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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after his racist remarks about Native Americans at an event last month — The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Cuts Ties With Contributor Rick Santorum
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
Kanishka Singh / Reuters: CNN drops former senator Rick Santorum after remarks on Native American culture
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: CNN is cutting ties with contributor and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum, the latest in a parade of conservative commentators at the network whose off-camera behavior made keeping them on air untenable.... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Jennifer Bendery / @jbendery: “Leadership wasn't particularly satisfied with that appearance. None of the anchors wanted to book him,” this CNN senior executive tells me “So he was essentially benched anyway.” https://www.huffpost.com/...
Mark Halperin / Wide World of News: Aren't These Fish Incredible? — If it's a slowish news Sunday, it's my S-U-N-D-A-Y gimmick format.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: CNN parts ways with pundit Rick Santorum, former senator who made much-criticized comments about Native Americans
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: CNN blasted for ever hiring Rick Santorum after they finally fired the disgraced bigot
@wajahatali: The 900 lives of white conservative men on cable news finally ran out. Well, at least for Rick Santorum. CNN will be better for this. https://twitter.com/...
Non Fungible Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: and they will hire some other horrible right wing lunatic and then someday have to fire them when they turn out to be a horrible right wing lunatic, rinse and repeat ad nauseum https://twitter.com/...
Brett Bachman / Salon: CNN drops Rick Santorum following controversial comments on Native American culture: report
Jamie Klingler / @jamieklingler: That took long enough but I'm glad they did it https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Moving with lightning-fast speed, @cnn fires @RickSantorum just three weeks after the latest in a series of racist, misogynistic, homophobic, trump-excusing, fact-free comments on @cnn that began just four years ago https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jordan Zakarin / @jordanzakarin: Compare the number of years and chances CNN gave an outright bigot like @RickSantorum versus how immediately the AP just dumped @vv1lder at the slightest bad-faith whine by outright bigots. https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: However, it is often hard to remove santorum stains, especially if you've let them remain for too long. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A CNN spokesperson confirms that the network has parted ways with Santorum https://twitter.com/...
Jamal Yaseem Igle / @jamaligle: As opposed to all the other sexist and bigoted things he's said? https://twitter.com/...
Julian Brave NoiseCat / @jnoisecat: CNN has never had a regular on air Native reporter or commentator. Now would be a great time to change that. https://www.nationalobserver.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: CNN Has Finally Had Enough of Rick Santorum
Bob Cronin / Newser: CNN Drops Rick Santorum
Daniel Kibblesmith / @kibblesmith: When they get around to googling everything he said and did *before* they hired him, then they're gonna feel *really* embarrassed. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: CNN Gets Rid of Rick Santorum After Comments on Native Americans
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Disgraced Republican Rick Santorum finally fired by CNN for his racism: report
Yashar Ali / @yashar: CNN has terminated its contract with Rick Santorum over racist remarks he made about Native Americans @jbendery reports https://www.huffpost.com/...
Chelsea Steiner / The Mary Sue: Finally! CNN Fires Rick Santorum After His Racist Comments About Native Americans
Killjoy McCoy / @letsgoayo: I don't know why they hired him in the first place https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lamont Hill / @marclamonthill: According to reports from CNN execs, the network decided to part ways after Santorum failed to redeem himself (or even apologize) in an interview with Chris Cuomo. Interesting that he was given such an opportunity... https://m.huffpost.com/...
Neal Broverman / Advocate: CNN Finally Fires Rick Santorum
Ted Johnson / Deadline: CNN Parts Ways With Contributor Rick Santorum After Furor Over Comments About Native Americans
Dennis Romero / NBC News: CNN drops Rick Santorum following remarks about Native Americans
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: Keep in mind that this is a network that frequently had on Jason Miller, Kellyanne Conway, Jeffrey Lord, and others I would consider even worse than Santorum. I have no objection whatsoever to conservative commentators; some of the folks CNN has had on are well beyond the pale. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: A @CNN spokesman said that while they have a long history of platforming the kind of white supremacy Santorum represents, it was distracting focus from Chris Cuomo's unethical journalistic malfeasance, which they consider the crown jewel of the network. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Scoreboard: Cuomo stays - no reprimand for a host of ethical breaches. Toobin - no decision after the Zoom incident (this is a family show). Santorum- Out. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Took a few weeks but... https://twitter.com/...
Mookie Alexander / @mookiealexander: Apparently the 549th shitty thing he did/said was a step too far for CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Jamilah King / Mother Jones: CNN Fires Rick Santorum Over Claim That White Settlers Found “Nothing” in America
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after racist, inaccurate remarks he made about Native Americans, HuffPost has learned. https://m.huffpost.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: Rick Santorum departs CNN after criticism of Native American comments
John L. Dorman / Insider: CNN ends contract with Rick Santorum after dismissive comments about Native Americans
Nick Caruso / TVLine: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Racist Comments About Native Americans and On-Air Non-Apology (Report)
Zoë Richards / Talking Points Memo: CNN Dismisses Santorum After Botched Cleanup Of Remarks About Native Americans
Alaina Demopoulos / The Daily Beast: CNN Fired Rick Santorum for Racist, Pro-Colonization Comments
William Hughes / The A.V. Club: CNN finally gets around to firing Rick Santorum
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Cuts Ties with Rick Santorum After He Made Racist, Inaccurate Remarks at a Speaking Engagement
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Comments on Native Americans
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The failure of local investors to block Alden from buying Tribune Publishing was a failure of civic leadership, especially by Chicago's class of plutocrats — It didn't have to turn out this way. — Local investors — especially in a prosperous town like Chicago — could have stepped forward …
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@wesleylowery, Washington Post, @katrinanation, @sulliview, @karlbode, @jason_pontin, @katrinanation, @dangillmor, @elaheizadi, @darrinbellart, @davidfolkenflik, @samuelaadams, @davidsirota, @jswatz, @arelisrhdz, @markjacob16, @danrshafer, @mccarthyryanj, @jeffplatsky, @mrchavezphoto, @jayrosen_nyu, @amlwhere, @earlymodjustice, @timobrien, @rklein90, @froomkin, @celestekatznyc, NPR and @raju
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Wesley / @wesleylowery: I keep thinking about this, from @perrybaconjr, and how it speaks to so many of the conversations happening currently in journalism about our values, ethics and standards https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katrina vandenHeuvel / @katrinanation: But and yet, shame you shareholders who value the shortterm maximization of profits and dividends more than value of robust local journalism— And these papers were making profit, just lower margins. https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: America's rich people could have saved local journalism — and perhaps democracy. They refused. .... My column as a hedge fund buys @chicagotribune @baltimoresun @orlandosentinel @hartfordcourant @NYDailyNews & more https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: @Sulliview just nails it here. The death of quality local news enables corruption, results in a more divided and less informed public, and can even shift election outcomes. and the folks with the resources to do something about it are letting it happen: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: Don't blame “rich people.” It's not the role of rich people to subsidize media. Newspapers should not have gone free; they should have created things people wanted. And Americans, if they cared about local news, might have paid for it.
