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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
A majority of 300+ editorial workers at Insider, the news site formerly called Business Insider, say they formed a union with the NewsGuild of New York — Journalists at Insider, the news site formerly called Business Insider, said on Monday that they had formed a union, joining a wave that has swept digital media companies.
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@insiderunion: .@thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider is a transformational force in digital journalism. Learn from our US editorial staff why we're forming a union. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@insiderunion: ✊ The @thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider US editorial staff have organized one of the largest @nyguild union drives for a digital media company to secure what we've built and strengthen it. Here's why 300+ members of our newsroom are taking this step. https://www.insiderunion.org/ https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN: The media unionization wave has come to Insider
Abigail Higgins / @abbyhiggins: In a really dark time for journalism, the continuing wave of unionizations across the industry give me a great deal of hope. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Price / @robaeprice: “Journalists at Insider, the news site formerly called Business Insider, said on Monday that they had formed a union, joining a wave that has swept digital media companies.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Talia Lakritz / @nerdwithavoice: I started at @thisisinsider in 2016, a month after the site launched. 5 years later, we've grown into a powerhouse of smart, fearless journalism. I'm so proud to be part of it, and proud to support @InsiderUnion! https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams: I absolutely love working at Insider, and I'm so happy we've formed a union to secure what we've built and build on it. Let's go! https://twitter.com/...
Jillian D'Onfro / @jillianiles: I'm so proud of the work my colleagues and I at @BusinessInsider / @thisisinsider do every day and believe the ✨ @InsiderUnion ✨ will only make that work stronger and help us “get better every day” Visit https://insiderunion.org/ for more! https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Mishelle Aghajanian / @carolinemichell: I started at @thisisinsider in 2016 and I am so proud of this newsroom and the talented journalists I get to work with everyday. I stand by @InsiderUnion ! https://twitter.com/...
Paige Leskin / @paigeleskin: Insider journalists are forming a union. Thank you to everyone who's been along for the wild journey that's just started! Can't wait for the steps to ensure my hard-working colleagues get what they deserve & our demands are heard out by leadership. https://twitter.com/...
Tryler / @tylerlauletta: i love working at insider and am thrilled to support @InsiderUnion and continue to get better everyday with my colleagues https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: NEW: Journalists at @BusinessInsider, now known as Insider, have formed a union https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Stenberg / @markstenberg3: New: the @thisisinsider journalists have formed a union. One of their graphics includes the word “impact,” potentially a tongue-in-cheek reference to the publication's use of “impact points” https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / @josephzeballos: An exciting development! Joining over 300 of my Insider colleagues to make our newsroom a stronger and better place to work now and the future 💪 https://twitter.com/...
Samantha Grindell / @sam_grindell: New union just dropped😎😎😎 😎I love Insider and I love @InsiderUnion !!! https://insiderunion.org/ https://twitter.com/...
Katie Warren / @katiedwarren: So proud of my US colleagues today! I've loved working at @thisisinsider these past three years and support @InsiderUnion's mission to make it an even better place to work ✊ https://twitter.com/...
Kim Renfro / @kimrrenfro: As I told the NYT, I've watched first hand as our company has become a powerhouse over the years, always impressed with how we've grown and evolved. This is the next phase and I couldn't be more stoked to be helping us continue getting better every day. ❤️https://www.nytimes.com / ...
Carrie Wittmer / @carriesnotscary: I stand with all my friends and former colleagues at Insider/Business Insider. They've worked so hard for this in addition to the demanding work and hours this company expects of them on a daily basis. If I had a union to protect me, I'd probably still work there. https://twitter.com/...
Oma Seddiq / @omaseddiq: I support @InsiderUnion! I love working at @thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider. That's why my editorial colleagues and I are calling on management to work with us in securing and strengthening what we've built together. Visit https://insiderunion.org/ for more. https://twitter.com/...
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: Extremely proud and excited for the journalists at Insider. Solidarity and congrats! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Meghan Morris / @meghanemorris: New: my colleagues and I at @thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider are unionizing! Here's a short NYT story on our efforts: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Ungarino / @ungarino: We're thrilled to share that Insider has formed a union with @nyguild! It's a crucial step to strengthen and protect the newsroom we love. We have worked for more than a year with hundreds of our brilliant colleagues to make this happen. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Austin / nyguild.org: Introducing the Insider Union! Editorial Workers at Insider Unionize with The NewsGuild of New York
Cameron Albert-Deitch / @c_albertdeitch: Some of my fave, fave ex-coworkers (and people in general) are doing great work at Insider. Excited as hell for their efforts to foster a healthier, more equitable workplace! https://twitter.com/...
David Slotnick / @david_slotnick: So incredibly proud of my former colleagues and excited to see what they continue to build. Congrats to everyone on the organizing committee and in the entire newsroom. https://twitter.com/...
Grace Panetta / @grace_panetta: “I've seen how we've moved from the start-up energy of a young company into a much larger, much more formal corporation,” says @kimrrenfro. “I see the union as being a natural part of that progress.” #InsiderUnion #HotUnionSummer https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt / @mattxs: ✊ I support @InsiderUnion. I love working at @thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider. That's why my editorial colleagues and I are calling on management to work with us in securing and strengthening what we've built xtogether. 🤝 Visit https://insiderunion.org/ for more. https://twitter.com/...
Paris Martineau / @parismartineau: unionized labor is worth double impact points https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Zuckerberg says Facebook is planning a short-form audio product called Soundbites, a podcast discovery tool, and more audio products for the next 3 to 6 months — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said Facebook was launching a suite of new tools and features designed to help users better connect …
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About Facebook, Bloomberg, The Wrap, CNN, ScreenRant, @rmac18, @kurtwagner8, @pkafka, Social Media Today, @mosseri, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Mac, @kantrowitz, @mollyjongfast, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn, @sarafischer, @alexeheath, @richlightshed, @kerrymflynn, @wongmjane, @nbashaw, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn and @mashstartup, more at Techmeme »
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Kerry Flynn / CNN: Facebook is joining the (very) crowded audio space with soundbites, live rooms and podcasts
Joseph Maring / ScreenRant: Facebook's Targeting Clubhouse With FOUR Audio Features: Will They Work?
