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David Gelles / New York Times:
Ben Smith is leaving the NYT to start a global news organization with Justin Smith for the “200M people who are college educated, who read in English” — Mr. Smith will help start a new organization with Justin Smith, the chief executive of Bloomberg Media.
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Discussion:
@newyorker: With his new news venture, Ben Smith is “eager to push the envelope” on how stories are told and delivered. How, exactly, he won't yet say. https://nyer.cm/SNs2lCo
David Gelles / @dgelles: NEWS: @benyt is LEAVING the NEW YORK TIMES to start a new news organization with @Justin_B_Smith. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dylan Byers / Puck: News on the Ben Smith News
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine: Ben Smith Goes Global
Jordan Moreau / Variety: Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Exits to Form News Company With NYT's Ben Smith
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Lot of folks keep treating the Smiths project like a big mystery. It's not—it's a global news org, hundreds of journalists, subs/ads/events, a chance for Smiths to get in on $$ action. But! This piece did a great job of capturing what it's like to talk to @benyt on the phone. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Hot new media startup for college-educated professionals https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: immense respect to ben for just constantly telling people he absolutely intended to rectify his massive conflict of interest by selling his buzzfeed stock and then bouncing before anyone ever actually made him do it—just incredible work https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Zengerle / @zengerle: Huge gets for OZY relaunch. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Kampeas / @kampeas: I'm a big @benyt fan but this new venture sounds at this stage like two bros saying, “What if we-” “Yeah! and then we-” “Dude, yeah!” https://www.newyorker.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Best of luck to @benyt. His Times media writing was among the most nuanced, entertaining and influential I've seen. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Bloomberg Media chief joins New York Times columnist to launch news venture
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: Anyone else confused by this? “There are 200 million people who are college educated, who read in English, but who no one is really treating like an audience, but who talk to each other and talk to us,” Ben Smith said. “That's who we see as our audience.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maya Wiley / @mayawiley: .@BenSmith So. You know when your friends make a big decision and you have to learn about overhearing your neighbors talking it on the street corner? 😂 Exciting news though! https://twitter.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: In the future, everyone will work for The New York Times for 15 minutes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Weigel / @daveweigel: Ben's media column was the best, gonna miss it terribly https://twitter.com/...
@rosental: Ben Smith Is Leaving The Times for a Global News Start-Up - It seems that @benyt wants to compete with @NYTimes for the global audience of the “200 million people who are college educated, who read in English, ... who talk to each other and talk to us...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: New York Times Media Columnist Ben Smith Leaving To Start a Global News Organization
Seth Klamann / @sethklamann: Oh thank God, somebody at a major national news organization is finally launching a fresh national news organization. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: I guess we'll never know if Ben Smith finally sold his Buzzfeed options.....
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: This makes sense. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: I would guess that this is key to why he is leaving, actually. https://twitter.com/...
Clare Malone / @claremalone: The once and future media mogul! https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: Well that's a powerhouse duo if ever there was one. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Job opening! https://twitter.com/...
Comfortably Smug / @comfortablysmug: Ben Smith in May 2020: I've agreed to divest by the end of the year. NYT to Slate in October 2021: “We've extended Ben's deadline to divest the stock options to February 2022.” Ben Smith in January 2022: lol, peace losers https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: .@benyt has been a superb media columnist, revolutionizing the beat by churning out scoop after stunning scoop. He's a great colleague, too. Very sorry that he is leaving the NYT, but wish him well on his next adventure. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alicia Lutes / @alicialutes: “Details are sparse, but Ben told me that they saw their audience as the 200 million or so English speakers with college degrees who are tired of the same-old same-old in the news.” - @dgelles white men truly must be stopped. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Chayka / @chaykak: does everyone just want, in the end, what Tina Brown did with Vanity Fair in the 80s
Lauren Collins / @laurenzcollins: By MAN MAN leaving news org to start news org with MAN. “We will miss MAN,” MAN said. MAN took over column from MAN, who succeeded other MAN. MAN pubbed report on MAN compiled by MAN, which led to inquiry by MAN. “MAN helped transform media,” said MAN. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: i simply cannot stop laughing—cheers to all involved
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Smith Squared! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Susan Page / @susanpage: Best media columnist ever. https://twitter.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: Good luck @benyt. But a serious question: how is the NYT failing the 200 million college-educated people who speak English? That's a column I'd like to read. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: New York Times breaks news that New York Times media columnist who often breaks news about the New York Times is leaving the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: Smith² https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Cue series of tweets and columns on what @benyt leaving NYT says about traditional media platforms. Or just reverse engineer the ones everyone wrote when he joined NYT two years ago.
Paris Martineau / @parismartineau: ben please im begging you dont put your employer's name in ur twitter handle this time https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Weiner / @natalieweiner: who keeps giving bros money https://twitter.com/...
Paul McLeod / @pdmcleod: So does anyone want to work for legacy media anymore? Ben Smith is leaving the New York Times for a global news startup. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Emerging consensus among my DMs is that @benyt's motives include: 1) $$$$$ 2) The joy of trolling (Not necessarily in that order) 3) Column is too much work 4) Not going to take over from @deanbaquet 5) Not ready to cash in his BF stock options https://twitter.com/...
