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CNN says it has fired Chris Cuomo after “additional information has come to light” about the help he gave his brother Andrew Cuomo — The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York.
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Christopher C. Cuomo / @chriscuomo: https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after investigation into aid to brother Andrew Cuomo
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: This is an opportunity for CNN to replace this show with a full hour, every night, examining the challenges of democracy. Not the news of the day, but the news of the day as it relates to voting rights, free and fair elections, and democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian: Chris Cuomo fired by CNN for helping brother Andrew fight sexual misconduct charges
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: You gonna report on @laralogan, Howie, or nah? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal
Fox News: Chris Cuomo saga: ABC producer who accused disgraced anchor of sexual harassment reacts to his firing from CNN
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: CNN's Brian Stelter on Chris Cuomo firing: He caused ‘so many headaches’ for CNN, staffers were ‘very unhappy’
John Eggerton / nexttv.com: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After Outside Investigation
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Chris Cuomo Speaks Out on Firing: ‘This is Not How I Want My Time at CNN to End’
Insider: CNN fires Chris Cuomo over his involvement in his brother Andrew's sexual harassment scandal
Caroline Vakil / The Hill: Chris Cuomo terminated by CNN over efforts to help brother
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Chris Cuomo Fired From CNN Amid Investigation of Involvement in Brother Andrew's Case
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo ‘Effective Immediately’
Sara Fischer / Axios: CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo
Daniel Politi / Slate: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After Investigation Into Help He Gave Brother Andrew Cuomo
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: .@FoxNews “media critic” may want to sit this one out. https://twitter.com/...
Daily Herald: CNN fires Cuomo for helping brother, the ex-NY governor who faced sex harassment allegations
Janice Dean / @janicedean: You should've started with an apology to the women you tried to smear. https://twitter.com/...
Senator Rand Paul / @randpaul: Long overdue, and a small step toward CNN regaining any kind of credibility... https://twitter.com/...
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: I've been puzzling over this paragraph in the NYT write-up of Cuomo's firing. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alyssa Morin / E! Online: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Over Involvement With Brother Andrew Cuomo's Sexual Misconduct Scandal
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: 2/ This never happens on @FoxNews. Never. https://twitter.com/...
Meg James / @megjameslat: Michael Smerconish will fill Chris Cuomo's primetime hour on CNN next week. Network has no immediate plans for a permanent replacement following its decision Saturday to fire Cuomo for an apparent ethics breach. @SteveBattaglio https://www.latimes.com/...
Nathaniel Rakich / @baseballot: The year is 2026. Andrew Cuomo has a cable-news show, and Chris Cuomo is running for #NYgov. https://twitter.com/...
Rany Jazayerli / @jazayerli: About freaking time. I'd be thrilled if we never hear the name of either Cuomo brother ever again, but I doubt we will be so lucky. https://twitter.com/...
Richard M. Nixon / @dick_nixon: Imagine this is a police chief who got caught trying to make his brother's drunk driving charges go away. He might wish to work as police again, and therefore apologize. Even if he didn't mean it. https://twitter.com/...
Ron T. Kim / @rontkim: You enabled and empowered your brother to lie about deadly policies that killed thousands of older adults. That is not brotherly love and family loyalty. That is just one criminal helping another criminal. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Here's our latest cut on Chris Cuomo's firing, the timing of which caught many CNNers off-guard. https://www.nytimes.com/... via me & @koblin
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Regarding the producers and staffers of “Cuomo Prime Time:” They will remain in place, working on CNN's 9pm ET hour https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Chris Cuomo is out https://twitter.com/...
@maddoxrules: I think CNN is garbage and has been for years, but I'll take them 24/7 over 99% of alternate news outfits because of this one thing: they fire journalists. Cuomo did some shady shit and he's gone. Some semblance of accountability still exists within “mainstream news.” https://twitter.com/...
Jordan / @jordanchariton: Chris Cuomo should have been fired by @cnn when he started palling around with his Governor brother on national TV while his brother was actively killing thousands of seniors and then covering it up https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Marc's is also my reaction to the news that Chris Cuomo was fired today. https://twitter.com/...
Brent Bozell / @brentbozell: CNN should've fired Chris Cuomo months ago! Their handling of this scandal was appalling.
Jonathan H. Adler / @jadler1969: Note the lack of an apology to his colleagues, the network, his viewers, or anyone else. https://twitter.com/...
Idrees Ali / Reuters: CNN's Chris Cuomo fired by network - statement
Bob Cronin / Newser: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo, Citing New Information
Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson: Now do Jeffrey Toobin and give Laura Coates her own show! CNN needs a black woman in prime-time—it is long over due—LONG!!! #JeffreyToobin https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: New: The law firm hired to investigate Chris Cuomo found gaps between his conversations with CNN employees and records from the A.G.'s office. Jeff Zucker fired Chris on a phone call earlier today https://www.wsj.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: One odd thing about the CNN statement on Chris Cuomo's firing—they don't actually say that the “new information” they're going to continue to investigate is directly related to the scandal involving his brother.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC: CNN fires Chris Cuomo after reviewing how he advised his brother Andrew Cuomo
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: CNN, in brief: “We looked into Chris Cuomo's actions, and what he did was bad enough that we fired him while we were still in the middle of investigating. The investigation continues.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: Right thing to do, but worth noting Sean Hannity is still at Fox despite stumping for/advising Trump and getting tangled up in his scandals as the only other client of jailed consigliere Michael Cohen. What other channel would accept this much overlap with a key news subject? https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Breaking now: CHRIS CUOMO has been fired by CNN https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim Heidecker / @timheidecker: “Let's get after it” is mine now. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: I guess, in the end, it was *exactly* what it looked like six months ago https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: .@grynbaum story includes something Zucker told me in 2020: “You get trust from authenticity and relatability and vulnerability....That's what the brothers Cuomo are giving us right now. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Wackrow / @jdwackrow: This may be difficult for some to accept but it the right decision. @cnn's credibility is paramount and supersedes any other considerations. https://twitter.com/...
