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The New York Times Company:
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/...
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/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: New York Times Buys Wordle for a Price in the ‘Low-Seven Figures’
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: From five-letter words to low-seven figures. Best Wordle score I've seen yet. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: The New York Times is buying Wordle, the game that exploded in popularity this month
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Wordle has been bought by The New York Times, will stay free for everyone to play
Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: Wordle will initially remain free, after million-dollar New York Times buy
@jonporty: Look it's obvious. Wordle will stay cross-platform, but only the NYT will get the next-gen raytracing patch
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/...
Brian Feldman / @bafeldman: wow... and the acquisitions keep coming. axios has acquired Second Grade Spelling Flashcards by Sylvan Learning for its Pro subscribers
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/...
Daniel Chait / @dhchait: @levie ANTITRUST https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: The NYT is investing in the lettaverse send tweet
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: ‘Wordle’ acquired by New York Times for over $1M, could pave the way for an iOS app
Jonn Elledge / @jonnelledge: would anybody like to buy, I dunno, something? I'll probably even take six figures at a push https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Wardle's post doesn't use the word “initially.” Just says it'll be free. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: rude to Ben https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Shalom Goodman / @shalomgood: Wordle in the @WSJ in 2010 https://twitter.com/...
Adam B. Vary / @adambvary: https://variety.com/... 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/...
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/...
@engadget: Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times https://www.engadget.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: fascinating what the premier media company in the world decides to spend its war chest on https://www.theverge.com/...
Brad Sams / @bdsams: Microsoft adds “NYTs” to list of companies competing against Game Pass 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/...
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: Either that or regular NYT subscription reminders every time you complete a Wordle, I suppose
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/...
@kfury: Congrats. This is really well deserved. (For those curious, the rumored acquisition price was around $2-4 million!) https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: 1500 word essay on whether the NYT buying Wordle changes the moral calculus of Wordle clones in various app stores. This will be 30 percent of your grade and there will not be extensions https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Extra credit: 500 words on whether the NYT will be justified in sending an army of lawyers after app store Wordle clones once it moves the game behind a paywall https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: The New York Times Buys Wordle
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” Initially carrying a lot of weight here. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: NYT Crossword and Wordle are now owned by the same company. This has antitrust written all over it.
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: My two favorite ways to take a break from social media—Spelling Bee and Wordle—now under one roof. Perfection. https://www.nytco.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: headline three months from now: NYT Company Vows To Block Wordle Unionization
Aaron Levie / @levie: Literally every company is buying a game studio today. https://twitter.com/...
Dominique Delport / @domdelport: That was quick ! Congrats @nyt for your #wordle move ! let's remember that NYT earns 50M$ yearly with crosswords and cooking receipes subs. https://twitter.com/...
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: That “initially” is doing a lot of troubling work 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/...
Nancy Armour / @nrarmour: Just don't ruin it https://twitter.com/...
Mark Thompson / @everyteam_mark: NYT playing on easy mode is it https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: well that's just ⬜️🟨🟨 🟩⬜️ https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Nothing gold can stay https://twitter.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/...
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/...
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/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Huge transfer deadline day news. Wordle just has to complete its medical and agree personal terms https://www.nytco.com/...
Rodger Sherman / @rodger: hold up HOLD UP ........ the Wordle inventor's name is Wardle?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!? 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.
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/...
Jay King / @byjayking: I am officially a Wordle guy now. Always have been, really. https://twitter.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: NGL I'd sell out for low seven figures too...just glad it's remaining free. https://www.nytco.com/...
Graham Starr / @grahamstarr: congratulations to mr. wordle on his million-dollar sale 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/...
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/...
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/...
Lauren Pelley / @laurenpelley: IS NOTHING SACRED https://www.nytco.com/...
Brenna Clarke Gray / @brennacgray: hey everyone remember when we used to have simple joy https://twitter.com/...
Farnaz Fassihi / @farnazfassihi: Wordle is coming to The New York Times Games! Yay. https://www.nytco.com/...