Howard Kurtz / @howardkurtz: Ben Smith, going back to his netroots...a loss for the Times https://twitter.com/...
Claire Shaffer / @claireeshaffer: I've read this quote several times and I still have no fucking clue who he's talking about https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Yair Rosenberg / @yair_rosenberg: This will be really cool, but also, if you're reading this, pat yourself on the back at having survived Ben's media column days without him writing about you. Sigh of relief all around. https://twitter.com/...
Luke Kawa / @ljkawa: “in the long run, you either end up at Bloomberg or Buzzfeed” has finally merged https://twitter.com/...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: the man who took down ozy now faces his toughest battle yet: building another ozy
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: “what about the 200 million people who are college educated, who read in English, but who no one is really treating like an audience, but who talk to each other and talk to us?” - me, constantly
Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung: Mr. & Mr. Smith
Alexis Benveniste / @apbenven: Missed opportunity if they don't have their launch party at The Smith https://twitter.com/...
Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: Man, this dude can't hold a job. (Congrats, Ben!) https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The Smiths? https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner: yo NYT what if you hired a public editor instead of a political reporter to take on the media beat wouldn't that have more value to the institution and the republic??? https://twitter.com/...
Kayla Ruble / @rublekb: So are everyone else's media group chats collectively losing it over this quote right now or just mine? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “There's been a change in the relationship between journalists and institutions in the same way there's been a change in the relationship between talent and institutions in the entertainment industry” —@benyt https://www.wsj.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: BuzzfeedBen is back in the saddle. Mazel tov to all involved! https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I think it's safe to say @benyt was a remarkable media columnist. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: .@benyt to @DylanByers: ""The era of social media journalism is basically coming to an end, and there's a question of what's next...The relationship of individual journalists to their audience is also changing, and I think [this new pub] will reflect that" https://puck.news/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Smith & Smith Co. https://twitter.com/...
Allan Smith / @akarl_smith: I can think of one Smith who is not going anywhere https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Claire Trần / @clairevtran: Starting a news outlet. There are 200 million people who can't cook, all they know is mcdonalds, charge their phone, be bisexual, eat hot chip & lie, but who no one is really treating like an audience, but who talk to each other and talk to us. That's who we see as our audience.
@rafat: But but, what about the 250 million Smiths worldwide who are still unaddressed by any media, thought that was a bigger opportunity. But seriously, congrats @Justin_B_Smith & @benyt, this will be a fun to watch you two build a media startup again! https://twitter.com/...
@chanders: Also, does this mean that @benyt will have served out his tenure at the NYT without ever divesting his @BuzzFeed stock options? Pretty slick all around, if so.
Albert Burneko / Defector: The Media Smiths Have A Bold New Idea
@kerrymflynn: “'There are 200 million people who are college educated, who read in English, but who no one is really treating like an audience...' Ben Smith said in an interview.” Genuinely confused. What does NYT / BuzzFeed / others do if not serve that audience? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andrew Kaczynski / @kfile: How did @benyt miss this scoop? https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: I have no special insight into the Smith/Smith media startup, but so much English language media coming out of the US and UK is very provincial and written with the assumption that its audience shares the interests and priorities of Americans or Brits https://twitter.com/...
Patrick McGee / @patrickmcgee_: The Smith Times https://twitter.com/...
@om: Whatever you think of this, it is an opportunity for more writers to ply their trade. And hopefully, this will be something unique, and worth paying for. As long as no clickbait headlines and nonsense that treats readers as idiots. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Call it BloomFeed. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Gershgorn / @davegershgorn: wow never thought i'd see The Smiths tour again https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: I'm so excited to see @benyt doing this. He's one of the smartest minds in media. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Scocca / @tomscocca: In the end, the divestments we made were in ourselves https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Kroman / @kromandavid: I know it's not quite this simple, but I do wish there was more focus on strengthening news organizations that already exist rather than casting about for a new shiny object https://twitter.com/...
Patrick George / @bypatrickgeorge: At last, a publication aimed at college-educated people who can read the English language. An idea whose time has come https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben: Men will literally start a global news operation catering to the 200 million college educated English speakers worldwide rather than go to therapy
Alexandra Bruell / @alexbruell: Mr. Smith says he sees an opportunity to help address a crisis in trust among news consumers. via @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: Shepherd Smith, Stephen A Smith, Harry Smith partnering on global news organization centered on folksy but relatable rants
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Stepping Down To Form Startup; NY Times Media Columnist Ben Smith To Join
Arieh Kovler / @ariehkovler: Preemptively registering all the good publication name Twitter handles with Ben at the end of them. https://twitter.com/...
Daisy Alioto / @daisandconfused: Mr. Smith Goes to Mr. Smith https://twitter.com/...
Morgan Baskin / @mhbaskin: “A personal dream, and a market opportunity” is the funniest quote I've ever read, no notes https://twitter.com/...
