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Linh Ta / Axios:
Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted of all charges by a jury after her arrest while covering a BLM protest last summer — Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Wednesday following her arrest while covering a Black Lives Matter protest last summer.
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William Morris / Des Moines Register: BREAKING: Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted after trial on charges from George Floyd protest in May 2020
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: Iowa reporter acquitted in a trial that shocked press freedom advocates
Andrea May Sahouri / @andreamsahouri: Acquitted. (Photo credit: Ted Nieters/Polaris Images) https://twitter.com/...
William Morris / Des Moines Register: Live updates: Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted by jury on both charges in protest trial
Freedom of the Press Foundation: Iowa reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted on charges than never should have been brought in the first place
William Morris / Des Moines Register: ‘This is my job!’: Register reporter Andrea Sahouri testifies in her own defense in her second day on trial
Scott Neuman / NPR: Iowa Reporter Found Not Guilty By Jury After Arrest At Black Lives Matter Protest
@dmregister: “I put up my hands. I said, 'I'm press. I'm press. I'm press.' He grabbed me, pepper-sprayed me.” Register reporter Andrea Sahouri describes the moment she was arrested covering a racial justice protest this summer. See more from her trial at https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
USA Today: Iowa journalist Andrea Sahouri acquitted in rare trial of reporter arrested while on assignment
Maribel Wadsworth / @mwadsworth: Grateful justice was done, and @andreamsahouri was fully exonerated. But it should never have come to this. She was assaulted, arrested, charged and tried for doing her job. Today's victory is as much a victory for the 1st Amendment as it is for Andrea. #PressFreedom https://twitter.com/...
Annah Aschbrenner / @annahbackstrom: Polk County DA John Sarcone doubles down on his prosecution of a journalist in Des Moines, arguing she was “a part of the protests” and “this isn't about free press.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Committee to Protect Journalists: Iowa journalist Andrea Sahouri acquitted on misdemeanor charges from 2020 protest coverage
Dan Barry / @danbarrynyt: Justice. This journalist thanks you for what you do. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Bajak / @fbajak: The news here is not the acquittal of a newspaper reporter arrested while covering a demonstration. It's the fact that a prosecutor saw fit to file charges and go to trial. https://twitter.com/...
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Malicious is the proper word to describe the prosecution of @DMRegister reporter @andreamsahouri for doing her job WHILE complying with police orders. Jury acquitted. Polk County Attorney John Sarcone should resign. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason: Iowa Reporter Acquitted After Being Arrested While Covering George Floyd Protests
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Des Moines Register Reporter Found Not Guilty After Arrest While Covering BLM Protest
Jeremiah Davis / @jeremiahdavis10: Aside from the fact that she never should've been arrested and this never should've gone to trial, I'm thankful for her and for journalism this was the outcome. https://twitter.com/...
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes: Jury Acquits Iowa Reporter Arrested While Covering Black Lives Matter Protest
Clay Masters / @clay_masters: Here's @andreamsahouri's first tweet after her acquittal following a 3-day trial for doing her job as a journalist. Naturally, she is continuing to display solid journalism ethics by giving the photojournalist proper credit. https://twitter.com/...
Omar Jimenez / @omarjimenez: As you should have been. This isn't what doing your job should look like. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Polk County prosecutors should apologize to the jurors for wasting their time, and then they should apologize to the rest of us for turning America's press freedoms into an international embarrassment. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ...
Tony Messenger / @tonymess: Excellent news. But NEVER should have gone to trial. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Taylor / @jessicataylor: Thank goodness. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Jason / @mikejason73: Glad she was acquitted. Should have never happened. This is the United States of America, FFS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Sahouri was covering protest last yr when officer came at her. She raised her hands and said “I'm press.” He pepper-sprayed her and her boyfriend and arrested them. Prosecutors said they disobeyed dispersal order and her role as journalist was irrelevant. Jury disagreed. https://twitter.com/...
Linh Ta / @linhmaita: Spenser Robnett, who accompanied Sahouri to watch over her, was also found not guilty of all charges.
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Goddamned right https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: It's absolutely essential that we talk about what an overreach of power this was by the Polk County District Attorney John Sarcone and the DMPD
Michael Rene Zuzel / @michaelrzuzel: Utter bullshit that she was arrested in the first place, much less that it went to trial. https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst / @konfrstforhouse: I'm glad the jury saw the truth here. Thanks to the journalists who do their jobs even when they have to endure things like this. You deserve better. We all do. #JournalismIsNotACrime https://twitter.com/...
Slava Malamud / @slavamalamud: How this ever became a court case is beyond me. How the cop who pepper-sprayed her is not the defendant is utterly incomprehensible. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Good. It is insane that charges were ever brought in this case https://twitter.com/...
@pressfreedom: The acquittal of journalist Andrea Sahouri in Iowa today is a welcome relief, but Polk County prosecutors never should have filed charges against her in the first place. Reporting is not a crime. Our full statement: https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: A shoutout here to @DMRMorris who spectacularly livetweeted the whole trial
William Morris / @dmrmorris: Here's our story, which will continue to grow: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/ ... Watch this space for additional updates.
Dena Takruri / @dena: Happy to hear journalist @AndreaMSahouri was acquitted. She should have never been charged in the first place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
KatieBeth Gardner / @kb_gardner: Journalism is not a crime. @andreamsahouri of the @DMRegister was acquitted today of charges stemming from her coverage of a protest in May 2020. #NotGuilty #PressFreedom https://twitter.com/...
