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Victoria Lewis / WPTV:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has barred local media from attending the signing of a voting restriction bill; the event is a “Fox News exclusive” — Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Florida's elections reform bill into law. DeSantis signed SB90, which includes restrictions on voting …
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Steve Bousquet / @stevebousquet: NEW: News media is barred from entry at Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of controversial elections bill, SB 90. DeSantis spokeswoman Taryn Fenske says bill signing is a “Fox exclusive” https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post: Florida's DeSantis signs new voting restrictions into law, making the state the latest to add hurdles to the voting process
Kelly Mena / CNN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs restrictive voting bill
Allan Creasy / @servethe901: Looks like DeSantis wants to exclude reporters as much as voters. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: A “news organization” that gets exclusive rights to cover official government business is the definition of state television https://twitter.com/...
Elliot Hannon / Slate: Florida Is the Latest GOP-Run State to Enact a New Law Making It Harder to Vote
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Can't say I've ever heard of an act like a bill signing being treated like a commodity to trade with Fox https://twitter.com/...
Ari Berman / @ariberman: DeSantis is signing bill to roll back voting access after Dems used vote by mail more than Republicans for first time in state history & won't even let media other than Fox cover it. Democracy literally dying in the dark https://twitter.com/...
Inae Oh / Mother Jones: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs a Voter Suppression Bill, and Fox News Has the Only Camera
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News: GOP Gov. DeSantis signs Florida election bill into law amid new controversy
Tim Murphy / @timothypmurphy: in the current republican ecosystem turning the curtailing of voting rights into a “Fox exclusive” is almost as important as the curtailing of voting rights itself https://twitter.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Ron DeSantis Sparks Outrage By Blocking Media — Except Fox News — From Signing of Voting Law
Cameron Joseph / VICE: DeSantis Just Barred Reporters From Signing of Voter Suppression Bill—Except Fox News
@wptv: .@WPTV and other news media will not be allowed inside as Gov. #DeSantis is expected to sign the elections bill. The event is being called “a Fox News exclusive.” Read more: https://www.wptv.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Athletic is no longer in merger talks with Axios, sees the NYT as the leading merger contender, and had ~$80M in revenue in 2020 with 600 staff — Publisher's talks with Axios are no longer active; New York Times Co. seen as leading contender for tie-up
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Joe Lucia / Awful Announcing: The Athletic is reportedly no longer talking to Axios about a merger, is now talking with the New York Times
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: This stretches even the most elastic definitions of “merger.” https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Good scoop. I know nothing about this deal, but bet it happens. But this a great phrase. Can you imagine? I'm sure a lot of companies view other companies as great candidates to buy them! Ha. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Damien Cox / @damospin: Fascinating news for sports media. Most believed this was always the ultimate play for The Athletic. Playing with the big boys now. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: The Athletic + NYT makes a ton of sense. More sense than Axios, imo. https://www.wsj.com/...
@donlday: The Athletic + NYT? Interesting. I joined The Atlhetic when they hired a reporter for a particular team I follow... and cancelled when they laid that person off. https://www.wsj.com/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: kinda wild to me that the athletic apparently has a million paying subs at $8/mo each and it still isn't enough to maintain itself as an independent business? https://www.wsj.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Yeah, this would be a sale to The Times, not a merger. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Amico / OutKick: The Athletic Fails To Get NY Times To Buy After Potential Axios Merger Falls Flat
Sean Griffey / @seangriffey: I don't have any inside details about The Athletic but this is starting to feel like their backers are looking for a life raft. https://www.wsj.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This would not be easy for the Times — The Athletic (or its financial backers) would probably want at least $600 million, which would be a big meal even for the Times. And The Athletic may have millions of subs, but it also has over 600 employees https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This deal makes a lot of sense for both, but is the Times going to go for a price tag that's probably north of $500 million? https://twitter.com/...
Nick / @subjectburst: This might be a good idea for the New York Times, especially if they get some great podcast talent. This certainly would be amazing for The Athletic, which is doomed to be exposed for years of false promises absent something like this. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: @ScottNover I mean Axios and The Athletic would be (arguably) a merger of equals, but the Times is so much bigger that it would have to be a sale. Makes some sense with Times laser-focused on subscriptions.
@rafat: So all this bluster about Athletic taking out newspapers was actually about newspaper taking out Athletic after all? Got it. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A record 44% of the NYT's 301K new digital subscribers in Q1 were to non-news products like cooking, games, and audio — The New York Times on Wednesday said it added 301,000 new digital-only subscribers last quarter, its slowest quarter for digital subscriber growth in over a year.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN: As subscriber growth slows, The New York Times reveals 100 million registered users
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: FYI. Latest reports say the New York Times has 100 million registered users, and among those are 7.8 million subscribers in one form or another: print subscribers, digital subs, or those who pay for the Cooking and Games apps. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kerrymflynn: $NYT “added 301,000 digital customers for the first three months of the year, the lowest increase since the third quarter of 2019.” Q3'19: +273,000 Q4'19: +342,000 Q1'20: +587,000 Q2'20: +669,000 Q3'20: +393,000 Q4'20: +627,000 Q1'21: +301,000 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rajeev Mantri / @rmantri: Igniting rage and selling outrage is profitable - with a record 7.8 million+ digital subscribers, that is the business NYT is in now. https://www.nytimes.com/... Best to treat it as a glorified BuzzFeed. https://twitter.com/...
