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AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav — New York (CNN Business)The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. — On Monday morning AT&T (T) and Discovery, Inc. (DISCA) …
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Los Angeles Times: AT&T to spin off HBO, other WarnerMedia assets in a huge deal with Discovery. What went wrong?
Financial Times: Sources: AT&T board is meeting on Sunday to approve a deal to combine WarnerMedia with rival Discovery, creating a media giant with an enterprise value of $150B
Washington Post: WarnerMedia merger with Discovery Inc. will form a streaming behemoth that includes HBO, CNN, TBS, and TNT
Brian Steinberg / Variety: David Zaslav to Lead Combined WarnerMedia-Discovery as Landmark Deal is Confirmed
Charles Riley / CNN: The next phase of the streaming wars is all about scale
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Discovery CEO David Zaslav Commits to CNN After WarnerMedia Merger, Vows to ‘Lean Into’ News
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: AT&T Readies WarnerMedia-Discovery Inc. Merger
Alex Sherman / CNBC: AT&T in advanced talks to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery, deal expected as soon as Monday
Manori Ravindran / Variety: Shock AT&T-Discovery Deal Raises Questions for Global Streaming Expansion
Jared Newman / Fast Company: AT&T's WarnerMedia merger with Discovery could mean higher prices for you
Ed Hammond / Bloomberg: Sources: AT&T and Discovery in talks to combine their content assets to better compete with Netflix and Disney; a deal could be announced as soon as this week
Brent Lang / Variety: AT&T Chief John Stankey, WarnerMedia Head Jason Kilar Address Discovery Merger in Staff Memo
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: David Zaslav officially will run the combined company. AT&T will nominate 7 members of the board including a chairperson TBD. Discovery will nominate 6, one of which will be Zaslav.
Colby Hall / Mediaite: CNN's Poppy Harlow Challenges AT&T CEO on Offloading CNN/Warner Media Just Three Years Later: ‘Was the Acquisition a Mistake?’
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: Zaslav says of CNN that “not only are we going to keep it” but now the new mission is “to take everything we have in news, combine it with CNN, and be a world leader in news.”
Claire Atkinson / @claireatki: AT&T CEO John Stankey has the demeanor of a man who just had a great weight lifted off his shoulders.
Discovery, Inc.: AT&T's WARNERMEDIA AND DISCOVERY, INC. CREATING STANDALONE COMPANY BY COMBINING OPERATIONS TO FORM NEW GLOBAL LEADER IN ENTERTAINMENT
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: OFFICIAL: Discovery to Merge with AT&T's WarnerMedia, with Discovery's Zaslav as CEO
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: WarnerMedia-Discovery Merger Analysis: Streaming ls Crucial, Linear TV Counts Too
Claire Atkinson / Insider: AT&T is in deal talks to create a new streaming giant with Discovery
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Including HBO Max, in $43 Billion Deal with Discovery
Ian Casselberry / Awful Announcing: AT&T to combine WarnerMedia assets with Discovery in blockbuster merger
Anna Nicolaou / @annaknicolaou: scoop: the new company would be valued at $150bn. AT&T's board is meeting today at noon to approve the deal. AT&T is expected to control most of the combined entity. w/ @JFK_America https://www.ft.com/...
Pdraig Belton / Light Reading: AT&T exits content big time in tie-up with Discovery
Matthew Panzarino / @panzer: The chaotic good move would have been for Disney to buy DC
Matt Draper / @mattdraperyt: Huge but kind of inevitable. AT&T seemed to never know what to do with all the media it had bought, which isn't surprising because they have no experience in it. Now Warner Bros, DC Comics and more are about to undergo huge changes AGAIN https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Foley / @thetruebrendanf: The history of Hollywood is written in the blood of companies that think they can buy a movie studio and will know how to spin the chaos of cinema into gold, and failing. https://twitter.com/...
Magdalene Visaggio / @magsvisaggs: this feels like a good thing. i dont think AT&T has been a healthy influence. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: I'm told that CNN will be having a town hall for employees tomorrow at which the impact of the merger will be discussed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Winners: - David Zaslav - Jeff Zucker - Disney/Netflix (better outcome for them than an NBCU-WarnerMedia tie up) Losers: - John Stankey - Jason Kilar - The Discovery/WarnerMedia staffers who will fall victim to layoffs ($3b in cost-cutting measures is... a lot)
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: not all that far off https://twitter.com/...
Jason Lynch / @jasonlynch: AT&T will retain Xandr, which had moved over to WarnerMedia, following the merger, AT&T CEO John Stankey told investors.
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: My first take of the day — with some details about how Elliott's investment in AT&T may have been the first catalyst for John Stankey's rejection of the decisions he helped make. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Re: some of the questions I got about WarnerMedia & Discovery. 1) The sale includes some of Warner Bros. Interactive/Warner Bros. Games, but not all. 2) The sale does include DC Comics. So yes Discovery now owns DC Comics. 3) Rooster Teeth is part of the sale, yes.
Christopher Mims / @mims: The eternal cycle of media acquisitions by “tech” companies: 1. Company that makes money in unrelated way notices media companies growing 2. Buys them, messes them up or realizes not a fit 3. Spins them out, they die or start growing again Repeat. https://www.wsj.com/...
@cnbc: Discovery CEO David Zaslav tells @davidfaber he thinks the combined Discovery, WarnerMedia company can reach up to 400 million streaming subscribers across the world, up from the 100 million subscribers the 2 separate companies have today. https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: HUGE irony in Zaslav stressing building a creative culture — this was Richard Plepler's calling card, and yet, Plepler left HBO because he felt John Stankey was never on the same page with him.
