efforts to stop military rape a “war on men” & “an effort to criminalize male sexuality” https://www.wsj.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: All of which is to say: Who leads publications is fucking important! If we continue to give misogynists power over some of the most influential column inches in the country, we can't be surprised when they, in turn, elevate other bigots.
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Taranto has called feminism a “totalitarianism mindset” and said “the nastiness of contemporary feminism is an indication of its intellectual weakness.” He's also bemoaned that “women can have sex without the fear of pregnancy, just like men can.” (?!) https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Taranto has also likened rape to drunk driving and said women “are absolved of responsibility [of rape] by virtue of having consumed alcohol.” https://www.wsj.com/...
@gzgzgz____: @JeffreyASachs the possibility that no one at the WSJ saw the sympathy alley-oop coming is laughable. if it's that upsetting, consider keeping a journal on lieu of, you know, publishing in a major media outlet.
Frank Rich / @frankrichny: This guy was on board for the smearing of Anita Hill. The silence of @Peggynoonannyc about the misogyny and homophobia of her employer is predictable and deafening. via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Ambinder / @marcambinder: I would not want everyone to be able to call my husband what I get to call him. :-) https://twitter.com/...
@ijbailey: Don't whine after you publish a provocative piece with some idiotic points and people respond passionately. You aren't a victim. You're a provocateur. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Is... is Paul Gigot arguing that since Joe Biden has called his wife “kiddo” then everyone, including Joseph Epstein, gets to do so? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Sachs / @jeffreyasachs: “When we published a purposefully obnoxious piece, we never imagined anyone would exploit our obnoxiousness to win sympathy. That's not how the WSJ editorial page is supposed to work.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Kate Bowler / @katecbowler: The @WSJ's horrifying op-ed on Dr. Jill Biden using her own title is a reminder that when women hold genuine authority, they are still reduced to “borrowed” credentials. She must only be a wife. We can be both ourselves and connected to others. Both experts and grateful to serve https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: Respected journalists in @WSJ newsroom are sick of how the editorial pages and the top editor there, Paul Gigot, bring disgrace to the newspaper. They pushed back earlier against the @VP Pence op-ed boasting of Trump's pandemic efforts, which was full of falsehoods. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Davis / @bobdavis187: WSJ edit page editor @WSJopinion doubles down on op-ed on Jill Biden. Claims the criticism is the work of the Biden camp playing the gender card instead of commentary on an insulting opinion piece that was so dumb it could be read as parody. https://www.wsj.com/...
Katherine X Lewis / @katherinelewis: Please listen to the women in your newsroom, @WSJ Paul Gigot. It's disrespectful and reductive to paint all opposition to your (wrong) position as politically motivated. Methinks a few of the @WomenatDJ are Republicans. Reread that awful editorial & apologize. (Kiddo? Really?) https://twitter.com/...
Eva Dou / @evadou: Am incredulous that WSJ is doubling down on defending the sexist op-ed. Editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot writing, “The outrage is overwrought” & attributes the blowback to politically motivated attacks https://www.wsj.com/...
@womenatdj: Dr. Jill Biden is an example for all women and men — an expert in her field, dedicated to improving education and career outcomes for Americans. 1/2
Tim / @iamtimsteele: @WSJ doubles down on misogyny which Paul Gigot sees as a “relatively minor issue.” He doesn't live up to the generally high standards of the Wall Street Journal and it's time he was shown to the door.
Dodes / @racheld: I feel for my former WSJ colleagues on the news side, who shouldn't have to be associated with this bullshit.
Madeline Kenney / Chicago Sun-Times: Northwestern distances itself from ex-instructor who wrote ‘misogynistic’ WSJ op-ed about Jill Biden
Dodes / @racheld: Here's the @WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot conflating criticism with censorship and comparing the Biden team's reaction to a sexist op-ed to Trump's attacks on the press as “the enemy of the people.” You don't need a PhD to see this thesis is indefensible. https://www.wsj.com/...
Monica Hesse / Washington Post: The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Nothing about that editorial page is worse than I thought. https://twitter.com/...
Ian Higham / @highamian: Again, Judith Martin and other etiquette experts have publicly stated opposition to social use of “Dr.” for PhDs. But they didn't do so by talking down to a prominent woman PhD. That's why @WSJ is indeed sexist.
