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Larry King, a long time CNN talk show host, dies at 87 — (CNN)Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. — His son, Chance, confirmed King's death Saturday morning.
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times: Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was ‘like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.’ (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert) But he was a brilliant broadcaster & masterful TV interviewer. https://twitter.com/...
@cnn: Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: ‘Face the Nation’ moderator Margaret Brennan talks to Poynter about her newsy interview with Dr. Deborah Birx
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Larry King Dies at Age 87
Margaret Talev / Axios: TV host Larry King dies at age 87
@cnnpr: “Instead of goodbye, how about so long?” Rest In Peace, Larry. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Pietsch / New York Times: How Newsmakers and News Hosts Are Remembering Larry King
Craig Ferguson / @craigyferg: Just heard the awful news about Larry King. He taught me so much. He was a true mensch. He probably even taught me that word. So long pal, thanks for all the laughs. Say hi to Rickles. #RIPLarryKing
A.J. Katz / @ajkatztv: .@kingsthings told TVNewser in 2013: “I knew how to communicate. I know how to make people laugh, and I know how to draw people out. And I knew how to listen, which is very important in interviewing. Listening is as important as asking.” https://www.adweek.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Robert Lloyd / Los Angeles Times: Appreciation: Larry King loved ‘dumb’ questions. With them, he helped write cultural history
Jeffrey Collins / @jscollinsap: Don't let anyone tell you there is no right way to interview people. Larry King's method would never work fir me, but for him it was golden. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Barrett / Always Be Watching: RIP TV icon Larry King -
Derek Watts / @derekwatts: RIP #LarryKing. The King of Talk leaves us with so many memories. Always so enigmatic and animated...even when being interviewed by #carteblanche. https://twitter.com/...
Trevin Wax / @trevinwax: A great video overview of the career of Larry King. https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Lawson / @sapere_vivere: Class is permanent and so is being a graceless self-obsessed twat. https://twitter.com/...
@missbitcoin_mai: You talked gently with a smile even I was not good at English. You are undoubtedly the man who gave me confidence in communicating in English. Thank you. Rest in peace, Dear Larry King. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hugh Riminton / @hughriminton: On my first day at CNN, I was reporting from Colombo, Sri Lanka on the tsunami that had hit just hours before. I crossed to Larry King, who announced I was in Colombia. A huge character. CNN's #1 show was Larry King Live. Number 2 was the repeat. RIP. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ed Borgato / @edborgato: I met Larry through a mutual friend several years ago. Pre Covid I'd see them most mornings at the same Beverly Hills diner where I got coffee. We'd chat about sports, politics... he had good stories; he had met everyone. It was so normal I forget what a legend he was. RIP Larry. https://twitter.com/...
Harshada Sawant / @aeharshada: I am coming so late to this ...but Larry King was a legend...such an icon https://twitter.com/...
Philippe Corb / @philippecorbe: He also often asked a very simple but effective question : « Why ? » https://twitter.com/...
Jason Miles / @jmileskhou: I randomly met Larry King years ago in a Vegas casino. He was gracious and willing to briefly talk TV #RIP @kingsthings https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@booth: Always loved seeing him at Nate n' Al's: “A good interview you know more than you do before you start. You should come away with maybe some of your opinions changed,” King told the LA Times. “You should certainly come away entertained — an interviewer is also an entertainer.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Cuomo / @nygovcuomo: Larry King was a Brooklyn boy who become a newsman who interviewed the newsmakers. He conducted over 50,000 interviews that informed Americans in a clear and plain way. New York sends condolences to his family and many friends.
Larry Karaszewski / @karaszewski: A true legend has passed. We had the honor of working with Larry King on our OJ miniseries. Larry graciously agreed to play himself and was so full of stories about how his show became the nightly epicenter for all the personalities involved in that case. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Of all of the things I've been blessed to do, interviews with likes of Joe Montana, Hugh Hefner, Tiesto, Tony Hawk, Lyor Cohen, Gene Simmons, Russell Simmons, Joe Cocker, Def Leppard were always my favorite. As an interviewer, Larry King was the GOAT. RIP! https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: My friend Larry King has died. It is literally true that thousands of us can make that sad statement this morning. While he was easily caricatured, I've never known anybody who made a bigger deal out of the slightest kindness afforded him. #RIPLarryKing 1) 25 years ago... https://twitter.com/...
Anne Rice / @annericeauthor: We have lost Larry King. He has died at age 87. I knew Larry only through radio & TV interviews. He was always interesting, gracious and fun. I will miss him.
Christiane Amanpour / @camanpour: Larry King was a giant of broadcasting and a master of the TV celebrity/statesman-woman interview. His name is synonymous with CNN and he was vital to the network's ascent. EVERYONE wanted to be on Larry King Live. May he Rest in Peace. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jim Acosta / @acosta: Broadcasting legend and longtime CNN host Larry King has passed away. He will be missed by so many CNN employees past and present. #RIPLarryKing https://twitter.com/...
Ed Lavandera / @edlavacnn: Want to share this little story about #LarryKing. In 2003, I was still a relatively new correspondent at @CNN. I was assigned to cover the homecoming of five soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas
David Begnaud / @davidbegnaud: Larry King said he wanted to be remembered like this: “Through his ability he brought information and entertainment to people; in times of stress he help them overcome it, in times of joy he helped him enjoy it, and loved every minute of it.” https://twitter.com/...
Jorge Sedano / @sedano: Prior to his national stardom, Larry got his start in my hometown of Miami - most prominently on @WIOD & local TV. He was also a big part of the @MiamiDolphins radio broadcast in early 70's. The man was a broadcast legend. He loved sports. Especially, the @Dodgers RIP 🙏🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Jess Cohen / E! Online: Larry King Dead at 87: Andy Cohen, Craig Ferguson and More Mourn the Loss of the Broadcast Legend
Roy Bellamy / @roybelly: Man....i hope Piers never has to deliver a eulogy at someone's funeral https://twitter.com/...
