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Rob Picheta / CNN:
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, EIC of Russia's Novaya Gazeta, awarded the 2021 Nobel peace prize for efforts to safeguard freedom of expression — (CNN)The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.
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@nobelprize: BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize https://twitter.com/...
@nobelprize: 2021 peace laureates Maria Ressa, @mariaressa, and Dmitry Muratov are receiving the #NobelPeacePrize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. #NobelPrize https://twitter.com/...
@nobelprize: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The call from Oslo. Hear Maria Ressa's reaction when she hears the news from Olav Njølstad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on being awarded the 2021 #NobelPeacePrize just before the public announcement. “I'm speechless!” #NobelPrize @mariaressa https://twitter.com/...
@nobelprize: #NobelPrize laureate Maria Ressa uses freedom of expression to expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines. In 2012, she co-founded Rappler, @rapplerdotcom, a digital media company for investigative journalism. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times: Novaya Gazeta, founded in 1993 and jointly owned by Gorbachev, a banker, and the newspaper's staff, has seen six of its reporters killed under Putin
Washington Post: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for press freedom
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: And this was the other side of the conversation...! https://twitter.com/...
News Media Alliance: Statement: 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
Lian Buan / @lianbuan: A win for Filipinos, for journalists, and for the global fight to uphold press freedom. There are no words to express the pride and joy, and other emotions that come from being besieged for the past years. Salute, @mariaressa. https://www.rappler.com/...
Rachel Obordo / The Guardian: In Rodrigo Duterte's war on press freedom, Maria Ressa stands up for the truth
Maria Shriver / @mariashriver: So true. Congratulations to @mariaressa. Fair, balanced journalism has never been more important. I talk to people all the time who long for less opinionated journalism and more right down the middle reporting. Facts without political leaning. https://twitter.com/...
Mei Fong / The Independent: Nobel laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov are not only journalists - they are champions of democracy
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: And I hope it's okay to share this. This was Maria's message to our group yesterday. The situation in the Philippines is going from bad to worse. This could not have come at a better time. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Maria Ressa, a Philippine journalist who co-founded the news site Rappler, is only the 18th woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in its 126-year history. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kristina: It's a grand day for Filipino women. 💖 https://www.nobelprize.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This was the thing that struck me the most when I got to know @mariaressa — if anyone was justified in being bitter or seeing the dark side of things, it would be Maria, but she is so unfailingly positive and frankly just nice that it makes her even more inspiring https://twitter.com/...
Erin Cook / Dari Mulut ke Mulut: 🇵🇭 Congrats, Maria Ressa!
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: I am overjoyed. Congratulations to the most courageous, wonderful, kind @mariaressa you are a light in dark times ❤️☀️ ❤️☀️↘ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Btw this should be a wake up call for Facebook execs. @mariaressa was the canary on the toxic coal mine of social media and she warned Mark Zuckerberg himself early and often about the dangers of their platform. https://twitter.com/...
@wired: Congratulations to @MariaRessa for winning a Nobel Peace Prize! More about her and her work here: https://www.wired.com/...
Pia Ranada / @piaranada: In the meantime, radio silence from President Duterte and his spokesman. :) https://twitter.com/...
@wikileaks: Congratulations to Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov: “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace” #NobelPrize Meanwhile Julian #Assange remains in detention in the UK facing a 175 year sentence for revealing war crimes https://twitter.com/...
Andrew S. Weiss / @andrewsweiss: Russian independent investigative journalists like Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri Muratov of @novaya_gazeta are a special breed. Richly deserved. cc @marcbennetts1 https://twitter.com/...
Ted Sullivan / Why Journalism Matters: Why Journalism Matters— Investigating international environmental crime
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: Terrific Nobel Peace Prize award to journalists @mariaressa and Dmitri Muratov, for risking their lives to provide journalistic scrutiny over governments that don't want it. Maria and Dmitri mark the intersection of great journalism and raw courage. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa's Rappler has bravely been at the forefront of documenting the summary executions of Philippine President Duterte's “drug war.” Even the government admits to 6,000 killings. The real number is probably closer to 30,000. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@glaad: Huge congratulations to our GLAAD Social Media Safety program advisory committee member, Maria Ressa for this recognition of her important work. https://twitter.com/...
@time: “Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee https://time.com/...
@fboversight: #NobelPeacePrize2021 winner and Real @FBoversight Board @mariaressa is a staunch critic of #Facebook and the role of social media in destroying democracy: “If nothing significant is done to protect facts and truth-tellers, we could lose our democracy” https://twitter.com/...
Tom Perriello / @tomperriello: Let freedom ring!!! https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Watch this. @mariaressa is really that humble. So generous at sharing the skills that help her and her team do their work, whether showing the trail of Facebook posts or how to respond to threats and stay safe. I am not surprised she was on this particular panel. https://twitter.com/...
@kevinghall: big round of applause, brave reporters putting their lives on the line! https://twitter.com/...
Secretary Antony Blinken / @secblinken: Congratulations to @mariaressa on winning the #NobelPeacePrize! I had the pleasure of sitting down with Maria in 2015 while serving as Deputy Secretary of State. On behalf of the @StateDept, we commend her for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression. https://twitter.com/...
