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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Survey: 42% of Americans trust journalists more if they keep their views private; 36% trust them more if they are “open and honest” on social media about views — The tensions in newsrooms over reporters' social media presence are not just about politics.
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Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: This piece by @benyt is illuminating and well reasoned. But I do think something all these “Should journalists tweet?” pieces miss is that Twitter has allowed POC journalists a platform they're often denied in traditional newsrooms. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: @benyt Twitter, for all its warts, is quite democratizing. It allows journalists a reach, both in the platform and in networking, they wouldn't have otherwise. Who would that benefit the most? People who are underrepresented and don't have the traditional upwards mobility.
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This is an interesting piece by @benyt on newsrooms relationship to twitter. One thing I think to note is that pretty much every reporter I've ever managed seemed to be happy to abide by social media guidelines... if they understood what they were https://www.nytimes.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: Something I said to @benyt that didn't end up in his column Often the only safety net a reporter has is their Twitter following. It allows them to seek new employment, get other gigs that they wouldn't necessarily be able to lock in without a following. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: this both doesn't surprise me and is extremely important. I once told an editor that, for the beat I cover and readers I court, being unwilling to say (true) things like “sure a lot of the Tea Party was racist” would harm my ability to earn their trust https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Luke Oneil / @lukeoneil47: The unspoken truth in stories like this is journalists are not supposed to tweet their own point of view if it comes from the left. Status quo and conventional wisdom (centrist and center right) takes are considered de facto neutral. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Sternberg / The Media Nut: Is advertising in the Super Bowl worth it?
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: Echoing what other folks I respect have already said: My journalism career probably ends a decade earlier — for better or worse — without Twitter. Plus, speaking for myself, I'm exposed to so many good and smart people on here. Twitter is often good, too. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Disciplining people for one off tweets is not something I ever found to be effective when I was in senior newsroom management. Often it just lead to anger among staff and confusion because punishment would seem arbitrary. I stopped sending the “your tweet” emails very early
Nisha Chittal / @nishachittal: “If I ran a newsroom,” he said, “I'd both tell my people I wasn't going to come after them for stupid tweets and also basically beg them to tweet as little as possible.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: @benyt Ben kind of gets at it here, ie. Twitter shifts balance towards “star” reporters. True! But it also shifts power towards underrepresented reporters. And that's something often overlooked. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: very true. It allows people otherwise overlooked in their newsrooms to find audience and platform, and also allows those of us who are not in newsroom leadership roles to weigh in on the current and future state of our industry in ways we never could otherwise https://twitter.com/...
@carigervin: Like no fucking shit. (Not gonna tag my former bosses but also NO FUCKING SHIT.) https://twitter.com/...
Aileen Gallagher / @aegallagher: There's not a social media policy in the world that address the crux of the problem: What's good for social media is often bad for journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Choire Sicha / @choire: For years I've been saving it all up for a single tweet so vulgar, so horrific, so enthralling, that not only will it get me fired but a bad tweet wormhole will erase my sad path through this world, destroying everything I've touched. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: You're more likely to be trusted if you conceal what you think... vs. You're more likely to be trusted if you reveal what you think... The two propositions give rise to different social media policies. Of course trust is only one issue. Social control in the newsroom is another. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: This suggests, I think, that different outlets should take different approaches, rather than that everyone should try to average these findings https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Marzoni / @andrewmarzoni: Call me sentimental but David Carr's memory deserves more respect than being used as clickbait for a story in which pundits weigh in on whether they should be allowed to tweet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: This is what @AxiosNick actually does https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katelyn Burns / @transscribe: How often has the NYT dropped dirt on WaPo after getting criticized for their own internal employment decisions? https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: This 🧵✖️💯. @SopanDeb is so right. Twitter enables voices too long not represented in mass newsrooms & news to be heard. When (old, white, male) editors & reporters turn their back on Twitter, they turn their back on those voices. https://medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@morningconsult: “But newsroom conversations about bias and trust tend, oddly, to leave out the audience. So last week, I persuaded @MorningConsult to survey Americans on, more or less, the question of whether we should all shut up on social media,” writes @benyt. https://nyti.ms/3r6JeQK https://twitter.com/...