Halima Mansoor / @hmansoor: @MonicaHesse taking a scalpel to @WSJ piece on @DrBiden makes for a great pre-Monday pep talk: I do doubt Epstein would have written this column about, say, Dr. Henry Kissinger. I do believe Epstein wouldn't have called him “kiddo.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Barbara St Clair / @forconversation: @mediagazer @AmyArgetsinger Also said it was ok that he called her “Kiddo” because her husband, Joe calls her that sometimes. Well my husband has been known to call me “Baby.” Do we now expect to see that term when addressing a professional woman in WSJ as well?
Varad Mehta / @varadmehta: Exactly the right response. https://twitter.com/...
Melanie Sill / @melaniesill: Note to self: Re-cancel @WSJ subscription, not just because of the op-ed but mostly because of Gigot's response to criticism and the overall poor leadership of what used to be a great opinion shop, whether you shared their views or not https://twitter.com/...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: @mediagazer Also concludes that “If you disagree with Mr. Epstein, fair enough. Write a letter or shout your objections on Twitter.” But.... that's exactly what happened, and he's mad about it.
Prof Janine O'Flynn / @janineoflynn: This. That WSJ article was truly nasty. Perspective | The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ankit Panda / @nktpnd: And once again: my thoughts are with the hard-working reporters on the news side of the WSJ, who deserve far better from their opinion colleagues https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eric Topol / @erictopol: So what does the WSJ do after it published a misogynistic, egregious oped? It doubles down, and politicizes it, and says “The outrage is overwrought because, whether you agree or disagree, Mr. Epstein's piece was fair comment.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bob Davis / @bobdavis187: @BGrueskin What makes it even more rich is that @WSJopinion constantly complains about media elitism when it comes to portrayal of conservative. Then it runs this ridiculously condescending op-Ed about Jill Biden.
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: I'm fine if we're being sticklers for titles. If so, Paul Gigot is a Dick
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Also, anyone who dares to criticize the WSJ edit page is a “political censor”??? Gigot: “these pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe.”
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “The outrage is overwrought,” claims Paul Gigot, about the storm over the Dr. Biden op-ed, while also claiming this outrage is a nefarious plot by the Biden administration https://www.wsj.com/...
Julie McClain Downey / @mcclainjulie: Erasing women's accomplishments is not new. But the @WSJopinion should be able to spot clear sexism and refuse to give it a platform by now. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Seitz / @patrickseitz: Jill Biden is an intelligent, accomplished woman. But she is no doctor. I'll stand with AP Style. https://twitter.com/...
Suleiman Alfred Massarweh / @drmassarweh: Mr. Paul A. Gigot needs to be removed from his @WSJ @WSJopinion role. There is no place in the 21st century for these prehistoric views that denigrate hard earned achievements because they don't meet your stale assessment. https://www.wsj.com/...
Laureen Lazarovici / @laureennarro: @melaniesill @andyfurillo @WSJ I did not realize Paul Gigot was still ... around 🦖🦕
Ian Higham / @highamian: The framing here doubles down on the disgusting sexism by calling the rebuttal of sexism “identity politics”. @WSJ is gross. https://www.wsj.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: First: Write incendiary piece aimed to antagonize and anger. Then when the piece has desired effect, double down and write another piece claiming the outrage is example aggrieved party throwing their weight around and punching down in effort to silence dissension.
Daniel Larison / @daniellarison: What a joke. They run a garbage op-ed and then whine when people call them on it https://www.wsj.com/...
@brad_polumbo: Good for the WSJ editorial staff for telling the outrage mob to piss off. I didn't agree with/like the Op-Ed but that's the point of pro active commentary & the reaction is absurd. You simply cannot bow to the mob. Ever. https://www.wsj.com/...
Neil Mackenzie / @mknz: Paul Gigot, @wsjopinion editor, goes balls-out in support of Joseph Epstein in an op-ed which befouls the @WSJ and the many fine journalists who work for it. This preening fool has already torched the op-ed pages. He needs to be fired before he burns the @wsj to the ground https://twitter.com/...
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A deep, historical look at opinion pieces in news outlets, and how a large quantity of hot takes has served as a cheap, powerful attraction, sometimes at a cost — The New York Times and the unending blizzard of takes — In 1961, John B. Oakes was appointed to lead the editorial page of the New York Times.
