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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/...
Katie Canales / Insider: How Joe Rogan thrust Spotify to the forefront of the biggest debate plaguing Big Tech
Trilby Beresford / Billboard: Spotify to Add Content Advisory to Podcast Episodes That Include COVID-19 Discussions
Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: Spotify's Fate is in the Stars
Emma Roth / The Verge: Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19
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
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify won't nix Joe Rogan till The Weeknd or Bad Bunny protests too
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 Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Equity Monday: If you don't want to be criticized for your editorial choices, don't make editorial choices
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/ ...
Akshay Kanade / JOMO: Spotify: cancelled | JOMO for 31st Jan
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR: Joe Rogan has responded to the protests against Spotify over his podcast
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
Didi Rankovic / Reclaim The Net: Spotify embraces Big Tech's “content advisory” labels
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/ ...
Claire Carusillo / Gawker: The Best Celebrity Comments on Joe Rogan's Instagram Apologia
Melissa Repko / CNBC: Spotify to add content advisory when podcasts mention Covid as more musicians yank songs from platform
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/...
Sophie McEvoy / Bustle: Harry & Meghan Have Released A Statement About COVID Misinformation On Spotify
@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?
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Spotify to finally do the bare minimum in fighting COVID misinformation in podcasts
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/...
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/...
insideradio.com: Rock Star Defections Cause Spotify To Add ‘Content Advisory’ To COVID Podcast Episodes.
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
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
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone: Spotify to Add ‘Content Advisory’ Warnings to Podcasts With Covid Discussion
Bruce Haring / Deadline: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Archewell Weighs In On Spotify, Claims Concerns Over Alleged Misinformation
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: Daniel Ek responds to Neil Young's Joe Rogan protest - but Spotify won't delete controversial podcast episode
Glenn Greenwald: The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship
Tom Moon / EchoLocator: Spotify Exodus Is Inevitable
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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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Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Spotify, Joe Rogan address COVID-19 content backlash
Edmund DeMarche / Fox Business: Joe Rogan breaks silence after Neil Young controversy
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider: Joe Rogan apologized to Spotify and half-apologized to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in a row over COVID-19 misinformation
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
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/...
Ignasz Semmelweisz / Very Slow Thinking: Rogan's Right to Reply
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/...
David Thornton / The Racket News: Neil Young, Joe Rogan, and the censorship that wasn't
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/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Joe Rogan Blames ‘Disparaging’ Media for ‘Distorted Perception’ of His Podcast
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.
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
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
Mike Snider / USA Today: Nils Lofgren, Joni Mitchell join Neil Young in exiting Spotify. Could more artists follow suit?
Kevin Roose / New York Times: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem Isn't Going Away
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/...
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”
James / James's Newsletter: Joe Rogan + Spotify
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy; the company told staff multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal”
Discussion:
Spotify, Variety, Media Matters for America, Billboard, New York Post, TechCrunch, CNET, CNN, @lucas_shaw, Protocol, The Signal, The Racket News, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Insider, UPROXX, The Hill, Stereogum, @joshmanning23, Intelibilia, @crackedscience, @bostonjoan, @ericboehlert, @ericgeller, @caseynewton, @doctorkarl, @themadstone, @reckless, @dylanreeve, @mmasnick, @subjectburst, @reckless, @robaeprice, @reckless, @kimzetter, @mattdpearce, @datadrivenmd, @mickpuck, @evoterra, @ashleyrcarman, @natjarv, @joshsternberg, @caseynewton and The A.V. Club
Discussion:
Daniel Ek / Spotify: Spotify Platform Rules
Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify Lost More Than $2 Billion in Market Value After Neil Young Pulled His Music Over Joe Rogan's Podcast
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
Lars Brandle / Billboard: Joe Rogan Acknowledges Criticism Which Led to Neil Young's Spotify Boycott: 'If I P—ed You Off, I'm Sorry'
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post: Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren latest to pull music off Spotify in protest
Jon Skillings / CNET: Joe Rogan COVID misinformation: Spotify won't censor, says CEO
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Some news in this week's newsletter: Amazon paid $100M+ for rights to My Favorite Murder. SiriusXM paid even more for Audiochuck. And Roku is looking for a head of a original programming. Also, more on all things Rohan. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
The Signal: Spotify in a spot — Good morning! Digital coins rely on the immutability of information etched on blockchains.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times: Spotify finally explains its COVID-19 misinfo policy, but hints Joe Rogan is safe
Carla Mozée / Insider: Spotify jumps 11% as streaming giant responds to Joe Rogan controversy with advisory on podcasts discussing COVID-19
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Spotify Will Add ‘Content Advisory’ Warnings Thanks To The Controversy Over Joe Rogan Spreading COVID Misinformation
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Bruce Springsteen guitarist joins Spotify boycott over COVID-19 misinformation
James Rettig / Stereogum: Spotify Responds To Boycott With COVID-19 Information Hub
@joshmanning23: Hey @Spotify, maybe update the fucking policy. It's yours. You can do it. People are dying. https://twitter.com/...