@rolandsmartin: Easy, @marclamonthill: @piersmorgan is a 100% asshole. Larry @kingsthings was a class act. Always good to be around. Piers? Insufferable. A total bore. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lamont Hill / @marclamonthill: This is crass and tasteless, Piers. Why take personal shots at a time like this?Just say something kind. Or don't say anything. There's alway that. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lamont Hill / @marclamonthill: And, for context, Larry said he didn't like your show because you made it all about you. Sort of like you're doing as we mourn his death. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Ruhle / @sruhle: I've always found wedding toasts given by the best man & ABOUT the best man to be the worst. I was wrong. This is. https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: The biggest insult to Larry King was you taking over his iconic show and being terrible at it. Also, stop being this petty. The man just died. Have some chill. Wait a day or two, or a few hours. Utterly classless. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Wachter / @bob_wachter: Great obit writing occupies its own special place in the world of journalism. Like this, from Larry King's obit @nytimes by Robert D. McFadden. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Maria Shriver / @mariashriver: A legend in the radio and broadcast world. Honored to have known him and been interviewed by him. Sending love to his family. He was one of a kind. https://twitter.com/...
Ana Cabrera / @anacabrera: Sad news. CNN confirms that legendary talk show host Larry King has died. King was 87 years old.
Oliver Jia / @oliverjia1014: Larry King was as close to impartial as you could get with an American cable news interviewer. His non-combativeness and diplomatic style of letting guests speak uninterrupted were why he was able to interview everyone from rockstars to dictators. I'm sad to see him go. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Busari / @stephaniebusari: Some notes on how Larry King inspired me and what I learned from the King of interviewers in my @CNN career. Rest in peace @kingsthings A big loss. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@adweek: Broadcasting icon and the face of CNN for decades Larry King has died at age 87. https://www.adweek.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: As Jeff Zucker's statement said, Larry King's newsmaker interviews “truly put the network on the international stage.” I talked about King's impact on cable news here https://twitter.com/...
Ben Sherwood / @bensherwood: When he wasn't on @cnn or at @NatenAl with his friends, @kingsthings often roamed the @LittleLeague fields of Los Angeles coaching and cheering his sons Chance and Cannon. Among his many roles, he was a real ⚾️ fan and a devoted sports dad. #RIPLarryKing
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: Larry King's real legacy is his late-night radio show, and especially the open-phone hours when he talked to callers or just told stories. I wish more recordings were readily available. When he broadcast from Boston once, I got to watch in person. RIP. https://apnews.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: A worthwhile watch. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: at my 1st reporting job i was given an assignment to interview larry king for his new streaming show and i showed up at his hotel and he was like let's eat lunch! and so i ate lunch with him for THREE hours and he just asked me questions about the internet and told stories
Shinan Govani / @shinangovani: One of those people that made me into the nosy rascal that I am today: LARRY KING. Watching him, night after night, was like being AT the party. It was the zeitgeist, it was the culture, it was the unholy parade of usual suspects. RIP, @kingsthings. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Madison / @madisonsiriusxm: Larry King taught me that the next question should always be based on the last answer. I use that advice almost every day. #RIPLarryKing https://www.cnn.com/...
Trevor Ncube / @trevorncube: Larry King was an inspiration to many. He taught me that the interview is not about the journalist but the guest. #RIPLarryKing https://twitter.com/...
Kimberley Leonard / @kimberleyeleo: I grew up watching Larry's interviews on CNN. RIP Larry 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: “Ok, any minute now we're going to see this historic moment, the death of a brutal dictator... don't forget, tomorrow on the show, Joan Embry from the San Diego Zoo!” Legend. RIP https://www.nytimes.com/...
@sagaftrafound: We honor the influential work and life of radio and broadcast news host, and @sagaftra member Larry King. His lionized career and spirited interviews made their mark in history and in our lives. Our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Warner / @markwarner: Sad to learn of veteran TV and radio broadcaster Larry King's passing. He left his mark on so many lives and was a brilliant broadcaster and a friend to so many. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. He will be missed. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Lavandera / @edlavacnn: What an iconic career!! https://twitter.com/...
Sam / @wakeupsheeeep: Larry King, dead 65 days after his birthday, on a date with 65 numerology. 65 the direct reflection of 56, the number we all know too well. His son died at age 65. 42 weeks before his upcoming birthday & 21 days after news broke of hospitalization from “COVID,” as predicted. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ray Steele / @raysteelertv6: It's easy to forget how influential Larry King has been to radio and television, particularly cable tv as we know it. His show especially shaped the 92 election like no other. RIP https://twitter.com/...
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@adweek: RIP to broadcasting icon Larry King, who was the face of CNN for decades. https://www.adweek.com/...
Sydney Urbanek / Mononym Mythology: Larry King Wanted to Know About Your Name
Larry Karaszewski / @karaszewski: I remember discovering King on radio driving across country in the late 70s when he was sometimes the only voice you could find on your dial from midnight to 6AM. His show always felt like a real conversation. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Steinberg / @dcsportsbog: Larry King's columns were so so good. Here's an excerpt from one 1992 piece https://twitter.com/...
George Takei / @georgetakei: Thanks for the countless interviews and insights, Larry King. You understood human triumph and frailty equally well, and that is no easy feat. There was no one else like you, and you shall be missed. Rest with the heavens now.
Ryan Parker / @theryanparker: Larry King once pissed off @JerrySeinfeld — and it was hilarious https://thr.cm/gc1pddt
@mastertes: Rest in peace Larry King, one of the greatest interviewers of all time https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Breaking News: Larry King has died at 87. In five decades on radio and TV, he interviewed presidents, psychics, movie stars and swindlers — anyone with a story to tell. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeffrey Goldberg / @jeffreygoldberg: An actually great question the late Larry King once asked Richard Nixon: “When you drive by the Watergate, do you feel weird?” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Phil Rosenthal / @philrosenthal: Had the pleasure of your company a few times and loved your spirit of fun, comradeship, love of deli, and your laugh. Rest In Peace Sir Larry. via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sizwe Dhlomo / @sizwedhlomo: A good broadcast network always has a tribute pill ready to roll out & air in minutes. RIP Larry King 🙏🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Shimon Prokupecz / @shimonpro: “Not bad for a Jewish boy from Brooklyn.” https://twitter.com/...
