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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Sources: Stewart Bainum weighs bidding for all of Tribune Publishing, after his deal to buy The Baltimore Sun from soon-to-be owner Alden hits obstacles — A Maryland hotel magnate who had a deal to buy The Baltimore Sun is now weighing a bid for all of Tribune's newspapers that could thwart a hedge fund's plan.
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Ray Schultz / MediaPost: Nonprofit That Bought ‘Baltimore Sun’ Reportedly Seeks All of Tribune Publishing
Josh Noel / @hopnotes: Anyone got a couple hundred million handy to save the Chicago Tribune from an owner known for slashing and burning its newsrooms? It might not be too late. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Skyler Swisher / @skylerswisher: “If Mr. Bainum manages to reach an agreement to buy Tribune, he would be likely to seek local owners for its other newspapers, which include The Hartford Courant, The Orlando Sentinel and The South Florida Sun Sentinel.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniela Altimari / @capitolwatch: Word that the Alden deal to buy Tribune might fall apart is the first *potentially* positive news The Hartford Courant has had in years....perhaps there is a light at the end of the tunnel after all...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: The business man who wants to buy the @baltimoresun is now thinking about whether to try and buy all of Tribune Publishing, in a sum of parts valuation bid https://www.nytimes.com/...? via @nytimes
Phil Davis / @pdavis_llc: Being employed at Tribune is an emotional rollercoaster and my paycheck is sitting next to me https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: The hotel magnate and philanthropist who bought the Baltimore Sun through his nonprofit is now trying to buy all of Tribune Publishing, denying the hedge fund Alden Capital from taking total control of the newspaper chain, the NYT reports. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Darren Carroll / @darrendcarroll: “A deal that would reshape the American newspaper industry has run into complications just one month after an agreement was reached ... As a result, the New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital may have to fend off a new suitor for Tribune Publishing.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Bass / @adambasswccs: He runs the risk of losing the sun.....but if he wins then......holy fuck. https://twitter.com/...
@kristoncapps: Man this could be potentially amazing for the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and a host of other newspapers. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: “If Mr. Bainum manages to reach an agreement to buy Tribune, he would be likely to seek local owners for its other newspapers, which include The Hartford Courant, The Orlando Sentinel and The South Florida Sun Sentinel” - @marcatracy https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steve Katz / @steve_katz: This is definitely an important signal for a much better deal for local news outfits. Put Bainum together with Song-Shiun, and that blocks Alden. The powers that be at Knight and Ford need to be on the phone to these guys right now and throwing in some serious money. https://twitter.com/...
Daniela Altimari / @capitolwatch: (I know there's a long way to go so not getting my hopes up)
Heidi Legg / @heidilegg: “Stewart Bainum, Sr., was 17 when he hitchhiked from Cincinnati to D.C., with $3 in his pocket searching for opportunity. He worked odd jobs and eventually saved enough money to start a plumbing business and then to open his first hotel... Choice Hotels."https://www.forbes.com/ ...
Dan Mihalopoulos / @dmihalopoulos: Plot thickens. I'll defer to @chicagotribune journalists and @CTGuild. But wouldn't this alternative be seen more favorably than the seemingly inevitable deal when Alden? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bryn Stole / @brynstole: “Mr. Bainum and Alden have found themselves at loggerheads over details of the operating agreements that would be in effect as the Maryland papers transitioned from one owner to another” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@mboothdenver: Not so fast Alden: you irritated the Baltimore guy so much that now he's going to fight you for all of Tribune Co. https://www.google.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: broke: jeff bezos will save journalism woke: stewart bainum will save journalism https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This would be so great. And it could more easily happen if one or two of our progressive philanthropic foundations helped out. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: One hell of a @marcatracy scoop: “If Bainum reached an agreement to buy Tribune, he would likely seek local owners for its other papers, including The Hartford Courant, The Orlando Sentinel and The South Florida Sun Sentinel” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: Local ownership is needed at Tribune Publishing. I hope civic-minded Chicagoans follow the lead of Stewart Bainum and others before him, like Glen Taylor. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stephanie Sigafoos / @ssigafoos: This is huge. This would be tremendously tremendously better — the best news The Morning Call and every Tribune paper could hope for. #savelocalnews https://twitter.com/...
