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Todd Spangler / Variety:
WarnerMedia reports Q3 results: HBO and HBO Max subscribers reached 69.4M, up 1.9M from Q2 and 12.5M from last year; revenue was $8.4B, up 14.2% YoY — But international markets more than made up the difference: Worldwide, there were 69.4 million global HBO Max and HBO subscribers at the end of Q3 …
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Peter White / Deadline: ‘The Sopranos’: WarnerMedia In Talks With David Chase About HBO Max Prequel Series
Alex Sherman / CNBC: Some top WarnerMedia execs never liked the name ‘HBO Max’ — the Discovery deal will give them a chance to change it
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap: HBO Max and HBO U.S. Subscribers Fall to 45 Million Following Exit From Amazon Video
Chris Evangelista / SlashFilm: Sopranos Sequel Series Being Discussed With David Chase For HBO Max
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: If Discovery does change the HBO Max name, it wouldn't be the first time a streaming service has changed names with more content post a merger. ViacomCBS did the same thing, turning CBS All Access into Paramount+. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: HBO had ~4.5 million subscribers on Amazon Channels before the relationship ended in Q3 2021 so seeing total @HBO / @hbomax domestic subs ONLY down 1.8 million sequentially is impressive - probably a combination of continued solid organic sub growth and recapturing subs fast $T
@tvmojoe: I don't know Mr. Sherman's sources, but this sounds like something an HBO or Turner lifer might say. I don't think either camp has fully gotten over the merger, and HBO peeps in particular hated being lumped in. But I think the non-HBO content has been great. The name works as is https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap: HBO Max and HBO Lose 1.8 Million U.S. Subscribers After Exit From Amazon Channels
Alison Willmore / @alisonwillmore: Movies, now more than ever (are tools to leverage existing streaming content) https://deadline.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Forristal / The Streamable: HBO Max Declines to 45.2 Million Subscribers in U.S., After Losing Amazon Subscribers, But Grows to 69.4 Million Globally
JP Mangalindan / Insider: HBO Max's data science chief, whose team helped the streamer add 14 million customers, reveals audience insights and what she looks for when she's hiring
Brandon Katz / Observer: How Does HBO Max Stack Up Against Netflix and Disney?
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: My bet would be on WarnerMax, which is a name the company sought to trademark in a new filing last month. (There was previously a Warner Max film label, but that was phased out). https://twitter.com/...
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: AT&T Wireless's Gains Dwarf Shrinking Media Footprint
@cnbc: Some top WarnerMedia execs never liked the name ‘HBO Max’ — it could change after Discovery deal https://www.cnbc.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Of all the “+” services, HBO Max could have benefitted from “HBO+” most. HBO is brand recognition. “+” insinuates “HBO and more” not just “bigger HBO” Most in-demand content on HBO Max is big franchises, but you can't name it DC Max. Maybe WB, but does WB speak to TV offering? https://twitter.com/...
Jon Lafayette / nexttv.com: AT&T Claims Nearly 70 Million Global Subs for HBO, HBO Max
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Look at this impressive shift in @hbomax's first 16 months since launch, direct retail HBO Max subs are rising rapidly $T Q2 '20: 3 mm of 36 mm total subs (8% of subs) Q3 '21: 12.6 mm of 45 mm total subs (28% of subs) with Amazon wholesale relationship ending in Q4 '21 https://twitter.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: AT&T Tops Wall Street Estimates Despite Expected HBO Max Hit From Amazon Shift; Subscriptions Fall To 45.2M In U.S. But Hit 69M Globally
Mansha Daswani / WORLD SCREEN: HBO, HBO Max Grow Global Subs Base
Anna Kramer / Protocol:
Twitter says its research shows its algorithms amplify right-leaning content more than left-leaning content, but doesn't know what causes the amplification — Twitter is publicly sharing research findings today that show that the platform's algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians …
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Karissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter says its algorithms amplify the ‘political right’ but it doesn't know why
@_air_in: Probably because we can't help but engage content that pisses us off. Maybe? Idk. 🤷🏾♀ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Shaunna Thomas / @slthomas: Tell that to the countless experts and advocates screaming algorithmic bias at the top of their lungs for years. Unreal. https://twitter.com/...
Wootmaster / @woot_master: Everytime news like this comes off Twitter acts like its helpless to fix to algorithm THEY created. They could just shut it off! This is extremely fixable, but they keep acting like their hands are tied. https://twitter.com/...
@spotted_menace: Leftists and vulnerable peoples: We BEEN told you. RW'ers: “This is fake news because this political commentator I follow got banned for tweeting slurs and intentionally misgendering people to own the libs so that proves this place has an anti-right wing bias.” https://twitter.com/...
@ariakan79: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer I bet the reason is the number of bots for right-leaning content. These create a consistency in the “eye” of the algorithms, that enables those neural networks an “easy way out”. Quite similar to humans prefering unreflective conclusions over reflective ones.
Zachary / @zacharyoffline: The real question, since Twitter engineers know these basic flaws of AI, is why they claim not to know why this is occurring. Although “we don't know” is probably better PR than “we built a system to deliberately spread inflammatory content to boost user retention and ad sales”..
Redoubt Antifascists / @redoubtafa: seeing this after spending the morning figuring out how to rework our website (among other things) to prevent antifascist content (about community safety) being blocked is a wild feeling https://twitter.com/...
@enuffsaidbihhh: Facebook amplifies the right, twitter amplifies the right, the MSM amplifies the right... who is exactly silencing conservatives??? They always say they're being silenced yet they never stfu. https://twitter.com/...
@double_clutcher: MONEY. There you go Twitter, I'll take my consultation fee now. https://twitter.com/...
Zachary / @zacharyoffline: Why do algorithms, designed to show users content, end up having bias? The answer, as ever, is because of humans. To explain, lets look at a common problem in, unconscious or inherent bias. #machinelearning 🤖 https://twitter.com/...
@sirhoodflakes: It deadass probably has something to do with right wing shit being easy for everyone to dunk on. Objectively that makes for high interactions; problem is the algorithm doesn't care about the context of the interactions it only cares that they're high https://twitter.com/...