@rmac18: Kinda wondering when we'll ask Mark Zuckerberg to reckon with the negative externalities of the products he's already built rather than have him introduce new ones.
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: As @pkafka scooped yesterday — FB is indeed building a bunch of audio products to take on Clubhouse/Twitter. * Audio rooms * Podcasts * Audio posts (called “soundbites") Here are some more details from an interview with FB's @fidjissimo this morning. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Facebook's audio roadmap: *video-conferencing without video *Clubhouse clone *short audio snippets you record and drop into your newsfeed *podcast discovery, in conjunction with Spotify Announcements coming tomorrow but not all goes live right away. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: Facebook Announces a Range of New Audio Tools, Including Audio Rooms, New Sound Clip Creation Tools
Adam Mosseri / @mosseri: Some Facebook news! Soon you can use audio features that let you create soundbites, listen to podcasts, go Live and more. Consider these even more ways to express yourself and connect with things and people you love on Facebook. https://about.fb.com/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge: Facebook's Clubhouse competitor is coming this summer
José Adorno / 9to5Mac: Facebook to focus on audio products with podcast features, virtual rooms, and more
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: This feels more like Zuck went on Clubhouse once and decided to copy it vs. a clear strategic fit. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: After killing local news, zuck looks to kill podcasts https://www.vox.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Casey asks if a lesson from ~pivot to video~ is that it works better for smaller creators, not big publishers Zuck says he's not sure if that's true but adds: “A big part of the creator economy is that it's empowering individuals. I think that's a positive trend in the world”
@kerrymflynn: Zuck says more audio products on Facebook will come out over the “next few months.” He says the platform is looking to “treat audio as a first-class medium in a way that we treat photos and videos”
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Products announced so far: —Soundbites: Short-form audio clips, can be strung together or posted individually —Podcasts: Zuckerberg says Facebook is going to build a podcast discovery tool —Live audio: A product akin to Substack —"Project Boom Box": Music partnerships w Spotify https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Spotify tie-up is very interesting (Zuckerberg and Ek are good friends) https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Looks like Facebook will be helping Spotify accelerate their podcast push interesting in light of growing battle between Facebook and Apple as well as Spotify and Apple (on different issues obviously) h/t @pkafka @voxmedia https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Casey asks what is Facebook's pitch to audio creators “We hope the monetization products will work... and I think over time different people will adopt them at different stages... Early on there's more risk and potentially more reward...” - Zuck
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: An audio room. A podcast. An audio post. An audio room! A podcast! An audio post! https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: Pretty wild that this news dropped in a live audio room in a Discord run by a collective of independent writers Extremely 2021 https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Zuck is teasing 3 new audio products during this convo with Casey. More in @KurtWagner8's story here: https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: So it seems like Zuck is on board with telling publishers and other creators to ~ pivot to audio ~ with Facebook just like the ~ pivot to video ~ but he's not saying it'll be easy or that it will work for everyone “This is something we're committed to.”
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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Zuckerberg says Facebook is working with Spotify on a music integration project codenamed Project Boombox
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TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Insider, Mediaite, @fidjissimo, AppleInsider, @jesskellynt, @davewiner, @petecashmore, @yeshacallahan, @matt, @bridgetobarrett, @facebook, @steverandalluk and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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TechCrunch: Facebook invests in audio with short-form Soundbites feature, podcast support and a Clubhouse clone
Paige Leskin / Insider: Facebook capitalizes on social audio craze with voice recordings, podcast listening, and Clubhouse-like rooms
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook is Working on a Knockoff of Clubhouse Called ‘Live Audio Rooms’
Fidji Simo / @fidjissimo: (1/5) We're building a full suite of audio products - from short-form to long-form, live to recorded. More below 👇https://about.fb.com/ ...
Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: Facebook announces in-app podcast platform, Clubhouse competitor
Jess Kelly / @jesskellynt: Facebook is focusing on audio... soon you'll be able to listen to your podcasts there... https://about.fb.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: Hold on — Facebook wants to own podcasting too! Oy. https://www.axios.com/...
Pete Cashmore / @petecashmore: Soundbites is interesting. “Twitter for audio” has been attempted before but without the right UX. This format has a shot. https://about.fb.com/...
Yesha / @yeshacallahan: Great. The grandmas & grandpas can now talk about the fake news they've posted. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Deegan / @matt: Facebook's new audio features: * Soundbites - a studio in your pocket to record short form that's stitched into a feed for users * Podcasts - Listen to shows in the FB App * Live audio (a la Clubhouse) rooms for groups, pages etc https://about.fb.com/...
Bridget Barrett / @bridgetobarrett: Just listened to Mark Zuckerberg discuss this with @CaseyNewton. Does not sound like FB is preempting content moderation problems with these new products at all. Just throw some AI at the audio, see what happens. https://twitter.com/...
@facebook: Excited to give you more ways to express yourself and connect with people using new audio features. Consider it like having a sound studio in your pocket by being able to create audio clips, listen to podcasts and use Live Audio Rooms. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Randall / @steverandalluk: As expected, Facebook is the latest big tech firm to embrace the power of audio. Social audio creation and the ability to listen to - and connect to - podcasts are all part of the plan. https://about.fb.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Penske Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety, has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in the South by Southwest festival — SXSW took a big hit when it was canceled last year because of Covid-19 — Penske Media Corp., the publisher of magazines like Rolling Stone …
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Reuters, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, @mkarolian, @rafat, Sportico, Ad Age, @ckrewson, WWD, @bmeiselas, @raju, IndieWire, Music Business Worldwide, @ahmed, @paulaforbes, @andylanger, @heidilegg, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter and New York Post
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Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times: Penske takes majority stake in Austin's South by Southwest festival
Thomas Moore / The Hill: Report: Penske Media to buy half of South by Southwest
Matt Karolian / @mkarolian: I still think the most successful media companies are the ones that will act as a connector of people around ideas and community. https://twitter.com/...
