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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount+ details: ad-supported tier at $5/mo has NFL games, CBSN, thousands of shows; ad-free tier at $10/mo adds live local news, more sports, live CBS shows — The rebranded, revamped and supercharged CBS All Access will launch on March 4. — For more than 100 years …
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Rachel Yang / EW.com: Nickelodeon to expand Avatar: The Last Airbender with creators — first up is an animated film
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Paramount+ will cost $4.99 per month with ads
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: 60 Minutes+, a Streaming Version of 60 Minutes, Will Launch March 4 on Paramount+
Chris Willman / Variety: ‘Behind the Music,’ ‘Yo! MTV Raps,’ ‘Unplugged’ Franchises Resurrected as Streaming Series for Paramount Plus
Joe Otterson / Variety: ‘Frasier’ Revival With Kelsey Grammer Set at Paramount Plus
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap: 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars,' ‘Road Rules’ Revival Join Paramount+ Unscripted Slate
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety: Nickelodeon Launches Avatar Studios, Will Expand World of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ ‘The Legend of Korra’
Rick Stevenson / ScreenRant: Avatar Creators Celebrate New Movie & Shade Netflix In Statement
Todd Spangler / Variety: Paramount Plus Pricing: Base Package Will Cost Less Than CBS All Access, but There's a Catch
Brent Lang / Variety: ‘Paranormal Activity’ Sequel, ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel Debuting on Paramount Plus
Jordan Moreau / Variety: ‘Halo’ TV Series Jumps From Showtime to Paramount Plus
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: There was A LOT of Paramount+ news this afternoon. I did my best to synthesize it all: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Brian Bear / @beapeabear: Hopefully someone in the house will have turned on a light by the time the show premieres. https://twitter.com/...
EmperorTigerstar / @emptigerstar: WHY WOULD YOU CGI RUGRATS?!? https://twitter.com/...
Laurence Barber / @bortlb: why do the Rugrats now reside in a basement/dungeon https://twitter.com/...
Richard Lawler / Engadget: Paramount+ will cost $5 per month with ads, or $10 without
@variety: An all-new #Rugrats CG-animated series is slated to premiere on streaming service Paramount Plus https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Fandom / @getfandom: CG-animated ‘Rugrats’ revival with OG voice cast is set to premiere on Paramount+ in 2021 (via @Variety | https://variety.com/...) https://twitter.com/...
Rich Uncle Skeleton / @lavatwin: .@POTUS can you, like, ban reboots and revivals or something. https://twitter.com/...
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Jeremy Milliner / The Streamable:
ViacomCBS says paid streaming subs for Showtime and CBS All Access climbed to 19.2M in Q4, up from 17.9M in Q3; Pluto TV hit 43M global MAUs, up from 36M in Q3 — Ahead of the official launch of Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS announced where they stand in the world of streaming ahead of the transition.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter: ‘The Twilight Zone’ Canceled at CBS All Access (Exclusive)
Brian Steinberg / Variety: ViacomCBS Swings to Q4 Profit As Company Reveals Paramount Plus Content Details
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: ViacomCBS' Q4 Gets Boost From Streamer Ads, Overall Revs Hits $3.5 Million
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Paramount, EPIX Expand TV/Streaming Partnership
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Paramount+ Pricing And Tiers Revealed: What's In The $5 And $10 Monthly Plans
Wesley / @wesleylowery: In addition to the Frasier reboot, @paramountplus will be home to @60Minutes journalism from me, @sethdoane, @LaurieSegall and @Enrique_Acevedo starting March 4th https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: 🚨🚨🚨 Appears @paramountplus may have just cut the affiliates out of the base tier of Paramount+ $VIAC @ViacomCBS #ViacomStreamingEvent The base ad-supported tier at $4.99/month will NOT include linear TV, but will include NFL Games Will the affiliates be okay with this??? https://twitter.com/...
Dlo / @osmosislo: it can't be this hard to come up with new ideas for the future generations of kids man https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Shocked #ViacomStreamingEvent did not lead with @Nickelodeon — kids/family content appears to be the most compelling “what's new” to @paramountplus and most likely to build long-term, low-churn subs $VIAC — @BrianRobbinsTV is so good https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Bakish says Pluto TV is on “its way to being a billion dollar business and it's not going to stop there.” I do love Pluto TV for my Degrassi watches, so he's got me there.