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@cjr: “When opinion writers publish pieces that contrast with facts reported by journalists under the same banner, staffers have little recourse.” https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: The NYT's subscriber model attracted more believers, with commentary an inexpensive way for an outlet to assert its value and build customer loyalty. https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: New from the winter magazine issue: In the nineties, when the media went online, opinion pieces, which cost little, proved to be ideal filler. @adampiore on the business value of commentary: https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: @abestreep @johnmrod @shinheeeee @d_holli @mayabinyam @jnoisecat @Oaklandside @jherrerx @tasneemraja @chameauleon @ruthmargalit @mikerosenwald @Alex_Norcia @FevenMerid @julieposetti @emilybell @beteprown At its founding, the New York Times op-ed page aimed “not to tell people what to think, but to tell them what to think about.” What's it doing now? @adampiore reports: https://www.cjr.org/...
Michael Socolow / @michaelsocolow: This @CJR piece uses my research on op-ed to make a very important point: Good journalism costs money that it might not make back. Bad punditry is cheap and earns too much attention. That's a seemingly intractable problem in the social media era. https://www.cjr.org/...
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Rubenstein, the NYT editorial assistant who edited Sen. Tom Cotton's infamous “Send in the Troops” column, has resigned from the newspaper
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@brithume, @thedailybeast, @rachaelbl, @conor64, @bariweiss, @bariweiss, @bariweiss, @matthewstoller, @caitlinpacific, @ggreenwald, @jerrydunleavy, @bariweiss, @stephenfhayes, @jbarro and @maxwelltani
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Brit Hume / @brithume: Thread on young NY Times editor. To think this was once a great institution. https://twitter.com/...
@thedailybeast: “A false equivalence, but historical images are there now,” a photo editor reportedly messaged back to Rubenstein, prompting the editorial assistant to reportedly admit: “Yeah, there are a few in there” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Rachael Larimore / @rachaelbl: One of my favorite moments of my tenure at The Weekly Standard was @RubensteinAdam exposing the racism of Iowa Rep. Steve King. He's a young talent who deserves better. https://twitter.com/...
Conor Friedersdorf / @conor64: The New York Times is now less diverse and inclusive than it was before. It's almost as if some people who invoke those values in ideological power struggles don't really mean them to apply to people with whom they disagree. https://twitter.com/...
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: This piece says that Adam was “thrust into the media spotlight.” No. Adam was hung out to dry by his own colleagues. Then he and his work were lied about, including in this mendacious editor's note. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: Adam doesn't seek the spotlight, which is why you likely hadn't heard his name until June as the editor who published the Tom Cotton oped. Adam was one of half a dozen editors who worked on that piece. He was the most junior among them. Yet Adam was named by @nytimes.
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: There is a bigger story to be told here, but the bottom line is that what @nytimes did to Adam was a disgrace. So is the fact that there wasn't a massive and public union campaign to defend him.
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: @ggreenwald Glenn if you had an editor the NYT would never have helped the Bush administration go to war with a falsified package of stories on WMDs. Get an editor already those typos are costly!
Caitlin Flanagan / @caitlinpacific: . @RubensteinAdam is one of the most intelligent and (preternaturally) gifted young people I've ever met. In addition to being a very good sort. Anyone who lets the “junior man/woman” take the fall for his own mistakes is a coward. Worse than that. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: More people have been forced to leave the NYT over the Tom Cotton op-ed than left due to the Paper of Record's 18 months of Iraq/WMD coverage that convinced millions of people to support an illegal invasion that destroyed a country of 26 million people and gave rise to ISIS. https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Christmas / @jerrydunleavy: The New York Times publishes op-eds that are literal Chinese Communist Party propaganda. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: Let me tell you a little bit about @RubensteinAdam, who as of this week is out at @nytimes. Adam is among the most meticulous, hard-working editors I've ever encountered. He is a total professional, which is all the more amazing because he's 25. (thread) https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Stephen Hayes / @stephenfhayes: What the NYT did to Adam Rubenstein is one of the most disgraceful things I've witnessed in more than two decades in journalism. He's an incredibly talented journalist with a bright future. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources: Apple TV+ was making Scraper, a show about Gawker Media, with several episodes written, then Tim Cook sent an email about it and the project was killed — Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.