@rafat: This is a powerhouse move by Jay, and knowing his m.o. this will very likely be fully owned by him in a matter of years. SXSW sells 50% stage to Penske Media. https://www.wsj.com/...
Alexandra Jardine / Ad Age: Peloton faces safety concerns and holding companies feel the pressure: Monday Wake-Up Call
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD: P-MRC Acquires Stake in SXSW
Brett Meiselas / @bmeiselas: South by Saudi Arabia https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Smart investment https://www.wsj.com/...? via @WSJ
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: SXSW is now 50% owned by Rolling Stone and Billboard parent (and MBW investor) P-MRC
Ahmed Al Omran / @ahmed: Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF invested $200m in Penske back in 2018 https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
OANN fires Marty Golingan, a producer at the channel since 2016, after he said a majority of its staff don't believe the voter fraud claims that OANN aired — A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who's actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
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@rachelabramsny, @rachelabramsny, Variety, @adamgoldmannyt, The Hill, Insider, Mediaite, The Wrap, @juddlegum, @daveweigel, @cliffordlevy, @nytimesbusiness, @seacorc, @brooklynmarie, @andrewfeinberg, @chick_in_kiev, @walshfreedom, Poynter, @benyt, @oliverdarcy, @hunterw, @williams_paige, @danwolken, Vanity Fair and The Week
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Rachel C. Abrams / @rachelabramsny: UPDATE: One America News has fired Marty Golingan, who told us staffers don't think many of OAN's stories are true. “I've given up my journalistic integrity already, and to be fired, that would make me feel good,” he had told me. “I would wear it like a badge of honor.”
Rachel C. Abrams / @rachelabramsny: Staffers at One America News said they felt responsible for spreading misinformation that led to the Capitol riot. But they had bills to pay, they said, and no other job options. “We're not Nazis,” one producer told me. “Just, like, everyday people.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Haley Bosselman / Variety: OAN Fires Producer After Criticizing Outlet in New York Times
Adam Goldman / @adamgoldmannyt: Marty Golingan, a producer at the channel since 2016, recalled seeing a photo of someone in the Capitol mob holding a flag emblazoned with the OAN logo. “I was like, OK, that's not good,” Mr. Golingan said. “That's what happens when people listen to us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Thomas Moore / The Hill: OAN staffer fired after he blasts network in NYT
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: OAN Fires Producer Who Confessed Network Staffers Didn't Believe Election Lies
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: OAN Producer Fired for Criticizing Accuracy of Network's Coverage Since Capitol Riot
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: The staff at @OANN knows that it is broadcasting dangerous lies. REMINDER: @ATT and @Verizon beam this content to millions of Americans https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Under the current definition of “cancel culture” - anyone experiencing consequences of any kind for taking a public position - this is cancel culture https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: The just-fired OAN staffer had told @RachelAbramsNY: “The majority of people did not believe the voter fraud claims being run on the air.” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: “There's still serious doubts about who's actually president,” the conservative cable channel OAN recently reported. More than a dozen current and former OAN employees said in interviews that they disagreed with the channel's coverage. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sean Corcoran / @seacorc: .@OANN cancels their own producer for committing an act of FREE SPEECH. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: When they tried to recruit me back in 2014 or 2015 they only paid like $35k a year, I sure as fuck hope everyone sold out for a lot more than that https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Remember when OANN broadcast @RachelAbramsNY's phone number so their viewers would harass her? This article is why. https://twitter.com/...
Talia Lavin / @chick_in_kiev: idk if you know this but nazis were for the most part everyday people https://twitter.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: Just like at Newsmax. Fox News. Conservative talk radio. And the Trump administration. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Incredible, bluntly on-record admissions from OAN employees https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “In interviews with 18 current and former OAN newsroom employees, 16 said the channel had broadcast reports that they considered misleading, inaccurate or untrue,” @RachelAbramsNY reports. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: I have a family member who is a devoted OANN fan. They haven't gotten vaccinated and keep citing various inaccurate objections. This stuff is killing people. https://twitter.com/...
Paige Williams / @williams_paige: OAN employees speaking out against their company's dangerous lies/misinformation. Watching the Capitol insurrection, one producer worried that his work “might have helped inspire the attack.” He said, “I was like...That's what happens when people listen to us.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Wolken / @danwolken: “They just report the news, there's no commentary, no opinions. There's no left, there's no right.” - Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy exactly a year ago in OAN in one of the most birdbrain takes in human history https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Trump's Biggest Propaganda Machine Doesn't Believe Its Own Lies
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ad revenue was up dramatically in Q1 YoY for some publishers, including Bloomberg Media, Insider, Vice, Bustle Digital Group, and Axios — Subscriptions may be the rage, but businesses of all sorts are pouring money into advertising — digital most of all.
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Digital advertising is surging again for some publishers of news. https://www.nytimes.com/... I would be very, very wary of remodeling around that surge, but I don't have a payroll to meet. Estimate in the article: Google and Facebook took 87% of the growth in digital ads last year.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Wow, an increase in the number (but not proportion) of crumbs Google and Facebook leave for everyone else as they devour the online ad market. https://twitter.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: Ooh a @benyt / @jessemangelo blind item in the NYT. That means we all have to guess who this is, right? I'll start the ball rolling with Disney https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: “Ad spending is red-hot right now,” @hblodget of Business Insider tells @benyt. 1st-quarter ad revenue is up: • Business Insider: more than 30%. • Bloomberg Media, 29% • Vice, 25% • Bustle Digital Group, 25% • Axios, nearly doubled. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: “Digital media executives scrambled last year to tell their boards about their new subscription products, but something strange happened: Their old, unfashionable advertising businesses exploded as consumers stayed home and shopped online,” @benyt writes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rafat: Uh oh, ad market is booming, so much for pivot to subs. But seriously, this is overall great news for media & argument for oldest lesson in media: diversify, diversify, diversify. And those travel ad $$ coming back is sweet news for our ears at @skift! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Patrick Coffee / @patrickcoffee: Programmatic display ads will save us all https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Good news for @BigTechnology's business model https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: The big question is - is this current ad boom a last bender before rehab, or will the bit targeting hits coming from Google and Apple not matter as much because brands are just gonna spend spend spend during a post vax let's go nuts again economy? https://www.nytimes.com/...
