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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
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: From five-letter words to low-seven figures. Best Wordle score I've seen yet. https://twitter.com/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: New York Times Buys Wordle for a Price in the ‘Low-Seven Figures’
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: GREAT. WOWZA. EXTRA. ROGUE. https://twitter.com/...
Sophia Ankel / Insider: The New York Times hasn't guaranteed people can keep playing Wordle for free
Rina Torchinsky / NPR: ‘The New York Times’ buys 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” 🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨⬛
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: Yes, Wordle accepts “youse” as a valid word. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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.
@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 $1.25
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Nice move @nytimes. Stays free in case you're wondering. Play on! https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Tomorrow's 5 letters: Bravo https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Congrats to Mr. Wardle, we're all happy for you. However, if anyone ever posts their Wordle results to Twitter after today, their account will autodelete for bad posting https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mauricio Cabrera / The Muffin por Mauricio Cabrera: ¿Por qué el NYT compra Wordle?
Christina Jewett / @by_cjewett: The @nytimes bought #Wordle and I gotta say: It makes me happy to work for a news organization that has some business savvy (after watching the newspaper that first injected printer's ink into my blood steadily decline). https://www.nytco.com/...
Dominique Delport / @domdelport: That was quick ! Congrats @nyt for your #wordle move ! let's remember that NYT earns 50M$ 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/...
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/...
@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.
Simon Sharwood / The Register: New York Times outlays seven-figure sum for 1,900 lines of JavaScript - yes, we mean Wordle
Sean Keeley / The Comeback: Sports media world reacts to Wordle purchase
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: New York Times Buys Viral Game ‘Wordle’ for Amount ‘In the Low Seven Figures’
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: New York Times buys internet game phenomenon Wordle
Nat Rubio-Licht / Protocol: From five letters to seven figures: NY Times buys viral word game Wordle
Alex Mitchell / New York Post: New York Times takes over Wordle from Josh Wardle in seven-figure buyout
Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal: New York Times Buys Wordle
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Wordle is getting acquired by The New York Times
Corinne Reichert / CNET: Wordle has been purchased by The New York Times
Olivia Craighead / Gawker: Wrdle Sells Oouut
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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New York Times, @broderick, The Verge, @evelyndouek, Elizabeth Spiers, @pamela_vogel, A Public Witness, @louisanslow, @ericnewcomer, @tedcruz, Poynter, @ceciliakang, @bostonjoan, @karaswisher, @outkick, @martinsfp, @kevinroose, @gwynnion, @rob_sheridan, @xor, @scottnover, @jaspar, @karlbode, @no_nazis_please, @codinghorror, @mathewi, @lackofrealism, @lucas_shaw, @alexanderchee and Jezebel
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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/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge: The Joe Rogan controversy is what happens when you put podcasts behind a wall
@evelyndouek: the Spotify/Rogan story getting so much attention is making me wonder if people have content moderation controversy withdrawals??
Pam Vogel / @pamela_vogel: if you want to know why the joe rogan story is way bigger than a bad episode or two, it's past time to read @AlexPattyy: https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
A Public Witness: Rockin' in the World? — Over the weekend, a 30-year-old graphic novel skyrocketed to the top of Amazon's bestseller lists.
Louis Anslow / @louisanslow: Broke: Spotify shouldn't ban Rogan, it's censorship Woke: Spotify should ban Rogan, it's disinformation Bespoke: Podcasts can only be moderated when distributed within a walled garden like Spotify. Podcasts can avoid censorship by using their original distribution method: RSS.
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: this is an argument FOR Spotify moderating, right? https://twitter.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: .@joerogan Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.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/...
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/...
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/...
@outkick: The Rock comes out in support of Joe Rogan, says he would love to come on Rogan's podcast one day. https://www.outkick.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/...
Nowhere Girl / @gwynnion: Companies like Spotify and Substack pretend to be neutral content platforms instead of publishers so they don't have to be responsible for what they choose to pay millions of dollars to produce. 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/...
Parker Higgins / @xor: it feels like the bad-faith right-wing bludgeoning of an imaginary “platform/publisher” distinction in the 230 debate dampened people's recognition of a real publisher doing very traditional publishing things https://twitter.com/...
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/ ...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
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/ ...
Kevin Hovdestad / @lackofrealism: “This isn't content moderation. It isn't censorship. It's an editorial choice.” THANK YOU. 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/...
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
Graham Nash and India Arie follow Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, pulling their music from Spotify to protest content on Joe Rogan's podcast — Nash said in a statement that he “completely agrees” with his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Neil Young after “having heard the COVID disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify.”