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Nice move @nytimes. Stays free in case you're wondering. Play on! https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Ariel Edwards-Levy / @aedwardslevy: assume the price negotiation process for wordle was like “ok, $1,200,973” 🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨⬛
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Now I'm definitely only playing Lewdle!
@jephjacques: Congrats to the guy for getting paid, but a big fuck to the NYT https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Tomorrow's 5 letters: Bravo https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Somehow a 7-figure exit feels both too high and too low to me. 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/...
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/...
Ben Ritz / @budgetben: It was nice while it lasted 😣😣😣 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Vannini / @chrisvannini: Why Wordle Joined The Athletic 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 — 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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@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/...
Shalom Goodman / Wall Street Journal: Joe Rogan Podcast, Neil Young and Spotify: What to Know
Trilby Beresford / Billboard: Spotify to Add Content Advisory to Podcast Episodes That Include COVID-19 Discussions
Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify Lost More Than $2 Billion in Market Value After Neil Young Pulled His Music Over Joe Rogan's Podcast
Katie Canales / Insider: How Joe Rogan thrust Spotify to the forefront of the biggest debate plaguing Big Tech
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the difference between speech and association
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/...
David Pierce / Protocol: Spotify's big Rogan mistake
Emma Roth / The Verge: Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Spotify to add content advisory to podcasts that discuss COVID-19
@spotifynews: Read our CEO Daniel Ek's note on Spotify's platform rules and COVID-19 on For the Record. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
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
insideradio.com: Joe Rogan Responds To Uproar As Spotify Adds Advisories And Makes Content Rules Public.
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify won't nix Joe Rogan till The Weeknd or Bad Bunny protests too
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/ ...
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/...
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/ ...
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone: ‘More Spectacle Than Substance’: Spotify Response to Joe Rogan Controversy Leaves Researchers Shrugging
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.
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: Neil Young quit Spotify because of Joe Rogan. These artists followed his lead
Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter: Joe Rogan Responds to Podcast Controversy, Pledges to “Balance Things Out” in the Future
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast: Spotify to Add COVID-19 Content Advisory Labels Following Rogan Controversy
Mike Snider / USA Today: Nils Lofgren, Joni Mitchell join Neil Young in exiting Spotify. Could more artists follow suit?
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Some good first steps here from Spotify to address the COVID situation: publishing content standards publicly, adding content advisories to podcasts about COVID. Those standards need a lot of work, though https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Content advisories will definitely work for everyone who takes the time to read the list of ingredients on boxes of food, which is to say no one https://twitter.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/...
Melissa Repko / CNBC: Spotify to add content advisory when podcasts mention Covid as more musicians yank songs from platform
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Equity Monday: If you don't want to be criticized for your editorial choices, don't make editorial choices
Claire Carusillo / Gawker: The Best Celebrity Comments on Joe Rogan's Instagram Apologia
Akshay Kanade / JOMO: Spotify: cancelled | JOMO for 31st Jan
@stanphylcap: Wake me up when streaming on Spotify is boycotted by someone whose last hit came AFTER the demise of 8-track! https://twitter.com/...
Bill McKibben / The Crucial Years: Neil Young, Leonard Peltier, Joe Rogan, and Reality
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: The Rogan/Spotify ordeal probably ends in 1 of 2 ways: 1) Artist/podcaster backlash escalates, Spotify releases Rogan from his deal and/or takes down episodes 2) Rogan capitulates, loses his most hardcore anti-establishment fans but keeps his deal Or maybe 3) everyone moves on?
