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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch says free speech is being suppressed by an “awful woke orthodoxy” and says he is “far from done” — Mr. Murdoch of News Corp, who spoke in a video, has been relatively quiet publicly in recent years. He called conformity on social media “a straitjacket on sensibility.”
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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.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Tucker Carlson Responds to WaPo Column on Fox News: ‘Stupid’ People Are Trying to Get This Network ‘Eliminated by Force’
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair: “We're Going to Be Stunned by How Much Money He Makes”: Wall Street Looks to Donald Trump's Next Con
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: The line from Rupert Murdoch's remarks on Saturday to the front cover of The New York Post on Monday is pretty short, and obvious: https://www.nytimes.com/...
NoelCaslerComedy / @caslernoel: The same folks that decry ‘woke-ism’ and ‘cancel culture’ attacked female comedians for using offensive words & images when reacting to the bigotry and human rights violations of the Trump era. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Fellow media reporters, I know y'all have been going through @rupertmurdoch withdrawal but he's “far from done” @katie_robertson reports: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Billy Bragg / @billybragg: Media mogul, fearful of losing his monopoly on setting the agenda, cites free speech as his reason for seeking to shut down debate https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Last week Fox laid off its longtime political editor because the president got mad at him but do go on about the perils of cancel culture https://www.nytimes.com/...
Meridith McGraw / @meridithmcgraw: Murdoch: “This rigidly enforced conformity, aided and abetted by so-called social media, is a straitjacket on sensibility. Too many people have fought too hard in too many places for freedom of speech to be suppressed by this awful woke orthodoxy.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jane Mayer / @janemayernyer: I guess Rupert Murdoch has reconsidered what he told the New Yorker in 1995: “The Truth is—and we Americans don't like to admit it—authoritarianism works.” Accepting Award, Condemns ‘Awful Woke Orthodoxy’ https://www.nytimes.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Apart from Trump, Rupert Murdoch probably bears more responsibility for sponsoring populism in the United States, and encouraging Covid misinformation that cost lives. Guess that is just the price of “individuals and societies realizing their potential.” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ian Bassin / @ianbassin: ... and so I've decided to give a massive platform to racism, he added. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: Ultimate source of all the ‘woke’ obsession and hard right culture wars From his gilded oligarchs cave, Murdoch thinks driving on the left in the UK is “woke pc cultural Marxism” (why not the right?) and would happily have a car crash of society in his will to power https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Hayden / @scout_finch: The Murdoch family are hugely responsible for the division and hatred in this country today. Twenty five years of relentlessly promoting the idea their neighbors are the enemy. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Barnwell / @billbarnwell: Once Rupert Murdoch came to visit the building where I worked as his employee and we were told that if we looked him in the eye or said anything to him as he walked around, we would be fired So no, I don't take his concerns about cancel culture seriously https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Rupert Murdoch says he's “far from done” as he condemns “wave of censorship” and “awful woke orthodoxy” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Berman / @markberman: a quietly perfect headline https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: Murdoch has done more damage to media than anyone else in the world. Fox News has aired COVID disinformation leading to its spread, harassed its critics into silence & undermined an election, leading to a violent insurrection. No one does “cancel culture” like Murdoch himself. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Safi / @safimichael: Awesome that he wore a medal and made a video for this fake award lol https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Rupert Murdoch decried an “awful woke orthodoxy” and declared, “I'm far from done” while accepting a lifetime achievement award this weekend.... https://www.nytimes.com/... Great catch here from @katie_robertson
Luke Oneil / @lukeoneil47: Rupert Murdoch the most powerful media mogul in the world also agrees with me and the boys that cancel culture has gone too far. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maris Kreizman / @mariskreizman: Media mogul and billionaire accepts lifetime achievement award while decrying cancel culture. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Last week Fox laid off its longtime political editor because the president got mad at him but do go on about the perils of cancel culture https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Hirschhorn / @jasonhirschhorn: Rupert Murdoch, someone that was very good to me and I had a lot of affection for, has gotten away with murder. It's shocking. And if you saw his recent comments, has no fucks to give on the damage they've done. And he's going to do more. I'm even shocked at how far they've gone.
Richard Hanania / @richardhanania: There's no way you can pay attention to Murdoch's media and not be convinced with all their ranting about community college professors and foreigners that if they had power they would enforce their own orthodoxy in ways a thousand times more oppressive. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Fox News just purged employees involved in accurately calling the state of Arizona for Biden, but do go on, Rupert. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: We don't often hear from Rupert Murdoch. Over the weekend, he said in a video that he was “far from done” and the media had to confront “a wave of censorship.” New York Post followed suit Monday with the Hawley front page https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: He also took a moment to take a swipe at “woke orthodoxy” Here's the video: https://twitter.com/...