Ed Lavandera / @edlavacnn: One CNN legend @wolfblitzer honors another @kingsthings https://twitter.com/...
Mark Ockerbloom / @ocktalks: An amazing career. #RIPLarryKing https://twitter.com/...
Alana Rocha / @viaalana: To the man who showed me in my college radio days the value of asking short, obvious, to-the-point questions; and how they always elicited the best responses. #RIPLarry https://twitter.com/...
@thr: CNN boss Jeff Zucker, Jim Acosta and more anchors pay tribute to Larry King, “giant of broadcasting.” https://thr.cm/hZUaVlw https://twitter.com/...
Mark Devenport / @markdevenport: Alongside all the other major set pieces Larry King was there for, his 1994 show featuring @GerryAdamsSF & Ken Maginnis still sticks in my memory https://twitter.com/...
Pat Kiernan / @patkiernan: When I was asked to audition for a TV host role in The Sopranos in 1998, they asked me if I could do the interview “more like Larry King.” I said no. King was inimitable. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Vir Sanghvi / @virsanghvi: There can't be a single TV presenter of my generation who wasn't influenced in some way by Larry King. Rest In Peace https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Legendary Talk-Show Host Larry King Dies at 87 After COVID-19 Hospitalization
Taylor Shapiro / Washington Post: Larry King, TV host who gave boldface names a cozy forum, dies at 87
Ethan Anderton / /Film: Larry King, Famed Broadcaster Who Appeared in ‘Ghostbusters’ and More, Has Died at 87
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox: Legendary broadcaster Larry King has died at age 87
Tate Delloye / Daily Mail: Legendary talk show host Larry King dies aged 87 at LA hospital just three weeks after being transferred from the ICU as he battled COVID
Cynthia Littleton / Variety: ‘A True Legend’: Larry King Remembered as Sharp Interviewer Who Was ‘Gracious and Fun’
Adrian Horton / The Guardian: Larry King, famed cable news interviewer, dies aged 87
Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times: Larry King, legendary talk-show host, dies at 87
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite:
NYT reportedly cancels the contract of an editor after her tweets about having “chills” watching Biden's plane land drew criticism, mostly from conservatives — The New York Times has reportedly terminated the contract of an editor who tweeted that she had “chills” …
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Josh Shahryar / @jshahryar: This is the most important thing I've ever written. My friend and family Lauren @Wolfe321 was just fired by the @NYTimes after the NYT was pressured by fascists, Trumpkins and hypocrites on the right for tweeting she had “chills” after witnessing Biden's landing on the 20th. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: Please don't cancel your subscriptions to @nytimes! It is an incredible paper filled with talented journalists. We need them and we need a thriving free press. Thank you!
Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: Hard to fathom all the talk of “cancel culture” on my timeline while I'm left without an income during a pandemic. I'm not an ideology, I'm a hard-working person who can no longer pay her bills. @SulomeAnderson @yashar @michaeldweiss
@yashar: 1. Some news... Lauren Wolfe, who was an editor on contract for the NYT, has had her contract canceled after she tweeted what's on the left. Wolfe also tweeted what's on the right, but deleted when she learned Biden chose to take his own plane. Per two sources. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: NYT statement on the chills tweet: “There's a lot of inaccurate information circulating on Twitter. For privacy reasons we don't get into the details of personnel matters but we can say that we didn't end someone's employment over a single tweet..We don't plan to comment further”
Wesley / @wesleylowery: All journalists are humans with feelings and emotions and opinions and biases. Journalists should be judged by the fairness of their *work* - not a random tweet or passing comment or private email in which those human biases are expressed
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox: Did the New York Times fire an editor over a tweet? The Lauren Wolfe controversy, explained
@yashar: 2. Lauren Wolfe was tasked with mostly editing stories that were on the NYT live page (which were constantly updated) related to the pandemic and breaking news events. Most of the criticism of her tweet came from conservatives.
Alyssa Milano / @alyssa_milano: Please take a moment to read this thread and then tweet at the @nytimes and tell them to #rehireLauren. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Harding / @kateharding: Glenn Thrush still has a job. Andy Mills still has a job. Lauren Wolfe does not. https://twitter.com/...
@cmclymer: It's utterly ridiculous that NYT fired @Wolfe321 for offering an observation that is no more editorial than thousands of similar comments made by NYT journalists over the past four years. They gave into a right wing mob. That's not integrity. It's cowardice. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Cross / @quinnae_moon: Wolfe, who was fired from the NYT for a tweet where she said she had “chills” after Biden landed in DC ahead of the inauguration, is the latest victim of a playbook perfected by the likes of GamerGate and similar harassment campaigns. https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: 4. I see a lot of people pushing for Lauren Wolfe to be re-hired Multiple sources have told me this is not going to happen. They do not intend on offering her a new contract (her deal was close to ending) But Wolfe is asking people to keep their NYT subs https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: The @nytimes has to speak to the decision to fire @Wolfe321 and be transparent about the degree to which it was motivated by conservative pressure. And for what? For saying she felt chills at seeing the Biden plane land? Truly absurd if so. https://twitter.com/...
Abigail Disney / @abigaildisney: I know Lauren to be a cracking good journalist and decent human being. @nytimes had once again bitten off its nose to spite its face. So perverse. https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: Right wing works the refs. Whine and complain, and like clockwork, they succeed. We don't learn even after we briefly flirted with fascism. Wild. Also, about that “cancel culture”... https://twitter.com/...
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: This whole episode with @Wolfe321 is a troubling (and sad) sign that the NYT still hasn't figured out how to handle bad faith, faked right-wing performative outrage. It did the wrong thing and should fix it—fast. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Hruby / @patrick_hruby: The contract part of this shouldn't be overlooked—this is also a story about weak labor protections https://twitter.com/...