@rosethornne: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer “We don't know how the software we wrote does what we built it to do” ((shrugs))((gambols in piles of lucre)) https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: @anna_c_kramer Anna thank you so so much for this well written and balanced piece. It's always a pleasure speaking with you. 💕
@trumpfrederick: @mediagazer @anna_c_kramer The fake/bot accounts are manipulating the algorithm. I can guarantee that Twitter absolutely knows the cause of this.
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Fair play to Twitter for this act of transparency. Troubling findings but a thoughtful approach to platform accountability. https://www.protocol.com/...
Eric Feigl-Ding / @drericding: Twitter's own research shows that it's a megaphone for the right-leaning content — its algorithms amplify right-leaning political content more than left-leaning, but they aren't sure why..... ummmm, maybe BOTS??? https://www.protocol.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: For real. Go sign up for a Twitter account. Look at the accounts it recommends for you to follow. And then watch what happens when you don't follow anyone. Within a couple weeks, Twitter will just start pushing right-wing “highlights” to you.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Like check this out. I set up an account that follows exactly zero people. Twitter is still like, “Hey, we are now emailing you tweets of far-right commentators even if you don't follow them.” like this. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Once again. Zero followers. Account created while using a VPN. And still, it's just sending these out in emails. With a handful of exceptions (Chris Hayes, NHJ), it's virtually all conservatives in there day in and day out https://twitter.com/...
Matt Ghoulbriele / @prof_gabriele: having met some computer scientists, i have some ideas... https://twitter.com/...
@denlesks: Lol, by “amplify” they mean push right-leaning replies to the very end of all replies and cover them with a warning https://twitter.com/...
Arieh Kovler / @ariehkovler: Twitter's done well to study what its algorithms are doing and to tell the world rather than burying it. Next step is to figure out why it's happening. https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Matranga / @andreamatranga: I suspect that part of this is that progressives just LOVE to hate RT. Guess what, all those ratios we are so smug about? That's ENGAGEMENT. As far as I can tell that French reactionary guy is propelled entirely by hate QTs. https://twitter.com/...
Phil Kinzler / @philkinzler: Social media grew on the backs of an altruistic “build global communities and make the world a smaller, better place” idea but it really just a) serves as another vehicle for ads and b) amplifies the worst in everyone ... https://twitter.com/...
@scottwamplerbmd: my research shows that someone has been getting into the Halloween candy while my wife is at work, but doesn't know who's doing it https://twitter.com/...
Comfortably Numb / @ygalanter: We have reached singularity. https://twitter.com/...
@vagabending: I just find it hard to believe that Twitter and FB have paid their engineers, researchers, etc, literally tens of millions of dollars, and they all can't figure out this itty bitty problem where they all amplify crazy rightwingers. https://twitter.com/...
@hencough: oops! looks like the entire narrative about social media being left-leaning is a complete fucking lie! https://twitter.com/...
Steven Boyer / @steveboyer5000: Because right-leaning content is all fear based. Fear of the other, fear of being left behind. And fear sells. Fear gets amplified. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Winter / @winter: What could it be? One of the great mysteries of life... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Oh https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: It's honestly amazing that people on the right keep pushing the “social media is biased against conservatives!!!” line even though every social media platform's algorithm is tilted *in their favor* https://twitter.com/...
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: Twitter finds that right-wing news, politicians are disproportionately amplified on its news feed. While the bias is clear, the cause is not - Twitter is now working to study why this bias might exist: https://www.protocol.com/...
Gavin McCollum / @gavinmccollum: It's amazing how Conservatives whine about Twitter and Facebook censoring their content, when in both instances, their content is actually amplified over liberal content. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Kramer / @anna_c_kramer: NEW: Twitter released its own research today that shows that the home feed amplifies right-wing political content more than left-leaning. I sat down with META team leader @ruchowdh to learn what Twitter will do with that information https://www.protocol.com/...
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: “When algorithms get put out into the world, what happens when people interact with it, we can't model for that. We can't model for how individuals or groups of people will use Twitter, what will happen in the world in a way that will impact how people use Twitter...”
Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz: That's... reasonable. Disturbing, but reasonable. It makes sense that Twitter's algorithms are now too complex to easily identify causes of these biases. And it's good that Twitter is acknowledging this bias even before they can balance/correct it.
Lindsay Mccallum Rémy / @lindsmccallum: Today we're sharing our latest responsible ML research. It's not only important to be transparent about our work in this space, but to communicate about it in a way that moves the conversation forward. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Great to see a platform publishing, rather than burying, potentially embarrassing research findings. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rosborough / @katieniederee: “When algorithms get put out into the world, what happens when people interact with it, we can't model for that. We can't model for how individuals or groups of people will use Twitter, what will happen in the world in a way that will impact how people use Twitter.” —@ruchowdh https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: Here's what's complex: The team did phenomenal work identifying *what* is happening. Establishing *why* these observed patterns occur is a significantly more difficult question to answer and something META will examine. 5/n
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: In contrast to the political talking points we often hear at the congressional hearings... Twitter researchers find that their algorithms amplify right-wing influencers and right-leaning new sites at much higher rates than content/influencers on the left: https://www.protocol.com/...
Sree Sreenivasan / @sree: More proof that the conservative talking point that Big Tech is always helping progressives is WRONG. https://twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: The latest from META — an analysis of algorithmic amplification of tweets from elected officials in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, UK, & US. The team: @fhuszar, @s0f1ra, Conor O'Brien, @__lucab, @sagemintblue @mrtz. 1/n https://blog.twitter.com/...
Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh: Here's what we find (part 3): 4/n In 6 out of 7 countries, Tweets posted by political right elected officials are algorithmically amplified more than the political left. Right-leaning news outlets (defined by 3rd parties), see greater amplification compared to left-leaning.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Leaked recording: Axel Springer CEO told Politico staffers he made “a mistake” in saying he planned a paywall for Politico: “No decision has been made” — Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner told Politico staffers in a company-wide Q&A Thursday that it was …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “It Would Have Meant War”: The Inside Story of Axel Springer's Cutthroat Deal to Buy Politico
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Have updated story with more details from leaked audio from the town hall. Dopfner also denied reporting from the New York Times about his negotiations earlier this year with Axios. An Axios spokesperson said they would not comment on private discussions. https://www.axios.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: Axel Springer CEO Walks Back Plans for Paywall at Politico
Monique Beals / The Hill: Axel Springer CEO tells Politico staffers no decision made on paywall: report
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: In a town hall this AM, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner said it was “a mistake” to tell @WSJ that he planned to institute a paywall at @politico. “My answer honestly was very unfortunate,” he said in an audio recording obtained by @axios: https://www.axios.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: This new ‘CEO admits making a mistake so mess will go away’ strategy is fascinating... https://www.axios.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: The biggest issue for Politico staff has not been what happened in Germany, but a feeling Springer had misled them about a paywall, which Döpfner is trying to clean up here https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: hm. People would pay for Politico's reporting. I would! https://twitter.com/...