Cassie Gill / Hollywood Life: Chris Cuomo Fired From ‘CNN’ After Investigation Over Help He Provided Brother Andrew
Jeremy Smith / @mrbeaks: Should've been fired immediately. But it was illuminating to see awful media types like @ClydeHaberman and @mattyglesias suggesting they'd violate their journalistic integrity if a family member became enmeshed in scandal. https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: Chris Cuomo's firing leaves a big hole: here's 7 people who people think could fill it, via @claireatki https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: @CNN In earlier statements, @CNN referred to a “review” and “evaluation.” Meanwhile they signed a law firm to look into the matter. Law firms conduct “investigations,” and, indeed, today's statement says that CNN will continue to “investigate as appropriate.” 2/
Maya Contreras / @mayatcontreras: Plenty of talent at @CNN to choose from for a nightly primetime gig. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: A lot of tenses how now been changed in my piece from this morning demanding that Chris Cuomo be fired immediately. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: This would, indeed, be the news we need. It would be a public service for @CNN to put front & center news coverage about critical elements of our lives often overlooked — voting, speech, equity, civil rights. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: This is a stunning thing for @CNN to announce at 5:09 pm on a Saturday afternoon. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Elise Stefanik / @elisestefanik: Better late than never @CNN This is the correct decision. https://twitter.com/...
@cernovich: At least your brother is alive - unlike all those people he killed in nursing homes. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Hardy / @matthardybrand: I commend @CNN for this. The blatant abuse of his position & power was extremely hypocritical & unethical. https://twitter.com/...
@shoq: Yep. And which @johnAvlon has already been laying groundwork for, and he's already on the payroll. https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: TRANSLATION: We terminated Chris Cuomo for cause after finding out about more misconduct in which he's engaged that you'll likely find out about soon. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: April 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: “I helped smear sexual harassment victims but at least I had good ratings” https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: It's great that CNN finally did the right thing. It shouldn't have taken an investigation by the Attorney General of New York to force the network to do so. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: @CNN But the celerity with which @cnn reached this firing decision reaffirms what we've known for some time: That the company failed to properly investigate months ago, when there were signs that something investigatable was amiss: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... 4/
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Interestingly, the New York Times reported on Wednesday that “CNN has no immediate plans to retain an outside law firm or forensic investigators for the review.” That must have changed.
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Imagine if fox did stuff like this. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: Chris is leaving to spend more time lying about his family. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph A. Wulfsohn / @josephwulfsohn: CNN's Brian Stelter on Chris Cuomo firing: He caused ‘so many headaches’ for CNN, staffers were ‘very unhappy’ https://www.foxnews.com/...
A Newsman / @a_newsman: You don't get credit for doing what you're supposed to do. Everyone will remember how CNN handled this from the beginning and it will never recover. Mark my words. https://twitter.com/...
Jasmine Styles / @jasminestylestv: Definitely the right move when it comes to journalism integrity. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Nemetz / TVLine: Chris Cuomo Fired at CNN, Effective Immediately: ‘This Is Not How I Want My Time to End’ — Read Statements
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: One of the points I made on @CNN TV tonight: This may have been a case of death-by-a-thousand-cuts. Chris Cuomo was continually causing headaches for management. And the headaches were likely to continue. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: Imagine getting fired after defending a predator politician and instead of an apology just bragging about ratings. Psycho shit https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Chris Cuomo is the highest rated show on CNN but given the numbers that's akin to being the best player on the Jets.
Chris Loesch / @chrisloesch: “Additional Information” that I'm sure is damaging to @CNN or they wouldn't have fired him and made this statement. I'd bet more people will be fired. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: “additional information has come to light” -The Dude https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: A reported show, not talking heads. Crews reporting from state houses and door-to-door organizing campaigns — and following the money. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Bulletin: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.” Here is my initial story for @CNNbusiness https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Jeff Zucker memo to employees: “Today, I let Chris Cuomo know that we are ending his employment at CNN. It goes without saying that these decisions are not easy, and there are a lot of complex factors involved. But as always it was important to me to be upfront with each of you.”
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: “Chris Cuomo, while working as one of CNN's top anchors, was also effectively working as an unpaid aide to the governor.” https://twitter.com/...
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
White supremacists urge supporters to use Twitter's updated Private Information Policy against journalists and activists who identify them in photos of rallies — Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed.
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Chad Loder / @chadloder: URGENT: As we feared, @TwitterSafety is already locking and suspending the accounts of extremism researchers under its new “Private Media” policy. The video is from September (predating the policy) and shows two right-wing extremists IN PUBLIC, planning violent assaults. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: Journalists and activists worry Twitter's new privacy policy will be weaponized and make their jobs harder, due to vague terms like “the public interest”
Kristofer Goldsmith / @krisgoldsmith85: NEW: Last night nazis of Charlottesville-riot-infamy instructed thousands of followers to mass-report accounts of 48 journalists, anti-racist activists, + anti-fascist researchers for retroactive “violations” of @TwitterSafety's new “Private Information Policy.” Some down already https://twitter.com/...