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Bobby Ghosh / Bloomberg: Joe Rogan Isn't Spotify's Only Podcast Problem
Greg Evans / Deadline: Graham Nash And India.Arie Are Latest To Follow Neil Young Off Spotify In Rogan Protest
Larisha Paul / Rolling Stone: India Arie to Pull Music From Spotify Due to Joe Rogan's Comments on Race
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Nash, Young Reunite Against Spotify: ‘I Completely Agree and Support My Friend Neil’
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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 …
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”
Joe Rogan posts a video to Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts”
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@joerogan, @wendyzuk, Instagram, @b_fung, New York Post, @reckless, @lucas_shaw, The Guardian, @justinhendrix, Poynter, @caseybriggs, Complete Music Update, @debunk_the_funk, @bostonjoan, ВІС …, @derjarjour, @_loveallthis, Prism Metanews, @danilic, @arthur_affect, @mmasnick, @espiers, @noupside, @coldxman, @robinblackmma, @adambaldwin, @ischafer, @loudmouthjulia, @robslater10, @asranomani, @jordanbpeterson, @espiers, @garylegum, @fka_tabs, @justinhendrix, @b_fung, Vanity Fair, @kilmeade and @jessicashaw, 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/...
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/...
Andrew Court / New York Post: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson hypes Joe Rogan's apology: ‘Perfectly articulated’
Nilay Patel / @reckless: “I am usually unprepared” is an incredible Adult Son defense https://www.theverge.com/... 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/...
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/...
Casey Briggs / @caseybriggs: Science Vs is effectively on strike, only producing episodes that counteract misinformation spread by their parent company https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: Spotify science podcaster hits out at Spotify's response to Rogan backlash
@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/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Another big development in the Spotify Crisis https://twitter.com/...
@derjarjour: This is good, but doesn't address a key thing: Spotify is not just letting Rogan use its platform. Spotify is *paying* Joe Rogan to produce content. Spotify is a publisher in this case, not a platform. 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/...
Dan Ilic / @danilic: Wendy is a legend. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: This is a good thread that I think is probably very accurate. 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/...
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...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Dr Jordan B Peterson / @jordanbpeterson: Rogan addresses the issues https://www.instagram.com/... @joerogan
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: At some point, no diligence is negligence. https://twitter.com/...
Gary Legum / @garylegum: A hundred million bucks to be the podcast version of Cliff Clavin. 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”
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/...
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Joe Rogan: I'm Not Trying to Spread Misinformation on Spotify, I'm Just Talking to People
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/...
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
Spotify publishes its long-standing Platform Rules and says it is working to add a content advisory to podcast episodes that discuss COVID-19
Discussion:
Billboard, Politico, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, @mikeisaac, The Drum, Columbia Journalism Review, insideradio.com, @aaronhuertas, Matt on Audio, @sabivm, @willoremus, Muzak, Protocol, The Wrap, @justinjm1, Mother Jones, The Information, Wired, @loudmouthjulia, @jbflint, @mikeisaac, @mmasnick and @karaswisher
Discussion:
Gil Kaufman / Billboard: India.Arie Is Pulling Her Music From Spotify Over Joe Rogan's Podcast: ‘I Wonder Who Else Is Tired’
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
Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter: Joe Rogan Responds to Podcast Controversy, Pledges to “Balance Things Out” in the Future
Lionel Laurent / Bloomberg: Joe Rogan Shows We're Trapped in Spotify's Cage
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone: Hear the 1986 Neil Young Show That Joe Rogan Worked as a Security Guard
@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/...
Chris Sutcliffe / The Drum: 'Pulling ad spend isn't sensible': media buyers on Spotify's Joe Rogan controversy
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the difference between speech and association
insideradio.com: Without Spotify, Neil Young And Joni Mitchell To Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars.
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.
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.
Mads Oddershede / Muzak: Neils nævekamp — Bare rolig, denne uge slipper du for at læse mere om non-fungible tokes.
David Pierce / Protocol: Spotify's big Rogan mistake
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Colbert Imagines a Spotify Playlist to Go With All of the Vaccine Misinformation (Video)
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/...
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones: Rock Stars Continue to Unplug From Spotify Over Covid Misinformation
Martin Peers / The Information: Spotify's Real Challenge
Adam Speight / Wired: Just Got Apple Music? Here's How to Keep Your Spotify Playlists
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.
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
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/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: What he said https://twitter.com/...
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.