ABC News:
Trump announces the Trump Media & Technology Group and TRUTH Social, a social network coming in Nov. to “stand up” to Big Tech, in the App Store for preorder — The former president has been banned from several platforms. — Silenced by many major platforms …
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Liz Harrington / @reallizusa: 🚨President Donald J. Trump Announces Trump Media & Technology Group🚨 “I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech... I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon...” https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Donald Trump Plans to Launch His Own Social Media Network Called ‘Truth Social’ and Subscription VOD Service With ‘Non-Woke’ Content
John Santucci / @santucci: This press release reporters are getting is legit - confirmed to me by sources close to former President Trump. He is launching a media company with a social media platform called “TRUTH Social”. https://twitter.com/...
Insider: The pitch deck for Trump's new media venture teases a ‘conservative media universe’ meant to rival the mainstream
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Obviously Trump's newco will destroy Twitter and Facebook. And CNN. Disney *and* Netflix seems like a stretch goal but if that works then yeah. They can definitely go for Amazon, Microsoft and Google's cloud business. Ht @WilliamTurton https://twitter.com/...
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Trump's Truth Social Media Platform Plans to Go Public via SPAC
Dana Farrington / NPR: What we know so far about Trump's planned social media platform
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Gonna go ahead and confidently say that TechCrunch, the NYT, Variety, Chevy, Fox News, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution do not have accounts on Trump's new Twitter clone or agree to be used in its marketing materials https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Key point here: It literally doesn't matter if Trump Media produces a single blog post, let alone a social network + TV + “tech stack” company. The SPAC is a securitized Trump fan club. (Again, wait for the NFTs). https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: The Trump SPAC was inevitable. Almost weird it didn't happen sooner. “It does feel a little bit like all of recent financial history has been leading up to this moment?” @matt_levine of course. https://urldefense.proof-point.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Trump Starts Subscription VOD Service, Social Media Platform Truth Social
@nytimes: Former President Donald Trump said that he had lined up the investment money to create his own publicly traded media company. If finalized, the deal could give the new company access to nearly $300 million in cash. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: Uh, did they not line up any PIPE financing? Because if the SPAC shareholders withdraw... https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Love the attack on Big Tech WHILE using the Apple App Store — very truthy: TRUTH Social | Truth Social https://truthsocial.com/
Jack Jenkins / @jackmjenkins: Well, if this comes to fruition, a lot of the people I wrote about this week are gonna be super miffed. Chief among them might be MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a die hard Trump supporter who dumped (according to him) millions of his own money into a social media project this year. https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: Section 230, folks https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: Outrageous censorship https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: Was this an extremely easy dunk? Yes. Do I regret it? No. https://truthsocial.com/...
Donald J. Drumpf / @realdonaldrumpf: Truth Social will be the second biggest thing ever to come out of Wuhan, China! https://abcnews.go.com/...
@buzzerblog: Beyond the stupidity of this, it's very very disappointing to see Scott St. John attached to this. He's done Deal or No Deal, Card Sharks, 1 VS 100, and countless others. https://twitter.com/...
Randi Rhodes / @randirhodes: Trump says he's starting his own social media company Digital World Acquisition Group is merging with Trump. DWAG is an international “blank check” company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with headquarters in Wuhan, China WUHAN CHINA!!! https://abcnews.go.com/...
@compound248: The $DWAC CEO's Wuhan-based SPAC (you can't make this shit up), Yunhong International, just had a failed merger. Lol https://twitter.com/...
@compound248: Ok - this Trump : $DWAC SPAC is the greatest shit ever. The DWAC CEO has an address in Wuhan, Hubei 🇨🇳 ! (No joke) The CFO is a CURRENT congressman in Brazil.🇧🇷 The Trump TRUST Social product doesn't even exist. Wtf Can you imagine the insider selling when the lockup expires? https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Karet / @bad_takes: looking forward to this being the same level of boring dogshit that gab, parler and gettr were https://twitter.com/...
@quinnypig: Huge news for both of the brands that are willing to take the reputational hit of advertising on this thing. https://twitter.com/...
@nihil_ad_rem: Trump launching new social media platform... How many times is he going to try to do this? https://abcnews.go.com/...
Will Steakin / @wsteaks: Patrick Orlando, the CEO of DWAG that is merging with Trump's new media company, is also CEO of Yunhong International, which itself is an international blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with headquarters in Wuhan, China, per Bloomberg. https://abcnews.go.com/...
@dreamweasel: Yes, I'm sure a site controlled by the Most Hated Man in America that will be populated exclusively by his supporters and no one else will bring its competitors to their knees https://twitter.com/...
Darlene McDonald / @votedarlene: Truth Social? This is a parody, right? It has to be, right? https://twitter.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Nothing yet filed with the SEC.
Dan Primack / @danprimack: This feels to me like when Trump says he's gonna sue someone, and doesn't.
Ian Sherr but spooky / @iansherr: Some not so subtle digging at @jack in the Truth Social promo info on the App Store. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Obviously there will be a ton of redemptions, meaning the $293m isn't real. Only chance it succeeds is if Trump fans plow in & bump price. But, even if so, not a word on who's running it, when it launches, etc. Maybe it's a backdoor way to kill SPAC biz.
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Trump SPAC deal. So. Many. Thoughts. But, just for starters: 22 page deck without a word of who's involved. Also: Just because SPAC deal announced, doesn't mean the deal closes. No PIPE mentioned.
Dan Primack / @danprimack: (dear media folks: please don't refer to this as a $1.7 billion company — that's a made up number, at least for now)
Mike Rothschild / @rothschildmd: Trump Malware Transfer Grift https://twitter.com/...