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: Watch Media Mogul, Owner of Fox, Whine About ‘Wave of Censorship’ and ‘Awful Woke Orthodoxy’
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Rupert Murdoch rails against ‘awful woke orthodoxy’ while accepting award
Margaret Carmel / BoiseDev:
Idaho News Guild says Idaho Statesman's top editor was fired over her tweet advocating for staff resources in a protest letter sent to McClatchy management — Idaho's largest daily newspaper abruptly changed editorial leadership Monday. — As of Monday, the Statesman's top editor …
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@idahonewsguild, Washington Post, @mlcarmel, @jenwsheehan, @k_talerico, @zebpalmer, @thekaitmonster, @intensenerd, @dataeditor, @nicknehamas, @idahonewsguild, @emilyrpape, @kevinrichert, @nicknehamas, @frankeljulia, @donlday, @emmaiannacone, @kateconger, @donlday, @annehelen, @melissasantos1, @hayley__harding, @mattdpearce, @ribunchreports, @veenadubal and @leszaitz
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@idahonewsguild: 🧵 Today, the journalists of the Idaho News Guild sent a letter to @mcclatchy management to formally protest the abrupt and inappropriate firing of editor Christina Lords. https://twitter.com/...
Teo Armus / Washington Post: An Idaho newspaper editor struggled to get Excel access for staff. After tweeting about it, she was fired.
Margaret Carmel / @mlcarmel: .@ChristinaLords is no longer leading the Idaho Statesman newsroom. The Idaho News Guild says she was fired after a tweet last week about cuts to resources at the media company. https://boisedev.com/...
Jennifer W. Sheehan / @jenwsheehan: I guess they think it's easier to hide the lack of resources their journalists face and fire her, than to just make sure the staff has what it needed in the first place. Classic major media company twisted logic for you https://twitter.com/...
Kate Talerico / @k_talerico: Christina always encouraged me to apply for journalism grants, take on big stories + is vocal about her love for the Statesman's staff. She was fired after speaking up about newsroom resources. My former job has not been filled since I left. That was 3 months ago. https://twitter.com/...
Zeb Palmer / @zebpalmer: Guessing the company got embarrassed by her tweet. They could have fixed the issue & no one would have noticed. Or... Well, people are noticing now eh @mcclatchy? https://twitter.com/...
@thekaitmonster: I know Christina Lords personally and am friends with many Idaho journalists who have had the honor of working with and under her. She is the best at what she does. For her to be fired for a reason as petty and inappropriate as this is not only wrong, it is irresponsible. https://twitter.com/...
@intensenerd: Christina Lords is a genuine asset to local journalism and a valued contributor to the Treasure Valley. This termination is ridiculous. @mcclatchy do the right thing. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: folks think i joke when i say that most of the tools i recommend for data journalism are free because most newsrooms are cheap but it's not a joke https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Nehamas / @nicknehamas: The Idaho Statesman's top editor, Christina Lords, tweeted her frustration about not being able to get a reporter Excel (I use it everyday) and was fired. This is not okay. https://twitter.com/...
@idahonewsguild: If McClatchy is grateful to Christina, they can show that by reversing their untenable decision to fire her for a tweet that illustrated only how tough the local news environment is https://twitter.com/...
Emily Pape / @emilyrpape: Local news is what ensures communities can thrive, and @ChristinaLords is one of the best leaders in the business. I emailed @mcclatchy staff demanding they rehire her and urge you to do the same (emails in thread below). https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Richert / @kevinrichert: I have known many @IdahoStatesman editors in my day, and @ChristinaLords is a star. An advocate for journalists and journalism, for collaboration and community. A huge loss for readers. https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Nehamas / @nicknehamas: This should not be happening. Please RT and spread the word. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Frankel / @frankeljulia: @ChristinaLords was my fierce, extraordinary editor last summer at the @IdahoStatesman. She was just fired after advocating for a basic investigative resource — Excel. Please, if you care about local news, read the thread below and & call on @mcclatchy to reinstate Christina. https://twitter.com/...
@donlday: .@mcclatchy gave a statement to @mlcarmel over the firing of Christina Lords. It's short - and they didn't answer Margaret's questions: https://boisedev.com/...
Emma Iannacone / @emmaiannacone: This is outrageous! Newsrooms are so underfunded — how dare they fire her for being transparent about that?? https://twitter.com/...
O...K / @kateconger: imagine firing an editor who was just trying to get Microsoft Excel for one of their reporters https://twitter.com/...
@donlday: According to the @IdahoNewsGuild, @McClatchy fired @IdahoStatesman editor @ChristinaLords over a tweet sent Friday. The union is publicly demanding her reinstatement. @mlcarmel with the story: https://boisedev.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: .@mcclatchy fired Christina Lords, an investigative editor at the @IdahoStatesman, after tweeting about her frustration that she couldn't get Excel access for a new investigative journalist. She also asked her followers to subscribe & support the paper. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Santos / @melissasantos1: Every reporter needs Excel on their computer — I use it constantly even when covering politics. An investigative reporter should have even more advanced tools. It is more then reasonable for an editor to point to this as a major issue, in urging people to subscribe. #journalism https://twitter.com/...
Hayley Harding / @hayley__harding: Imagine thinking journalism needs fewer people like Christina Lords rather than so many more. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: This is maybe the stupidest tweet-firing yet. The real cancel culture is at-will employment. https://twitter.com/...