Rob Sheridan / @rob_sheridan: Important thread about media outlets who cave to bad-faith faux-outrage campaigns from the right. Some outlets are gradually starting to learn (see @StarWars recently standing up against a harassment campaign) but @NYTimes will be bowing to Nazi concern-trolling for all eternity. https://twitter.com/...
W. Kamau Bell / @wkamaubell: Mainstream media & political leaders subscribing to Trump's “very fine people on both sides” should've been over FOREVER the moment Trump launched an attack on The Capitol. The NYT needs to fix this quick & make this right w/ @Wolfe321. https://twitter.com/...
@taradublinrocks: #RehireLaurenWolfe ASAP, @nytimes. Everybody needs to quit being afraid of MAGA mean tweets ffs 🤨 https://twitter.com/...
Linda Sarsour / @lsarsour: .@Wolfe321 is an excellent journalist who has done incredible work and she deserves to have her job. @nytimes needs to do the right thing and give her her job back ASAP. NY Times has given platforms to some “journalists” who have done far far far worse. Lauren did nothing wrong https://twitter.com/...
Emily M. Farris / @emayfarris: Bedbug Stephens gets to keep his job but this woman doesn't? Come on, @nytimes. https://twitter.com/...
Kirk Acevedo / @kirkacevedo: .@nytimes U need to rehire @Wolfe321 ASAP! U don't let fascists determine free speech. Most likely none of these fascists read The New York Times or have a yearly subscription like I do. I will cancel my subscription & ask my followers to do the same if @Wolfe321 isn't rehired. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: The New York Times says it didn't part ways with editor over Biden ‘chills’ tweet
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: The @nytimes ridiculously fired @Wolfe321 - under pressure from the same kind of people who often rail against ‘cancel culture’! - but here she is taking the high ground. The @nytimes should just apologize to her and rehire her. https://twitter.com/...
@schemaly: Plus, she's generously and gracefully asking people not to unsubscribe, smh. The NYT could have offered, for example, offered support, even as a contract employee, as she was being hounded and threatened. These are choices institutions and the people running them make. https://twitter.com/...
Osman Faruqi / @oz_f: NYT times fired an editor after conservatives got angry about a tweet. Reckon we'll hear about this as much as the James Bennett resignation... https://twitter.com/...
Red Durkin / @redisdead: Conservatives: “I've been shadow banned by the woke censors of the new Left because my ‘Joe Biden Eats Fetuses for Strength’ tweet only get 35K retweets instead of full coverage on CNN!” Also Conservatives: “publicly execute this journalist for having a feeling” https://twitter.com/...
@mattnegrin: News outlets are so petrified of the bad-faith right wing that they almost always bow to the mob's demands. It's an effective tool Republicans have in working the media: making you afraid to say something true if it makes Republicans — a pro-terrorism party of fascists — look bad https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: We don't comment on personnel matters except, yes, we will comment on personnel matters to provide contentless innuendo and depart from the room with a flourish of our cape. https://twitter.com/...
Nada Bakos / @nadabakos: Read this thread. I've known @Wolfe321 via this platform and her reporting for awhile now and this is reprehensible. https://twitter.com/...
Evette Dionne / @freeblackgirl: The New York Times, which recently published stories about Biden's Peloton and Rolex after spending four years refusing to call a racist president racist, has now caved to bad faith Gamergate-style pressure instead of standing behind their journalist. They should be ashamed. https://twitter.com/...
@rubenbolling: I don't even get this. Having “chills” while watching an American democratic process unfold isn't even “partisan” — it's patriotic. @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
Sheenie Ambardar / @drambardar: Too late. https://twitter.com/...
@lincolnsbible: Can another publication please hire her & underwrite an extensive investigation into who, exactly, at @nytimes has been running the donald-Jared shill campaign for the past 4+ years, & why? And how deeply is Howard Rosenstein involved? She might be the journalist to get that done https://twitter.com/...
Matt Walton / @themattwalton: Even better might be if the @washingtonpost hired @Wolfe321 instead, especially since @nytimes seems to be doing everything they can to lose readers. https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: This is a good thread. And let me add: the NY Times is being incredibly cowardly in this and rewarding bad faith actors objecting to the most innocent possible tweet. This is bad for journalism. They should protect their people https://twitter.com/...
Jason Goldman / @goldman: I love the New York Times and their management seems absolutely demented. What gets punished v not; their whole theory of who they are. It's just wild. https://twitter.com/...
Lucy Siegle / @lucysiegle: Insightful threads from Katherine on firing of Lauren Wolfe from @nytimes Comparable to way complaints procedures are hijacked in uk media. Shame on @nytimes for not figuring this out. https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: Taking the high road in a way few would. (This would be a rich subject for a public editor, btw.) https://twitter.com/...
Thom Geier / The Wrap: NY Times Under Fire for Terminating Editor Lauren Wolfe After Pro-Biden Tweets
@amy_siskind: Apparently it's open game for the @nytimes to write about Biden's Rolex, but not for an employee to have an opinion about his presidency. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Cotlar / @sethcotlar: Thread. The @nytimes should not let fascists influence their hiring and firing practices. https://twitter.com/...
@miambloom: So let me understand something about @nytimes you have one person who fabricates stories, misquotes documents she never read, causes all kinds of embarrassment & she's still employed but @Wolfe321 who did nothing wrong gets fired because Republicans feefees were hurt by losing https://twitter.com/...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: .@nytimes should really reconsider this terrible decision. I'm astounded that bullying the families of ISIS hostages, falling for forged documents, and taking a jihadist hoaxer at his word is a non-sackable offense; but tweeting about one's feelings is. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@kurteichenwald: Unless there's much more to this story than we know, I'm horrified this was done by the newspaper where I got my start, the paper I have loved for decades. @nytimes - this is a mistake that will be recounted in the histories written about the paper. Fix this. Rehire @Wolfe321 https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail: New York Times 'cancels editor's contract' after she tweeted she had ‘chills’ watching Biden land at Joint Base Andrews as America's media competes to suck up to new president
Robert P. Baird / Columbia Journalism Review:
An in-depth look at Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective, which a source says has spent $250M on journalism, buying stakes in The Atlantic, Axios, and others — With the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs is becoming a force in American media. What is she trying to achieve?