Carl Quintanilla / @carlquintanilla: MORGAN STANLEY: “We continue to forecast digital-only subscriptions reaching 12-13mm by YE25.” $NYT https://twitter.com/...
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Melissa Guerrero / New York Times:
NYT hires its first editorial director of Games, Everdeen Mason, responsible for growing the audience and ensuring puzzles reflect and cultivate diverse voices — Everdeen Mason, The Times's first editorial director of Games, wants to keep challenging current players while reaching new ones.
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@adrienneshih: I have literally referred to @EverdeenMason's job as “the coolest gig in media right now” to so many people https://www.nytimes.com/...
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Q&A: Facebook Oversight Board director Thomas Hughes on upholding Trump's ban, why the Board isn't a PR stunt, Facebook refusing to answer its questions, more — Following months of speculation, Facebook's Oversight Board issued a quasi-decision Wednesday in the case of former President Donald Trump's account.
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@therecount: Facebook Oversight Board Director Thomas Hughes on the group's decision to uphold: “The suspension of former President Trump was necessary to keep people safe.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: Trump Remains Banned, for Now, but the Problem with Facebook Is Still Facebook
Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky: NEW: Talked w/ FB Oversight Board director @thomasmhughes about the Trump decision. This stands out: “If you can make independent self regulation work, and it is truly independent and it functions...that is the most effective form of content regulation.” https://www.protocol.com/...
Mark Miller / TVNewsCheck: Facebook Board Upholds Trump Suspension
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Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension, but asks Facebook to review the decision within six months to determine a penalty consistent with its rules — The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.
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Oversight Board / @oversightboard: The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7 to suspend then-President Trump from Facebook and Instagram. Trump's posts during the Capitol riot severely violated Facebook's rules and encouraged and legitimized violence. https://oversightboard.com/...
Katie Canales / Insider: Facebook - not its ‘Supreme Court’ - needs to enforce its moderation policies, according to one of the board members who called the company ‘lazy’ for pushing the Trump decision to the group
Nick Clegg / About Facebook: Oversight Board Upholds Facebook's Decision to Suspend Donald Trump's Accounts
Tim Peterson / Digiday: Media Briefing: How media leaders are trying to combat burnout beyond the newsroom
Washington Post: Facebook tried to outsource its decision about Trump. The Oversight Board said not so fast.
Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky: It's getting buried but seems to me the board actually is setting precedent here for Facebook about using the risk of real world harm as a justification for at least temporarily silencing a head of state. They've definitively said Facebook was right about that. Seems big to me?
Nick Clegg / @nick_clegg: We thank the @OversightBoard for the care and attention they gave this case. We will now consider the board's guidance and develop a response that is clear and proportionate. In the meantime, Mr. Trump's accounts remain suspended. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Trump is Facebook's problem, again
@cnbc: .@carolecadwalla: Facebook's Oversight Board experiment has failed. “The whole thing has revealed itself to be a completely pointless charade.” She argues the board is a “PR device to offload difficult decisions Facebook should make.” https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: Here's a real life example of the tyranny of #BigTech - a fake @Facebook court decides @Facebook can do whatever @Facebook wants, in this case, suspending Donald Trump w/o process or standards. That's what monopolies do. Break them up https://oversightboard.com/...
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: The Facebook Oversight Board proved it's not Mark Zuckerberg's puppet — now it's his move
Jeva Lange / The Week: Trump is a terrible blogger
Domenico Montanaro / NPR: Why Facebook's Decision On Trump Could Be ‘Make Or Break’ For His Political Future
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box: Banning Trump from Facebook Won't Solve the Problem
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Facebook Oversight Board's Trump ruling is about optics, not moderation
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Here's just how much people have stopped talking about Trump on Facebook and Twitter
David Leonhardt / New York Times: Facebook Ducks the Big Issue
Nicolás Rivero / Quartz: Facebook's oversight board blew up in its face
Ben Cohen / The Banter: How Facebook Tricked Trumpers Into Supporting Bernie Style Corporate Regulations
@latimes: “The worst aspect of this decision may be that it leaves the question of Trump's role and that of his posts on social media, open to be masticated endlessly — including on social media.” Columnist @hiltzikm explains: https://www.latimes.com/...
Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter: Today's Edition (May 6, 2021) — The most consequential development on Wednesday …
@thelastword: Opinion | @tiffanycli: The reason we are all paying so much attention to Facebook and its Oversight Board is the simple fact that today a single tech company can choose to silence the voice of a sitting president. - @MSNBCDaily https://www.msnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Kimmel Loves Trump's Facebook Ban: ‘Like a Bullhorn Without Batteries’ (Video)
John Legere / @johnlegere: I hope he finds a way to get banned from his own social media site.... https://www.theverge.com/...