Harold Maass / The Week: The daily business briefing: May 17, 2021
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Here's what we're expecting this morning: An announcement AT&T has merged WarnerMedia into Discovery. https://www.cnbc.com/... Things to look for upon announcement: *Leadership/executive departures (expect Zaslav to run co) *Name of newco *What eventually happens to Discovery+
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: of mentions of WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar in the Discovery WarnerMedia press release $DISCA $T https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Nothing says “broadly appealing content” better than DDD and GGG https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: Considering all that is going on now, is Hulu the biggest lost media opportunity of all time? https://mikeshields.substack.com/ ...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Yes John Stankey is as bad as we all knew at media strategery via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: “AT&T would receive $43 billion (subject to adjustment) in a combination of cash, debt securities, and WarnerMedia's retention of certain debt, and AT&T's shareholders would receive stock representing 71% of the new company.” AT&T paid $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: It's official: AT&T and Discovery, Inc. have announced a deal under which AT&T's WarnerMedia will be spun off and combined with Discovery in a new standalone media company. Here's my full story... https://www.cnn.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Reminder that @Caseybloys was the guy who made all the HBO shows you liked before AT&T showed up, and he's still there. For now.
Micah Gelman / @mbgelman: Zaslav FTW. A big deal. When Zaslav came to Discovery it was a provincial private company owned by John Hendricks and headquartered in Silver Spring, Md. He took it public, moved to NY, eased out Hendricks, bought Scripps, Eurosport, SBS and more. https://twitter.com/...
David Pierce / Protocol: Bill Gates under the microscope
Erik Davis / @erikdavis: Big entertainment news to start the week! For anyone who's ever wanted to see the Justice League compete against one another on an episode of Guy's Grocery Games, we're getting closer to that becoming reality! https://twitter.com/...
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: A unified mega-library of content dedicated to a single objective: cast Jean Smart in everything https://twitter.com/...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: .@brianstelter asks Zaslav if CNN will be spun off. Zaslav says “We love CNN... We think one of the true differentiators of the future is live news, live sports.”
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: Its amazing that Zaslav will run the combined biz given the economic involved. Reminds me of Chase buying the smaller Bank One to get its CEO, Jamie Dimon, to run the whole thing—AT&T, in Abrupt Turn, Will Shed Media Business in Deal With Discovery https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: The deal came together very quickly. In February, Mr. Zaslav sent an email to Mr. Stankey to discuss a possible deal. He added some emoji flair to his signoff with several 🏌🏻and one 😎. $t $disca https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: Well, the entire “AT&T decides to be a media company for awhile” saga was a very expensive nothingburger that turned out to be a big waste of everbody's time. ...just like most of the new shows it had planned for HBO Max heyoooooo https://www.theverge.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Also — Zaslav says his number one priority will be relationship building, which he's known for and which Jason Kilar struggled with re: HBO Max's decision to put all 2021 films straight to HBO Max.
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: i'm shocked, simply shocked https://twitter.com/...
Brian Winter / @brazilbrian: I still think we're headed for a world with just 3-6 subscription mega-content services, with everything (TV, newspapers, premium delivery, etc) bundled together https://www.google.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: @pkafka: “Adding TimeWarner to AT&T didn't help AT&T sell more wireless or broadband plans. And it didn't help TimeWarner compete against Netflix and the rest of the internet...” https://www.vox.com/...
Zaki Hasan / @zakiscorner: No idea what this means in the long term, but I do feel comfortable saying the folks who think this is because of WB's handling of certain superhero properties should probably get out more. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: One issue that hasn't been discussed is the future of Jeff Zucker at @CNN. Before the deal talks, he was on the way out but he and David Zaslav are close so dont be surprised if he stays https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Stankey: Expect the transaction to close in 2022. Plans for AT&T include focusing on mobile and broadband. More than double current fiber footprint. Tighter focus on the greater demand for connectivity. It's almost like AT&T realized it's a telecom company, not a media giant.
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Verizon spins out Yahoo/AOL and now AT&T spins out WarnerMedia. These mergers never made sense since only synergy they brought was anti-competitive (i.e charging users less for HBO traffic vs Netflix) Highlights the importance of having an actual strategy https://www.cnn.com/...
Keith Boykin / @keithboykin: Just three years after AT&T acquired Time Warner, it's now spinning off Warner Media to create a new company with Discovery. The new company will be bigger than Netflix or NBCUniversal and become the second-largest media company in the US, behind Disney. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: In a press conference, David Zaslav confirms a detail in this story from @kimmasters and I last night: He approached John Stankey about an HBO merger a few years ago: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: If you follow the long story of media ownership over the past 40 years you see a constant churn of consolidation and spinning off, debt and more debt, with no discernible pattern and general failure all around. No model works better than any other. https://twitter.com/...
Grace Randolph / @gracerandolph: It's official. AT&T is going to spin-off Warner Media into a new company with Discovery. Discovery lead David Zaslov will run things, looks like Jason Kilar might be out after one year. I have a very busy day today with outside appts so might have to break this down tomorrow. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: As WSJ reported in last night's story, Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with John Stankey and WarnerMedia execs two years about a joint-venture but talks didn't go anywhere. https://www.wsj.com/...
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: No better new name for WarnerMedia-Discovery than: WMD Now there's an acronym with some oomph to it, no? 😉 https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Big takeaways: —Major course correction by AT&T, fully leaving content —Zaslav ascends to big new role —Doesn't look very promising for Jason Kilar —Company will be live sports, news, movies, lifestyle —$20B combined content spend —Rushed announcement https://www.axios.com/...
Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster: Let's have Disney buy CenturyLink now. Bankers, sign painters and business card printers need to get paid!
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: “Secretly architecting this deal for several months from my brownstone in NYC” says $DISCA David Zaslav to $T's John Stankey makes us think this deal has been in process since before Discovery launched @discoveryplus — very telling about the need for scale in the #streamingwars https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: NYT: “The new company would create a new kind of media behemoth, one that is still living off the fat profits of old-school cable, while spending those profits (and more) on streaming.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: AT&T CEO John Stankey's note to staff: “We are now in a world where relevance and future success will be tied to greater scale and growth globally,” he says, explaining the decision to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: No sale of @CNN, according to Zaslav who vows to make it “a world leader in news.”
Zack Sharf / IndieWire: AT&T Spins Off WarnerMedia and Merges It with Discovery: First Reactions to the Megadeal
Jake Cole / @thatjakepc: No one knows anything but the same 60 idiots will just keep absorbing fired employees' salaries into their own as they trade the country's dwindling content reservoirs back and forth for tax reasons https://twitter.com/...