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Emails suggest members of Rolling Stone's influencer network, who pay $2K in fees, can have their content published; Rolling Stone says it labels the content — Emails from ‘best-known entertainment media outlet’ invite ‘Culture Council’ to pay for chance to publish on website
Discussion:
@jilliancyork, @nxthompson, @cultrhack, @zsk, @terryglavin, @bernybelvedere, @jasonsanford, @bizballmaury, @cynthiagreenlee, @hmfaigen, @kainazamaria, @unofphoto, @seyitaylor, @duckshoe, @tresdessert, @mattdpearce, @franklinleonard, @rabiasquared, @edbott, @drwhoreads, @jricole, @cszabla, @bsletten, @byagoda, @katzish, @anthonysiraguse, @garyhe, @danirat, @mariemyungoklee, @tommorton, @johngotty, @imtheq, Business Insider, @meghan_daum, @samatlounge, @marklittlenews, @technollama, @rezaaslan, @frasermatthew, @peterrneumann, @niemanlab, @janinegibson, @jeffjarvis, New York Post and Jedno procento
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Jillian C. York / @jilliancyork: From the Department of “I wouldn't write for you if YOU paid ME $2,000”: Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@nxthompson: If you pay Rolling Stone $2000, they will publish whatever you write and you can set yourself “apart as a visionary, leader, and bold voice in your industry.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Harvey G. Cohen / @cultrhack: .@RollingStone is sliding, seen most vividly in ads masquerading as articles on top of their site in recent times. Now they're calling 4 new writers to pay them $2K to get published. Don't they have editors? Can't writers without rich parents get a chance? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Zoe Kleinman / @zsk: This reminds me of a luxury travel brand which decided to ban writers from PR trips - it was deemed less “authentic” - so writers had to pay for their own trips. Suddenly the only people who pitched to them were super wealthy, and, er, not great writers https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@terryglavin: I'm old enough to remember when Rolling Stone was not entirely a brazen rich-kids megaphone masquerading as journalism. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Berny Belvedere / @bernybelvedere: The University of Virginia should report on this story for its student body. Call it “A Violation at Rolling Stone.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jason Sanford / @jasonsanford: Hey @RollingStone: In case you're unclear on the subjects of morality and ethics, asking writers to pay to publish in your magazine is extremely wrong. Money should flow to the writer, not from the writer. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Maury Brown / @bizballmaury: In the world of absolutely crappy ideas for journalism, I give you this. Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them | Magazines | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dr. Cynthia Greenlee / @cynthiagreenlee: “Thought leaders”: Who apparently can't THINK their way out of paper bags to see why this “buy a byline” scheme undermines journalism and journalists, who are perpetually underpaid and for whom this notion is anathema. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Harrison Faigen / @hmfaigen: Tired: Writing for exposure Wired: Pay US to write on our site https://theguardian.com/...
Kainaz Amaria / @kainazamaria: Emails seen by the Guardian suggest that those who pass a vetting process - and pay a $1,500 annual fee plus $500 up front - will “have the opportunity to publish original content to the Rolling Stone website”. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@unofphoto: The continued slow death of magazine editorial integrity, with an inappropriate lead image. Only Rolling Stone is mentioned. Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@seyitaylor: 1. create brands over a few decades 2. tech destroys the legacy business model 3. destroy the brand for short-term profit 4. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/...
@duckshoe: Congrats to Rolling Stone on their upcoming “Kyle Lowry is the most underrated athlete of the 21st century” article https://twitter.com/...
@tresdessert: Kinda weird how much Rolling Stone and the Rolling Stones have in common huh https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Give me $1,999 and I'll let you come over and use my printer. https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: That is certainly one way to liquidate your media brand's remaining value. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ed Bott / @edbott: It was just a matter of time before some pillar of old media decided to go the vanity press route, but I honestly didn't think it would be Rolling Stone. https://twitter.com/...
@drwhoreads: Rolling Stone is the only mag that would look at the flailing academic publishing model and say, “hold my beer.” https://twitter.com/...
Juan Cole / @jricole: The wealthy Penske media corporation owns Rolling Stone and is accepting paid content. At @infcomment I get offers to run paid comment every day and turn them all down immediately with prejudice. We may not make any money, but our readers keep us going and we have integrity https://twitter.com/...
Csz / @cszabla: price of a byline in rolling stone: $2000 value of that byline now that this is disclosed: much less than before https://twitter.com/...
@bsletten: If you pay Rolling Stone $2000 to publish your thoughts, you are the opposite of a thought leader. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Yagoda / @byagoda: If you made a graph of payments since I started freelancing, this is in fact about where it would end up. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Katz / @katzish: This is similar to the largely shitty unpaid-contributor posts (many essentially press releases) that Huffington Post got rid of a few years ago in order to stop diluting the brand, except YOU pay THEM https://www.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Ballgame / @anthonysiraguse: Hey @JoeBiden let's get that $2000 stimmy going so I can become a dang thought leader already bro cmon man https://twitter.com/...
Gary He / @garyhe: Companies like AP, Getty have had this for a decade—charging to have branded images “posted to the wire” allowed them to corner the market on that category of event photography. Similar but different mechanisms: Forbes contributor, Yahoo autoposting PR newswire content, HuffPo. https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Ryan / @danirat: I've always wanted to be published by Rolling Stone but now that you can pay to be published there, it feels incredibly tarnished. What would HST think? Buncha sellouts. https://twitter.com/...
@mariemyungoklee: anyone who pays to do this isn't really a thought leader, you just have a lot of disposable income https://twitter.com/...
Tom Morton / @tommorton: Who wants to read writers who paid to be on the page? https://twitter.com/...
