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The New York Times acquires Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures” — Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original …
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Josh Wardle / @powerlanguish: An update on Wordle https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / New York Times: The New York Times Buys Wordle
Alexis Benveniste / New York Times: The Sudden Rise of Wordle
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: BREAKING: Wordle has a new owner ...... and it's The New York ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜ Price: “low seven figures” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: The NYT is investing in the lettaverse send tweet
Ellise Shafer / Variety: New York Times Buys Wordle for a Price in the ‘Low-Seven Figures’
Sophia Ankel / Insider: The New York Times hasn't guaranteed people can keep playing Wordle for free
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: From five-letter words to low-seven figures. Best Wordle score I've seen yet. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: GREAT. WOWZA. EXTRA. ROGUE. https://twitter.com/...
Mauricio Cabrera / The Muffin por Mauricio Cabrera: ¿Por qué el NYT compra Wordle?
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: I'd been wondering what would happen first: the Wordle guy would make money off his creation or the “ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd” teenager would stop tweeting on Friday. Happy to see that @CraigWeekend's posting has outlasted the pureness of Wordle https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniel Chait / @dhchait: @levie ANTITRUST https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Summers / @wfkars: Good for them, I suppose, and I knew it was only a matter of time before it stopped being free. But since I don't subscribe to Games, I guess it was fun while it lasted. https://www.nytco.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Somehow a 7-figure exit feels both too high and too low to me. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: Will my stats port over from one site to the other? Imagining a George-Constanza-with-the-Frogger- machine scenario here. https://twitter.com/...
Helaine Olen / @helaineolen: The New York Times buying Wordle is the most not surprising story of the year. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: 1500 word essay on whether the NYT buying Wordle changes the moral calculus of Wordle clones in various app stores. This will be 30 percent of your grade and there will not be extensions https://twitter.com/...
Nancy Armour / @nrarmour: Just don't ruin it https://twitter.com/...
@phillyd: This is giving me “Some Good News” getting purchased vibes for some reason, especially because of the line that reads, “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” INITIALLY? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://twitter.com/...
Mark Thompson / @everyteam_mark: NYT playing on easy mode is it https://twitter.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: headline three months from now: NYT Company Vows To Block Wordle Unionization
Jonn Elledge / @jonnelledge: would anybody like to buy, I dunno, something? I'll probably even take six figures at a push https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Edwards-Levy / @aedwardslevy: assume the price negotiation process for wordle was like “ok, $1,200,973” 🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨⬛
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: New York Times buys internet game phenomenon Wordle
Isaac Fitzgerald / @isaacfitzgerald: Anyone who is mad at this has never had to worry about paying rent in their entire life. https://twitter.com/...
Jay King / @byjayking: I am officially a Wordle guy now. Always have been, really. https://twitter.com/...
@kfury: Congrats. This is really well deserved. (For those curious, the rumored acquisition price was around $2-4 million!) https://twitter.com/...
Shalom Goodman / @shalomgood: Wordle in the @WSJ in 2010 https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Craighead / Gawker: Wrdle Sells Oouut
Sean Keeley / The Comeback: Sports media world reacts to Wordle purchase
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: Either that or regular NYT subscription reminders every time you complete a Wordle, I suppose
Brian Feldman / @bafeldman: wow... and the acquisitions keep coming. axios has acquired Second Grade Spelling Flashcards by Sylvan Learning for its Pro subscribers
Pepe Silvia / @pjputh: The entire field of Anesthesia is now being sponsored by the NYT https://twitter.com/...
Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier: I guess they couldn't afford Bungie https://twitter.com/...
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: NYT's own story STRONGLY hints this thing's going behind the paywall as soon as they can possibly make it happen. Dedicates FOUR grafs to explaining the NYT's paywall, not including this telltale bit below: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: My two favorite ways to take a break from social media—Spelling Bee and Wordle—now under one roof. Perfection. https://www.nytco.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: NGL I'd sell out for low seven figures too...just glad it's remaining free. https://www.nytco.com/...
Adam B. Vary / @adambvary: https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Graham Starr / @grahamstarr: congratulations to mr. wordle on his million-dollar sale https://www.nytco.com/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: Literally every company is buying a game studio today. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: well that's just ⬜️🟨🟨 🟩⬜️ https://twitter.com/...
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: I'm actually completely okay with this. I think it's good that Josh Wordle gets some benefit from building such a wonderful thing, and it guarantees it'll keep going. Well done everyone. https://www.nytco.com/...
Stephen Shankland / @stshank: 1. I'm not big on Worlde postings but NYT just bought it so wow. 2. I hope they don't stuff the results tweet with URLs & trackers & other awfulness. It's great not worrying about that when sharing results (even if you're sick of people sharing results). https://www.nytco.com/...
Chris Vannini / @chrisvannini: Why Wordle Joined The Athletic https://twitter.com/...
@jephjacques: Congrats to the guy for getting paid, but a big fuck to the NYT https://twitter.com/...
Corinne Reichert / CNET: Wordle has been purchased by The New York Times
Ben Adida / @benadida: Congrats to @powerlanguish and thank you for bringing us a little bit of daily joy. And now I'm having a ball thinking through how the streak data will be migrated to the NYT. Love it. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Nothing gold can stay https://twitter.com/...
Mark Russell / @manruss: “We're looking forward to providing an enhanced and more nuanced Wordle experience. By which, we mean we'll be placing it behind a paywall.” https://twitter.com/...
Tero Kuittinen / @teroterotero: Not all digital creatives are unreservedly happy for their peer minting $2.5M for a knockoff of a 50 year old game https://twitter.com/...
Ellie Hall / @ellievhall: If you love Wordle, you should be happy as hell about this news. People deserve to be compensated for their work. https://twitter.com/...