Scott Porch / @scottporch: “Now sources believe NBCU will turn its sights on ViacomCBS.” — @kimmasters https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: A quick note here: what a win for David Zaslav, who goes from running an after-thought media company to one of the biggest media companies.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Jason Kilar is negotiating his departure as CEO of WarnerMedia, after being kept in the dark about the deal with Discovery until recent days — Jason Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive of WarnerMedia, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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Peter Kafka / Vox: It never made sense for AT&T to buy WarnerMedia. Now it's undoing its $100 billion deal.
Rebecca Rubin / @rebeccaarubin: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar's compensation reached $52 million in 2020, which is nearly as much as #Tenet made at the U.S. box office https://variety.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: AT&T's WarnerMedia and Discovery are in talks about combining
Mike Farrell / nexttv.com: Eureka, AT&T is a Phone Company Again
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: Jason Kilar, the WarnerMedia chief, is said to be negotiating his exit. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: May 14: Jason Kilar “has led one of the most radical overhauls in the entertainment industry, undoing centurylong business practices” https://www.wsj.com/... May 17: “Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: And we can now soon add Jason Kilar's name to the section of recently departed WarnerMedia executives https://twitter.com/...
David Poland / @davidpoland: Didn't even make it to the summer. Jason Kilar, the WarnerMedia Chief, Is Said to Be Negotiating His Exit https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: To be fair, Kilar lasted longer than the last ... (checks notes) ... 463 other WarnerMedia leaders over the last two years https://twitter.com/...
Richard Newby / @richardlnewby: Turnover rate like a warehouse temp job, lol. https://twitter.com/...
Jackson McHenry / @mchenryjd: [succession theme music] https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: WSJ, 3 days ago: “Jason Kilar might have a career as a tour guide if this WarnerMedia chief executive gig doesn't work out for him.” Today: “Jason Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive of WarnerMedia” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Panzarino / @panzer: my application is open. my only qualification is that I promise not to piss off every influential director in hollywood in one announcement https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Jason Kilar has hired a legal team to negotiate his departure as chief executive of WarnerMedia,” @brooksbarnesNYT reports, citing “two people briefed on the matter.” He says “Kilar was kept in the dark about the deal until recent days...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Not shocking after being left out of today's merger news @jasonkilar negotiating his exit from @warnermedia ahead of Discovery merger $DISCA $T https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: AT&T looks to merge media assets with Discovery
Tara Lachapelle / Bloomberg: Is AT&T Giving Up on HBO Max?
Nico Franks / C21Media: Warner, Discovery in shock merger talks
Parry Ravindranathan / @parryravi: Finally! Your phone company no longer wants to own your media company. https://www.vox.com/...
Hollywood Reporter:
John Stankey and David Zaslav discuss their vision for the WarnerMedia deal, saying the company will have a content spend that exceeds most competitors at $20B — AT&T chief John Stankey and Zaslav, who will lead the new venture, also addressed the status of WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and the future of CNN.
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Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Stankey reiterating it became clear they were hitting an escape velocity. Again, Stankey orchestrated a massive $150 billion purchase of DirecTV and Time Warner, only to sell both for a fraction of the cost and lean back into being a broadband and mobile company.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: AT&T battled the DOJ to buy Time Warner, only to spin it out again three years later
Ceren / @thejannissary: We will see. They said that diversity and representation remain key drivers of the DC universe moving forward and look how they mistreat Ray Fisher. Hollywood is full with bigshittalkers so I won't believe a “hopeful” word having to do with the future of DC/WB for now. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Discovery CEO David Zaslav on need to combine with WarnerMedia during investor call: “You gotta have content people love so much they would run home and pay for it before they pay for dinner or a roof over their head.”
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: WarnerMedia Is Merging With Discovery But The Big Questions Still Don't Have Answers
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslav says they plan to invest heavily in CNN's DTC offering, which is something that Kilar spoke to in the past. So looks like CNN+ (CNN Go?) is absolutely going to happen.
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslav says the HBO Max AVOD product is still happening. Reiterates that bundling has worked very well for some competitors (Disney) and one super product has worked for others, so what happens with the platforms is TBD, basically.
Steve Kovach / @stevekovach: David Zaslav tells CNBC he wants his new company to reach 400 million streaming subsribers https://www.cnbc.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslav, when asked if he plans to keep CNN or spinoff CNN, basically skirting around the question. He loves CNN, but no obvious, “yes, we're keeping CNN.” Stelter follows up with will Discovery allow CNN to run independently. Zaslav says yes.
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslov: “We're probably the greatest entertainment company in the world.” Notes very specific IP: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Sex and the City, Entourage. This is how poorly Harry Potter was handled. When you think WarnerMedia IP you think Entourage before Harry Potter.
Adam Chitwood / Collider: WarnerMedia to Merge With Discovery, Creating a New Company
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: 🤔 “We had the right strategy, we just didn't have the right shareholders” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: What will a Discovery-WarnerMedia streaming service look like? What will happen to Jason Kilar? What about CNN? The CEOs of AT&T and Discovery convened reporters on Zoom this morning to discuss: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslov: “By 2023, we'll be generating over $14 billion in EBITA and over $12 billion in cash. This company is going to be a cash generating machine [I think he said.]...We're going to execute on that synergy, and we're going to spend more [more than $20b] on content.”
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Zaslov: “Netflix is a great company, Disney is a great company....we think we can be in 400 million homes.” CNBC: “You think you can hit 400 million homes?” Zaslov: “There's billions of people in the world!”
John Johnson / Newser: AT&T Joins With Discovery to Create New Media Titan
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Jason Kilar says he expects no long-term negative effects of releasing 2021 movies on HBO Max; sources: Warner Bros. paid $200M+ to appease talent
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Dawn Chmielewski / Forbes: WarnerMedia Deal Lands Another AT&T Win For Cable Billionaire John Malone
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: WSJ May 14 (Friday): “Jason Kilar might have a career as a tour guide if this WarnerMedia chief executive gig doesn't work out for him” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: The whole WSJ/Kilar story was weird, in retrospect, but how about that lede... https://twitter.com/...