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: 3 months ago when asked by @anthonyha for biggest trend in 2021 digital media... https://techcrunch.com/... Today... https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Isaac Fitzgerald / @isaacfitzgerald: Well, here's every major digital media company in the country and my three-day-old walking blog hanging out together in the @nytimes. 👁👁https://www.nytimes.c om/ ...
Tiffany Hsu / @tiffkhsu: “Ad spending is red-hot right now.” (Q1 ad revenue up 30% at Business Insider, 29% at Bloomberg Media, 25% at Vice, 25% at Bustle, 2x at Axios, per @benyt) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: Another fascinating column by @benyt How about news organizaitons sell subscriptions AND accept ad money. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel P. Shannon / @phyllisstein: After the 1990 recession, NYT reported NY Mag “bucked trends” by not closing. After 2008, it took until 2011 for ad spending to reach 2007 levels. Google and Facebook are supply-side monopolies and demand-side competitors. Ads are the ur-clickbait, so guess what they incentivize. https://twitter.com/...
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
A dozen of the world's richest soccer clubs announce a breakaway European Super League, potentially siphoning off Champions League's billions in TV revenues — Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool and Juventus are among the dozen founding members of a league that would upend the sport's structures and economics.
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@skysportspl, The Streamable, @tariqpanja, Insider, @borisjohnson, Politico, The Week, Slate, Financial Times, @tariqpanja, @mralistairgreen, Arsenal Football Club, @skysportsnews, @skysportsnews, The Guardian, @samwallacetel, @borisjohnson, Bloomberg, @tariqpanja, Insider, Awful Announcing, @tariqpanja, Stratechery, The Guardian, New York Times, @bbcpolitics, Axios, The Athletic, @okwonga, @btsport, Variety, Financial Times, @jane__bradley, @fabrizioromano, @garylineker, Forbes, @tariqpanja, Wall Street Journal, @rogbennett, The Athletic, Axios, Daily Mail, @tariqpanja, @tariqpanja, Associated Press, @bbcsport, Telegraph, The Independent, Al Jazeera, The Athletic, stratechery.us5.list …, Scroll.in, Financial Times, NPR, Metro.co.uk, Sportico, BroBible, Daily Herald and Sports Illustrated
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@skysportspl: “This is disowning your own club stuff.” 🚮 @GNev2 hits out at the six clubs linked with a Super League breakaway and says they should be ‘punished heavily’ by the Premier League and English governing bodies. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable: Who Will Win the Streaming Rights to the Proposed ‘Super League’ in World Soccer?
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Top European Soccer Teams Agree to Join Breakaway League - the most detailed account so far on what could be the most seismic moment in European football for decades: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tyler Lauletta / Insider: Leeds players troll Liverpool with shirts critical of controversial Super League
Boris Johnson / @borisjohnson: Plans for a European Super League would be very damaging for football and we support football authorities in taking action. They would strike at the heart of the domestic game, and will concern fans across the country. (1/2)
Mike Starling / The Week: European Super League explained: the clubs, reactions and how it would work
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: My guess about why these guys are so belligerent and so confident in pushing this through beyond possible wink and nod from FIFA is they have signed up a major partner, could be a big tech company. Thinking Facebook, Apple etc. Let's see what next hours bring.
Alistair Green / @mralistairgreen: Sad to hear about this super league business but hope we can put it behind us and all come together to enjoy the entirely unproblematic World Cup in Qatar.
@skysportsnews: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said his government will work with football authorities to stop the European Super League from going ahead “as it has been proposed”. https://twitter.com/...
@skysportsnews: The concept of a new Super League featuring some of the top clubs in Europe has led to an angry reaction from many football fans
Rupert Neate / The Guardian: JP Morgan to back $6bn breakaway European Super League
Sam Wallace / @samwallacetel: Agree with every word of this: 140+ years of heritage at the mercy of owners who never give interviews; never put themselves up for scrutiny. No-one but them wants a closed-shop European Super League https://twitter.com/...
Boris Johnson / @borisjohnson: The clubs involved must answer to their fans and the wider footballing community before taking any further steps. (2/2)
David Hellier / Bloomberg: European Super League Backers Prepare to Shake Up Soccer
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Now a joint statement from UEFA, English, Spanish and Italian FAs and leagues in those three countries to say they are determined to stop “this cynical project”. https://twitter.com/...
Barnaby Lane / Insider: One of football's most respected voices had a brutal, blistering 3-minute takedown of plans to form a European Super League
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Premier League first of the three leagues impacted to release a statement. Obviously they're deeply concerned: https://twitter.com/...
@bbcpolitics: “This European Super League idea is an absolute no-no... Very damaging to the rest of the football community” Arsenal fan and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is “very upset” his team is planning to join “boring” new league #politicslive https://www.bbc.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Falconer / Axios: Big European soccer teams announce breakaway league
Musa Okwonga / @okwonga: “The per-team figure means each founding club will receive about $400 million — more than four times what the Champions League winner took home in 2020.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
BT Sport / @btsport: BT statement on the European Super League developments. https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Lang / Variety: European Super League Explained: Here's Why Soccer Broadcasters, Leagues and Fans Are Up in Arms
Jane Bradley / @jane__bradley: Excellent thread from our @tariqpanja who broke the story everyone is talking about yesterday afternoon. Even if you don't care about football, you will have ~thoughts~ on a group of the richest and most famous teams walling themselves off into an elite insiders league. https://twitter.com/...