Riley Bunch / @ribunchreports: When I was in between jobs in Idaho, @ChristinaLords took time to have coffee with me and brainstorm story ideas I could freelance for the @IdahoStatesman. She always lifts other journalists up — in her newsroom and outside of it. So disappointing @mcclatchy. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: NYT told Lauren Wolfe, who had a temporary position, that her name and NYT's name were in headlines after her “chills” tweet, and “we can't have that” — The paper of record's treatment of a freelance editor getting “chills” on Twitter drew accusations …
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@wolfe321, Poynter, @miriamelder, @joepompeo, @yashar, Washington Post, @feliciasonmez, @froomkin, @mikeloukides, @b52malmet, @fawfulfan, @davidklion, @arusbridger, @themarysue, @weareyourfek, @wajahatali, @kendrawrites, @aaschapiro, @miriamelder, @sethabramson, @astroehlein, @meredthsalenger, @laurarbelin, @markhalperin, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, The Guardian, @brianstelter, @joshgerstein, @mlcalderone, @tvietor08, The Hill, @jeremyhobson, Today in Tabs, Media Nation, Vox and @vermontgmg
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Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: Hi all. I truly appreciate everyone's support but I need to ask you a favor: PLEASE don't unsubscribe from @nytimes. I have loved this paper and its mission my whole life. Their journalism is some of the most important & best in the world, & they need to be read widely. Thank you
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: @joepompeo “According to someone with knowledge of the phone call in which Wolfe was let go, she was told that her name and the Times' name were in headlines all over the place, and 'we can't have that.'” https://www.vanityfair.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”
@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/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: The New York Times says it didn't part ways with editor over Biden ‘chills’ tweet
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: NYT should not have fired Lauren @Wolfe321, especially when other journos at the paper have done far worse recently and kept their jobs. Knee-jerk firings in response to online harassment campaigns only further embolden harassers — and put ALL journalists at risk. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: OK but how about if we demand that the chain of command that fired you be publicly identified and reassigned/demoted/fired? And if they refuse, we create a pool of free gift subscriptions for those who don't want to pay their salaries anymore? https://twitter.com/...
Mike Loukides / @mikeloukides: It's been a problem with the NYT for a long time. Afraid of being called “eastern liberal media elite.” So they play the “report the controversy” game. https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: As one Times journalist put it, “You'd think under all this added scrutiny, the company would be more transparent about how they go about these things. A lot of people inside were scratching their heads about how they handled this one.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Matthew Chapman / @fawfulfan: Speaking as a reporter who has seen first hand the struggle of newsrooms to remain profitable in the Internet age, I reject this premise. The NYT does do great work, but it's not a charity, it's a business. And it's on businesses to behave in a way that maintains consumer trust. https://twitter.com/...
David Klion / @davidklion: Is anyone at NYT going to publicly defend this firing? In addition to unjustly terminating Wolfe in the middle of a pandemic, they've put their entire staff at risk of similar bad faith campaigns by rewarding this one. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: Whatever the complete truth of the apparent firing of @Wolfe321 by @nytimes this is a classy response ... https://twitter.com/...
@themarysue: Meanwhile, men accused of sexual misconduct continue to be employed. https://www.themarysue.com/...
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: One more thing on Lauren Wolfe: Last year, Don McNeil, one of the finest reporters in all the land — and the NYT's king Covid correspondent — called Pence a sycophant and said the director of the CDC should resign. McNeil (who, of course, was right) got a slap on the wrist.
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: All l'll say is Rukmini Callimachi, Bret Stephens and Glenn Thrush still have jobs at the NYT and that tells you everything you need to know about the industry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@kendrawrites: Doesn't talk about 1. who gets in trouble for tweets is directly correlated with who you are and who you made uncomfortable. Factual tweets at NYT can be considered “political.” 2. The right wing media campaign that went after Lauren over the tweet in the first place https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: “Many of Wolfe's defenders noted that the Times did not fire reporter Glenn Thrush after multiple women accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior..Dean Baquet said the journalist had ‘behaved in ways that we do not condone,’ but Thrush kept his job.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: .@joepompeo has new details on the Times vs Lauren Wolfe https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: WP: “'We [the NYT] didn't end someone's employment over a single tweet.' The newspaper also clarified that Wolfe was not a full-time employee and did not have a contract with the publication, contrary to widespread reports, and instead worked on a more informal freelance basis.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Stroehlein / @astroehlein: The NY Times fired @Wolfe321 for this tweet? That's it? Expressing some sense of relief that a violent attempt to overthrow the democratic process failed and that a normal transfer of power was happening after all... That's a fireable offense now? https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Salenger / @meredthsalenger: I won't unsubscribe. However, they need to reinstate you in your job. This was a travesty that needs to be remedied. So, @nytimes get it together and rehire @Wolfe321. She clearly is a class act and didn't throw you under the bus the way you did her. https://twitter.com/...
Bleeding Heartland / @laurarbelin: Weak for @nytimes to claim “we didn't end someone's employment over a single tweet.” When you fire someone right after Glenn Greenwald & many others attacked her tweet, everyone will assume that's why she was fired. The paper has incentivized bad-faith attacks on other staff. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Halperin / @markhalperin: “Single” is not the same as “two.” https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Major news outlets like the Times are relieved to no longer have a president who constantly calls them ‘fake news’ and ‘the enemy of the people,’ but they also don't want to be seen as overly friendly to the norm-abiding Biden administration.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Sounds like Buckingham Palace. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian: New York Times fires editor targeted by rightwing critics over Biden tweet
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “If nothing else, the episode shows how quickly a single, seemingly innocuous tweet can rapidly spiral into the type of viral media scandal that no one wants to find themselves in the middle of...” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein: May not have fired someone over a single tweet....but don't rule it out in the future! https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Going inside the NYT's firing of Lauren Wolfe, @joepompeo reports that “she was told that her name and the Times' name were in headlines all over the place, and 'we can't have that.'” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: The New York Times demands transparency from powerful institutions not named The New York Times https://twitter.com/...