Beth Nakamura / @bethnakamura: Everyone hates you, Alden Capital. Literally everyone 🗞 https://twitter.com/...
Brett Bachman / @brettabachman: This is huge: “If Mr. Bainum manages to reach an agreement to buy Tribune, he would be likely to seek local owners for its other newspapers, which include The Hartford Courant, The Orlando Sentinel and The South Florida Sun Sentinel”
@mattdpearce: If true, this would be a huge development in American journalism and I know a lot of people who would put their shoulders to the wheel to help make it happen. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: I know next to nothing about Stewart Bainum, but if he can save Tribune from Alden I am ready to anoint him as a savior of American journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: That noise you hear is the cheering of journalists in 8 newspaper markets. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Klein / @rklein90: What is this feeling... is it hope? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: This story has a lot of moving parts and nothing is set, but it seems like putting newspapers in the hands of local owners and/or non profits instead of the hedge fund Alden Capital is a positive development for American journalism https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Fischer / @benfischersbj: Big development. Every journalist I know will be hoping he pulls it off. https://twitter.com/...
Dominic Gwinn / @dominicgwinn: “Mr. Bainum has asked the Trib Pub special committee...for permission to be released from a NDA prohibiting him from discussing the deal. 2 of the ppl said Mr. Bainum...was prepared to put up $100m for a bid & then seek additional investments from others” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ross Maghielse / @maghielse: I would bankroll an all-you-can-eat dinner for Stewart Bainum at the Inner Harbor Bubba Gump Shrimp (best one in the country!) if he actually pulls this off. https://twitter.com/...
Jarrett Seidler / @jaseidler: It would be nice if Mr. Bainum decided to save local news with his hundreds of millions, but also the fate of many of America's most storied news outlets shouldn't be whether the benevolent bazillionaires can outbid the hedge fund guys https://twitter.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: March 15, 2021 — Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: A possible savior emerges for Tribune's newspapers
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Wow. The Choice Hotels guy may try to rescue all of Trib Publishing from Alden. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Hard to get one's hopes up but this would be extremely good if it is pulled off. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sara Morrison / @saramorrison: @capitolwatch 🤞🤞🤞
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Online harassment of female journalists, especially those who cover technology, is deeply destabilizing and increasingly hard to endure — Julia Carrie Wong remembers a time, years ago, when she felt that being a part of digital culture was fun. — “I used to really enjoy online spaces …
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Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: I spoke to the wonderful @Sulliview about my experience dealing with threats and harassment in response to my work and why I think it's a labor issue that publications need to address. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@sulliview: Online harassment of female journalists is real, and it's increasingly hard to endure. ....My column, with thanks to @juliacarriew for sharing so forthrightly what she has experienced https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alexis Benveniste / CNN: Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump, Brian Stelter says
Tim Carman / @timcarman: Important story from @Sulliview on the constant, vile harassment of female journalists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Beard / @dabeard: “Women journalists must be able to do their jobs without fear for their lives.” - @IWMF “Even if the hordes never make it to your door, the fear is real.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @pressfreedom
Darlene Superville / @dsupervilleap: “Sadly, there is a chilling effect on journalism itself. Reporters may decide to pull back to protect themselves, asking whether a particular article is really worth the abuse it will bring. They may decide to leave the profession altogether.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fenit Nirappil / @fenitn: “It's simply an unhinged rage that women dare to have a voice. Unless you've been there, it's hard to comprehend how deeply destabilizing it is, how it can make you think twice about your next story, or even whether being a journalist remains worth it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: I don't mean to downplay or minimize online harassment at all but it always feels weird to see it make major headlines when it happens to white women and to not even get a mention when it happens to POC https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: The level of harassment and trolling that female journalists receive is appalling. It is consistently far worse than what their male colleagues face. I wish we knew how to stop or reduce it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@iwmf: “[Online attacks are] clearly an effort to silence women's voices in public spaces.” Executive director @ElisaLeesMunoz spoke with @Sulliview about the threat online abuse poses and how we're working to protect women journos online. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Theresa Boyle / @theresaboyle: I have had my fair share of brutal trolling! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: “Unless you've been there, it's hard to comprehend how deeply destabilizing [online harassment] is, how it can make you think twice about your next story, or even whether being a journalist remains worth it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@kerrymflynn: “It's simply an unhinged rage that women dare to have a voice.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@sorayamcdonald: Everything Margaret says here. And I wish Black journalists—particularly Black women—got this sort of vocal and unambiguous support from their newsrooms when the person inciting the same sort of awfulness toward them was POTUS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
icfj.org: Washington Post Cites ICFJ Report in Denouncing “Onslaught of Online Harassment” Against Maria Ressa
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: This has to stop and tech leaders should be embarrassed and ashamed for their role on this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Rather / @danrather: Truth. And every news organization needs to be aware of this, with support, protection, and guidance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Annie Shields / @anastasiakeeley: It's hard to believe this is still an argument that has to be made https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
I Am Black / @wilgafney: So apparently the experiences of black women journalists are irrelevant in spite of what we all witnessed in the White House briefing room and on the lawn in the past four years. Ok. We see you white women. https://twitter.com/...