Discussion:
Mediaite, @benyt, @ewong, @moryan, @sorayamcdonald, @ihnatko, @chinauncensored, @dandrezner, @anandwrites, @zacharylipton, Context is King, @normeisen, @hshaban, @tianathefirst, @katienotopoulos, @megancgraham, @jeffjarvis, @megreenwell, @yashar, @k_trendacosta, @sarthakgh, @shiraovide, @bobbyallyn, @pkafka, @walthickey, @ashleyfeinberg, @benyt, @annehelen, @katherinemiller, @weareyourfek, @vinncent, @brandonetc, @dangillmor, @chr1sa, @nickbaumann and @marcorubio, more at Techmeme »
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Ben Smith / @benyt: Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: For anyone looking at China issues, the lines in @benyt story are notable. Also, unrelated: a writer mentioned here, @cordjefferson, an ex-Gawker reporter, co-wrote one of the all-time best hours of TV: episode 6 of Watchmen, on Hooded Justice. Black Americans and the law. https://twitter.com/...
Mo Ryan / @moryan: I think it's worth noting that one of the key creatives on this project was a Black man, Cord Jefferson. It is still rare for Black folks to be the key creative leaders on big Hollywood projects. And Apple kicked this one to the curb without a qualm, it seems. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Ihnatko / @ihnatko: A corporate overlord meddling in creative decisions at a studio it owns isn't a new thing in the entertainment biz. Still, not a good look for Apple...particularly given how the company chooses to brand itself. . https://www.nytimes.com/...
China Uncensored / @chinauncensored: “Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president for internet software and services...told partners that “the two things we will never do are hard-core nudity and China,” one creative figure who has worked with Apple told me.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: The highest compliment I can pay @benyt is that when his columns are just asking questions, they're asking really good ones. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anand Giridharadas / @anandwrites: What if the hard-core nudity is in China? Does it cancel out? https://twitter.com/...
Zachary Lipton / @zacharylipton: While you're smarting over the realization that corporate behemoths can't be stewards of ethics, turns out (surprise!) you can't trust them w free expression either. If you plan to make a TV show, better not offend 1 of the 4 ppl that control *everything* https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: We Let Straight Men Do It All The Time — We are living in the most fascinating of times …
Norm Eisen / @normeisen: It's as if William Randolph Hearst had succeeded in killing Citizen Kane. Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: “...Gawker is revealing another reality in this era of media consolidation: that the chief executive of one of the biggest companies in the world, who testifies before Congress and negotiates with China, also decides what television shows get made.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tiana Lowe / @tianathefirst: I have zero problem with this. Most Hollywood studios wouldn't green light a pro-life film, and unlike user-based content platforms, we don't expect viewpoint neutrality from corporate content production. Why should Cook propagandize the homophobes who outed him? https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Hmmm I've had a little think about this and come to a firm conclusion: this sucks https://www.nytimes.com/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: Apple TV was making a show about Gawker. Then Tim Cook found out.... “Apple proceeded to kill the project. And now, the show is back on the market and the executive who brought it in, Layne Eskridge, has left the company.” Via @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Uh, like The New York Times decides what stories to cover? https://twitter.com/...
Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell: brb, tapping @cordjefferson's phone just because i'm so curious to hear all the calls from network execs tomorrow. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out. Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful who you offend. @benyt reports https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katharine Trendacosta / @k_trendacosta: Tell me more, Hollywood, about how you and Big Tech are not the same—thin-skinned, monopolistic, and exploitative https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: “Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president for internet software and services, who has been at the company since 1989, has told partners that “the two things we will never do are hard-core nudity and China.” https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: In addition to the stories here, my favorite Gawker reporting on Apple were the incessant stories of a (then healthy) Steve Jobs consistently and with impunity using parking spaces designated for people with disabilities. https://gawker.com/5506526 https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: For running the most valuable company in the world, Tim Cook portrayals usually don't go deeper than casting him as calm and collected. But @benyt reveals an out of sight Machiavellian side. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Everyone inside Apple swears Tim Cook doesn't get involved in its TV programming. Everyone outside Apple says that's not true. https://twitter.com/...
Walter Hickey / @walthickey: explains why everything on Apple TV seems milquetoast af https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: Shouldn't he have other shit to do https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: “The two things we will never do are hard-core nudity and China” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: This is the problem with massive media consolidation: MGM would've never made a movie shitting on MGM, but MGM wasn't also the most powerful tech company in the world https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Miller / @katherinemiller: “And then, there are the phones: A person involved in another recent Apple show recalled instructions to avoid a scene in which a phone would be damaged.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: An unreal (but not at all surprising) story. Powerful people are still settling scores with Gawker years later. https://twitter.com/...