Scott Feinberg / @scottfeinberg: He had a huge platform and was killing it. Why the hell would he do this? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Esther Zuckerman / @ezwrites: What does this mean? Like genuinely. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: Can't stop laughing at this https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Roston / @michaelroston: Well I guess that's it, the media has been equationed https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Ley / @toley88: Defector's potential audience is 300 million people but 200 million people is cool too I guess https://twitter.com/...
Robin Wigglesworth / @robinwigg: If anyone - university-educated or otherwise - is unhappy about their media diet then 👉👉👉 https://subs.ft.com/...
Kaz Weida / @kazweida: Sure sounds like he's saying... a media startup but for wealthy white people. But isn't that what The NY Times already does? It's not really a niche. https://twitter.com/...
@mattnegrin: what if new york time hire extremely brilliant and honest person on twitter who always accurate with media prediction for open position at media column https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Ungarino / @ungarino: genuinely having trouble understanding what this means as a total addressable market and how it's different from existing national news orgs https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: At least he's not flouncing off to market himself on Substack as a victim of the NYT “woke mob.”
Rosie Gray / @rosiegray: @benyt Congrats Ben. I was getting pretty worried about whether a news outlet will finally cater to the 200 million college educated English speakers worldwide
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: strong cowards ratio here so let me be the first to say: i would absolutely take a first-wave well-paid startup job at this publication and then calmly take my layoff severance in 18 months. there's no shame in that. everyone's gotta play the game
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: which one of them is going to get paid a lot of money to not do their job most of the time while the other one does all the work? https://puck.news/... https://twitter.com/...
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: For a high six figure check even the most ferocious media critics will embrace absolutely any theory of what will work in media and that includes me, pls DM me offers
@esotericcd: Welp there's the answer to the question “why hasn't Smith sold his shares in Buzzfeed yet despite New York Times policy requiring it for conflict reasons?” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sam Mintz / @samjmintz: He'll have to change his Twitter handle yet again, I worry for the man https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: (FWIW I've always thought this is what kinda sets the FT apart, it's written for a pretty global audience of $$ people and nowhere near as anchored on its home audience as its US counterparts. And same goes for a lot of BBC stuff)
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: Interesting. Ben's column was one of the best regular features at the NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Bloomberg Media CEO, NYT columnist to form new media venture
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith steps down effective immediately to found a media company “that serves unbiased journalism”; Scott Havens to replace him as CEO — Mr. Smith, 52, sees opportunity to help address crisis in trust among news consumers
Discussion:
New Yorker, @justin_b_smith, Vox, @benmullin, Observer, @benmullin, @benmullin, @lionelbarber, MediaPost, @brianstelter, @parryravi, Hollywood Reporter, @benmullin, @claremalone, @jkempenergy, Today in Tabs, @marcbain_, @seangriffey, @jason_kint, @sub8u, @pkafka, @ryanlcooper, @richard_florida, @robinwigg, @jbflint, @mattzeitlin, @seangriffey, @pkafka, @michaelroston, New York Post, The Wrap, @mattdpearce and @davidfolkenflik
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Clare Malone / New Yorker: Ben Smith Can't Say What His New Media Venture Is
Justin B. Smith / @justin_b_smith: After 8 years at Bloomberg Media, and more than 25 years in quality journalism, I've decided to pursue a personal dream, and a market opportunity, to launch a new kind of global news media company that serves unbiased journalism to a truly global audience https://www.wsj.com/...
Peter Kafka / Vox: Ben Smith had one of the coolest jobs in journalism. Now he wants to do something else.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Justin Smith's new media venture, code-named “Project Coda,” is aiming to reach a market of 200 million people globally, David Bradley tells me: https://www.wsj.com/...
Isabella Simonetti / Observer: Former Observer Reporter Ben Smith To Found Media Company
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Scott Havens is the new CEO of Bloomberg Media. -Justin Smith is starting a global, general-interest media company -He's likely going to raise significant funding -The venture will include digital publishing, newsletters, podcasts and digital video https://www.wsj.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: SCOOP: Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith is stepping down to start his own media company https://www.wsj.com/...
Lionel Barber / @lionelbarber: “The startup would seek to tap into the rising power of individual journalists to build audiences on a variety of platforms” @benyt says shift in power in media follows entertainment industry. Journalists as mini/maxi brands? Common culture? https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Tony Silber / MediaPost: 2 Prominent Media Executives, Justin Smith And Ben Smith, Team For New Media Venture
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @Justin_B_Smith plans to “launch a premium news business that serves unbiased journalism to a global audience and provides a high-quality platform for the best journalists in the world.” And @benyt is on board https://www.wsj.com/...