@davidpaulk: “Misogyny, often racist misogyny, is at the heart of the more recent attacks on journalists... And it's happening all over the world.” I imagine many female China correspondents could have contributed their own harrowing experiences to this article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@hunterwalk: when people say “male journalists gets harassed horribly too, so why are we focusing on women?” a) women are subjected to way more sexualized, graphic and physical threats b) yes, stop harassing male reporters too ty @Sulliview 💪 https://twitter.com/...
@theafronerd: Especially since @RokhayaDiallo is right HERE. She is probably the most targeted female journalist on this app https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Fatah / @natashafatah: This week a troll said his tax dollars paid for my breasts and another said I must have “dirt” on my bosses which is the only reason I have my job. ⬇️ Online harassment of female journalists is real, and it's increasingly hard to endure — @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN: What a mess — the media's dopey Biden gotcha stories
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: The war on truth didn't end with the last election. It's still ramping up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: “Digital harassment is pervasive, and it is destructive to the lives and careers of female journalists...It's simply an unhinged rage that women dare to have a voice...It's hard to comprehend how deeply destabilizing it is.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Jones / Poynter: Why CNN was right to go after Tucker Carlson
Porter Anderson / @porter_anderson: Media: @Sulliview: “Digital harassment is pervasive and destructive to the lives and careers of female journalists. Much of it dates back to GamerGate, the Internet culture war that began in 2013 ... If there's anything hopeful, it's increasing awareness.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This is awful. One additional observation: misogyny is everywhere and, due to Trumpism, more overt than ever. Editors should assign reporters to cover it more, whatever their gender whatever their beat. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: This is good AND ? Someday I won't HAVE to be this person..... Not a single Black woman is interviewed or mentioned https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This WashPost article on the harassment female journalists get online forgot to mention who was responsible for this specific racist and misogynist abuse and where it came from (it was against the reporter who found the mean Neera tweet about Murkowski): https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Netflix leads 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nominations for Mank; for the first time, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated for best director — NEW YORK (AP) — David Fincher's “Mank” has led nominations to the 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nods, and for the first time …
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Brian Welk / The Wrap: Oscar Nominations 2021: The Complete List
Diane Haithman / The Wrap: ‘One Night in Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers Hails Diversity of Oscar Nominees Despite Regina King Snub
Brent Lang / Variety: Netflix Dominates 2021 Oscar Nominations, Disney Plus and Apple Score First Nods
Adam B. Vary / Variety: Oscars Nominate Most Diverse Acting Slate Ever, Including First Asian American Best Actor
Thomas Moore / The Hill: New York Times receives two Oscar nominations
Emerald Fennell / @emeraldfennell: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUU
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Netflix and Amazon, two companies that had never made a movie just a few years ago, received a combined 47 Oscar nominations. Paramount and Warner Bros., two of the oldest Hollywood studios, got just a couple. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@womenahollywood: It took 93 years, but FINALLY, this year is the FIRST TIME EVER more than one woman was nominated for Best Director in the same year. Congrats Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell! #Oscars #OscarNoms https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Because the traditional studios are now franchise-obsessed and don't make movies for adults or that won't travel well. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: My inexact tally by media company (likely missing a few): Netflix 35 Comcast (Universal/Focus) 17 Disney (Searchlight/Disney/Hulu) 16 Amazon 12 A24/Sony 6
@a24: A groundbreaking story. Congratulations to Isaac, Steven, YJ and the whole #Minari family on their *6* historic Oscar nominations 🌱 https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: Excited to see these amazing women nominated this morning! Congrats @violadavis @AndraDayMusic Vanessa Kirby, Carey Mulligan, and of course incomparable Frances McDormand! https://www.thewrap.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Ford / @beccamford: So many firsts! The first Asian American woman to receive a nomination for best picture. The first all-Black producing team to earn a best pic nom. Here's @therebeccasun's breakdown of all the history making #OscarNoms https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Jim Rainey / @raineytime: This is very cool. https://www.latimes.com/...