Discussion:
@taylorlorenz, The Hill, Washington Post, @hunterw, @thunderwooddd, @thefineprintnyc, @dpaqreport, @noahshachtman, @sophiasgaler, @angelmendoza___, @stuartathompson, @jakesherman, @willoremus, @wpjenna, @micsolana, @carloslozadawp, @miriamelder, @ashleyrparker, @choire, @levinejonathan, @philiprucker, @pbump, @jeremymbarr, @djlavoie and @charlottetklein
Discussion:
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!! 🥰
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Taylor Lorenz leaving New York Times for Washington Post
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: This is very cool! https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Underwood / @thunderwooddd: Some of my favorite stories I've edited at The Times have been from @TaylorLorenz. A delightful journey, cannot wait to see what you do next! https://twitter.com/...
@thefineprintnyc: A few weeks ago we asked @TaylorLorenz if she was interested in taking over the @nytimes media column and she told us: “I feel like I have the best job in media already, unless they want to give me a huge raise, in which case, I'll take over any column.” https://thefineprintnyc.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Paquette / @dpaqreport: Big win for the @washingtonpost. Congrats to the visionary @TaylorLorenz! https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: Between @josephmenn's hire and this ... WaPo just supercharged its tech coverage. https://twitter.com/...
SophiA Smith Galer / @sophiasgaler: Brilliant brilliant news https://twitter.com/...
Angel / @angelmendoza___: suddenly the times' wordle acquisition doesn't hurt as much https://twitter.com/...
Stuart A. Thompson / @stuartathompson: Selfishly this really sucks because I was *this close* to working with Taylor BUT ofc this is an amazing job https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: huge get for the @washingtonpost https://twitter.com/...
Jenna Johnson / @wpjenna: Yeeeeees! Such great news. 🎉🎉🎉 https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: “At the Post, she hopes to take her beat and ‘blow it up bigger.’” Welcome to the @washingtonpost, @TaylorLorenz. https://www.vanityfair.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/...
Jon Levine / @levinejonathan: “Evolve in their ways”... you mean be more tolerant of unhinged public Twitter meltdowns and false accusations ? Maybe they will. We shall see! https://twitter.com/...
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: “Taylor Lorenz Hopes The New York Times Will ‘Evolve In Their Ways’ As She Leaves For The Washington Post: The star reporter with a massive online following thinks The Post gets the internet in ways other outlets don't” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: @TaylorLorenz In which the relative merits of The Post and a regional Newark-area newspaper are compared. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Just 7 and a half years after I conducted this horrible interview with you about the Daily Mail's social media operation over Gchat for a publication that no longer exists (Capital New York), glad we will be colleagues https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.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 …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Wrap, CNBC, Insider, Axios, Next TV, Reuters, UPI, Media Play News, Bloomberg, Deadline, Advanced Television and Hollywood Reporter
Discussion:
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: AT&T to Slice Dividend After Spinoff of WarnerMedia
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in $43B Discovery deal
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: AT&T, Discovery Stocks Fall 5% on News That WarnerMedia Deal Will Be a Spinoff
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
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: AT&T Favors WarnerMedia Spin-Off Over Split, Wall Street Disagrees
Sara Fischer / Axios:
After a disappointing IPO, Jonah Peretti tells staff BuzzFeed will limit hiring to critical positions and projects a single-digit decline in commerce sales YoY — BuzzFeed is limiting hiring to only critical positions, and will not be adding any new jobs unless there's a business-case justification …
Discussion:
Simon Owens / @simonowens: BuzzFeed is still limping along. There's going to be a lot of pressure placed on its first quarterly earnings report. https://www.axios.com/...
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
HBO Max continues its European expansion, arriving in 15 countries on March 8, including the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, and Croatia — HBO Max is continuing a steady roll-out in Europe with its second wave of countries. … This covers Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, MediaPost, Next TV, Reuters, Media Play News, 9to5Mac, Light Reading, Mashable, Advanced Television, CNET, Broadband TV News, The Streamable, Digital TV Europe, @jasonkilar, C21Media and Deadline
Discussion:
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: HBO Max is expanding to 15 more countries in March
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: HBO Max To Expand Into 15 More European Markets In March
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: HBO Max To Launch in 15 European Countries March 8
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: EXCLUSIVE HBO Max to launch in 15 European countries on March 8
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: HBO Max Confirms March 8th for Second Wave of European Launches
Paul Rainford / Light Reading: Eurobites: Orange goes large with 5G on 700MHz in Spain
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: HBO Max gears up for launch in 15 more countries
Chris Dziadul / Broadband TV News: HBO Max confirms second wave of European launches
Lauren Forristal / The Streamable: HBO Max Announces Next Phase for European Expansion
Jason Kilar / @jasonkilar: 👀 @hbomax continuing to go global. Next up in 5 weeks: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Thereafter: Greece, Turkey, Iceland + Baltics. https://twitter.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 …
Discussion:
Adweek, @jczamora, insideradio.com, @sarafischer, @brianmmunoz, @isalara, @adweek, Variety, Next TV and Bloomberg
Discussion:
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)
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/...