Frank Luntz / @frankluntz: Trump just launched a media company that has merged with the publicly traded $DWAC (currently at $9.96 a share). Their first product is a social media platform called TRUTH Social, which they plan to launch nationwide in Q1 of 2022. A beta release is coming next month. https://twitter.com/...
@spactrack: $DWAC will be merging with “Trump Media and Technology Group”, at an $875M valuation, according to a press release circulating. The company will be launching a social media platform, TRUTH Social. We'll see if DWAC confirms later tonight or tomorrow. http://abcnews.go.com/...
@killedbygoogle: “In the App Store” How soon we think this is gonna get hacked? https://abcnews.go.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: I covered Wall Street for many years. SEC regs can be tough but even so I would be wary about stocks touting “TRUTH” when the management has this kind of track record. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jesper / @jandersen: Amazing that Trump leaked Facebook's new name like this. Always betrays his partners. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Key here is as much about the social media possibilities as Trump connecting to an existing nasdaq company/getting a cash infusion https://twitter.com/...
Frank Luntz / @frankluntz: “Additionally, Trump Media & Technology Group intends to launch a subscription video on demand service (TMTG+). TMTG+ will feature ‘non-woke’ enterainment programming, news, podcasts, and more.” 👉🏻 https://tmtgcorp.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Trump SPAC is a delicious and exciting failure waiting to happen in full public view. So it will probably eclipse AAPL market cap within months. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner: TRUTH Social: Trump announces social media alternative to Big Tech ‘tyranny’
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Trump Announces His Own Social Network TRUTH and a ‘Non-Woke’ Streaming Service
Daniel Villarreal / Newsweek: Trump Announces ‘TRUTH Social’, New Social Network to ‘Stand Up to Tyranny of Big Tech’
Tyler Sonnemaker / Insider: Trump announces plans to launch new social media platform called TRUTH Social in 2022
Ronny Reyes / Daily Mail: Trump announces he is launching his own social media network called ‘TRUTH Social’ which will launch nationwide at the start of 2022
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google lowers Play Store subscription fees to 15% and fees for ebooks and on-demand music streaming services to “as low as 10%”; IAP cut seems to be unaffected — Subscription fees are lowered to 15 percent, and music streaming services ‘as low as 10%’
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Brad Freeman / @stockmarketnerd: Great news for companies selling app subscriptions. Virtually all of the $DUOL input costs come from these app fees. Should be a large gross profit tailwind for this company & many, many more. 👍🙂 $AAPL next? https://www.theverge.com/...
Alex Good / @goodalexander: Just FYI - the reason Roblox $RBLX is spiking intraday is on this news. Keep in mind unlike ad supported model Roblox sells Robux currency so is quite affected by take rate of Google and Apple. Google caving and cutting fees could precede Apple doing same https://www.theverge.com/...
Kosta Eleftheriou / @keleftheriou: “It's unstated but also surely true that regulatory pressure and public pressure from companies like Spotify have factored in to Google's decision.” https://twitter.com/...
Elliot Turner / @elliotturn: Glad to see Google playing some offense here https://www.theverge.com/...
@economyapp: $GOOG lowers Play Store fees for subscriptions and music streaming apps. The previous structure was similar to $AAPL: • 30% the 1st year. • 15% thereafter. The new fee is 15% right off the bat. Significant gross profit impact for $MTCH and $BMBL. https://www.theverge.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google lowers Play Store fees to 15% on subscription apps, as low as 10% for media apps
Washington Post:
China's Tencent removes live broadcasts of Boston Celtics games after the team's center, Enes Kanter, called Xi Jinping a “brutal dictator” on social media — The Boston Celtics are facing blowback in China after center Enes Kanter posted a video voicing his support for Tibetan independence.
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News: Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter praised for calling Xi Jinping ‘brutal dictator,’ demanding China free Tibet
Brandon Contes / Mediaite: Boston Celtics Games Banned by Chinese Media Outlet After Enes Kanter Rips Xi Jinping as ‘Brutal Dictator’
Jay Rigdon / Awful Announcing: China not broadcasting Celtics games after Enes Kanter advocates Tibetan independence
John Haltiwanger / Insider: China stops airing Boston Celtics games after Enes Kanter called Xi Jinping a ‘brutal dictator’
Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt: Bravo Enes Kanter: “On...Weibo, a Celtics fan account declared that it would immediately stop posting... The account told its 615,000 Weibo followers: ‘Resolutely resist any behavior that damages national harmony and the dignity of the motherland!’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kylie Atwood / @kylieatwood: “I say, ‘Shame on the Chinese government,’” Celtics player Enes Kanter said on social media, wearing a T-shirt with the image of the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing considers a criminal separatist. “The Chinese dictatorship is erasing Tibetan identity & culture.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stephen Webber / @s_webber: China wants NBA teams to know signing @EnesKanter will lose them access to the Chinese TV market, costing them $$$. If they can make Kanter toxic they hope other NBA players, scared for their own careers, won't call out Chinese crimes in the future. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Becky Sullivan / NPR: Celtics games have been turned off in China after one player's pro-Tibet tweet
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Celtics games wiped from Chinese internet after player's ‘Free Tibet’ video
Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt: The CCP aims to “Finlandize” everything they can. It's just that the NBA is the easiest to push around and thus is the most visible. Appeasement never works. https://twitter.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: write up of enes kanter/china/nba dustup with @zhonggg https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Between this and marvel movies not making it past censors, lots of disruptions in China-US entertainment relationship https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Boston Celtics star slams China's Xi over Tibet, Tencent scraps team's NBA broadcast
Ben Pickman / Sports Illustrated: Celtics Games Pulled in China After Enes Kanter Criticizes ‘Dictator’ Xi Over Tibet
Bloomberg:
China's Cyberspace Administration removes Caixin Media, one of the country's most liberal news sources, from an official list of outlets that can be republished — - Cyberspace agency puts out list of approved media outlets — Beijing has proposed banning private capital from most media
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@jerometaylor, @mbrookerhk, @tomwrightasia, @ianjamesyoung70, @jotted, @andrewbeatty, @thewuhanclan, @paddyfok, @thewuhanclan, @askimono, @rover829, Talking Biz News and Telegraph
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Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: China has expelled Caixin Media from an official list of news outlets that can be republished, a move that curtails the influence of one of the nation's most liberal sources of information - Bberg https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Matthew Brooker / @mbrookerhk: Seems that being an actual news organisation was disqualifying, since poor performance or lack of influence certainly do not apply in this case: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ian Young / @ianjamesyoung70: @caixin is/was a valuable source of info and investigative reporting on China (despite its “state media” label on Twitter); I've relied on its work on subjects such as the dodgy background of failed insurance giant Anbang, as it made big forays into BC. This is a significant blow https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Stevenson / @jotted: China's primary trusted source for financial/economic news will no longer be available on widely used internet platforms, part of group of outlets banned because they “no longer fit the conditions, have poor performance or lack influence,"according to its internet watchdog https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Beatty / @andrewbeatty: This is terrible news. Even less accountability for China's leaders and even more difficult for people to understand one of the world's most important countries. https://twitter.com/...