Jon Erlichman / @jonerlichman: Netflix's Oscar nominations: 2021: 35 2020: 24 2019: 14 2018: 8 2017: 3 2016: 2 2015: 1 2014: 1 2013: 0
Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Oscar Nominations 2021: ‘Mank’ Leads Nominations and Chloé Zhao Makes History
Kyle Buchanan / @kylebuchanan: Chloé Zhao is now the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars. And alongside Emerald Fennell, this is also the first time in Oscar history that more than one woman is nominated for Best Director in the same year.
@disney: Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of #PixarSoul on their #Oscars nomination for Best Animated Feature! https://twitter.com/...
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple TV+ Lands First Oscar Nominations for ‘Greyhound’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’
Grace Meng / @grace4ny: Especially in a year where our AAPI communities have faced a rise in racially-motivated harassment and attacks, representation like this matters. Congratulations to all these nominees, and thank you for telling our stories. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: Viola Davis makes #Oscars history as the most-nominated Black actress ever https://ew.com/...
@kerrymflynn: OSCAR NOMINATED 🐑 🛸 https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@kirkacevedo: Not 1 Fucking Latino Actor, Actress, Director or Writer nominated at this years Oscars. Not only this Oscar year but almost every Oscar year. A reminder: Latinos represent 1/5 of the United States & 25% of ALL income at the U.S. box office. WE EXIST! https://variety.com/...
Kate Aurthur / @kateaurthur: I wrote about this year's historic nominations for women directors, courtesy of Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell. https://variety.com/... #Oscars https://twitter.com/...
David Dennis Jr / @daviddtss: Lol Judas and the Black Messiah had no lead actor nor a director https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Mank leads the 2021 Oscar nominations
@strongblacklead: The history making moments for Black women continue. Viola Davis, Best Actress nominee for MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, just made Oscar® history with her 4th nomination. She is now the most-nominated Black actress EVER, and the only Black woman with two Best Actress nominations. https://twitter.com/...
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Sources say staff are “alarmed and dismayed” after Daily Telegraph editor emailed staff of plans to link elements of journalists' pay to articles' popularity — Guardian has seen email revealing plan, which is said to have dismayed staff who fear it will warp priorities
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Chris Moran / @chrismoranuk: “It seems only right that those who attract and retain the most subscribers should be the most handsomely paid.” Sure this'll work out just fine. Can't imagine any bad outcomes https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@alexmassie: This is an unbelievably stupid idea. The whole *point* of paywalls is they remove - or are supposed to - the kind of nonsense this kind of absurdity would encourage. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
ine McMahon / @ainemcmahon: The Daily Telegraph editor told staff the outlet wants to use the “Stars” system, which scores stories published online based on how many subscriptions they drive and how many clicks they get, “to link performance to reward” using subscription data. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
James Temperton / @jtemperton: Linking the pay of individual reporters to article popularity is a spectacularly bad idea. It's editors, not reporters, who decide what stories run. If an editor assigns a boring story why should the reporter be punished with lower pay? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Chris Schilling / @schillingc: Even more reason not to RT/QT columnists who are actively seeking hate-clicks. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Archie Bland / @archiebland: Telegraph journalists “mutinous” at plan to link portion of pay to their popularity with subscribers. One says: “Idea I'm punished and columnist on woke culture gets a bonus grates. If you're doing reviews or environmental reporting you're screwed.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Piers Morgan weighs options for his next job, British TV execs like GB News' Andrew Neil see a big opportunity in producing more American-style cable clashes — British TV executives see opportunity — and money to be made — in bringing American cable-style clashes to their screens.