@wikileaks: Congratulations to Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov winners of the #nobelprize Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the press has never been so under threat. Kudos to the Nobel Prize for highlighting this grave issue. Ensuring Julian #Assange is freed will remain our priority https://twitter.com/...
@acgrayling: A lesson to British journalists staying silent on the mess of Brexit & giving a free pass to a ‘government’ wrecking our country: the Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists who courageously seek the truth. “MARIA RESSA AND DMITRY MURATOV WIN 2021 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE” AP/REUTERS
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Wouldn't you have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Putin and Duterte heard this news? https://twitter.com/...
@gmanews: THE FIRST EVER FILIPINO TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression. Read the whole story: https://www.gmanetwork.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rashad Robinson / @rashadrobinson: Congratulations to @mariaressa, who has been announced as a Nobel Prize winner. I'm grateful to serve on the Real @FBoversight with Maria and witness her invaluable contributions to the fight against mis- & disinfo, even as those in power have targeted her for telling the truth. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: And my interview with her in 2018 in which she laid it all out. Maria is my hero: https://www.vox.com/...
Kim Severson / @kimseverson: This thread lays out the significance of today's @NobelPrize in journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Molly McKew / @mollymckew: Nobel committee specifically mentions Ressa's work showing how Facebook is used to manipulate the public in explaining why informed societies are necessary for peace Which is a pretty big statement https://twitter.com/...
Kirill Martynov / @kmartynov: Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993, our first investor was Mikhail Gorbachev, who donated part of his Nobel Peace Prize. Today Nobel Committee gave us incredible support to keep fighting for freedom of speech in Russia. It would be hard to destroy this newspaper.
Catherine Belton / @catherinebelton: Dmitry Muratov dedicates his Nobel Prize to the brave journalists of Novaya Gazeta, killed for doing their job: “Igor Domnikov, Yury Schekochikin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova — these are the people who received the Nobel Prize today” https://twitter.com/...
Kylie Atwood / @kylieatwood: In an era of increasing authoritarianism, crackdowns on journalism & misinformation, two journalists are awarded the noble peace prize: Maria Ressa and Dmitri A. Muratov, who work in the Philippines and Russia. https://www.cnn.com/...
Ian Fisher / @fisheri: I'd say this interview with Ressa is required reading for all journalists. https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Mei Fong / @meifongwriter: Journalists everywhere heartened that Nobel Peace nod this year goes to reporters @mariaressa #DmitryMuratov. Remembering the many who've been killed, jailed, persecuted in search of truthtelling #FreePress https://twitter.com/...
@maximeristavi: say their names: anna politkovskaya anastasia baburova natalia estemirova igor domnikov yuriy schekochikhin stas markelov — @novaya_gazeta journalists murdered in the last 30 years. novaya's muratov reminds that they are true #NobelPeacePrize2021 winners today https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Rauhala / @emilyrauhala: Timely. @mariaressa has fought so hard for free expression, including pushing for accountability from Facebook for *years* https://twitter.com/...
Reed F. Richardson / @reedfrich: This year in particular, it's heartening to see the power and necessity of investigative journalism being recognized. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Head / @pakhead: This is amazing recognition for @mariaressa 's struggle to maintain the independence & integrity of the media in a hostile environment, where she has been subjected to a campaign of judicial attrition. Should be seen as recognition for all journalists standing up to intimidation. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Very good thread. https://twitter.com/...
Kristie Lu Stout / @klustout: 🙌🏽 @mariaressa is a friend, a champion of #pressfreedom, and a CNN veteran who has been incredibly generous with advice to journalists including myself. The world is a better, more informed & more courageous place thanks to journalists and leaders like Maria. 🙌🏽 https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Congrats to the amazing @mariaressa who is one of us but truly stands above in so many ways. https://www.cnn.com/...
@novaya_gazeta: We're thankful for so much love coming our way after #NobelPeacePrize2021 co-win 😍 Many ask what would be the best way to support our journalism from abroad. Subscribing to our English newsletter #RussiaExplained would definitely make a difference. https://www.subscribe.novayagazeta.ru/ ...
Kristen Hare / Poynter: Two journalists were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Reporters Without Borders: 2021 Nobel Peace Prize - “an extraordinary tribute to journalism,” says RSF
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: I'm so incredibly DELIGHTED for @mariaressa but I also want to explain why this decision by @NobelPrize is so important at this moment (& why it's more very bad news for Facebook) https://twitter.com/...
Charles Michel / @eucopresident: Congratulations to @mariaressa and Dmitry Muratov @novaya_gazeta on receiving the @NobelPrize for your courageous fight for justice and freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. An important signal for press freedom - a core European value and condition for democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Caruana Galizia / @acaruanagalizia: An inspired choice. https://twitter.com/...