Indivisible Rural NW Iowa / @indivisrural_ia: Polk County Attorney needs to resign. And apologize. https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: Also, please remember a lot of protestors in Des Moines are facing similar trumped up charges.
@sulliview: Iowa reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted in controversial case that shocked press freedom advocates. ... Good news, and good coverage from @ElaheIzadi https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Stephen Gruber-Miller / @sgrubermiller: I asked @ChuckGrassley this morning about @DMRegister reporter @andreamsahouri's trial. He said he wasn't familiar with the details but expressed a general support for freedom of the press. Here's the full exchange. https://twitter.com/...
Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle: This is great news! But it should have never gotten as far as it did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: The prosecutor's office should have to pay her costs for this ridiculous trial. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: This arrest, this prosecution, and this trial never should have happened. If there's any silver lining here, it's that great reporters like @andreamsahouri tend to produce some extraordinary criminal justice journalism after an experience like that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Andrea Sahouri, a Des Moines Register reporter, has been acquitted in a rare case of a journalist prosecuted while on the job — charges the Register had slammed as “a violation of free press rights” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abby Finkenauer / @abby4iowa: . @andreamsahouri never should have had to go through this. Freedom of the press was just put to actual test in Iowa. Watching this happen in my state was hard to watch & just terrifying for journalists who live here, report here & trying to do their jobs. Standing w/ you. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Keller / Law & Crime: Iowa Jury Acquits Newspaper Reporter Who Was Arrested While Covering George Floyd Protest
April Ehrlich / @aprilehrlich: Police arrested 117 journalists in the U.S. last year. Eleven still face charges, including me. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: Of course she's not guilty but she will never get her time or money back defending herself from this fascistic prosecution attempt for doing journalism https://twitter.com/...
@spjwash: This is a win for journalists everywhere. Reporters should not be arrested for doing their job. https://twitter.com/...
Madison Forker / IWMF: IWMF Applauds Acquittal of Des Moines Register Journalist Andrea Sahouri
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Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
Andrea Sahouri's trial was an actual threat to the First Amendment, and initial silence from state leaders showed who would defend journalism and who would not — This week, Des Moines Register journalist Andrea May Sahouri is o n trial after being arrested on May 31 while covering a Black Lives Matter protest for her job.
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USA Today: 'I'm just doing my job': Iowa journalist Andrea Sahouri takes the stand in her own defense after jurors see bodycam video
@statesnewsroom: Gov. Kim Reynolds declined to comment and “Grassley said he didn't have specifics on the case of Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was acquitted Wednesday of charges that she ‘failed to disperse’” https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: Sahouri was just declared not guilty. This case should have never gone to trial. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: The problem with our culture is not about a dumb potato. It's about a journalist on trial for doing her job. https://lyz.substack.com/...
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Ian Murray, executive director of UK's Society of Editors, steps down following backlash over his claims that there is no racism in the UK press — Ian Murray steps down amid backlash over his article criticising duchess's claims of UK media bigotry — The executive director of the Society …
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Vincent Wood / The Independent: Society of Editors chief resigns over body's response to Meghan racism claims
Terry Christian / @terrychristian: This bloke was a horrible slimey twat Society of Editors chief quits after row over Meghan racism statement https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: Society of Editors chief quits — “the decision became inevitable after people began abandoning awards - a key source of funding for the industry body” Insider tip: the awards scam is the major earner and form of social control of most these outfits https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Nic Ransome / @nicransome: “...holding a spotlight up to those in positions of power, celebrity or influence.” Translation: “...mercilessly holding a spotlight on those in positions of celebrity to hide that we never hold a spotlight on those in positions of power or influence.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Shirish Kulkarni / @shirishmm: I keep coming back to @reynoldspost's key question on newsroom inclusion: “Are we going to be sustainers, creators, deniers, facilitators or dismantlers of systemic racism?” Thank you to those who are choosing to dismantle. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@sunapology: The Society of Editors and also @pressgazette seriously misjudged the public mood and more importantly the mood within its own industry on this one. Shambolic. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Miqdaad Versi / @miqdaad: Major development: The executive director of @EditorsUK, Ian Murray has *resigned* after he claimed there is no racism in the press, leading to a rolling series of withdrawals from the @EditorsUK's National Press Awards https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Owen Jones / @owenjones84: It's good that this preposterously obnoxious man has gone, but the British national media - one of the most socially privileged occupations in the UK - is riddled with denial about the racism rampant in its ranks. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Paul Linford / HoldtheFrontPage: Murray quits as Society of Editors chief over ‘tone-deaf’ racism denial
Léonie Chao-Fong / HuffPost UK: Society Of Editors Head Resigns After Claiming UK Media Is ‘Not Racist’
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David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
UK's Society of Editors issues a clarification after 200+ journalists of color criticize its denial of Prince Harry's claim that UK media is “bigoted” — The Society of Editors has moved to respond to criticisms from journalists over its defence of the national tabloid press following …
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The Guardian, Yorkshire Post, The Guardian, Press Gazette, @peterjukes, @peterjukes, paulwiltshireblog, @vivian, @billt, @campbellclaret, @archiebland, @mwolferobinson, @tobyperkinsmp, @pressgazette, @davidallengreen, @hackneyabbott, @monisha_rajesh, @meghamohan, @oz_f, @jakubkrupa, @miqdaad, @david_conn, @archiebland, @bizpears, @archiebland, @georgiebingham, @jeffjarvis, @markpack and HuffPost UK
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Archie Bland / The Guardian: Society of Editors steps back from claim racism no part of Meghan coverage
James Mitchinson / Yorkshire Post: The Yorkshire Post to withdraw from Society of Editors awards
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette: Bigoted UK press? Guardian and FT editors call for reflection in industry
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: “I will be damned if the colour of my skin and my perceived social status is going to prevent me from listening, learning, bettering myself and my workplace. It is now up to the Society to decide how it betters itself, for the sake of decent journalism.” https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ ...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: Always honourable. Always independent and on point @JayMitchinson and the @yorkshirepost https://twitter.com/...