@jonporty: Look it's obvious. Wordle will stay cross-platform, but only the NYT will get the next-gen raytracing patch
Alex Mitchell / New York Post: New York Times takes over Wordle from Josh Wardle in seven-figure buyout
Joe Gabriel Simonson / @sayssimonson: “Consolidation and concentration are on the rise in sector after sector. Concentration threatens our markets, threatens our economy, and threatens our democracy.” — Elizabeth Warren https://twitter.com/...
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: I am uninterested in your Wordle. I am on the record about this. I *am* interested in actual Wordle news, though: https://www.nytco.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players” “initially” lol everything sucks https://twitter.com/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: fascinating what the premier media company in the world decides to spend its war chest on https://www.theverge.com/...
Andrea Woo / @andreawoo: Wordle, a game that Brooklyn-based software engineer created for his partner, has been acquired by the NYT “for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal: New York Times Buys Wordle
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: ‘The New York Times’ Is Buying Wordle, And Nerds Are Freaking Out
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Wardle's post doesn't use the word “initially.” Just says it'll be free. https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Wordle is getting acquired by The New York Times
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: Yes, Wordle accepts “youse” as a valid word. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Wordle has been bought by The New York Times, will ‘initially’ remain free for everyone to play
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: It's fine for the NYT to like a game but do they have to fill up my timeline with it like this https://twitter.com/...
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: ‘Wordle’ acquired by New York Times for over $1M, could pave the way for an iOS app
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” Initially carrying a lot of weight here. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Pelley / @laurenpelley: IS NOTHING SACRED https://www.nytco.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Huge transfer deadline day news. Wordle just has to complete its medical and agree personal terms https://www.nytco.com/...
Brenna Clarke Gray / @brennacgray: hey everyone remember when we used to have simple joy https://twitter.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: Creator of Wordle: I can't keep running this thing; I love the NYT puzzle peeps, they inspired me to make this thing you love, so I sold it to them! Twitter: How dare you give this thing we love a sustaining home!
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: If you have a thing that a lot of people like The New York Times would like to buy it from you. https://twitter.com/...
Marco Arment / @marcoarment: The New York Times has purchased our favorite simple JavaScript web page for over $1M and generously assures us that it will “initially remain free”. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Farnaz Fassihi / @farnazfassihi: Wordle is coming to The New York Times Games! Yay. https://www.nytco.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: Hot take I wish NYT would be as generous to its employees on raises as it's been in offering various companies $$$$$ to acquire em https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Now I'm definitely only playing Lewdle!
Dave Lee / @daveleeft: See .. that's the risk there. NYT just spent “low seven figures” on a lightweight web game that can be instantly copied. They must be confident they can lock down the IP? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Wordle was purchased from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price ‘in the low seven figures,’ The Times said. The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maggie Koerth / @maggiekb1: This feels like investing heavily in sea shanties in January 2021. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: NYT Crossword and Wordle are now owned by the same company. This has antitrust written all over it.
Simon Sharwood / The Register: New York Times outlays seven-figure sum for 1,900 lines of JavaScript - yes, we mean Wordle
@vogon: one thing about the wordle discourse that has been killing me all day is: wordle is entirely client-side, none of it runs on the web server, and the entire game is 63 kilobytes the network traffic from a million plays of the game costs $1.25
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Nice move @nytimes. Stays free in case you're wondering. Play on! https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Tomorrow's 5 letters: Bravo https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Congrats to Mr. Wardle, we're all happy for you. However, if anyone ever posts their Wordle results to Twitter after today, their account will autodelete for bad posting https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: New York Times Buys Viral Game ‘Wordle’ for Amount ‘In the Low Seven Figures’
Christina Jewett / @by_cjewett: The @nytimes bought #Wordle and I gotta say: It makes me happy to work for a news organization that has some business savvy (after watching the newspaper that first injected printer's ink into my blood steadily decline). https://www.nytco.com/...
Dominique Delport / @domdelport: That was quick ! Congrats @nyt for your #wordle move ! let's remember that NYT earns 50M$ yearly with crosswords and cooking receipes subs. https://twitter.com/...
@dongwon: I'm glad the wordle guy got paid for making something really nice. But I'm sad the thing that I like is, once again, being ingested by a massive media company.
Robert Jimison / @robertjimison: The games creator says he was inspired by other games from The New York Times when he created Wordle “New York Times Games play a big part in its origins,” Mr. Wardle said in the company's statement, “and so this step feels very natural to me.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Extra credit: 500 words on whether the NYT will be justified in sending an army of lawyers after app store Wordle clones once it moves the game behind a paywall https://twitter.com/...
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: That “initially” is doing a lot of troubling work https://twitter.com/...
Ben Ritz / @budgetben: It was nice while it lasted 😣😣😣 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brad Sams / @bdsams: Microsoft adds “NYTs” to list of companies competing against Game Pass https://twitter.com/...
Rodger Sherman / @rodger: hold up HOLD UP ........ the Wordle inventor's name is Wardle?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!? https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: rude to Ben https://twitter.com/...
Fred Smith / @fredsmith914: This makes a lot of sense! The guy who made Wordle did it for fun but it was too big to not get constant monetization calls and eventually “I'll give you a lot of money” is hard to turn down. There are much worse endings than this. https://twitter.com/...
Ernie Tedeschi / @ernietedeschi: The Times is now obligated to use “knoll” and “shire” in a single headline. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: The New York Times is buying Wordle, the game that exploded in popularity this month
Mike Epstein / @bombur: Everybody's talking about Sony buying Bungie, but the real gaming industry consolidation story is NYT buying Wordle. https://www.nytco.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: The New York Times Buys Wordle
@engadget: Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times https://www.engadget.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The bad news: The NYT bought Wordle. The good news: Every other pub and news platform can now stop doing stories on Wordle.