Parry Ravindranathan / @parryravi: Big news! @Justin_B_Smith was my long time boss at @BBGMedia and a good friend. End of another era. But no better time to do this, Justin. And congrats Scott @msh200 Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Steps Down to Found News Startup https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith Exits, Teams With N.Y. Times' Ben Smith for Startup
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: I asked @benyt about the biggest difference between @nytimes and his new startup. His response: “The New York Times has a 150-year head-start on us.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Clare Malone / @claremalone: From the WSJ piece on the new Smiths venture...both this and the Times stub talk abt. college-educated English speakers. So is this gonna be like...The Economist but less British and w/bylines? @benyt ? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Kemp / @jkempenergy: “I think that there's a big audience that wants journalism that respects their intelligence” https://www.wsj.com/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Ben Smith Resolves Longstanding Conflict of Interest
Marc Bain / @marcbain_: every former and current Quartz employee right now is thinking this sounds very familiar https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean Griffey / @seangriffey: Huge news: @Justin_B_Smith stepping down as CEO of Bloomberg News to launch a new startup. One of the smartest operators in media...this is #1 on my watch list now. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: According to census/wikipedia, there are at least 3mil Smiths globally so that's a sizable base to launch a news media biz. In all seriousness, only the best to @Justin_B_Smith @benyt on their new venture. We'll be rooting for your success. Cheers. https://www.wsj.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Might be me, but this is amusing, coming from the (ex) CEO of Bloomberg. The burning desire of every new media startup, small or big, to run down everything else, even that which they've been involved in is something! https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: More power to Justin but I sure hope his new premium news business doesn't run quotes like that without context.
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: TIL Bloomberg Media makes ~$140m on subscription fees alone https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Richard Florida / @richard_florida: This sounds pretty cool ... https://www.wsj.com/...
Robin Wigglesworth / @robinwigg: Good luck and Godspeed, but launching another news outlet dedicated to “unbiased journalism for a global audience” makes me think of this meme. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: I think already work for that place “My plan is to launch a premium news business that serves unbiased journalism to a global audience and provides a high-quality platform for the best journalists in the world.” From @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: Sounds...puckish https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean Griffey / @seangriffey: One fun part of the Justin Smith / Coda - David Bradley stating that he would invest. You can sell The Atlantic and QZ but media is a hard drug to quit. https://www.wsj.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: “My plan is to launch a premium news business that serves unbiased journalism to a global audience and provides a high-quality platform for the best journalists in the world,” says the man leaving a job running a premium news business staffed by excellent journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Roston / @michaelroston: I hope the next 5 hires they announce all have the surname Smith https://www.wsj.com/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: NYT columnist Ben Smith and Bloomberg Media CEO to start new company
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: New York Times' Ben Smith and Bloomberg Media's Justin Smith to Launch Global News Startup
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading:
MoffettNathanson: US pay-TV services lost 637,000 subscribers in Q3 as gains from digital distributors failed to make up for cable and satellite provider losses — The US pay-TV industry shed another 637,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2021 as gains from virtual multichannel video …
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Anthony Crupi / @crupicrupicrupi: Per MoffettNathanson, which this morning released their Q3 cord-cutting report, the number of HHs subscribing to a traditional cable/satellite/telco TV package was 69.7M at the end of September. The bundle's penetration has fallen to 57% of all TV homes, down from 69% in 2019.
Ben Munson / Fierce Video: Total U.S. vMVPD subscribers pass 14M in Q3
The New York Times Company:
WaPo's David Fahrenthold, who won the 2017 Pulitzer for an investigation into Trump's charitable giving, will join NYT's DC bureau as an investigative reporter — David is joining The Times's Washington bureau as an investigative reporter. Read more in this note from Elisabeth Bumiller.
Discussion:
@fahrenthold, @farhip, @fahrenthold, @fahrenthold, @philiprucker, @danielsgoldman, @aaronblake, @robreich, @felixsalmon, @teddyschleifer, @harrylitman, @bensoskis, @ichotiner, @richarddeitsch, @tomwatson, @agearan, @rkellett, @jdawsey1, @petersagal, @evanasmith, @shearm, @colbyitkowitz, @wesleylowery, @chelsea_janes, @jonathantamari, @dataeditor, @jeremybowers, @mikiebarb, @ericmgarcia, @edokeefe, @levinecarrie, @cliffordlevy, @vivian, @seungminkim, @bgrueskin, @markberman, Mediaite, The Guardian and The Wrap
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David Fahrenthold / @fahrenthold: I feel lucky to be joining the @nytimes' great investigative team. I'll write about Trump Org — and also take on a new topic, the abuse/misuse of nonprofits. That means a new set of mysteries to solve — with your help, if you're inclined. There's nothing better in the world.
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Some internal news: @Fahrenthold is leaving the @washingtonpost to join the @nytimes. Huge loss. David broke the “Access Hollywood” tape story in 2016 and won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Trump's bogus charity in 2017. Staff announcement: https://twitter.com/...
David Fahrenthold / @fahrenthold: News! https://twitter.com/...
David Fahrenthold / @fahrenthold: It's very hard to leave the @washingtonpost, especially at a time when it's thriving and growing. I've loved it for 21 years. But when yr employee ID gets old enough to drink, it *might* be time to smack yourself in the face with a new challenge.