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Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell: Of all the types of questionably actionable Twitter behavior, lobbying this “independent reporter” to tweet your stories is by far the most egregious. (I don't believe for a second that hundreds a day do this.) https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: A key line that seems to apply beyond tweets, but news coverage itself, during the final weeks of Trump. And one could argue the same dynamic was steering social media companies, prompting them to take action only once Trump was on his way out. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: Cards on the table: Social media gives journalists way more bargaining power with employers overall and they relinquish it at their peril. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lara Cohen / @larakate: Newsrooms don't always love when their reporters tweet for a lot of reasons — not the least of which is that twitter followers & engagement show that individual journalists are often more powerful than their collective news brands. Smart news orgs leverage rather than fight this https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: also this dynamic is... very real! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: I thought about tweeting something profane to test my newspaper's social media policy, but decided to read the latest @benyt column instead. (I did tweet earlier tonight about 泡菜, which some people might find distasteful.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dodes / @racheld: This was an interesting column. When I worked at the WSJ, I tried to be careful with Twitter, but nevertheless found myself in trouble (not huge trouble but distressing nonetheless) for a couple of Tweets over the years. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim Ball / @tball: Reason I'm glad @Olivianuzzi is where she is: “The (WaPo) editor attached a document titled ‘profanity social media for olivia.pdf,’ which, she said, factored into her decision not to take the job.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Talia Lavin / @chick_in_kiev: depressingly this is the only reason i get gigs https://twitter.com/...
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: Journalism school: “Speak your truth, even when it makes the powerful uncomfortable!” Journalism conglomerates: “Please refer to these strict guidelines before speaking your truth. It makes our #brand uncomfortable.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Allison Carter / @allisonlcarter: A lot to chew on here. My main thought: A journalist's social media should be judged in its totality rather than for one or two bad tweets, in all but the most egregious circumstances. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: The most success I found was working very closely w/ writers (and editors) to shape a proactive content strategy for their feeds, even helping them structure ways to grow their own brand that didn't jeopardize the house brand. I used to send out “suggested tweet” emails abt news
Joanna Stern / @joannastern: Before I hit the tweet button I always remind myself of our social media policy, which means, well, I have a lot of things saved in drafts.
Ryan Grim / @ryangrim: Nuzzi is the best political profile writer since Marjorie Williams and the Post blew the chance to have had both with a ridiculous pdf, @benyt reports https://twitter.com/...
Hannah Wise / @hwise29: What if instead of worrying about the platform, journalists focused on how effectively they are reaching, listening to, and serving the unique information needs of their audience, wherever those audience members may be? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gene Park / @genepark: the reason i never say the f word in tweets lies within this @benyt piece lol https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: I especially like the kicker where @benyt asks us to finance his helicopter. Another great column https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: what is it with newspaper editors and their issues with women who swear? https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Not a huge surprise but @benyt on newsroom spats about Twitter is excellent — the basic question to me is whether news brands want to start paying compensating differentials to exert more control over their employees' social media presences. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steven Galante / @smgalante: Picking apart this paragraph could fill volumes of research papers. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: (Also when you quit those tv newsroom jobs, a big following and a specific voice is a valuable commodity, makes you more marketable and elevates your point of view.) https://twitter.com/...
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: Reporters shouldn't tweet but that's only because no one should tweet, never tweet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: I wish more newsrooms would move away from this antagonistic relationship with their own writers and work on better, more proactive strategies for social media. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “41% agreed with the statement, ‘I trust journalists more if they keep their political and social views private,’ while 36% agreed with the opposite statement, ‘I trust journalists more if they are open and honest about their political and social views.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: I think a big reason there's so much tension between journalists and their bosses on Twitter is that traditional news organizations too often fall victim to a “both sides” mentality that makes it difficult for reporters to hold power to account. Twitter offers them an outlet. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: “And many of the battles over Twitter are really battles over journalism itself, and over whose perspective and judgment is central in an era when the country and the industry are wrestling with big questions of race and gender and power.” ~ @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
@taniel: One thing I'd add to @benyt's column: what Twitter also helps in political journalism is elevate local or seemingly parochial issues, conflicts, elections by showing their stakes & trends in a way that's hard without the medium's staccato repetition &... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: A really sincere thanks to TPM readers who've made it possible for me for twenty years not to have to worry about this shit. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eric Zuckerman / @ericzuck: Get you a newsletter than can do both. @revue https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Green / @joshuagreen: Huge sympathy for @yashar — I'd absolutely lose my mind if this were me https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Terrell Jermaine Starr / @russian_starr: I appreciate this well-reasoned piece by @benyt and encourage all to read it. I'd only add that most of—if not all—of these never tweet columns come from privileged white men who don't need social media to find work. I'd have no job or opportunities without social media. https://twitter.com/...