Nat Rubio-Licht / Protocol: From five letters to seven figures: NY Times buys viral word game Wordle
Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: Wordle will initially remain free, after million-dollar New York Times buy
Diane Haithman / The Wrap: NY Times Buys Wordle Online Game for Low Seven Figures
Rina Torchinsky / NPR: ‘The New York Times’ buys Wordle
Joseph Knoop / IGN: The New York Times Acquires Popular World Puzzle Game Wordle
Daniel Ek / Spotify:
Spotify publishes its long-standing Platform Rules and says it is working to add a content advisory to podcast episodes that discuss COVID-19 — A decade ago, we created Spotify to enable the work of creators around the world to be heard and enjoyed by listeners around the world.
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Hollywood Reporter, Politico, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, TechCrunch, @mikeisaac, Columbia Journalism Review, Protocol, Reuters, @justinjm1, The Drum, Bloomberg, @spotifynews, @sarafischer, @pkafka, CNN, @reckless, The Verge, @eldsjal, @lucas_shaw, @mikeisaac, @loudmouthjulia, insideradio.com, The Information, Billboard, @mmasnick, Tubefilter, @aaronhuertas, Matt on Audio, Wired, @sabivm, Reason, @willoremus, Rolling Stone, @karaswisher, Muzak, @jbflint, Insider, Wall Street Journal, @ruckcohlchez, The Wrap, JOMO, Media Matters for America, The Hill, CNET, Reclaim The Net, The Why Axis, Gawker, The A.V. Club, The Crucial Years, Ty Burr's Watch List, Mindless Drivel, Mother Jones and NPR
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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter: Joe Rogan Responds to Podcast Controversy, Pledges to “Balance Things Out” in the Future
James D. Walsh / New York Magazine: The Spotify Spin — Kara Swisher says to focus less on Joe Rogan and more on the company paying him.
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times: Wide Shot: Neil Young and the slow-motion Spotify boycott over Rogan
Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Spotify, Joe Rogan address COVID-19 content backlash
@mikeisaac: Spotify publishes basically the same memo Facebook has had to write a dozen times over the past four years https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the difference between speech and association
David Pierce / Protocol: Spotify's big Rogan mistake
Justin Miller / @justinjm1: Spotify modified guidelines that could affect Joe Rogan on COVID. It's more specific about approved vaccines and that “deceptive medical information” is a violation, the bullet points are only examples. (right, from The Verge last week, left today) https://twitter.com/...
Chris Sutcliffe / The Drum: 'Pulling ad spend isn't sensible': media buyers on Spotify's Joe Rogan controversy
@spotifynews: Read our CEO Daniel Ek's note on Spotify's platform rules and COVID-19 on For the Record. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: BREAKING: @Spotify taking new actions to combat COVID misinfo in light of Joe Rogan saga: — Adding content advisory to any podcast ep w COVID-19 discussion — Publishing its platform rules —Testing ways to highlight rules to creators More shortly on @axios https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: The difference, which Spotify hopes you ignore: Facebook never signed a giant contract to be the exclusive distributor for a podcaster famous for hosting the likes of Alex Jones. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Spotify CEO @eldsjal publishes a blog post about the Rogan controversy, including a link to now-public content guidelines. The plan is to put warning labels on Covid content, which... I don't think the medical community is going to feel very heard https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Emma Roth / The Verge: Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19
Daniel Ek / @eldsjal: There's been a lot of conversation about information regarding COVID-19 on Spotify. We've heard the criticism and we're implementing changes to help combat misinformation. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Spotify CEO @eldsjal just issued a blog post with the company's response to recent criticism. Two words you won't find here: Joe Rogan. Link for our story TK. His post —> https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Rogan isn't a traditional creator. He shares many aspects — direct-to-consumer, DIY feel, produces on UGC platforms, and harbors parasocial relationships with his very, very large audience. But Rogan is almost a typical content investment to Spotify like Chappelle to Netflix.
insideradio.com: Without Spotify, Neil Young And Joni Mitchell To Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars.
Martin Peers / The Information: Spotify's Real Challenge
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Kind of amazing after so many years, and so many examples and case studies, that a company as big as Spotify isn't better prepared for this discussion. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Huertas / @aaronhuertas: Among the worst possible “solutions” to platforming cranks is having some actual experts come in after the fact who will get less attention for sharing reliable information. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Deegan / Matt on Audio: The Problem with Platforms — Lots of audio platform-related news over the past week.
Adam Speight / Wired: Just Got Apple Music? Here's How to Keep Your Spotify Playlists
Sabina Vohra-Miller / @sabivm: It wasn't because of the millions of lives that were lost. It was because of the $4 billion dollars that were. https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Late to this, but my cold take on Spotify/Rogan is that it isn't really about platforms or content moderation at all. It's a very old, traditional media story about a publisher deciding who to publish, and people boycotting or cancelling their subscriptions in response.
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone: ‘More Spectacle Than Substance’: Spotify Response to Joe Rogan Controversy Leaves Researchers Shrugging
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: What he said https://twitter.com/...
Mads Oddershede / Muzak: Neils nævekamp — Bare rolig, denne uge slipper du for at læse mere om non-fungible tokes.