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: Really sorry to see @Fahrenthold leave. Dave's a star reporter, as everyone knows, but he's also been a newsroom pal for more than a decade. Our pod won't be the same without him. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Goldman / @danielsgoldman: Few are more diligent and determined than @Fahrenthold and I'm especially excited for his new beat — the abuse/misuse of nonprofits — which is an area that does not get enough attention. Congrats! https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: A tremendous colleague and journalist. He will be deeply missed. Congrats to @nytimes. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Reich / @robreich: The @nytimes is building a fantastic team of reporters on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. @dgelles and @nkulish and now @Fahrenthold. https://twitter.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: No better reporter to have on this hugely important yet massively undercovered beat. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: Abuse/misuse of nonprofits? Am not familiar. https://twitter.com/...
Harry Litman / @harrylitman: Wow quite a get for the @nytimes. @Fahrenthold has led the charge on Trump corruption reporting starting since 2016 with his indefatigable chronicling of financial sleaziness. Congrats to @Fahrenthold and the Times! https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Soskis / @bensoskis: This is great news; @Fahrenthold is a terrific reporter. But it's notable that the Times' approach to nonprofit investigative reporting (tho not to its philanthropy beat—see @nkulish's great work) is to focus on misuse/abuse. We need broader investigative ambit than that! https://twitter.com/...
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: Ever worse news for the Post: It was actually a trade, and they got back two Frank Bruni columns per month https://twitter.com/...
Richard Deitsch / @richarddeitsch: The college football transfer portal is out of control. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Watson / @tomwatson: Yeah with equal pressure - @Fahrenthold has to single-handedly change the reputation of the political journalism's New York Mets. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Rumsey Gearan / @agearan: Big loss for @washingtonpost and big get for @nytimes . @Fahrenthold is a terrific reporter, great colleague and a fellow fan of the trusty yellow legal pad. Congratulations Dave. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Y. Kellett / @rkellett: .@Fahrenthold made it so much easier to convince other reporters that social media could help their reporting in the earlier days https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: I offered to go to space if Dave would stay, but alas. On a serious note, we will miss a great colleague & a great reporter. I hope he finds someone new to prank. (If Dave puts a poetry book about birds on your desk & says the exec editor wants to see you about it, be skeptical.) https://twitter.com/...
Peter Sagal / @petersagal: They should have give him a laptop instead of forcing him to use legal pads. https://twitter.com/...
Michael D. Shear / @shearm: Having spent 18 years at the Post and now almost 12 at the Times, I can say with authority that one of the two papers should have @Fahrenthold. I can also say that I'm ecstatic that we at the Times will now have him. Welcome, David! https://twitter.com/...
Colby Itkowitz / @colbyitkowitz: I can't imagine the Post without @Fahrenthold. He was one of my first friends in the newsroom, so gracious and welcoming to the new, wide-eyed kid who couldn't believe she was sharing the same air with him and podmates like @PostRoz, @PhilipRucker, @ktumulty, @CarolLeonnig https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: congratulations to NYT, for hiring an amazing journalist and really awesome guy (even if his musical tastes are questionable l) https://twitter.com/...
Chelsea Janes / @chelsea_janes: This is the journalism equivalent of Scherzer signing with the Mets. Huge blow to the home team. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Tamari / @jonathantamari: wow. major media bomb drop to start the year. one of the best in the game. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: i have trolled @Fahrenthold on here many times over his use of legal pads instead of databases and i will continue to do so now that he is at the times https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Bowers / @jeremybowers: Look up @NYTInteractive, @Fahrenthold, and see if they can convince you to use a database when @dataeditor could not. Congrats, though. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Barbaro / @mikiebarb: So excited to call @Fahrenthold a colleague! (Again!). What a talent. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: Fantastic news for both @nytimes and @fahrenthold. Just an all-around good guy and one of the best reporters alive. https://twitter.com/...
Ed O'Keefe / @edokeefe: Congrats, @Fahrenthold! A former newsroom deskmate who is kind, generous, meticulous and one of the best in our business. The @nytimes is lucky to now have you. https://twitter.com/...
Carrie Levine / @levinecarrie: Congrats to @Fahrenthold and @nytimes. Had the good fortune to cross paths with @Fahrenthold a few years ago in a chance encounter and found him to be classy, generous and warm in that and every interaction. Hope this is a great move for him. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: BIG: David Fahrenthold, a terrifically innovative reporter whose work has often made us very jealous in the NYT newsroom, is joining The Times. Thrilled for him and for our readers. https://www.nytco.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: New @Fahrenthold beat at @nytimes: “the abuse/misuse of nonprofits”. Look out world! https://twitter.com/...
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: So sad @Fahrenthold is leaving us, but thrilled for his next adventure. He is not only a stellar, A+ journalist, but a wonderful colleague and friend. Thanks for all the laughter (who will prank @jdawsey1 now???) https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @farhip ... Live shot of freight train bringing 8x14 legal pads to NYT warehouse https://twitter.com/...