Joanna Stern / @joannastern: This week's @benyt column speaks to me deeply. It's a careful balancing act being a @wsj columnist and editor and being such a great tweeter. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Good column (great lede, great kicker, bad hed) from @benyt today. He touches on one angle I would emphasize: the opportunity for conversation, for listening particularly to those underrepresented in newsrooms. I said that here: https://medium.com/... https://www.nytimes.com/...
William Reddy / @wmreddy: “David Carr, the legendary Timesman who made this column a destination, told me back in 2012 that he kept a “helicopter on the roof” of The New York Times Building in case he needed to escape.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Ries / @moneyries: Whatever the platform, newsroom managers will always be fearful of giving their journalists a voice outside the traditional restraints of said newsroom. Everyone needs an editor until they realize they don't. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maria Bustillos / @mariabustillos: Executives and investors can threaten outspoken journalists with the loss of their jobs, and that makes the mainstream press tame and flabby That's why we need journalist-owned cooperative media: @discourse_blog @DefectorMedia @brickhousecoop (I too loved the @benyt piece) https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: For the vast majority of my career I was a social media director and have written the social media guidelines for 3 major newsrooms. No 2 people will ever interpret the same set of guidelines the same way. And that's the crux of the problem imo
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Better to break news in a bulletproofed story than a tweet. Best to avoid giving bad-faith critics wiggle room to attack your reporting using your tweets: https://nytimes.us4.list-manage.com/ ...
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: This is very true, and I think it applies to lots of groups who had been kept out of high-profile journalism circles for a long time. Women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, indigenous people, and so on. I have talked often about how Twitter enabled my journalism career. https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: twitter is in the strange situation of both creating and annihilating job security for journalists, which feels appropriately contradictory https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Hoffman / @benhoffmannyt: For full disclosure in this piece about social media, the list of top follows at the NYT should have clarified that @TheSteinLine got that large following through his takes on Buffalo sports history. The NBA stuff is a side hustle. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jillian C. York / @jilliancyork: I think this piece by @benyt is frankly, elitist claptrap. Journalists don't just work at Times and the Post. No real consideration of the citizen journalists for whom Twitter is vital, because their countries' newsrooms are co-opted by the state. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter restored the account of India's leading investigative magazine Caravan after six hours, telling officials that its tweets constituted free speech — The government order to block included a movie star, a political commentator, and a prominent magazine. Their accounts have all been restored.
Discussion:
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@pranavdixit: The Twitter account of The Caravan, India's leading investigative journalism magazine, has been withheld in India by Twitter “in response to a legal demand.” A source said that Twitter did not inform the magazine about the action. https://twitter.com/...
Vinod K. Jose / @vinodjose: The official handle of @thecaravanindia is withheld in India: https://twitter.com/...
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Twitter restricts numerous high-profile accounts in India following ‘legal demand’
Scroll.in: Twitter withheld the account of India's leading investigative magazine Caravan, citing a legal demand; the magazine says it wasn't informed
Ankit Panda / @nktpnd: “The move comes during a crackdown on dissent in India, and raises questions about the role that American technology companies play there.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Shashank Joshi / @shashj: “On Monday, Twitter temporarily blocked people in India from viewing several accounts belonging to activists, political commentators, a popular movie star, and a leading investigative journalism magazine, the Caravan, on orders from the country's government” https://twitter.com/...
@pranavdixit: A small but important detail: During meetings with IT ministry officials, Twitter conveyed that the accounts and tweets in question constitute free speech and are newsworthy. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dr. Audrey Truschke / @audreytruschke: For those outside India — The Caravan is akin to The Atlantic or The New Yorker. Imagine if @Twitter suspended one of those magazines because the US government disliked its reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Twitter, it seems, is not speaking to journalists on record about its decision to censor one of India's leading magazines, in response to a government demand. https://twitter.com/...