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The podcaster and the damage done. In response to the Joe Rogan backlash by artists and podcasters, Spotify is promoting a Covid-19 information hub. From @AnneMarieSteele https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Katie Canales / Insider: How Joe Rogan thrust Spotify to the forefront of the biggest debate plaguing Big Tech
Shalom Goodman / Wall Street Journal: Joe Rogan Podcast, Neil Young and Spotify: What to Know
@ruckcohlchez: They already do this. They've done this for decades. They're doing it right now. The right does not play fair, they will not play fair, they have never played fair, and no matter how much of show you make of playing fair with them, they never will play fair. https://twitter.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Colbert Imagines a Spotify Playlist to Go With All of the Vaccine Misinformation (Video)
Akshay Kanade / JOMO: Spotify: cancelled | JOMO for 31st Jan
Alex Paterson / Media Matters for America: Spotify releases content policies prohibiting COVD misinformation, but Joe Rogan has long bragged the platform lets him do what he wants
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Spotify to add content advisory to podcasts that discuss COVID-19
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify won't nix Joe Rogan till The Weeknd or Bad Bunny protests too
Didi Rankovic / Reclaim The Net: Spotify embraces Big Tech's “content advisory” labels
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis: What the mainstream press can learn from Joe Rogan
Claire Carusillo / Gawker: The Best Celebrity Comments on Joe Rogan's Instagram Apologia
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Joe Rogan comments on “misinformation” and Neil Young's Spotify situation
Bill McKibben / The Crucial Years: Neil Young, Leonard Peltier, Joe Rogan, and Reality
Ty Burr / Ty Burr's Watch List: Is There Life After Spotify? — (A quick one before I take my computer into the shop and go offline for a few days.)
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones: Rock Stars Continue to Unplug From Spotify Over Covid Misinformation
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR: Joe Rogan has responded to the protests against Spotify over his podcast
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Sam Byford / The Verge:
Joe Rogan posts a video to Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts” — 'I'm very sorry that this is happening to them.' — Joe Rogan has issued a response to the ongoing controversy …
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@joerogan, Instagram, @wendyzuk, Spotify, @b_fung, @lucas_shaw, The Guardian, @reckless, @justinhendrix, Complete Music Update, Poynter, @lisadep, @adambaldwin, @caseybriggs, @c_kavanagh, Vanity Fair, @noupside, @fka_tabs, Reason, @debunk_the_funk, @b_fung, @loudmouthjulia, @robinblackmma, @espiers, @bostonjoan, @ericboehlert, @carnage4life, @dada_drummer, @asranomani, @c_kavanagh, @_loveallthis, @espiers, @jordanbpeterson, @robslater10, @dfriend, @redban, @garylegum, @jessicashaw, @danilic, @justinhendrix, @arthur_affect, @mtaibbi, @coldxman, @ischafer, @kilmeade, @therecount and @taylorlorenz, more at Techmeme »
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Wendy Zukerman / @wendyzuk: Science Vs editor @blytheterrell and I just sent this email to the CEO of Spotify. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Ek / Spotify: Spotify Platform Rules
Brian Fung / @b_fung: It's not that complicated. Rogan's appeal, particularly in the age of “do your own research!!1!11!” is that his process and motives come across as transparent to the audience. He shows his work, even if he is extremely credulous about the results. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: “I don't know what else I can do.” @joerogan posts a video about the drama of the last week. he says he still loves Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. https://www.instagram.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: “I am usually unprepared” is an incredible Adult Son defense https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: One of the things that is interesting to me in this statement from Rogan is that he states he does little preparation for his podcast conversations, and often has no idea what he is going to talk about with guests. Millions of listeners and influence, and no diligence at all. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: Spotify science podcaster hits out at Spotify's response to Rogan backlash
Lisa De Pasquale / @lisadep: Joe Rogan on Spotify, Neil Young, and continuing to have conversations on controversial ideas. “It's a strange responsibility to have this many viewers and listeners. Very strange. It's nothing that I prepared for and nothing I ever anticipated.” https://www.instagram.com/...
Casey Briggs / @caseybriggs: Science Vs is effectively on strike, only producing episodes that counteract misinformation spread by their parent company https://twitter.com/...
Chris Kavanagh / @c_kavanagh: It's good that he is going to try and balance out ‘controversial’ guests but Joe's fundamental approach won't change. He's been conspiracy mongering and ‘researching’ in the same manner for decades & he usually releases statements like this when he gets too much controversy.
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Joe Rogan: I'm Not Trying to Spread Misinformation on Spotify, I'm Just Talking to People
Renee DiResta / @noupside: On JRE & misinfo: I went on the podcast in early 2019 after Joe reached out a few times. He wanted to talk ab how state actors were messing around on social media, felt that independent of “collusion” claims, ppl should understand that. I said, your audience is going to hate me...
@debunk_the_funk: We've seen this pattern before. 1) promote anti-science nonsense with confidence 2) say “I'm a big dummy who just has conversations” when criticized 3) don't actually apologize 4) repeat step 1 two weeks later https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Do any epistemologists listen to Joe Rogan? What I would really love to read is an expert on How We Know Things unpacking Rogan's approach to knowing things. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: More interesting question is how Spotify applies public “rules” to lesser known podcasters. When this pops up next, Spotify goes “we removed stuff!” YouTube does this. But Spotify knew what Rogan was when $100M was spent on having him — including his guests/views — exclusively. https://twitter.com/...
Robin Black / @robinblackmma: My Guy @joerogan is honestly the kindest most generous person I've ever met. That's not an exaggeration. That's the truth. #BINK Enjoy The Hostilities My Friends. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: At some point, no diligence is negligence. https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Another big development in the Spotify Crisis https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: another word salad from Rogan but it's obvious Rogan and Spotify are freaked out by the controversy https://twitter.com/...
@carnage4life: Watched Joe Rohan's statement on the controversy with Neil Young. He does an excellent job of sounding more reasonable than his detractors which is part of the reason he's so popular. Points out how many formerly controversial COVID takes are now facts. https://www.instagram.com/...
Damon K / @dada_drummer: Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones are the same person - that's not “misinformation,” it's just not the mainstream opinion - that's what Rogan is all about and why Spotify is standing by him https://www.instagram.com/...