@verajourova: Congratulations to @mariaressa and D. Muratov #NobelPeacePrize. It is the recognition of their immense courage and relentless fight for media freedom at the risk of their lives. With them, the Prize recognises the crucial role of journalists for democracy, today more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
William Earl / Variety: Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Awarded to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for Efforts to ‘Safeguard Freedom of Expression’
Samanth Subramanian / Quartz: The 2021 Nobel peace prize is a rare win for journalists
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast: The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Is a Massive ‘Fuck You’ to Putin and Duterte
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
Novaya Gazeta, founded in 1993 and jointly owned by Gorbachev, a banker, and the newspaper's staff, has seen six of its reporters killed under Putin — Here's what you need to know: — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Frank Langfitt / NPR: The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia
@nytimes: Dmitri Muratov, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work defending freedom of expression, co-founded the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta in 1993. During the tenure of President Vladimir Putin, six reporters for the paper have been killed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Spokoyny / @organomimetic: Great choice for the Prize and a reminder that many journalists around the world risk their lives daily to uncover and deliver the truth to the public. https://twitter.com/...
Mara Leighton / Insider: 8 great books you can read by Abdulrazak Gurnah, who just won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: My friend @mariaressa has suffered much bad news in recent years. I am elated for her, Dmitri Muratov and “all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mohammed Haddad / Al Jazeera: Infographic: Nobel Prize winners 1901-2021
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Ex-staffers say Ozy built subscriber lists by taking lists from other news pubs through one-time deals, buying brokers' lists, and blocking unsubscribe actions — Ozy Media boasts an audience of more than 26 million subscribers for its newsletters, but former employees say this is another example …
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The Time of Monsters, @bmorrissey, @ckrewson, @charlesarthur, @kerrylauerman, @markdistef, Poynter, Financial Times and The Root
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Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Email is a black hole without third-party verification of how the emails were obtained, etc. The incentives are to get to a big number however you can to wave in front of as buyers too lazy to scratch mush beyond the surface. https://www.forbes.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Lazarus moment. (Also wild to see McClatchy implicated a bit here.) https://twitter.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Shocked, shocked I tell you https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Lauerman / @kerrylauerman: SCOOP via @jemimacmcevoy: Ex-employees claim “recipients would attempt to unsubscribe from [Ozy] newsletters only to be kept on .. and even re-subscribed under the direction of Ozy management, a potential violation of commercial email laws.” https://www.forbes.com/...
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: Counting unverified email addresses as registered readers, subscribers or “members” is so ridiculously fraught. Ask 75% of UK news outlets. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Questions mount after the fall of Ozy Media
Michael Harriot / The Root: The Ozy Finesse, Explained
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CNBC:
Ozy received $5.7M in PPP loans, most of which was specifically earmarked for payroll, but former employees whose pay was cut say they didn't see the money — - Ozy Media, which is under fire after several reports detailed questionable business practices at the company, took two separate PPP loans for a total of $5.7 million.
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@thewrap, @jemimacmcevoy, New York Times, @benyt, @bikehugger, The Wrap, @taxgirl, @bikehugger, Fortune, Newser, @davidfolkenflik, @sidhubaba, @sharonwaxman, @eugenesrobinson, @boltyboy, @xeni, @sidhubaba, @eugenesrobinson, @niemanlab, @bmorrissey, @eugenesrobinson, @craigsilverman, @michael_calia, @sherman4949, @stevekovach, @sherman4949, @schwartzbcnbc, The Week, New York Post and @nymag
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@thewrap: Did Ozy CEO Carlos Watson. not Samir Rao, impersonate Google executive on $40 million investment call? https://www.thewrap.com/...
Jemima McEvoy / @jemimacmcevoy: NEW: A deep dive into how Ozy accumulated its allegedly massive newsletter following (26 million +) Sources tell me the company 1) Swiped millions of emails from other news orgs 2) Didn't unsubscribe people who asked and actually added them back https://www.forbes.com/...
Eugene S. Robinson / New York Times: Let Me Tell You What It Was Like to Work at Ozy
Ben Smith / @benyt: I asked Watson this, and he denied it to me. Rao hasn't commented one way or the other this whole time. Watson has been saying since February it was Rao, an assertion Marc Lasry also made. https://twitter.com/...
@bikehugger: I'll add this quote from @eugeneSrobinson “With grinding weekly demands, I spent little time questioning the analytics.” That was my content hustle for a decade with Bike Hugger because we took (and still don't) no industry ads. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap: Former Ozy Editor Suggests It Was Carlos Watson Who Impersonated Google Exec on Investment Call (Video)
Kelly Phillips Erb / @taxgirl: Without addressing the specifics of this scandal, I wonder how much of this might have happened across the board. I've seen a lot of #PPP numbers that don't make sense, and I'm curious whether the #money made it to the employees. https://www.cnbc.com/...
@bikehugger: Helluva lede and the rest of the #OzyMedia story by @eugeneSrobinson https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jessica Mathews / Fortune: How Ozy Media collapsed in 6 days
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Me too! Rao has not responded to my Qs. I asked Watson that if his account is true, why has Rao not confirmed it. Watson said that was for Rao to say. https://twitter.com/...
Siddhartha Mahanta / @sidhubaba: A dash of McKinsey, a wee dab of Goldman pizzazz, a little-lot of Silicon Valley hoo hah, a zeal for content .... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: NEW: Insiders are suggesting that it was Carlos Watson who impersonated the Google executive on the Goldman Sachs call. Not COO Samir Rao. Watson will not comment. Rao has been MIA since this entire thing broke. This emerged on our #TheWrapUp podcast w guest Eugene Robinson https://twitter.com/...