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: “Every major streaming service has had a monster hit from one of our studios,” says ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish. Oddly, not sure that's a boast these days.
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Similar to Lachlan Murdoch comments about @Tubi — ViacomCBS CEO Bakish says @PlutoTV is on track to be a billion dollar biz (assume he means revenues, which is in line with Tubi comments in intermediate-term) $VIAC FAST/AVOD — growing rapidly (but still dwarfed by SVOD)
Steven Zeitchik / @zeitchikwapo: ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish offers a succinct reason why Paramount Plus can win big in the streaming wars. “We know how to make hits.” (Looking at CBS, MTV and Paramount over the last 20 years he ain't wrong.)
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: ViacomCBS announces new streaming numbers ahead of event. Global: nearly 30 million, Pluto TV Global MAUs 43M; Domestic: 19.2M, up 71% y/y, Pluto TV Domestic MAUs 30.1M
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Bakish says 36 original series from “different genre lanes” and a “few special” movies coming to Paramount+. Paramount+ will have “more than 5,000 of reality hits.” Will debut a new reality series “every single month in 2021.” Now onto kids programming. Remember Nickelodeon?
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Paramount shortens the time between theatrical and streaming releases to 45 days for some films, including Mission: Impossible 7 and Paw Patrol: The Movie — As will A Quiet Place Part II and Paw Patrol: The Movie — Paramount is dramatically shortening the space between theatrical …
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Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable: Paramount Plus Will Debut Movies as Soon as 45 Days After Their Theatrical Release
Rebecca Rubin / Variety: ‘Mission: Impossible 7,’ ‘A Quiet Place 2’ to Debut on Paramount Plus After 45 Days in Theaters
Ethan Anderton / /Film: ‘Mission: Impossible 7’, ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ and More Will Stream on Paramount+ 45 Days After Theatrical Debut
Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable: Everything You Need to Know About the Paramount Plus: Features, Pricing, Shows, Movies, & More
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ and ‘A Quiet Place II’ to Stream on Paramount+ 45 Days After Theatrical Release
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ViacomCBS beat estimates with Q4 revenue of $6.9B; global streaming and digital video revenue rose 71% YoY to $888M, while theatrical revenue fell 97% to $4M — ViacomCBS topped Wall Street analysts' expectations for its fourth-quarter results, reporting diluted earnings per share of $1.04 …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: ViacomCBS Touts Streaming Growth Ahead of Paramount+ Launch
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
New York Times admits workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black and Latino employees, in a new report following an eight-month investigation — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times (NYT) is admitting its own workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black …
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The New York Times Company: A Call to Action — Building a Culture that Works for All of Us — Explore the Report
Katie Robertson / New York Times: New York Times Calls for Workplace Changes in Diversity Report
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: “'That's not Timesean' can be used to exclude”: The New York Times gives the big report treatment to enacting “sweeping” cultural change
Jim Tankersley / @jimtankersley: A frank report from the NYT, my employer, on how it has fallen short in supporting employees of color and elevating them to top jobs. It includes a goal to increase Black and Latino representation in leadership by 50 percent by 2025: https://www.nytco.com/...
@kerrymflynn: News: The New York Times is admitting its own workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black and Latino employees, in a new report. I spoke with @carolynryan, one of the Times leaders tasked last June with investigating the culture https://www.cnn.com/...
@nytimes: Top New York Times executives said in a note to the staff on Wednesday that they were committed to bringing about sweeping, fundamental changes to its workplace culture in an effort to make the newsroom and other Times divisions more diverse and inclusive. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kerrymflynn: I encourage you to read the whole report, titled “A Call to Action”: https://www.nytco.com/... As @carolynryan to me, “This is a big step. But it's really the beginning of changing our culture, and that will go on for years and years.”
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: NYT vows to create “a more diverse and inclusive newsroom” and provide “a truer, richer, and more textured portrayal of the world.” Bravo. Fine words. May I suggest a little external oversight just to make sure you deliver? https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: The Times has a HUGE opportunity to get something right here. There's a lot that could go wrong here. I hope they're actually willing to invest the real dollars it's going to take to make real change. Also recognizing that REMOVING bad actors MUST be part of the solution. https://twitter.com/...