@usatoday: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to uphold the suspension of former president Donald Trump: “We're not going to have any comment on the future of the former president's social media platform.” https://www.usatoday.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cnbc: “All this is a step in the right direction,” says Evercore ISI's Mark Mahaney on Facebook's decision to uphold its ban on former President Trump. “It's a win for investors.” @CNBCTechCheck https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Plenty of arguments to make about Facebook's decisions but this now-common response of “I don't like what this private company did so our public officials should use their government powers to punish them” is an interesting philosophical development https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: As I said never been happier to be wrong but what seems to have happened here is that the Facebook Oversight board punted back what had been punted to them by Facebook with Donald Trump as the irritating football of bile. This is far from over on my reading. https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: It turns out that everyone's Trump decision take is just “what I already thought about Facebook” + “what I already thought about the Oversight Board”
Adam Schiff / @repadamschiff: There's no Constitutional protection for using social media to incite an insurrection. Trump is willing to do anything for himself no matter the danger to our country. His big lies have cost America dearly. And until he stops, Facebook must ban him. Which is to say, forever. https://twitter.com/...
@can: if fb actually had an independent oversight board, it'd actually have the power to fire people, not just wave their hands on irrelevant cases
Rat King / @mikeisaac: Trump statement, over email (not his new blog) via @maggieNYT https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: While many are relieved about this decision, we should all question why this board is allowed to make these decisions in place of real, independent oversight of @facebook. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here's the Facebook Oversight Board announcing its decision on the suspension of the Trump account. My reaction is the same as many others: relieved that the ban was upheld and will continue for now. Unimpressed that the Board punted the ball back to Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
Cristiano Lima / Politico: Facebook oversight board was divided over how to weigh Trump decision, official says
Nathan L. Walls / @base10: The Onion knows what's up: https://twitter.com/...
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: This thread breaks down the @OversightBoard decision in the Trump case. The full judgment is 38 pages long....and worth a read https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Bercovici / @jeffbercovici: Basically the oversight board did the “If I were Facebook I would simply have clear rules and enforce them consistently” tweet
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “If a head of state or [government] has repeatedly posted messages that pose a risk of harm under international human rights norms, @Facebook should suspend the account for a period sufficient to protect against imminent harm.”-@oversightboard Deletion appropriate in some cases https://twitter.com/...
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: JUST IN: Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Ban on Trump Account... For Now
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: Must read thread - it appears the board is trying to set hard standards for such bans going forward. https://twitter.com/...
Garett Sloane / @garettsloane: Facebook consulted “The Rabat Plan,” an international framework for weighing speech and the potential for inflaming ethnic tensions in war zones, to judge Trump's use of social media.
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: Say what you want about Facebook's Oversight Board, but it does a good job highlighting just how arbitrary the company is with policy and enforcement.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: So many Facebook critics argued the Oversight Board was just a cover for Facebook and didn't have any real power. What you're seeing now is real power, and that power is denying Facebook its cover. Mark Zuckerberg chose to give OSB this power. Didn't have to. Keep that in mind.
Steve Deace / @stevedeaceshow: The truth is the odds he's never president again go up if they put him back on all these platforms. Because without a constant injection of his own social media persona that too often just sets up material for his detractors, his policies are far more popular. https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: In a weird twist, Facebook's Oversight Board basically told Facebook: Don't send us your difficult decision — make it yourself! “...Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities.” https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: The bottom line is Trump and his inner circle were hanging on this decision and view Facebook reinstatement as crucial to Trump's political comeback. Mostly because of its fundraising power. They submitted a lengthy written argument... 1/2 https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: to the Oversight Board and were cautiously optimistic that Trump would be re-platformed. And yes: his inner circle increasingly believes he will run in 2024. Long long way to go but that's where he's at now. And Facebook is crucial to their strategy as it was in 16 and 20.
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Important for media reporting on FB/Trump to not make same mistake they did in Jan when they treated FB's temporary ban as a permanent one. That took a lot of heat off FB and ultimately FB appealed its own action. We're in same place now. Ban isn't permanent, remains temporary.
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: Of course, the whole point of the board was so FB wouldn't need to make these kind of tough decisions 🤷♂️
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: basically, the board kicked this back to a lower court to rethink damages https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: To be clear: Facebook was right to take Trump down and he should stay down permanently. His every uttering present imminent danger to democracy. The Board could have endorsed that responsible decision. It did not. It fumfered.
Jeff Bercovici / @jeffbercovici: Created to absolve Facebook of ultimate responsibility for its ad hoc enforcement decisions, the Oversight Board basically said “You've got to take some responsibility here, and it can't be ad hoc.” https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: Former President Donald Trump will NOT return to Facebook today. The Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension, but says FB has 6 months to come up with a new penalty for Trump's account because an “indefinite ban” is not appropriate given the company's rules https://twitter.com/...
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: This weird quasi-judicial Facebook tribunal actually denounces FB's punishment of Trump. “It was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension,” the tribunal declares. Journalists who cheered the penalty must be furious https://twitter.com/...
Chris Lu / @chrislu44: Interesting thread from Facebook's oversight board including: “The company should assess the risk of the user inciting significant harm before the suspension ends” “The ‘newsworthiness’ of a public figure's remarks should never take priority over urgent action to prevent harm” https://twitter.com/...
Samuel Stolton / @samuelstolton: Facebook oversight board upholds decision to suspend Trump. Fmr President accused of breaching platform policies due to: 1. praise or support of people engaged in violence (Jan 6 ‘We love you’ video) 2. invoking serious risk of violence (in electoral fraud narrative) ... https://twitter.com/...
Owen Thomas / @owenthomas: Facebook's Oversight Board scolds the company for dodging its responsibilities regarding Trump, then kicks the ban can down the road. Here's @issielapowsky on the decision: https://www.protocol.com/...