Mark Berman / @markberman: This is an incredible loss for the Post. @Fahrenthold is a wonderful person and colleague, one of the best journalists around and truly one of the nicest, best people you'll meet in a newsroom https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Institute for Nonprofit News raised a record $12M, including $6M in matching funds, for 2021's NewsMatch fundraising program and 300+ newsrooms participated — As 2021 came to a close, NewsMatch was just getting started. — The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) announced it raised $12 million …
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Institute for Nonprofit News: Institute for Nonprofit News raises a record $12 million to support NewsMatch
Vania Andre / THE CITY:
NYC-based independent and nonprofit news site The City appoints Richard Kim as EIC, starting on February 1; Kim was previously HuffPost's executive editor — THE CITY, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to serving the people of New York, is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Kim as editor in chief.
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@richardkimnyc, @craignewmark, @hilella, @lpolgreen, @j__velasquez, @sulliview, @jere_hester, @nicdawes, @moorehn and @zachdcarter
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Richard Kim / @richardkimnyc: I've spent 25+ years in NYC & seen up close what happens when local news disappears. Luckily, there's a kickass, award-winning newsroom brilliantly filling the space & I'm thrilled & humbled to join @THECITYNY in Feb as EIC: https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Craig Newmark / @craignewmark: New York City needs great local journalism more than ever. New leadership at @THECITYNY has a great foundation to build on. https://www.thecity.nyc/....
Hillary Frey / @hilella: There is no one better for this job! So happy for @RichardKimNYC & @THECITYNY!!! https://twitter.com/...
@j__velasquez: Excited to be part of this team as we embark on a new chapter as a city. https://twitter.com/...
@jere_hester: This is great news for our city and @THECITYNY. Welcome @RichardKimNYC — looking forward to watching you lead our incredible team to the next phase and beyond! https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: I am thrilled that @RichardKimNYC is the next editor in chief of @THECITYNY https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: An excellent hire for The City: https://twitter.com/...
Zachary D. Carter / @zachdcarter: the best in the biz https://twitter.com/...
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
A look at publishers' NFT experiments in 2021, including Decrypt Studios, Yahoo's NFT New York Fashion Week ad deal, and Turner Sports' NFT-based golf game — Many publishers closed out 2020 in a better financial position than they expected early on in the pandemic, giving them the flexibility …
Axios:
Chartbeat survey of 4,000+ publishers globally: traffic declined 8% between 2020 and 2021 and nearly 20% between January 2021 and December 2021 — Engagement with news content plummeted last year compared to 2020, and given the ongoing decline in interest in news about COVID-19 and politics …
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Vanity Fair, @sarafischer, @kennymack1971, @jason_kint, @aubsn, @kristina_wong, @mattlargey, @scottnover, @kassien, @paulglader, @sarafischer and @blackamazon
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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Can the News Media Rebound in 2022?
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: New with @nrothschild3: News engagement fell off a cliff in 2021, and given the ongoing decline in interest in news about COVID-19 and in politics absent Trump, it doesn't look like 2022 will be much better. https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@kennymack1971: And that's why we get the politics coverage that we get. The media wants Trump and all of his chaos back because it's good for their bottom line. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: An alternative view for news: - social media interactions is FB and an unhealthy metric - cable news prime time viewers is mostly not “news” - app downloads is an odd metric - I like the Axios metric, shows habitual behavior, but it's a reasonable drop post-election/pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
Aubrey Nagle / @aubsn: With these polls it's always important to imagine “decline in interest in news” replaced with “complete and utter exhaustion and devastation with little to no societal support” People want to know what's going on, if they efficiently can without eroding their mental health. https://twitter.com/...
Kristina Wong / @kristina_wong: “The Trump era and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic created a one-of-a-kind media moment that will be hard for news companies to replicate.” Axios: News engagement fell off a cliff in 2021 https://www.axios.com/...
Matt Largey / @mattlargey: This doesn't seem like bad news? “Interactions” and cable news watching aren't particularly useful if the goal is a more informed public. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: It's a good thing that fewer people are hate-reading the news from a place of constant fear, I think. https://twitter.com/...
Kassie Navarro / @kassien: 😅 “Engagement on social media with news articles nosedived, according to data from NewsWhip. Interactions (likes, comments, shares) dropped 65% between 2020 and 2021, despite more articles published.” https://twitter.com/...
Paul Glader / @paulglader: News engagement fell off a cliff in 2021 https://www.axios.com/... Glad to report that @religionmag bucked the trend with more than 1 million page views in 2021, up 50 percent from 2020 (which was up 200 percent from 2019). @axios
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: My thought bubble: While this is stressful for news companies, it's a healthy thing for the country to retreat from the unprecedented barrage of headlines during the Trump era. May also force outlets to think more about providing value in ways that aren't tied to 24/7 news cycle. https://twitter.com/...