Justine Coleman / The Hill: New York Times cuts ties with editor conservatives criticized over Biden tweet
Jeremy Hobson / @jeremyhobson: There are really no standards for this. I have seen journalists tweet things that would be seen as far more political with no consequence. https://twitter.com/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Men, and Other Crimes — The best thing I read this weekend was Namwali Serpell's “Pixar's Troubled ‘Soul’,” in The New Yorker.
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: (Not) getting to the bottom of why The New York Times fired Lauren Wolfe
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox: Did the New York Times fire an editor over a tweet? The Lauren Wolfe controversy, explained
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Insider Inc. says it was profitable in 2020 and added 200 jobs as revenue grew 30% YoY; sources: it generated $150M+ in revenue as subscribers doubled to 100K+ — Business-news site generated 30% revenue growth in 2020 despite Covid-19 crisis thanks to subscriptions, automated ads
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Alyson Shontell / @ajs: Yes, we did “nothing” at Business Insider last year — except grow revenue 30%, more than double subscriptions, and hire 130 journalists :) and that is just the appetizer to what we will do this year. https://www.wsj.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: Unlike many competitors, Business Insider didn't make any cuts at the worst economic moments of the pandemic, but added 200 staffers last year, growing revenue 30% to over $150m. Digital subscribers more than doubled to 100k+ https://www.wsj.com/...
Mark Stenberg / @markstenberg3: wow i am honored to have been mentioned directly in this @WSJ quote: “The company added 200 employees in 2020, 130 of them in the newsroom, and now employs just over 500 people in all.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Henno / @jrhennessy: i'm pursuing a similar strategy down under even beyond the pandemic https://www.wsj.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Insider “added 200 employees in 2020, 130 of them in the newsroom, and now employs just over 500 people in all.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Across American corporations, leaders were responding to the #COVID19 crisis with a flurry of activity + strategy shifts @businessinsider co-founder @hblodget persuaded the company's owner to do nothing when #COVID19 hit and let the storm pass It worked https://www.wsj.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: This WSJ piece reports that: Business Insider took in $150 million in revenue last year; advertising is its dominant source of revenue. This piece could be so much stronger w/outside voices — a media buyer or advertiser. https://www.wsj.com/...
Matt Drange / @mattdrange: See, I don't *only* share bad news on here: “Insider Inc. was able to continue a hiring spree despite the turmoil. The company added 200 employees in 2020, 130 of them in the newsroom, and now employs just over 500 people in all.” We're still hiring, too!https://www.wsj.com/...
Dave Levinthal / @davelevinthal: Proud to be part of the @BusinessInsider Washington Bureau that went from zero to (soon) a dozen full-time journalists during the course of the pandemic. https://www.wsj.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Weird headline aside, BI deserves a lot of credit for being in a strong position going into this crisis, then being aggressive to build share and be poised to come out the other side even stronger. https://www.wsj.com/...
Krithika Varagur / @krithikavaragur: hiring a ton of journalists during the pandemic appears to be........................good https://twitter.com/...
Alan Dawson / @alandawsonsport: Good feature in the Wall Street Journal regarding my employer/ publication, Insider Inc., and how it performed in the pandemic. 30% revenue growth in 2020, turned a profit, and hired an extra 200 people (130 in newsrooms). Check it out media nerds 👇 https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: “Insider Inc., the parent of Business Insider and related properties, roared back in the second half of the year, posting 30% revenue growth for 2020 while turning a profit.” Adding 200+ employees, including 130 newsroom, in the process. Bravo 👏https://www.wsj.com/ ...
Nicholas Carlson / @nichcarlson: It was a pretty relaxing year... ;-) https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Jake Swearingen / @jakeswearingen: crazy that the year i was hired was the same year revenue grew by 30%.... https://www.wsj.com/...
Deep Bagchee / @deepbagchee: Staying the course on a strategy is often not celebrated enough in digital media, so pretty interesting to see @businessinsider and @hblodget and team do just that in 2020. The result: revenues grew 30% and BI was profitable per @lalpert1 https://www.wsj.com/...
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Facebook News launches in the UK, partners with Axel Springer and Samsung owned Upday for curation; announces new partnerships and payments for some publishers — As the United Kingdom prepares to sharpen its focus on how it regulates big tech companies, Facebook is taking a big step …
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Nick Clegg / Telegraph: Facebook News will help sustain quality journalism
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Facebook's cash-for-content News scheme launches in the UK with most publishers on board
Jesper Doub / About Facebook: A New Destination for News in the UK
Stephen Lepitak / @stephenlepitak: Conflicted by today's UK launch of Facebook News. On one hand it helps deliver more audience directly to #media platforms - that's gold - but on the other it creates a dependency on a partner who has all of the control and can pull the plug at any time. 🤔https://about-fb-com.cdn.amppr oject.org/ ...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: Facebook News starts rolling out in the UK today New partners include Channel 4 News, Daily Mail Group, DC Thomson, Financial Times, Sky News and Telegraph Media Group https://about.fb.com/...