Yvonne Ndege / @yvonnendege: Excellent. Well done @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
Brian Flood / Fox News: New York Times to make ‘fundamental changes’ to workplace culture after probe of diversity, inclusion
@kerrymflynn: In addition to the culture study, Times leaders listed plans and commitments. Among them: - Increase the percentage of Black and Latino staffers in leadership by 50% by the end of 2025 - Factoring in diversity, equity and inclusion to manager compensation https://www.cnn.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NY Times Releases ‘Uncomfortable’ Diversity Report: ‘We Cannot Accept This’
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: NYT concludes: “People of color — and particularly women of color — remain notably underrepresented in leadership. And the company's focus has primarily been on building a more diverse staff, with less attention to building a more inclusive culture.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Elana Zak / @elanazak: New NYT workplace report: Many Asian-American women at the news org are “feeling invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race, something other people of color described as well.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Jim Tankersley / @jimtankersley: A few trolls have suggested I should quit to balance the numbers. That's the zero-sum lie that white men have been peddling forever. There's clear evidence it's wrong: Opening opportunities to all helps companies (and economies) grow faster, creating more opportunity for all. https://twitter.com/...
Allana Akhtar / Insider: The New York Times released a damning diversity report that found its newsroom a ‘difficult place to work’ for people of color
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: This is white supremacy: “There are hiring managers who use terms like ‘diversity hire’ and view hiring people of color to be a hassle in getting the best.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Venessa Wong / @venessawong: Invisibility is a REAL part of the Asian experience in America; people need to acknowledge this is wrong. “Asian-American women [at NYT] said they were often 'invisible and unseen...regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Fenit Nirappil / @fenitn: Glad to see how much this report emphasizes addresses the role of editors in fostering a welcoming environment. Shouldn't have had to endure editors who felt safe bullying and berating POC and women employees and making us question whether we belong https://twitter.com/...
Robyn O'Brien / @robynobrienusa: As @ArlanWasHere says, “It's About Damn Time.” https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: The @nytimes has released a report calling for sweeping changes to its culture to make it more inclusive and diverse: “The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues, from a wide range of backgrounds.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andrea Gonzlez-Ramrez / @andreagonram: “Diversity is not in tension with our journalistic mission: Instead, it helps us find the truth and more fully understand the world.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: From the outside, this seems impressively introspective and boldly validates the things people of color have been voicing about their newsrooms for decades https://www.nytco.com/...
@journalistslike: Diversity also means not just hiring students from the usual colleges. Give the kids from state college a chance. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: The @nytimes says it intends to make sweeping changes after an internal report showed employees of color experienced a very different reality from white employees Let's hope they live up to that vow. But also: Everything the Times found happens everywhere https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: There are many alarming details, but this graf really stood out: “We heard from many Asian-American women, for example, about feeling invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Ben Casselman / @bencasselman: “The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues, from a wide range of backgrounds... But it is particularly true for people of color, many of whom described unsettling and sometimes painful day-to-day workplace experiences.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: Can confirm I've seen this play out in company after company, and it is enraging. https://twitter.com/...
Millie Tran / @millie: “Asian-American women said they were often ‘invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race, something other people of color described as well.’” Unfortunately, this happens everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kim Severson / @kimseverson: “We will continue to cover the world without fear or favor and portray the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. Making the Times experience better for colleagues of color will make The Times better for everyone.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast: NY Times Admits Newsroom Is ‘Difficult Environment’ for Staffers of Color
Cindy Gallop / @cindygallop: Hello, ad and every other industry. THIS is what you have to do. DO THE FUCKING WORK. AND SPEND THE FUCKING MONEY. It's time for, to quote the @nytimes, ‘SWEEPING CHANGE’ + ‘the most substantial investment The Times has ever made of time, money and energy’ https://www.nytco.com/...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: It seems no Latinos were involved in making this report and Latinos are barely mentioned in it. @NAHJ https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: News flash: Apparently the New York Times' in-depth eight-month internal investigation has discovered the existence of a “star culture”! https://www.cnn.com/...
Mara Gay / @maragay: “For over a century and a half, The New York Times has succeeded in part by recognizing when it needed to change. This is such a moment.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Nisha Chittal / @nishachittal: “Black employees, and Black women in particular, rated the company lower across nearly all categories of our 2020 employee survey, with the lowest scores around fairness and inclusion.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The New York Times studied its workplace problems. New report out. “Our current culture and systems are not enabling our workforce to thrive and do its best work. [This] is particularly true for people of color.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Stephanie M. Lee / @stephaniemlee: *raises hand* https://twitter.com/...