@gwensnyderphl: This is a big victory for all the folks who spent the past few days calling attention to this dystopic Nazi hug of a policy, but @TwitterSafety needs to 1) restore maliciously reported accounts/tweets 2) wipe strikes from our accounts 3) actually talk to impacted folks https://twitter.com/...
@antihateca: This sort of research is absolutely critical right now, and we appreciate @JaneQCitizen for putting this out there. @TwitterSafety has been forcing researchers to remove their work exposing the extreme right. This needs to stop. /3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Anti-Fascist Abolitionist Awk / @awkwordrap: Told you https://twitter.com/...
Andy Campbell / @andybcampbell: We knew immediately that the far-right would try to weaponize this policy, which was purportedly meant to help harassment victims, not the harassers themselves. But I didn't expect them to be this successful this quickly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: @chadloder ... New: Twitter says “a significant amount of coordinated and malicious reports” have flooded in re: new rule and its “enforcement teams made several errors.” Says it's fixed errors and launched an internal review to ensure rule is “used as intended” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Fishman / @brianfishman: If there is a hero use case, there is a villain use case. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fishman / @brianfishman: This is an interesting case study of well-intentioned policy updates being abused. It also illustrates that coverage is driven by platforms rather than harms. Hence stories abt nazis et al sneakily abusing Twitter policy rather than the same folks coordinating openly on Telegram. https://twitter.com/...
Birgitta / @birgittaj: Hey @TwitterSafety - this new rule is counter productive unless you actually invest more clarity and manpower to it. Perhaps just stop implementing until you have figured out what you are trying to do. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Tech companies love “iteration” & minimum viable products. That should apply to @policy, too. @davidakaye says @Twitter's “new ‘privacy policy’ is a failure, well-intentioned (perhaps) but abused & played”-> https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Please revert, @vijaya https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Lyttle / @melissalyttle: Well that went south quickly, like we all knew it would. Good job @Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
@gwensnyderphl: I strongly suspect they still aren't going to restore that important documentation of Philly GOP officials' collaboration with Proud Boys or remove the strikes against me, though. Twitter certainly hasn't reached out or apologized to me, much less tried to make things right. https://twitter.com/...
Vera Bergengruen / @verambergen: “Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed. ‘Things now unexpectedly work more in our favor,’ one Nazi sympathizer wrote.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: As I said, as predicted: Far right is using Twitter's new rule against anti-extremism researchers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Media Matters for America: Twitter's new privacy policy is ill-conceived, potentially helping bad actors avoid accountability
@seasono1: Excellent article and thread that includes who is reporting so many accounts on Twitter by using/abusing new Twitter rules on posting media https://twitter.com/...
Heather Kelly / @heatherkelly: Two days later... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Oh man, who would have possibly seen this coming 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Corey Pein / @coreypein: Again, this was predictable and Twitter must have known it would happen. https://twitter.com/...
Extremily Gorcenski / @emilygorcenski: Twitter is not even compliant with its own policies. Twitter's terms of service state that it must be a first party claim, meaning only the person in the photo can file the claim. This is clearly not the case. https://twitter.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: December 3, 2021 — TOP NEWS THIS WEEK — Twitter has updated …
@bobarchambault: @KrisGoldsmith85 @chadloder Privacy laws do not apply to photos or videos taken in a public space where a person has no expectation of privacy.
Billy / @billyarmagh: This whole thread, JFC. @TwitterSafety's new “Private Media” policy is being used by the far-right, sexual harassers and abusers to force journalists, victims and others to delete Twitter screenshots and evidence of crimes, and having journalists' accounts targeted and locked. https://twitter.com/...
J-Source / @jsource: “The latter appears to be an attempt to create an exception for journalism, but how the company will balance newsworthiness and the public interest with its desire to protect individual privacy is unknown.” https://www.cjr.org/...
@donlday: “(T)he National Press Photographers Association, said the policy change shows a lack of understanding that “a person photographed in a public place has NO reasonable expectation of privacy.” https://twitter.com/...
@kimcrayton1: @twitter's new “privacy image” policy, in 48 hours, has caused so much harm that I've had to ask folx to stop sharing stories with me... This will continue to cause a lot of harm to the very communities they indicated they wished to protect AND I have no desire to watch it unfold https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eva / @evacide: Well-meaning policies can have serious blowback. I'm particularly concerned about Twitter's new privacy policy because they appear to be enforcing it retroactively against tweets that predate the policy. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: This didn't take long at all , is being unfairly applied has no transparency and falls soundly on the side of the powerful Challenging it requires a large push and funds which will favor the Nazis “Research and academia ” will do nothing This is trash @twitter https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Breinholt / Geopolitical Mischief: Countering Geopolitical Mischief: Extremists & Lawfare
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Twitter says it mistakenly suspended 12 accounts after “coordinated and malicious reports” targeted researchers and journalists, and will review its new policy — Far-right activists had urged their followers to use a new company rule to target anti-extremism researchers and journalists
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Extremily Gorcenski / @emilygorcenski: In Twitter's defense, there are hardly any prior examples of coordinated malicious right-wing campaigns on this site for them to have learned from in the past few years. How could they have seen this coming. There's been only like three or four thousand. https://www.cnn.com/...
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: Anyone who works in product can guess how this went: 1) A well-intentioned effort to reduce harassment is hatched 2) The tech is easy, the human factors complicated 3) Staff writes cautionary memos 4) Execs force a premature launch for PR bump. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@madbastard_v2: Gosh, it's almost like this was completely predictable, and could have been avoided if anyone in Twitter's upper echelon had thought about it for more than half a minute AND not completely automated the goddamn process. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Twitter is acknowledging a wave of “coordinated” and “malicious” activity on its platform as right-wing activists say they've been “weaponizing” the site's new private media policy: https://www.cnn.com/...