Katrina vandenHeuvel / @katrinanation: Value @sulliview views — But why should we expect rich people to save journalism, local or other. Cool if they wish to, but shouldn't a country which lectures others about rules based norms & how democracy dies in darkness, have public funding for a robust,accountability media? https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: From all evidence, most of the nation's ultra-wealthy people consider democracy a bug, not a feature, in their pursuit of power and money. We need to rebuild journalism from the neighborhood outward. https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Our final story: Hedge fund Alden's takeover of Tribune newspapers approved by shareholders today, something many of its journalists had said for a year would be an apocalyptic outcome for journalism in their communities https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Darrin Bell / @darrinbellart: I think America's oligarchs may have decided that democracy isn't actually in their best interest. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: To be clear: I'm told that Soon-Shiong decided to allow Alden bid for Tribune to succeed, despite all of today's confusion The sale was the result he intended https://twitter.com/...
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: it's almost like relying on the largesse of billionaires is not a sustainable model for journalism https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: Media folk have been dreaming of a quick-fix billionaire solution to the journalism crisis. There is no quick fix for those who don't work for Bezos's newspaper. Sorry. It's going to require the hard work of building reader-supported journalism. Join us: https://www.dailyposter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “The just-sold newspapers are essential to their communities' well being,” writes @sulliview. “In fact, it's no exaggeration to make a more sweeping statement: that healthy local journalism is essential to the functioning of American democracy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Arelis R. Hernndez / @arelisrhdz: Thinking of my former colleagues at the @orlandosentinel & the fabulously courageous journalists of @OS_Guild who deserve respect, admiration and the job protection to carry out the vital work their community needs and they consistently deliver. ✊🏾 https://twitter.com/...
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: I'm quoted in this WaPo story. Sad quote on a sad day for Chicago. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Shafer / @danrshafer: Awful news for our friends in Chicago. And a warning to the rest of us. The best thing a wealthy Wisconsinite could do is restore local ownership to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj: “We're slowly replacing a functional press with PR spam, hedge fund dudebros, trolling substack opinion columnists, foreign and domestic disinformation, brand-slathered teen influencers, and hugely consolidated dumpster fires like Sinclair Broadcasting” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeffrey Platsky / @jeffplatsky: A sorrowful day in journalism. The once proud Tribune Co. took a figurative dual blow to the chin and stomach today. Accountability journalism will likely be demolished. https://twitter.com/...
M Robinson Chavez / @mrchavezphoto: A horrible day for @tribpub, the journalists and editors that work there and the readers they serve. They are about to be gutted. #journalismmatters https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Rich Chicagoans sent a signal that they do not care.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Local investors — especially in a prosperous town like Chicago — could have stepped forward to block a hedge fund from gaining control of several of the nation's top daily newspapers. But they didn't.
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: Chicago is a city that rebuilt itself after destruction by fire yet it can't save its newspaper. What a dark day. https://twitter.com/...
Holly Brewer / @earlymodjustice: “Devastating” Alden Capital, which we know from prior investigations has been acquiring newspapers seemingly in part to loot their pension funds—acquires more gems of American journalism. See here and https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Alden cost-cutters pick off Tribune Publishing: “Healthy local journalism is essential to the functioning of American democracy. But it's dwindling, as more local papers either close their doors or become mere shadows of what they once were.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rebecca Klein / @rklein90: “A newspaper is both a watchdog and a binding agent. The weaker the media, the more inequitable a city is allowed to be. Rich Chicagoans sent a signal that they do not care.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Celeste Katz Marston / @celestekatznyc: “'Today, Tribune Publishing shareholders voted to put profit and greed over local news in our country,' several Tribune newspaper employee unions said in a joint statement.” https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / NPR: Hedge Fund Alden Global Sees Victory With Tribune Media Sale
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Who reporters choose to talk to as the (male) experts, about attempts to save a local newspaper, in an area that is nearly 50% non-white, is part of the problem ailing American journalism Patrick Soon-Shiong is still trying to save the @latimes https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Tribune shareholders vote to approve Alden's $633M purchase of the chain; Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns a 24% stake in Tribune, abstained from voting
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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Alden will win Tribune: LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who holds 24 percent stake in Tribune, says he has abstained from voting as it has been a passive investment. Full statement from Soon-Shiong spokesoman Hillary Manning👇🏼 https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: The grim news: Tribune shareholders vote to sell legendary chain of newspapers to a hedge fund. By @sarahellison and @ElaheIzadi who've been on the story for months. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / NPR: ‘Vulture’ Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Tribune Publishing CEO Terry Jiminez has put out this memo to staff: https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Joint statement from employee unions representing Tribune newspapers/outlets on Alden takeover https://twitter.com/...
Rex Huppke / @rexhuppke: 1/ Tribune Publishing shareholders just let the hedge fund Alden Global Capital buy the company. This is terrible news for the Chicago Tribune and all our sister newspapers. It's also terrible news for the communities these papers cover and, I'd argue, for the country.
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: The future of local journalism in Chicago, Hartford, Orlando and a host of other US cities seems to depend on an LA billionaire's failure — intentional or not — to check a box on a shareholder ballot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: Well, if I may, you all should have paid for your “content” rather than listened to Clay Shirky, Dave Winer, @mathewi, insisting that “nothing will work,” “sources go direct,” and that subscriptions were old fashioned and elitist. You've no one to blame but yourselves. https://twitter.com/...
Bryn Stole / @brynstole: could be plenty more baltimore newspaper drama to come. from @davidfolkenflik: https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: Since moving here for the A.V. Club job in 1999, I've watched the Chicago media landscape wither with a pace and a level of cruelty that feels unique even among the rot that's occurred industry-wise. This is awful for the city, its citizens and many talented journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Shauna / @goldengateblond: this thread from my friend (and @chicagotribune columnist) @RexHuppke is a clarion call. it's an embarrassment that we as a society don't value local newspapers. if you're lucky enough to have one, please subscribe — while you still can. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: a fiery thread from Chicago Trib humor columnist https://twitter.com/...