Maira Garcia / @mairalg: This is an important step in the right direction and I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to make our workplace diverse and equitable for all. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here's a thread with the main findings from the New York Times study of its own workplace culture, plus some comments from one of the authors of the report. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: Black women give the lowest scores, Asian women are misidentified both @opennews and @aaja published things to this effect last year . So many colleagues said this ... but they keep reporting this and then doing little and gaslighting so.... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Stevens / @bymattstevens: Breaking my “never tweet” rule to say I am proud to work at a place that would produce this. There have been stumbles, for sure. But I've never seen so many unspoken things about a newsroom written out so explicitly — in a newsroom memo no less! https://www.nytco.com/...
Ceylan Yeginsu / @ceylanwrites: “Our newsroom is not diverse enough, which reduces our capacity to spot stories others are missing and to add nuance and insight to our coverage of every community. We do not adequately empower the talent we have to shape our coverage” https://www.nytco.com/...
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Washington Post led all news organizations at the Polk Awards with four prizes; half of all Polk Awards were for reporting related to the pandemic — The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat …
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@polkawards: Polk Award for Science Reporting: Ed Yong of the Atlantic for his clear and insightful analysis of the spread of Covid and the failed efforts to bring it under control. @Edyong209
Long Island University: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 73RD ANNUAL GEORGE POLK AWARDS IN JOURNALISM
@polkawards: Polk Award for Business Reporting: Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed for a series demonstrating how Facebook exposes the public to disinformation, fraud and violence. @RMac18 @Craigsilverman
@polkawards: Polk Award for Financial Reporting: Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire of The New York Times for accessing and analyzing a trove of Donald Trump's income tax information, providing insight into why he went to great lengths to hide it from the public view.
@polkawards: Polk Award for Public Service: Helen Branswell of STAT for relentlessly covering all aspects of the pandemic through works dating back as early as Dec. 31, 2019 that became required reading for medical experts. @HelenBranswell
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: Totally shocked by this, and thrilled for the @BuzzFeedNews team. huge thanks to @RMac18 for being an amazing reporting parter and to @JohnPaczkowski @mat and eveyone who worked on these stories with us. https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: Congrats to CNN's @David_Culver @Yongxiong2008 @NatalieReuters for winning the Polk Award for Foreign Reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak in China. This is the first time in the 73-year history of the @PolkAwards that Foreign Reporting went to a TV report. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Laurie Garrett / @laurie_garrett: It's my honor to celebrate great science & #COVID19 journalism, moderating the @PolkAwards — winners were just announced and it's an awesome group. Congratulations to @HelenBranswell @edyong209 David Culver, Yong Xiong & all the winners! 👏🏽👏🏿 👏🏻 https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Lattman / @peterlattman: Congrats to all the winners, especially @EdYong209. (Ed, I hope you realize that awards coming out of Long Island are the best awards.) Here's one piece of many, “How the Pandemic Defeated America.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jamison / @petejamison: Huge congrats to my colleague @ianshapira, winner of a Polk award for his relentless reporting on racism at the Virginia Military Institute. It is no exaggeration to say his reporting changed the course of this institution's history. https://twitter.com/...
@polkawards: Polk Award for Military Reporting: Matthias Gafni, Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan of the San Francisco Chronicle for disclosing the Pentagon's punishment of Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who sought to evacuate 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Theordore Roosevelt to protect them from Covid.
Bob Wachter / @bob_wachter: Richly deserved! https://twitter.com/...
Meghana Keshavan / @megkesh: Very very very proud of @HelenBranswell for receiving the Polk public service award for her relentless and incredible Covid-19 coverage. It's an honor to work with you, truly. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mat Honan / @mat: Incredibly proud to work with this team. Ryan and Craig's reporting Facebook has been truly exceptional. More to come. https://twitter.com/...
Marina Koren / @marinakoren: Ed is a freaking powerhouse and I'm so damn happy for him. When I first started out in science reporting, we went for coffee and he said, “never let fear stop you from writing.” I think about that a lot. Thank you for inspiring us all, @edyong209. https://twitter.com/...
Drew Sullivan / @drewoccrp: Congratulations to our partners at @FbdnStories and dozens of other media in Mexico and around the world for our joint project winning the George Polk award. We looked at the murder of a Proceso reporter Regina Martinez and how officials blamed a fall guy https://www.liu.edu/...