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Piers Morgan Is Delighted the ‘Whole World’ Is Talking About Him
Reed F. Richardson / @reedfrich: Love this telling little detail about the conservative Brexit sympathizer who's trying to Fox Newsify TV in Britain. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah J. Jackson / @sjjphd: It didn't even take a week y'all... https://twitter.com/...
Prof. Peter Doherty / @profpcdoherty: And we have our own toxic creeps and media organizations to support them, along with compliant politicians who see their self-interests (the retention of power at all costs) as convergent. Piers Morgan Can't Wait to Bring the Worst of America Home https://www.nytimes.com/...
Erik Loomis / @erikloomis: First rate tidbit deep in here—the jerkoff racist from Mumford and Sons is the son of the hedge fund manager putting up huge money to create polarizing news networks in Britain based on the Fox style. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Also, Lachlan Murdoch is currently running Fox News from Sydney https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Piers Morgan Can't Wait to Bring the Worst of America Home https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Moves are afoot to bring Tucker-style TV to the UK. But regulations say you cannot be partisan. The circle is squared by making news-ish stuff that benefits the right, but offers plenty of room to book people from the left. For example: cancel culture. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Scott Bryan / @scottygb: “While he denied that his walkout was in any way “staged,” [Piers] acknowledged that his departure comes at a particularly opportune time.” a great @benyt column on where British television is heading. https://twitter.com/...
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: “Sober-minded British commentators wonder... why anyone would want to import any element of our hyper-polarized American life. The answer, of course, is that it sells,” @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Deegan / @matt: Good NYT piece that covers the changing face of “news” programming: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt ‘TK’ Taylor / @mattietk: '"I don't think there's an appetite in Britain for ridiculous conflict," Mr. Neil said. Still, he plans to carry a segment on his own prime-time show called “woke watch” in which he can mock what he sees as progressive excesses.' 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Mark Seddon / @markseddon1962: No one can possibly say that we haven't been warned. Shrill voices, vying for extremity, driven by share prices and algorithms. Will UK legislators act, or just sit by? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
FT CEO says digital ad revenues grew by 30% in 2020 to overtake print in Q4 and outlets can “have your cake and eat it” by using both ads and subscriptions — Financial Times chief executive John Ridding has said news publishers “can have your cake and eat it” but only if they have a “robust reader revenue foundation”.
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@pressgazette: FT digital ad revenues up by 30% in 2020, overtaking print in the final quarter of the year - CEO John Ridding said this was “a moment, and a milestone, and not a coincidence” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Liz Maynes-Aminzade, head of The New Yorker's Puzzles & Games Dept., on popular crossword puzzles and how games fit into subscription strategy — “If you're looking at a metric like unique visitors, the audience for the crossword is not colossal.
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Parker Higgins / @xor: Interesting interview with the Puzzles & Games editor at the New Yorker, which has published the best mainstream crossword out there since launching in 2018. This number made my jaw drop a bit https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Lacy / @adriana_lacy: “At The Wall Street Journal, for example, a team looking to increase subscribers' active days found that playing a puzzle had a more dramatic impact on reader retention than other actions the team had been promoting to new subscribers.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@niemanlab: “If you're looking at a metric like unique visitors, the audience for the crossword is not colossal. But if you're looking at people who subscribe, or people who read multiple articles a month, those are groups that really value our crossword.” https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@thebrowser: Also relevant: this Nieman lab piece on puzzles, including cryptic crosswords. Cryptics are popular in Britain but less well-known in the US. We're hoping to change that with our American-style cryptics & all-star puzzle team! https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@niemanlab: “We also get some funny emails when people are scandalized by clues. Someone wrote in objecting to a puzzle that had LUBE in the grid — clued as ‘Bedside-table supply, perhaps’ — which she said had ruined her morning coffee.” https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Feyer / @danfeyer: ... which joins Out of Left Field Cryptics, and a number of indie setters like @MossDef and @d_avidgold, as the only regular cryptic sources outside of the NYT/WSJ and Canadian papers. Read the whole piece by @SarahScire about the Puzzles & Games Dept.: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Nadine White / The Independent:
A look at Black media creatives in the UK, who are building their own platforms that cater to Black Britons and challenging the UK press' race problem — Nadine White meets the Black media creatives challenging the status quo and building their own platforms
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David Olusoga / The Guardian: The royals are just like much of our press - trapped in a fantasy version of Britain's past
@magalidmathias: This is why I liked that Harry and Meghan are helping black and brown media and organisations https://twitter.com/...