Vincent Bevins / @vinncent: A good @benyt story on - I will use stronger language than he did - our new tech oligarchs and the way they shape our culture to suit their interests https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brandon Carter / @brandonetc: the idea that CEOs of massive corporations were involving themselves in content production decisions and issuing mandates not to say anything bad about China is...the exact reason why Gawker was good and necessary https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Terrific column this week by @benyt on how Tim Cook vetoed Apple TV show about Gawker, which for years did more to puncture Silicon Valley's bubble of arrogance than any other media outlet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Anderson / @chr1sa: Gawker was 20% pioneering new media and 80% toxic gossip, class warfare, clickbait and gross public shaming of people who didn't rise to the level of public figure I hugely admire Nick Denton, but everyone who worked for Gawker is tainted by its history. Glad that Apple did this https://twitter.com/...
Nick Baumann / @nickbaumann: “The chief executive of one of the biggest companies in the world, who testifies before Congress and negotiates with China, also decides what television shows get made.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jeff Zucker was recently made aware of investor interest in taking CNN private, as WarnerMedia is in talks with Zucker on whether to renew his contract — A month after the election, CNN holds leads in key ratings categories; President Jeff Zucker made aware of investor interest in network
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Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Parler has moved from #1 downloaded app to not in the top 500. Newsmax has averaged 88% lower viewership during prime time than Fox News. Both are at their peak. The future looks much like the past in terms of brands people turn. https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Salvi / @alexsalvinews: CNN is riding a ratings high in the aftermath of the election. Whether the network boss who oversaw those gains will stick around is an open question. @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: More on the possible sale of @CNN—"One scenario floated was a management buyout that would see Mr. Zucker lead the network under new ownership, some of the people said. Mr. Zucker has indicated that would-be suitors should contact AT&T." https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
@wsj: CNN averaged more total-day viewers than Fox News since Election Day through Dec. 8, the first time in 19 years it has won such a long stretch in that category https://www.wsj.com/...
Allegra Hobbs / Study Hall:
A look at the enduring popularity of advice columns, mainstays at Slate, NYT, The Cut, how they've changed since the days of Dear Abby, and their role today — Trompe l'oeil. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book by Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
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@spj_tweets, @katie_rayford, @thecitywanderer, @niemanlab, @niemanreports, @bfishbfish, @delia_cai and @sesmith
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@spj_tweets: “The consistently high demand for these columns indicates that they are fulfilling some dire need both on the part of both letter writers and readers. There are masses of people longing to be heard, to be taken seriously...” https://studyhall.xyz/...
Katie Rayford / @katie_rayford: “In this crowded field, Slate stands out as something of an advice column powerhouse” This is such a good deep dive into the evolution and rise of the advice column by @AllegraEHobbs featuring @Slate's @mwieg and @wcarey22 and...twincest https://studyhall.xyz/...
Rebecca Baird-Remba / @thecitywanderer: Good piece from @AllegraEHobbs on the rise of one of my favorite genres, the “messy advice column” https://studyhall.xyz/...
@niemanlab: The editor of @Slate's Dear Prudence cited escapism as a key component in the advice column boom. “My hunch is, especially seeing the growth over the last couple years, it's a way to take a break from the relentless news cycle.” https://studyhall.xyz/... https://twitter.com/...
@niemanreports: Why has advice become a safe bet in an otherwise precarious media landscape? https://studyhall.xyz/...
Rebecca Fishbein / @bfishbfish: An absolutely fascinating look at the evolution of the advice column by the one-and-only @AllegraEHobbs https://studyhall.xyz/...
Upvoted:
Reddit announces it has acquired short-form video app and TikTok rival Dubsmash — Reddit is where passionate communities come together for authentic exchanges about the topics that matter to them. Video is increasingly core to how people want to connect, and as we continue to grow our community …
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Axios, TechCrunch, @jasoncosta, @reddit, @dubsmash, @scottnover, @mikeisaac, @turnernovak, @jhanlon and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Fischer / Axios: Reddit acquires TikTok rival Dubsmash
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Reddit acquires Dubsmash
@reddit: Teamwork makes the dream work! We're thrilled to share our acquisition of video platform @Dubsmash. Reddit is where communities come together to discuss their favorite topics & video is an integral part of this discourse. Here's how we'll work together.👇 https://redditblog.com/...