Ken Bensinger / @kenbensinger: Hugely deserved recognition to @RMac18 and @CraigSilverman for their relentless, fierce reporting on one of the most important stories of our era. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv: LOOK AT OUR NERDS GO!!!!!!! 🚀 https://twitter.com/...
Peter Baker / @peterbakernyt: Congratulations to @russbuettner @susannecraig and @mmcintire on winning the Polk Award for their remarkable revelations about Trump's taxes as well as to our old friend @elisaslow who won for his gripping covid oral history. @marcatracy https://www.nytimes.com/...
Laurie Hertzel / @stribbooks: immensely proud of my colleagues at @StarTribune for winning a George Polk Award for coverage of the death of George Floyd. the exemplary work of @StribJany is singled out for high praise, though the award is for the whole newsroom. https://liu.edu/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Incredibly well-earned https://twitter.com/...
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: George Polk Awards recognize pandemic reporters
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: This is so well deserved. Amazing work on disinformation and more by @RMac18 @CraigSilverman (and many of their BuzzFeed colleauges including @JaneLytv @PranavDixit and more). https://twitter.com/...
@startribune: The Star Tribune has been honored with a prestigious George Polk Award for its coverage of the death of #GeorgeFloyd and its aftermath. https://www.startribune.com/ ...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: .@BuzzFeedNews' @RMac18 and @CraigSilverman win a well deserved Polk Award for their groundbreaking reporting on FB. Congratulations!!!! The entire tech team at Buzzfeed News is amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Zeleny / @jeffzeleny: Huge congrats to @David_Culver and the @CNN team for winning the prestigious Polk Award for their outstanding reporting from Wuhan one year ago. https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN International Correspondent David Culver, Producer Yong Xiong, Photojournalist Natalie Thomas Win Polk Award for Foreign Reporting
Luke Timmerman / @ldtimmerman: So much excellent journalism recognized today with Polk Awards. Congrats to @HelenBranswell @edyong209 @ddiamond in health & science. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Take a moment to appreciate some of the finest investigative and enterprising reporting that gained attention and achieved results in 2020. The @polkawards winners: https://liu.edu/...
Kavita Patel M.D. / @kavitapmd: Couldn't agree more - I went to 11 years of postgraduate medical education and I learn more from @edyong209 in one article - well deserved https://twitter.com/...
Matt Mittenthal / @mattmittenthal: last Polk award for @BuzzFeedNews was in 2018 for @MelissaDSegura's series on a Chicago cop who framed dozens for murder. 10 have since been exonerated https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Eric Feigl-Ding / @drericding: HEARTY CONGRATS to my favorite reporter @ddiamond for winning the @PolkAwards for: exposing Trump WH'a interference of CDC scientific guidelines, Trump efforts to slow #COVID19 testing, ignore Obama pandemic playbook, & Caputo's muzzling of CDC reports!!! https://www.liu.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
Garrett Haake / @garretthaake: There really is no one who wrote and reported with more clarity on COVID, from the beginning of the crisis. Well-deserved. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Lavoie / @reblavoie: The Atlantic got it right from the very start. Last winter, when many of my colleagues didn't believe this was going to be a big thing, I shared this reporting all the time - and it all bore out. https://twitter.com/...
Helen Branswell / @helenbranswell: .@edyong209 has done extraordinary work on the #Covid19 pandemic. So richly deserved. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Eight of the Polk Awards went to journalism about the pandemic. And four of the Polk Awards went to The Washington Post. Congrats to all the winners! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Trapper Byrne / @trapperbyrne: Hugely deserved recognition for groundbreaking work by @mgafni @joegarofoli and @TalKopan. https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Emanuele Capobianco / @ecapobianco: Congratulations to @HelenBranswell and @edyong209 for the recognition of their outstanding coverage of the #Covid19 pandemic. Your distinct & balanced voices have been safely guiding many against the surrounding cacophony. Bravo and a big thank you to both. @IFRC https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: helps that ryan and craig are really wonderful humans & colleagues but also their work has — i think uniquely — helped us all understand how facebook is making (or not making) its most consequential content decisions. it's just deeply sourced & well contextualized. so valuable. https://twitter.com/...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus / @drtedros: Congratulations @HelenBranswell. Well deserved. https://twitter.com/...