Royal Suitor / @royal_suitor: ""The UK is not bigoted," [Harry] recalled telling someone, but “the UK press is bigoted, specifically the tabloids. But unfortunately, if the source of information is inherently corrupt or racist or biased, then that filters out to the rest of society.” https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
Alfons Lpez Tena / @alfonslopeztena: Black people: 3% of UK population 0.2% of UK journalists Blind to their own biases and insulated from communities they do not encounter or understand, journalists and editors feel entitled to make judgments about what is and isn't racism By @DavidOlusoga https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Sharon Hurley Hall / Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter: Racism Among the Royals
Dr. Zanye / @bookedbusy: .@ForumsMeghan this is a grassroot movement that will change the media space in the UK. It won't happen by fire or by force but gradually people will reevaluate. https://twitter.com/...
Tobi Oredein / @iamtobioredein: The love I have for @Nadine_Writes runs deep. Fantastic journalist & her work is so needed. Read this piece about Black Brits changing the media & why our work is so important in the wake of the Royal Fallout. https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
Olivia Alabaster / @oliviaalabaster: What a week for @Nadine_Writes to join us @Independent as race correspondent. “You can't afford for the majority not to know or understand the minority,” says @marcusryder https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
Nadine White / @nadine_writes: NEW: From newsrooms to front pages, UK media, as Meghan and Harry have highlighted, has a serious race problem. I talk to Black media creatives about challenging the status quo, building independent platforms. @galdemzine @BlackBalladUK @JusJahMagazine https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Coupled with increasingly hostile and racist reporting within some elements of the mainstream media” @Nadine_Writes points out, “the last decade has also seen a simultaneous flourishing of independent platforms created by and catering for Black Britons.” https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
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Analysis: Amazon's “Other” business, which is “primarily” ads, had $20B+ revenue in 2020, likely generating between $8.6B and $13.6B in operating income — There's an old and common narrative around Amazon that it doesn't make money, it sells below cost …
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Jason Goldberg / @retailgeek: Do Amazon ads bring in more cash than AWS? https://www.ben-evans.com/... by @benedictevans (After Amazons Q4 earnings call, I came to same conclusion AMS > AWS). https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox's free streaming service Tubi is planning to start funding original movies and TV shows; Roku and Pluto TV are also exploring original programming — Free streaming services increase their ambitions after growing like weeds during pandemic — Fox Corp.'s free streaming service Tubi …
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Tubi Recruiting Advertisers As It Preps Original Programming Launch: Report
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Fox weighs original programs for free streamer Tubi
Jeffersongraham / Jefferson Graham's newsletter: Ads on HBO! Nix to shared Netflix.