Julie Reynolds / DFM Workers: Patrick Soon-Shiong has some explaining to do
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Another update: Dr. Soon-Shiong did not check any box on the ballot, so his vote was counted as in favor of the Tribune/Alden deal, I'm told by a source familiar with the matter, which confirms reporting from @chicagotribune https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julie Bykowicz / @bykowicz: I'm devastated for @baltimoresun, my home newspaper in more ways than one. But I'm confident that the amazing reporters there will keep doing the very best they can. Subscribe to local newspapers. https://twitter.com/...
@jfslowik: Chicago, the third largest city in the US and an anchor for the Midwest/Great Lakes region, will soon lack a primary new source as Tribune gets subsumed by a hedge fund: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Victor Pickard / @vwpickard: Terrible news — all the more heartbreaking given that viable alternatives were so close to prevailing. A healthy democratic society would never let vulture capitalists like Alden plunder its newspapers. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: One wrinkle in the Tribune sale: SEC filing says “Patrick Soon-Shiong's vote in favor of the transaction is required, based on his current ownership of the common stock.” It also said abstentions would be counted as a vote against the Alden bid - so PSS abstention would doom it
Embedded / @nprembedded: Big news today: Tribune shareholders vote in favor of sale to Alden Global Capital. This seems to change the postscript for our series on @capgaznews. We do plan to follow this and bring you more updates in one way or another. https://twitter.com/...
@lillianereed: I believe that quality local journalism is and always will be worth fighting for. We won't give up. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Not voting is also a vote https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: Huge blow to journalism, accountability, transparency. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Modesti / @kevinmodesti: The fact that national stories about Alden Global Capital's purchase of the Chicago Tribune rarely mention the @ladailynews and @ocregister shows how the hedge fund's ownership has diminished some significant newspapers. https://twitter.com/...
@wbur: Alden's reputation had set off a frantic effort by union members in Tribune Publishing newsrooms. Their organizer, Baltimore Sun education reporter Liz Bowie, dubbed the effort “Project Mayhem.” https://www.wbur.org/...
Jeff Stein / @spytalker: Added shame: ‘The Chicago region is home to...Boeing, Walgreens, Archer Daniels Midland and United Airlines - as well as renowned philanthropies, including the MacArthur and McCormick foundations. Despite plenty of wealth, no one stepped forward.’—@davidfolkenflik @NPRNewsNow https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: And that's why you should never trust the “benevolent billionaire” model. @DrPatSoonShiong hasn't just let down everyone who put their faith in him. He has let down democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Brindley / @em_brindley: Absolutely mind boggling that the fate of our newspapers is decided by people thousands of miles away from the communities that rely on us. #SaveLocalNews https://twitter.com/...
Tyler R. Davis / @tylerrdavis: The difference between a journalist and a billionaire is that a journalist is proud to put their name on their work. https://twitter.com/...
Rex Huppke / @rexhuppke: Dammit. A real profile in courage, here. Democracy dies in darkness, or by feckless abstention. https://twitter.com/...
Matthias Gafni / @mgafni: I remember when Alden sold the East Bay Times building in Walnut Creek. There was all-staff mtg in Lindsay Wildlife Museum room w giant stuffed bear. I asked publisher if any proceeds of sale would be reinvested in the newsroom. You can guess the answer. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lenfest Institute / @lenfestinst: “Alden's playbook is pretty straightforward: Buy low, cut deeper.” That's not the way forward for local journalism. We must support journalists and newsrooms who are serving their communities with essential news and information. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@sulliview: As noted in this story, it's possible that @DrPatSoonShiong's abstention will keep the deal from completion despite the vote https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Ex Chicago Trib metro editor @MarkJacob16 - sounding a theme I found in reporting my story: https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Tcholakian / @danielleiat: this is so sad. https://twitter.com/...
Jess Bravin / @jessbravin: “Too many people exhibit an astonishing lack of memory about how [the @chicagotribune ] has forced accountability on government, put bad folks in jail, changed laws, and provided pleasure and utility to generations,” said former managing editor @JimWarren55. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: So, so, so bad. https://twitter.com/...
Julie Bosman / @juliebosman: Dark day in Chicago for Tribune journalists and a city that relies on their work. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sara K. Satullo / @sarasatullo: A sad, sad day for local news. Thinking of the amazing journalists at @mcallguild today. Competing against @mcall reporters makes me a better journalist. Local news competition makes the Lehigh Valley a better place to live. https://twitter.com/...
Felipe De La Hoz / @felipedlh: This is very, very bad news for an already battered news landscape https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Murphy / @journomurph: It's official. The meeting took all of 10 minutes. The Alden takeover is approved. This is a bad day. And not just for those who work at Tribune's newspapers, but for our communities. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: This possible twist in Tribune sale is crazy. Seeking clarity - were rules of vote changed somehow that we have not been able to find? Did he sell off shares before the sale, diluting his stake? https://twitter.com/...
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: I presume Soon-Shiong will keep the cash proceeds of his abstention. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Alden Global Capital president Heath Freeman says “the purchase of Tribune reaffirms our commitment to the newspaper industry and our focus on getting publications to a place where they can operate sustainably over the long term.” We'll see...
Dawn Rhodes / @rhodes_dawn: Gee thanks for your “passive investment” in this company. Glad to see you're having fun playing with this part of your fortune. Good to know it doesn't really make a difference to you one way or another while the fate of a major institution hangs in the balance. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Poulter / @amykpoulter: Why would you own 24 percent of anything if you don't care enough about it to participate in decision making? Especially when it's this important. What a HUGE disappointment, @DrPatSoonShiong. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Crane-Newman / @molcranenewman: Alden just won the Daily News in a shareholder meeting that lasted all of 9 minutes https://twitter.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Hopefully no news needs to be covered in San Diego! https://twitter.com/...
Ben Jacobs / @bencjacobs: In other words, Patrick Soon-Shiong made the active and knowing decision to let a number of major newspapers be destroyed but is too cowardly to own up to it https://twitter.com/...
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: I will never be able to fully express my disappointment in @drpatsoonshiong for betraying journalism with his cowardly abstention. As owner of one of America's great newspapers @latimes, your responsibility to society extends beyond the bottom line. The right thing here was clear https://twitter.com/...
Orlando Sentinel:
While a spokeswoman for Patrick Soon-Shiong said he abstained, Tribune officials said his ballots lacked a check in the “abstain” box and were tallied as “yes”
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Nick Turner / @newsynick: The takeover of Tribune Publishing all came down to the definition of “abstain.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @gerryfsmith https://twitter.com/...