Karan mujoo / @hooohaah: Subscribe not out of charity, but because their work is stellar. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: According to sources, Twitter blocked accounts in India — including that of investigative magazine Caravan — after a request from the government “to prevent any escalation of a law-and-order situation” related to a farmers' protest: https://scroll.in/...
Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst / @profirmf: This is really alarming. https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: This is appalling. The Caravan is one of India's most important independent news organizations. It publishes rigorous investigations that very few others have the courage, or the skill, to pull off. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Safi / @safimichael: Unaccountable big tech platforms, in a country run by right-wing nationalists, turning their power to silence on the liberal left. Not a far-off fantasy- happening right now in India https://twitter.com/...
Salty Supari / @vnemana: We all cheered when Twitter banned Trump, but guess what — they banned one of the few independent new outlets standing up to the Modi regime too. https://twitter.com/...
Preeti Chhibber / @runwithskizzers: We should all be paying attention to what's happening in India https://twitter.com/...
Vidya / @vidyakrishnan: This is India's best magazine. Can you imagine Twitter suspending the @NewYorker for covering the #BlackLivesMatter protest? That's what @TwitterIndia has done today- along with suspending 250 handles incl those of the organizers of the #FarmersProtest https://twitter.com/...
Sneha Koshy / @snehamkoshy: How does @TwitterIndia take down handles of even a media organisation #Caravan, without informing the reason to the organisation or its readers? https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This happens more than Twitter or FB would like people to know. And the response is always “someone asked us to take it down so we said yes because it came from a guy with a law degree, but we won't tell you why or explain any further” https://twitter.com/...
Nidheesh M K / @mknid: This raises questions, @TwitterIndia. This would be the first such case of censorship of a major news publication in India. You should've informed users why you intervened https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: The farmer protests are the biggest threat to the Modi government since its advent in 2014. It isn't hard to figure out what is going on here: https://scroll.in/...
Randeep Singh Surjewala / @rssurjewala: After Facebook , Modi Govt seems to have taken control of Twitter India. This back door attempt to block voice of those, who speak for free speech & farmers rights, has unmasked the authoritarian soul of this fascist BJP regime. 1/2 https://www.google.co.in/...
Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru: Caravan? This is like blocking The Atlantic or TNR for writing positively about a protest https://twitter.com/...
Vinod K. Jose / @vinodjose: While Twitter withheld Caravan's official handle without informing us, you can still access the magazine from the website. Those who don't have subscriptions, you could take one here: https://caravanmagazine.in/... India needs bold fair journalism more than ever, now. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
The New European, owned by Archant, has been bought by NYT's Mark Thompson, FT's Lionel Barber, and others; sources say owner Matt Kelly raised ~£750K — Weekly publication launched after 2016 referendum has been focal point for Brexit resistance — The New European …
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BBC, Nieman Lab, The New European, @amolrajan, The Guardian, @theneweuropean, @matthewwells, @amolrajan, @pressgazette, Press Gazette, @alexwickham, @theneweuropean, Talking Biz News, @amolrajan, @marklittlenews, @lionelbarber, Telegraph, @rafat, Lancashire Telegraph, @martinsfp, @jessicalessin and HoldtheFrontPage
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Amol Rajan / BBC: The New European bought by consortium from Archant
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Brexit's done, but anti-Brexit paper The New European is just getting started
The New European: Under new ownership — The New European is today under new ownership, following the acquisition …
Amol Rajan / @amolrajan: 1/ SCOOP: Consortium led by Matt Kelly, and including @lionelbarber, ex-@bbc/@nytimes boss Mark Thompson, Ed Williams of Edelman and @taavet have bought @theneweuropean from Archant. Kelly is Editor-in-Chief + CEO. Gavin O'Reilly is Chair. More on my blog shortly
Matt Wells / @matthewwells: Quite revealing that there isn't a single woman named in this story, which contains the all-you-need-to-know line: “O'Reilly and Kelly, who knew each other previously, first discussed the idea while drinking at Piers Morgan's annual Christmas party...” https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Amol Rajan / @amolrajan: 2/ Other investors include: Robin Klein (Index Ventures), Saul Klein (Local Globe), Barry Maloney (Balderton), Jeff Henry (ex-CEO of Archant who green-lit the title), journalist Steve Anglesey, ex-McKinsey partner Cornelius Walter and entrepreneur Niels Kroninger. 14 in total...