Ed Hammond / @edhammondny: This aged well https://www.wsj.com/...
Nicholas Carlson / @nichcarlson: The weekend started very differently for Jason Kilar (with this fancy WSJ profile) than it ended (with a new boss and king of WarnerMedia, David Zaslav). https://www.wsj.com/...
Alyse Stanley / Gizmodo: AT&T and Discovery Are Reportedly in Talks to Combine Content to Take on Disney and Netflix
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: FWIW AT&T never clearly articulated a reason for buying Time Warner. No media reporter or executive ever thought it made a lot of sense. And yet... HBO Max is a great product.
Jon Lafayette / nexttv.com: AT&T and Discovery In Talks To Combine Media Assets: Report
Associated Press:
Israeli airstrike destroys a high-rise in Gaza City that housed offices of AP and Al-Jazeera, after the military warned people to evacuate the building — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home …
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post: Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Former AP Reporter Said AP 'Wouldn't Report' on Hamas Launching Attacks Outside Gaza Office
@linahalsaafin: 🚨 BREAKING🚨 : Al Jalaa building, which has A Jazeera offices and other international media agencies, has been targeted by Israeli warplanes with four missiles https://twitter.com/...
@idf: After providing advance warning to civilians & time to evacuate, IDF fighter jets struck a multi-story building containing Hamas military intelligence assets. The building contained civilian media offices, which Hamas hides behind and deliberately uses as human shields. https://twitter.com/...
@ap: BREAKING: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has not seen any Israeli evidence of Hamas operating in a Gaza office building that Israel destroyed in an airstrike. The building housed The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media. https://apne.ws/6Jv2zv8
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Extraordinary story filed by the AP's Gaza bureau chief just a day before his office was flattened by an F-16 https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eylon Levy / @eylonalevy: UPDATE: @AP now says it had “no indication” Hamas was in the building, says this is something it “actively checked”, and it would never knowingly put its journalists at risk. https://blog.ap.org/... https://twitter.com/...
John Haltiwanger / Insider: Blinken says he hasn't seen evidence to back up Israel's justification for bombing Gaza building that housed AP and Al Jazeera offices
Al Jazeera English / @ajenglish: ⭕ LIVE footage of the moment an Israeli air raid bombed the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press in Gaza City ⬇️ 🔴 LIVE updates: https://www.aljazeera.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source: UPDATED: AP statement on destruction of Gaza bureau
Jen Psaki / @presssec: We have communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Refuting Israel's claim: “AP's bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building....This is something we actively check to the best of our ability. We would never knowingly put our journalists at risk.” https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Berman / The Racket News: AP, ABC repeat lies about Israel, oblivious that they are spoon-fed by Hamas
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Full statement of @AP president. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Blinken says he hasn't seen evidence Hamas was using destroyed AP building in Gaza
Julie Pace / @jpacedc: So stunned. Our @AP bureau in Gaza has been destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. https://apnews.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Yesterday: the AP is one of the only outlets that doesn't uncritically report Israeli military spin/misinformation. Today: the AP's office in Gaza is destroyed by an Israeli air strike https://twitter.com/...
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes: Blinken Says He's Seen No Evidence To Justify Bombing Of Media Building In Gaza
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: Associated Press slammed for claim it was unaware of Hamas in building
T. Becket Adams / And another thing: The Associated Press better hope the Israeli army screwed up
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast: John Oliver Accuses Israel of ‘War Crimes’ and ‘Apartheid’ Against Palestinians
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: Well this is awkward https://twitter.com/...
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: I just asked Biden admin if they could confirm Israel's claim that it shared intelligence showing Hamas operated in the same building as Associated Press and AJ. Their response: “no comment” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Rhodes / @brhodes: @TVietor08 What does hitting that building achieve? What degradation of Hamas relative to the civilian harm and targeting of the most prominent news outlets in Gaza? It's hard not to conclude that the collective punishment of all people in Gaza is the point.
Wilson Dizard / @willdizard: According to a recent Jerusalem Post report, the bombing of the @AP/@AJEnglish offices happened with Biden's specific blessing after Netanyahu presented him “smoking gun” evidence Hamas was using the building somehow. But what would it have mattered if Biden had said no? https://twitter.com/...
Matti Friedman / @mattifriedman: A lot of AP-related material has come my way since yesterday's airstrike. I have no direct knowledge of the incident and am relieved that no one was hurt. I hope the organization's Gaza staffers, and everyone else in Gaza and here in Israel, see this violence end quickly.
Spencer Kaplan / News of the Jews: News from May 10 to May 16 — Hey everyone. I know this past week was emotional, scary, and confusing for many of you.
Derek Davison / Foreign Exchanges: World roundup: May 15-16 2021 — This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges …
Daniel Politi / Slate: Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 42 in Gaza as U.N. Warns of “Uncontainable” Crisis
Lotte Leicht / @lotteleicht1: The “attack on a building long known by #Israel to house international media raises the specter that the Israel Defense Forces is deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in #Gaza” @JoelCPJ @PressFreedom https://cpj.org/...
E. James Walther / Dispatch from the San Juans: Why does Israel target media outlets in Gaza?
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Last thought on this...I'm sure Hamas offices were in that building & that they purposefully co-locate operations with civilians. But that is not a new problem. And if the IDF wants to claim that the military effort is targeted, precise, etc...then you shouldn't hit that building
Anna K Nelson / @annaknelson_rsf: Having spent time in #Gaza as a journalist for Swiss Radio Int'l over a decade ago, it is infuriating to learn that the media were intentionally targeted. As is so often the case in modern warfare, tragically, it is civilians who are bearing the brunt of the escalating violence. https://twitter.com/...
Cortney O'Brien / Fox News: Netanyahu calls out the AP after claiming they weren't warned about Israeli airstrike: 'You weren't lucky'
Isobel Roe / @isobelroe: AP, whose office in Gaza was destroyed by Israeli military strike, says it has been there 15 years and has no evidence that Hamas is hiding assets in the building. “We would never knowingly put our journalists at risk.” https://twitter.com/...