Darren Carroll / @darrendcarroll: .@DrPatSoonShiong spokeswoman Hillary Manning said he abstained from Tribune vote. False. He did not mark abstain on his ballot, since it would have meant a vote against Alden's bid. He simply didn't mark his ballot, which meant a vote for Alden's bid - and a handsome payday. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Wall / @walldo: @tvjedi I am fucking furious about this
Wendy Fox Weber / @tvjedi: I haven't always made the right move, but I can't even imagine doing something like this. And even worse, misrepresenting it as something it was not. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer LaFleur / @j_la28: Really? “purchase reaffirms Alden's ‘commitment to the newspaper industry and our focus on getting publications to a place where they can operate sustainably over the long term.’” https://www.baltimoresun.com/ ...
Meg James / @megjameslat: Fellow reporter @RobertChannick is close to the action. He has reported that Election Officials tallied Soon-Shiong's lack of votes as “yes” votes in favor of the deal, per ballot rules.
Chabeli Carrazana / @chabelih: It's so hard to do good work when every force is working against you. And yet — my friends at @orlandosentinel haven't stopped and won't stop because they care about something these corporate leeches have never invested in: Community https://twitter.com/...
Christal Hayes / @journo_christal: This is awful news for journalism. How can we honestly encourage young people to join this industry with people like this running newspaper chains? Thinking of my friends in Orlando and at papers across the country today. https://twitter.com/...
Meg James / @megjameslat: UPDATE: We've confirmed that @latimes owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong did not mark his ballot in the Tribune Publishing sale. He didn't check any of the boxes. Tribune Publishing has not commented publicly, adding a last-minute twist in this closely watched sale. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Daz-Ortiz / @claire: just another friday in the apocalypse... https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: This isn't news to media watchers, but the approval of Tribune's sale to Alden is probably the beginning of the end. About half of daily local news circulation is under hedge fund control in the U.S. These outlets are being bled dry. We need alternatives. https://www.cnn.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: A generous interpretation is that @DrPatSoonShiong made a mistake and miscast his vote somehow. Doesn't matter really as under Delaware law there is no do over once the polls are closed
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: Either way, Tribune now belongs to Alden
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: If he had actually clicked the “abstain” box, it would have been counted the same as a “no” and the merger would have been rejected
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: It should come as no surprise that the Tribune vote ended in some turmoil. Let's dissect: https://www.wsj.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: First off, @DrPatSoonShiong's statement that he abstained is not really true. He cast a blank ballot, according to people familiar with the matter. That, under the rules, is counted as a yes vote
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Reporters at the Tribune papers who banded together and sought alternatives to Alden said they will continue to fight against the hedge fund. Here's my full story... https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael Halston / @mikehalston: @RogerSimmons He couldn't even be bothered to abstain officially. SMH indeed.
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: A strange, confusing ending to the Tribune-Alden saga https://twitter.com/...
Roger Simmons / @rogersimmons: SMH. LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said he “abstained” from Alden vote. Tribune Publishing confirmed that proxy ballots registered to Soon-Shiong were submitted without the “abstain” box being checked; those were tallied “yes” votes. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/ ...
Craig Pittman / @craigtimes: My sympathies to the staff and readers of 2 #Florida newspapers, the @orlandosentinel & @SunSentinel, whose chain was just sold to a predatory hedge fund that tends to leave publications a mere shell of their former selves. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/ ...
Laura Wagner / Defector:
Both CNN's treatment of Chris Cuomo and the AP's treatment of Emily Wilder show media institutions siding with the powerful over the ethical — On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Chris Cuomo, CNN's star anchor and brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, had participated …
Discussion:
@jdawsey1, Jezebel, @laurawags, New York Magazine, Salon, The Guardian, The Week, @newsmediaguild, The Mary Sue, HuffPost, Forbes, @mattnegrin, @sulliview, @onesarahjones, @alexandermccoy4, New Republic, @cherijacobus, @grossdm, @lrozen, @elisewho, @janinezacharia, @jcameronpeters, @lolonghi, @thehungryhutch, @_gaffknee, @nickgillespie, @froomkin, @andrewjfhoward, @adrienne_dunn, @drewmagary, @amandabecker, @rauchway, @jessicavalenti and @amandabecker
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Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: NEW: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took part in a series of strategy calls with his brother and his brother's staff on how the governor should respond to misconduct allegations. Network says he shouldn't have participated and won't going forward. w/@sarahellison: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marie Solis / Jezebel: AP Fires Staffer After Harassment Campaign from College Republicans Over Past Support for Palestine [UPDATE]
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: wrote about yesterday's cases of (un)ethics in journalism https://defector.com/...
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine: Who Is the Media Really For? — Emily Wilder is a promising young journalist.
Zachary Petrizzo / Salon: How Stanford College Republicans worked with right-wing media to get an AP reporter fired
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian: Outcry after Associated Press journalist fired amid row over pro-Palestinian views
Ryan Cooper / The Week: Why Emily Wilder got fired and Chris Cuomo didn't
@newsmediaguild: The News Media Guild, which represents the rank-and-file members of The Associated Press' editorial and technology units, was notified today by The Associated Press of the firing of Emily Wilder. Here is our statement (1/4)
Vivian Kane / The Mary Sue: CNN's Chris Cuomo Couldn't Cover His Brother Andrew's Harassment Allegations so He Secretly Advised Him Instead
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost: AP Reporter Fired For Pro-Palestinian College Activism Says She's A ‘Scapegoat’
Joe Walsh / Forbes: CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo Reportedly Gave His Brother — Gov. Andrew Cuomo — Advice On Harassment Claims
@mattnegrin: Caving to the bad-faith right-wing mob is a defining feature of newsrooms and the chilling fear of it is why the media preemptively defaults to language like “voter integrity” instead of voter suppression or “Republicans say” when they're obviously lying https://defector.com/...
@sulliview: The usual two thoughts on reading @laurawags: god, she's good; and I hope she never comes for me. In @DefectorMedia https://defector.com/...
Sarah Jones / @onesarahjones: I wrote about Emily Wilder, Chris Cuomo, and what a news outlet is for: https://nymag.com/...