@pressgazette: Matt Kelly hopes “the next chapter of The New European will see it grow into a permanent fixture in the UK publishing landscape, playing a part in the debate around the country's future progress” https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: The New European bought by founder and Archant content boss Matt Kelly
Alex Wickham / @alexwickham: Oh dear... the New European announces its new 14-strong leadership team and it's made up of 100% old white men... imagine press releasing that https://twitter.com/...
@theneweuropean: The New European is set to continue beyond Brexit after securing new ownership for the newspaper https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ ...
Amol Rajan / @amolrajan: 3/ Title had initial print run of 4 weeks in 2016. With 7,000 news stand sales and 10,000+ subscribers, now makes small profit - on shoestring budget. Early investment will push it into losses. UK print market small/ crowded so long-term needs to persuade people to pay online
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Been a huge admirer of what Matt Kelly has created and nourished with @TheNewEuropean. Great to see this news: https://www.bbc.com/...
Lionel Barber / @lionelbarber: A very thoughtful analysis from @amolrajan on the challenges and opportunities for the new New European in the post-Brexit era blighted by the pandemic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Some notable UK tech names including the Kleins are part of a consortium that has acquired newspaper The New European from publisher Archant. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
Sources: Boris Johnson is preparing to announce former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre as chair of Ofcom, with a remit to target the BBC — For many who work in public service broadcasting, it is the nightmare that refuses to go away. Could Paul Dacre, former editor of the Daily Mail …
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Paul Rainford / Light Reading: Eurobites: Telia, DNA extend shared Finnish network
Simon Bruni / @simonbruni: I don't wish to be rude but appointing Paul Dacre as chair of Ofcom is like putting Vlad the Impaler in charge of colorectal surgery. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Paul Dacre set to be announced as Ofcom chair
@socialm85897394: This would be a stunning appointment. Paul Dacre as chair of Ofcom would target the BBC and, as a newspaper man, might even try to stem the flow of advertising money from TV & press into social media. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Marina Purkiss / @marinanigrelli: For anyone left of centre No For anyone not yet morally bankrupt This appointment is f*cking harrowing Ex-Daily Mail Editor to chair the UK's comms regulator What could go wrong? https://twitter.com/...
Tim Walker / @thattimwalker: The rotten state of our country has a lot to do with the rotten state of our media. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@sarahludford: Christ Almighty. Sorry to offend, but that was my immediate reaction. https://twitter.com/...
James Vaughan / @equusonthebuses: Helluva journey. From trusted source of NF newsletters to Ofcom https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jo Maugham / @jolyonmaugham: Chairing Ofcom will be a fitting punishment for Paul Dacre. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@doubledownnews: Boris Johnson poised to appoint former Daly Mail editor Paul Dacre as chair of media regulator Ofcom. Unless we create our own progressive media we have no chance. Join us: https://patreon.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elinor Elliot / @elliotelinor: So the man who has probably done more than anyone else to poison the well of public discourse in the UK over the past few decades will be appointed head of the UK's media regulator. Democracy is dying. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dan Waddell / @danwaddell: Refuse to believe this is real. Surely it's only being flown so when the actual chair is appointed, he or she doesn't seem so bad. https://twitter.com/...
Niamh Shields / @eatlikeagirl: WOW They just don't care. https://twitter.com/...
Stig Abell / @stigabell: When Paul Dacre edited the Mail, he didn't have a computer in his office. This strikes me as a job he would not enjoy. https://twitter.com/...
Divina De Campo / @divinadecampo: This is genuinely terrible. There must be a petition for this not to happen. The head of the beeb has literally been funding the tory party to then have ofcom run by this right winger spells disaster for our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
James O'Brien / @mrjamesob: Not for the first time, it's the satirists I feel sorry for. (Obviously, if he doesn't get the gig my sharing of this story will be yet more proof of my dishonesty & propagandist tendencies!) https://twitter.com/...
Carl Craigslist / @conroy_bumpus: Ian Huntley appointed Minister of State for Children and Families https://twitter.com/...