Eugene S. Robinson / @eugenesrobinson: Goldman Sachs was duped by Ozy Media more than once https://nypost.com/... via @nypost
Matthew Holt / @boltyboy: I live in Silicon Valley (well sort of). I read a lot of media. I even ran the one health conference Elizabeth Holmes declined to speak at in 2014 I had never HEARD of @ozy before last week & the NY Times article https://www.nytimes.com/...
Siddhartha Mahanta / @sidhubaba: What kills me is that at various points, Eugene and his colleagues believed in what they were building. The work and the workers had dignity. Important to honor that even amid the chaos of recent weeks. https://twitter.com/...
Eugene S. Robinson / @eugenesrobinson: This boring you yet? Not me! But I like NASCAR, monster trucks and the Hindenburg. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: The meat has been mostly cleaned off this bone, but there's still marrow to be had https://twitter.com/...
Eugene S. Robinson / @eugenesrobinson: Ozy Media employees didn't get $5.7 million in PPP loans: ex-staffers https://www.cnbc.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: lmao the shamelessness of Ozy pitching Axios to write about its great revenue and profitability right before accepting its second multimillion dollar PPP loan https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@michael_calia: Ozy Media got $5.7 million in PPP loans. But several ex-staffers say they didn't see any of that money, even after pay cuts in the early days of the pandemic. Ozy also had claimed it made $50M in revenue in 2020. From @schwartzbCNBC and @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Jan 2021: Ozy says it's profitable on $50m in revenue Feb 2021: Ozy takes a $2m PPP loan earmarked for payroll after an earlier $3.75m loan. Ozy doesn't restore salaries of employees who took pay cuts. Watson claims he hasn't taken a salary since pandemic https://www.cnbc.com/...
Steve Kovach / @stevekovach: Ozy Media took nearly $6 million in PPP. Employees say they never saw a dime. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: New from @schwartzbCNBC and me on Ozy Media: The company took two separate PPP loans specifically earmarked for payroll, but employees who took pay cuts and asked to get their salaries restored never saw the money. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Brian Schwartz / @schwartzbcnbc: NEW: A group of Ozy staffers who saw their salaries cut anywhere from 19% to 35% during the peak of Covid, never saw their salaries restored while the company brought in Covid relief money. Carlos Watson would not say where the money went. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ryan Cooper / The Week: A new model for modest, middle-class journalism
Lydia Moynihan / New York Post: Goldman Sachs was duped by Ozy Media more than once
Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Ozy solicited investors this year by claiming GV, formerly Google Ventures, was going to lead a new funding round, though no such offer was made
Sources: Ozy solicited investors this year by claiming GV, formerly Google Ventures, was going to lead a new funding round, though no such offer was made
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Matt's Newsletter, @bmorrissey, American Press Institute, @joshtpm, @joshtpm, @joshtpm, @tombevanrcp, @lachlan, @danprimack, @danprimack, @kerrymflynn, @alexweprin, Forbes and Fortune
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Matt Enloe / Matt's Newsletter: What's Good: Oct. 8, 2021 — Hello, good afternoon, happy Friday. Also, happy #Worlds2021!
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Maybe “fake it 'til you make it” is the gateway drug to fraud. People who lie about the small stuff tend to end up lying about the big stuff. https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: October 8, 2021 — TOP NEWS THIS WEEK — Ozy. After the digital media company …
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: 2/ I mean, lying about traffic and audience? LOL. Get in line. Building a round by a lead is in who isn't in? I mean, that's all but best practices in digital media VC world. Many times over the last decade I've had people ask me about this or that company, some times ...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: 3/ just out of curiosity, other times because they're potential investors in those companies or maybe they're partners or advertisers and I'll say well, this may be a promising investment but let's just be clear all the numbers are fake, ok? Like you know that, right?
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Ozy is clearly an extreme case. But having been in this space a long time I'll tell you that virtually everything they're accused of is something that some big operations have done and in a lot of cases most of them have done. https://www.axios.com/...
Tom Bevan / @tombevanrcp: Ozy could win another Emmy by making a drama about its own drama. Wild stuff. https://www.axios.com/...
Lachlan Markay / @lachlan: “Axios has learned that Ozy this year solicited prospective investors by saying Google Ventures has agreed to lead a new funding round, but three sources close to GV say that no such offer was made.” https://www.axios.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Latest on Ozy: Company told prospective investors that Google Ventures offered to lead round. Sources dispute that. Ozy gave diff amount of the GV “offer” to diff people. AngelList syndicate raised for Ozy, gave back $$ https://www.axios.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: NEW: Ozy Media might have a securities fraud situation that has nothing to do with its infamous conference call. https://www.axios.com/...
@kerrymflynn: “The bottom line: 'Fake it ‘til you make it’ can work when it comes to social media marketing, but not when soliciting investment.” - @danprimack https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: Ozy sort of reminds me of Shane Smith and Vice in the late aughts/early 2010s. Except Shane was actually being more careful when he was telling people they would be bigger than CNN and MTV combined (can't lie about your hopes and dreams!) https://www.axios.com/...