Diego Parrilla / Intelibilia: #5 - Ukraine conflict and hacktivism, Neil Young removes his music from Spotify, and Susy Thunder
Jonathan Jarry / @crackedscience: Interesting leak from Spotify. Basically, they are ill-equipped to deal with a tidal wave of “just asking questions.” https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Spotify will be fighting this PR war for a long time to come, especially as celebrities bring more attention to medical misinformation. When I was young, I remember watching a show where Rogan hosted competitions where contestants ate bugs for prizes. 🤷🏻♀ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: yeah, @Spotify continues to be a joke miraculously, **none** of Rogan's Covid lies have violated company policy against, yknow, spreading Covid lies; https://www.theverge.com/...
Eric Geller / @ericgeller: cool cool cool https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Incidentally, Nilay, @alexhcranz and I had a really good discussion of the issues here on The Vergecast this week. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr Karl / @doctorkarl: “These guidelines seemingly allow podcasters to say the vaccines cause death — just not that they are designed to cause death”. ( So this is how Rogan can tell lies about COVID vaccines, and not get busted - a “nice” use of legalese and very specific definitions) https://twitter.com/...
Maddie Stone / @themadstone: First off, at least three of these content guidelines were clearly put in place since the start of the pandemic. Second, these are the rules you write if you want to say you have guidelines while allowing most vaccine misinfo to get a free pass https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: The thing that really gets me is Spotify claims to have removed *20,000* podcast episodes that violated these even these lax rules. Our information environment is just so broken https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Reeve / @dylanreeve: The trick, it seems, to avoid having to censor your $100m podcast man, is to write policies so broad that only the very most dramatically extreme people would breach them. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: It is not unheard of that trust & safety would report up to comms... but... definitely not very common. It is telling quite a lot about different companies about where they place their trust & safety teams: legal? policy? operations? comms? https://twitter.com/...
Nick / @subjectburst: “guidelines seemingly allow podcasters to say the vaccines cause death —just not that they are designed to cause death. Similarly, they allow podcasters to say wearing a mask is ineffective, just not that wearing masks will cause imminent, life-threatening harm” lol Fuck #Spotify https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Big SCOOP from @ashleyrcarman: Spotify's Covid content guidelines are incredibly, incredibly weak. Like, loophole city. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rob Price / @robaeprice: Spotify's internal content rules for healthcare-related content, in full. They seem... a little short. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Also: I spend a lot of time talking to executives about how their companies are structured and “our moderation shop is run by the head of PR” is just not one that comes up very often, or ever https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Spoiler: the policy is so narrow in scope that unless Rogan denied the existence of COVID or told people vaccines will kill them he's not in violation. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: It sounds like if Spotify employees weren't demanding answers on what the hell the company policy is, we wouldn't have gotten this explanation into the light of day. https://twitter.com/...
Jorge A. Caballero / @datadrivenmd: Adding this article about Spotify's lackluster COVID-19 misinformation policy to a bookmarks folder labeled “How to reply to #SpotifyWrapped tweets” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Scott / @mickpuck: Check out Spotify's “healthcare guidelines” for broadcasters. Water-tight they are not. https://www.theverge.com/...