John Gotty / @johngotty: meanwhile, they're probably paying some lowly staff writers peanuts to crank out posts at lightening speeds https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Quraishi / @imtheq: Mercenaries of the Content Wars? Would be a good name for a band. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider: CEOs steer clear of Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, sources say
Meghan Daum / @meghan_daum: That's not an earthquake. It's Hunter S. Thompson turning over in his grave. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Sam Missingham / @samatlounge: *Waves goodbye to any credibility the Rolling Stone mag had* https://twitter.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: The Culture Council ... a mutant strain of the virus that is killing trust in journalism just escaped from a cartoon villain's underground laboratory. https://twitter.com/...
Andres Guadamuz / @technollama: Rule No.1 of being a “thought leader”: not paying $2000 to prove that you're one. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dr. Reza Aslan / @rezaaslan: I got this email. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Fraser / @frasermatthew: The latest twist in our work-for-free media culture: Rolling Stone magazine wants you to pay them $2,000 to blog on their website. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Peter R. Neumann / @peterrneumann: There's nothing new about top magazines and newspapers selling their brand. But for as little as $2000? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@niemanlab: Rolling Stone is seeking “thought leaders” willing to pay $2,000 to write for their website. Writers who have passed the vetting process include “a fund manager and a Las Vegas real estate broker who also has a business selling alcohol-infused cupcakes.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: If you've got $2k and an interest in music, entertainment, food, beverage or cannabis, youcan write for Rolling Stone and position yourself as a thought leader https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: So sad: Rolling Stone becomes Forbes. I speculated recently that we might reach the point where one pays to write, not to read. Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Inside CBS' fraught investigation into allegations of racism and misogyny on the part of CBS Television Stations President Peter Dunn and another senior exec — Gripped by scandal in the summer of 2018, CBS came up with a way to contain the crisis. — The television giant's board hired …
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Los Angeles Times, @latimes, @davidcayj, @mattdpearce, @deggans, @latimes and @megjameslat
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times: The unusual CBS TV station deal that scored one executive a $1-million golf membership
@latimes: Gripped by scandal in 2018, television giant CBS hired outside firms to investigate sexual misconduct claims against its longtime leader, Leslie Moonves, and scour the company of traces of a toxic atmosphere https://www.latimes.com/...
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Superb @latimes investigation into corruption in @CBS purchase of Long Island TV station w/ $1m payoff to an exec, “must run” stories and more by @MegJamesLAT https://www.latimes.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: “this is an incredible gray area” seems to be understating it https://www.latimes.com/...
Eric Deggans At Npr / @deggans: This story, with allegations of racism and sexism in the management of news personnel at CBS TV Stations, is a blockbuster. If true, shows CBS still has some housecleaning to do post-Moonves. https://www.latimes.com/...
@latimes: CBS' purchase of a Long Island TV station provided CBS stations chief Peter Dunn and other top CBS executives access to an elite country club https://www.latimes.com/...
Meg James / @megjameslat: ViacomCBS says it values diversity and respect. But top TV station execs allegedly mistreat women & Black journalists: “He's just a jive guy,” “I hate her face,” and “Are you a F-ing idiot?” Inside CBS' fraught investigation into racism & misogyny @NABJ https://www.latimes.com/...
USAGM:
USAGM's acting CEO replaces the heads of RFE/RL, RFA, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks and three board directors named by Pack days before his resignation — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Acting Chief Executive Officer Kelu Chao has replaced …
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Politico, @davidfolkenflik, @vermontgmg, The Hill, @davidfolkenflik, @ilangoldenberg, @byronyork, NPR and New York Times
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Daniel Lippman / Politico: Biden administration ousts Victoria Coates, who was falsely accused of being ‘Anonymous’
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: USAGM is believed to be seeking Jamie Fly back as head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Acting CEO Kelu Chao has reappointed three network board directors ousted by ex CEO Michael Pack: ex Ambassadors Karen Kornbluh & Ryan Crocker, and PR exec & Dem donor Michael Kempner
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: This is wonderful news. So happy @bayfang is coming back to serve our country and enable the spread and reporting of factual information in a critical part of the world. https://twitter.com/...
John Bowden / The Hill: White House installs new leadership at federally-funded international broadcasters
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: USAGM names familiar faces as new chiefs for Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia & Middle East Broadcast Networks Bay Fang reinstated over RFA Top RFE editor Daisy Sindelar elevated once more as acting prez MEBN treasurer Kelley Sullivan made acting prez https://www.usagm.gov/...
Ilan Goldenberg / @ilangoldenberg: Trump admin Installed former political appointees at the last minute into non-political jobs in an act of bad faith. When these people are then fired, they claim it “violates the spirit of unity.” 🤔🤔🤔 https://www.politico.com/...
Byron York / @byronyork: The Biden purge at US Agency for Global Media continues. From @politico https://www.politico.com/...
David Folkenflik / NPR: USAGM Chief Fires Trump Allies Over Radio Free Europe And Other Networks
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Content recommendation company Taboola says it has agreed to go public via a SPAC, valuing the company at $2.6B and raising $545M — Taboola, the content recommendation company known best for the chum box ads at the bottom of publishers' websites, has agreed to merge with special purpose …
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TechCrunch, New York Times, Business Insider, Adweek, Bloomberg, CNBC, Taboola Blog, @silvermanjacob, @mdudas and Reuters
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Taboola is going public via SPAC
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: Taboola is going public via a SPAC, aiming to raise $545 million to expand its content recommendations to TV, cars, gaming and ecommerce
Ronan Shields / Adweek: Taboola Goes Public With Yet Another SPAC
Yaacov Benmeleh / Bloomberg: Ad-Tech Firm Taboola Merges With SPAC at $2.6 Billion Valuation
Megan Graham / CNBC: Digital ad firm Taboola plans to go public via SPAC
Adam Singolda / Taboola Blog: Taboola Is Going Public — I started Taboola from my bedroom in my parent's house back in 2007 …
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: I just can't believe there's something called the chum box industry. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Dudas / @mdudas: “click here to learn the 10 amazing secrets of how this spac came together” https://www.axios.com/...
Niket Nishant / Reuters: Taboola to go public through $2.6 billion blank-check deal
Chris Erik Thomas / Study Hall:
A deep dive into NYT's crossword puzzle, as long time editor Will Shortz has been slow to address cultural changes and diversify its constructors and editors — Despite decades worth of missteps and competition from a growing indie scene, the Times puzzle is slow to change.