Paulawiltshire / paulwiltshireblog: Defending the vast majority of journalists and journalism means acknowledging that some of what our trade does is unacceptable
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: Too little too late https://twitter.com/...
Bill Thompson / @billt: Respect to @JayMitchinson for taking a stand. I'm another white journalist from a working class background, and I stand with him and all those who see and oppose racism in our profession. (Yorkshire Post to withdraw from Society of Editors awards) https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ ...
Alastair Campbell / @campbellclaret: Why can't more editors and newspaper people actually have principles? If they did they would be withdrawing from a lot more than this - eg using the govt propaganda videos and photos, accepting the ludicrous briefing system etc. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ ...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: Latest on Society of Editors stepping back from claim racism in the media isn't a thing. Some on board still feel it hasn't gone far enough, and considered resigning last night. Others say this is as far as you can go with board consensus required. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Maya Wolfe-Robinson / @mwolferobinson: There are now 236 journalists of colour who have signed this letter in response to the original statement from the Society of Editors https://haroon-siddique.medium.com/ ...
Toby Perkins MP / @tobyperkinsmp: This @JayMitchinson character continues to shine and is doing a wonderful job lifting the @yorkshirepost to the very top of its profession. This statement is in keeping with that. Remember him when he was new @D_Times editor and I was new MP.Always had class and an eye for news. https://twitter.com/...
@pressgazette: Evening Standard editor Emily Sheffield joins Guardian, FT, i and Huffpost editors to speak out: “We were not consulted about The Society of Editors' statement and it did not reflect our views on these vital issues” https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@davidallengreen: Many stupid things in law and media are described as ‘robust’ https://twitter.com/...
Diane Abbott MP / @hackneyabbott: Media industry still in denial about institutional racism #blacklivesmatter https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Monisha Rajesh / @monisha_rajesh: I signed. No more gaslighting. https://twitter.com/...
Megha Mohan / @meghamohan: Great to see @EditorsUK board refuting idiotic statement made by executive director that there was no bigotry in the British media. More than 160 journalists of colour have called his statement proof of “an institution & an industry in denial”. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Osman Faruqi / @oz_f: I genuinely cannot see anything like this happening in Australia. Major publishers and senior journalists blasting a peak industry body after it denied coverage of Meghan Markle was racist. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jakub Krupa / @jakubkrupa: “The Society of Editors has said a statement it issued saying there was no racism in the British media failed to reflect reality, and stepped back from its defence of the coverage of the Duchess of Sussex after members of the board threatened to resign.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Miqdaad Versi / @miqdaad: More than 160 journalists of colour from across the British media have described a claim by the Society of Editors that racism was never a factor in coverage of the Duchess of Sussex as “laughable” proof of “an institution and an industry in denial”. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
David Conn / @david_conn: Society of Editors has now revised its statement that racism played no part in the Meghan coverage, after protests from many journalists of colour, some editors, and senior people on its board. Report by @archiebland. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: 167 journalists of colour sign letter saying the Society of Editors' statement that there's no racism in the British media is ‘laughable’, Guardian and FT eds @KathViner and @khalafroula also disagree, and board member says ‘tone deaf’: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Elizabeth Pears / @bizpears: Completely support this. The Society of Editors does not speak for me. https://twitter.com/...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: Latest on @CharleneWhite stepping down as presenter of Press Awards after Society of Editors suggested racism in media not a thing. A new statement today from board backing off that view did not persuade her that the original remarks could be overlooked: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Georgie Bingham / @georgiebingham: YES. This paper is an example in soooo many ways. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Classic reflexive racist defensiveness. Step 1: “Us, racist? Why, no, let us tell you how not racist we are.” Step 2, below: “Uh, yes, but we do have a lot of work to do.” Step 3, coming: “Watch us fix this because we have the power to fix everything. We will start a committee.” https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Turnnidge / HuffPost UK:
ITV news anchor Charlene White quits as host of National Press Awards following the Society of Editors' widely ridiculed claim that the UK media is “not racist”
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Charlene White / @charlenewhite: Yep, that's right... https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
@nbentleytweets: I think this is amazing, selfless, and brave, but it is completely appalling that yet again it is a black woman stepping back. It is so obvious that the levels of racism within the media are endemic - and it is denial to claim otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
Stan Collymore / @stancollymore: Another fine broadcaster and journalist taking a stand as she always does. Bravo @CharleneWhite 🙌🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Charlene White Quits As Host Of Press Awards Over Society Of Editors' Racism Statement | HuffPost Life >> meanwhile back in the UK... https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
Afua Hirsch / @afuahirsch: What solidarity looks like https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ... @CharleneWhite 🔥
Stephen Bush / @stephenkb: Excellent and brave statement by @CharleneWhite: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
@pressgazette: New: ITV's Charlene White has quit as host of @EditorsUK Press Awards being held virtually on 31 March. She says it needs a host “whose views align with yours: that the UK press is the one institution in the entire country who has a perfect record on race” https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
Claudia Webbe MP / @claudiawebbe: Solidarity @CharleneWhite Thank you for speaking truth to power This is why we must diversify and democratise our media https://twitter.com/...