@thewuhanclan: Wow, Caixin is seen as the most reliable of all fake CCP financial data. Nothing to see here.... https://twitter.com/...
@paddyfok: This is an incredibly significant move and is indicative of just how far Beijing has gone to tighten the distribution of information. Caixin is regarded as one of China's most reliable outlets, if not the most reliable. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Anouk Eigenraam / @askimono: Wow Caixin, one of the few good Chinese media cannot be republished anymore on any other platform, which is severely limiting their outreach obviously. Seems a bad omen, especially since recently there is a proposal to ban private capital in media: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Vincent Lee / @rover829: Does the new CAC media whitelist stripping out Caixin mean other Chinese online news sites can no longer republish Caixin content? If so that's significant
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: Yahoo Finance pulled from Chinese app store
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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Report: Yahoo Finance's mobile app disappeared from Apple's App Store in China, days after republishing a Bloomberg story critical of China's tech crackdown
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James Clayton / @jamesclayton5: More developments in App Store censorship in China - this time Yahoo Finance taken off the App Store: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan: Apple censors Yahoo for the Chinese Communist Party for MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!! https://dnyuz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@applecensorship: The @YahooFinance app was removed from @Apple's China @AppStore. Apple's silence raises questions... Check the app's unavailability here: https://applecensorship.com/ ... / and @Telegraph 's story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
Jason Nelson / Decrypt:
The Associated Press partners with crypto company Chainlink to authenticate data about elections, sports, and more via its blockchain — The Associated Press, a collective of more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, is moving further into decentralized news and publishing.
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Associated Press, The Definitive Source, Cointelegraph, @balajis, @decryptmedia, @don_chainlink, @chainlinkp and CoinDesk, more at Techmeme »
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Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source: Putting the facts on blockchain
Balaji Srinivasan / @balajis: Towards the ledger of record: making gradually more assertions cryptographically verifiable. https://twitter.com/...
Decrypt / @decryptmedia: The @AP is moving further into decentralized news and publishing. Today it announced a partnership with #Chainlink Labs to provide news and data secured by blockchain technology. https://decrypt.co/... by @dragonwolftech
@don_chainlink: The Associated Press @AP has partnered with #Chainlink to provide verifiable news data in the age of misinformation. The AP will use #Chainlink smart contracts to automate news distribution. Data will be secured using #Chainlink technology. You Just Win. https://decrypt.co/...
@chainlinkp: “Starting November 2, @AP says it will use @Chainlink #smartcontracts to automate actions that happen on-chain, including informing the over 15,000 outlets that use the AP's platform of election results, sports outcomes, or when a company's quarterly financials are released.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
FilmLA: overall filming in LA is up 6% in Q3, TV production is up 22%, and reality TV is up 146% when compared with pre-COVID averages in 2016-2019 — FilmLA had strong numbers to report for its quarterly update of on-location shooting in Los Angeles. With 10,127 shoot days logged by film …
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Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter: Los Angeles Filming Surges in Busiest Quarter Since 2018
Jazz Tangcay / Variety: L.A. Film Production Booms, Approaches Record Levels
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Snap Q3: $1.07B revenue, up 57% YoY, vs. $1.10B est., DAUs up 23% to 306M, net loss down 64% to $72M, blames iOS ATT changes for revenue miss; stock down 25%+ — - Snap reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, missing revenue expectations after Apple's iPhone privacy changes disrupted its advertising business.
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Variety, Axios, The Wrap, AppleInsider, @gil_rundmg, The Verge, @cnbcnow, @carnage4life and Snap Inc., more at Techmeme »
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Snapchat Tops 300 Million Daily Users in Q3, Snap Stock Crashes on Revenue Miss and Impact of iPhone Privacy Change
Sara Fischer / Axios: Snapchat stock sinks as it warns about Apple changes
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap: Snap Stock Craters 23% After Q3 Revenue Miss Despite Hitting 306 Million Users
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Snap stock plunges as Apple privacy changes impact revenue
Gil David / @gil_rundmg: This is pretty scathing from @Snap calling the SKAN measurement that apple has forced on everyone ‘unreliable as a solution.’ https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Snap blames revenue hit on iOS ad tracking changes
@cnbcnow: Snap shares briefly fall as much as 30% after revenue miss due to iOS privacy changes; digital ad and other social stocks also dropping after-hours https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Snapchat stock down 25% after Apple's privacy changes caused a revenue miss for their ads business. As I've stated in the past Apple unilaterally chose to decimate the mobile ads economy to grow their ads & subscriptions revenue under the guise of privacy https://www.cnbc.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku calls Google's YouTube distribution demands anticompetitive; if negotiations fail, YouTube won't be available on new Roku devices starting December 9 — Roku wants its customers to know: The streaming platform company is still battling Google over what it alleges are the internet giant's …
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Axios, Gizmodo, ScreenRant, Adweek, @xpangler, Protocol, The Streamable, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, CNET, Broadband TV News and Deadline
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Brianna Provenzano / Gizmodo: Roku Is Losing YouTube As War With Google Rages On
Mollie Cahillane / Adweek: Ongoing Roku, YouTube Standoff Could Cause Connected TV Shakeup in December
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Sen. Klobuchar weighed in: “Roku's claim that Google requires the company to preference YouTube content over that of other providers in Roku's search results highlights why we need new laws to prevent dominant digital platforms from abusing their power” https://variety.com/...
Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Google may end its Roku distribution deal in December as stalemate continues
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: YouTube May Disappear From Roku Channel Store, As Two Sides Still Can't Reach a Deal
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Roku calls out Google over YouTube contract stalemate
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: YouTube will be removed from Roku as of December 9, existing users unaffected
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Google: New Rokus won't stream YouTube, YouTube TV after Dec. 9 if no deal
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Google could remove YouTube TV from Roku platform
Steerpike / Spectator:
Evening Standard editor Emily Sheffield is stepping down after 15 months, during which she laid off 40% of editorial staff — Oh dear. It was less than six months ago that Mr S was remarking on the number of onetime George Osborne acolytes now ensconced at the Evening Standard .
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Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Email to staff from Emily Sheffield, editor of the Evening Standard, confirming that she will be stepping down with immediate effect “by mutual agreement” after 15 months in the job. Last year saw a lot of job cuts at the outlet and the business model of a free paper upended. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian: Emily Sheffield departs as editor of Evening Standard
Bruce Alpert / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
A Times-Picayune FOIA request took 12 years to be answered by the FBI, four years after the case it concerned ended, an example of how broken FOIA is — ‘The Freedom of Information Act is broken,’ said one first amendment attorney. — 3 min to read — 1 of 3
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@jkbjournalist, @callaghanpeter, @brianstelter, @annadiakun, @traverswdsu, @theadvocatebr, @spj_tweets and @stephgracela
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Julie K. Brown / @jkbjournalist: FOIA is broken. https://www.nola.com/... via @nolanews
Peter Callaghan / @callaghanpeter: A New Orleans reporter writes about how the federal Freedom of Information Act mostly doesn't work. — It took 12 years to get records. https://www.nola.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: In the words of @AnnaDiakun, “the FOIA act is broken.” https://www.nola.com/...
Anna Diakun / @annadiakun: Long delays & heavy redactions mean that the press and public can't rely on FOIA to get the critical info they need when they need it. Reform is long overdue. https://twitter.com/...
Travers Mackel / @traverswdsu: I spent weeks in #DC and neighboring Alexandria, Virginia covering this trial in the summer of 2009 - fascinating read @AlpertDC https://twitter.com/...
@theadvocatebr: The case about former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's corruption is over, but the federal government finally provided documents the Times-Picayune requested in 2009. https://www.nola.com/...
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
Transgender Netflix employees and allies rallied in Los Angeles to protest Dave Chappelle's new show and to push for trans rights; Chappelle fans showed up too — Transgender Netflix employees and their allies gathered Wednesday morning on Vine Street in Los Angeles to protest …
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Washington Post, @theelliotpage, @most, @zaidjilani, Deadline, Fox News, ScreenRant, Variety, @rainofterra, @scottbudman, @rainofterra, @ericnewcomer, @lucas_shaw, C21Media, @pblest, @pblest, @shantmm, @jscros, @lhfang, Bomboniera, @ericnewcomer, @lucas_shaw, @deadline, @gundisalvus, @tammypescatelli, @deadline, @latimes, Rolling Stone, @jbflint, @jbflint, @jbflint, USA Today, Associated Press, CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Variety, New York Times, The Wrap and Yahoo Entertainment
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B. Pagels-Minor / Washington Post: I was fired from Netflix, but the fight against transphobia on screen and off will continue
Elliot Page / @theelliotpage: I stand with the trans, nonbinary, and BIPOC employees at Netflix fighting for more and better trans stories and a more inclusive workplace #NetflixWalkout https://www.youtube.com/...
Zaid Jilani / @zaidjilani: The Netflix walkout over Chappelle was reportedly going to be 1,000 employees. It appears that a fraction of these numbers materialized. This whole thing seems like the news media trying really hard to will something into reality when reality won't comply...
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Netflix Urged To Remove Dave Chappelle Imagery From Offices Amid “List Of Asks” At Hollywood Walkout; Fired Staffer Denies Leaking Info
Jessica Napoli / Fox News: Dave Chappelle showing no signs of getting canceled after sold-out show in London
Variety: Netflix Employee Walkout Grows Tense as Trans Rights Protesters Clash With Dave Chappelle Supporters
Terra Field / @rainofterra: To all of the people from the Netflix I&D team who have done amazing work with our ERGs: please don't view today as a failure, we wouldn't have the power to speak for ourselves without the work we did together. Thank you. #NetflixWalkout
Scott Budman / @scottbudman: “We haven't forgotten anything. Our community has a long memory.” -@RainofTerra commenting today on the #NetflixWalkout, the company, and the #Chappelle controversy. https://twitter.com/...
Terra Field / @rainofterra: When I was 12, Ace Ventura was popular with my friends. The villain is revealed to be a trans woman, and is humiliated in front of a group of cops. I couldn't understand why the other kids laughed, and why it was ok to humiliate her. Representation matters. #NetflixWalkout
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: Hollywood Reporter and Gizmodo both reported the more than 1,000 employees expected figure. Now CNN is saying “65 demonstrators, including Netflix employees and supporters of the transgender community” 65/1000 is less than 7% of expected. And how many of 65 are employees? https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: @EricNewcomer I'm trying to figure that out myself. But it's larger than the protest # (and likely smaller than the numbers in the press.) The company canceled some meetings today to allow people to miss work. Just make sure to use the right data!
Jordan Pinto / C21Media: Dave Chappelle: Netflix employees join protest over handling of trans controversy
Paul Curst / @pblest: This is an nonunionized major corporation where employees organized a work stoppage over conditions at the company, a stoppage that got *international media attention*, and you think the president of the country's largest labor federation should've said “fuck those people”? https://twitter.com/...
Paul Curst / @pblest: There are legitimate reasons to be disappointed by the strength of the labor movement at a time when it's needed most. Netflix employees getting attention for organizing a work stoppage over conditions at that company they deem unacceptable is not a legitimate reason.
Shant Mesrobian / @shantmm: This is the president of the AFL-CIO stepping into a culture war dispute over a comedy special on Netflix and dressing it in the guise of a labor dispute. How many American workers do you think give one shit about this issue? And how many do you think take Liz's position on it? https://twitter.com/...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: personally i hate it when employees organize to represent themselves in a workplace dispute, instead of organizing for <insert topic unrelated to said employees' job> https://twitter.com/...