Blake E. Reid / @blakereid: When you remember that the FBOB has no real independence from FB and isn't capable of enforcing binding judgments, this decision makes sense because it is exactly what would have happened if the FBOB didn't exist. Trump out; could be back in later if politically expedient for FB.
@adamserwer: Facebook can do whatever they want, it's their platform, there's no first amendment right to use someone else's platform, especially not because you're big and important. The fact that verdicts from the Supreme Court of Facebook are national news seems real bad.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The Oversight Board essentially said: You should have taken Trump down. But you shouldn't have taken him down permanently and you should decide what to do about that. In short: The Board actually does nudge Trump back online but didn't have the guts to say so.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Oh, this is rich. Thorning-Schmidt accuses Facebook of “shirking its responsibilities.” That is *precisely* what the Oversight Board just did by shoving this back to Facebook.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: On Oversight Board call, co-chair Michael McConnell says Facebook must either restore Trump's account, restrict him permanently or suspend him for a set amount of time. Key line: “Facebook must make its decision and be held accountable for what it decides.”
Chris Welch / @chriswelch: Aside from the Trump decision, this part is important: Oversight Board wants Facebook to do better explaining penalty system in plain language to everyone. And it wants WAY more transparency. Board calls for account restrictions to be included in Facebook's transparency reports. https://twitter.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: Facebook has six months to decide if Trump should be allowed back on Facebook. @nick_clegg says Trump will remain suspended until Facebook reaches a decision https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Meridith McGraw / @meridithmcgraw: Not what a lot of tech experts and people in Trump's circles expected... https://twitter.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: more specifically: on a conference call right now and the OSB basically says Facebook cant just indefinitely ban anyone from the network and made a mistake when they left Trump in limbo.
Rep. Frank Pallone / @frankpallone: Every day, Facebook is amplifying and promoting disinformation and misinformation, and the structure and rules governing its oversight board generally seem to ignore this disturbing reality. It's clear that real accountability will only come with legislative action.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Facebook's response: “We will now consider the board's decision and determine an action that is clear and proportionate. In the meantime, Mr. Trump's accounts remain suspended.” https://about.fb.com/...
Robert Moore / @robertmooreitv: Decision on suspending Trump upheld but there's a sting in the tail for @Facebook. The Board appears to blame the company, in part, for Jan 6th - it should “conduct a review into its contribution to the narrative of electoral fraud and political tensions that led to the events.” https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Verrilli / @jess: Fascinating to watch the first big case - Trump's suspension - reviewed by Facebook's Oversight Board. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: “In applying a vague, standardless penalty and then referring this case to the Board to resolve, Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities. The Board declines Facebook's request and insists that Facebook apply and justify a defined penalty.”
Rat King / @mikeisaac: facebook grumbles “thank you” while going back to drawing board for six months to make another decision https://about.fb.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: lol the oversight board kicks the Facebook Trump Ban decision back to Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/...
@ceciliakang: The Trump Facebook Decision is out. My read is that the board splits the baby, and bumps final decision for 6 months more: -Board agrees with ban on Jan. 6 -Disagrees with “indefinite” ban and gives Facebook 6-months to come up with clear criteria on indefinite ban https://twitter.com/...
@bplewis: i am not shocked by how not shocked i am with this profile in courage https://twitter.com/...
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: This is very intelligent, justifying the creation of the Oversight Board in the first place: “In applying this penalty, Facebook did not follow a clear, published procedure. ‘Indefinite’ suspensions are not described in the company's content policies...”
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: so now that facebook has 6 months to make a decision about Trump, you should read this proposal on ‘unbundling’ Facebook's features to get away from the on-or-deplatforming binary https://warzel.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Hern / @alexhern: Insta-takeaway: In saying “no, Facebook, you have to make a specific decision on whether or not to ban Trump”, the Oversight Board is rejecting the specific function that Facebook intended it to have - that of being the scapegoat for controversial decisions.
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Woof. “In applying a vague, standardless penalty and then referring this case to the Board to resolve, Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities.” https://oversightboard.com/...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: “The Board has given Facebook a maximum of six months in which to either permanently disable Trump's account or impose a new suspension for a specific period of time.” https://oversightboard.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 🚨What's next: — Facebook has 30 days to publicly respond to the Board's decision & policy recommendations — Expect outrage from conservatives & world leaders who slammed the ban — Trump no longer has ability to use Facebook for fundraising in 2024—massive political implications https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: So the Facebook Oversight Board is keeping the restriction on Trump's Facebook and Instagram but sending it back to Facebook for further review to make another decision. https://www.oversightboard.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: “The Board insists that Facebook review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform. Facebook must complete its review of this matter within 6 months of the date of this decision.” https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: “Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Trump's accounts... However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an ‘indefinite’ suspension... with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored.” https://oversightboard.com/...