@polkawards: Polk Award for Local Reporting: The staff of the Minneapolis Star Tribune for coverage of the death of George Floyd and its aftermath, starting with deadline work by police reporter Libor Jany, and articles exploring the police precinct's unsavory history. @StribJany
Helen Branswell / @helenbranswell: It is the thrill of a lifetime to be recognized in the company of the amazing journalists honored in this year's #PolkAwards. Congratulations to all — such extraordinary journalism. And thanks, all, for the kudos. My heart is overflowing. https://www.liu.edu/...
Nikki Usher / @nikkiusher: So well-deserved. I was waiting for a major prize to recognize “tech” journalism https://twitter.com/...
CNET:
Australia passes news bargaining code that will require digital platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local media outlets and publishers for their content — After a tumultous month that saw Facebook pull news from its platform in protest, Australia's government agrees to make the News Media Bargaining Code law.
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Swati Pandey / Reuters: Australian parliament passes news media bargaining code
Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Australia passes new media law that will require Google, Facebook to pay for news
Firstpost Tech: This week's changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the Australian government — but what was lost along the way?
Jacob Silverman / New Republic: Facebook Just Successfully Bullied the Sovereign Nation of Australia
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Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years — Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.
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Alex Hern / The World Is Yours*: news hokey-cokey — Facebook's week of dancing the hokey-cokey - it put the news tab in …
Oscar Williams-Grut / @oscarwgrut: Yes, because you go to the car for the radio and then the car is full of adverts, which used to be on the radio https://twitter.com/...
Nick Clegg / @nick_clegg: The internet needs new rules that work for everyone, not just for big media corporations. By updating internet regulation, we can preserve what's best about it — the freedom of people to express themselves and entrepreneurs to build new things. https://about.fb.com/...
Nick Statt / The Verge: Facebook will match Google's $1 billion news investment after Australia showdown
Mark Scott / @markscott82: FWIW, @Facebook's Nick Clegg just put out a rebuttal on why FB took down & then reinstated news in Australia amid Big Tech spat https://about.fb.com/...
Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147: “It's like forcing car makers to fund radio stations because people might listen to them in the car — and letting the stations set the price” - Facebook's Nick Clegg comes out punching on Australia's media law. https://about.fb.com/...
Ben Wright / @_benwright_: Most people don't get into their car in order to listen to the radio. And companies don't pay car manufacturers to advertise on the stations. Apart from that, this analogy from Clegg is spot on. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Mandese / MediaPost: The ‘Real Story’ Behind Facebook's Australian News Blackout, According To Facebook
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Australian lawmakers push ahead with news law after Facebook concessions
Luke Bailey / @imbadatlife: seems like clickbait https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Snyder / The Daily Caller: Facebook Promises To Invest $1 Billion In News Industry After Standoff With Australian Government
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: Facebook, too, is tired of all the fake news (an apology for blocking emergency services would've been nice imho) https://twitter.com/...
James Titcomb / @jamestitcomb: Remember when the car industry spent years courting radio stations and got broadcasters to shift their entire business model to cars and said it wanted to be “everyone's personalised radio station”? No? https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Facebook Exec Defends Australia News Blackout as ‘Legally Necessary,’ Claims Company Will Pay $1B to News Orgs Over Three Years
Filip Wallberg / @fiwa: “Fewer than one post in every 25 in your News Feed will contain a link to a news story, and many users say they would like to see even less news and political content.” https://about.fb.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: Facebook seems to think having Nick Clegg front its arguments like this is a... good thing. https://about.fb.com/...
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: want to know how to avoid coming off as verbose and pretentious with BS spin like this? you write a “here's what's happening” as it's happening. not something like this after message massage and mopup. https://about.fb.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: FB exec @nick_clegg's version of the Australian/Murdoch saga: The Real Story of What Happened With News on Facebook in Australia - About Facebook https://about.fb.com/...
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: Ha! Facebook so spectacularly miscalculated last week that Nick Clegg has been forced to go full Breitbart ‘The Real Story of What Happened with News on Facebook in Australia’ 😂 https://twitter.com/...
@fboversight: And here's @nick_clegg proving again he is literally living in 2003: “The internet needs new rules that work for everyone, not just for big media corporations.” https://about.fb.com/...
Tamsin Shaw / @professorshaw: “It's like forcing car makers to fund radio stations because people might listen to them in the car — and letting the stations set the price.” I'm a bit tired but to me it seems more like maybe making radio stations pay royalties to songwriters...? https://about.fb.com/...