Isabel Lara / @isalara: WOW —> “U.S. singer and actor Selena Gomez, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Spanish author Maria Duenas and Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez are among those working on productions for the platform.” https://twitter.com/...
@adweek: Univision and Mexico's Televisa—two of the biggest Spanish-language media companies in North America—announced the completion of their landmark $4.8 billion merger on Monday. https://www.adweek.com/...
Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety: Univision and Televisa Close Landmark Merger Deal to Create Spanish-Language Content Behemoth
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.
Discussion:
Capital B, @byjoelanderson, @perlberg, @cande313, @d_holli, @city_bureau, Insider, @youngsinick, @elizwgreen, @joinlede, @pennyriordan1, @laurenwilliams, @jenzerb, @byjoelanderson, @anikaanand00, @jdesmondharris, @jdesmondharris, @jherrerx, @cristymsilva, @jeffjarvis, @jayrosen_nyu, @laurenwilliams, @monikabauerlein, @eramshaw, @capitalbnews, @elaheizadi, @journalismproj, @niketa, @sarahellison, @adrs, @kenyathehunter, @elaheizadi, @elaheizadi and Mediaite
Discussion:
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/...
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
@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/...
Steven Perlberg / Insider: How a crop of media startups are trying to fill the news gap for underrepresented audiences
Michael Arceneaux / @youngsinick: Congratulations to favorites @gillianbwhite, @laurenwilliams & @akoto_oa on the launch of @CapitalBNews! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Lauren Williams / @laurenwilliams: Read more about us in the @washingtonpost in today's piece from the great @elaheizadi: 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/...
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/...
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/...
@jdesmondharris: Why the @CapitalBNews business model matters https://capitalbnews.org/... 👀 https://twitter.com/...
@jdesmondharris: Look what they've covered already: https://capitalbnews.org/... https://twitter.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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
@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/...
@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/ ...
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 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/ ...
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/ ...
@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/ ...
@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/ ...
@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.”
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 …
Discussion:
Associated Press, The Guardian, @_richardhall, Al Jazeera, @ianbirrell, @martinxhodgson, @ema_sasic, @keegan_hamilton, Axios and MyNorthwest.com
Discussion:
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
Sara Fischer / Axios: Fourth journalist killed in Mexico this year
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Vice Media secretly organized a music festival in Saudi Arabia; staffers have raised concerns about its work in the country after Khashoggi's murder — Youth media company organised March 2020 event despite pledge to stop all work in Saudi Arabia — When social media influencers turned …
Discussion:
Maryam Alkhawaja / @maryamalkhawaja: This is disgusting - probably learning from all the governments who talk about human rights then do business as usual? Vice Media secretly organised $20m #Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@rocco_castoro: As the former editor-in-chief of @VICE, their embrace of MBS sickens me to the core of my soul. Jamal Khashoggi's ghost shall haunt @SurooshAlvi, @shanesmith30, and Nancy Dubuc until the end of their days. I will be guaranteeing that. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
John Lubbock / @jwsal: I used to write for Vice about human rights abuses in Bahrain, where the 2011 Arab Spring protests were brutally crushed with the help of Saudi Arabia, so it's pretty shitty to see that Vice now works with the Saudi state. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@gumby4christ: Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival featuring Jean-Michel Jarre and The Chainsmokers https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Vice publicly said it would pause all work in Saudi Arabia following the state-ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Since then, the company aggressively pursued business opportunities there and secretly organized a $20m Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Adam H. Johnson / @adamjohnsonnyc: Bold, edgy, youthful, hard hitting! https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken: Very normal and very cool. Sadly in Saudi Arabia the “Dos and Donts” are pretty harsh https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Evan Hill / @evanhill: Contractors who worked on the music festival were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, and Vice's name did not appear on public marketing material. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: I don't think people realise just how much Saudi Arabian money is sloshing around in British/American media at the moment. Just *incredibly* large sums flowing in as the country tries to rebrand itself away from awkward stuff like “murdering journalists”. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Fuad Alakbarov / @dralakbarov: Saudi Arabia is desperate to spend huge money to rebrand itself in the eyes of western youth https://twitter.com/...
@ankaravoice: This is just brazenly unethical. Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival in 2020, despite its pledge to pause work in Saudi Arabia after the state-ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @maysoonzayid @YahyaAlhadid @AreejASadhan
Josh Spero / @joshspero: “Vice last year opened a dedicated office in the Saudi capital Riyadh” —> Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...