Fabrizio Romano / @fabrizioromano: Serie A clubs will meet today afternoon to talk about #SuperLeague situation - Juventus, Inter and AC Milan will not attend the meeting. Spanish clubs are planning for a meeting on Thursday to discuss about Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atléti position after joining #SuperLeague.
Gary Lineker / @garylineker: If this is true it will have huge ramifications on the game. Huge. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hart / Forbes: Shares Rise, Outrage Kicks Off As Europe's Biggest Soccer Teams Plot Breakaway ‘Super League’
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: The teams that have signed up so far are limited to a large contingent from England, three from Italy and three from Spain. Details of who's in is in the story. League underwritten by debt financing from JP Morgan. Question is who is backing the debt. State institution?
Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal: New Soccer Super League Moves to Head Off Bans and Legal Challenges
Roger Bennett / @rogbennett: Hard not to see influence of American ownership of world's biggest clubs leading to this seismic transformation of global game and creation of super league which runs more like NFL with big brands playing every week and no fear of relegation. Chaotic times ahead for Football 🥲 https://twitter.com/...
James Pearce / The Athletic: European Super League: Liverpool fan groups to remove all flags from Kop
Kendall Baker / Axios: European soccer is at war
Daily Mail: Football fans' fury at ‘greedy’ American billionaires and banks trying to ‘tear up the beautiful game’ as Boris vows to BLOCK England's ‘Big Six’ clubs' bid to form new European Super League
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Rich club power grab makes the front of the paper of record. Unusual times. https://twitter.com/...
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Manchester United have probably hired as many spokesmen and PR consultants as players in recent times. And it's left to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to field questions about the breakaway Super League they've spent months engineering. Brave.
BBC Sport / @bbcsport: What do we know about the proposed European Super League? Will clubs remain in their domestic leagues? How many games will be played? This is what the Super League organisers are saying. ⤵️ More info: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Morgan / Telegraph: European Super League explained: How it will work, when it will start and the teams taking part
Lawrence Ostlere / The Independent: European Super League news LIVE: Boris Johnson vows to block plan as Premier League ‘big 6’ condemned
Adam Crafton / The Athletic: European Super League explained: the contracts, plots and threats that shook football to its core
Scroll.in: Football: Twelve top European clubs announce launch of breakaway Super League, face disapproval
Jaclyn Diaz / NPR: Europe's Top Soccer Teams Announce New ‘Super League’
Ewan Roberts / Metro.co.uk: Joel Glazer speaks out as Manchester United join new European Super League
Luke Cyphers / Sportico: World's Biggest Soccer Clubs Confirm New Super League Plan
Grayson Weir / BroBible: What Is The New $6 Billion European ‘Super League’ Sending Shockwaves Across The Soccer Landscape?
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Alison Herman / The Ringer:
An overview of the intense competition among streaming services over live sports rights, driven by expiring licensing deals, consolidation, and more
Discussion:
@ringer: Sports were initially limited on streaming services due to technology and financial constraints. But as league licensing deals expire, megacorporations consolidate, and video quality improves, a new front has opened up in the Streaming Wars. @aherman2006: https://www.theringer.com/...
Kevin O'Keefe / @kevokeefe: Important dive into state of streaming sports from @aherman2006: “... recent launch of new platforms and expansion of older ones seems to indicate that sports are now a meaningful part of the streaming conversation rather than a steadfast exception to it.” https://www.theringer.com/...
Mark Serrels / CNET: The European Super League: What is it, how will it work and why is everyone so upset?
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Letter to MN's governor from a media group says troopers threw an Asian American CNN producer to the ground, asked if she spoke English, and sent her to jail — A CNN producer was reportedly arrested in a shocking, forceful manner last week as Minnesota law enforcement cracked …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times: Minnesota Governor Calls Alleged Assaults on Journalists ‘Chilling’
Ali Gharib / @ali_gharib: “Do you speak English?” a Minn. state trooper yelled at Asian-American CNN producer Carolyn Sung, after she was thrown to the ground, ziptied, IDed herself as press, and told the cops the tie was too tight. https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: CNN producer Carolyn Sung was wrongfully arrested by Minnesota state troopers on Tuesday night. This letter from a group of media outlets describes how she was mistreated and held for more than two hours https://twitter.com/...
CNN: Minnesota governor expresses regret for mistreatment of journalists during Daunte Wright demonstrations
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Journalists at Minnesota Protests Are Allegedly Being Harassed, Beaten, Wrongfully Arrested
Ryan Faircloth / @ryanfaircloth: In an interview, MN Gov. Tim Walz said these incidents are “unacceptable in every circumstance.” He said law enforcement leaders will communicate to officers guarding the Brooklyn Center police headquarters that they must follow the court order and let journalists do their jobs.
Rheu / @rb6765g: They are assaulting journalists. Police officers are straight up assaulting journalists. To my knowledge most if not all are people in the minority . This cannot stand. It's no accident. https://twitter.com/...
Dianne Gallagher / @dianneg: A trooper yelled at my incredible colleague, @CarolynSungCNN , “Do you speak English?” despite her identifying herself several times as a journalist and telling the troopers that the zip-ties on her wrists were too tight. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andr Picard / @picardonhealth: Minnesota Governor Calls Alleged Assaults on Journalists ‘Chilling.’ Gov. Tim Walz told police officers to “make changes” that would allow reporters to do their jobs, by @Kellen_Browning https://www.nytimes.com/... via @nytimes #JournalismIsNotACrime
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Authorities in Minnesota are coming under wholly deserved scrutiny for mistreating members of the media who are covering protests in Brooklyn Center and beyond... https://www.cnn.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: CNN producer asked if she speaks English during arrest in Minnesota, lawyer says
@nytimes: “The assault on media across the world and even in our country over the last few years is chilling,” said Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, responding to reports that the state's police officers had assaulted journalists covering protests. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ryan Faircloth / @ryanfaircloth: “They're hitting me, they're hitting my camera as if they're trying to break my camera lens ... telling me to get out, but I clearly couldn't get out because now they're blocking the doors,” said McFadden, who is Black. He told officers he was press but they didn't believe him.