Asra Q. Nomani / @asranomani: Posted Sunday night, in his own words @joerogan, “Thank you to all the supporters and even thank you to the haters because it's good to have some haters.” Wait for him to break into Neil Young song. Full video: https://www.instagram.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Kavanagh / @c_kavanagh: Joe's presentation here implies he corrects misinformation, has not pushed any line on vaccines, and does not present himself as being well informed on the topic. All of that is transparently false. As you can hear from him directly in the episodes he is referencing. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Emerson / @_loveallthis: Seriously baller move to pause production of your Spotify-owned science podcast to investigate the effectiveness of various disinformation-fighting strategies and then email your CEO your plan 👏 kudos @sciencevs https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Just trying to imagine the reaction if any woman in any profession anywhere (especially a highly paid one) said, publicly, “yeah, I don't even prepare for my job!” https://twitter.com/...
Dr Jordan B Peterson / @jordanbpeterson: Rogan addresses the issues https://www.instagram.com/... @joerogan
Rob Slater / @robslater10: Rogan's premise at its absolute ground floor is a good one. Personable, inquisitive guy brings on interesting people you've probably never heard of to have an off the cuff conversation for hours. The problem is that *always* leads you to Alex Jones. Always. https://twitter.com/...
David Friend / @dfriend: “Oftentimes I have no idea what I'm going to talk about...that's why some of my ideas are not that prepared or fleshed out because I'm literally having them in real time. But I do my best. They're just conversations.” Joe Rogan on the Spotify controversy: https://www.instagram.com/...
@redban: Great response from @joerogan about all that @Neilyoung / @Spotify stuff... https://www.instagram.com/...
Gary Legum / @garylegum: A hundred million bucks to be the podcast version of Cliff Clavin. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Shaw / @jessicashaw: Stop saying Joe Rogan apologized. “I'm very sorry they feel that way” is not an apology.
Dan Ilic / @danilic: Wendy is a legend. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: He ends with a very Trumpian “thank you to the haters”. “Thank you to the haters: the decline of American Civilization, a history”
Arthur Chu / @arthur_affect: If you actually watch the show this is the least surprising thing in the world Like if the whole “Whoa, I had NO IDEA” reaction gif were an act (which for a normal talk show it probably would be) he'd have to be a much better actor than the entire rest of his career indicates https://twitter.com/...
Matt Taibbi / @mtaibbi: If you're sure the Joe Rogan Experience is dangerous misinformation, here is his answer: https://twitter.com/...
Coleman Hughes / @coldxman: Every show host is going to get specific things wrong over the course of a long career. What makes Rogan great is that he has healthier attitude towards error-correction and the pursuit of truth than anyone else in his league (Tucker? Don Lemon? etc. Gimme a break!) https://twitter.com/...
Ian Schafer / @ischafer: I know Spotify will figure this out, but it's hard to make the “platform” argument when you pay content providers to exclusively put their content on it. That's a “media company” and media companies have the responsibility to be curators. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Kilmeade / @kilmeade: Such a calm well thought out reaction but can't understand how interviewing experts with differing views is even an issue...disclaimer from Spotify comical https://twitter.com/...
@therecount: Joe Rogan broke his silence on Spotify controversy: “I think if there's anything that I've done that I could do better is have more experts with differing opinions right after I have the controversial ones. I would most certainly be open to doing that.” https://www.instagram.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Spotify made an editorial choice by paying $100M to be Joe Rogan's publisher and can't shirk its responsibility by just adding a content warning to his episodes — Read to the end for Pumpkin Cowboy — Please Do Not Let Spotify Convince You That Joe Rogan Is A Content Moderation Problem
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Kevin Roose / New York Times: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem Isn't Going Away
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: Sorry, but all of this Joe Rogan/Spotify stuff is making me feel insane! This isn't about content moderation. This isn't about censorship. Spotify is a publisher and they publish Joe Rogan. There's literally no other way to look at this. https://www.garbageday.email/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Great @kevinroose take on @joerogan: “They understand that companies' rules are fuzzy and improvisational, and that what chief executives mostly want — no matter what high-minded principles they profess to hold — is for people to stop yelling at them.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang: Great analysis by @kevinroose Spotify is not exactly = to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. “Rogan's Spotify standoff is different from most other clashes between creators and tech platforms” via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Hovdestad / @lackofrealism: “This isn't content moderation. It isn't censorship. It's an editorial choice.” THANK YOU. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: “This isn't content moderation. It isn't censorship. It's an editorial choice. They paid $100 million to be Joe Rogan's publisher and this is what that entails” — great point by @broderick https://www.garbageday.email/ ...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Schlockin' in the Free World
Scott Nover / @scottnover: “Spotify doesn't get to just put a content warning on Rogan's episodes and treat him like they would any other podcast because he's not any other podcast. He's their podcast.” @broderick with a similar take. https://www.garbageday.email/ ...
Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror: “I do wonder if we won't look back on Wordle as a real moment when internet users all kind of agreed they'd rather just use a website than download an app.” https://www.garbageday.email/ ...