Imtiaz Tyab / @imtiaztyab: It wasn't just a building. It was repository of writing and images of Gaza's past and present. Years of accumulated journalistic archives, so carefully tended to, eviscerated in a moment. And, almost as painfully, a place of work, of ideas, and of camaraderie now just gone. https://twitter.com/...
Raf / @rafaelshimunov: Reuters editors won't name Israel in headline, and won't even say they intended to blow up press offices of their own press colleagues at AP and AJ, so imagine what some of these editors do to stories with Palestinians. https://twitter.com/...
The Indian Express: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill at least 26, flatten three buildings; OIC leaders hold emergency meet
@ap: “We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life.” An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite repeated urgent calls from the news agency to the military to halt the impending attack. https://apne.ws/GT4Zz61
Maria Abi-Habib / @abihabib: This “Hamas uses human shields” accusation comes days after a senior Israeli government spokesman was caught falsely claiming a video from Syria in 2018 showed Palestinians launching rockets from civilian areas. He used it to justify Israeli aggression & didnt correct when caught https://twitter.com/...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: After Israel destroys offices of *more than a dozen* press outlets in Gaza, CPJ issues statement expressing concern “that the Israel Defense Forces are deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza.” https://cpj.org/...
@ap: @AP From a distance, Akram watched as Israeli drones targeted the building, followed by three powerful airstrikes from F-16s. “The building that was home to some people, an office to others and both to me disappeared in a shroud of dust.” https://apne.ws/dLRfNlB
Shaheryar Mirza / @mirza9: I understand people are appalled that AP's office has been attacked in Gaza, which is entirely justified. Can we not forget that 18-21 Arab language media houses were decimated in the two days preceding the attack on AP's building? Radio silence when that happened.
Shaheryar Mirza / @mirza9: Some of them: Natl Information Agency, Palestine Newspaper, Al Arabi Channel, Al Ittijah TV, Al Nujaba TV, Syrian TV, Al Kufiya Channel, Al Mamalaka channel, APA Agency, Sabq Agency 24, Bawaba 24, the Palestinian Media Forum, the Palestinian Forum for Democratic Dialogue and Dvt.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: AP correspondent @faresakram: “I wish I could say I am safe here, but I can't. In Gaza, there is no safe place.” https://apnews.com/...
Julie Pace / @jpacedc: Incredible first-person account from @faresakram on today's strike on @AP's Gaza bureau. https://apnews.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: “AP's bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building. This is something we actively check to the best of our ability” https://blog.ap.org/...
Adam Kredo / @kredo0: Unintentionally, this tweet raises troubling questions about AP's reporting prowess https://twitter.com/...
Zoé / @ztsamudzi: Nothing says champion of a free press like reporting on the destruction of your colleagues' offices and not even daring to say the name of the entity responsible for said destruction “Collapses after missile strike,” the exonerative tense https://twitter.com/...
Eylon Levy / @eylonalevy: To clarify: This doesn't mean the IDF lied! It means it made an allegation the AP was unaware of (happens, it doesn't know everything) and has yet to produce hard evidence.
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: This is a war crime. https://twitter.com/...
Imtiaz Tyab / @imtiaztyab: I'm in shock. That building was my office for years. Now gone in an Israeli air attack. The BBC and AP also had offices there, but most of the floors were residential. So many more families are homeless in Gaza tonight. https://twitter.com/...
James LaPorta / @jimlaporta: I definitely would like to see @IDF produce some sort of evidence to support this claim. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Bradley / @mattmcbradley: Now would be a great time to present the evidence backing up this claim. Until then, there's absolutely no reason to believe @IDF and every reason to believe they were simply suppressing the media and the truth. https://twitter.com/...
James LaPorta / @jimlaporta: “The Israeli govt says the building contained Hamas military intelligence assets. We have called on the Israeli govt to put forward the evidence. AP's bureau has been in this building for 15 years. We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building.” https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This tweet is a joke. https://twitter.com/...
@cbsnews: Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus says 2,800 rockets have been fired toward Israel, 430 of which “fell short inside the Gaza Strip and caused damage and casualties.” More than 20 people have been killed or injured by those rockets, he says https://www.cbsnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Darby / @brandondarby: Imagine if you didn't try to manipulate people by leaving out the allegation that Hamas was utilizing the building and using the press orgs as cover. Come on, man. Stay honest. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah El Deeb / @seldeeb: We've heard it many times before: no place is safe in #gaza. @ap reporter @faresakram, a resident of Gaza, lost father, land and family to previous #israel strikes. Today he lost the last place he felt safe. The office. READ hère https://apnews.com/...
Linda Sarsour / @lsarsour: What about the killing of entire Palestinian families, including babies? Is that not important to you? https://twitter.com/...
Adam H. Johnson / @adamjohnsonnyc: Seems like this'd be a good opportunity for western journalists to absolutely not center themselves & their clique but instead use this moment to note the real victims are the millions of dispossessed Palestinians & spare us another round of Threats to Free Speech navel-gazing https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Mitchell / @mitchellreports: The US is responding to Israel bombing a media. Yoking housing AP, Al Jazeera and other international outlets. The IDF says it headquartered Hamas military intelligence using media as Homan shields. Administration officials are expressing concern. More to come https://twitter.com/...
John M. Donnelly / @johnmdonnelly: NEW: Our @PressClubDC and @NPCInstitute joint statement calling for a halt to a pattern of Israeli military strikes on buildings in Gaza that house news organizations such as @AP and @AlJazeera https://www.press.org/...
Associated Press: Israeli airstrike destroys a high-rise in Gaza City that housed offices of AP and Al-Jazeera, after the military warned people to evacuate the building
Edward Snowden / @snowden: Israel just intentionally destroyed press offices in Gaza, giving only one hour's warning. Associated Press President “horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy news organizations in Gaza.” Imagine this was your home: https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Manori Ravindran / Variety: Israel Airstrikes Destroy Associated Press and Al Jazeera Bureaus in Gaza
Gautam Chikermane / @gchikermane: How to destroy a building without hurting the people — give an hour's evacuation notice https://twitter.com/...