Paul Linford / HoldtheFrontPage: Yorkshire Post withdraws from Regional Press Awards amid SoE furore
Dionne Grant / @dionnegrant: Charlene White,the first Black woman to present the ITV News At Ten,has pulled out of hosting the Society of Editors' National Press Awards following the Society's claim that the UK media is “not racist”. Says it needs a host “whose views align with yours” https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Maya Wolfe-Robinson / @mwolferobinson: “Here's the thing. I only work with organisations who practise what they preach. My time is precious, so I'd rather not waste it.” https://twitter.com/...
Henry Mance / @henrymance: “I only work with organisations who practise what they preach.” https://twitter.com/...
David Lammy / @davidlammy: Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Thank you @CharleneWhite 👏🏿👏🏿 👏🏿 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
Andrea Byrne / @andreabyrnetv: There is a lot of talk on here this morning about freedom of speech, but not much about due impartiality and the Ofcom code. For those that don't know, news programmes in the UK are regulated by this code.
Georgie Bingham / @georgiebingham: Well done you. Nothing gets done about the ‘nothing to see here’ attitude until people take physical steps to highlight it. https://twitter.com/...
Jess Brammar / @jessbrammar: “I'm not yr personal Google. I am a Black woman who has consistently stood up for what she believes in, irrespective of impact it wd have on my career.” @CharleneWhite quits as host of Society of Editors' Press Awards with an explosive statement https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Will UK Tabloids Face a Reckoning Over Meghan Markle Coverage?
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Society of Editors boss Ian Murray resigns amid row over Prince Harry ‘bigoted’ press claims
Jeremy Scott-Joynt / RemoteAccessBar: 2021iii10, Wednesday: Will the press ever change?
Bloomberg:
Sources: BuzzFeed is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue, a SPAC; one source says proceeds could be used for future acquisitions — BuzzFeed Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: BuzzFeed in Talks to Go Public Via SPAC Merger (Report)
Tyler Sonnemaker / Insider: BuzzFeed in talks to go public through merger with 890 Fifth Avenue, a SPAC focused on media and telecom
Gillian Tan / @gilliantan: Buzzfeed is in talks to go public through 890 5th Avenue Partners, a SPAC named after the Avengers mansion New w/ @Lucas_Shaw 👇 $ENFA https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Well this is a gigantic “fuck you” to all the people who got laid off from @HuffPost yesterday. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Buzzfeed to merge with SPAC named after Avengers mansion https://www.mediagazer.com/... Flashback to: How Geek Culture overtook Pop Culture once kids who read comic books worked on Madison Ave, Wall Street (& Silicon Valley + Hollywood). https://contextisking.com/...
Hemal Jhaveri / @hemjhaveri: This detail is just *chef's kiss* absurd. “890 5th Avenue — named after the fictional Avengers mansion” 🥴 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: *blank stare* https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: Remember folks: at this point in the bubble, SPACs allow companies that cannot normally go public to do so by subsidizing the cost via bag-holding SPAC shareholders and offering generous terms so investors look the other way https://www.bloomberg.com/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: The Prospect is extremely SPACable, not gon' lie https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Eric Balchunas / @ericbalchunas: BuzzFeed in talks to go public via SPAC. Unfort $BUZZ no longer available. https://origin.www.bloomberg.com/ ...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: I don't have any idea what this means from a business perspective but it would create some fun subplots of Media 2021 because a lot of people from the happier days of the internet have stock options in buzzfeed https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Samuel Rubenfeld / @srubenfeld: 24 hours after laying off dozens of journalists https://twitter.com/...
David Moscrop / @david_moscrop: Rule #1 of corporate media: try to become what you once perfomatively hated. https://twitter.com/...
John Michael McGrath / @jm_mcgrath: ah so friends of mine were sacrificed on the altar, cool cool coooooooool https://twitter.com/...
Steve Kovach / @stevekovach: “890 5th Avenue — named after the fictional Avengers mansion — is led by Executive Chairman Adam Rothstein and CEO Emiliano Calemzuk.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Shoulda bought those options https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: After brutal layoffs, BuzzFeed is in talks to go public through a SPAC, Bloomberg reports https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Woof. Not even a week since the layoffs. But I guess the push for profitability this year is in this context. https://twitter.com/...
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
BuzzFeed announces layoffs at HuffPost, affecting 47 US employees, three weeks after acquiring the site from Verizon Media; HuffPost Canada will close
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: On HuffPost's Layoffs — According to press reports, HuffPost, which was recently acquired by Buzzfeed …
@huffpostunion: Today, we learned that 33 of our unit members — nearly 30% of our unit — are being laid off. Our union's statement: “We are devastated and infuriated, particularly after an exhausting year of covering a pandemic and working from home.” (1/x) https://twitter.com/...
Samantha Beattie / @samantha_kb: Without telling us they've shut down our site. https://twitter.com/...
Jenna Amatulli / @ohheyjenna: A thread of incomparable reporters laid off from HuffPost today who you, an esteemed media organization, should scoop up immediately: 1/
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Layoffs hitting HuffPost today, weeks after it was acquired by BuzzFeed: - 47 staffers in the US - exec editor Hillary Frey and international exec editor Louise Roug have decided to leave - closing HuffPost Canada - consultations on slimming down UK/ Aus https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Emma Gray / @emmaladyrose: Today I got laid off at HuffPost, after a decade of work I am so incredibly proud of. I am one of 47 of my deeply, beautifully, funny and talented and wonderful and kind colleagues who lost their jobs today. I'm the most sad that we can't all hug each other. (Also... hire me?)