@jaspar: it is kinda weird how people are treating spotify like they're a public platform when spotify is way more like netflix or HBO. https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Yep. Not the same problem of misinformation-at-scale across different platforms. Spotify intentionally took on Rogan, whose entire brand is “controversy!” Neil Young has raised several generations of rockers to use their good fortune to help others. He was underestimated. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: Substack also actively seeks out bigots and trolls with big cash advances because the harmful controversy generates ad impressions, then stands back with a dumb look on their face pretending they're just an objective observer solely interested in free expression https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: This is accurate. It's also why the odds of Spotify taking any action against Rogan are very low. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Yep, and it's wild anyone sees it any other way. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: Wrote about Rogan/Spotify, which looks similar to other platform moderation controversies, but is actually quite different for 100 million reasons. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: Spotify's Fate Is in the Stars
Nonazisformethanks / @no_nazis_please: Paying a guy $100 million so only you can release his material (and profit off of it) is pretty much the most extreme form of publishing. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Sheridan / @rob_sheridan: All of this. Spotify is not merely hosting misinformation, but FUNDING it. That is why, as I've explained to many angry brogans, this boils down to the ethics of the company and what consumers want to put their money behind. Consumers do this ALL THE TIME. It's not censorship. https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Host and executive producer of Gimlet's Science Vs podcast Wendy Zukerman says she'll devote the show to fact-checking misinformation on other Spotify podcasts — The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively …
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Capital B, a US local nonprofit news organization focused on Black audiences, launches with $9M in philanthropic backing and 16 employees with plans to hire 11 — Capital B, a new digital-media start-up, will provide hard news and investigative reporting aimed at Black audiences.
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Capital B, Insider, @perlberg, @byjoelanderson, @anikaanand00, @elaheizadi, @joinlede, @elaheizadi, @capitalbnews, @sarahellison, @jeffjarvis, @jayrosen_nyu, @cande313, @niketa, Mediaite, @eramshaw, @jdesmondharris, @d_holli, @adrs, @pennyriordan1, @elizwgreen, @journalismproj, @jherrerx, @laurenwilliams, @city_bureau, @kenyathehunter, @cristymsilva, @laurenwilliams, @byjoelanderson, @monikabauerlein, @jdesmondharris, @youngsinick, @jenzerb and @elaheizadi
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Steven Perlberg / Insider: How a crop of media startups are trying to fill the news gap for underrepresented audiences
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Capital B launches today, joining a group of new startups/projects, like The Emancipator, Word in Black, and URL Media, trying to fill the news gap for underrepresented audiences https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: The idea that black people are equally vested partners in society — from politics, to school board fights, to consumer trends, etc — is revolutionary in media and I look forward to @CapitalBNews treating us as something other than a niche concern! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Anika Anand / @anikaanand00: News startups matter: “Info is power, & so much of what is circulated on the internet is outright false. Mainstream newspapers might get Pulitzers for their coverage of this moment, but who will that coverage have been for? And who will get overlooked?” https://capitalbnews.org/...
@elaheizadi: They have: -$9 million in philanthropic backing -16 staffers (plan to expand to 27 soon) -a national newsroom and a local one in Atlanta, plans to add another local newsroom later this year and 2 more in 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lede / @joinlede: We're honored to help @CapitalBNews launch today as the latest @joinlede publisher! Co-founders @laurenwilliams and @akoto_oa explain their mission to bring high-quality journalism to Black audiences around the country here: https://capitalbnews.org/...
@capitalbnews: Start with this powerful welcome from our co-founders, @laurenwilliams and @akoto_oa. If you want to know why Capital B exists in this moment and the traditions we're building on, take this piece in. Consider this your Capital B orientation. https://capitalbnews.org/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Exclusive from @ElaheIzadi: Capital B: Why these Black journalists launched their own publication. “I wanted to, instead of sitting on a perch at a White institution and trying to occasionally get that work done...really do that work every single day.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The right time, indeed. So glad Capital B launches today. Why It's the Right Time for a Capital B https://capitalbnews.org/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Black people can't be left out of quality information or locked out of it by the paywalls of newspapers that don't cover their neighborhoods anyway.” A news site by and for Black people launched today: @CapitalBNews The founders explain why they did it: https://capitalbnews.org/...
Candice Fortman / @cande313: I'm so grateful for the leadership of Lauren and Akoto and their entire team. This is good news for everyone. Let there be loud rejoicing and jubilant support for @CapitalBNews! https://capitalbnews.org/...
Niketa Patel / @niketa: Happy launch day, @CapitalBNews & congrats to @laurenwilliams, @akoto_oa & team. Very excited for this incredibly important newsroom! 🥳 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Spiegelman has Prudence and a Bestseller. Reid's Misguided Rant. Trump Promises Pardons and Problems. | Winners & Losers in Today's Green Room
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: .@CapitalBNews, which launches today, will provide hard news and investigative reporting aimed at Black audiences. Kudos, @laurenwilliams @akoto_oa @gillianbwhite! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@jdesmondharris: Look what they've covered already: https://capitalbnews.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Darryl Holliday / @d_holli: The local news revival is on. I'm honored to be included in this @CapitalBNews launch story (yes 👏🏾) but plz stop and appreciate this photo, go read the piece, imagine what newsrooms could look like, support Black/brown news orgs. It's that time https://capitalbnews.org/...
Arielle Duhaime-Ross / @adrs: So excited about this! Capital B: Why these Black journalists launched their own publication - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Penny Riordan / @pennyriordan1: Love this thoughtful intro from Capital B. This shares the history, the vision, and even quotes other Black media leaders in this space. The opposite of competitive, which sadly the industry is more known for is being competitive, not collaborative: https://capitalbnews.org/...
Elizabeth Green / @elizwgreen: “Mainstream newspapers might get Pulitzers for their coverage of this moment, but who will that coverage have been for? And who will get overlooked?” Congrats @CapitalBNews ! https://capitalbnews.org/...
@journalismproj: Led by a powerhouse team who wanted to start their own publication “dedicated to delivering hard news + investigative reporting aimed at a Black audience,” @CapitalB launches today! Congrats to @laurenwilliams, @akoto_oa + the whole team (of 16!)! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Herrera / @jherrerx: “Mainstream newspapers might get Pulitzers for their coverage of this moment, but who will that coverage have been *for*? And who will get overlooked?” Congratulations to the @CapitalBNews, which launched today. Godspeed, our industry needs you. https://capitalbnews.org/...