@dubsmash: we are so excited to announce that we'll be joining forces with Reddit! ty to all our dubsmashers for being a part of this incredible journey. we're so honored to join a company whose focus is also building thriving communities. <3 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: New: @Reddit is buying @dubsmash, confirming @alexeheath and @Jessicalessin's reporting for @theinformation. By acquiring the TikTok-like app, the company is doubling down on video. https://redditblog.com/...
Turner Novak / @turnernovak: Reddit acquires Dubsmash: - 25% of Black teens in US are on Dubsmash - 70% of users female - 30% of users login + create content daily - 1 billion video views per month Reddit had 1.4b monthly video views in Feb 2019, total videos posted up 2x in 2020 https://redditblog.com/...
Jack Hanlon / @jhanlon: Welcome to the team @dubsmash! Can't wait to show everyone what we can do together https://redditblog.com/...
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Reddit Snaps Up Dubsmash to Expand in Fast-Growing Video App Market
Marissa Evans / Nieman Lab:
Trauma-informed reporting, often key for crime stories, will gain relevance post-pandemic; newsrooms need to be aware of potential secondhand trauma for staff — “Trauma is everywhere, even if the communities we serve don't always use the t-word to describe their experiences.”
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Kari Cobham / @kariwrites: “Trauma is everywhere, even if the communities we serve don't always use the t-word to describe their experiences.” @CarterFellows' @marissaaevans predicts for @NiemanLab: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Marissa / @marissaaevans: I wrote for @NiemanLab 2021 predictions that newsrooms must improve trauma informed storytelling to help communities understand what they endured + “marginalized people whose traumas are often forgotten must be ethically centered but never exploited.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Thee Rural AfroTexan / @dalyahj: “With newsrooms still reckoning with how they've perpetuated harmful narratives about the communities they report for, marginalized people whose traumas are often forgotten must be ethically centered but never exploited.” https://twitter.com/...
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
Analysis of 45 US magazines: two ceased print operations and 26 lowered print frequency this year vs. 2019, though this reduction is not permanent in all cases — WWD analyzed 45 U.S.-based titles to find out how the pandemic impacted print magazine frequency.
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.
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Hollywood Reporter, @adityasood, @jbragent, @artfcity, @benschwartz_, @mynette, Variety, Variety, @cassianelwes, @taraansley, @jakesherman and @antovolk
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Endeavor's Patrick Whitesell Calls WarnerMedia's HBO Max Move A “Blatant Attempt to Self-Deal”
Aditya Sood / @adityasood: Legally, isn't this why MCA was forced to divest its agency business when it bought Universal Pictures and what brought about the end of the original studio system? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
JBR / @jbragent: Boy, CAA did NOT come to play. An excoriating and not unexpected response to WarnerMedia. Words un-minced. https://twitter.com/...
@artfcity: Responses to Disney's new programming range from, “total vacuum of ideas” to “earth-shattering” announcement. Similar to CBS's approach to Star Trek, but bigger. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Schwartz / @benschwartz_: After losing to the WGA and now Warners making this decision without consulting anyone, agencies look weaker than they have in decades. https://deadline.com/...
Mynette Louie / @mynette: People in industries outside film/TV: do your trade journals publish cutting, dramatic emails that companies and guilds hurl at each other? https://deadline.com/...
Dave McNary / Variety: Endeavor Chief Blasts WarnerMedia's HBO Max Plan: ‘A Blatant Attempt to Self-Deal’
Eli Countryman / Variety: Directors, Theaters Express Worry Over Warner Bros. HBO Max Deal
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/...
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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
Discussion:
ScreenRant, Context is King, Bloomberg, The Wrap, New York Times, @firstshowing, @cinemacoiiector, @b4ldisappear, @variety, IndieWire, @npr, NPR, UPROXX, The Playlist, @techlinkedyt, @swimiller, @michaelsderby, @vikyair, @lizrenzetti and Deadline
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: Gobble or be Gobbled? No. Stream or Be Steamrolled.
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Did Timothee Chalamet Take a Swipe at Warner Bros and HBO Max While Hosting ‘SNL’?