The Daily Beast:
The Wrap CEO Sharon Waxman is accused of creating a toxic workplace by current and ex-staffers; Waxman commits to hiring outside experts to address concerns — ‘SCARIEST PERSON’ … TheWrap's founder, CEO, and editor has created a toxic workplace culture, said 20 current and former staffers.
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@lisatozzi, @thedailybeast, @sorayamcdonald, @jessebgill, @thedailybeast, @stevekrak, @akstanwyck, @tracyconnor, @bethelderkin, @hunterw, @brentalang, @saba_h, @cdanadmin, @justinbaragona, @kerrymflynn, @notbrunoagain, @juliamoserrrr, Talking Biz News, @saramorrison, @pamelagocobachi, @hunterw, @jordanzakarin, @geekgirldiva, @dianafalzone, @mattdpearce, @andrewkirell, @markpeikert, @kerrymflynn and @philpirrello
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Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: I hate this excuse. You don't treat people like garbage and use the excuse “that's breaking news.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@thedailybeast: EXCLUSIVE: “Screaming outbursts” and “demeaning behavior” are the norm at TheWrap, according to 20 current and former staffers of the news outlet. They spoke to The Daily Beast about a toxic environment and culture of fear under Sharon Waxman's leadership. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@sorayamcdonald: Who wants to work for a nightmare person who doesn't respect boundaries and screams at employees for caring for family? Imagine thinking the world revolves around your trade outfit. Absurd. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Jesse B. Gill / @jessebgill: I worked for The Wrap for about two months back in 2015 and...um. Yeah. This is why I didn't stay very long. https://twitter.com/...
@thedailybeast: Sharon Waxman, TheWrap's founder, CEO, and editor has created a toxic workplace culture, said 20 current and former staffers. She is “very sorry” to hear this https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Steve Krakauer / @stevekrak: The Daily Beast is such trash. They got exactly zero people to go on the record with this gossipy nothing of a story, trashing a rival site's founder. Journalistic malpractice. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Thompson / @akstanwyck: Toxic Waxman is something many in Hollywood have known for a long time: Hollywood Media Mogul Sharon Waxman Is a ‘Degrading’ Boss From Hell, TheWrap Staffers Say https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Tracy Connor / @tracyconnor: .@justinbaragona and @dianafalzone spoke to 20 ex- and current staffers about the insanity at TheWrap. A couple more more have surfaced since then.... https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: Honestly, if anything, this article should have been far tougher. I am not the only one who feels this way. This has been going on for more than a decade. https://twitter.com/...
Brent Lang / @brentalang: I left #TheWrap 7 years ago and worked with fabulous people there and learned a ton. But this @thedailybeast article perfectly captures the culture of cruelty that Sharon Waxman created. My sympathies continue to be with her over-worked, underpaid staff. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Saba Hamedy / @saba_h: Wow this whole story. Also what?? —> “The situation, sources familiar said, has been made more frustrating by the fact that Waxman's ex-husband serves as TheWrap's human-resources department, leaving some employees feeling as though they have no safe place to turn.” https://twitter.com/...
CdaN Fb / @cdanadmin: “I've been around CEOs and politicians and like, actually important powerful people, and people that should be scary, like prisoners, and she is the scariest person I've ever met,” one former TheWrap writer said of Waxman. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: EXCLUSIVE from me and @dianafalzone 20 current and former staffers of TheWrap told us that Sharon Waxman is a tyrannical boss who has cultivated a toxic workplace and a culture of fear, causing workers to flee and current employees looking to the exits. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@kerrymflynn: ^ My parents were in the same car as it was happening. It was a moment that I thought... why am I in this profession? Is media really just run by allegedly abusive people? But, I'm happy to still be in it. And now, I report on toxic workplaces in media https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Bruno Dias' Severed Head / @notbrunoagain: one horror of capitalism that isn't talked about enough is the way the workplace becomes a vehicle for the worst unreconstructed narcissists to abuse people at scale, rarely with any repercussions, thanks to the near-total power employers have over workers https://twitter.com/...
Julia Moser / @juliamoserrrr: Every time I read one of these stories I am just baffled by the generations of people who think there is *any* acceptable reason to scream at a coworker in a field where no one's life is at stake. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Morrison / @saramorrison: I worked there 8 years ago for all of 5 months. They blocked me on Twitter after I quit. I've had a lot of therapy. https://twitter.com/...
Pamela Gocobachi / @pamelagocobachi: Thinking about that one time I applied for a job here and then, when it didn't pan out, had literally everyone in the industry that I mentioned it to tell me I'd dodged a major bullet. https://twitter.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: Yep. - Former Wrap Staffer https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Zakarin / @jordanzakarin: I worked at #TheWrap for nine months and had a lot of smart, talented, and kind coworkers (including Brent). Each of them left as soon as they could. It was a miserable place. https://twitter.com/...
Geek Ghoul Diva / @geekgirldiva: This shocks me not at all. https://twitter.com/...