Lauren Williams / @laurenwilliams: Read more about us in the @washingtonpost in today's piece from the great @elaheizadi: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@city_bureau: 🥳🥳🥳 We're so excited for the launch of @CapitalBNews, an Atlanta-based newsroom that brings high-quality original reporting to Black audiences across the country! It is truly amazing to witness the revitalization of journalism by Black/brown folks. https://capitalbnews.org/...
@kenyathehunter: “It's just a fact of being a Black journalist working in a mainstream newsroom. It is hard to over and over again have to explain why this moment is so gut-wrenching.” — @SimonesNews Really hype to be among such talented Black journalists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: “I want to be able to say that I was part of the solution, that I was not a part of institutions that harm Black and brown people with the kind of news they produce any longer than I had to be” https://capitalbnews.org/...
Lauren Williams / @laurenwilliams: To lead the site today, @akoto_ao wanted to share a personal piece — part welcome/part explainer — to give you all some context for why we made the decision to start Capital B back in 2020, and why we are so glad we did. https://capitalbnews.org/...
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: @CapitalBNews Happy @CapitalBNews Launch Day, @laurenwilliams & @akoto_oa! I'm excited for y'all but even more excited for the rest of us. https://capitalbnews.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Monika Bauerlein / @monikabauerlein: There's been a lot of media startup news the last year or so, but this is the one that matters most: https://capitalbnews.org/...
@jdesmondharris: Why the @CapitalBNews business model matters https://capitalbnews.org/... 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Michael Arceneaux / @youngsinick: Congratulations to favorites @gillianbwhite, @laurenwilliams & @akoto_oa on the launch of @CapitalBNews! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer Barnett / @jenzerb: Gillian White, previously a managing editor at the Atlantic, said there can be immense pressure being one of the few, or the only, Black woman in the room, “fighting for the lens through which you see the world to be seen” Speaking as someone who experienced sexism, I can relate https://twitter.com/...
@elaheizadi: NEW from me: Capital B — a new national and local nonprofit news organization telling stories with Black audiences in mind — launches today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... “We're not trying to be the only one, and we don't think we should be. We think a community deserves options.”
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
NYT internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz moves to The Washington Post as a columnist writing about technology, online life, influencers, business, and more — The star reporter with a massive online following thinks the Post gets the internet in ways other outlets don't.
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@taylorlorenz, Washington Post, @micsolana, @miriamelder, @philiprucker and @charlottetklein
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Taylor Lorenz— / @taylorlorenz: Personal news! so excited to join the @washingtonpost as a Columnist, writing about technology, online life, influencers, memes, business, culture, & more! I'll also be doing more multi media projects (!!!) and working to reach audiences in new ways across the internet!! 🥰
Mike Solana / @micsolana: imagine talking about a company this way after your colleagues stood by you for years while you made their work a laughingstock by comparison https://twitter.com/...
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: “I think the Times is an incredible institution but mainstream media organizations have kind of struggled to figure out how they deal with talent,” Lorenz tells @charlottetklein https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Cassandra Garrison / Reuters:
Univision and Televisa complete their merger and plan to launch the world's biggest Spanish-language streaming service in H1 2022, targeting nearly 600M people — Mexican broadcast powerhouse Grupo Televisa and U.S. based Univision (UVN.UL) are preparing to launch what would be the biggest …
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Adweek, @jczamora, Variety, Next TV, Bloomberg, Business Wire, insideradio.com, @sarafischer, Deadline, @brianmmunoz, Hollywood Reporter, @isalara and @adweek
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A.J. Katz / Adweek: Spanish-Language Media Titans Univision and Televisa Complete $4.8 Billion Merger
@jczamora: >> @Televisa & @Univision are preparing to launch what would be the biggest Spanish-language streaming platform in the world in the first half of 2022 after sealing a joint venture deal on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/... by @CassLGarrison (via @Reuters)
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety: Univision and Televisa Close Landmark Merger Deal to Create Spanish-Language Content Behemoth
Business Wire: Univision and Televisa Complete Transaction to Create “TelevisaUnivision”, the World's Leading Spanish-Language Media and Content Company
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: A good reminder from @CassLGarrison — TelevisaUnivision deal is partially financed by a $1B Series C preferred investment led by SoftBank Latin American Fund — Softbank said last week Marcelo Claure leaving — Claure will retain his seat on Univision board https://www.reuters.com/...
Brian Munoz / @brianmmunoz: Spanish-language television giants @Univision and @Televisa completed their $4.8B merger on Monday, creating a newly-formed company with the goal of launching the largest Spanish-language streaming service in the world later this year. https://www.reuters.com/...
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Univision, Televisa Complete $4.8B Merger
Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, and others struggle to retain US subscribers who joined to watch a hit show or movie; many unsubscribe within a few months — Roughly half of U.S. viewers who joined right after ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ were gone in six months, data show
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: New: Roughly half of U.S. viewers who joined right after ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ were gone in six months, new data shows. w/@david_marcelis https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: Half of HBO Max Subs Who Signed Up After ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Release Were Gone in 6 Months
Amol Sharma / @asharma: Streaming is a tougher business than you may think. One reason: hit shows & movies provide a sugar rush of subscriptions but half of those users are often gone in several months. Great stuff from @BenMullin & @david_marcelis on fresh data. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: The streaming wars are incredibly capital-intensive, @AntennaData shows: About half of the users who joined Disney+ right after “Hamilton” churned out within 6 months. Here's retention for titles at Netflix, Disney, HBO Max and Apple. https://www.wsj.com/... W/@david_marcelis https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Katz / @great_katzby: Churn in action: “Roughly half of U.S. viewers who signed up within three days of the release of Hamilton, Wonder Woman 1984 and Greyhound were gone within six months” - @AntennaData @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/...