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: Tubi is Interested in Creating Original Content
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: First Roku, now this. Surely Pluto TV bound to follow as the whole AVOD category matures. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Nick Turner / @newsynick: Tubi, a free streaming service owned by Fox, was a big hit during the pandemic. Now it hopes to build on that momentum by making original programming https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @Lucas_Shaw
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: All of the free streaming services are mirroring what happened with Netflix/Hulu. You start with reruns, and then upgrade to funding your own. Roku started, tubi and Pluto follow. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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[Thread] A look at Facebook's PR tactics to push back against unflattering stories, including trying to overwhelm editors with lists of supposed factual errors — With all the pushback from Facebook against @_KarenHao's recent story, and as one of the editors on the piece, I thought it worth making some observations on the PR strategy Facebook has adopted in response. Other journalists may find this useful. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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Karen Hao / @_karenhao: A bit stunned by @schrep's response to @CaseyNewton's questions in Platformer today: “If you're going to pick on a team at the company, please don't pick on this one.” My god, if there's one thing to take away from my piece, it's that the COMPANY not the TEAM is at fault here. https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Facebook to label all COVID-19 vaccine posts with pointer to official info
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: Reporting on Facebook exacts a special toll. The editor of @_KarenHao's exceptional @techreview piece details the many ways in which the company attempted to railroad its publication https://twitter.com/...
Emma Rindlisbacher / @brokenimageheap: Kinda a tossup between emailing me on Christmas eve to grant me an interview if I give him final approval over quotes dude and the you don't know how financial disclosures work can you delay piece lady in terms of who was the worst flack I've dealt with. https://twitter.com/...
Irenes / @ireneista: GREAT thread. Absolutely anybody who cares about tech being a force for good in the world should read it, even if you don't currently view your own role as holding companies accountable. https://twitter.com/...
Gavin Sheridan / Gav's Newsletter: Newsletter 26 — I'm late this week thanks to a not great Sunday of not feeling great.
Dave Lauer / @dlauer: If you haven't deleted your Facebook account yet, does this change your mind? https://twitter.com/...
Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites: Stellar two threads for the price of one from a stellar editor If you're in tech/business journalism/PR this is a must-read... https://twitter.com/...
Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf: Read Facebook's PR attempts for what they are, an effort to deflect attention from this great reporting that @_KarenHao has gifted us with. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: catching up on things I missed whilst off sick. Both @_KarenHao 's FB reporting and this @glichfield thread are full of vital advice and pointers for young journalists tackling difficult business stories. It is also why resilience and experience in newsrooms is so important https://twitter.com/...
Nate Erskine-Smith / @beynate: At the 1st IGC in London, Facebook's Richard Allen told 9 parliaments that “borderline content...close to being banned” may be rewarded by FB's algorithm and that “rather than rewarding it, we should reduce it.” That was in 2018. A complete and continued failure of leadership. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Kissane / @kissane: Breaking down exactly how tech companies try to discredit critical reporting is a public service and model editorial practice. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Mackenzie / @kmac: This Facebook AI story is an absolute must-read, along with the threads from the @_KarenHao on reporting it, and @glichfield on editing & FB's attempt to push back. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
Zev Shalev / @zevshalev: Hopefully Facebook response makes more people read @_KarenHao's work. FB is in denial if they think they've done enough to halt radicalization on their platform. Their response is all self preservation and shows no concern for those who've ‘lost’ family members bc of FB. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Richard Pan / @drpanmd: Facebook prioritized profit & right-wing extremism to health: “they blocked a medical-misinformation detector that had noticeably reduced the reach of anti-vaccine campaigns” #VaccinesWork #Ivax2protect #StopHateForProfit @AmerAcadPeds @Vaxyourfam @gavi https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
CCJ / @nastyoldwomyn: “... models that maximize engagement increase polarization. They could easily track how strongly users agreed or disagreed on different issues...and how their stances changed as a result. Regardless of the issue, the models learned to feed users increasingly extreme viewpoints.” https://twitter.com/...
Grady Booch / @grady_booch: Facebook is a profoundly unethical company, and it starts at the top, with Mark. And Sheryl. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Abbruzzese / @jasonabbruzzese: Great thread here that hints at why Facebook seems so frustrated by the MIT piece: they expected something of a puff piece and didn't get it. https://twitter.com/...
Gady Epstein / @gadyepstein: V interesting thread on the PR strategy employed by Facebook after a critical story. @glichfield and @_KarenHao have handled it all deftly. (Also check Gideon's TL for related good thread on editing the original feature) https://twitter.com/...
Gideon Lichfield / @glichfield: In this case, Facebook wants you to believe that @_KarenHao's story is an attack on one team within Facebook, @jquinonero's Responsible AI team. It isn't. She uses RAI's story to illustrate how Facebook *itself* derails internal efforts to tackle the problem of misinformation.