Jesper Doub / @sofus_d: Excited to launch FB News in the UK later today together with a strong and diverse set of news partners across the industry. This marks a significant investment in the news industry and is the first of several roll-outs internationally. https://about.fb.com/...
Monojoy Bhattacharjee / What's New in Publishing: Facebook rolls out “a new destination for news” in the UK: Will pay publishers for content
Rat King / @mikeisaac: “The reality is Facebook and other social platforms are something entirely new - and should be regulated as such.” — Nick Clegg on Facebook+Journalism in the Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 👀 In announcing the launch of Facebook News in the UK, Nick Clegg says that less than 4% of the content share on News Feed are links to news articles. — Still, Clegg notes, Facebook “undoubtedly plays a significant role in the distribution of journalism” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
Rhiannon Williams / inews.co.uk: Facebook News launches in UK amid journalism payment standoff
David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage: Facebook begins paying regional publishers for content
Kris Holt / Engadget: Facebook's News tab arrives in the UK
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Television Stations President Peter Dunn and SVP of News David Friend have been placed on leave, after an LAT report alleging racism and misogyny at work — Peter Dunn, president of the CBS Television Stations, and David Friend, senior vice president of news for the stations were placed on the leave …
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Los Angeles Times, Robert Feder, @rverrier, The Wrap, @megjameslat, @phil_rosenthal and Los Angeles Times
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times: CBS suspends top TV station executives after L.A. Times investigation
Richard Verrier / @rverrier: How a senior CBS executive who championed an unusual TV station acquisition in Long Island secured a membership in an exclusive golf course owned by the seller. Read this extraordinary anatomy of a deal by @MegJamesLAT https://www.latimes.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: CBS TV Stations Boss Peter Dunn on Leave After Accusation of Racist, Sexist Behavior
Meg James / @megjameslat: NEWS: CBS suspends top two TV station executives — Peter Dunn and David Friend — following LA Times investigation into racism and misogyny at TV station group. CBS plans to investigate the allegations raised here: https://www.latimes.com/...
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Ex-CNN exec S. Mitra Kalita and PA radio exec Sara Lomax-Reese launch URL Media, a newsletter seeking to expand local news on Black and brown communities — Former CNN executive S. Mitra Kalita and Philadelphia radio executive Sara Lomax-Reese have launched a newsletter seeking to expand local news …
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@mitrakalita, @russcontreras, @gregabedard, @sashak, @elizatalks, @cande313, @amlwhere, @kainazamaria, @rosental, @ampalm, @ccmnewmarkj, @eramshaw, @schmalie, @raju and @dawnc331
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S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: We introduce ourselves at a pivotal time in U.S. and global history. We don't want the next 4 years to look like the last 4—or 400. https://url-media.com/
Russell Contreras / @russcontreras: SCOOP: Ex-CNN exec S. Mitra Kalita and Philly radio exec Sara Lomax-Reese have launched a newsletter to expand local news on Black and brown communities to national audiences #mediadiversity @aaja @NABJ @najournalists @NAHJ https://www.axios.com/...
Greg A. Bedard / @gregabedard: Proud of my former @daily_targum teammate. Good luck! https://twitter.com/...
Sasha Koren / @sashak: Seeing “love” in the name of a media company, along with “uplift” and “respect” around the communities a news organization serves is so radical (in both senses) and so needed. May it be a model. Brava @mitrakalita and @slomaxreese https://twitter.com/...
Eliza Anyangwe / @elizatalks: 🔥"We know that it's going to take years...for mainstream media to diversify staff and content quickly enough to meet this moment. We recognize the great work our partners already do and believe we are stronger together. The next 4 years cannot look like the last 4 — or 400"🔥 https://twitter.com/...
Candice Fortman / @cande313: You know what I love about this? It's an ecosystem fix that doesn't center newsroom growth alone. Women (more specifically women of color) often build with the many in mind and with a harm reduction mentality. The future of news will require more of this. Invest in women. https://twitter.com/...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: Keep thinking of something @mitrakalita said about local news: “When you're worried about eviction, we'll tell you where to get help. National news doesn't show up until your furniture is on the sidewalk.” Proud to support her and this work with a @niemanfdn visiting fellowship. https://twitter.com/...
Kainaz Amaria / @kainazamaria: “The next 4 years cannot look like the last 4 — or 400...” AMEN. https://twitter.com/...
@rosental: Former CNN executive and Philadelphia radio executive start media venture for communities of color. The plan is to create a go-to place for news about Black, Latino and Asian American communities in various cities. https://www.axios.com/...
Anika Palm / @ampalm: Folks, @mitrakalita's instincts about this industry are better even than most people's labored research. Her instincts + her work ethic + her research/knowledge = gamechanger. Media decisionmakers would do well to pay attention to (and pay money for) her new venture. https://twitter.com/...
@ccmnewmarkj: A fantastic new media company to support community-based media serving communities of color! Congratulations to the wonderful @slomaxreese and @mitrakalita! https://twitter.com/...