Sebastian Murdock / @sebastianmurdoc: there's simply no way our new corporate overlords could ever be THAT evil I said two hours ago like a dipshit https://twitter.com/...
Ron Nurwisah / @boyreporter: A hard tweet to write. I'm one of the journalists affected by the HuffPost layoffs. Want to give a 👏 to everyone who helped build @HuffPostCanada especially @yumke who hired me. And a 🙌 to @gabigailgilliam @MikeElliotBarry and the rest of my team for being so amazing in 2020
Jon Schwarz / @schwarz: The layoffs at HuffPost are terrible. But this was baked in when the company was founded with money from venture capitalists and private equity. That's why it got sold to AOL, and then Verizon. Journalism was never profitable in the past, it isn't now, and it never will be.
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian: BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers less than a month after acquisition
@huffpostunion: (2/x) “This is also happening less than a month after HuffPost was acquired by BuzzFeed. We never got a fair shot to prove our worth.”
Jacob Soboroff / @jacobsoboroff: Seconding this, and pulling for my former colleagues and friends at @HuffPost after this absolutely crappy news. https://twitter.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: March 10, 2021 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: The truth is paywalled …
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Spring is Here — When I say “a terrible industry,” what's the first one that you think of?
David Infante / Fingers: Media industry still butt; bar-tab Venmo still deficient
Kim Bhasin / @kimbhasin: BuzzFeed laid off many of the longest-tenured staff at HuffPost. They stayed through all the regimes and created something great despite the endless BS. People like @emmaladyrose, @EmilyRPeck, @rklein90, @quasimado, @ClaireEFallon & @RealGirlProject - They built that newsroom. https://twitter.com/...
@cmclymer: I cannot recommend enough that news outlets hire @emmaladyrose. The influence of her reporting on a variety of topics over the past decade has been simply extraordinary. She's a fair and incredibly talented journalist. Any outlet would be lucky to have her. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: Piers Morgan walks off then walks away
@sulliview: Tons of talent among those being laid off at HuffPost. I hope every hiring news org is taking a hard look. And I'm so sorry to hear this gutting news, especially after so much good work in the past year. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Mckinney / @mckinneykelsey: every single media layoff story is as disgusting and predictably inhumane as you expect it to be and yet every single time i am shocked https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Taryn Finley / @_tarynitup: Extremely frustrated, saddened and disappointed to see so many of my talented HuffPost colleagues laid off today. They have taught me so much and it has been such a joy to work alongside them. Hire them. And unionize your newsrooms. I can't stress that enough. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Bendery / @jbendery: Still processing how painful today was for HuffPost. Some exceptional reporters and editors, not to mention exceptional people, are now on the market. Hire them. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: 47 layoffs might save about $4 million, before restructuring costs and lost revenue from reduced editorial product. Peretti said he wants to break even this year instead of losing $20 million. That math does not seem to pencil, unless there's a big strategy to grow revenue. https://twitter.com/...
Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D. / @kerileighmerrit: Just psychologically, downright cruel. https://twitter.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: This is high on the fucked-up scale. https://twitter.com/...
Mariam Ahmed / Talking Biz News: BuzzFeed announces layoffs for HuffPost staffers
Jo Yurcaba / @joyurcaba: Solidarity to all the incredible HuffPost reporters/editors laid off today (as someone who was laid off a month into the pandemic). If you have any LGBTQ+ pitches, I'd be happy to consider them - email is in my bio.
Sarah Miller / @sarahmillerdc: Mergers and layoffs go hand-in-hand, and not just in media. Under previous antitrust regimes, layoffs were just another “efficiency.” With a merger boom just over the horizon, the connection between M&A and layoffs needs to be part of the conversation. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Samantha Beattie / @samantha_kb: I will be publishing my story I was writing this week about climate change... somehow. Maybe on a blog?
Jesse Winter / @jwints: Shuttering newsrooms on the heels of a union push that sought basic respect and support for journalists should be illegal. Instead it's all too familiar https://twitter.com/...
Maham Abedi / @mahamabedi: HuffPost Canada was home to some of the brightest, kindest and most passionate journalists in our country and they simply deserve better. I have no doubt they'll find it. Forever grateful to them and for the newsroom that took a chance on me seven years ago. It's a sad day. https://twitter.com/...
Sara B. / @sara_bee: Although HuffPost has struggled financially for several years, some staffers criticized the lack of resources expended to promote the site and its content under Verizon Media. “We never got a fair shot to prove our worth,” the union said. https://www.huffpost.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: “there is one CEO who for years has utterly failed to both run a profitable company and treat his employees with even a modicum of human dignity when he is forced to throw their lives in the trash on a yearly basis. That man is Jonah Peretti” https://discourseblog.com/...
Claire Fallon / @claireefallon: well! just found out that after ten years at huffpost, i'm being laid off.
Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj: Newsrooms lost ~17k jobs last year. This, after 10+ years of working through cuts and consolidation, 2 recessions and a pandemic. That this many talented journalists could be out of work is a market failure. The industry has to do better for its workers. Hire them: https://twitter.com/...