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Atmosphere TV, which streams ad-supported video channels often without audio, raises an $80M Series C and $20M in debt, bringing its total funding to $140M — Companies like Muzak have made a big business out of building catalogues of licensed audio content for commercial venues …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NPR adds new shows and subscriber-only benefits to NPR+, and plans to launch an on-demand podcast bundle in H2 2022 as a benefit of membership to local stations — Today's Media Trends is 1,486 words, a 6-minute read. Sign up here. — 1 big thing: NPR's new pod push — Expand chart
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Fern Siegel / MediaPost: NPR+ Adds Subscriber-Only Content To Podcast Platform, On-Demand Bundle Planned
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: For the first time, NPR is adding some paywalled content to its podcast subscription — Noteworthy b/c NPR's mission to inform the public limits how much it can put behind a paywall — It's also testing adding exclusive unedited interviews, events, etc. https://www.axios.com/...
Isabel Lara / @isalara: “The big picture: NPR has been experimenting with podcasts for well over a decade, but it's pushing more aggressively to produce podcasts, particularly daily shows, that it can include in subscription efforts.” @axios https://www.axios.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Good write up here. https://www.axios.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: @NPR plans to launch on-demand podcast bundle as a benefit of membership to local stations in the 2nd half of 2022 — It's adding several new shows & subscriber-only bonus content to NPR+ — “Consider This” & “Up First” extending further to weekends https://www.axios.com/...
Gideon Lichfield / Wired:
Wired merges its US and UK websites, but will still publish two separate print editions, as it vows to reject “the optimist and pessimist views of tech” — The future begins here—again. — In the next few decades, virtually every financial, social, and governmental institution …
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@glichfield, CNN, @glichfield, @tsnvaa, @ibogost, @ftrain, @d_jaishankar, @jillianpstead, @avantgame, @laurengoode, @caitlin__kelly, @parismarx, @fvogelstein, @derektmead, @mikejcasey, @kharijohnson, @lpramsey, @gmochkofsky, @wired, @jtemple, @joonian, @michaelzimmer, @glichfield, @jeffjarvis, @jeremywired, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @kerrymflynn and @bmorrissey
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Gideon Lichfield / @glichfield: At its core, though, I say @WIRED isn't about tech: it's about the world's biggest challenges and how to solve them. “Fundamentally, WIRED has always been about a question: What would it take to build a better future? We exist to inspire people who want to build that future.”
Gideon Lichfield / @glichfield: Today we publish my manifesto for @WIRED, an attempt to answer the question: what should a publication born as the bible of techno-optimism do in an age when attitudes to tech have become a lot more negative? https://www.wired.com/...
Sarah T. Hamid / @tsnvaa: what a bizarre, anodyne, and ultimately disorganizing posture: “it's that we were wrong to think tech itself was the solution—and that we'd now be equally wrong to treat tech as the problem” still, this is a significant document. the critical terrain is shifting. https://twitter.com/...
Ian Bogost / @ibogost: I dunno man. https://www.wired.com/...
Paul Ford / @ftrain: look we ALL owe a big debt of gratitude to @tomcoates https://www.wired.com/...
Dhruva Jaishankar / @d_jaishankar: .@glichfield: “It's not only possible, but normal, for a technology to do both good and harm at the same time...As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, an intelligent person should be able to hold opposed ideas in their mind simultaneously and still function."https://www.wired.com/ ...
Jillian P. Stead / @jillianpstead: This. This this this. All of it. Innovators - please read. “As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, an intelligent person should be able to hold opposed ideas in their mind simultaneously and still function.” As I said a few days back: let this be a guiding principle in 2022. https://twitter.com/...
Jane McGonigal / @avantgame: “The future begins here - again.” A refreshing, revitalizing manifesto for how to imagine the future of technology as something WE get to shape. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Goode / @laurengoode: “Our subject matter isn't technology...It's those challenges—like climate change, health care, security, the future of democracy, the future of the economy, and the dizzying speed of cultural change as our offline and online worlds mingle.” @glichfield https://www.wired.com/...
Caitlin Kelly / @caitlin__kelly: I'm also glad to embark on this new adventure at an exciting time for WIRED more generally, as our EIC @gideon wrote about earlier today. His vision is also worth reading if you want some more insight into where we're going this year and beyond: https://www.wired.com/...
Paris Marx / @parismarx: Fascinating admission of Wired's past failures by its editor-in-chief, signalling a change in its perspective to recognize the political and social systems that tech is embedded within and shaped by. Yet the rejection of pessimism also seems misguided. https://twitter.com/...
Fred Vogelstein / @fvogelstein: Tech used to be the pirates. Then it became “the man” - a bit like the auto industry from the 1920s to the 1960s. @glichfield eloquently explains what that means for Wired and the world. https://www.wired.com/...
@derektmead: It is pleasing to see that Motherboard has brainwashed another formerly august publication
Michael J. Casey / @mikejcasey: I was pleased to see @glichfield open this excellent piece on @WIRED's future with a blockchain reference. As the most important media outlet of the crypto era, we at @CoinDesk face similar challenges grappling with a divisive good v. bad binary around technology... https://twitter.com/...
Khari Johnson / @kharijohnson: “..we exist to do the basic hard work of journalism—following the important news, explaining how to think about it, and holding power, particularly tech power, accountable.” https://twitter.com/...