Rachel Swarns / @rachelswarns: The reality for many Black journalists covering protests in Minneapolis and beyond https://twitter.com/...
Brian Gaar / @briangaar: I hate “chilling” when the press is attacked. That feels like some AP style book go-to. How about “illegal” and “blatantly unconstitutional” and “geez the 2A nuts are weirdly quiet.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: I've seen this aggressive treatment of journalists from Iran to China but not in my own country until recently - and more and more sadly. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Faircloth / @ryanfaircloth: It took a white journalist telling the officers that McFadden was indeed a journalist for them to let him go. “I am assuming because I am a Black photographer that they would not believe me or look at my press credential until who I was with said, 'Oh, he's with the Times.'”
Amy S. Rosenberg / @amysrosenberg: “..: an Asian American producer was zip-tied by a cop screaming, “Do you speak English?!” A NYTimes reporter was dragged from his car as officers pounded w/ sticks. Cops grabbed another and took his phone. “That's our strategy now.” @Will_Bunch https://www.inquirer.com/...
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Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Minnesota federal judge bars Minnesota state law enforcement from using force against journalists or ordering them to disperse while covering protests
Discussion:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Columbia Journalism Review, @bylizsawyer, Committee to Protect …, @will_bunch, @ryanfaircloth, @ryanfaircloth, @jerometaylor, @pdxlawgrrrl, @gottalaff, @ericboehlert, Star Tribune, The Hill, @coralhei, @jeremyjojola, @cathywurzer, @nicole_carroll, @matthewkeyslive, @evilgalprods, @katie_rcfp, @rljourno, @kirannazish, @nickwoltman, @asrothstein, @alex_zee, @jessmcmasterkc, @jonitaldavis, @kimmasters, @h_pan3, @webster, @baekdal, New York Post, @petersterne, Al Jazeera, Star Tribune, The Hill, USA Today, KSTP-TV and The Independent
Discussion:
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer: From Minn. to Philly, cops, troops flood the zone, violate our rights — and make us less safe
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review: The crises are (still) happening (again)
Liz Sawyer / @bylizsawyer: Media has been ushered to a checkpoint where state patrol is taking pictures of every journalist's credentials and face. https://twitter.com/...
Committee to Protect Journalists: Minnesota law enforcement must stop obstructing journalists covering protests
@will_bunch: Tear-gassing apartments. Pepper-spraying journalists. Blocking a church. The American police state is fighting for its life in Brooklyn Center, and it's terrifying The police, troops are violating our human rights and making us less safe. My new column https://www.inquirer.com/...
Ryan Faircloth / @ryanfaircloth: Thread: Joshua Rashaad McFadden, a photojournalist covering #DaunteWright protests in Brooklyn Center for the New York Times, said officers beat him with wooden batons while trying to pull him out of his car earlier this week. https://www.startribune.com/ ...
Ryan Faircloth / @ryanfaircloth: Freelance photographer Tim Evans said he was pepper-sprayed, tackled and hit in the face Friday night by officers who ignored his assertions that he was a credentialed journalist. Evans got caught in the middle of the officers' late-night rush to make arrests after curfew.
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: “It was almost as if the cops on the ground in Brooklyn Center were engaged in a race to the bottom to see how many constitutional rights they could violate in just one week.” https://www.inquirer.com/...
Pdx Law Grrrl / @pdxlawgrrrl: Police in Minnesota round up journalists covering a protest, forced them on the ground, and took pictures of their faces. This happened hours after a judge issued a temporary order barring MSP police from using force or chemical agents against journalists. https://www.usatoday.com/...
Laffy / @gottalaff: “Raising a ‘thin blue line’ flag, pepper-spraying journalists and blockading a church, Brooklyn Center, MN, is Ground Zero for an American police state.” If @Will_Bunch wrote it, you should read it. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: “Their “thin blue line” was especially brutal toward journalists seeking to exercise their 1st Amendment rights and document what police were doing in our name. ” https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz calls assault, detention of journalists covering protests ‘unacceptable’
CAHeidelberger / @coralhei: This morning the Aberdeen American News ran a half-page ad saying We Support Police. Will the police now place an ad saying they support journalists? https://www.usatoday.com/...
Jeremy Jojola / @jeremyjojola: Reports about this are disturbing and this behavior needs to immediately end. Journalist should be able to freely do their jobs without intimidation or bullying from law enforcement. https://twitter.com/...
Cathy Wurzer / @cathywurzer: What the hell is going on?!? https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Carroll / @nicole_carroll: Unacceptable. Police in Minn. round up journalists covering protest, force them to the ground and take their pictures, hours after a judge barred State Patrol from using physical force/chemical agents against journalists @USATODAY's @jaspercolt was there. https://www.usatoday.com/...
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: Do you know why? Because police rarely arrest other police. And prosecutors rarely charge police with wrongdoing. In other words, it doesn't matter what the courts determine. Rulings without enforcement are meaningless. https://twitter.com/...
Mere Smith / @evilgalprods: I literally can't enumerate how many ways this is fucked up https://twitter.com/...
Katie Townsend / @katie_rcfp: We @rcfp are hearing the troubling reports about law enforcement treatment of journalists last night in Minneapolis & Brooklyn Center. We're working to learn more. Journalists covering protests shouldn't be intimidated, detained, or arrested for doing their jobs. https://twitter.com/...
Ricardo Lopez / @rljourno: The federal court order was very clear that the actions police have taken against the press this week show motivation that they are targeting press, and yet they do this tonight? This will not go well in court for police later. https://twitter.com/...