Joanna Stern / @joannastern: TL;DR: Still banned. https://oversightboard.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley: Unlike the Supreme Court, they announce the decision on Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Keith Edwards / @keithedwards: Trump is going to remain banned from Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Schulze / @eschulze: Facebook Oversight Board tries to split the difference: - Says Trump suspension should stay in place - But says Facebook was wrong to put in place an indefinite ban and kicks the decision back to the company https://oversightboard.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Guynn / USA Today: Trump Facebook ban upheld by Facebook Oversight Board but opens door to his possible return
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Americans are, unsurprisingly, split on whether Trump should be barred from social media: “Some 49% of U.S. adults say Trump's accounts should be permanently banned from social media, while half say they should not be,” Pew says https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
@ceciliakang: It's Decision Day for Trump's fate on Facebook Here's what you need to know about the board deciding if the former president regains his megaphone https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: As an example, I don't understand how the adjective, “independent,” survived edit. This is NYT's characterization up top despite later in the report pointing out its dependencies. Should have been in quotes at best. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair: Trump Throws an Impotent Shit Fit, Threatens Retribution Over Extended Facebook Ban
Kaleigh Rogers / FiveThirtyEight: Facebook's ‘Supreme Court’ Upheld Its Trump Ban, But It's Little More Than Judicial Theater
Tom McKay / Gizmodo: Conservatives Demand Supreme Court Overrule Fake Facebook Court, Others Weigh In
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Facebook's Oversight Board throws the company a Trump-shaped curveball
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Elizabeth Warren Argues That Facebook Should Not Have the Power to Ban Trump: 'Acting Like They're Bigger Than the Government'
John Aravosis / CyberDisobedience: Facebook, ban Trump permanently
Elaine Kamarck / Brookings: What will Facebook's ban mean for Donald Trump's future?
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Trump Facebook ban remains but oversight board rips company policies
David Pierce / Protocol: Trump is still banned from Facebook ... for now
Brian Contreras / Los Angeles Times: Facebook board upholds Trump exile, sends final decision back to company
Tom McKay / Gizmodo: Oversight Board Finds Facebook Took the Coward's Way Out With Trump Ban, Also Takes Coward's Way Out
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public
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Kara Swisher / New York Times: Good Riddance, Donald Trump?
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Oversight board members defend punting decision on Trump's ban back to Facebook
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Facebook Trump Ban Dot Html
Isaac Saul / Tangle: Trump banned from Facebook (again)
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: A round up of our takes on Facebook Board. 24 hours later, mine much the same: A permanent expulsion that could one day be rescinded would have been better baseline than decision that suggests Trump's conduct can be made “proportionate.” @FortuneMagazine https://fortune.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: Reaction to the whole Facebook-Donald Trump saga
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: OK, adding @karaswisher here as another must-read. @WillOremus @Sulliview @karaswisher - my list so far. btw, on this point here about coddling an outlier, I think it's important to note this treatment created space for other authoritarians to operate. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@motherjones: Facebook is acting “like a magician,” @Moonalice, an early Facebook investor, tells Mother Jones. “And they know how to draw your attention to the left hand, so you don't see what the right hand is doing. And they've done that here.” https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Great piece from @Sulliview: Facebook's oversight board whiffed. Trump deserves a permanent exile. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@eff: .@KaraSwisher is right: complaints about the Facebook Oversight Board should focus on the underlying problem: lack of competition. Policymakers should find ways to ensure we don't have to care so much what one company decides—because we have alternatives. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ian Sherr / CNET: Facebook's Oversight Board made the right call on Trump. Now it's Zuckerberg's turn
Mike Fancher / @mikefancher: “What was called for here was a clear, unambiguous message: That a hugely influential public official—arguably the most powerful person in the world—can't use Facebook to endanger the public welfare. And once he does just that, hundreds of times, he can't come back.” https://twitter.com/...
Genevieve Lakier / @glakier: A thread on why I think the decision the FOB handed down today in the Trump deplatforming case is a good decision, not what Margaret Sullivan described as a “fig leaf meant to avoid real accountability.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Pramila Jayapal / @pramilajayapal: This is the right decision. He used Facebook and other social media platforms to incite a deadly insurrection. Why should he ever be allowed back? https://twitter.com/...
Richard Blumenthal / @senblumenthal: Donald Trump is no voiceless victim. He earned his suspension from Facebook by spreading dangerous, violence-inciting lies. Our nation is still living with the consequences of the deadly insurrection Trump incited, & there is a clear & present danger that he will do it again. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: So *neither* Facebook nor the Oversight Board made a strong statement about the unacceptability of not only inciting insurrection but also promulgating the Big Lie against democratic elections. Both failed to keep their eyes on the highest priorities.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: And while Facebook and the Oversight Board play their dangerous game of nuanced hot (Mister) Potato, @jack made a decisive decision exercising the responsibility of his power—and the world has been better off for it. The issue is less who has too much power but who uses it well.
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Keep mind as we wait that while the Facebook Oversight board is independent, it's paid for by Facebook with members handpicked by Facebook in a system essentially created by Facebook. It is a corporate advisory board with more power & fancier names, but with few if any critics.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Legal Twitter is enjoying the nuances of the Oversight Board decision while information, political, and tech Twitter are viewing it through other sides of the prism, looking more at the impact, I think.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Many are enjoying the bind the Oversight Board put Facebook in. Meanwhile, that bind will be exploited by Trump et al over the next six months, doing more damage to the net as self-appointed net watchdogs from both right and left imagine new torture for #230, etc.