David Gura / @davidgura: The latest “Screentime” newsletter, by @Lucas_Shaw, has a great lede: “Two Canadian folk singers have forced Spotify to do what thousands of angry social media users could not.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: Here's the link to Spotify's platform rules, including the new details about their approach to dealing with — or, from my POV, strategically avoiding dealing with — COVID-19 misinformation. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: Spotify panic is exactly why artists should leave now: “We ... will continue to partner with experts ... for the benefit of creators and listeners alike. That doesn't mean that we always get it right, but we are committed to learning, growing and evolving.” 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.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “We have an obligation to do more...” Spotify, scrambling to answer concerns about Covid-19 B.S. on podcasts, just said it's publishing its rules (which already leaked) and placing a “content advisory” around Covid discussions https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Omid Scobie / @scobie: “You've had a lot of questions over the last few days about our platform policies and the lines we have drawn between what is acceptable and what is not.” @Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announces changes to policies (although there are very few changes listed, if I'm being honest): https://twitter.com/...
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.)
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Here is Spotify's response to Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and 200+ doctors. We shall see if this story now fades. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Kenneth Garger / New York Post: Spotify to add ‘content advisories’ to podcasts with COVID discussions
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: Joe Rogan and Daniel Ek commit to beefed up and more transparent content polices in response to Neil Young boycott
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Here are the Covid content guidelines, which are the same as @ashleyrcarman reported Friday night - but Spotify appears to have removed the rule prohibiting claiming masks will cause harm and made the overall language squishier ("but not limited to"). https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Rogan Apologizes, Vows To ‘Balance’ Spotify Content, Platform Adds Advisory To COVID Content
Amy Peikoff / Don't Let It Go: Rogan and Spotify — Both Joe Rogan's and Spotify have now issued responses to the recent controversy …
Robert Kraychik / Breitbart: WATCH: Joe Rogan Responds to Spotify ‘Content Advisories,’ Vows to Balance Opposing Viewpoints
@eaton: Spotify's response to one of their top-tier creators actively spreading COVID-19 misinformation? Add a content warning to *anyone discussing the topic,* even medical experts with correct information. https://twitter.com/...
Francesco Farabegoli / Bastonate per Posta: Il caso Spotify
Ryan Browne / NBC4 Washington: Spotify Faces Its Facebook Moment as Musicians Boycott Platform Over Joe Rogan Podcast
Federico Chispas / @dfsparks: Choosing to host COVID misinformation and then putting warning label on it is completely meaningless https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis: What the mainstream press can learn from Joe Rogan
@danahull: Curious how many people cancelled their Spotify accounts to inspire this CEO statement on a Sunday: https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Spotify CEO responds to critics following Joe Rogan boycotts
@jason: As predicted, @spotify will combat Covid misinformation with.. curated/trusted information via labels Won't satisfy some, majority of folks don't care, & a gentle reminder: @joerogan is a great comedian & excellent interviewer — but not a doctor 🤦🏻♂ ️ https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Prof Paul Bernal / @paulbernaluk: Labels are often counter-productive: acting as a kind of badge of honour, and attracting more people to access the content. This is likely to spread the misinformation further, not reduce it. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Useless. Will you tell your boy Rogan to stop lying? Will you fire him? You say you have an “obligation to do more to provide balance.” No, thanks there's plenty of that in media already. Spotify's Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19 https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: Interesting. On Friday, Bongino shared a list of articles that @GoogleAds provided him of harmful and misleading COVID-19 claims that led to his ban. Under @spotify's newly published content rules, his show would need to be reviewed too. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly White / @molly0xfff: “we've heard you! and we've decided to do nothing” https://twitter.com/...
Max / @maxnordau: Remember that Spotify exists because it was a legal alternative to Limewire and Kazaa: Listen to whatever you want, wherever you want. Defenestrating Joe Rogan would be a clear statement that the company as originally constituted is dead. https://twitter.com/...
@future_of_music: Absent from this statement: any acknowledgment of harm caused to the music community and to public health, not just by hosting vaccine disinfo, but commissioning it and promoting it, elevating it above other material on the platform. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Hanselman / @shanselman: “We paid Joe too much to back down now” https://twitter.com/...
Laura Seay / @texasinafrica: Content warnings & direction to accurate Covid-19 info hasn't worked on other platforms & it won't work on @Spotify, either. Deplatforming those who spread disinformation is the only viable approach to marginalizing this heinous behavior. https://twitter.com/...