Nicole Sperling / New York Times: HBO Max Plan Makes WarnerMedia Chief A Hollywood Villain
Alex Billington / @firstshowing: What about that other article today (here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...) that says this deal means people won't make as much money as before? What if he is just saying all this because he won't be making as big of a cut as he would've before? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
@b4ldisappear: Even if Dune flops, Warner Bros. shouldnt discard the franchise, it has so much potential. https://twitter.com/...
@variety: In an article for Variety, #Dune director Denis Villeneuve writes: “Filmmaking is a collaboration, reliant on the mutual trust of team work and Warner Bros. has declared they are no longer on the same team” https://variety.com/...
Ryan Lattanzio / IndieWire: Timothée Chalamet Serenades His Tiny Horse and Raps with Pete Davidson on ‘SNL’
@npr: Director Christopher Nolan, whose blockbuster movies for Warner Bros. have made billions, called the shift to streaming in Hollywood “a sign of great danger” for working people in the movie industry. https://www.npr.org/...
Ari Shapiro / NPR: Christopher Nolan Says Warner Bros.' Shift To Streaming New Movies ‘A Great Danger’
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Christopher Nolan Doubled Down On His Blistering Takedown Of Warner Bros.' Controversial HBO Max Deal
Rafael Motamayor / The Playlist: Christopher Nolan Expands Comments On Warner Bros. Shift To Streaming, Calls It “A Great Danger
TechLinked / @techlinkedyt: Are these directors out of touch? Or should they get on board the streaming train? https://variety.com/...
Cody Miller / @swimiller: Long Live Theatrical Cinema https://variety.com/...
Michael S. Derby / @michaelsderby: “Warner Bros. might just have killed the ‘Dune’ franchise.” https://variety.com/...
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/...
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Atlanta's all-Black creator houses are helping to build community and reverse a gap in an industry where Black influencers are underacknowledged and underfunded — After years of being passed over by brands and management companies despite driving the internet's biggest trends …
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@taylorlorenz, @stphnfwlr, @nytimesbusiness, @taylorlorenz, @obviouslyfaith, @ashkan, @djmany, @susanmcp1, @_blackmuses, @kattenbarge, @jewelwickershow and @taylorlorenz
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Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Dubsmash is the primary backer of Collab Crib, an all Black creator mansion in ATL https://www.nytimes.com/...
@stphnfwlr: Anyways I will instead recommend you should read this excellent @TaylorLorenz piece about Black creator mansions in Atlanta for a grasp of the city's dynamics of influence and change and credit and inspiration: https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: Black creators want to cement Atlanta as a hub for online talent. “We're starting a wave that isn't there for people that look like us. We could have easily moved to L.A., but we wanted to trailblaze something new.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: White creators are living in Triller sponsored mansions while Black creators at the Collab Crib can't even get a company to send them furniture for their house https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Faith / @obviouslyfaith: This is sooooo interesting 1) YA!! Black youth decide what's cool & what's not, so I'm glad they're recognizing that power 2) I'm surprised the record labels haven't stepped in to back these creator houses...am I missing something? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: 15 yrs ago I started to write about online video as insider; felt journalists didn't understand dynamics. Hats off to @loudmouthjulia @TaylorLorenz who cover this ever-evolving world best. Examples of two ends of spectrum: https://www.mediagazer.com/... https://www.mediagazer.com/...
DJ Many / @djmany: They Can't Sleep On Us Much Longer @YOUNGGUNSCEO We Made Something From Nothing! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Susan Spector McPherson / @susanmcp1: “Like most people making content online, they're hard working, focused and have a deep understanding of the internet. But they show none of the entitlement or attitude that has come to characterize the better-known TikTok stars of Los Angeles.” ~@TaylorLorenz https://twitter.com/...
Lanae Spruce / @_blackmuses: “And despite creating and driving many of the internet's biggest trends, Black creators receive fewer brand deals and are consistently paid less than their white peers.” https://twitter.com/...