Alastair McAlpine / @alastairmca30: Just a reminder: attacking journalists is a war crime. (Yes, they were warned, so no one died, but this was clearly an assault on the press). https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: Find office space that isn't also rented by Hamas. Pretty simple. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Brennan / @margbrennan: “They have long known the location of our bureau & knew journalists were there. We received a warning that the building would be hit.....This is an incredibly disturbing development.... The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.” -AP https://twitter.com/...
Dana Loesch / @dloesch: We're all shocked and horrified that they would have offices in a building with Hamas. https://twitter.com/...
@jongambrellap: From latest @AP story: “For 15 years, the AP's top-floor office and roof terrace were a prime location for covering Israel's conflicts with #Gaza's Hamas rulers, including wars in 2009 and 2014.”
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: The IDF says that the building housing the AP and other outlets also “contained Hamas military intelligence assets.” Is the IDF right or wrong about this? Seems relevant. https://twitter.com/...
Rana Ayyub / @ranaayyub: Hello @JoeBiden , this must be Israel's right to defend itself by bombing media houses ? https://twitter.com/...
Mike Glenn / @mrglenn: Did the AP know that Hamas reportedly had an intelligence office in their building? https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: >>We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. A dozen AP journalists + freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time. The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.<< (IDF gave hour's notice.) https://twitter.com/...
Tess Owen / @misstessowen: “We are shocked... that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP's bureau and other news organizations in Gaza. They have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. We received a warning that the building would be hit. ” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Crawford / @alexcrawfordsky: ‘The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today’ - AP Definitive Source | AP statement on destruction of Gaza bureau #Gaza #bombing https://blog.ap.org/...
Ian Phillips / @phillipsian: The building housing the AP office in Gaza — an unbeatable, high-rise vantage point to cover conflict — has been intentionally destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Read the reaction of our CEO and President: https://apnews.com/...
Dillon Rosenblatt / @dillonreedrose: “They have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. ... The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.” https://twitter.com/...
@jasonrantz: AP can be shocked all they want. The building was said to house military equipment. They were all warned ahead of time of the strike. If you're upset the military apparatus won't be used to murder Jews, that's on you. https://twitter.com/...
Yarden golan / @golan_yarden: @jpaceDC @AP @jpaceDC Julie, you must know better than this. Your colleagues there know exactly who operated from this building, and why they decided to work from there, using AP as human shield. Ignoring it doesn't serve you.
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: This is absolutely appalling. 👇👇 https://twitter.com/...
Rania Khalek / @raniakhalek: Surprised the NYT didn't find a way to add an Israeli justification in this headline, like Israeli missile “clashes” with media outlets. https://twitter.com/...
Arsen Ostrovsky / @ostrov_a: Of course @KenRoth @hrw omit that this building housed Hamas terrorists and weapons, from which they were used as launching pads to fire rockets at #Israel. That makes it legitimate military target under international law. Even still, Israel gave ample notice in advance. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Breaking News: Israel destroyed a high-rise tower in Gaza City that housed media outlets including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. Here's the latest. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Today “an Israeli airstrike destroyed a prominent high-rise building in Gaza City that housed media outlets including” @AP & @AlJazeera. “It followed an Israeli airstrike overnight that killed at least 10 members of single family in a refugee camp in Gaza” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Smith / @harryslaststand: If you want to commit war crimes, you remove or hobble the news media that might try to report on it. #AlJazeera #Gaza_Under_Attack https://twitter.com/...
Al Jazeera English / @ajenglish: Latest updates: May 15 Israel's bombardment in #Gaza continued for a fifth consecutive day, with Israeli air raids hitting a refugee camp where several Palestinians, including children, were killed. Follow this thread for the latest https://www.aljazeera.com/... ⤵ https://twitter.com/...
Liam Allen-Miller / @rssliam: Absolutely fucking deranged. Literally silencing the press with lethal violence. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: AP: “We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. A dozen AP journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time. The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today” https://apnews.com/...
@ap: AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt says he's “shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP's bureau and other news organizations in Gaza.” Pruitt says AP is seeking information from the Israeli government. https://apne.ws/Li8Hj4Q
Be A King / @berniceking: “The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.” https://apnews.com/...
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: The @AP pays rent to the anonymous owner of the high rise that housed terrorists. Why is @jpaceDC and the AP hiding the name of the owner of a front company for Hamas? Release the name. It's a crime to give money to Hamas linked individuals. https://home.treasury.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben de Pear / @bendepear: This is a building I & many other journalists have used in order to gather & report in Gaza- targeting it if deliberate is an attack on the press & media freedom & the ability to try & report the truth. We stand with colleagues from @AP & @AlJazeera & all journalists on all sides https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Former Hollywood Reporter editor Matthew Belloni has become a founding member of a new media company that has raised $7M and aims to launch this summer — Matthew Belloni, former Editorial Director at The Hollywood Reporter, has joined as a founding partner for a new media company that will cover politics …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, @sonnybunch, @jimmaiella, @benyt, @mattbelloni and Variety
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Former Hollywood Reporter Editor Matthew Belloni Named Partner of Digital Media Startup
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: Former Hollywood Reporter Editor Matthew Belloni Joins New Digital Media Startup Co-Founded By Jon Kelly
Jim Maiella / @jimmaiella: One of the first things I did after moving from cable to content 8 years ago was fly across the country to have a introductory drink with @MattBelloni. Excited to see what he builds here. Velvet rope email newsletter is very smart, very Studio 54. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Former THR boss @MattBelloni emails that he's joining this, as “many top journalists are moving to new platforms that value them as creators” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Apple:
Apple says it will bring lossless audio to all Apple Music subscribers for free and will support Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, available from June — The next generation of sound on Apple Music is coming to subscribers June 2021 at no additional cost — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today …
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ScreenRant, Variety, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, MacRumors, T3, @caseynewton, @chrisbhoffman, 9to5Mac, @ianfogg42, BGR India, @talkaboutdesign, @rayredacted, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Engadget, @wongmjane, @richontech, @chriswelch, @bzamayo, @rsgnl, @caseynewton, 9to5Mac, @hugorifkind, The Verge, @journeydan, @reneritchie, @viticci, @tomwarren, @reckless, @alexhern, @maxbalzer_, @reneritchie, @stijndv, MacRumors, @brandonbutch and @bzamayo, more at Techmeme »
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Jem Aswad / Variety: Apple Music Unveils High-Quality Audio Option; Amazon Expands Its High-Def Plan
Juli Clover / MacRumors: AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless Audio
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: @tylernol lossless audio has typically been a $10/month add-on. so either record labels approved a price decrease or Apple/Amazon are just eating the extra cost
Chris Hoffman / @chrisbhoffman: So when will us YouTube Music subscribers get lossless audio? Probably... never? https://twitter.com/...