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Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Glowing words for @NewYorker crossword in @studyhallxyz. Congrats to @Lizzymaynes and our all-star roster of editors and constructors. https://studyhall.xyz/... https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, on starting and scaling one of the biggest YouTube tech channels to 13.5M subscribers, day-to-day work, and future of his business — Marques Brownlee is one of the best reviewers I know, and also one of the most savvy and successful YouTubers.
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contextisking.com, @blackamazon, @taylorlorenz, @steven_aquino, @coreybehnke and Business Insider
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / contextisking.com: The True Power & Real Change of The Creator Economy
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: .@MKBHD is so legendary https://www.theverge.com/...
Steven Aquino / @steven_aquino: So, two things here: 1. Good interview. Can confirm @MKBHD is a really cool guy. We met briefly before WWDC19 keynote. Nice to shake his hand. 2. It's awesome @reckless is doing transcripts for his new podcast. It's something we really wanted for Accessible. https://twitter.com/...
Corey Behnke / @coreybehnke: Amazing interview. Huge fan. https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Beyond unhappy customers and claims of censorship, cable providers won't drop networks like Fox News due to FCC statutes, leased access, programming leverage — - Comcast has limited ability to ditch competing news channels — Smaller networks like Newsmax could pay for distribution
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Washington Post, @sulliview, Baer in Mind, @justinhendrix, Three Arrows Blog, @guypbenson, @postopinions, @newsynick, @taralach and @lucas_shaw
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: Fox News is a hazard to our democracy. It's time to take the fight to the Murdochs. Here's how.
@sulliview: Fox News is a hazard to our democracy, and getting more extreme. It's time to take the fight to the Murdochs. Here's how. ... My column https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: I endorse this @Sulliview call to action to campaign against advertisers supporting Fox News and asking family to avoid it. But I'd add a tactic: concerned Americans should refuse to pay for it in the cable bundle they buy. It should be an opt in channel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Guy Benson / @guypbenson: In this thread, a WaPo journalist (?) attacks the free press & promotes boycotts, censorship and deplatforming of a news org she personally dislikes — framing her illiberal thuggery as a response to a “hazard.” Profoundly authoritarian. https://twitter.com/...
@postopinions: Sure, they can choose to remain mum, writes @ErikWemple. “But as their colleagues continue dismantling American democracy, they'll have to share in the legacy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nick Turner / @newsynick: How likely is it that Fox News will get deplatformed by cable companies for allegedly spreading misinformation? The short answer: not very. The long answer: also not very. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @gerryfsmith @chrispalmeri @MoritzDispatch
Tara Lachapelle / @taralach: Critics of Fox News & Newsmax want cable providers to drop the networks. But aside from the thorny free-speech issue, top pay-TV cos have another complicating factor: they own the competition. Comcast owns MSNBC, DirecTV parent AT&T owns CNN. @gerryfsmith https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Financial Times:
Groups that want to buy newspapers away from hedge funds like Alden face a problem: funds are making money and execs like Heath Freeman aren't looking to sell — As hedge funds and private equity snap up titles, what does it mean for journalism? — George Washington took out an advertisement …
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@blackamazon, @ryanlcooper, @mattdpearce, @ftlifearts, @hazelsheffield, @ddiamond, @mcallguild, @natalie_devito, @ress_kim, @mcallguild, @aodespair, @5plish, @adam_marton, @aodespair, @adam_marton, @ckrewson and @ckrewson
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@blackamazon: The belief that news is unprofitable or hanging on by a thread is a myth https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: good piece on the Alden Capital vultures who are doing bust out operations on half the newspapers in the country https://www.ft.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: This is an excellent story about the financialization of local journalism, not including the pathetic comments from Heath Freeman where he pretends he's doing something other than an oily hedgie annihilating your local newsroom for a 25% profit margin. https://www.ft.com/...
@ftlifearts: What does the future hold for America's local newspapers? Many are now owned by hedge funds and private equity, and their journalists are worried they care more about bottom lines than headlines. @annaknicolaou and @jfk_america investigate https://www.ft.com/...
Hazel Sheffield / @hazelsheffield: Sobering weekend read. “Small and midsized regional and local newspapers, once swimming in cash and an essential service to Americans, have been converted into distressed assets boomeranged among investors for short-term profits.” https://www.ft.com/...
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: Baltimore philanthropists say they've got enough $$ to buy the Baltimore Sun, perhaps at twice the market value. Just one problem, the @FT writes: big firms don't want to sell local papers like the Sun, preferring to keep cutting and collect profits. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mcallguild: Alden's Heath Freeman tells the FT that everyone has got the story wrong. “It's important for people to understand that we actually try saving many newspapers from extinction. And put them on a path to sustainability.” https://twitter.com/...
@natalie_devito: @ddiamond @FT It's also interesting to look at Advance Publications which includes Condé Nast whose union writers have just engaged in a work stoppage. Wealthy family, keeps shrinking the content, resisting unions, and here we continue... #1u
KimRess / @ress_kim: @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT Feeling some of Pittsburgh's pain? The Block ownership here is even worse
@mcallguild: NOW READ THIS: (1/2) This @FT piece goes deep into what's happening in @tribpub thanks to Alden and spotlights the struggles of our sister paper, the legendary Hartford Courant. It's a long read but well worth your time #savelocalnews .... https://amp.ft.com/...
David Simon / @aodespair: @5plish @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT They should start a new Baltimore newspaper, heavily weighted to on-line district, with that kind of cash.
Matt Ostrye / @5plish: @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT .@AoDespair What say you?
Adam Marton / @adam_marton: @AoDespair @5plish @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT Online also has infrastructure costs, many of them in fact. I personally think saving the sun is the best course of action. But these investment bankers are killing journalism
David Simon / @aodespair: @dschwarz @5plish @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT You hire up the good staff, pay them and produce a superior online news report. Without having to pay for trucks, presses and ink, it is wholly possible.