@intelwire: The five stages of content moderation are denial, free-speech-mouth-noises, bargaining, inadequate-token-effort and acceptance. This is Spotify crossing over from stage 2 to stage 3. https://twitter.com/...
David Bixenspan / @davidbix: Note that this doesn't say a word about misinformation or taking action against their podcasters spreading misinformation. https://twitter.com/...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: “...it is important to me that we don't take on the position of being content censor.” We used to call this editing—look it up. https://twitter.com/...
Ej Dickson / @ejdickson: “From the very first days of the pandemic, Spotify has been biased toward action.” Spotify completely ignored my requests for comment multiple times to ask if they even *had* a misinformation policy. This is a BS PR play from a company in tailspin. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
@darnelsugarfoo: Shorter Spotify CEO Statement: “We aint' doing shit. Piss off.” https://twitter.com/...
Didi Rankovic / Reclaim The Net: Spotify embraces Big Tech's “content advisory” labels
The Signal: Spotify in a spot — Good morning! Digital coins rely on the immutability of information etched on blockchains.
Sian Cain / The Guardian: Spotify to direct listeners to accurate Covid information after Joe Rogan outcry
@naveedajamali: So my podcast is published on Spotify, yet, under their new rules my podcasts talking about COVID and getting vaccinated in a responsible manner, will be labeled the same way Rogans podcasts are. How is that helping? I'm brought down to HIS level. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Renee DiResta / @noupside: It would be nice, at this point, given how many platforms have taken this approach, to be able to say whether these kind of “hub” efforts do anything. These things add information supply, but usually uncompellingly. They don't address the demand, or the entertainment element. https://twitter.com/...
Lethality Jane / @lethalityjane: So the Joe Rogan podcast will get the same advisory as the “This Week in Virology” podcast? That doesn't seem helpful. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Rosen / @juliarosen: This is a bunch of cover your ass bullshit. Your rules are so loose that you condone people you pay to produce content spreading disinformation. Making the rules public and trying to counter disinformation with links won't change a damn thing. https://twitter.com/...
Abbie Richards / @abbieasr: So after weeks of public pressure and a several billion dollar drop in market value, Spotify released its “Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19” It's not great. (thread) https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR: Joe Rogan has responded to the protests against Spotify over his podcast
Lionel Laurent / @lionelralaurent: Easy and right decision from Spotify — but as the language shows, the Facebookization of what was once the savior of music industry as it morphs into podcast/media firm is only starting https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Spotify loves to talk about Joe Rogan with Wall Street. But it doesn't want to talk about Joe Rogan when it comes to Covid. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Vlad Savov / @vladsavov: And Spotify is doing the bare minimum to slow the unsubscriptions. https://twitter.com/...
@amaditalks: So Rogan gets to keep spreading misinformation - along with his racism and misogyny — and his show will have the exact same warning as those not spreading misinformation. This is a perfect way to prevent people from knowing what to believe. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: What he said https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Nothing is changing. https://twitter.com/...