@dianafalzone: Exclusive from @justinbaragona and me: One former staffer compared Waxman's behavior to an infamously ruthless fictional boss. “It was very The Devil Wears Prada. It was really demoralizing and degrading. I would have to emotionally shut down."https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Exploitative contracts like these are in fact *not* the norm for many Los Angeles journalists, and if you work for @sharonwaxman @TheWrap or any other outlet that requires them, I'm happy to talk to you about what your rights are. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Kirell / @andrewkirell: Working in digital media is already hell enough. I can't imagine having to deal with this, via @justinbaragona & @dianafalzone: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Peikert / @markpeikert: So much in this story is typical of people running publications. It literally never occurred to me until reading this that a boss shouldn't scream you out after work hours. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@kerrymflynn: Finally read this whole piece on work culture at The Wrap. I don't feel comfortable sharing details, but I'll just say I directly heard Sharon's terrorizing by being adjacent to a prospective future employee and it still shakes me to this day https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Phil Pirrello / @philpirrello: Having briefly worked at her site in 2014, the only constant other than the turnover is Sharon and her toxic everything. And the promise she makes here to do better? She gave the same one 7 years ago. A few weeks after an employee threw a coffee mug at another's head. https://twitter.com/...
Janine Gibson / Financial Times:
Interview with Andrew Neil on choosing GB News over News UK TV offer because of the chairmanship, how his relationship with GB News soured, and more — When Andrew Neil agrees to Lunch with the FT and suggests the Hari Hotel as our venue, he knows full well that I have read the leaked emails …
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@janinegibson, @tomgara, @rossmccaff, @lisatozzi, @ftweekend, @jayrayner1, @charliebeckett, @annemcelvoy, @yinkawrites, @hm_hashi, @jemimajoanna, @robertshrimsley, @nickfthilton, @martinsfp, @jxb101, @benyt, @sebastianepayne, @spanishdan1, @t0nyyates, @jayrosen_nyu, @tomchivers, @lionelbarber, @jruddy99, @hkesvani and @thomas_m_wilson
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Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: @benyt Just going to shamelessly link to the article because of your very erudite media audience Andrew Neil: ‘Start-ups are fun! Well, usually . . . ’ https://www.ft.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: This is so fun and also feels like a late entry into the “summer of uncertain vibes” canon https://www.ft.com/...
Ross McCafferty / @rossmccaff: @jruddy99 John he left in a huff and trashed the BBC. And his views are well-known. They wouldn't hire Owen Jones as chief political interviewer
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: Really fun one by up-and-coming reporter @janinegibson https://www.ft.com/...
@ftweekend: What's it like working for Rupert Murdoch? What was really behind Andrew Neil's fractious exit from GB News? Will he ever return to the BBC? @afneil is one of the pre-eminent broadcasters in Britain. Now he takes our questions over Lunch with the FT https://www.ft.com/...
Jay Rayner / @jayrayner1: This is a must read for anybody fascinated by current media ructions, the inner scheming at @GBNEWS and the workings of one @afneil. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Beckett / @charliebeckett: “He pauses to swallow some raw meat” A delicious @FT lunch interview. Andrew Neil served up by @janinegibson https://www.ft.com/...
Anne Mcelvoy / @annemcelvoy: Guilty media valley treat this one. A lunch featuring raw meat is a gift to a profile writer https://twitter.com/...
Yinka Adegoke / @yinkawrites: So many gems in @janinegibson's Andrew Neil Lunch with the FT From “the world's smallest private jet” to Italian rap music fandom... https://www.ft.com/...
Hashi Mohamed / @hm_hashi: The rehabilitation of Andrew Neil is so fascinating to observe. He's able to wash himself off the dirty smell and mud of an organisation he helped to found, and whose core raison d'etre was to attack people with little power and influence. Now look at how he uses his influence... https://twitter.com/...
Jemima Kelly / @jemimajoanna: Andrew Neil: “I am an expert in Italian rap music.” https://twitter.com/...
Robert Shrimsley / @robertshrimsley: In which @janinegibson proves Andrew Neil was not the only good interviewer at lunch Andrew Neil: ‘Start-ups are fun! Well, usually . . . ’ https://www.ft.com/...
Nick Hilton / @nickfthilton: Excellent, joyless lunch with Andrew Neil. I am so morbidly fascinated with the launch of GB News - surely there's enough audio knocking about for someone (*cough*) to make a 6-part warts'n'all podcast? (DMs open). https://www.ft.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: A really good read. https://twitter.com/...
Captain Haddock / @jxb101: Next time Andrew Neil disavows the Spectator's hard right excesses as being editorial matters that are nothing to do with him as chairman, he should be reminded of what he says in this interview https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: This piece is such a delight: Andrew Neil: ‘Start-ups are fun! Well, usually . . . ’ https://www.ft.com/...
Sebastian Payne / @sebastianepayne: My colleague @janinegibson goes to lunch with @afneil and it was a joy to read https://www.ft.com/...