Kiran Nazish / @kirannazish: This is astonishing. That this comes right after a #minnesota federal judge barring troopers from using force against journalists is especially concerning. @GovTimWalz, this should not be happening. The @CFWIJ calls on @PressSec to attend to this issue. https://minnesotareformer.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Woltman / @nickwoltman: A federal judge last night ordered Minnesota state law enforcement officials to stop using force and threats of arrest against members of the media. Hours later, local journalists were detained and photographed by the State Patrol. http://minnesotareformer.com/ ... via @MNReformer
Andrew Rothstein / @asrothstein: @greg_doucette This should be good. Judges LOVE being disobeyed. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Zielinski / @alex_zee: Sounds familiar. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica McMaster / @jessmcmasterkc: The police were ordered by a judge to basically not assault journalists covering the protests. They did anyway. https://twitter.com/...
@jonitaldavis: We have the Constitution but Police have ruled that they are a higher authority by jailing journos covering protests. Hope this ruling reverses that. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: How was this complicated? https://twitter.com/...
@h_pan3: IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION mentioned in article: this order does not apply to Hennepin County sheriffs or the National Guard https://twitter.com/...
Tony Webster / @webster: @jaspercolt Hi - a judge tonight enjoined the State Patrol from certain actions against journalists. Would you please DM or email me? Hoping to learn what time this happened and any other details. (tony@tonywebster.com) Here's the story I just wrote for background: https://minnesotareformer.com/ ...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: This is very good! https://twitter.com/...
Michael Ruiz / New York Post: Minnesota State Patrol will stop monitoring journalists covering protests after free press outcry
@petersterne: These rulings are obviously important — we'd be in much worse shape if judges ruled that the police legally could prevent the press from covering protests — but I'm not sure they really matter, since the police will just violate the ruling and face no real consequences. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Richmond / Star Tribune: Journalists allege police harassment at Minnesota protests
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Journalists allege harassment by law enforcement amid Minneapolis protests
Adrianna Rodriguez / USA Today: Journalists covering MN protests on Friday say state and local police rounded them up and photographed their faces and IDs before release, despite a court order
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Source: Stewart Bainum Jr. has already begun speaking with other potential investors and hopes to submit a new offer for Tribune within a week to 10 days — Hotel magnate Stewart Bainum Jr.'s effort to buy Tribune Publishing suffered a major setback over the weekend when his partner pull out of the deal.
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Robert Feder:
Tribune says it has terminated negotiations with Newslight following Wyss' withdrawal, leaving Alden as the only one bidding for Tribune
Discussion:
New York Daily News: Tribune Publishing ends discussions with Maryland hotel executive, moving forward with hedge fund Alden's bid for newspaper chain
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: update: Tribune Publishing newsroom unions issue joint statement in support of Bainum despite withdrawal of Wyss - say rival bid to Alden for company remains credible https://twitter.com/...
Ray Schultz / MediaPost: Wyss Drops Out Of Bidding For Tribune Publishing
Robert Feder / Daily Herald: Swiss billionaire gives up bid for Chicago Tribune
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Hansjörg Wyss has withdrawn from bidding for Tribune Publishing; Stewart Bainum seeks new financing to pursue the ownership of the newspaper chain
Discussion:
Poynter, American Press Institute, @alanmillernlp, Washington Post, @davidaxelrod, @sulliview, @davidaxelrod, Associated Press, The Hill, @katie_robertson, @danvock, Media Nation, @latlands, @kenvogel, @joemahr, @nytimesbusiness, @jeffjarvis, @dmihalopoulos, @darrendcarroll, @ctguild, @blairkamin, @royalpratt, @brianstelter and The Wrap
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter: Tribune Publishing cuts off negotiations with white knight investor Stewart Bainum Jr., clearing the way for an Alden takeover
American Press Institute: Need to Know: April 19, 2021 — Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism
Alan C. Miller / @alanmillernlp: Savvy advice from @Sulliview for billionaires buying a newspaper: “Stay out of the newsroom.” “Don't expect to make money any time soon. Maybe ever.” “Know that you've bought yourself a permanent headache.” Nevertheless, “the mission is worth it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: I've worked for two billionaires. Here's my advice for rich people who want to buy a newspaper.
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: The battle for control of the Tribune Co. will say a lot about the future of local news. Are these marquee newspapers-for so long an essential part of local communities-doomed to be bled dry, a shadow of their former selves? Or will they find new life? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@sulliview: I've worked at two news organizations owned by billionaires. So here's my advice for rich people who want to buy a newspaper. ...My column https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: The problem is that the finances of the Tribune Co. have been degraded by past practices and decisions to the point that when a potential savior got a look at the books, salvation seemed less feasible than it looked from the outside. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Wyss decided last week to pull out of the bid for Tribune Publishing after the parties did due diligence, partly because of The Chicago Tribune. Stewart Bainum remains committed, according to sources https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Vock / @danvock: “Mr. Wyss had come to believe it would be difficult for him to realize his ambition of transforming The Chicago Tribune — the company's flagship paper and the one he was most interested in — into a national publication.” The Tribune doesn't have a D.C. reporter https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: A major setback in the quest to save Tribune Publishing from Alden Global Capital
Mitchell Landsberg / @latlands: “Mr. Wyss had come to believe it would be difficult for him to realize his ambition of transforming The Chicago Tribune ... into a national publication.” Really? Did he ever think it would be easy? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss is taking himself out of the bidding for @tribpub after (1) his team examined company finances & (2) he concluded it would be difficult to transform the @chicagotribune into a national publication, @katie_robertson reports. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Mahr / @joemahr: Perfect time for a Chicago-based philanthropist to step up. Think of this as an investment in your community. Without it, less journalism = less eyes to root out corruption and injustice. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has ended his surprise bid for Tribune Publishing, the major newspaper chain behind The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and The Daily News. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: White knights often ride out of the town on the horse they rode in in. This one had an awful idea: trying to make the Chicago Tribune a national newspaper. Swiss Billionaire Is Said to End His Bid for Tribune Publishing https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Mihalopoulos / @dmihalopoulos: Swiss missed opportunity for Trub https://www.nytimes.com/...