Lisa P Ramsey / @lpramsey: Recommend this story on tech: “The lesson of the last 30-odd years is not that we were wrong to think tech could make the world a better place. Rather, it's that we were wrong to think tech itself was the solution—and that we'd now be equally wrong to treat tech as the problem.” https://twitter.com/...
Graciela Mochkofsky / @gmochkofsky: “What's clearer today than ever is that it's people who create change, both good and bad. You cannot explain the impacts of technology on the world without deeply understanding the motives, incentives, and limitations of the people who build and use it.” https://twitter.com/...
@wired: Find out what it means to be WIRED, a publication born to celebrate technology in an age when tech is often demonized. The future begins here—again. https://www.wired.com/...
James Temple / @jtemple: This is a good essay on the new direction of Wired, the state of tech journalism, and the difficult, delicate balance between skepticism and cynicism. https://twitter.com/...
Wong Joon Ian / @joonian: might re-up wired subscription for first time in many years 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Michael Zimmer / @michaelzimmer: Framing decades of critical technology studies as “negative” attitudes is much too simplistic and reductive, but I guess that's on-brand. https://twitter.com/...
Gideon Lichfield / @glichfield: My answer begins by rejecting the “good/bad” binary that frames the discussion about so much of technology (and many other issues). It isn't helpful for understanding where we are and where we're going, and it overlooks the role that people play in the outcome.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I second the motion. That is journalism's larger job. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy White / @jeremywired: “Critical but not cynical; skeptical but not defeatist. We won't tell you what to think about the future, but how to think about it” and “Where the human and the technological meet: That's where @WIRED lives.” Amen to that. You can/should read @glichfield's full manifesto here https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I'm glad that @glichfield is also focusing on the role of people over machines. It is time to learn from the humanities in this discussion. That is why I am starting this course & program at my school. https://medium.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I've been fearing for Wired, as it seemed to take a dystopian, Guardianesque turn, making up for last snark about technology. But I'm heartened by @glichfield's manifesto concentrating on large problems & tech's role in them vs tech-as-solution-or-problem. https://www.wired.com/...
Chantal Flores / Study Hall:
Investigative journalists of color face safety risks, “objectivity” issues, editors worried about making white readers uncomfortable, and a lack of resources — When journalist Mary Annette Pember pitched a story on missing and murdered Indigenous women to mainstream media outlets years ago …
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@nicolemfoy, @jamunt, @carlykgraf, @aliyyaswaby, @mattderienzo, @scchak, @fvaraorta, @studyhallxyz, @tati_wm, @karenkho, @kaitwells, @jane_c_hu, @nahj and @pcheung630
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Nicole Foy / @nicolemfoy: “Journalists of color often have to push white editors to recognize the importance of covering these communities thoroughly & fairly. This can be an emotionally draining & challenging process...” https://studyhall.xyz/...
J. Elias O'Neal / @jamunt: This is 💯 accurate. I worked in newsrooms where young white reporters were assigned investigative stories about POC, and said reporter would be TOLD by our editor to get with myself or other reporters of color to help with “source work” — code for talk to black folks for me. https://twitter.com/...
Carly Graf / @carlykgraf: “As mainstream media publicly commits to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities they allegedly serve, efforts to increase diversity in the field of investigative journalism are still lagging —or lacking altogether.” https://studyhall.xyz/...
Aliyya Swaby / @aliyyaswaby: This part resonates in my experience of the journalism industry, investigative or not: “The stories that get told, and how, are largely determined by white editors; the merit of a story or the reporting on it is assessed through their gaze.” https://studyhall.xyz/...
Matt DeRienzo / @mattderienzo: This —> “Who Gets to Investigate? How Reporters of Color are Shut Out of Investigative Journalism.” https://studyhall.xyz/... Is why @publicintegrity approaches investigative journalism with the approach in the thread below —> https://twitter.com/...
Shraddha Chakradhar / @scchak: “I don't think the resources to fail, or to maybe not get it right on the first time, or to take a while to figure out what the story is, it's afforded to us.” https://studyhall.xyz/...
Francisco Vara-Orta / @fvaraorta: This examination of race in journalism holds many true points that may be painful to hear. Let alone experience as a person of color. Thank you to @chantal_f for including my voice and our work @IRE_NICAR in this collective piece on what needs to be listened to and acted upon. https://twitter.com/...
Study Hall / @studyhallxyz: Safety risks, “objectivity” concerns, antagonistic white editors and denial of resources - @chantal_f reports on the myriad ways journalists of color are shut out of investigative journalism. https://studyhall.xyz/... https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Walk-Morris / @tati_wm: Required reading. I can't tell you how many times I've been told, “this isn't a story,” only for someone else to write it later... https://twitter.com/...
Karen K. Ho / @karenkho: This is very comprehensive and well worth your time. https://twitter.com/...
@kaitwells: “The ways in which journalists of color view and report on the world are often dismissed, minimized or appropriated within journalism.” https://studyhall.xyz/...
Jane C. Hu / @jane_c_hu: important piece from @chantal_f for @studyhallxyz on the challenges journalists of color face in pursuing and executing investigative work: https://studyhall.xyz/...
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