Maya Kosoff / @mekosoff: sometimes i miss working in journalism full time but then a media company seems to deliberately choose the cruelest, most stress-inducing way to lay off several dozen people and my nostalgia evaporates https://twitter.com/...
Sara Nelson / @flyingwithsara: Devastating. And we stand with you, @HuffPostUnion. But no doubt the union made even the worst conditions better for the people doing to the work at @HuffPost. And the union fights on. #1u https://twitter.com/...
Alex Berg / @itsalexberg: This is devastating. HuffPosters have done such amazing work over the years and deserve so much better after a year of working through a pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Schulberg / @jessicaschulb: i'm absolutely shaking with rage - this is a bloodbath and we've been at buzzfeed for less than a month. we don't even have an EIC yet. there was no effort to work with the union to avoid/mitigate job loss during a pandemic https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Edwards-Levy / @aedwardslevy: After nine years at HuffPost, I am unfortunately saying goodbye to my incredible colleagues. I'm so proud of the work we've done. If you're looking to hire someone who loves writing about public opinion, good data and awful puns, please get in touch.
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: here's a blog about the people in charge, and specifically one guy who keeps finding new ways to fuck up https://discourseblog.com/...
Anna Silman / @annaesilman: @peretti you'll pay for our mandatory government hotel quarantine back in canada right?
Anna Silman / @annaesilman: now instead of taking his first vacation in a year because, lol, spr!ngisH3re!, he'll be on the phone to immigration lawyers seeing if he can stay in the country that has been our home for almost a decade.
Anna Silman / @annaesilman: after a hellish year spent reporting on the front lines of a pandemic, my partner and i were looking forward to things finally getting a little brighter over the next few months. plus, after giving 7 years of his life to huffpo, they were finally going to get him his green card!
Anna Silman / @annaesilman: in addition to every other entirely fucked up thing, huffpo laid off several international employees who depend on the company for their visa — during a pandemic, with no warning. this is tantamount to destroying not just someone's livelihood but their whole life. i am livid.
Kim Bhasin / @kimbhasin: BuzzFeed made its layoffs a live reality show reveal. Staff were told 47 of them would be laid off, but they'd have to wait to find out if they were included. If they didn't receive an email by 1 pm then their jobs were safe. https://defector.com/...
Kaz Weida / @kazweida: This is unconscionable. There's no need to inflict this kind of suffering. https://twitter.com/...
Anne T. Donahue / @annetdonahue: This is so fucking disrespectful and disgusting. I'm appalled and absolutely not shocked. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Strout / @erinstrout: Cruel. https://twitter.com/...
Penny Riordan / @pennyriordan1: @boyreporter @HuffPostCanada @yumke @gabigailgilliam @MikeElliotBarry I've been there twice, after both Patch/AOL and GateHouse/Gannett. You'll find somewhere amazing to land, no doubt. But first, take a break, get some rest, and take some time!
Andrew Losowsky / @losowsky: If you want an expert on social, email, audience - Ron is your man. This is a rare opportunity to pick up one of the best. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Carney / @tpcarney: I have been reading “The Price of Peace” by @zachdcarter. It's been an education, yes, but it's been a joy. Zach is an excellent writer who grips you with his storytelling prose. HuffPo let him go today, so buy his book. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ ...
Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss: Anyway, I want to say “hire all the talented journalists who got laid off today!” But our industry is so imperiled, as are so many others, that what we really need is a much broader restructuring of our priorities as a society
Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss: People working to help others, with a sense of purpose and mission, so often are the least valued by our capitalist system. Doctors might appear to be the exception, but...
Sebastian Murdock / @sebastianmurdoc: as an aside, in the future maybe don't have the password to your massive layoff blindside meeting be a variation of “spring is here”
Rebekah Entralgo Fernndez / @rebekahentralgo: Deeply evil. Solidarity with @HuffPostUnion https://m.huffpost.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Creators are monetizing through hyper-specific revenue streams like NewNew, which lets fans pay to vote to control a creator's day-to-day decisions — Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power. — A rash of new start-ups are making it easier …
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@brandyzadrozny, Mediaite, @alexnpress, @taylorlorenz, @yourcompanionai, @davelevitan, @dappergander, @sarahljaffe, @llamasoft_ox, @tessplease, @cwarzel, @emilydreyfuss, @annienavar, @gautambhatia88, @taylorlorenz, @joshelman, @kendallostrow, @jasonkilar, @somanyshrimp, @mikeduncan, @pfpicardi, @taylorlorenz, @mathewi, @bwecht, @taylorlorenz, @transscribe, @taylorlorenz, @broderick, @slooterman, @heyrosenberg, @itskyleharris, @pardesoteric, @zackhonarvar, @mikurubaeahina, @jessefelder, @taylorlorenz, @benyt, @brooke, @whysharksmatter, @mattdpearce, @taylorlorenz, @rmc031, @taylorlorenz and Gothamist, more at Techmeme »
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Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: Why does @TaylorLorenz's new story fill me with dread? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: New York Times Issues Rare Statement Slamming Tucker Carlson For ‘Calculated and Cruel’ Criticism of Taylor Lorenz
Alex Press / @alexnpress: every sentence in this article could fuel a nightmare https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: NEWS: I wrote about all the crazy and inventive ways creators are monetizing, including letting fans pay $$ decide what they wear, who they hang out with, where they go, and what they do https://www.nytimes.com/...
@yourcompanionai: I'm pretty sure like multiple people envisioned this in multiple different dystopia sci-fi fics, it's not even an original type of horror https://twitter.com/...