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: This is awesome news! Huge congrats for taking this critical leap @mitrakalita 👏👏 https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Schmalbach / @schmalie: .@url_media: “We're building a decentralized, multi-platform network of high-performing Black and Brown media organizations. We'll share content, distribution, [...] expand revenue and build long-term sustainability. Congrats and TY @mitrakalita & @slomaxreese! This is excellent https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Good to see a thoughtful, creative and hopeful “for-profit” approach to solving for America's local/community journalism stake its claim, after the recent stampeding into misguided beliefs that non-profit media models are the only hope. Say hello to @url_media https://twitter.com/...
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Forbes drops plans for a trip to Bermuda for 75 people on its “30 under 30” list, meant to provide an escape from pandemic “gloom”, after facing criticism — Invitation for people on magazine's ‘30 under 30’ list is dropped hours after Guardian inquiry
Discussion:
@rachel: Forbes is inviting 75 of their 30 Under 30s to start a “bubble” for a month-long residency in Bermuda in March. It seems like they're taking every precaution possible, and yet.... this still seems like an incredibly terrible and ill-conceived idea. https://twitter.com/...
Ian Torres / @serrotnai: “i thought joining the forbes 30 under 30 would be the Ultimate Hope... but the only thing waiting for us on the island was the Ultimate Despair.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tara Haelle / @tarahaelle: So @Forbes can't afford to pay its journalism contributors decent fees—slashing pay 4 times in recent years & twice in 2020—but it can afford to violate health recs & irresponsibly send 30 entrepreneurs to Bermuda for a month to escape Covid “doom.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@kerrymflynn: That was fast... I'd personally enjoy a 10,000-word tick tock on what was going through Forbes executives' heads while planning the 30u30 Bermuda trip and then pulling the plug shortly after the idea leaked https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Praxi Driver / @harrybaker_md: I may not be a worldly elite but I'm pretty sure 75 > 30? https://twitter.com/...
Alex Neason / @alexandrianeas: just gonna say it again: all around me, a press (if we consider forbes 30 under 30 ‘the press’ for sake of this argument lol) committed to empire and stupid ass colonizer behavior. it cannot be fixed https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Dunton / @caredunton: not only is this the worst idea for a million reasons but isn't it basically....bachelor in paradise? https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Noah / @timothynoah1: Excellent parable about meritocracy, which is flawed by, among other things, the stupid and smug presumption that if you can do X you can also do Y. In this case Y is “not get Covid.” https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post TikTok Guy / @davejorgenson: This is not what I meant when I said I wanted to compete on Survivor https://twitter.com/...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: HEY my fellow entrepreneurs! just touched down in Bermuda, time to take a PCR test and a big sip of my rum swizzle and check the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: Just as we published this story, Forbes came back to say that the event's cancelled. Updating now! https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: So Forbes asked its 30 under 30 honourees if they wanted to take a monthlong break from the covid ‘monotony and gloom’ in Bermuda: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Forbes suddenly cancels its Bermuda retreat for its 30 Under 30 recipients: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dr. Steven W. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: Ppl are dunking on this rightly and laughing, but the truth is, young & rich ppl are actively self-sorting, trying to get vaccinated ("vax for vax") & cordoning themselves off already—and this stunt is a harbinger of a coming ableist consolidation of wealth & social capital https://twitter.com/...
Margit Wennmachers / Andreessen Horowitz:
a16z plans to launch a “new and separate media property” later this year focused on “the future” and names ex-CNN editor Maggie Leung executive editor — We embraced speaking directly to our audience — from the builders of the future to the tech-curious — right as the firm was started in 2009.
Discussion:
@smc90, @panzer, Business Insider, @wennmachers, @panzer, @kantrowitz, @asalyers3, @chaykak, @ricmac, @julesyoo, @jessicalessin, @cityofthetown, @naithanjones, @saschasegan, @jessicalessin, @vijaypande, @taylorlorenz, @obrien, @mathewi, @sarthakgh, @a16z, @thekenyeung, @andrewchen, @bhorowitz, @panzer, Bloomberg and Talking Biz News, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Sonal Chokshi / @smc90: Excited to finally share just a small (!) slice of our plans; that our executive editor position is now filled (yay!) — best decision I made was hiring @asalyers3 as managing editor 2 yrs ago... it was v lonely first 5 yrs of building editorial operation! https://a16z.com/...
Matthew Panzarino / @panzer: fact is everyone talks their book, and a16's book is, in general, intellectually curious, rabbit-holey and data centric. probably better than vast majority of vc marketing https://twitter.com/...
Business Insider: Andreessen Horowitz is not the only VC firm building its own in-house ‘media machine’, top VCs tell us.
Margit Wennmachers / @wennmachers: When @a16z started in 2009, we embraced blogging to speak directly to our audience of builders and founders. We're expanding our content operation into its own media property to help make sense of technology, innovation, and the future. https://a16z.com/... Here's why 👇
Matthew Panzarino / @panzer: I have all of the access I'd care to have (way more, frankly) and I can tell you that you do not need it to think, report and write well about startups.
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: I'm totally for companies building a direct channel with their audience. But also concerned it means sidelining different voices and tough conversations. Moves like this send a signal to the industry. My hope is that it's not: Life is better in an echo chamber. https://twitter.com/...