Paul Bernal / @paulbernaluk: The real challenge would be to find anyone *less* suited to the job. He won't be able to do understand the technical stuff and he's pretty much the worst in the world for the non-technical stuff. And online harms? Might as well appoint the head of the nearest Russian troll farm. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kaszeta / @dankaszeta: That sharp sounds you are hearing are the gunshots of satirists shooting themselves, because irony is now dead. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: To those who wish for regulation of media, the net, and speech, I give you this: Trump-with-an-accent to appoint the former editor of one of the most vile newspapers ever printed to regulate media, the BBC, and soon our net. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ian Fraser / @ian_fraser: Echoes of Blair's appointment of Callum McCarthy — a man who didn't believe in financial regulation — as FSA chair. Likewise Paul Dacre doesn't believe in media regulation. Expect a free pass for Andrew Neil's alt-right GB News https://theguardian.com/...
Dawn Foster / @dawnhfoster: We live in hell https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@stayeuropean: Ofcom could stop the “UK Fox News” (GB News/News UK) plans, but it won't with Dacre in charge https://twitter.com/...
@stopfundinghate: With multi-million pound plans underway to implement “Fox News style” broadcasting standards in Britain, the Guardian is reporting that the UK Government is also “poised” to put ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre in charge of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Co-founder of slow news publication Tortoise says paid subscriptions grew ~50% in 2020, reaching nearly 50,000; one-third of its 80,000 members are under 30 — Slow news outfit Tortoise Media grew its paid-for members by about 50% in 2020, according to co-founder James Harding.
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Mark Curtis / @markcurtis30: Tortoise Media is the establishment posing as independent. Imagine setting up a new media outlet and having “partners” including BP, spook firm Darktrace, Santander and Unilever. Founded by ex-director of “BBC News”. This is what we're up against. Help @declassifieduk instead. https://twitter.com/...
@pressgazette: Slow news outfit @tortoise grew its paid-for members by half in 2020 Editor James Harding: “...as testing as it's been, actually the pandemic and doing things digitally has really kickstarted what we do as a business model but also journalistically” https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
Anna Fazackerley / The Guardian:
Librarians, academics, and students in the UK are accusing publishers of price gouging on academic ebooks, which can often cost 500% more than print versions — Call for inquiry into academic publishers as locked-down students unable to access study material online
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@uhlr: We're doing our best to get hold of e-books for your courses however like other Uni's we're experiencing large price increases. A useful article explaining what's going on! ‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Darren Flynn / @patchedelbows: “Publishers are manipulating the market and price gouging from Covid. We are trying to support students during an unprecedented public health crisis and they are making it so much harder. It is a scandal.” @Hohojanna speaking for a profession https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Katherine Olivia Rodgers / @kat__rodgers: this is despicable, I used to work in procurement for a small university library and I cannot fathom being asked to deal with this situation - budgets were already so tight. heads should roll for this. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Alice Woolley / @alicewoolley1: Some students are now reading what is available or affordable, rather than what their tutors think is best for their course, say university librarians and academics https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Martin Sirk / @sirkserendipity: Who is going to step up & provide high quality content for uni students suffering from ebook price gouging? Massive opportunity for int'l #associations?https://www.theguardian.c om/ ...
Dan Elphick / @danelphick: This is unbelievably exploitative and evil. Academics: please take note of the publishers behaving like this, and make a note to never publish with them again. ‘Student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Maria Carnegie / @mariaacarnegie: An issue librarians have been battling for years. Great have opportunity to highlight it publicly. This is why libraries often have to make tough decision about what to buy. ‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Rob Knell / @robknell1: Yup: as dept. library rep can confirm, have been dealing with this for months. Universal shock and surprise as academic publishers engage in egregrious profiteering. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Wendy White / @wendysotonlib: “Universities need to club together to take control of their own publishing” @ucylpay Agree. Only way out is shared not for profit infrastructure. Small scale innovators get absorbed by dominant players to enhance rather than challenge status quo. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Winson Tan / @winson_tke: This is absolutely scandalous but wholly unsurprising when the education system is ran as a $$ making enterprise. We can make a ruckus for the democratisation of edu, but the logic of capitalism will make sure that edu remains firmly for the privileged. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Anna / @oneill_he: Great article that explains the hyperinflation University libraries are facing including @UniSotonLibrary ‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Simon Bains / @simonjbains: Pleased to see the issue of “'eye-watering' increases to ebook prices” in the national press. We've heard loud and clear from students @aberdeenuni that they need more online books. This is what we're up against. We're doing all we can but need support. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Christopher Pittard / @capittard: A good article, but university libraries also need to admit their own complicity here in increasingly turning their backs on print books and rethinking their spaces as big internet cafes. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Angus / @angus__sinclair: Pubs are entirely disingenuous saying ‘ebooks are not comparable to print books because they can be used in different ways, with extra features’. For a start these features are, like, being able to add virtual sticky labels and highlighter 🥴1/4 https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #ebooksos
@czzpr: I've had direct experience of this. @MHEducation wanted to charge our library £700 for a single user ebook copy our normal textbook. Certain looks like Covid price gouging to me. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ivana Curcic / @ivanacurcic: An issue brewing since last spring: libraries against rogue publishers! ‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Richard Lorch / @lorchbri: It's time for authors & academic institutitions to find better publishers. Commercial publishers are ripping us off (again). I'm glad to be part of a not-for-profit journal! ‘Price gouging from Covid’: student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@porcupinesquill: The eye-watering price of some academic #textbooks is forcing professors “to put together reading lists based on what is available, rather than on what they actually think students most need to #read” https://ow.ly/...