Feminist Proper Gander / @dappergander: Influencers are signing up for an app where fans pay money for votes to control the influencers' everyday activities, like what they wear, who they talk to, and what leisure activities they will engage in. This is legitimately crazysauce. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Jaffe / @sarahljaffe: Good lord the future sucks https://twitter.com/...
@llamasoft_ox: “Content Creators” are “Monetizing” Every Fucking Thing and it's Utterly Ghastly https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tess Gattuso / @tessplease: i can't recommend this article by @TaylorLorenz enough. i get DMs from these types of startups a lot. these places have made it easier for creators to get paid to say hi than paid for what they create. and you gotta love the “human stock market” bit. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: i believe that influencers/creators are living in the near future that we're all gonna live in as the attention economy matures. and i think what that means is more and more and more and more precarity for everyone. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Dreyfuss / @emilydreyfuss: The benefits of offloading every decision to strangers: absolves you of responsibility and makes you rich. Honestly, sounds momentarily freeing. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Annemarie Navar-Gill / @annienavar: This is dystopian, distressing, and I have so many questions about the types of and uses for the data generated in such an absolute hellscape https://twitter.com/...
Gautam Bhatia / @gautambhatia88: This actually feels a bit like @samitbasu's Chosen Spirits “utopia” come to life. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “We're building an economy of attention where you purchase moments in other people's lives, and we take it a step further by allowing and enabling people to control those moments.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Elman / @joshelman: The great shift to see here is how fans are paying for entertainment directly to the celebrities and influencers they like https://twitter.com/...
Kendall Ostrow / @kendallostrow: If you want to know where Celebrity culture is headed, track the creator economy. What digital creators are doing today, Hollywood stars will be doing in a few months (or years). These aren't fads or trends. This is the future of the talent business. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kilar / @jasonkilar: Interesting dive into the creator economy. Thank you @TaylorLorenz. The creator economy is changing so fast and in ways that I think are ultimately productive. https://twitter.com/...
David Drake / @somanyshrimp: It's extremely awesome that everything is becoming a popularity contest https://twitter.com/...
@pfpicardi: Endlessly fascinated by Taylor's pieces but DAMN this one is a doozy. It's like we are all Sims??? https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: I wrote about NewNew, Stir, PearPop, Rally, NFTs, @elijahdaniel's Clout Market, and how creator monetization is being upended in wild and creative ways https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Next up: People being paid by their “fans” to lose weight, gain weight, etc. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Wecht / @bwecht: This article by @TaylorLorenz is fascinating. I can't imagine ever opting in to any of these things, though to be fair, my experience as a creator is pretty far outside the norm. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Please read to the end, there are actually TWO people trying to build a “human stock market” 😅https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Katelyn Burns / @transscribe: Truman Show/Black Mirror vibes https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: What's interesting to me is that creators I spoke to found monetizing daily aspects of their lives LESS stressful than doing ad deals. It's way easier to charge $ for stuff ur already doing (hanging w/ friends, eating lunch) than having to produce sponcon https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: This is just the plot of the movie Gamer https://twitter.com/...
Sara Luterman / @slooterman: Calling this “late capitalism” is optimistic, because the operative assumption is that something better comes after. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rosenberg / @heyrosenberg: One of the best articles on how creators monetize. Taylor is also a good follow for all this stuff. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Harris / @itskyleharris: This is exactly why I'm cutting out all social media. This company NewNew is allowing people to basically become real life Sims. It's disgusting and terrifying. Stay of social media, kids.. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Arielle Pardes / @pardesoteric: This latest @TaylorLorenz story, about the lengths creators will go to sell themselves online, is amazing. It reminds me of an older story, about a man who used the internet to sell control of his life, much like the 15-year-old quoted here. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Zack Honarvar / @zackhonarvar: Creators aren't just creative with their content — they're also innovative in their approach to building revenue streams. This does a great job highlighting these new business models and showcasing the limitations that exist in order for creators to go completely direct to fan. https://twitter.com/...
@mikurubaeahina: this is the most bleak story I have ever read about our future, so I am positive it will take off https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Felder / @jessefelder: 'NewNew, a start-up in Los Angeles, describes its product as creating a “human stock market.” On the app, fans pay to vote in polls to control some of a creator's day-to-day decisions.' https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “It doesn't matter how boring you think you are, there's someone out there who would find your life interesting to the point that they're willing to pay.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: “Sure, it's fun to control a famous influencer or celebrity, but it's honestly just as entertaining to control someone you go to school with, or your boyfriend's ex-girlfriend” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brooke Hammerling / @brooke: I don't know. If someone wants to pay me to decide how I dress I feel like this would help me a lot because I'm so lazy I just wear leggings and sweatshirts so if someone pays me and then tells me what to wear I'm in. 😎 https://twitter.com/...
Dr. David Shiffman / @whysharksmatter: I do not count as an influencer other than in a super narrow niche, but if someone wants to pay me money in exchange for them figuring out for me what I'm eating for lunch today, I can think of worse problems. @TaylorLorenz https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “Sure, it's fun to control a famous influencer or celebrity, but it's honestly just as entertaining to control someone you go to school with, or your boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Yahoo News is outpacing WaPo and others on TikTok, with 1.1M followers, by using a combination of partner footage, original reporting, and humor to deliver news — Picture Yahoo users and you probably envision a group that's older and a bit less digitally savvy than those relying on, say, Google's suite.