@ericajoy: next @twitter will “pause” the program as they “re-evaluate” to “learn more.” come on y'all. why is this script so predictable? https://twitter.com/...
Heather Kelly / @heatherkelly: EVERYONE: This will be weaponized by the far-right. TWITTER: Nah, it's for women who are harassed. ... TWITTER: “our enforcement teams made several errors” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter mistakenly suspended users after extremists abused its private image policy
Ragnarok Lobster / @eclecticbrotha: Well, it was exactly what we expected. On the other hand, I never knew twitter had actual humans working as enforcement teams. https://twitter.com/...
@offcolourorg: A reminder that @twitter suspended our Editor-in-Chief, @MxKantEven, back in Sept and has refused to respond to her appeals. For weeks before her suspension, she was harassed & got death threats for calling out the harassment of Asian women online. @TwitterSupport did nothing. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Pearce / @jeffpropulsion: “It was unclear whether all of the erroneous suspensions had been resolved.” NO. It's very clear they haven't been resolved. 😠Bring back @Stesfa, @hornofafricahub, and other Ethiopian accounts. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Roth / The Verge: Twitter reportedly suspended accounts by mistake after extremists abused new private media policy
Alastair Thompson / @althecat: This was an extremely obvious consequence of a hasty decision taken by the @Twitter board which coincided with @jack announcing his resignation. @washingtonpost has not tracked the reasons for this, and they are looking in the wrong place. #NoMore https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The Twitter saga is a good example of the problems of enforcement according to statues vs. judgment according to principles. The latter is hard & expensive (that is, doesn't scale — which is why tech companies resist it) but necessary. Principles are adaptable, statutes not. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Hardin / @hardin: twitter hire me and pay me $200,000 a year to tell you, every time you introduce a new feature, that the far right is going to exploit it, because you never seem to learn this https://twitter.com/...
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: “Twitter spokesman Trenton Kennedy said that the company had been overwhelmed with a ‘significant amount’ of malicious reports and that its ‘enforcement teams made several errors’ in the aftermath.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@kt_so_it_goes: this is crazy talk but what if the biggest problem twitter has is not with its rules but with its enforcement team that weirdly and wildly always seems to err on the side of the nazis https://twitter.com/...
Kristofer Goldsmith / @krisgoldsmith85: It looks like @Twitter's official statement is “oops.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
A Weisburd / @webradius: Nobody doubts that the people at Twitter who design these policies are smart. That's it. That's the tweet. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rose / @adjoro: This impacted two journalists in Los Angeles that I know of. One had access restored. Not sure about other (hasn't posted yet), who works for a local newspaper. As press rights chair for @LAPressClub I reached out to @TwitterComms on Wednesday asking for dialogue. No response. https://twitter.com/...
Katelyn Bowden / @medus4_cdc: This was me, arguing that perhaps this was a good faith move. I consistently underestimate how absolutely awful most people are. https://twitter.com/...
@supernova_style: Dang, even I said how this would be used. @TwitterSupport you don't have a single woman on your team that came up with this idea, do you? https://twitter.com/...
Jen / @jenelaina: We TOLD YOU Nazis would exploit your ridiculous (retroactive!) policy, @Twitter. https://www.vice.com/... Smdh https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Queenie Wong / @qwongsj: Brings back memories of that time Twitter mistakenly verified fake accounts or mislabeled tweets. How do these errors even happen? https://twitter.com/...
Skullsinthestars / @drskyskull: Shocked, shocked I am that nazis would abuse twitter's stupid rules that's never happened before https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Richard Hoeg / @hoeglaw: Correction: I offered that it would weaponized...by everyone. Obvious out of the gate. https://twitter.com/...
Decapod December / @sarcasmorator: as someone who caught a weeklong ban recently for paraphrasing the prologue of Coppola's Dracula, I am deeply unsurprised https://twitter.com/...
Dennis Perkins / @dennisperkins5: Yeah, @TwitterSafety, we told you that's exactly what white supremacist chuds were going to do—it took them less than a day to prove us right. Either you are woefully out of touch, or you're sympathetic to the goon squad. https://twitter.com/...
@washingtonpost: Twitter says it suspended accounts in error following flood of “coordinated and malicious” reports https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: @chadloder ... Our latest on Twitter's acknowledgement today that a flood of “coordinated and malicious” reports under its new rule led the company to mistakenly suspend accounts. The far right started targeting researchers and journalists soon after it took effect https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Interview with Anna Wintour and Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch as they transform its biggest publications into global brands while streamlining content sharing — Anna Wintour is the embodiment of the glory days of the magazine dynasty. Now she is pitching its global, digital future.
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@katie_robertson, @katie_robertson, @baekdal, @benmullin, @theferocity, @katie_robertson and @nytimesbusiness
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Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: “Unless we want to look like a museum, we had to change and change pretty radically.” At Condé Nast, execs are trying to shrug off the past to survive in the future. I spoke to Anna Wintour and CEO Roger Lynch about their plans: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Condé Nast's Roger Lynch said the company, after years of losses, would break even this year and is on track to be profitable by 2023. The cost-cutting, however, has seen a number of top editors depart https://www.nytimes.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: Also: “Instead of having 27 Vogues or 10 Vogues go after one story, we have one global Vogue go after it,” Ms. Wintour said. “So it's more like a global newsroom with different hubs.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Some great details here: Condé Nast is on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue this year; Newhouse says no plans to sell; >50% of revenue is ads, about 25% consumer https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: So... they didn't change? https://twitter.com/...