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
Kaz Weida / @kazweida: We've told you. It's simple. Dump Rogan. We won't come back until you do. The end. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: I believe the anger at Spotify is displaced anger that we can't force anti-vaxxers to get vaccinated. Vaccines have been around for a year and there've been lots of prominent anti-vaxxer deaths from COVID. Anyone still unvaccinated has made up their mind. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Damon K / @dada_drummer: If Spotify is an information platform - not a music one - then it needs to be scrutinized and regulated as an information platform, like Facebook. And there's no reason why it should have all our music available for free https://twitter.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: This just says that while Spotify doesn't want to have a reputation for censoring content, it does censor content, raising the question of why it has a rule against promoting bleach-drinking but not other sorts of bad medical advice: https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Corey Atad / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Rogan Responds To Spotify Protest, COVID Advisories
Mike Redmond / UPROXX: Joe Rogan Has Apologized To Spotify And Admitted That He Gets Things Wrong Amid Ongoing Backlash To His Covid Misinformation
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: The problem isn't the policies, it's Rogan as a product of Spotify. What's different is that Spotify picks and chooses who is on their platform, so they have a lot more creative control than Facebook or Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Sophie McEvoy / Bustle: Harry & Meghan Have Released A Statement About COVID Misinformation On Spotify
Imogen Champagne / Crikey: Spotify backs Joe Rogan over Neil Young, and it's no secret why
Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny: I personally think Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and the medical community deserve a lot of credit for pushing Spotify to this point... https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Spotify is between a $100 million rock and a hard place. They apparently didn't have a plan for when their highest paid talent — who has always loved the world's most famous Sandy Hook truther, but morphs into Edward R. Murrow when a real doctor shows up — crossed their line.
@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/...
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Spotify to finally do the bare minimum in fighting COVID misinformation in podcasts
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Spotify Announces ‘Content Advisory’ Warning for Podcasts Discussing Covid Amid Joe Rogan Uproar
J. Kim Murphy / Variety: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Responds to Storm Over Joe Rogan, COVID-19 Misinformation With Content Warnings
Corinne Heller / E! Online: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Express “Concerns” to Spotify Over COVID-19 Misinformation
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Spotify will add a ‘content advisory’ to COVID-19 podcast episodes
Jordan Hoffman / Vanity Fair: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Send Spotify a Warning Shot Over COVID Misinformation
James Rettig / Stereogum: Spotify Responds To Boycott With COVID-19 Information Hub
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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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Daniel Ek / Spotify: Spotify Platform Rules
Edmund DeMarche / Fox Business: Joe Rogan breaks silence after Neil Young controversy
Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine: The Spotify Backlash Never Had a Chance
Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Spotify, Joe Rogan address COVID-19 content backlash
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/...
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/...
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Joe Rogan Apologizes, Spotify Publishes Content Policy in Response to Neil Young Outcry
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times: Neil Young, Joe Rogan, and the reason why boycotts work
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post: Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren latest to pull music off Spotify in protest
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/...
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/...
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.
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...
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/...
Sydney Kalich / NewsNation Now: Joe Rogan apologizes as backlash hits Spotify
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/...
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/...
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.
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”
John Iadarola / @johniadarola: Maybe when you're advising people on whether they should get vaccinated or not you should do a little prep? https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: So many celebs like The Rock, Jewel and other influencers in the comments of this video issuing their support for Rogan https://twitter.com/... 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/...
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Joe Rogan comments on “misinformation” and Neil Young's Spotify situation
Carla Mozée / Insider: Spotify jumps 11% as streaming giant responds to Joe Rogan controversy with advisory on podcasts discussing COVID-19
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Joe Rogan Blames ‘Disparaging’ Media for ‘Distorted Perception’ of His Podcast
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Listen to Joe Rogan's full apology to Spotify over COVID-19 backlash
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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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/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: Schlockin' in the Free World
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/ ...
Kevin Roose / New York Times: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem Isn't Going Away
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/ ...
Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net: Joe Rogan responds to Spotify outrage; “Many of the things that we thought of as ‘misinformation’ just a short while ago are now accepted as fact”
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/...
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/...
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/...
James / James's Newsletter: Joe Rogan + Spotify
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, @youngsinick, @anikaanand00, @elaheizadi, @elaheizadi, @capitalbnews, @byjoelanderson, @sarahellison, @jeffjarvis, @jayrosen_nyu, @niketa, @eramshaw, @jdesmondharris, @adrs, @pennyriordan1, @journalismproj, @jherrerx, @laurenwilliams, @kenyathehunter, @cristymsilva, @laurenwilliams, @byjoelanderson, @monikabauerlein, @jdesmondharris, @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/ ...