Darren Carroll / @darrendcarroll: “The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who seemingly came out of nowhere last month to make a serious offer for Tribune Publishing, a major newspaper chain, has decided to take himself out of the bidding.” https://www.nytimes.com/... #SaveLocalNews
@ctguild: We are disappointed but remain hopeful that a civic-minded buyer will step forward to save our vital institution. It is crucial that we move into the future with an owner who believes in journalism that serves readers. https://twitter.com/...
Blair Kamin / @blairkamin: Devastating news. https://www.google.com/...
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: No doubt this is disappointing news but we will not stop fighting for civic-minded ownership at the @chicagotribune. Our newspaper is a vital, profitable institution and we need leadership that is committed to our city and state. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / Washington Monthly:
Facebook's multimillion dollar payoffs to big outlets like NYT through Facebook News undermine industry-wide efforts to help smaller, local newsrooms — Under the cover of launching a little-known feature, the social media giant has been funneling money to America's biggest news organizations …
Discussion:
@ajtweet, @froomkin, @teddydowney, @benyt, @froomkin, @peterhimler, @froomkin, @monthly, @pfpicardi, @justinhendrix, @agallin and @froomkin
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Alexander Jacobson / @ajtweet: “It's like you're a kept person,” he said. “You're Facebook's mistress.” https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: I write in @monthly today about Facebook's big journalism payoff: how “Facebook News” turns influential news organizations like the New York Times into collaborators and leaves the rest to die https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Teddy Downey / @teddydowney: I met with someone in strategic business department at NYT 6 or 7 years ago, and at the time, they told me they considered facebook a great partner, not a threat. I thought they would be forced to shift course, but, it appears that they doubled down https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: .@froomkin makes the case that Facebook's licensing deals with publishers are “buying them off.” Worth reading; also I think worth considering that it's extortion, not bribery! https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: I focus on the @nytimes's ethical compromise here in part because its former CEO Mark Thompson was so eloquent about Facebook as a sinister force in journalism. But it's not just them. https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Peter Himler / @peterhimler: As @caseynewton chats up Zuckerberg on @Discord, @froomkin exposes how @facebook bribes @nytimes and other news orgs as part of its pernicious #PR/#lobbying efforts: https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ... (@monthly)
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Hell yeah, Facebook (and Google) need to fund journalism — but in an equitable way and at arms length. https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
@monthly: Facebook is engaged in a secretive, multimillion-dollar-a-year payout scheme aimed at the most influential news outlets in America. As @froomkin explains, under the cover of launching Facebook News, the social media giant delivers serious amounts of cash. https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: .@rasmus_kleis is right: agreeing to keep the terms of the deals news organizations have made with Facebook is confidential is also a mistake. “This sort of opacity I don't think builds trust.” https://twitter.com/...
New York Times:
Interview with CBS News' Susan Zirinsky on her time at the network, its efforts on strengthening the newsroom, and frustrations with her role as president — In an interview as she prepares to step down as news division head, Susan Zirinsky said, “I feel I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization.”
Discussion:
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: I mean, budget meetings can drive anyone over the cliff. “The Post reported last week that Ms. Zirinsky, during a lengthy corporate budget meeting, scrawled ‘I hate my job’ on a sheet of paper and held it up.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: Susan Zirinsky, a CBS News legend stepping down after two years as president, righted a shaky ship but the network is still mired in 3rd place. @grynbaum & @koblin with the exit interview https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Boxer / @sarah_boxer: Wild (and exhausting) to read some of Z's famous strengths (brilliant, acerbic, honest, thoughtful) described to be felt by some as “double-edged.” @szirinsky has inspired countless to want to be her when we grow up. Total legend. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: “Mr. Cheeks had lamented at times that Ms. Zirinsky — or “Z,” in CBS parlance — could be overly focused on the minutiae of news gathering, rather than broader changes in the news business...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: She's a CBS legend who took over post-scandal & picked a new anchor for the Evening News. But after 2 years her time as president is up. Susan Zirinsky talks to NYT about her exit: “I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Thomas Moore / The Hill: Exiting CBS News president: ‘Feels like I righted the ship’
James Harkin / Harper's:
A look at Rukmini Callimachi's reporting, as three Middle East reporters for NYT say they raised concerns about her methods as far back as 2014 but were ignored — Caliphate and the perils of reporting online
Discussion:
James Harkin / @james__harkin: My cover story of the new, May issue of @Harpers magazine, about the New York Times and the dilemma of reporting Syria, is online: https://harpers.org/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Three NYT journalists who cover the Middle East tell @James__Harkin how they and other colleagues raised concerns about Callimachi's reporting methods going back to 2014 but “were ignored or intimidated into silence.” https://harpers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Big new story on Caliphate mess. Also to some degree another use of this to ride a hobbyhorse ("clicks" for Harpers, podcasts for others) rather than substance of how US media covers the Middle East, which I still think was the biggest part of the story. https://harpers.org/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: But the focus on how the Twitter skewed our perception of ISIS is really true and interesting.
Ali Winston / @awinston: If accountability doesn't come from the inside, it sure as hell will come from outside. @Harpers cover story on Caliphate's lingering fallout https://harpers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Manisha Ganguly / @manisha_bot: Blaming “internet-led reporting” for the mess in Caliphate podcast is a cop out. Internet-led reporting, or OSINT, is not just about gathering the data, but also about verification and analysis (the “INT” in OSINT stands for intelligence or analysis) https://harpers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Village Voice returned to print in a new issue on Saturday; Brian Calle plans a print issue about four times a year, with the end goal of publishing monthly — Its first print incarnation since 2017 includes an article on New York's mayoral race, and another that revives the paper's tradition of shaming landlords.
Discussion:
Harry Siegel / @harrysiegel: A nice spring surprise to see a print @villagevoice today! https://twitter.com/...
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