Katie Collins / @katiecollins: Lots in this post by Nick Clegg about what FB has done for publishers, but it somehow manages to overlook the role FB played in gutting the news industry during the pivot to video when it inflated its statistics in presentations to those same publishers https://about.fb.com/...
@blackamazon: Me while everyone makes sure to ignore people of color or Facebook's racism even though it's the one thing they are sensitive about They just whole sale spin lying about destabilizing information https://twitter.com/...
Alex Barker / Financial Times: Facebook pledges to pay $1bn for news
Rahul Matthan / Ex Machina: The Big Tech + Media Bargain
ABC:
Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill
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Lizzie O'Shea / New York Times: Australia's Social Media Law Won't Save Journalism
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: BREAKING: “We're restoring news on Facebook in Australia in the coming days” says Facebook VP of global news partnerships @campbell_brown. Full statement: https://twitter.com/...
Cam Wilson / Gizmodo Australia: Australia's Plan To Force Facebook and Google To Pay For News Is Set To Become Law
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: New by me —> Understanding the Facebook/Australia deal through “The Usual Suspects”: “They realized that, to be in power, you didn't need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn't.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo: Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a Change
Jeet Heer / The Nation: Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this is a stalling tactic for both sides. Amendment to Australian bill gives AU Govt and Facebook two months to negotiate the final outcome. In the meantime, Facebook agreed to restore news links throughout Australia. story with @damiencave https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: and here is @FinancialReview which has been covering these developments around the ACCC report, code and now law super well the last few years. Good report, too. https://www.afr.com/...
@orskov: According to the Australian Financial Review, Facebook's decision to enter into negotiations with Australian media groups means that more than $200 million a year might ultimately be injected into local journalism by Facebook and Google https://www.afr.com/...
Zoe Kleinman / @zsk: I have a feeling this is not the end of this particular drama. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: From the sounds of it, Facebook reversed its ban because the Australian government promised that if it cut enough side deals with publishers, the law would no longer apply https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
@fbnewsroom: Update: We're pleased that we've been able to reach an agreement with the Australian government and appreciate the constructive discussions we've had with Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister Fletcher over the past week. Read our full statement. https://about.fb.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Statement from me on the late-night announcement between the Australian government and Facebook. More here... https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kayla Medica / Mehdeeka: The elephant in the room — Mehdeeka covers B2B, SaaS, and startup/tech marketing.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: If focus is on helping small+local publishers hope that will be taken into account? In designating platforms under revised 🇦🇺 code authorities to consider whether company “made a significant contribution[by]reaching commercial deals with media businesses” https://www.ft.com/...
Bravehearts / @braveheartsinc: Australian news coming back on Facebook - Brilliant news for all the Not for Profits who've been struggling in the wake. https://www.news.com.au/... via @newscomauHQ
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: Lots to parse in this statement from Facebook about news in Australia, but focus on “allow us to support the publishers we choose to” and “we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation.” https://twitter.com/...
@likebutterfield: to be clear, Facebook is consistently making micro-decisions about what content is shown in our feeds. this decision in australia was just an algorithm adjustment with a brighter light shining on it 🔦 https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: The Australian government added amendments to its proposed news media code, including a two-month mediation period, giving the two sides more time to negotiate https://www.nytimes.com/...
@yathinkn: Yeah... nah... “...we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation...” https://twitter.com/... Nice try though lolz https://twitter.com/...
@yathinkn: “...we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation...” So not really the “backflip” being crowed by many journos at all, more what FB told the Senate hearing in the first place 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: News is back for Australia. Nothing was really decided. Whatever happens, @facebook was large enough to likely negotiate its own legislation. Breaking apart Facebook is absolutely essential to reining in their power and control. https://twitter.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Bargaining about bargaining. I mean it's a start. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: ok, here is a good report on it. NYT reporter in Australia who has covered better than most (did I mention he's in Australia?) 2 month window allowing FB to save face after it's chaos move last week that killed any remaining trust there so spin, spin. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Looks like Australia caved to Facebook after less than a week https://twitter.com/...
Dave Pell / Substack: Olympic Flame Throwers
Simon Kent / Breitbart: Big Tech Backflip: Facebook Drops Australian News Ban, Bows to Government Regulation
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Facebook Demonstrates It Is More Powerful Than a Single Country
Caithlin Mercer / Reuters Institute:
Sinead Boucher, the CEO of New Zealand's largest newspaper group Stuff, says traffic has not significantly dipped since leaving Facebook and trust is higher — Caithlin Mercer — Sinead Boucher is the CEO of Stuff, New Zealand's number one-ranking news and media site.