Amelia Salyers / @asalyers3: Sneak peek at the most exciting, ambitious, scary project of my career. So grateful @smc90 pulled me to @a16z 2 years ago ... can't wait to keep building the thing w/ her, @wennmachers, @jareditor, our whole editorial & marketing team, and now the legend Maggie Leung! https://twitter.com/...
Richard MacManus / @ricmac: Kind of ironic, as all those TechCrunch bloggers turned into VCs and now it's the opposite... https://twitter.com/...
Julie Yoo / @julesyoo: “Our lens is rational optimism about technology and the future.” Some words on our newest media project: https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: .@a16z confirms @theinformation scoop about launching a big new media property to be the “go-to” place for understanding tech. https://a16z.com/...
Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown: First big lesson for you, A16Z—please cite @theinformation and @EricNewcomer for breaking this. You'll get it eventually, but it's considered good practice as a media company to h/t outlets who beat you to the story. https://a16z.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: All journalists should take @a16z's announcement of a new tech publication as a call to arms to do what we do better than ever and to show readers why journalism must always be independent.
Vijay Pande / @vijaypande: Doubling Down on the Future—@wennmachers on @a16z's “building a new and separate media property about the future that makes sense of technology, innovation, and where things are going” with an expanded effort into contributed pieces on our properties. https://a16z.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: a16z has hired Maggie Leung, former head of content for NerdWallet (and CNN, WSJ journalist before that) as executive editor https://a16z.com/...
Chris O'Brien / @obrien: Venture firm announces plans to launch a massive content marketing operation. Like every other corporation on the planet. People assume this is somehow revolutionary because Silicon Valley. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Update: New a16z executive editor is Maggie Leung, head of content at NerdWallet, formerly WaPo, WSJ and CNN https://a16z.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: “Just one example is a United States senator contacted us saying he was going to draft legislation based on a podcast he heard and wanted to meet the entrepreneur who promoted the idea.” https://twitter.com/...
@a16z: “People want to learn about the future. If software really is eating the world, there needs to be a place that is dedicated to explaining and tracking it. So we are doing just that.” @wennmachers An announcement on the future of a16z media. https://a16z.com/...
Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung: Doubling Down on the Future — Andreessen Horowitz is building out a separate media property aimed at tech, innovation and “where things are going.” The goal is to be “the go-to place for understanding and building the future...” https://a16z.com/... #tech via @a16z
Andrew Chen / @andrewchen: 👇announcing a16z's new executive editor and our strategy for blogging, podcasting, Clubhouse, and more media! https://twitter.com/...
Ben Horowitz / @bhorowitz: Here we go! https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter buys newsletter platform Revue, plans to lower its cut of paid newsletter revenue to 5% and let writers host conversations with subscribers on Twitter — Twitter on Tuesday said it has acquired Revue, a newsletter platform for writers and publishers.
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: 100+ Politico staffers sent a letter to Allbritton criticizing the decision to publish Ben Shapiro and calling out EIC Kaminski's internal response — More than 100 Politico staffers signed onto a letter sent to publisher Robert Allbritton, expressing disgust with allowing right …
Discussion:
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast: 100+ Politico Staffers Send Letter to Publisher Railing Against Publishing Ben Shapiro
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News: New video shows Trump rally crowd cheering call to ‘storm the Capitol’
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Politico reporters criticize their company for promoting bigotry by publishing Ben Shapiro: report
Branko Marcetic / @bmarchetich: Shapiro is a nasty little bigot, of course, but more constructive would be if staffers pushed to expand the range of voices platformed. One newsletter guest-written by Shapiro won't do much damage, but more left voices would be genuinely counteractive. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBC's Peacock signs a deal for exclusive streaming rights for WWE Network content in the US from March; source says the deal runs five years and is worth $1B+ — World Wrestling Entertainment content will move to Peacock starting March 18 in deal worth more than $1 billion
Discussion:
Variety, The Wrap, Variety, Digital TV Europe, @sherman4949, Hollywood Reporter, @arashmarkazi, @jonalba, @henereyg, CNBC, @davidcandersen, @austinkarp, @idjweddings, @wrestlinggary, @cevalloslaw, @earlwgardner, @wrestlenomics, @chriswelch, Business Insider, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, The Desk, @notsam, @perlberg, @xpangler, @vishal1mehra, @ourand_sbj, Too Much TV Newsletter, Power-Wrestling, Front Office Sports, Sports Business Daily, Sports Illustrated, CNET, Adweek, PR Newswire, Forbes, /Film, Ad Age, Awful Announcing, Sports Illustrated, The Wrap, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, MediaPost, The Week, nexttv.com, Bloomberg, TVLine, Axios, The Wrap and The Streamable
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Todd Spangler / Variety: NBCU's Peacock Pins WWE Network Exclusive U.S. Streaming Rights
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: How the $1 Billion WWE Network Deal Puts Peacock Into the Ring With Streaming Giants
Todd Spangler / Variety: WWE Expects Peacock Deal to Help Boost Profits in 2021
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: NBCUniversal to integrate WWE Network with Peacock in deal worth a reported US$1 billion
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: This is a big deal for Peacock (gets all WWE Network programming) and a symbolic move for WWE, which is now ending its US streaming service. That's a failure for WWE. It cost $9.99/month. Now all of the content will be on Peacock for $4.99/month w/ ads https://www.cnbc.com/...