Steve Kaufman / @steveekaufman: Now more than ever we must focus on making higher ed more affordable and getting cost of materials under control. You don't have to go in alone! @OpenEd_Network, @OpenStax, @OhioLINK, @BCOpenText can help! #goopen #makegreatcourses #stopgougingstudents https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Johanna / @hohojanna: Yeah , but according to McGraw Hill , things are going just great for academic libraries in the US, Right? 🤔 https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #ebooksos https://twitter.com/...
Ian Linkletter / @linkletter: Investigate McGraw-Hill Digital revenue is booming. Bundling Proctorio surveillance with every textbook is big business. Students can be forced to pay $15 for “Proctorio Plus” and Intelligent Scan. Look at the increase in “Direct-to-Student” revenue. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Erik Shell / @erik_shell: I'm old enough to remember “digital media prices will start and stay lower than physical media because of the massive reduction in production costs.” Our system never misses a chance to exploit a vulnerable class. Never. Not once. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Clint Lalonde / @edtechfactotum: I like how the McGraw hill spokesperson here implies they should receive credit for lowering the cost of learning resources while completely ignoring the fact that interest & use of OER & openly available online resources has been steadly rising https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Patricia Hswe / @pmhswe: “Nearly 3,000 librarians, academics and students have now signed an open letter calling for a public investigation into the 'unaffordable, unsustainable and inaccessible” academic ebook market.'" https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Carter / @carterliebman: It's time for schools like @NorthwesternU and @UChicago to switch to open-source class resources instead of locking FGLI students in to expensive textbooks https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Edmund Griffiths / @edmundgriffiths: I mean to be honest you've got the fundamentals of corporate business right there. Never mind about the book, just read the new revamped pandemic-era price list https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@realkingprep: “hello, for this class you need a copy of the odyssey and the federalist papers. you can find them in the library or online” Thats how simple it should be to learn the college textbook industry is a SCAM publishers FORCE teachers to push useless books https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Dr. Kate Biberdorf / @k8thechemist: Unacceptable. Our students deserve better than this. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Alexrjl / @lxrjl: Is it possible to find academic books on Sci-Hub as well as papers? It feels like it would be a really shame if publishers weren't able to adequately profit from the pandemic, so I really hope this is not the case or that the students dont find out. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@library_futures: Let's get this straight: Big publishers claim to “support students” but make 40% profit margins and charge 500% more for digital textbooks? 🤔 Sounds more like exploiting a global pandemic, but what do we know? We just suffer the effects. 🤑 https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@socksknitter: “Caroline Ball, subject librarian at the University of Derby, says one reason librarians are angry is that academic publishing is one of the most lucrative industries in the world, with unusually high profit margins, estimated at around 40%.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Tom Peach / @thomaspeachlib: “... the reality of how the different formats are used ....” is a quotation I will never forget, one that highlight how some publishers believe that we, as information professionals, have no understanding of how information & different formats are used. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Alice Woolley / @alicewoolley1: One business studies coursebook: £65.99 in print but £528 as a single-user ebook https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ finds that police across Russia assaulted at least 8 journalists and detained at least 49 journalists who were covering pro-Navalny protests on January 23 — Russian authorities should allow journalists to cover protests freely and without fear, and refrain from attacking or detaining members …
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Secretary Antony Blinken / @secblinken: The U.S. condemns the persistent use of harsh tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists by Russian authorities for a second week straight. We renew our call for Russia to release those detained for exercising their human rights, including Aleksey Navalny.