Alexander McCoy / @alexandermccoy4: “The rules matter. They exist to protect the integrity of a news outlet and to protect the public from corruption. Instead, news outlets are failing consumers and journalists alike. They serve power rather than challenge it.” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Shephard / New Republic: The Associated Press Gives in to Right-Wing Trolls
Cheri Jacobus / @cherijacobus: Men get a pass. Women get ruined. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Gross / @grossdm: good piece. the one edit I'd make is that nobody really thinks that what Chris Cuomo does is journalism https://twitter.com/...
Laura Rozen / @lrozen: “This is really a story about journalism and an industry that has abdicated its most basic responsibilities... The AP showed it is not impartial after all; it can be persuaded, if only from the right.” https://twitter.com/...
Elise Hu / @elisewho: “That Wilder's firing by the AP...came less than a week after the Israeli military leveled the AP's headquarters in Gaza City pushes tragedy into the realm of farce so on-the-nose that it need not be emphasized here beyond the observation.” https://defector.com/...
@janinezacharia: “A functional newsroom actually concerned with training young reporters might explain to one exactly what she's supposed to have done wrong vis-à-vis their internal policies, instead of firing her.” https://defector.com/...
Cameron Peters / @jcameronpeters: .@laurawags: “In a single day, two of the country's largest media institutions chose to side with the powerful over the ethical. They failed at the fundamental principle to which they are ostensibly duty-bound.” https://defector.com/...
Lorraine Longhi / @lolonghi: So much has been said about yesterday's knee jerk decision from @AP, a decision cost them a thoughtful, whip smart, empathetic and passionate young journalist. But our community is better because Emily was here, advocating for people's stories. https://nymag.com/...
Aaron Hutcherson / @thehungryhutch: “Journalists are not automatons. They have opinions, and if they are not male or white or rich or straight, those opinions make them vulnerable to the right-wing outrages that just cost Wilder her new job.” - @onesarahjones https://nymag.com/...
Theresa Gaffney / @_gaffknee: thinking of journalism as “an industry that has abdicated its most basic responsibilities” is accurate in too many ways to count, but here's one that's deflating me this Friday afternoon https://twitter.com/...
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: Doesn't the firing of Emily Wilder reflect most poorly on @AP, not right-wing jagoffs who are situational free-speechers/anti-cancelers at best? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: 🔥 “As long as the gatekeepers of journalism... are busy screeching and letting themselves be screeched at about ‘objectivity’... only those who already possess power and platform will receive anything resembling justice.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Howard / @andrewjfhoward: “The phenomenon is obviously one-sided; the outrage, bogus. This is really a story about journalism and an industry that has abdicated its most basic responsibilities.” https://twitter.com/...
Adrienne / @adrienne_dunn: “They serve power rather than challenge it. The result is a weak press in a nation desperate for the truth. That's no way to serve the public.” https://twitter.com/...
Drew Magary / @drewmagary: “The industry, at its best and at its heart, is about speaking up for those who can't, and shining a light on things that those in power would prefer kept in the dark.” -@laurawags https://defector.com/...
Amanda Becker / @amandabecker: In practice, cancel culture cuts one way, against journalists like Emily Wilder or Nikole Hannah-Jones. Against a White, male network star or his brother the governor, cancel culture can apparently do little. https://nymag.com/... via @intelligencer
Eric Rauchway / @rauchway: “Chris Cuomo, like his brother, has power, so he can get away with a slap on the wrist for things that would cost a normal person their job...Emily Wilder is young and new to the industry, and she has no power” https://defector.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: “In a single day, two of the country's largest media institutions chose to side with the powerful over the ethical.” https://defector.com/...
Amanda Becker / @amandabecker: 👇 Chris Cuomo = seasoned, on-air CNN journalist who advised his governor brother on how to tamp down a sexual harassment scandal & no punishment Emily Wilder = young woman starting career at AP who was fired over involvement in a Palestinian-rights group IN COLLEGE. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Court filings show US seized $90,000 paid to a Utah man by several news outlets for footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Capitol attack — U.S. authorities have confiscated roughly $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack …
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@bradheath, @bradheath, Raw Story, @dlamontjenkins, @jannwolfe, @jannwolfe and Insider
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Brad Heath / @bradheath: The Justice Department redacted the names of the news organizations. It's been reported previously that CNN and NBC each paid $35,000. And the description of this $10,000 payment to Sullivan pretty clearly refers to The @washingtonpost. https://twitter.com/...
Brad Heath / @bradheath: News organizations paid accused Jan. 6 rioter John Sullivan $90,000 for footage of a fatal shooting during the siege. He was caught on video boasting that he was going to “instigate shit. ... I'm gonna make these Trump supporters f— all this shit up.” https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story: Feds seize $90,000 from Capitol rioter who sold footage of Ashli Babbitt's fatal shooting: report
Daryle Lamont Jenkins / @dlamontjenkins: Hahahahahahhaha! They took his money! I'm curious to see what will happen to the other “citizen journalists” that were in the Capitol https://twitter.com/...
Jan Wolfe / @jannwolfe: CNN and NBC each paid a Utah man $35,000 for his footage from January 6. DOJ charged him, and now the feds are making him forfeit the $90,000 he made for those deals and others. Interesting story by @andysullivan, with assist from @bradheath. https://www.reuters.com/...
CNN:
President Biden says he won't let his DOJ seize phone records or emails from reporters, calling it “simply wrong”, following a CNN report on Trump's DOJ — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Friday told CNN he would not let his Department of Justice seize phone records or emails from reporters.
Discussion:
Axios, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Raw Story, Forbes, The Hill, Deadline, Mediaite, Slate, @cnnpolitics, @kylegriffin1, Insider, @barbarastarrcnn, @alexhortontx, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Reuters and New York Post
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press: Biden won't allow Justice Dept. to seize reporters' records
Cody Fenwick / Raw Story: How William Barr is desperately trying to rehab his image as the dirty truth comes out
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Trump Era DOJ Secretly Obtained CNN Reporter's Phone Records, But Journalists Question If Biden Administration Will Condemn Practice
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Biden Says DOJ Seizing Reporters' Phone, Email Records Is ‘Simply Wrong’: I Will ‘Not Let That Happen’
Daniel Politi / Slate: Biden Vows He Won't Let Justice Department Seize Reporters' Records: “It's Wrong”
@cnnpolitics: President Biden says he won't let DOJ seize phone records or emails from reporters: “It's simply, simply wrong” https://www.cnn.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: President Biden says he would not let his Department of Justice seize phone records or emails from reporters. “We should absolutely, positively— it's wrong, it's simply, simply wrong,” adding, “I will not let that happen.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Yelena Dzhanova / Insider: Biden says it's ‘simply wrong’ to allow the DOJ to seize phone records and emails from reporters
Barbara Starr / @barbarastarrcnn: These were my records. https://www.cnn.com/...