Timothy Morton / @the_eco_thought: “Why build a platform that requires an arbiter of truth if you don't want to be one? Could you not have foreseen the inevitable end point of that position?” Good Riddance, Donald Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: In which @CathyGellis is happy that the Oversight Board more or less did what we asked them to do, while simultaneously uninspired by the result because the whole thing is sort of a waste of time anyway. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Freedom House / @freedomhouse: The oversight board has made, in our view, a reasonable decision: to uphold the suspension of Former President Trump's account while Facebook formulates a proportionate response to the inciting content for which he was originally suspended. 2/5
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: Facebook's Oversight Board says they were right to suspend Trump because he violated their rule “prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence.” Last year, nearly the entire media and Democratic Party praised people engaged in the most costly riots in US history.
Scott Walker / @scottwalker: Bail is used for someone who was arrested for breaking the law. Here's what @KamalaHarris tweeted last year during the protests that turned into violent riots. Big Tech elites are hypocrites. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Biggs / @johnbiggs: Oversight Board Finds Facebook Took the Coward's Way Out With Trump Ban, Also Takes Coward's Way Out https://gizmodo.com/... via @gizmodo
@sulliview: Facebook's oversight board whiffed. Trump deserves a permanent exile. ... My column https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Kroin / Free Press: Trump Takedown Upheld, But Facebook Is Still the Big Problem Amy Kroin Wed, 05/05/2021 - 16:28
Cathy Gellis / Techdirt: Why The Oversight Board's Decision On Facebook's Trump Ban Is Just Not That Important
Politico:
After teasing a new social media platform, Trump debuts a new section on his website that's effectively a blog
Discussion:
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Emily Jacobs / New York Post: Twitter suspends Trump ‘From the Desk’ account, despite no link to Team Trump
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: Josh Hawley and Donald Trump Haven't Been ‘Silenced’
Charlie Warzel / Washington Post: Facebook's problem isn't Trump. It's Facebook.
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Twitter suspends Trump blog account for trying to evade his ban
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: i wrote a little about today for @washingtonpost. still sorting out my feelings on the oversight decision but this is what i'm feeling right now https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Miller / @jasonmillerindc: 🚨President Trump's website is a great resource to find his latest statements and highlights from his first term in office, but this is not a new social media platform. We'll have additional information coming on that front in the very near future.🚨 https://www.foxnews.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Everyone's dunking on Trump's new “blog,” but I think it's kinda cool in that it shows that everyone can speak on their own websites and don't *need* social media to speak. (Also, the terms of service on his site are fun). https://www.techdirt.com/...
@mrctv: Former White House Chief of Staff, @MarkMeadows, remarks on the Facebook Oversight Board's decision. “Listen, whether it's six months or six days, what we see in this decision is really about chilling free speech.” https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: This is honestly hilarious. Donald Trump has literally built a blog https://twitter.com/...
Makena Kelly / @kellymakena: Although, I am curious if the share buttons (once they work) would violate Facebook and Twitter's current bans on Trump? They've already ruled that he can't post on other peoples' accounts... I've asked! And am waiting! https://www.theverge.com/...
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: I tried to like something on Trump's LiveJournal blog and it went wrong... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: .@mmasnick dug thru the terms of Trump's new site so you don't have to: “Although Save America has no obligation to do so, it reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on the Sites...for any reason without notice” https://twitter.com/...
David Pierce / @pierce: Tired: Leaving your media job to start a Substack Wired: Leaving the US presidency to start a blog https://www.protocol.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: honestly he created the ultimate twitter and i am jealous just shouting into the formless void, following no one
Domenico Montanaro / @domeniconpr: Um, this “new platform” is just a blog on a personal web site that doesn't even have a comments section. It has changed the game back to before 2008. https://www.foxnews.com/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Please Pardon the Oversight
Alistair Coleman / @alistaircoleman: As a former internet celebrity and (yeah) blogger of some repute, I'd like to welcome Mr Trump to the year 2002. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / @rumpfshaker: Lmao — my old blog I started in 2010 on blogspot (after googling “how do I make a blog,” not even kidding) had more function/interactivity. Sad! 😂 https://twitter.com/...
Jules Polonetsky / @julespolonetsky: Trump's new platform claims Section 230 protection :) “As a provider of interactive services, Save America is not liable for any statements, representations, or User Content provided by its users in any Interactive Area” https://twitter.com/...
Yossi Gestetner / @yossigestetner: It's a website that when you try to automatically share his statements on Twitter, only the first few words come up as if they are a headline followed by a link. This is as simple as a 2008 Word Press Blog. Oh and Twitter can block it. Why didn't he add the @parler_app option? https://twitter.com/...
Tim Tagaris / @ttagaris: I simply cannot wait to see what the campaign paid for this blog... I just hope and pray that it is itemized on the next FEC report. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: I don't know. It sure says “contribute” in a lot of places. And “shop.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Congratulations, it's a... blog from 2002. Actually, that's not fair. Say what you will about Instapundit, at least he linked to other people. https://twitter.com/...
Tammy Bruce / @heytammybruce: A good start! “Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban” https://www.foxnews.com/...
Frank Luntz / @frankluntz: It's basically a blog: “The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos” https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Trump's “new communications platform” is a website that looks like it was designed by me in 15 minutes https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill: if you dont understand these tweets i urge you to log off now at least until tomorrow morning, nothing good will come of you staying online
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill: his blog doesn't have rss so i must correct my previous statement: blogging is dead again
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Dying to know how much Parscale charged Trump to set up what's basically a Tumblr site with a DONATE button https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill: blogging is back baby
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: this is what happens if you hit the tweet this button, how much did he pay for this https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Trump wages his battle against big tech with Facebook and Twitter share buttons and a personal website with posts that date back to March 24 https://twitter.com/...