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: WWE Network to Move Under NBCU's Peacock in Exclusive Streaming Deal
Arash Markazi / @arashmarkazi: The @WWENetwork is moving to NBC's streaming service @peacockTV starting March 18 in a five-year deal worth more than $1 billion. https://variety.com/...
Jon Alba / @jonalba: These adjusted #WWE income estimates are just absolutely mind-blowing as far as a sports-entertainment entity goes (and yes, that's a real term beyond the realm of pro wrestling). https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Henry Gilbert / @henereyg: Looks like the Peacock move is very profitable for WWE https://variety.com/... Can *any* mainstream media give space these reports to note that WWE dismissed a distressingly huge chunk of staff at the pandemic's start even when they obviously didn't need to for $$$ reasons? Yuck
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: NBC's Peacock gets exclusive WWE streaming rights in the U.S.
David C. Andersen / @davidcandersen: Vince McMahon must hold the patent on being able to fall ass backwards into billions of dollars from television companies, all while producing the lowest rated, record setting audience eroding content in the history of the business. THAT is what makes him a genius. 💰 https://twitter.com/...
Austin Karp / @austinkarp: Off the top rope https://twitter.com/...
Mario-F. Robles / @idjweddings: This works out great for me. My wife wants Peacock Premium ($5) because of their “super fan” The Office content (and other fave sitcoms). I currently pay $10 for the WWE Network. Now I'll just have to pay $10 to have both, and no ads. SCORE! https://twitter.com/...
Gary Cassidy / @wrestlinggary: According to @WSJ, it's a five-year deal valued at over one billion dollars. https://www.wsj.com/...
Danny Cevallos / @cevalloslaw: This is exciting news. I hope old episodes of the classic “Piper's Pit” will be available. https://www.wsj.com/....
Earl Gardner Photography / @earlwgardner: This might make it easier to cancel your WWE Network subscription https://www.wsj.com/...
@wrestlenomics: “Terms of the pact weren't disclosed. A person familiar with the deal said it runs five years and is valued at more than $1 billion.” Comes out to average annual value of at least $200 million. Compare to U.S. AAV of Raw ($265m) and Smackdown ($205m). https://www.wsj.com/...
Chris Welch / @chriswelch: WWE Network never managed to maintain a subscriber base of even 2 million people for an entire year. Now it's becoming part of Peacock in a deal said to be worth over $1 billion. Vince McMahon continues to be very good at making money. https://www.theverge.com/...
Ben Blanchet / Business Insider: How to watch WWE Network's wrestling events exclusively on Peacock starting March 18
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Disney/ESPN, Peacock and paramount+ all have sports. HBO max will soon. Amazon kind of does. Netflix may be the last pure play standing https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: WWE was once hailed as a streaming success story. Now it's far too small to standalone. By @gerryfsmith https://www.google.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: WWE Network to shut down, with content moving to Peacock
Sam Roberts / @notsam: Looks like your boy is about to have a show on Peacock! https://variety.com/...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: turns out people like bundles, maybe cable was on to something https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: In March, @WWENetwork's existing U.S. subscribers (~1.1M) will be migrated to Peacock Premium, where they'll continue to get access to WWE Network but will pay 50% less per month (& get full access to Peacock Premium tier with ads) https://variety.com/...
Vishal Mehra / @vishal1mehra: Interesting to see @WWENetwork expansion strategy, after amassing a million+ subscribers they are tying up with small/emerging OTT players to expand - like with @SonyLIV in India and @peacockTV in US. https://twitter.com/...
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: WWE's Nick Khan: “It means that we're done doing deals in the U.S. for a while.” https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/ ...
Christian Bruns / Power-Wrestling: WWE verkauft Network-Inhalt, Indien-Special am Dienstag
Abigail Gentrup / Front Office Sports: NBC's $1B WWE Bet
Justin Barrasso / Sports Illustrated: WWE Fans Returning to the Stands for ‘WrestleMania 37’
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: WWE Network Heads to Peacock as NBCU Looks to Bulk Up Streaming Subscriptions
Alfred Konuwa / Forbes: WWE Network To Air Exclusively On Peacock In A Deal Rumored To Be Worth $1 Billion
Ethan Anderton / /Film: Peacock is Now the Exclusive Streaming Home of the WWE Network
Ethan Jakob Craft / Ad Age: Peacock inks exclusive deal with WWE Network
Ian Casselberry / Awful Announcing: WWE Network to move to NBC's Peacock streaming service in March
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Peacock Snags Exclusive WWE Network U.S. Streaming Rights
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Peacock strikes streaming deal with WWE reportedly valued at over $1 billion
Jon Lafayette / nexttv.com: Peacock Exclusively Pins WWE Network in the U.S.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: WWE Wrestling Heads to Peacock in Streaming Deal
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine: WWE to Shutter Streaming Service, Move Content to Peacock in New Deal
Tara Conlan / The Guardian:
Sky UK says it is increasing the number of original British shows by 50% and releasing a new, exclusive movie every two weeks to compete with streaming services — Exclusive: TV company aims to be releasing a new film every week by 2022, with 30 due this year
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