Columbia Journalism Review:
A Harvard study of link rot of “deep links” in NYT.com articles from 1996 to mid-2019 showed that 25% were completely inaccessible — Hyperlinks are a powerful tool for journalists and their readers. Diving deep into the context of an article is just a click away.
Discussion:
@zittrain, @jdevalk, @btsmu, @marklittlenews, @jenit, @meereeneseknot, @sandricollins, @boonerang, @waxy, @baekdal, @chris_levesque_, @klonick, @permacc, @mabatron, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @zittrain, @internetarchive, @bkcharvard, @internetarchive, @internetarchive, @abziegler, @internetarchive, @zittrain, @bkcharvard and @doriantaylor, more at Techmeme »
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Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: With the help of the ace @nytimes digital team, we compiled a list of ~2.2 million externally-facing hyperlinks that had been used in https://nytimes.com/ articles since its launch in 1996. The goal was to discern how many of them had fallen victim to linkrot or content drift. https://twitter.com/...
Joost de Valk / @jdevalk: Looking at this and thinking that we should make it easier for site owners to know their links have rotted. Wouldn't it be awesome if browsers pinged an origin site when a target link 404s? Maybe make it an opt-in mechanism for sites? @ChromiumDev @JohnMu @othermaciej https://twitter.com/...
Beth Thornburg / @btsmu: This is such a good reminder for #judges citing internet sources that those links are likely to go bad. Take an extra minute and use https://perma.cc/ https://twitter.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: And the latest threats to journalism are .... Linkrot and content drift (and the “fundamental volatility of the Web") https://www.cjr.org/...
Jeni Tennison / @jenit: This is fascinating work. The web gains its scale and resilience from the fact that links can break, but as it evolves we lose parts of it. Like memories. Like tears in the rain. Personally I find that loss kinda beautiful, but I can see why it's important to preserve things too https://twitter.com/...
Ashaya / @meereeneseknot: This thread on link rot is fascinating & alarming. Particularly notable - there are *many* Supreme Court cases that have dead links or that now direct to a political statement rather than the original cited material, because using resources like InternetArchive isn't the standard https://twitter.com/...
Dr Sandra Collins / @sandricollins: Great thread about link rot! We really need our copyright legislation to facilitate web archiving at scale to preserve the Irish internet @NLIreland https://twitter.com/...
Boon Sheridan / @boonerang: Linkrot is one of those problems you don't think about much until you're staring at a 404 page and cursing a bluestreak. Beyond news, it happens all the time for bands: band forms, buys domain, puts up info, band breaks up, no one renews the domain, band info vanishes. https://twitter.com/...
@waxy: Harvard Law School's analysis of link rot in the New York Times: 6% of deep links in NYT articles from 2018 are dead, 43% from 2008, and 72% from 1998. https://www.cjr.org/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: I did a study about this for my site, and it showed that ‘link rot’ start to happen really quickly. Go back to 2005, and 93% failed to work. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Chris Levesque / @chris_levesque_: This is why I tell students that a URL without other identifying information is useless. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Klonick / @klonick: “The internet is forever” https://twitter.com/...
Perma.cc / @permacc: We partnered with the @nytimes to understand the scope & nature of #linkrot in their online publication. Thank you to their team for their partnership & willingness to explore this important topic in digital journalism! https://www.cjr.org/...
Mary Bakija / @mabatron: “Newsrooms ought to consider adopting tools to suit their workflows and make link preservation a seamless part of the journalistic process. Partnerships between library and information professionals and digital newsrooms would be fruitful for creating these strategies.” EXACTLY!! https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: Heartfelt thanks to co-authors @john_bowers_ and @clare__stanton, to @nicksrockwell, @sethcarlson, @mericson and the @NYTimes digital staff, and to our colleagues at @hlslib who assisted @HarvardLIL with the review of 4,500 links and their context for our content drift analysis.
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: We know link rot is a real problem for academic articles and judicial opinions. How about for news articles? Well, @shootingthemess wrote a fascinating piece about how what's found at links in major media articles can be resold (!) for spam and fraud https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: There are differences in relative rates of rot for various sections of the paper, as well as different top level domains. Health does well; sports does not. This might help to identify particularly vulnerable web content so that newsrooms can be proactive about their linking. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: So, how to solve this? The @internetarchive and @brewster_kahle have done extraordinary — unparalleled, really — work to preserve and make available links over the course of decades. https://web.archive.org/. There can also be more tailored newsroom-specific solutions.
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: Content drift is related to link rot — drift happens when the link functions, but what was there at the time the link was shared or embedded in, say, a news story or academic article, has vanished or, more confusingly, changed. Here's @NASA's web site during a gov't shutdown.(!) https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: More than half of all articles in the New York Times that contain deep links have at least one rotted link. https://www.cjr.org/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: We need to build flexible & open tools to fit existing publication workflows. From the actual process for a newsroom to archive web content, to the experience of a reader viewing a playback, current tools don't address the dynamics of the digital journalism space.
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: A link “rots” when it no longer works — which can happen if the server hosting it is taken down, if a web site is reorganized (especially if it changes ownership), or if a takedown request or demand has eliminated access to that page. This happens a lot. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: A study I co-authored with @KendraSerra and @lessig (w/more thanks below to the many who helped!) in 2014 found that 50% of the links embedded in Supreme Court opinions since 1791 (well, 1996) no longer worked. 75% of the links in the Harvard Law Review no longer worked. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: Which brings us back to the study we did with the help of the @nytimes digital team. Of the ~2.2 million URLs, we found that: 25% of deep links to specific content were completely rotted. It got worse over time: 6% of links from 2018 had rotted 43% from '08 72% from '98 https://twitter.com/...
@internetarchive: Hyperlinks in digital news are a crucial way #journalists provide us with deeper context. But researchers from @Harvard_Law found that linkrot is corroding those links. https://www.cjr.org/...
@bkcharvard: 🔗🔗@john_bowers_, @clare__stanton, and @zittrain explore the substantial link rot and content drift found on the New York Times, exposing the fragility of the Web and the need for new practices, workflows, and technologies. Learn more via @CJR: https://www.cjr.org/...
@internetarchive: 3/ 💡Solutions? “Newsrooms ought to consider adopting tools to suit their workflows & make link preservation a seamless part of the journalistic process. Partnerships between library & information professionals & digital newsrooms would be fruitful for creating these strategies.”