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: Stand by it https://twitter.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: Verizon Sells Tumblr to Trump
Philip Bump / @pbump: This Fox write-up is just next level. “The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos.”
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: Former president, his staff learn how to post stuff onto website https://twitter.com/...
Mark Halperin / Wide World of News: The Meaning of Liz Cheney
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS Q1: 36M streaming subscribers, up 6M since Q4; streaming revenue grew 65% YoY to $816M; net earnings up 79% YoY to $899M, affiliate revenue of $2.08B — The entertainment giant, led by CEO Bob Bakish, reported higher first-quarter advertising revenue as its latest financials exceeded Wall Street expectations.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: ViacomCBS Q1 Profit Surges on Super Bowl and 6 Million New Streaming Subscribers
Derek Walborn / The Streamable: ViacomCBS Reaches 36 Million Global Streaming Subscribers, Nears 50 Million Global Pluto TV Monthly Actives
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: Paramount+ Plans to Debut One Original Movie a Week Beginning in 2022
Caitlin Albers / Collider: Paramount+ Debuting Original Movies Every Week Beginning in 2022
Cynthia Littleton / Variety: ‘SpongeBob’ and Nickelodeon Shows Drive Paramount Plus Subscriber Growth
Matt Schimkowitz / The A.V. Club: Paramount Plus says, fuck it, let's debut a new movie every week
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: ViacomCBS adds 6M streaming subs in Q1, extends total to 36M
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: ViacomCBS says that two drivers of subscriptions to Paramount+ last quarter were the Super Bowl, and Oprah's interview with Meghan and Harry.
@brenbrenchie: For Paramount+, “the biggest drivers of sign-ups were live sports and specials, including the Super Bowl, NCAA Tournament, UEFA Champions League, Oprah With Meghan and Harry and The Grammy Awards, as well as kids' content, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Paramount Plus Leads Quarterly Gain Of 6M Streaming Subscribers As ViacomCBS Beats Wall Street Estimates
@thr: ViacomCBS says it will fund “more original series and movies exclusively for streaming” and “further reduce the amount of content we license to third-party streamers, instead preserving more of these assets for our in-house streaming services.” https://thr.cm/xg6wqBu
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Yeah, that's a nice little bump in subscriber revenue for ViacomCBS, offset by increased costs across the board in pursuing streaming. But subscription revenue and advertising revenue increases year over year should make Wall St happy. Also, lol that theatrical comparison. https://twitter.com/...
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
NY AG's office says fake comments, including 8.5M funded by largest US ISPs, accounted for ~18M of the 22M+ net neutrality comments received by the FCC in 2017 — The New York attorney general's office released a new report detailing the effort — The New York attorney general's office issued …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Biggest ISPs paid for 8.5 million fake FCC comments opposing net neutrality
NY State Attorney General: Attorney General James Issues Report Detailing Millions of Fake Comments, Revealing Secret Campaign to Influence FCC's 2017 Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
Ny Ag / @newyorkstateag: After a multi-year investigation, we found the nation's largest broadband companies funded a secret campaign to influence the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules — resulting in millions of fake public comments impersonating Americans. These illegal schemes are unacceptable.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: “nearly every comment and message the broadband industry submitted to the FCC and Congress was fake, signed using the names and addresses of millions of individuals without their knowledge or consent.” https://ag.ny.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
David McCabe / New York Times: Internet providers funded effort behind fake net neutrality comments, New York State says.
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill: Broadband companies funded ‘fake’ net neutrality comments, investigation finds
David Shepardson / Reuters: U.S. broadband industry accused in ‘fake’ net neutrality comments
Amy Kroin / Free Press: New York Attorney General Finds the Broadband Industry Funded Illegal Scheme to Flood the Trump FCC …
Will Feuer / New York Post: Broadband industry behind millions of fake net neutrality comments, NY AG says
Jason Warner / @jasoncwarner: Hang on....oooooone sec...Haven't used my ironically shocked face in a bit There, found it I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you! A law so obviously designed to unfairly advantage a set of people naturally threatened by innovation would collude together & then with a crony politician? https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Internet service providers spent $4.2 million on an effort that created roughly nine million fake comments in support of the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules in 2017, the New York attorney general said on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Veena Dubal / @veenadubal: “Fake public comments impersonating Americans.” Sounds like a familiar strategy. So glad this is being addressed by the @NewYorkStateAG! And I hope it deters other corporate interests from doing the same. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: “Budget documents show that, in all, the broadband industry players that funded the campaign spent $4.2 million generating and submitting more than 8.5 million fake comments to the FCC” supporting repeal of net neutrality. https://ag.ny.gov/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Meanwhile.... “A 19-year old college student who opposed the repeal of net neutrality was able to file over 7.7 million pro-neutrality comments with the FCC.” $4.2 million vs one college kid
@bo_gardiner: @nycsouthpaw Thought I was beyond shock. I extracted names from the report, which found these same firms have been doing this on many issues for years. The mastermind industry coalition Broadband for America used 4 rightwing advocacy nonprofits to hide its role: https://twitter.com/...