Lee Fang / @lhfang: There are more demonstrations this week over a comedian on Netflix than free community college being stripped out of the budget. Why? Identity and social media victimhood animates activism far more than concern for universal economic rights.
Rachel Perrone / Bomboniera: You're the apple of my eye — Today... - is #LatinaEqualPay Day for 2021. There'll be a Twitterstorm at 11am ET.
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: @Lucas_Shaw what's the walkout number?
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: @EricNewcomer You guys are confusing numbers... There's the people who protested outside an office and the people who didn't work today (the walkout).
Deadline Hollywood / @deadline: Pagels-Minor told Deadline on the sidelines of the rally that they did not leak information to the media. “I compiled a series of data, I'm a data person, and I shared it with a lot of people internally,” Pagels-Minor said (Cont.) https://deadline.com/...
Mike Gonzalez / @gundisalvus: Because we live in a completely upside down world, this might actually be a good thing. It will open a LOT OF EYES as to what is happening in our country. The woke are a tiny, tiny minority, trying to subjugate a country of 330 million. https://twitter.com/...
Tammy Pescatelli / @tammypescatelli: So @Netflix employees want to censor comedians? I don't like that special, but I have an obviously vested interest in allowing freedom of speech. Why didn't the employees walk about when they realized they only had 3 female comedians over 45 on their service? https://twitter.com/...
Deadline Hollywood / @deadline: B. Pagels-Minor, the Netflix employee fired last week from the streamer for allegedly leaking financial information to the media about Chappelle's comedy special, was among those participating in the rally https://deadline.com/...
@latimes: Among the speakers at the #NetflixWalkout rally was “Transparent” creator and director Joey Soloway, who advocated for trans creators to tell their own stories and challenged Netflix to appoint a trans person to its board. https://www.latimes.com/...
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Netflix Employees Stage Walkout to Protest Dave Chappelle's ‘The Closer’
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Outside Netflix. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Outside Netflix https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: A vocal group of Chappelle fans are here as well chanting we like jokes while the protesters chant trans lives matter.
USA Today: ‘Laughing in the face of our pain’: Netflix employees walk out over Dave Chappelle special
Helena Andrews-Dyer / Washington Post: Dave Chappelle's controversial comedy special is a catalyst for change as Netflix walkout leads to calls for reform
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: Protesters Gather at Netflix Office Amid Controversy Over Dave Chappelle Special
K.J. Yossman / Variety: As Netflix Employees Walk Out Over Dave Chappelle, Fans Voice Undying Support at Sold-Out London Gig
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Inside the Netflix Walkout Rally in LA, a Mix of Frustration, Solidarity and Hope
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Ahead of a walkout by Netflix staff, Ted Sarandos says he “screwed up” internal messaging and acknowledges that “storytelling has real impact in the real world”
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CNN, The Wrap, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Insider, SlashFilm, TheBlaze, @ivan_brussels, Fast Company, New York Post, @bpagelsminor, @marypcbuk, @willoremus, @lucas_shaw, @normative, @laurieontech, @benshapiro, @jdvance1, @briannawu, @ellencarmichael, The Daily Beast, @saraislet, @saraislet, @lizthegrey, Paging Dr. Lesbian, @micsolana, Mediaite, nexttv.com, UPROXX, 101.9fm The MIX, UPI, Bloomberg, Decider, Hollywood Reporter, @wokal_distance, @mellecon, Wall Street Journal, @this_hits_home, @nickgillespie, @baseballcrank, @benmullin, @rebel19, @dralexjoffe, @variety, @blackamazon, @jenniolsonsf, @czedwards, @joestarr187, @variety, @craigspoplife, @awallenstein, @ryanstreit, IndieWire, @pkafka, @pkafka, Engadget, Fox News, Collider, The Playlist, The Wrap, TMZ.com, Chicago Sun-Times, NME, Digital TV Europe and Too Much TV Newsletter
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Frank Pallotta / CNN: Netflix made a mess of the Dave Chappelle controversy. It's a crisis of Netflix's own making
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Netflix Considers Adding Warning Ahead of Dave Chappelle's ‘The Closer’ After Employee Demands
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: LGBTQ+ celebrities send love to Netflix employees amid walkout over Chappelle
Cassie Da Costa / Vanity Fair: Who Was the Netflix Walkout Really For? — On the scene with the activists, counterprotesters …
Ayomikun Adekaiyero / Insider: Elliot Page and Dan Levy among stars supporting Netflix employee walkout over Dave Chappelle trans jokes
Lex Briscuso / SlashFilm: Netflix CEO Admits He ‘Screwed Up’ Response To Dave Chappelle Controversy, But Employees Still Engage In A Walkout
Sarah Taylor / TheBlaze: Following her arrest, Alyssa Milano calls on Netflix to yank Dave Chappelle's ‘The Closer,’ likens it to hate speech
Ivan Maljkovic / @ivan_brussels: Netflix Q3 2021 shareholder letter: “On October 4, when Facebook experienced a global outage for several hours, our engagement saw a 14% increase during this time period.” https://s22.q4cdn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Clint Rainey / Fast Company: Netflix employees plan a walkout today as Dave Chappelle controversy continues to escalate
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Dave Chappelle fans clash with trans-rights protesters at Netflix rally
@bpagelsminor: Ted still misses the point, this isn't about the special or taking it down. It's about parity in content. All we asked for was more trans content, investment in trans talent, and promoting trans content.
Scary Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk: why did that non-apology sounds so familiar https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Netflix tomorrow probably responding to internal anger over this statement: “We Understand the Passive Voice That's Been Used” https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Netflix issued a statement first thing this morning on the employee walkout today. A more conciliatory approach this week than in Ted Sarandos' initial memos. https://twitter.com/...
Julian Sanchez / @normative: They reiterate they're not pulling the show; the CEO just says he should have approached employees upset by it with more sensitivity. I'm not sure how that's “caving.” Should he keep the special AND be a jerk to his employees on principle? https://twitter.com/...
Laurie / @laurieontech: Today I am participating in the walkout in solidarity with Trans * at Netflix. Netflix needs to do better. I'll be spending the day further educating myself so I can be a better ally to my truly amazing colleagues.