Blair Altland / 9to5Mac: Deals: Apple's M1 iMac sees pre-order discounts, AirPods Pro from $170, more
Ian Fogg / @ianfogg42: Apple offers lossless audio to Music subscribers, but it's the spatial audio that is a more strategic move because of its synergy with AirPods Pro/Max today & likely future #AR products https://www.apple.com/...
Vanshika Malhotra / BGR India: Apple Music officially gets Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos support for high-quality music experience
Maksim Petriv / @talkaboutdesign: “At no additional cost...” is the best part of this announcement. https://twitter.com/...
@rayredacted: This is going to sell ALOT of airpods and airpods Max, but audiophiles will be quick to report that it isn't truly lossless if it is running on apple's implementation of BlueTooth. https://twitter.com/...
Victoria Song / Gizmodo: It's Official—Apple Music's Getting Hifi Streaming
William Gallagher / AppleInsider: How to listen to Apple Music Lossless Audio and what you need
Billy Steele / Engadget: Apple Music will offer Dolby Atmos and lossless streaming starting next month
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: Here it is — Apple introduces Lossless Audio in Apple Music https://www.apple.com/...
Rich DeMuro / @richontech: Now Apple Music announces spatial audio, coming in June for free to subscribers will make music sound like it's coming from various directions... https://www.apple.com/...
Chris Welch / @chriswelch: Apple just confirmed to me that lossless audio is *exclusive to Apple Music.* Subscription required. There won't be an option to purchase tracks or albums in that quality, nor will it be offered with iTunes Match. https://www.theverge.com/...
Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo: Apple press release says they will send Dolby Atmos music to any W1 / H1 headphones, so we'll have to see how good the ‘spatial audio’ effect is. Currently, “Spatial Audio” is only supported on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl: Apple Music with Spatial Audio + Lossless Audio is available in iOS 14.6, iPadOS 14.6, macOS 11.4, or tvOS 14.6 or later, according to Apple.
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Apple and Amazon using their unlimited cash flow to subsidize ‘free’ lossless audio to music customers has big ‘Google offering free photo storage just long enough to starve its independent competitors to death before starting to charge’ energy
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple Music adding lossless streaming to entire catalog at no extra cost, Spatial Audio support with Dolby Atmos
Hugo Rifkind / @hugorifkind: Quite proud to have just caught London's summer. It lasted from 13.15 to 13.42 and I went out in the garden and ate a sandwich. Thunder now. Hope next year is nice.
Daniel Bader / @journeydan: Wow, Apple isn't fucking around, will start offering up to 24-bit/48 kHz lossless for its entire Apple Music catalog starting next month without raising the $9.99 price https://www.apple.com/...
Federico Viticci / @viticci: Apple Music with Spatial Audio and lossless quality is official: - Spatial Audio powered by Dolby Atmos on all headphones with W1/H1 chip - Growing catalog of Spatial Audio music - Lossless quality (at 16 bit 44.1 kHz or 24 bit at 48 kHz) https://www.apple.com/...
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: Apple has officially announced lossless audio for Apple Music. It's arriving in June, and it tops out at 24-bit/192kHz https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Very cool of Apple for offering three tiers - including a higher quality tier than its devices can even support - instead of pretending the CD was the pinnacle of audio quality https://www.theverge.com/...
Alex Hern / @alexhern: my most basic opinion is that I simply do not understand the point of any audio better than a 128kbps spotify stream https://www.apple.com/...
Max Balzer / @maxbalzer_: “Apple Music announces Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; will bring Lossless Audio to entire catalog.” Also coming at no additional cost to subscribers. https://www.apple.com/...
Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie: Apple Music Lossless: 🍎ALAC format 💿 Starts at CD-quality 16 bit 44.1 kHz 📡 Goes to 24 bit 48 kHz 📱 Plays natively on Apple devices Hi-Res Lossless: 🤯 Up to 24 bit 192 kHz 🎛 Requires external USB DAC, etc. https://twitter.com/...
Stijn de Vries / @stijndv: Hmm look at what I found in the Apple Music website.... https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch: Apple just announced lossless & spatial audio! Coming next month at no additional cost. 🎵 https://www.apple.com/...
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Micah Singleton / Billboard:
Amazon Music HD is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers for free, effectively cutting the Hi-Fi service's price from $14.99 to $9.99 per month
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@ampressman, Engadget, @amazonmusic, @richontech, 9to5Mac, @c_davies, musically.com, The Verge, @richontech, @kintan, MacRumors, @richontech and @micahsingleton, more at Techmeme »
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Aaron Pressman / @ampressman: Monkey see, monkey do: Amazon Music drops HD tier surcharge, shaking up hi-fi streaming market after Apple announces lossless service at no extra charge https://www.billboard.com/...
@amazonmusic: Our highest quality audio. Now at no extra cost. Discover over 70 million songs in HD. Tag the artist you're most excited to listen to in HD 👇 https://www.amazon.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rich DeMuro / @richontech: OK, so if you subscribe to Amazon Music (as in, pay a monthly fee each month to listen), you can tap the button on this page to upgrade your streaming to HD quality for free (I subscribed over the weekend, so I'll be testing this out soon) https://www.amazon.com/...