@bostonjoan: For years! I have been salty about the fake public comments on the net neutrality issue and we finally have our answers. Media manipulation on a huge scale here! https://ag.ny.gov/...
Cory Doctorow / @doctorow: Unsurprisingly - but importantly - the NY AG found that 18 million of the 22 million comments the FCC received were fake, that the fake comments favored the Net Neutrality repeal, AND THAT THE FRAUD WAS A PAID OPERATION ON BEHALF OF TELCOS. https://www.theverge.com/... 8/
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: NY AG report finds 18 million FCC net neutrality comments were fake
Karl Bode / Techdirt: NY AG Proves Broadband Industry Funded Phony Public Support For Attack On Net Neutrality
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: The FCC Received 22 Million Comments on the Year of Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality. Nearly 18 Million Were Fake, Says New York's Attorney General.
Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky: Holy Moly. NY AG report finds out of the 22 million net neutrality comments the FCC received in 2017, 18 million were fake. Report alleges a “secret campaign” by the broadband industry, which offered consumers rewards for male enhancement drugs ‼️ https://www.protocol.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Despite promises of transparency, @AjitPai did not ensure the broadband industry's secret astroturfing campaign came to light, nor did @TheJusticeDept: @NewYorkStateAG did. (Federalism FTW.) Is a rulemaking based on fake & fraudulent comments legally binding, @JRosenworcelFCC? https://twitter.com/...
Protocol:
Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called N-Plus — In a survey, Netflix is asking users how they would feel about a “future online space” called N-Plus. — Custom TV show playlists?
Sophie Huet / AFP Correspondent:
Restrictions in place due to COVID have led to the proliferation of press pools, which only allow for limited perspectives, and of events closed to the press — Paris - Insidiously, the coronavirus is attacking journalism's vital functions. Since the beginning of 2020 …
Benedict Evans:
The novels and anti-vax books on Amazon's “Children Vaccination & Immunization” bestseller list point to poor indexing and content moderation issues — Of Amazon's top 50 best-sellers in “Children's Vaccination & Immunisation”, close to 20 are by anti-vaccine polemicists, and 5 are novels about fictional pandemics.
Discussion:
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Amazon has scaled indefinitely by treating every product as an interchangeable packet, and by not caring what they are, only what they weigh. What would happen if it could change that? https://www.ben-evans.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Amazon has scaled indefinitely by treating every product as an interchangeable packet, and by not caring what they are, only what they weigh. At a fundamental level, it doesn't know what it sells. What would happen if it could change that? https://www.ben-evans.com/...
Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:
Substack adds Sections so writers can set up and manage multiple newsletters or podcasts within one main publication, facilitating the creation of newsrooms — Substack, the $650m Andreessen Horowitz-backed newsletter platform that journalists like to moan talk incessantly about on Twitter, is introducing a new feature.
Discussion:
Kim Lyons / The Verge: Substack introduces publication sections for newsletters so writers can ‘grow their media empire’
@siruihua: So Substack disrupts the traditional media outlets by...building a better CMS? https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Fox says it will acquire right-leaning sports outlet Outkick Media, founded by Clay Travis, who has extensive Fox ties through radio and cable appearances — Deal announced as Fox reports a 6.5% drop in revenue for the March quarter — Fox Corp. said it agreed to acquire Outkick Media …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox Buys Clay Travis' ‘Outkick’ Sports-News Site
Clay Travis / @claytravis: Big news: Fox is buying @outkick and we are expanding massively. After ten years of ownership, I'm ecstatic about where we are headed together. https://www.outkick.com/...
Clay Travis / @claytravis: Most important news is everyone is staying. We are also going to be expanding a tremendous amount. https://www.outkick.com/...
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: Fox has bought Clay Travis' OutKick
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Fox to Buy Clay Travis' Sports Media Company Outkick
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Fox Corporation beats analyst estimates with Q3 revenue of $3.22B, down about 6.5% YoY; ad sales for the unit including Fox News fell almost 7% to $283M
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@bristei, @bristei, Variety, The Wrap, @newsynick, @bristei, @bristei, @bristei, @bristei, @bristei, @maynereport, Fox Corporation and Radio & Television …
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Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox CEO Murdoch: Opportunities to grow Fox News are less with cable network and more with new ventures like podcasting, weather, etc
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Murdoch says Fox Nation subs increased 40%, but does not reveal how many subscribers the company has
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox Corp. Sees Q3 Profit Rise Despite Revenue Dips After Super Bowl, 2020 News Cycle
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Fox Ad Revenue Drags Without Super Bowl, Election Cycle
Nick Turner / @newsynick: Are boycotts of Fox News advertisers having an effect? Well, the division's ad revenue was down about 7% last quarter, but the company blamed a slower news cycle. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @chrispalmeri
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox CEO Murdoch: No comment on legal wrangling between Flutter and Fox
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox Corp. earnings call is starting... Lachlan Murdoch, John Nallen and Steve Tomsic are on the call
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox CEO Murdoch: Co. ‘had been transparent’ that ‘post-election, demand for news would moderate’
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox CEO Murdoch: Tubi has secured deals with Cox and Scripps to show live local news feeds. In total Tubi will offer dozens of live local news feeds in 2021
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox CEO Murdoch: ‘You should anticipate us to invest’ in new programming for Fox Nation in quarters ahead
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