@internetarchive: 4/ The @InternetArchive's @waybackmachine is a useful tool to combat linkrot, but together we can do more. We work with individual #journalists every day to back up their citations in the Wayback Machine. We'd love to work w/ entire newsrooms to automatically archive every link.
Adam Ziegler / @abziegler: Thrilled to share important new link rot study by colleagues @zittrain @john_bowers_ and @clare__stanton, published in the Columbia Journalism Review, which examines the entire NYT digital corpus and finds ... you guessed it ... a bunch of rotten links. https://www.cjr.org/...
@internetarchive: 2/ This graph of “Linkrot over time” says it all. 🔗If you go back to @nytimes articles from 1998, 72% of the hyperlinks will be broken. ↙️"Content Drift" affects 13% of all links examined. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Zittrain / @zittrain: @doriantaylor Yeah, we've been playing with this at https://amberlink.org/
Dorian Taylor / @doriantaylor: hot take on @zittrain et al: • CMSes should remember all URIs that have ever been exposed on a domain • outbound link inventory and rolling analysis should be done by the CMS • content drift can be detected by non-cryptographic hashing à la GIFCT https://www.cjr.org/...
New York Times:
Interviews with 18 people reveal details of the Discovery-WarnerMedia deal, including stock structure change and an awkward talk with WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar — An early-morning meeting at a Greenwich Village townhouse, under the watchful eye of Steve McQueen, was part of a monthslong campaign.
Discussion:
@reckless, @grynbaum, @ennisnyt, @katierosman, @jeffjarvis, @edmundlee, @mattbelloni, @brentalang, @editorialiste, @annehummert, @karlbode, @karlbode, @jakesherman, @shannonpareil, @karlbode, @dylanbyers, @oliverdarcy and The Wrap
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Nilay Patel / @reckless: Okay what I'm learning from this NYT piece is that media CEOs write flirty u up texts before deals https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Private jets from the Hamptons! Steve McQueen with a revolver! Artisanal donuts! (yum) - how a big ol' media confection got made. w/ @koblin @edmundlee @LaurenSHirsch https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: How the Discovery-AT&T deal came together thanks to emojis, a rented Greenwich Village townhouse and the watchful eye of Steve McQueen. Great behind-the-scenes piece by @koblin @grynbaum @edmundlee & @LaurenSHirsch https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: The details in this story about rich white men exchanging piles of money + power with one another are fantastic. (Nice shout out to Mrs. Zaslav who was irked by the Mr.'s WFH meetings at their CPW pad so he had to buy/gut reno a townhouse in the Village.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Journalistic understatement: “One awkward conversation awaiting Mr. Stankey was with Jason Kilar...” Inside the Discovery-AT&T Deal: Cute Emails, a Big Loan and Now, a Media Giant https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: How the @Discovery / @WarnerMedia deal went down: emoji emails, artisanal donuts, a rented West Village townhouse ... and Steve McQueen w/ @koblin @grynbaum @LaurenSHirsch @brooksbarnesNYT $t $disca #WeekendRead https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: Makes sense Allen Grubman is repping Jason Kilar on his abrupt WarnerMedia exit; he also repped Richard Plepler on HIS abrupt WarnerMedia exit. Lucrative specialty. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brent Lang / @brentalang: Some day I'd like to be this rich: “Mr. Zaslav lives in Conan O'Brien's former apartment on Central Park West, but he bought a townhouse in Greenwich Village after his wife, Pam, grew weary of Mr. Zaslav's impromptu meetings at their home.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@editorialiste: “Even the chief executive of WarnerMedia was kept in the dark while his company was being negotiated out from under him.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cynthia B. Meyers / @annehummert: @KarlBode News coverage of media mergers is usually like a movie: melodramatic plot twists! clashing executive personalities!—but rarely about what matters because audiences prefer movies anyway 😏
Karl Bode / @karlbode: also not even a passing mention of the parade of AT&T cockups, or the vast court, antitrust, and regulatory failures that let this $200 billion wrecking ball happen they're way more interested in the chittering of the rich and powerful
Karl Bode / @karlbode: @AnneHummert yep. NYT readers want Hamptons intrigue. but we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again in part because the press can't accurately inform readers of the real human and market impact of these deals
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: Best tick tock so far of discovery/Warner media. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: again I want you to notice how this NYT story on the AT&T deal has everything (artisanal donuts! secret code names! Steve McQueen!) but no reference at any point to the 54,000 employees fired in the wake of AT&T's $200 billion bungled merger spree. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: What a fantastic, fantastic piece. Great work @koblin @grynbaum @edmundlee @LaurenSHirsch https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
A look at the underbelly of subscriptions and direct-to-consumer models, which has publishers using “dark patterns” to avoid losing subscribers — This week, I explore the underbelly of the pivot to subscriptions: publishers using dark patterns to avoid losing “sleepers” …
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David Skok / @dskok: One of the riskiest decisions we made @the_logic was making it easy for our subscribers to cancel. No customer service wait times, no labyrinth. It's terrifying, but it builds trust with our customers. Kudos to @amandaannroth for pushing me in this direction when I was reticent. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Levitt / Inside The Newsroom:
Reporter says he left WSJ after being disciplined for violating company policy with his Substack Inside The Newsroom, even after he anonymized subscriber data — Hello folks, hope we're doing well. Today's newsletter is an emotional one, so bear with me.
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Bill Bishop / @niubi: Leaving The Wall Street Journal, by @DanielLevitt32 https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ... says WSJ effectively fired for him for having a newsletter on the side
Jeong Park / @jeongpark52: We live in a world where a reporter writing a newsletter to help others find jobs can be forced to resign from his journalist position because he wanted to compensate others who are helping him https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Luisa De la Concha Montes / @l_d_c_m: Daniel has been doing an amazing job curating information and helping students find jobs. It's so heart-breaking to hear that instead of supporting Daniel's venture, WSJ decided to shut him out. Leaving The Wall Street Journal, by @DanielLevitt32 https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Alvin Chang / @alv9n: This is very messed up, WSJ. @DanielLevitt32's Inside the Newsroom is one of the most valuable tools for aspiring journalists. https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
@thefighttowrite: Another terrible treatment of talent in journalism that should earn @WSJ management scrutiny: @DanielLevitt32 compiles a newsletter to help journalists get jobs, pays people to run it, and even anonymized the payment process at WSJ's request. Yet: https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Hollywood Reporter:
How the relationship between Hollywood and China has deteriorated in recent years amid US-China rivalry, as US studios' market share in China has plummeted — Five years after an unprecedented era of frenzied East-West dealmaking, cash flow has stopped, Donald Trump's trade war lingers …
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@lachlan, @thr, @qwerty4life, @secretsunblog, @alanmcole, @thedragonfeeder, @yair_rosenberg, @politiwars, @becomeatexan, @ccp_china_watch, @oliverdarcy, @cuyghurs, @adamserwer, @thr and @ritapanahi
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Lachlan Markay / @lachlan: New details on the lengths to which Disney has gone to placate Chinese censors https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@thr: “The real fundamental strategic question for all U.S. industry sectors is can the Biden administration, through a restabilization of the U.S.-China relationship at a strategic level, create the basis for a restabilization of the economic relationship?” https://thr.cm/EAWwW0k
RP Adams / @qwerty4life: Amazing. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: America can't survive the CCP's ability to buy off our corporations so easily. We need an economic divorce - or we'll eventually become a client state. The economic pain of cutting ties doesn't matter. Our freedom does. https://twitter.com/...