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@broderick, @coralproject, @kerrymflynn, @journalismfest, @angelaishere and @kerrymflynn
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Ryan Broderick / @broderick: Whoa Yahoo News has the biggest news account on TikTok. Even more amazingly, they did it by posting news content and being accessible in the comment section. https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Coral by / @coralproject: Comments can be valuable when you treat them as such https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: As @SarahScire notes, comments no longer exist on Yahoo News' site. But the newsroom loves to use comments on TikTok “It shows we're humans, we care about their lives, and what's relevant to their lives.” - @juliamunslow https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Journalism Festival / @journalismfest: The @YahooNews TikTok account now has 1.1 million followers. Started by a 24-year-old special projects editor, it uses a combination of partner footage, original reporting, and tongue-in-cheek humor to deliver news | @SarahScire via @NiemanLab https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@nytimespr:
[Thread] NYT reacts to Tucker Carlson's comments about NYT's Taylor Lorenz and her struggle with online harassment, calling his tactic calculated and cruel — Our response to Tuesday night's “Tucker Carlson Tonight” broadcast. https://twitter.com/...
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@aidnmclaughlin, Mediaite, @nytimespr, Variety, The Wrap, The Hill, @maxthegirl, @santiagomayer_, @nandoodles, Fox News, @jeffjarvis, @webdevmason, @shiraovide, @redsteeze and @slpng_giants
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Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin: Fox News responds: “No public figure or journalist is immune to legitimate criticism of their reporting, claims or journalistic tactics.” Fox also said that — surprise! — Tucker Carlson will be addressing this on his show tonight https://www.mediaite.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Tucker Carlson Mocks NYT Reporter as a ‘Deeply Unhappy Narcissist’ After Paper Calls Him Out for ‘Cruel’ Harassment
@nytimespr: Last summer @erikwemple at the @washingtonpost examined the anatomy of an attack by Carlson that had real world consequences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jordan Moreau / Variety: New York Times Defends Reporter Taylor Lorenz From Tucker Carlson's ‘Cruel’ Attack
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NY Times Lashes Out at Tucker Carlson for ‘Calculated and Cruel’ Attack on Reporter Taylor Lorenz
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: NYT criticizes Tucker Carlson for attacking journalist
Santiago Mayer / @santiagomayer_: Your supporters began sending me death threats when I was in 10th grade. Sit the fuck down. https://twitter.com/...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: It's not just the @nytimes that should be denouncing Tucker Carlson Tonight. The @iab is still partnering with Fox News, lending it credibility and support — and actively encouraging advertisers to sponsor the network. https://twitter.com/...
Tucker Carlson / Fox News: Meghan Markle latest example of elites' unseemly victimhood
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Fuck Tucker Carlson. https://twitter.com/...
@webdevmason: Taylor Lorenz has made a hobby of slandering others, including younger and far less privileged women. The official stance of the New York Times seems to be that its own employees are due better treatment than the plebs they victimize. They're the important people, after all. https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: “Journalists should be able to do their jobs without facing harassment.” https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Source: Teen Vogue removed an article sponsored by the Saudi Tourism Authority after it was posted to the site on Tuesday in “error” — Teen Vogue removed an article sponsored by the Saudi Tourism Authority after it was posted to the site on Tuesday in “error,” an individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap.
Lawfare:
How AG Merrick Garland can reverse Trump's press freedom abuses, starting with investigating arrests and uses of force against journalists during BLM protests — When President Biden announced the nomination of Merrick Garland as the next attorney general, Biden criticized incendiary rhetoric …
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@joelcpj, Reuters, Associated Press, @lawfareblog, @ejeancarroll, NPR, @briankarem and @acosta
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Joel Simon / @joelcpj: A comprehensive, clear-eyed proposal on how @TheJusticeDept under Merrick Garland can protect and defend #pressfreedom. What else would you expect from Bruce Brown & @Gabe_Rottman @rcfp? https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ...
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters: Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be attorney general
Lawfare / @lawfareblog: Merrick Garland and his incoming team at the Justice Department has inherited, and now must grapple with, several thorny questions at the intersection of the news media and the law. Here's Bruce D. Brown and Gabe Rottman: https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ...
E. Jean Carroll / @ejeancarroll: Trump is STILL using the DOJ as his personal law firm to fight me in court!! Luckily I have a BETTER law firm, @KaplanHecker and the illustrious @kaplanrobbie and @JoshuaMatz8! https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ...
Carrie Johnson / NPR: Garland Confirmed As Attorney General 5 Years After Thwarted Supreme Court Bid
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Meredith hires Mary Margaret as the new EIC of Entertainment Weekly; she will be the 31-year-old publication's first female EIC — After a more than three month search, Meredith announced that Mary Margaret is the new editor in chief of Entertainment Weekly, the 31-year-old consumer publication.
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Mary Margaret Named First Female Editor in Chief of Entertainment Weekly
Ray Schultz / MediaPost: ‘EW’ Names First Female EIC, Mary Margaret
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says more than 120M Americans streamed YouTube and YouTube TV on their TVs in December 2020, up from 100M in March 2020 — YouTube is again touting the living-room TV as the fastest-growing screen in its device matrix, angling to get more advertisers to spend money on the platform.
Discussion:
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: YouTube's Mohan Touts Trends Redefining Video Ads, Surges On CTV At IAB's ILM
Brian Albert / The Keyword: As CTV viewership surges, YouTube is people's Main Stream
Mollie Cahillane / Adweek: YouTube, Already a Connected TV Titan, Looks to Grow Even Further
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