Michael Arceneaux / @youngsinick: Congratulations to favorites @gillianbwhite, @laurenwilliams & @akoto_oa on the launch of @CapitalBNews! https://www.washingtonpost.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/ ...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
Niketa Patel / @niketa: Happy launch day, @CapitalBNews & congrats to @laurenwilliams, @akoto_oa & team. Very excited for this incredibly important newsroom! 🥳 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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/...
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/...
@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/ ...
@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/...
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.”
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
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/...
@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/...
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)
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/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: For every hit show there is a churn churn churn. More from @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Alex Salvi / @alexsalvinews: To be fair, Wonder Woman 1984 had me questioning the value of the entire human race, not just my HBO Max subscription. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Ryan James Girdusky / @ryangirdusky: I joined HBO Max for the Criterion Collection. Come for Charlie Chaplin, stay for Harold Lloyd. https://twitter.com/...
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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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
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: FT's US journalists are seeking to unionize
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/...
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Survey: at least six foreign journalists have left China amid increased intimidation through online trolling, physical assaults, hacking, and visa denials — Report says heightened dangers have prompted at least six to leave and many others to develop emergency exit plans
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Birgit Schwarz / @birgitmschwarz: Online trolling, physical assaults, hacking, threats of legal action: #Beijing is finding new ways to intimidate foreign journalists, their Chinese colleagues & their sources, a report by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of #China finds. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
ProPublica's Richard Tofel reflects on 20+ years as a newsroom attorney: preventing cases from being filed, the need for newsroom counsel independence, and more — Reflections on retiring from practice, with gratitude. — Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time …
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American Press Institute: Need to Know: January 31, 2022 — Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: “The first and most critical objective of newsroom lawyering is not to prevail in lawsuits, but to prevent them from being filed.” @dicktofel on the art of being the newsroom's attorney. https://dicktofel.substack.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
With SCOTUS eager to revisit precedent, Sarah Palin's NYT lawsuit is a serious challenge to the press-friendly standard for libel set by Times vs. Sullivan — But none of these landmark cases are as potentially consequential as Sarah Palin's suit against the New York Times
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@porter_anderson, @brianlehrer, @matthewschafer, @moiradonegan, @terri_rupar, @stormmela, @sarafischer and @sulliview
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Porter Anderson / @porter_anderson: Media: @Sulliview: “More than a year after #Trump's term ended, three volatile lawsuits forged in the culture-war fire he stoked are making their way through the legal system. ... The mere names involved suggest just how hot those flames may get.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@brianlehrer: What might be the implications for Sarah Palin's defamation suit against the New York Times? NPR's @davidfolkenflik explains. https://www.wnyc.org/...
Matthew Schafer / @matthewschafer: The premise of this @Sulliview article is that Palin v NYT Times is some great test for the Sullivan standard. Problem is... it's really not. Sullivan is shielded by the separate NY anti-SLAPP malice requirement. Really it's a state law question now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Moira Donegan / @moiradonegan: A compelling piece from the always essential @Sulliview on the stakes of several defamation suits challenging press freedom: https://twitter.com/...
Terri Rupar / @terri_rupar: Interesting @Sulliview breakdown of the media cases in the courts — and their potential consequences https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@stormmela: Everything @Sulliview writes is well worth reading. This piece is no exception. She has provided this piece without the paywall. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: YES @Sulliview w best media story today: 1st Amendment battles being waged in courts We wrote in 2019 that irony of many court decisions prompted by people angry with media is they actually end up strengthening press protections: https://www.axios.com/... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The Seattle Times says it now has 81,000 digital-only subscribers, up 10% over the past 12 months and almost doubling its 41,000 subscribers in January 2019 — The Seattle Times now has 81,000 digital-only subscribers, establishing its position as one of America's leading metropolitan news titles for paid online readers.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon paid $100M+ for exclusive ad and distribution rights to the podcast My Favorite Murder and all other Exactly Right Media shows — Two Canadian folk singers have forced Spotify to do what thousands of angry social media users could not. — Spotify on Sunday outlined a series …