Adam Marton / @adam_marton: @AoDespair @5plish @ddiamond @maggieNYT @FT I like that idea but there is value in brand. There are a few upstart online only newspapers in Baltimore and they have trouble getting readers, esp from outside the city. And print still makes more money than online (which makes very little money).
Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's NBCUniversal is shutting down its sports cable channel, NBCSN, at the end of the year and moving much of its programming to USA network — National Hockey League, Nascar programming will move to network USA — NBCUniversal is shutting down its sports cable channel NBCSN at the end …
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USA Today, @ourand_sbj, Sports Business Daily, Bloomberg, @janelknight, @kurtcopeland, @nicholasadeleon, @sdkstl, @mottajaime, Extra Innings, @matthewcerrone, @bachscore, Cord Cutters News, @paulrabil, @a_s12, @ppistone, The Desk, @seangentille, @hayyyshayyy, @wyshynski, @franklinavenue, @danrayburn, @grousark, @jasonhirschhorn, @jasonhirschhorn, @jasonhirschhorn, @awallenstein, @williamsbob75, @bristei, @insidecablenews, @jbflint, @alexgiess, @timjhanrahan, @jbflint, @edmundlee and @sdkstl
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Ellen J. Horrow / USA Today: NBCSN will shut down at end of 2021 as several sports properties will shift to USA Network, according to reports
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: NBC has told distributors and some sports leagues that it plans to shut down its NBCSN sports channel by the end of the year. Story coming in SBD
Janel Knight / @janelknight: I hope this does not mess with my Law and Order SVU marathons!! https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Copeland / @kurtcopeland: Well, that's just what you get. Only 2 Supercross races without @ralphsheheen and the whole network caves in on itself like a Florida sinkhole... https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas De Leon / @nicholasadeleon: @davemeltzerWON Just a heads up, looks like NBCSN is shutting down, moving NHL to USA. WWE gets a shout out in their statement to the press. Cheers! https://www.wsj.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: Some NHL and NASCAR content will air on both channels “until NBCSN officially turns off the lights.” https://twitter.com/...
Nick Goss / Extra Innings: Extra Innings - Vol. 38
Matthew Cerrone / @matthewcerrone: This, a few months after @SINow shut down their baseball division... MLB decided a long time ago to centralize content for short-term profit. now here are, years later, and, while they made a ton of money, they've totally lost attention. #cc: @Metspolice @garyvee @mooseoutfront https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Bachman / @bachscore: @blackdontrump “By putting high-profile sports on USA Network, NBCUniversal is hoping to solve two problems with one move: Get rid of an underperforming asset and boost an already powerful one.” via @JBFlint https://www.wsj.com/...
Paul Rabil / @paulrabil: Industry news leaked on @WSJ yesterday — my thoughts below. Yes, the world has been rapidly moving towards broadcast O&O (ex NBC) and streaming (ex peacock) exclusively — a few cable ch may survive, but most won't over the next 2 yrs...on TV at least (1/4) https://www.wsj.com/...
Adam Stern / @a_s12: .@NASCAR will be among the properties that NBC Sports moves to @USA_Network for some events as a result of shutting down NBCSN by end of this year, @Ourand_SBJ reports. ➖ Unclear what it would mean for IndyCar, whose deal with NBC expires after '21. 📜: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Pete Pistone / @ppistone: USA Network and Peacock linear TV/streaming combo platter is the future augmented by what remains on the NBC mothership https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Comcast to sunset national NBC Sports Network
Shayna / @hayyyshayyy: It can be argued that NBC isn't doing enough for the NHL right now, and losing a cable station - which is where many still consume sports - should diminish their chances of renewing the rights with the league. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Wyshynski / @wyshynski: Fairly impactful news for NHL https://twitter.com/...
Michael Schneider / @franklinavenue: USA Network now coming full circle to its origins as a sports network https://twitter.com/...
Dan Rayburn / @danrayburn: Breaking News: NBC to shut down NBC Sports Network at end of 2021. USA Network will begin carrying and/or simulcasting certain NBC Sports programming including NHL, NASCAR and Premier League. @peacocktv will also carry some programming starting in 2022. https://www.wsj.com/...
Nicholas Grous / @grousark: Step 1: recognize that all video content will be streamed in the future. Step 2: consolidate linear assets and SLOWLY shift to streaming to not totally disrupt legacy biz. Step 3: Go all-in on streaming. We are living through step 2. https://www.wsj.com/...
@jasonhirschhorn: There are pockets of this happening already in both areas. But the acceleration is finally here. I'm one of those that think they should have been there 10 years ago.
@jasonhirschhorn: Most companies with multiple streaming services will consolidate into one. Either through additive tiers to the main product or just do away with other brands in favor of one. Maybe 5 years as content org structures consolidate as model and marketing funnels are mastered.
@jasonhirschhorn: Little by little, media cos will continue to retire cable brands. Especially as their streaming services get a foothold. Some will use brands for content/navigation. But Netflix shows you can deliver multiple genres and demos via one brand. https://variety.com/...
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: Got a feeling we're going to see more channel closures like this in 2021. More cracks in the facade of traditional TV. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Williams / @williamsbob75: Huge sports media news here - has a big Premier League impact too, of course. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Executives hope the move will bolster the economics of the company's big USA cable network, but it's unclear how the move will shift NBC's thinking about sports rights and programming https://variety.com/...
@insidecablenews: @JBFlint Operative word..."some". They don't want a dedicated sports channel when they split up sports between streaming and traditional outlets. I predict the Olympics Channel is going to get it next...especially if the Tokyo games are cancelled. That channel is full of repeats.
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Atlantic Ten Basketball also moving to USA Network as part of NBC Sports Network shutdown. https://www.wsj.com/...
Alexandre Giess / @alexgiess: C̵h̵a̵r̵a̵ c̵t̵e̵r̵s̵ sports welcome https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports Group: “We're absolutely committed more than ever to live sports as a company, and having such a huge platform like USA Network airing some of our key sports content is great for our partners, distributors, viewers and advertisers alike.”
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