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Analysis of 200K+ articles from 65 news sites: coverage of Biden for the past four months has been as bad as, or worse than, Trump in the same period of 2020 — A sampling of headlines atop the influential Politico Playbook newsletter over the past month: — “Let the Democratic freakout begin.”
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@froomkin, @whcos, @dkthomp, @jesselee46, @adrienneelrod, @wajahatali, New York Post, @josh_moon, @davidharsanyi, @tvietor08, @fpwellman, @soledadobrien, @mikegehrke, @mikegehrke, @jayrosen_nyu, @mlcalderone, @mollyjongfast, @elilake, @natsechobbyist, @ericboehlert, @leablackmiami, @ericschultz, @margotroosevelt, @maggienyt, @realdrothschild, @bobcesca_go, @joyannreid, @bennettjohnt, Washington Monthly, @mollyjongfast, @marmel, @froomkin, @alexthomp, @blueboxdave, @donmoyn, @sulliview, @greenhousenyt, @alfonslopeztena, @protecttruth_, @fred_guttenberg and @amy_siskind
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Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy...Too many journalists are caught in a mindless neutrality between democracy and its saboteurs, between fact and fiction. It's time to take a stand.” Amen, @Milbank! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: 2 things happening here 1. there's a v successful GOP propaganda machine with no full equivalent on the left, which sets a floor of positive coverage for GOP presidents 2. the non-conservative news media has a negativity bias and overreacts to bad news https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Lee / @jesselee46: Unemployment is 4.2%, an unprecedented 2% drop. Real disposable income (with inflation) is ⬆️2%. We helped get shelves stocked despite global supply chain disruptions. Folks feel 20% better about their personal finances than when Biden came in. You wouldn't know it from coverage. https://twitter.com/...
@adrienneelrod: “Trump presided over a worst-in-world pandemic response that caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths held a superspreader event at the White House.. praised QAnon adherents...And yet Trump got press coverage as favorable as, or better than, Biden is getting today.” https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: Absolutely spot on. Aiding and abetting the death of democracy for sake of access, ratings and the absurd promotion of an objective view from nowhere. https://twitter.com/...
@josh_moon: You should read this. I don't want to hear another damn word about the “liberal media.” We're currently in the 2nd greatest economic recovery in US history, and the national media, desperate for controversy, would have you believe there are bread lines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Harsanyi / @davidharsanyi: Media is harder on Biden than Trump is the new “this bill costs zero” https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: This is worth reading, especially since it comes from @Milbank who has written more than his fair share of scathing, brutal takedowns of elected officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Data backs it up. The media, like so many of our institutions, is completely failing us at this dangerous moment. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Yep this. And some people have been saying it from the get go. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Gehrke / @mikegehrke: 2 - Even when you take out the big bumps on the Biden graph, it looks like the mean scores are about the same. Isn't what I'm looking at a really big data set and a much smaller one trending to the mean?
Mike Gehrke / @mikegehrke: Ok, I generally agree with the point, but can't see how this graph helps...so somebody explain what I am missing here. 1 - Sentiment analysis is notoriously bad at categorizing political speech (AI tells you its all negative if you analyze enough of it.) https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here and there — and far more slowly than is needed — this view is catching on among journalists: that they have to become more actively pro-democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... “Too many journalists are caught in a mindless neutrality between democracy and its saboteurs...” https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: “The country is in an existential struggle between self-governance and an authoritarian alternative,” writes @Milbank. “And we in the news media, collectively, have given equal, if not slightly more favorable, treatment to the authoritarians.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: If you read one thing today make it @Milbank's piece about how the main stream media is actually covering biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Eli Lake / @elilake: The upshot of this column is that Trump got better mainstream media coverage than Biden. Sure, Jan. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Vindman / @natsechobbyist: You can't “both sides” something when one side constantly lies. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: they miss Trump the guy who called them Enemy of the People ponder that https://twitter.com/...
Lea Black / @leablackmiami: Because the anti- democracy minority thugs have louder voices and the press takes the bait : EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Schultz / @ericschultz: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” @Milbank joins serious journalists like @APAndrewTaylor @perrybaconjr @jackiekcalmes @MarkJacob16 calling for wholesale rethinking of how reporters cover politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margot Roosevelt / @margotroosevelt: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” Biden's media coverage is egregious & unfair, writes @Milbank https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: What is the definition of “positive” coverage and “negative” coverage here? Is this a seen as a metric journalists are supposed to be using? https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @realdrothschild: Where's journalistic integrity? Where the truth over lies? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bob Cesca / @bobcesca_go: It's not merely negative, it's misleading. Eg: reporting all Summer about allegedly sluggish jobs numbers while not reporting sizable upward revisions, published every month via the BLS, until after the election. Not all press, but the big ones did this for sure. https://twitter.com/...
John T. Bennett / @bennettjohnt: What are we supposed to do exactly? What does “take a stand” look like? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy / Washington Monthly: Lawyers Risk Their Law Licenses Helping Smarmy Politicians
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: The liberal media strikes again https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: No. But objectivity over stenography, both sides-ism, hoarding facts for a future book and a need for access would be nice. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: The blasé, even bored, tone of this NYT piece chronicling the GOP dismantling of our democracy is a perfect example of what @milbank calls “accessory to murder” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: From the article shared by Klain: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
David Marcus / @blueboxdave: Of course this has nothing to do with inflation, the border crisis, Covid failures, the Afghanistan debacle, or supply chains. It's all the fault of the Trump loving mainstream media... https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Analysis of news coverage: after a honeymoon period, press coverage of Biden has become as negative as the chaotic last six months of the Trump era. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: It's not just @Milbank's *opinion* ... He's got the numbers https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: The news media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy Biden's recent press coverage has BEEN AS BAD AS & AT TIMES WORSE THAN the coverage Trump received for the same period in 2020—when Trump presided over a worst-in-world pandemic response https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Alfons López Tena / @alfonslopeztena: We need a skeptical, independent press. But how about being partisans for democracy? US is in an existential struggle against an authoritarian alternative, and the news media give equal, if not slightly more favorable, treatment to the authoritarians https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eric Blair / @protecttruth_: Its great to see data from @Milbank showing what's been obvious for years: the US press is biased against Dems. Yes, NYT Politics is effectively rightwing-biased. No question. But why? US journalism's structure. And because journalists have been taught they must be neutral. https://twitter.com/...