Robbie Whelan / @rwhelanwsj: Disney+ and HBO Max attracted huge numbers of subscribers after the release of “Hamilton” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Six months later, about half were gone. https://www.wsj.com/...
Christian / @christianism: Subscriptions are hard. There is such purity in no contracts, month to month payments and easy cancel flows. Forces you to build compelling experiences that last. No shortcuts. https://www.wsj.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: For every hit show there is a churn churn churn. More from @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Highly anticipated movie releases on Apple TV+ not enough to keep new subscribers
@_inpractise: Interesting read on SVOD churn rates It suggests that 50% of users who sign up on the back of big hits churn wihtin 6 months $NFLX https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: (Data is from @AntennaData, which is super-useful (we've used them to write stories as well: https://t.co/...) and WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/.... But that's a.... surprising conclusion)
Matthew Ball / @ballmatthew: Great piece with amazing feature on portfolio co @AntennaData Disney+ and HBO Max attracted huge numbers of subscribers after the release of “Hamilton” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Six months later, about half were gone Congrats @rameeztase @jonathancarson! https://www.wsj.com/...
@dctvcinema_: AT&T Inc.'s HBO Max saw a jump in U.S. sign-ups when “Wonder Woman 1984” was released on Christmas Day 2020, according to Antenna data. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Marcelis / @david_marcelis: Tons of people flock to streaming services when hotly anticipated entertainment like “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Hamilton” comes out. But many of these new subscribers are canceling pretty quickly, a @WSJ analysis of @AntennaData shows. W/@BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: This should scare the hell out of a lot of industry people: “Roughly half of U.S. viewers who signed up within three days of the release of Hamilton, Wonder Woman 1984 and Greyhound were gone within six months.” Gone, baby, gone. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ryan James Girdusky / @ryangirdusky: I joined HBO Max for the Criterion Collection. Come for Charlie Chaplin, stay for Harold Lloyd. https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: There is no “dabbling” in the streaming world, you cannot dip your toe in the water — you are either “all-in” or why bother GO BIG or GO HOME Key takeaway from the @AntennaData driven @WSJ article from @BenMullin @david_marcelis https://www.wsj.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T will spin off WarnerMedia rather than split it off, giving shareholders ~0.24 shares of WarnerMedia-Discovery stock for each share of AT&T stock — The transaction will spin off 100% of AT&T's interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T's existing shareholders in a pro-rata distribution …
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Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Insider, Axios, Next TV, Reuters, UPI, Deadline, Advanced Television and Hollywood Reporter
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Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: AT&T to Slice Dividend After Spinoff of WarnerMedia
Matthew Fox / Insider: AT&T sinks after it says it will slash annual dividend 47% following WarnerMedia spinoff
Sara Fischer / Axios: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: AT&T Opts To Spin Off Assets in WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
The FT's US journalists seek to unionize with the NewsGuild, ask for voluntary recognition from the FT, and say their 40-person unit has over two-thirds support — Journalists at the Financial Times are seeking to unionize the publication's U.S. operation, the latest in a wave of organizing efforts in the news media.
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@josheidelson, @greenhousenyt, @anastasiakeeley, @demfromct, @bigblackjacobin, @davidgura, @moisenoise, @mshannahmurphy, @josheidelson and @josheidelson
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Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: Scoop: Financial Times U.S. journalists are organizing and seeking voluntary recognition from management, saying they have over two-thirds support for unionization https://www.bloomberg.com/... @newsguild @CWAUnion
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: The wave of unionization by journalists continues to grow — this time at the Financial Times U.S. For background: Newsrooms Are Unionizing Pretty Much “Nonstop.” https://niemanreports.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Greg Dworkin / @demfromct: seems appropriate https://twitter.com/...
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: hell yeah https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: I love this Bloomberg News characterization of the Financial Times: “The FT, which publishes a salmon-colored newspaper, says it has a monthly audience of more than 26 million.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Imani / @moisenoise: I love working at the FT and could not be more proud of the incredible work of my colleagues. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @bbgequality
Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy: I am proud to support the @FT's US unionisation efforts. The UK has a union for UK employees and I support US colleagues in having the same. We stand together for a newsroom where employees have a stake. https://twitter.com/...
Associated Press:
A fourth Mexican journalist, who was enrolled in the government's protection program, has been murdered in less than a month, after killings sparked protests — MEXICO CITY (AP) — An online news outlet in Mexico said Monday that one of its journalists was shot to death …
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The Guardian, @_richardhall, Al Jazeera, @ianbirrell, MyNorthwest.com, @martinxhodgson, @ema_sasic and @keegan_hamilton
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David Agren / The Guardian: ‘We only have a pen’: fury as fourth journalist killed in Mexico this year
Richard Hall / @_richardhall: This is so awful. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ian Birrell / @ianbirrell: Terrible to see another journalist murdered in Mexico. I spent a few days with reporters on the frontline against the cartels and left with immense admiration for their courage but also fresh appreciation of the impact on their mental health and families https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Martin Hodgson / @martinxhodgson: January is not even over, and Mexican reporters are already mourning a fourth murdered colleague this year. QEPD Roberto Toledo. #NoSeMataLaVerdad https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ema Sasic / @ema_sasic: Four journalists killed in less than a month, and just for doing their job. Where are the protections? https://www.latimes.com/...
Keegan Hamilton / @keegan_hamilton: “For exposing corrupt administrations and corrupt officials and politicians, today that led to to death of one of our colleagues.” Reporter Roberto Toledo of Monitor Michoacán is the fourth journalist killed in Mexico in less than a month. https://apnews.com/... via @AP