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: “Probably if I just let the alligator nibble on this one toe it will leave me alone” https://twitter.com/...
J.D. Vance / @jdvance1: Who could have predicted this? I'm almost surprised it took this long. https://twitter.com/...
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: Something I've noticed about men in power apologizing? They'll frame it as, “I learned a lesson.” There's no plan to substantively address the concerns. The plan is, “he learned a lesson.” As if the primary value of other's pain is making men better. https://variety.com/...
Ellen Carmichael / @ellencarmichael: He didn't screw up. He said what he meant. He explained where the company stood. And he couldn't handle the pushback from a very small group who would have probably forgotten about Chapelle in a few weeks' time. Very few people are very outraged for very long. https://twitter.com/...
@saraislet: Many people did hard work to make Netflix increasingly inclusive & diverse. It's a work of continuous improvement The last 2 weeks undermines years of their work. That's betrayal.
@saraislet: mmm. None of this addresses any action to restore morale. This undermines morale. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Liz Fong-Jones / @lizthegrey: The apology is so condescending it's even worse than the original remarks!
Kira Deshler / Paging Dr. Lesbian: dispatch from some hypocrisy — Welcome to this week's dispatch from the lesbian internet …
Mike Solana / @micsolana: after the CEOs of netflix refused to deplatform chappelle, activist employees demanded creative control of the company. tomorrow they're staging a walkout. my humble suggestion is this: can someone please just lock the doors behind them? https://www.piratewires.com/ ...
Caleb Howe / Mediaite: WATCH: Scuffles and Shouting Break Out Between Pro-Chappelle and Anti-Netflix Factions at Employee Walkout and Protest
Jessica Toomer / UPROXX: Elliot Page Sent Out A Message Of Support For Netflix's Trans Employees Amid Dave Chappelle-Related Fallout
101.9fm The MIX: Netflix employees stage virtual walkout; protestors gather near streamer's LA office over Chappelle controversy
Fred Topel / UPI: Elliot Page, Lilly Wachowski, Joey Soloway support ‘Netflix’ Dave Chappelle walkout
Abby Monteil / Decider: Netflix Employees Protesting Dave Chappelle Special Encounter Resistance From Counter Protestors
Wokal Distance / @wokal_distance: Why would you applaud the employees for bringing about the death of artistic freedom? I don't get it https://twitter.com/...
GOPPouncer / @mellecon: This capitulation is not going to end well. Chappelle's special was not hateful, nor was it harmful. We are living in a society of over-indulged adult babies who don't know how to change a fricking channel. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: Netflix Co-CEO Says He ‘Screwed Up’ When Defending Dave Chappelle Special
@this_hits_home: suspiciously odd timing releasing this moments after an internal email. to think it would've actually felt totally sincere if not for the PR ruse https://twitter.com/...
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: Smart bet is the @DaveChappelle never does a @netflix special again. I applaud employees making their voices heard for whatever reason, but that really is the death of artistic freedom at a content company. https://www.wsj.com/...
Dan McLaughlin / @baseballcrank: The woke employees' feelings exception to free speech. Unfalsifiable veto. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: In an interview with @JBFlint, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his defense of Dave Chappelle's stand-up special. https://www.wsj.com/...
Rebecca Carroll / @rebel19: For real though, white people, when did you first hear and then decide to use the word “folks” in your vernacular? ‘I Screwed Up’: Netflix's Ted Sarandos Addresses Dave Chappelle Fallout https://variety.com/... via @variety
Alex Joffe / @dralexjoffe: Never apologize. Also, note the grift mentioned in the next to last para. https://variety.com/...
@variety: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says he “should have led with a lot more humanity” in his internal communication about Dave Chappelle's “The Closer” https://variety.com/...
@blackamazon: Talks about “leading with humanity” Doesn't even ACKNOWLEDGE the employees who've been maligned by untruthful characterizations Or having to retract or naming what marginalization they are battling Just “hate speech” and vibes https://twitter.com/...
Jenni Olson / @jenniolsonsf: Ok, thanks Ted! 👉"sometimes, there will be things on Netflix...you even find to be harmful. Where we'll definitely draw the line is on something that would intentionally call for physically harming other people...For me, intent to cause physical harm crosses the line, for sure." https://twitter.com/...
@czedwards: Not enough. The people fired have not been rehired or been paid out. The recording is still there. This is not “I'm sorry,” it's “Why are you being mean to me?” Netflix Co-CEO Says He ‘Screwed Up’ When Defending Dave Chappelle Special - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/...
@joestarr187: The bottom line here is still basically ‘I support a creators’ right to dehumanize a group of people.' Why not give the ‘jews will not replace us’ tiki torch gang a sitcom? Either bigotry is wrong or you're ok with it. Not a lot of gray there. https://twitter.com/...
@variety: However, Ted Sarandos maintains his stance on Chappelle's special, saying “I do not believe it falls into hate speech.” https://variety.com/...
@craigspoplife: .@netflix, y'all really think this weak a** “brief” non-apology is gonna cut it? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: Look who's falling on his 🗡 https://twitter.com/...
Ryan / @ryanstreit: This man is a piece of shit and Variety should be ashamed for running this interview that says lots of nothing https://twitter.com/...
Jude Dry / IndieWire: Inside the Netflix Walkout: Trans Employees Rally Against Company Support for Dave Chappelle Special
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: These are separate interviews btw: https://variety.com/... https://www.wsj.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Netflix PR boss Rachel Whetstone used to work at Google, Uber and Facebook, and has seen a fire or two. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News: Critics pile on Netflix CEO after he says he ‘screwed up’ Dave Chappelle show defense
Erin Brady / Collider: Netflix Employees Organize Walkout in Support of Trans Colleagues, Release List of Demands
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: Netflix's CEO Admits “I Screwed Up” When Responding To Dave Chappelle Outrage From LGBTQ Community
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: Netflix Promises to ‘Respect the Decision’ of Employees Walking Out Today to Protest Dave Chappelle Special
Chicago Sun-Times: Netflix CEO admits he ‘screwed up’ response to Chappelle backlash, but stands by comedy special
Ella Kemp / NME: Netflix boss admits he “screwed up” in defending Dave Chappelle's anti-trans special
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Squid Game sets Netflix to better-than-expected Q3
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