New York Magazine:
First Look Media says it didn't fire Laura Poitras but chose not to renew her contract because she had been “inactive” for 2+ years, amid a fight about layoffs — When Laura Poitras co-founded First Look Media with Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill in 2013, the venture had immediate prestige …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Institute for Nonprofit News says it helped convert five newsrooms to non-profit status last year and membership grew 28% to 309 non-profit journalism groups — The trend is continuing into 2021.
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Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: “Pandemic drives nonprofit media boom” You don't say? https://www.axios.com/...
Jonathan Kealing / @jkealing: Thanks to @sarafischer for featuring @INN in her newsletter today. Nonprofit news is expanding rapidly, and we're here to help. https://www.axios.com/...
@inn: Thank you to @sarafischer at @axios for spreading the word about nonprofit news! We're proud that our membership grew a record 28% membership growth last year. Coming up this year: More resources to support the growth of the field. https://www.axios.com/...
Andrew Springer / @springer: Nonprofit news outlets are becoming a very important part of our newseco system. Fulfilling the mission & serving the public > making stockholder rich. It's why I'm launching @NoticeNews as a nonprofit! (via @sarafischer) https://www.axios.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Pandemic drove a US nonprofit media boom, as several news organizations report record membership growth in 2020 https://www.axios.com/...? via @axios
Des Moines Register:
Des Moines Register reporter arrested while covering a protest last spring will stand trial starting March 8; she faces 30 days in jail if convicted — Editorial: The pending charges against a Register reporter who was arrested while covering a social justice protest last spring are a clear infringement on the freedom of the press.
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Kyl / @kyletekautz: “For journalists, the most dangerous place in America is at a protest” - relevant to our class discussions on the 1st amendment #pols116 https://twitter.com/...
Josh Mandelbaum / @josh_mandelbaum: I've said it before and I'll say it again, these charges should be dropped. Once we learned that she was a reporter on assignment that should have been sufficient to drop the charges. https://twitter.com/...
Gage Miskimen / @gagemiskimen: “If convicted, she'll have a criminal record and faces possible penalties of 30 days in jail and a fine of $625 for each offense.” ... for doing her job and reporting what was happening. https://twitter.com/...
John Bridges / @johnbridges: “When reporters are arrested, assaulted or otherwise prevented from doing their jobs, it's not an attack on just a single journalist or a media company. It's an attack on everyone's rights to be informed and to hold those in power accountable for their actions.” https://twitter.com/...
Robert Draper / @draperrobert: It's hard to avoid the conclusion that the DA here has it in for the Des Moines Register reporter, who had every right to cover the protest where she was tear-gassed & arrested: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
Jeremy Jojola / @jeremyjojola: This editorial says the arresting officer didn't turn on body camera, as required by department policy. https://twitter.com/...
@gftribune: OPINION: That reporter Andrea Sahouri's trial is happening at all is a violation of free press rights and a miscarriage of justice. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
@h250u: We watched this arrest happen in real time and it was complete bullshit and infuriating. Ms. Sahouri was well out of the way and the officers should have known better. Polk County should know better than to move forward on this. https://twitter.com/...
@jaylencavil: Solidarity with @andreamsahouri. Polk County Attorney John Sarcone needs to drop ALL charges, including protesters. https://twitter.com/...
Al Tompkins / @atompkins: March 8th, DesMoines, a journalist will be put on trial for doing her job during the summer of 2020 protests there. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
@usatodayopinion: The upcoming trial of a Des Moines Register reporter who was doing her job covering a protest violates the rights of a free press: Editorial https://www.usatoday.com/...
@dmregister: Opinion: Polk County's decision to try a Register reporter is an attack on everyone's rights to be informed and hold government accountable, writes the Register's editorial board. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
Elliot Njus / @enjus: A @DMRegister reporter who was arrested while covering protests lasts spring faces a trial next month. A Register editorial: “It's an attack on everyone's rights to be informed and to hold those in power accountable for their actions.” https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
George Stanley / @geostanley: Editorial: A reporter was arrested & faces trial for informing citizens about a protest vs police violence. This is America folks, where the 1st Amendment protects both an independent press and protests vs government, so that the citizens stay in charge https://www.jsonline.com/...
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