@secretsunblog: Say goodbye to Hollywood: without Chinese money, it's over. But hey, keep telling your audience how much you hate them and want them dead. If you're going down, why not go down in flames? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Alan Cole / @alanmcole: This is a good example of @DKThomp's “values tariff” in action. The idea is that China uses state force to restrict trade, but it often does so to extract non-financial concessions instead of money. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Fenton / @thedragonfeeder: “Instead of #Hollywood doing business with #China and that leading to China being more free, what has happened is that China has bought our silence with their money.” @JuddApatow Thanks 4 covering this vital issue, @TatianaSiegel27 @Patrick_Brzeski @THR! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Yair Rosenberg / @yair_rosenberg: Disney became more vocal on social justice issues for the same reason it censors its own talent when they criticize China's repression: because they determined that it was more profitable. Corporations are not moral entities, and the sooner we internalize this, the better. https://twitter.com/...
@politiwars: Walt Disney was so anti-Communist that he actually got criticized for some of the things he said and did about it. Now his company has bowed to Communist China. https://twitter.com/...
Proud Texan / @becomeatexan: I've said it before, I'll say it again: stop giving money to Disney. The Disney you grew up with is a distant memory. In fact, the present state of the company would infuriate Walt beyond your wildest imaginations. https://twitter.com/...
@ccp_china_watch: In late 2020, a publicist from Disney-owned studio Searchlight pressured Filmmaker magazine to remove Chloe Zhao's 2013 quote “It goes back to when I was a teenager in China, being in a place where there are lies everywhere.” via @Byron_Wan https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “If it weren't already de rigueur for the American film industry, Disney's behavior would be a scandal — the United States' most iconic media brand, going out of its way to preemptively aid an authoritarian government in censoring an artist's interview...” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@cuyghurs: “@JuddApatow stood out as the exception when he summed up the state of affairs during a Sept. interview on @MSNBC “Instead of us doing business with #China & that leading to China being more free, what has happened is that China has bought our silence..” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Adam Serwer / @adamserwer: It's always bad when a government can successfully do an end run around the first amendment's free speech protections https://twitter.com/...
Sadiq Shaban / Gulf News:
Prominent Israeli journalist Asaf Ronel says he has resigned from Haaretz after 15 years over its coverage of violence against Palestinian citizens in Jaffa — Ronel's reportage widely known for its extraordinarily well researched quality and style — A top reporter with the influential …
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Asaf Ronel / @asafronel: After close to 15 years, I quit @Haaretz in protest of their failure to report on the attack by @IL_police & Israeli far-right against the Palestinian society inside Israel & for siding with settlers & security forces - just when they bring West Bank tactics into Israeli cities https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Those who today remain silent in the face of a totally disproportionate conflict in terms of show of force are really no different than those who stood silently when Jews were butchered in the Holocaust. This isn't about religion anymore, but empathy. https://www.mediagazer.com/...
James North / @jamesnorth7: I'm disappointed in @haaretzcom. @AsafRonel is an honest, hard-working reporter who obviously has integrity. Would any mainstream U.S. journalist ever quit over the even more biased reporting in our media? #Gaza #Israel #PalestiniansLivesMatter @Mondoweiss https://twitter.com/...
Miqdaad Versi / @miqdaad: This is such a brave move by a principled journalist, highlighting the failure of Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom to act as journalists: 1. Lack of reporting of attack by Israeli police & far right against Palestijian society 2. Siding with settlers & security forces https://twitter.com/...
Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press:
Texas carried out an execution on Wed. with no media present for the first time since 1982, raising concerns; officials said it was a mistake, are investigating — HOUSTON (AP) — While officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are blaming miscommunication for preventing reporters …
Discussion:
Michael Tarm / @mtarm: “This is an unfathomable, colossal screw-up and we need answers.” _ A Texas state rep on the #execution of #QuintinJones this week without media witnesses present. From a story by fellow AP reporter Juan Lozano on a pending investigation. #DeathPenalty https://apnews.com/...
@feddeathinmates: “...[N]ot letting reporters witness Wednesday's execution was a violation of the law and ‘describing it as anything but that is parsing words.’” - @RDunhamDPIC on the #execution of #QuintinJones https://apnews.com/...
Daniella Rivera / @riveradanie: I cannot stress enough how deeply troubling this is. https://twitter.com/...
Post-Culture / @postcultrev: “Yeah whoops” is just what you want to hear about anything involving an execution. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Bellware / Washington Post: Texas fails to allow media to witness an execution for first time in 40 years, blaming miscommunication
@spj_tweets: “Reporters from the Associated Press and the Huntsville Item newspaper were the scheduled media witnesses for Jones's execution; both confirmed in their reports they were never escorted from their waiting area across the street from the prison to observe.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Pathikrit Sanyal / MEAWW: Why was media not present at Quintin Phillippe Jones' execution? Witnesses kept waiting at office across street
Evann Gastaldo / Newser: Texas Executes Quintin Jones Without Media Witnesses Present
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek: Quintin Jones Executed in Texas Without Any Media Witnesses
Emerson Clarridge / Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Man who killed aunt with bat in Fort Worth TX house executed | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Erin Coulehan / KTSM-TV: Local lawmakers respond to Texas execution error
Danielle Haynes / UPI: Texas to investigate after media witnesses forgotten during execution
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune: For the first time in more than 40 years, media were not allowed to witness a Texas execution
Joseph Brown / Huntsville Item: Texas resumes executions after 10-month halt
Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press: Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt
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