Kat Tenbarge / @kattenbarge: Really important piece from @TaylorLorenz that examines racial inequality in the influencer industry, where money flows to white TikTokers who often rely on trends started by Black creators https://www.nytimes.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:
@nberke, @clarajeffery, @athenae, @carigervin, @briankosh, @moonalice, @ctassaf, @eileenguo, @davidmilstead, @jenstden, @emilybell, @ourmaninchicago, @ahazlett, @winterformt, @kemc, @annehelen, @nicdawes, @meredithshiner, @rozmurph, @michellelegro, @athenae, @athenae, @athenae, @athenae, @athenae, @athenae, @froomkin, @coreyhutchins, @laurarbelin, @athenae, @lyzl, @simonhoupt, @kbernot, @lyzl, @aliceraeherman, @damemagazine, @megreenwell, @gteresa, @michellelegro, @millbot, @luxlotus, @nilofer, @kerryhowley, @kbernot, @zacharyos, @jane_gerster, @whet, @lisalsong and @froomkin
Discussion:
Ned Berke / @nberke: This is the most on-point, head nodding, side splitting, “mhmm, preach it” business-of-local-journalism interview I've ever read. This part killed me. https://lyz.substack.com/... @lyzl @Athenae 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/...
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 $$$.
@carigervin: This entire @lyzl interview on the death/shittiness of local newspapers is straight 🔥 https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Kosciesza / @briankosh: This paragraph isn't even the main point of this article, but it is something I've been thinking about a lot. “The real reason local newspapers are dying” https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: Great interview about death of local papers. Elides a key point: industry was stable, fragmented, family owned, very low margin w/ monopoly on local ads. Late 80s, PE guys took over, borrowed huge $, cut costs, hiked margins ... missed internet, lost ad monopoly, and died. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher T. Assaf / @ctassaf: Newspapers gave up once the easy money was gone. They didn't know what to do. When customer service was needed, they cut staff. When content was needed, they cut staff. Some good stuff in here. I worked with @Athenae and covered the dead bodies in the streets story. https://twitter.com/...
Eileen Guo / @eileenguo: The problems of local news predates the internet. Thoughtful interview w/ @Athenae by @lyzl https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Milstead / @davidmilstead: A colleague already tweeted the best part of this, (newsroom leaders' befuddlement that reporters ask questions about their own business). It's a spot-on treatment of how for many decades the newspaper industry was led by lazy, incompetent monopolists. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Jen St. Denis / @jenstden: “newspapers have told their customers over and over that they deserve their money just because they exist, but have done nothing to earn that money. And now they want sympathy subscriptions, which is not how subscriptions work.” https://lyz.substack.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: What friends are texting me this morning: If you haven't read it yet, this from @lyzl contains so many home truths from the newsface it's painful...but entirely necessary. You won't read a better news commentary https://lyz.substack.com/...
@ourmaninchicago: “Rebranding will continue until morale improves.” @lyzl and @Athenae - two people who believe in local newspapers - run down all the trouble with local news. https://lyz.substack.com/...
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/...
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/...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner: Hello I would like to report that this paragraph is my love language. https://twitter.com/... 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/...
Michelle Legro / @michellelegro: Then read @aarongell's masterful dissection of what happened when the local newspaper closed in Stockton, CA and vengeful bloggers moved into the vacuum, spreading misinformation to take down the mayor. https://gen.medium.com/...
Allison Hantschel / @athenae: People will stop subscribing to the streaming services that suck. Just like they do to the papers that suck. This stuff isn't complicated and this kind of online scolding is tiresome in the extreme. Guilt doesn't motivate customer loyalty.
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?
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/...
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
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.
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/...
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/...
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/...
Kate Bernot / @kbernot: @Remember_Sarah bring back newsies, you cowards https://lyz.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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 — Disney's big streaming event showed what Disney Plus will be — By the end of Disney's four-hour event …
Discussion:
@carnage4life, Guerra do Streaming, @labuzamovies, @parismarx, @jetgirl78, @backlon, @broderick, @loudmouthjulia and CNBC
Discussion:
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Anyone else conflicted about how much damage Disney has done to copyright law to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain yet happy to see how much value they've created with Star Wars, Pixar & Marvel intellectual property? https://www.theverge.com/...
Laysa Zanetti / Guerra do Streaming: Você também virou uma série de Star Wars e nem sabe
Peter Labuza / @labuzamovies: Without getting into any side of the debate, @loudmouthjulia cogently breaks down an actual understanding of how Disney is envisioning both its last decade and the next one:https://www.theverge.com/ ...
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/...
@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/...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: As a lifelong Star Wars and Marvel fan, Disney's content rollout was totally thrilling. But as someone who fully grasps the social damage that monolithic online platforms can do left unchecked, the unveiling of Disney's infinitely scalable content machine chilled me to my core. https://twitter.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/...
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