Peter Baker / @peterbakernyt: “It's like we're slipping into 1937”: Today's large-scale police response signaled anxiety in the Kremlin over Navalny's ability to unite disparate critics of Putin. @antontroian @AndrewKramerNYT @INechepurenko @ATHigginsNYT https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ivo Daalder / @ivohdaalder: Only a regime fearful of its ability to stay in power arrests 5,000 protestors who gathered peacefully in cities throughout Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Wife of Kremlin Critic Navalny Among More Than 4,700 Detained in Russia Protests
Jonathan Rozen / @rozen_j: “The Kremlin may intend to show strength by trying to obstruct and intimidate the media, but being scared of news reports on civil unrest actually betrays weakness and fear,” said @gulnozas, @CPJ_Eurasia. Cc: @rodinaznaet https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CNN ends its partnership with Facebook to distribute original shows on Watch, moving the “Go There” live daily news show to its own digital platforms — Starting Monday (Feb. 1), news junkies will find “Go There” on CNN's owned-and-operated outlets, including the news network's website and mobile apps.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook is testing a notification for Facebook and Instagram iOS app users globally that encourages opting in to tracking for a “better ads experience” — Facebook is testing a notification that notifies Apple iOS users about ways the tech giant uses their data to target personalized ads to them.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters: Facebook to prompt users about personalized ads ahead of Apple privacy changes
Garett Sloane / Ad Age: Facebook gives users a new message to consider before seeing Apple's privacy prompt
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: Facebook Is Testing A New In-App Screen On iOS 14 To Convince Users To Opt Into Tracking
Parker / @pt: It really is f'd up picturing Tim Cook setting next to a roaring fire in his mansion sipping the tears of small business owners from a brandy snifter. https://twitter.com/...
Ina Fried / @inafried: Apple-Facebook battle over privacy changes heating up — Facebook testing notification to users about the changes, as @sarafischer reports. https://www.axios.com/...
Himbo Depot / @db: Facebook doesn't want you to own your data choices. It wants your data for themselves so they can profit off of it. If you don't pay for a product then you are the product. https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: Apple will soon require FB to show iPhone users a pop-up that asks for permission to “track” them FB thinks that's alarmist. So it's running its own pop-up BEFORE the Apple pop-up, framing tracking as a way to get more personalized ads & help businesses https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mehedi / @mehedih_: Zuckerberg and co. have learned nothing from the whole WhatsApp privacy debacle from a few weeks ago https://twitter.com/...
Nick Statt / The Verge: Facebook prompt will encourage ad tracking opt-in ahead of Apple's privacy push
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Broadcaster Gray Television acquires Quincy Media for $925M in cash, in a deal that will give it stations in 102 markets reaching over 25% of US TV households — Broadcaster Gray Television Monday has acquired smaller family-owned Quincy Media for $925 million in cash in a deal that will land …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
FOX Sports 1 radio host Colin Cowherd starts a new podcast network called the Volume and partners with iHeartMedia to sell advertising — As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the radio industry, Colin Cowherd got a call from IHeartMedia Inc. telling him good news: His show had sold out of advertisements.
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Colin Cowherd / @colincowherd: I'm beyond thrilled to announce my new Podcast Network - @TheVolumeSports https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Andrew Holleran / The Spun: Colin Cowherd Announces His Next Step In Sports Media
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: With a lot of time on his hands during the pandemic, @ColinCowherd listened to a lot of podcasts for his new company. Here's who he recruited: @DannyParkins @AqibTalib21 @DragonflyJonez @LaJethroJenkins https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Hayden Herrera / @haydenherrera: Sports radio's biggest star? Learn something new every day! https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: No, Fox News and MSNBC are not the same thing
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
When hyperlocal newsrooms, like Vermont's Waterbury Roundabout, crop up in news deserts, they often lack a viable business model and resources for innovation — When the Waterbury Record ceased publication at the end of March, Waterbury, Vermont was on its way to becoming another news desert.
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@cjr: “More than anything, it was a time where people just needed information.” https://www.cjr.org/...
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