Fred Guttenberg / @fred_guttenberg: This is so true? Why is @POTUS treated this way? The economy is on fire. He is actually dealing with the reality of COVID. He is doing so with decency & honesty. He is doing so with a @gop that has stopped working as part of Democracy. Go after them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Shafer / Politico:
With a tiny audience, the cable news industry has devolved from a useful headline service to a 24/7 eldercare operation; few would notice if it disappeared — How did the cable news networks become our main stage? — Nary a day goes by without somebody saying something stupid somewhere …
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@bgrueskin, Washington Post, @carloslozadawp, @secnav75, @michaelsocolow, @joanespositochi, @dceiver, @danvock, @daviduberti, @davelevinthal, @johnsaltas, @scottnover, @dankennedy_nu, @politico_steve, @spytalker, @blowryontv, @blakehounshell, @dankennedy_nu, @mrwaltershapiro, @chasemadar, @mj_coren and @michaelsocolow
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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: The vast wasteland of the 2020s is cable news, and @jackshafer is on it, in a very good way. https://www.politico.com/...
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: “Can we agree that cable news has devolved over time from a useful headline service (Ted Turner's original vision at CNN) to a day-to-night eldercare operation?” I hope @jackshafer gets invited on some cable news show to discuss this piece: https://www.politico.com/...
Michael Socolow / @michaelsocolow: Reminder: Chris Cuomo's audience was tiny, and more than 99% of the U.S. population did not watch his cable news program on @CNN regularly. Despite the @twitter excitement, the news of his firing will be largely meaningless to most Americans. https://www.politico.com/...
Joan Esposito / @joanespositochi: Wow. This is shockingly bad take. Fox is 24/7 propaganda so lumping it in with @CNN & @MSNBC is ridiculous. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: I really cannot impress upon people enough how much your life improves after you quit receiving news from television; everything gets better, you mind more agile, your soul more stable, once you banish it from your life https://www.politico.com/... via @politico
Dan Vock / @danvock: “How did the cable news networks become our main stage?” I never understood this. I never understood why newsrooms play cable news (especially with the volume on). If you want good reporting, turn off cable “news.” https://twitter.com/...
David Uberti / @daviduberti: Shorter @jackshafer: Read the fucking newspaper. https://www.politico.com/...
Dave Levinthal / @davelevinthal: Big ouch, from @jackshafer: “... but can we agree that cable news has devolved over time from a useful headline service (Ted Turner's original vision at CNN) to a day-to-night eldercare operation?” https://www.politico.com/...
John Saltas / @johnsaltas: Do this and the side benefit includes cutting the nuts off @jasoninthehouse @BurgessOwens and @RepChrisStewart who profit from bullshit spew on cable news. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: “For reasons that are personal, nobody has more reverence for the aged than I, but can we agree that cable news has devolved over time from a useful headline service (Ted Turner's original vision at CNN) to a day-to-night eldercare operation?” @jackshafer https://www.politico.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: A few years ago I wrote: Don't watch cable news, or at least not the prime-time talk shows. (2/2) https://www.wgbh.org/...
Steven Shepard / @politico_steve: This from @jackshafer is generally true. Although, the last time I was in the office (Nov. 2, the night of the Va. election), I changed some of the TVs to @FOXTV so I could watch Game 6 of the World Series. https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Stein / @spytalker: Turn off cable news. It's bad for you. And you won't miss it, trust me. https://www.politico.com/... via @politico
Blake Hounshell / @blakehounshell: “If country music vanished in a rapture, you'd have to deal with some pretty ornery people. But if cable news disappeared tomorrow, who would notice?” https://www.politico.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: Cable news is a tiny medium that doesn't deserve the attention it gets, says @jackshafer. He's right. (1/2) https://www.politico.com/...
Walter Shapiro / @mrwaltershapiro: Kudos for reminding the world that cable ratings are minuscule and its influence (even Fox) wildly over-hyped. Personally, I refuse to watch it because I envision brain cell flaking off like dandruff. If it's truly important, there will be a transcript. https://twitter.com/...
Chase Madar / @chasemadar: A-grade Shafer. https://www.politico.com/...
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify removed the work of hundreds of comedians, including John Mulaney and Kevin Hart, amid a fight with royalty administration agency Spoken Giants — A push for royalty payments on comedic material sidelines work of Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and hundreds of others
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone: Comedy Albums by John Mulaney, Patton Oswalt Removed From Spotify Amid Royalties Battle
Bruce Haring / Deadline: Spotify Removes Many Top Comedians From Service In Royalty Payments Dispute
The Wrap:
BuzzFeed, Inc. announces it has merged with a SPAC, acquired Complex Networks, and will start trading on the Nasdaq as BZFD on Monday — BuzzFeed's shareholders voted in favor of taking the company public on Friday as the media company completes its merger with a special purpose acquisition …
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BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed, Inc. Announces Closing Of Business Combination With 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. and Acquisition Of Complex Networks
Ranjan / @ranjanxroy: Should've taken some market timing lessons from cheddar and insider https://twitter.com/...