José Adorno / 9to5Mac: On the same day as Apple Music HiFi launch, Amazon drops price of its HD streaming service
Chris Davies / @c_davies: Meanwhile, Amazon is also adding lossless audio to its Music Unlimited package. Previously you'd have had to pay $5/mo extra for Music HD. Amazon also includes both Dolby Atmos (like Apple will) and Sony 360 Reality Audio spatial sound https://www.slashgear.com/...
Rich DeMuro / @richontech: I like how the Amazon Music App shows you the features offered on each song https://twitter.com/...
Kintan Brahmbhatt / @kintan: Starting today, all Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers will get access to HD at no additional cost. That's BIG news! https://twitter.com/...
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple Music Launching Spatial Audio With Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio in June at No Extra Cost
Rich DeMuro / @richontech: Oh wow. And Amazon Music HD plays nicely with Sonos. Will have to listen to this later this morning to see if I can discern a difference in audio quality! https://twitter.com/...
Micah Singleton / @micahsingleton: NEW: Amazon Music HD is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers for free, the company tells @billboard. Amazon is the first streaming service to make high-fidelity music streaming available at $9.99 a month ($7.99 a month for Prime members) https://www.billboard.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Vice News names its news director Michael Learmonth as new EIC, filling a role that has been vacant since 2019 — Michael Learmonth was named Vice News' new editor in chief Monday, filling a role that has been vacant since 2019. He was promoted from news director, a job he held since 2016.
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Fern Siegel / MediaPost: ‘Vice News’ Taps Learmonth As Editor In Chief
Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku:
After publishing and removing an article listing Palestinian charities, IGN says it didn't mean to make it seem “we were politically aligned with one side” — Following the most recent set of violent military strikes by the Israel Defense Forces that have leveled entire buildings …
Discussion:
Al Jazeera, @tha_rami, @tha_rami, @scully1888, @tropicalmaku, @dannyodwyer, @andyplaytonic, @mattbinder, @papapishu, @charalanahzard, Axios, @austin_walker, @iyagovos and A. Khaled's Blog
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Virginia Pietromarchi / Al Jazeera: Israeli air raid flattens Gaza building housing Al Jazeera
Rami Ismail / @tha_rami: This is heartbreaking. Not a single fiber of me believes that anyone in editorial at @IGN supports this text. I believe this is a corporate statement in IGN's voice by corporate @ziffdavis or @j2global. I can't see any alternative sequence of events leading to this statement. https://twitter.com/...
Rami Ismail / @tha_rami: “IGN Israel upset to learn IGN tries to raise money for Palestinian children harmed by Israeli bombs” is so cartoonesquely evil that I don't even know what to say https://twitter.com/...
Chris Scullion / @scully1888: Despite IGN management (because I can't see the editorial staff doing this) seemingly bottling it with a “we support both sides” argument, the IGN Israel Facebook post saying “we support the Israel state and the IDF soldiers keeping us safe” is still up. Draw your own conclusions https://twitter.com/...
Maku / @tropicalmaku: If it wasn't transparent enough how evil and cruel the world can be. This is IGN Israel's response to the main IGN acknowledging Palestinian people's suffering and doing what they can to help support those people. https://twitter.com/...
Danny O'Dwyer / @dannyodwyer: [update from IGN quoted] My thoughts; The false equivalence surrounding The Question of Palestine is what enables the right-wing government of Israel to get away with apartheid and state-sanctioned terrorism. Thanks to posts like this, it will continue. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Robinson / @andyplaytonic: IGN's Israel edition here, condemning IGN's support for charities aiding Palestinian civilians (source: Instagram) https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: i have no idea what happened here as i have nothing to do with IGN, but i am employed by the same parent company. Israel is an apartheid state. the Netanyahu government is a fascist regime. stand with the people of Palestine. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Person / @papapishu: I'm just gonna say that I really don't think that whoever made them do this is going to accomplish what they sought out to accomplish. https://twitter.com/...
Alanah Pearce / @charalanahzard: IGN didn't take this down. Their parent companies, @j2global and/or @ziffdavis did. Note that they also haven't removed any of IGN's other articles supporting international humanitarian aid. Just this one. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Totilo / Axios: U.S. gaming outlets remove posts supporting Palestinians
Austin Walker / @austin_walker: Would really love to know who the “we” is that's speaking here, because my bet is that it isn't the people who fought to make the post in the first place. https://twitter.com/...
James Bartholomeou / @iyagovos: IGN's Support Palestine page is down, but GameSpot also have an incredibly helpful page with important links. Please do not harass IGN editorial staff for this. They risked their livelihoods making that page, and need support now too. #FreePalestine https://www.gamespot.com/...
Reuters:
Axel Springer and Facebook strike a global deal, allowing content from Bild, Welt, Insider, and others to be distributed in Facebook News at its German launch — Axel Springer and Facebook said on Monday that they had agreed on a global cooperation deal under which content from the German publisher …
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Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi: “The agreement explicitly excludes the future ancillary copyright for press publishers” https://www.axelspringer.com/ ...
@pressgazette: Axel Springer (owner of Insider) has agreed a “joint global cooperation” with Facebook. Its content will now appear on the Facebook News tab. Axel Springer previously refused to sign up to a Facebook News deal, citing “inappropriately low remuneration” https://www.reuters.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
DVD rental and streaming company Redbox is going public via SPAC in a deal that values the combined company at $693M; Redbox had earnings of $114M in 2020 — Redbox, the DVD-rental kiosk and streaming company, is going back to the public markets. — On Monday, Redbox announced that it reached …
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Alex Cranz / The Verge: Redbox still exists, plans to go public
Variety:
Investors and analysts including Warren Buffett weigh in on “stupid” stock swings affecting ViacomCBS, Discovery, and AMC Entertainment, plus problematic SPACs — There's no better moment to take the pulse of the investment landscape than during the annual shareholders meeting …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
British GQ editor Dylan Jones departs after 22 years in the role; GQ to be led globally by American GQ editor Will Welch, as Conde Nast merges editorial teams — British GQ editor Dylan Jones is leaving the men's lifestyle magazine after 22 years at the helm.
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