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez / @fitzthereporter: This is a fascinating thread on the pushback companies will try after good journalism gives them a public shellacking. Government agencies/officials try a lot of these strategies, too, depending on the agency. The better ones own up to the mistakes and move forward. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Super important point about CTO of Facebook's response. It's the company. It's the profit guardrails. He's also there as a distraction. See 2018 DCMS @CommonsDCMS hearing. There is a reason they traded him in for Chris Cox at the last minute. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: Please read this thread. It reveals just how sleazy and dishonest Facebook communications are. These are tactics they have used for years. https://twitter.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: Too often, FB Comms' gaslighting goes unchallenged. Three cheers to @glichfield for his exceptionally effective dissection of FB's attack on @_KarenHao's brilliant article. Please read this thread. Others fight back effectively, but this is art. https://twitter.com/...
Gideon Lichfield / @glichfield: Since this thread on Facebook's PR tactics seems to have been useful for a lot of people, I'm also going to offer some observations on how the story was edited that may be helpful if you're approaching a similar kind of big piece. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander Abnos / @anabnos: Great thread on what PR can look like to journalists, which applies beyond the tech world. Within American soccer, I've seen and dealt with pretty much every strategy listed here (though not all at once, and obviously without the financial/cultural heft of Facebook behind it). https://twitter.com/...
@pareene: this is a good thread. keep in mind when you read it that the reason they do this stuff is most of the time it works. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Morton / @eaterofsun: Wired is lucky to be getting @glichfield as its editor in chief. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: This is a great thread about how editors can support their reporters against “pushback” from subjects of stories after publication. 90% of the time I get “pushback” it is total BS. https://twitter.com/...
Mika McKinnon / @mikamckinnon: Recommended reading. Useful for journalists; for Facebook users; for politically-engaged people; for people who exist in current society; for people who need to live in the future we're currently creating. https://twitter.com/...
Neeraj Kamdar / Humans + Tech: Tiny pill cameras look for cancer in the digestive system / Humans + Tech - #71
Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker: This is an excellent thread unpicking Facebook's attempt to PR its way out of @_KarenHao's incredible reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: This piece by (former MoJo fellow) @_KarenHao is outstanding as is this thread by @glichfield. Both add to our understanding of how deeply malignant and duplicitous Facebook is. https://twitter.com/...
S. E. Smith / @sesmith: This is a fascinating thread on trying to shut down a story and while tech companies may claim these tactics are unique to FB I am here to tell you they definitely are not. https://twitter.com/...
Hetan Shah / @hetanshah: The outline of Facebook PR tactics here remind me of @TimHarford's piece on how tobacco companies dealt with evidence of the health impacts of smoking through trying to confuse the picture. ‘Doubt is our product’ they said https://timharford.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: Very strong and interesting thread from someone I've known for thirty years and trust implicitly. https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Facebook gave @_KarenHao access to their “responsible AI” team hoping, it seems, for a puff piece. When she wrote a critical story, FB PR went into high gear-this thread, from her editor @glichfield, explains how FB tried to undermine the reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Soderberg / @notrivia: A really important and fascinating thread that is also advice for editors on how you support reporters when they do work that powerful people try and discredit (FWIW, a lot of this also reflects how Baltimore Police respond to critical reporting) https://twitter.com/...
Rose Eveleth / @roseveleth: @_KarenHao Also really love seeing @glichfield go to bat for her against the FB PR flood. Hope other editors are paying attention & taking notes, this is how you support a writer! https://twitter.com/...
Sanjana Hattotuwa / @sanjanah: Compelling, incisive journalism (by @_KarenHao & others) is increasingly distinguished by the degree to which #Facebook attacks reporters & media platforms that publish them. Company's PR spin is human equivalent of its (growing) algorithmic toxicity. https://twitter.com/...
Timnit Gebru / @timnitgebru: Very informative thread. Like I said before the manner in which the execs and PR ppl responded also undermines the work that many are trying to do inside the company. That response alarmed me more than the actual article itself. https://twitter.com/...
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