Tony Yates / @t0nyyates: Poor thing. A lifetime of drawing out others' opinions and a platform for his own was finally so near and yet... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: It's @janinegibson interviewing @afneil about his adventure with @GBNEWS https://www.ft.com/... which went badly wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Chivers / @tomchivers: well, this I did not know about Andrew Neil https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lionel Barber / @lionelbarber: Lots of insights in this booze free FT lunch with @afneil, including gentle overture to Tim Davie at BBC https://twitter.com/...
John Ruddy / @jruddy99: The BBC should hire back Andrew Neil in a heartbeat. Best political interviewer they've had for decades. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Russia labels Bellingcat a foreign agent along with nine people, including a staffer of the BBC's Russian service and reporters for RFE/RL and its affiliates — Russia on Friday designated the Bellingcat investigative news outlet a “foreign agent” along with nine people who work …
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The Guardian, BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Moscow Times, USAGM, @agnescallamard, Bloomberg, @jsrailton and Meduza.io
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RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia Designates More RFE/RL Journalists As ‘Foreign Agents’
Agnes Callamard / @agnescallamard: Russia labels reporters foreign agents including friend and @article19 colleague Galina Arapova director of the Mass Media Defence Centre @davidakaye @Irenekhan @ColumbiaGFoE @chinmayiarun catalina botero. https://www.bbc.com/...
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
YouTube says it will stop making year-end Rewind videos, after canceling the 2020 edition due to the pandemic — YouTube kindly stops rewinding — YouTube Rewind — the company's annual year-end round-up of trends, creators, memes, and the most popular videos on the site …
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Tubefilter, @youtubecreators, @robertoblake, @itsoasus, @jmwilt21, @lunaforeverr, @theemilydbaker, @realtoptechgeek, @mkbhd, @hhilliersmith, @supersaf, @nickeh30, ScreenRant, The A.V. Club and Input
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@youtubecreators: Thank you to all the creators involved in Rewind - we'll be 👀 for your Rewinds as we refocus our energies on celebrating you and the trends that make YouTube 🔥 with a different and updated kind of experience - stay tuned! → https://www.tubefilter.com/...
@robertoblake: Looks like the @MrBeast rewind will be the new unofficially, official, celebration of the YouTube Community... SUBSCRIBE TO MRBEAST 👊🏾 https://twitter.com/...
@itsoasus: Youtube Rewind was a thing that just massively overstayed its welcome. https://twitter.com/...
Jason W / @jmwilt21: I'm kind of sad about this. Yes I always hated it, but I loved to hate it lol. https://twitter.com/...
Luna / @lunaforeverr: About time ngl. They either needed to revert to pre-2017 or just not do it at all. https://twitter.com/...
@theemilydbaker: I wonder if the significant scandals of large creators played into this decision?? What do you think?? https://twitter.com/...
TopTechGeek / @realtoptechgeek: As much hate the Rewinds got I'm genuinely gonna miss them. Was a nice way to wrap up the year on YouTube 😔 https://twitter.com/...
Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd: YouTube Rewind is over forever. RIP https://www.tubefilter.com/...
Safwan AhmedMia / @supersaf: My niece once said to me that I'd only be a ‘real’ YouTuber if I'm featured in YouTube Rewind. Guess I'll never be a real YouTuber then 🤷🏽♂ ️ lol. RIP YouTube Rewind 🪦 https://twitter.com/...
@nickeh30: Proud to have been a part of the last official YouTube Rewind in 2018! It's a special memory for me since that was the first one I'd ever been invited to, and it was one of those “hard work is paying off” kinda moments :) https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nadeem Sarwar / ScreenRant: YouTube Permanently Cancels Rewind, And That's A Good Thing
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Google says Chrome's Follow button, for sites that support RSS, is now available to all Android users — Google hasn't completely given up on RSS. Earlier this year, it started testing a Follow button in Chrome on Android, which allows users to get updates from websites on the new tab page.
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Florence Ion / Gizmodo: Chrome Attempts to Resurrect RSS With Its New Follow Feature Rolling Out on Android
Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: Google Reader is still defunct, but now you can ‘follow’ RSS feeds in Chrome on Android
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet:
Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks, including providing over 10,000 free security keys through 2021 — The announcement comes one day after the Google TAG team alerted journalists and high-risk groups that could be targets to ongoing attacks.
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Carly Page / TechCrunch: Google to give security keys to ‘high risk’ users targeted by government hackers
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: Google notifies 14,000 Gmail users of targeted APT28 attacks
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google and YouTube say they will prohibit ads and monetization on content that denies climate change, starting next month — Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
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support.google.com, @envdefensefund, Associated Press, Input, Daily Herald, @loganclarkhall, @rarohde, @odyseeteam, Boing Boing, @evelyndouek, @cameronwilson, @rmac18, @arielbogle, @heminator, @txvoodoo, @enrique_acevedo, @avaaz, @domleondavis, @ketanj0, @alexlasrywi, @avaaz, @vivekgramaswamy, @richardgrenell, @adage, @foster_type, @philthatremains, @alexbruesewitz, @getongab, @heminator, @realsaavedra, The Drum, Variety, The Register, Gizmodo, Reclaim The Net, Insider, Tubefilter, BILD NEWS and New York Times
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EDF / @envdefensefund: This is a big deal: Google just struck a huge blow to climate change misinformation by banning ads on its platforms, including YouTube, that refer to global warming as a hoax. Will this send a message to other companies to crack down on climate deniers? https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Logan Hall / @loganclarkhall: like the lab leak theory. where the consensus was dead wrong, but debate was stifled because science. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Robert Rohde / @rarohde: Google and Youtube will no longer accept money to spread outright lies about climate change. 🎉 https://support.google.com/... This joins similar prohibitions on fake medical treatments and anti-vaccine content.