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Architectural Digest shifts to a global strategy where all 10 editions around the world coordinate content, helping increase traffic and amortize costs — After experimenting with rolling out feature stories and videos globally this year, Architectural Digest will publish its first global magazine issue …
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Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: I have always found it really strange that they weren't doing this from the start. https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: “@ArchDigest has tested out coordinating global ‘drops’ of feature stories that were translated into local languages and published on U.S. and international websites this year, and those pieces helped increase traffic to its sites.” https://digiday.com/...
Heather Landy / @heatherlandy:
[Thread] Crediting a move by The Verge, Quartz updates its “off the record” and “on background” rules to specify everything is on the record until Quartz agrees — Quartz updated its guidance today on the conditions under which our journalists will talk to people off the record or on background. H/t to @TheVerge for recognizing/publicizing some of the confounding new practices of tech sector PR people, which necessitate a fresh look at this
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@jason, @katherineabell, @shareenpathak, @jayrosen_nyu, @scottnover, @heatherlandy, @heatherlandy, @heatherlandy, @heatherlandy, @reckless and Talking Biz News
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@jason: So anonymous sources who are spinning a positive narrative (aka PR folks on background) are no longer allowed, but corporate sources who are spinning a negative story (ie “for fear of rebuttal” team members) are allowed? Suggest forcing everyone on the record w/rare exceptions https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Bell / @katherineabell: Thanks to @HeatherLandy, Quartz's fearless leader of style and standards, for drawing these lines so clearly. https://twitter.com/...
Shareen Pathak / @shareenpathak: good to clarify these periodically. at one point in my career i covered the PR industry, which had some wild contortions when it came to what “on deep background” and “on background” meant https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: Going “on background” or “off the record” are agreements. Paid company spokespeople should know this. Glad our leadership at @qz is clarifying where we stand: https://twitter.com/...
Heather Landy / @heatherlandy: Our preference almost always is to talk with people on the record, meaning their words can be directly quoted and/or paraphrased by us, with direct attribution to them. This is the default understanding between us, as journalists, and the people we speak with.
Heather Landy / @heatherlandy: There are times when on-background conversations are totally appropriate. But they're not on background unless we've agreed to that first.
Heather Landy / @heatherlandy: We'll be rigid about this with paid company spokespeople. If we request information and it's emailed to us with a note from a PR person saying it's being given on background, no dice—we have not agreed to your terms, and we will attribute this usable information as we see fit.
Heather Landy / @heatherlandy: “On background, no attribution” isn't real, no matter how many times PR folks say it. Like @TheVerge, we won't talk to paid corporate spokespeople on this basis. PR folks are either on the record or off (unless speaking in a different capacity—as a whistleblower, for instance).
Nilay Patel / @reckless: A movement! (So far the effects of our background policy change are: 1. better sourcing in stories and 2. clearer expectations for the companies we cover. Your newsroom can have the same!) https://twitter.com/...
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: Quartz updates policy regarding PR relationships
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
G/O Media “invites” seven Chicago staffers of The A.V. Club to move to Los Angeles, where EIC Scott Robson is establishing an office, or else lose their jobs — The staff of the A.V. Club — the music, film, and entertainment website owned by G/O Media — was informed yesterday …
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@brian_tallerico, @oldfilmsflicker, @aimeelevitt, @jumpedforjoi, @azalben, @tooearnest, @steven_hyden, @baddestmamajama, @soniasaraiya, @ryanmer, @seanoneal, @anniezaleski, @maggieserota, @justinmcurto, @shortformernie, @vincemancini, @davidehrlich, @idislikestephen, @thehighsign, @slawrites, @film_girl, @evanryt, @jfruh, @meredithlclark, @phillipstribune, @alissamarie, @chrismohney, @juwanthewriter, @futurehasbeen, @timmarchman, @mousterpiece, @papapishu, @tasharobinson, @vk_hm, @shannonl_miller, @chrishayner and @tarpleyhitt
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Brian Tallerico / @brian_tallerico: Someone called it a de facto firing, which feels right. And it feels like those who take the jump risk getting canned in 3-6 months anyway. I'm furious tonight for all the people I care about at this company. Can't even concentrate. https://twitter.com/...
@oldfilmsflicker: $5K is basically first month/last month and security deposit on an apartment - if you get an apartment on the cheaper side. It doesn't even begin to cover the rest of moving costs 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Aimee / @aimeelevitt: This is bullshit. And, btw media world, you have the chance right now to pick up some great Chicago writers and editors and give G/O Media the fuck you it richly deserves. https://www.gawker.com/...
Joi Childs / @jumpedforjoi: Anyone offering only $5K to relocate from Chicago to LA is going to the highest of hells. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Zalben / @azalben: Excuse my language: fuck this. If the past two years have taught us anything, it's that digital media can not only subsist remotely, it can thrive. And frankly, expanding your potential work-force beyond geographic constraints allows for a greater reach and diversity of voices. https://twitter.com/...
Cassie da Costa / @tooearnest: Who in Chicago will hire the employees who won't be bullied into moving to one of the most horrifically designed cities in America at the whim of their EIC? https://twitter.com/...
Steven Hyden / @steven_hyden: This is where I got my start. This was once a publication that prided itself on a proudly outsider/Midwestern POV. You really can't go home again. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Ellis / @baddestmamajama: I don't know why I was never taught as a child that you could have a career ruining companies. https://twitter.com/...