Odysee / @odyseeteam: the validity of this type of content is irrelevant YouTube will continue to go after channels their advertisers dislike until there is no more room for creativity and it becomes one big corporate blob https://www.axios.com/...
Carla Sinclair / Boing Boing: Sorry climate-change deniers, no more Google ads for you!
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: “Google said it's making these changes in response to frustration from advertisers and content creators about their messages appearing alongside climate denialism.” brand safety is content moderation is brand safety https://www.axios.com/...
@cameronwilson: whenever i see a policy like this, i just get a bit sad because I know the company has allowed it to happen for 15 years. https://www.axios.com/...
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: This is a significant move by Google, but as with all of these policies, let's see how it's enforced. https://www.axios.com/...
Ariel Bogle / @arielbogle: Google and YouTube's demonetisation of climate denial content is an intriguing development in the free speech ≠ reach ≠ right to make cash off content continuum. As always, the trick will be in how this works in practice. https://www.axios.com/...
Mark Hemingway / @heminator: Aside from the fact this is deeply concerning — how are they going to define “climate denial content”? Can we still criticize insistence on command and control regulations to combat climate change? https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Rowe / @txvoodoo: Good start. Now let's do covid misinformers & ppl who lie about elections. They wouldn't be censored, but they wouldn't earn from lies. https://twitter.com/...
Enrique Acevedo / @enrique_acevedo: This is a game-changer. Most people don't realize disinformation has become a lucrative industry. If we're serious about building a future founded on facts, that needs to change. https://twitter.com/...
@avaaz: With three weeks before the critical Glasgow summit, and climate misinformation on the rise to undermine it, other social media platforms must quickly follow Google's leadership.
Dom Leon-Davis / @domleondavis: Huge news in the climate digital space. Now we need others to follow suit. https://www.axios.com/...
Ketan Joshi / @ketanj0: Google says it's going to be prohibiting ads / monetisation on climate denial. That's going to be a small financial hit to far-right fever-swamps like @SkyNewsAust, but it won't stop its spread or impacts. This stuff should be banned. https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Lasry / @alexlasrywi: About time! https://adage.com/...
@avaaz: @Google's important decision today to demonetize climate misinformation could turn the tide on the climate denial economy. https://support.google.com/...
Vivek Ramaswamy / @vivekgramaswamy: Big Tech has spoken: it's time to end the debate about climate change. https://www.axios.com/...
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: Google moves to silence dissent. https://twitter.com/...
@adage: Google is banning ads that promote climate change denialism in a new tweak to its ads and monetization policies. The update, made on Thursday, will affect YouTube creators, Google advertisers and online publishers. https://ow.ly/...
Foster / @foster_type: What does this even mean? What I think mean temperature will rise .4 degrees by 2100 rather than 1.7 degrees? Have I denied thy climate and refused thy name? https://twitter.com/...
@philthatremains: eventually you will be expelled from society entirely if you have the wrong opinions https://twitter.com/...
Alex Bruesewitz / @alexbruesewitz: Hi @GOPLeader, the lies and propaganda from environmentalists have a negative impact on the THOUSANDS of men and women who work in the energy industry in your district. Will this new ruling by Big Tech giants finally get you on board with Breaking Up Big Tech? https://twitter.com/...
Mark Hemingway / @heminator: Slippery slope starting to look like a tobbogan ride to complete censorship. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Saavedra / @realsaavedra: Those who know they are right don't have to resort to banning speech that challenges their ideas. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Google, YouTube Ban Ads on Content Denying Climate Change Science
Simon Sharwood / The Register: Motivated by commerce, not conscience, Google bans ads for climate change consensus contradictors
Florence Ion / Gizmodo: Google's Going to Stop Letting YouTubers Make Money Off Climate Change Denial
Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net: YouTube partners with United Nations on new policy to strip climate change skeptics of income
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Tampa Bay Times, with ~120 newsroom employees, is asking for donations to honor specific staffers, publicly showing donor names, amounts, and journalists' names — Is that okay? For the Tampa Bay Times, it's an experiment at a time when local news desperately tries to hang on.
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@elaheizadi: The Tampa Bay Times is doing something unusual: asking for donations in honor of its reporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... It's a sign of the state of local media, and readers have one more day to donate to their campaign.
Tim Morris / @tmorris504: “The Tampa Bay Times, which has about 120 newsroom employees, recently scaled back production of its printed newspaper to two days a week and received an $8.5 million Paycheck Protection Act loan.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@elaheizadi: The unconventional fundraising effort organized to benefit this local newspaper feels at times like a sort of Yelp for journalism, with the campaign's website gathering testimonials for its journalists that are the equivalent of 5-star ratings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...