Sonia / @soniasaraiya: AVClub's devoted readers (who i owe my career to) deserve better than their site being keelhauled by a guy from moviefone https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Shattuck / @ryanmer: So tired of tweeting this, but this is your weekly reminder that G/O Media turns everything they touch into pigeon shit. https://twitter.com/...
Sean O'Neal / @seanoneal: The entire point of the site is that it was outsiders writing about the entertainment industry without being beholden to it, which allowed it to have a different POV from every other press release aggregator, but I guess that approach just doesn't produce enough snackable videos. https://twitter.com/...
Annie Za-yams-ki / @anniezaleski: I'm still proud to contribute to @TheAVClub and have written some of my favorite stories ever for the site. This news just completely bums me out. The staff, who are all wonderful, deserve better. Having a mix of writers in the Midwest and on coasts makes your coverage better. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Serota / @maggieserota: G/O media really excelling at ruining every publication I love to read. https://twitter.com/...
@justinmcurto: things like music and tv happen everywhere, not just in la and new york, and we continue to lose so much by limiting who's covering them to people who (can/want to) live on the coasts https://www.gawker.com/...
Vince Mancini / @vincemancini: Media execs: “we want our staff to reflect diverse viewpoints!” Also media execs: “we need all of our staff to reside in one of two wildly expensive metropolises while earning entry-level wages!” https://twitter.com/...
David Ehrlich / @davidehrlich: sending good vibes to the great @AADowd. Not only a fantastic writer but also a sharp and gracious editor who's kept the AV Club's film section strong throughout all sorts of shit. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Thompson / @idislikestephen: This move is as pointless as it is cruel: The last 21 months have taught us that the staff shouldn't need to go to its *current* offices, yet alone ones in Los Angeles. The A.V. Club's great staff deserves so much better than the leadership it's gotten. https://www.gawker.com/...
Dana Stevens / @thehighsign: The gaslighting of this response is truly jawdropping. No, of course it's not _required_ for you to leave your home and move to LA at a moment's notice!* *unless you want to keep your job https://www.gawker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Samantha Allen / @slawrites: I promise you there is nothing in the water in New York or Los Angeles that somehow makes people write better words or develop sharper cultural criticism. Forcing everyone to move to two cities to participate in media is a great way to cultivate boring, homogeneous perspectives. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: This is just deranged. G/O Media continues to be an embarrassment of everything. https://www.gawker.com/...
Evan Rytlewski / @evanryt: This is cruel and callous and completely representative of the garbage leadership that has been driving this site into the ground https://www.gawker.com/...
Josh Fruhlinger / @jfruh: the thing about a website—and I say this as a man who has worked for many a website—is that you absolutely can work for one from your home https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Clark / @meredithlclark: As someone who was sad but excited when the AV Club moved from Madison to Chicago, this fucking sucks and will do nothing to help the site. https://www.gawker.com/...
Michael Phillips / @phillipstribune: What the hell kind of 1953 shit is that? https://twitter.com/...
Alissa Wilkinson / @alissamarie: Absolutely ghoulish. https://www.gawker.com/...
Chris Mohney / @chrismohney: it really is impressive how everything Jim Spanfeller touches turns to shit. he's the fecal Midas https://twitter.com/...
@juwanthewriter: (this article doesn't make mention of the en masse departures at the Root along side the other sites described in detail but this still illuminates the terrible management G/O Media is doing as of late) https://twitter.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: I'm trying to imagine explaining the idea of a distinct sensibility rooted in a specific place where 97,382 other entertainment sites aren't also located, possibly with hand puppets. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Spiegel / @mousterpiece: This is quite bad! https://twitter.com/...
Chris Person / @papapishu: This is one of the stupidest fucking thing I've heard of this company doing and I've heard a lot of stupid shit man. https://twitter.com/...
Tasha Robinson / @tasharobinson: Heard about The AV Club shuttering its Chicago office a few days ago, but couldn't talk about it until it was public. It feels like the end of the version of the AVC that gave me my career, that shaped how I think, talk, and write about culture. https://www.gawker.com/...
Valondar / @vk_hm: It's bizarre in an age when jobs like this can be done literally anywhere with wi-fi they want them all done in the same handful of cities https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Miller / @shannonl_miller: For years, the A.V. Club has survived off of the enduring work of—no hyperbole here— the best culture writers and people that I know. They deserve leadership that actually understands the value they bring to the industry. This is vile. https://twitter.com/...
Isaac McIntyre / Dexerto:
YouTube briefly suspended Ludwig Ahgren's livestream on Thursday, days after his publicized move from Twitch; Ahgren blames DMCA notices for playing Baby Shark — The 26-year-old has been the talk of the streaming world these past few days, after he signed an exclusive streaming deal with Twitch arch-rivals YouTube.
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@ludwigahgren, @mhbergen, The Verge, IGN, @lamarrwilson, Tubefilter, Insider, Kotaku and Variety, more at Techmeme »
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Mark Bergen / @mhbergen: “'Only two days on YouTube and I got banned from streaming,' he laughed” https://www.dexerto.com/...
Emma Roth / The Verge: Ludwig's livestream was interrupted by a copyright warning days after joining YouTube
Lamarr Wilson / @lamarrwilson: @0BurkeBlack0 and THIS is the problem with YT. https://twitter.com/...
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter: Ludwig Stream Temporarily Interrupted Days Into YouTube Deal, But He Wasn't Suspended Or Banned
Kieran Press-Reynolds / Insider: Streaming star Ludwig said he was suspended from YouTube days after signing an exclusive deal with the platform to abandon Twitch
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