Evo Terra / @evoterra: Oh, FFS, Spotify. 🤦 I predict that sharing these policies externally will not have the positive boost Dustee is counting on. Read the whole scoop from @ashleyrcarman. https://www.theverge.com/... 🤡 https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: SCOOP: i viewed spotify's internal COVID-19 moderation policy + the company's head of comms tells the company they've reviewed all rogan's episodes and none break the rules. you can see why! https://www.theverge.com/...
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: Great get from @ashleyrcarman that shows why Spotify hasn't removed any episodes of Joe Rogan's podcast https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: When a company clings to the letter of the laws, but not the reasoning or common-sense approach to the laws it makes for itself. https://www.theverge.com/...
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Joni Mitchell pulls her music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young, saying “irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives”
Discussion:
Forbes, @thedavidcrosby, Washington Post, Joni Mitchell, Datebook, Los Angeles Times, Joni Mitchell, @amy_siskind, @alexanderchee, @toure, @hiattb, @lucas_shaw, @brianstelter, @caseynewton, @helenkennedy, @farhip, @adriennelaw, @frankconniff, @louispeitzman, @rollingstone, @stevesmithffx, @shannonrwatts, @ericboehlert, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, The Daily Beast, UPROXX, The Wrap, Pitchfork, Top Celebrity News …, Stereogum, NME, The Hollywood Reporter and Rolling Stone
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Jonathan Ponciano / Forbes: What Joe Rogan Controversy? Spotify Surges As Bullish Expert Declares Stock Undervalued After $10 Billion Crash
David Crosby / @thedavidcrosby: I no longer control it or I would in support of Neil https://twitter.com/...
Annabelle Timsit / Washington Post: More musicians join Neil Young in demanding Spotify remove their content over covid misinformation
Joni Mitchell: News Item — I Stand With Neil Young! — I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify.
Aidin Vaziri / Datebook: Joe Rogan responds to the Neil Young, Spotify backlash. Here's what he said
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: Neil Young quit Spotify because of Joe Rogan. These artists followed his lead
Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind: Thank you to Joni Mitchell for standing up against deadly disinformation by removing your music from Spotify. @jonimitchell is another hero! https://variety.com/...
Alexander Chee / @alexanderchee: Joe Rogan is making as much as 100 million on Spotify while artists have to get 350 plays to make a dollar? I'd leave just over that.
Young Daddy / @toure: Now we'll see how many great recording artists don't control their catalog (for whatever reason) and can't follow Neil and Joni's protest. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Hiatt / @hiattb: A lot of older people don't understand just how popular Joni is with young listeners right now https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The most depressing stat from this week: Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have/had a smaller combined audience on Spotify than Nickelback.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: According to a new post on Joni Mitchell's website, she is removing her music from Spotify: “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” https://jonimitchell.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Joe Rogan really starting to mess with my playlists now https://www.nytimes.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: Both Joni Mitchell and Neil Young survived bad bouts of polio as kids and had to learn to walk again. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: When/if the likes of Drake, Taylor Swift, Adele, Ed Sheehan, etc. step in, this will get mighty, mighty serious. https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: I simply don't know how Spotify could justify losing $4 billion in market value in one week and do nothing but ride it out. And now with news of Joni Mitchell pulling her catalog from the platform... This is going to make an interesting case study in a few years.
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: As a quadruple bypass survivor I'm a little concerned because my heart is already bursting with so much love for Joni that this might be a bit much. https://twitter.com/...
@rollingstone: Joni Mitchell: “I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” https://jonimitchell.com/...
Steve Smith / @stevesmithffx: guess they don't know what they've got til it's gone https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: There are so many ways to force cultural change, and to help preserve our democracy. Grateful to artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for standing up to misinformation and extremism. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: more pls! https://twitter.com/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: Joni Mitchell Says She's Removing Music From Spotify: ‘Irresponsible People Are Spreading Lies’
August Brown / Los Angeles Times: Joni Mitchell removes her music from Spotify, joining Neil Young in protest
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Joni Mitchell Removes Her Songs From Spotify Over Joe Rogan's Vaccine Disinfo
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Joni Mitchell to Pull Her Music From Spotify ‘In Solidarity With Neil Young’
Allison Hussey / Pitchfork: Joni Mitchell Says She's Removing Her Music From Spotify in Solidarity With Neil Young
Jamie Samhan / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Joni Mitchell Stands In ‘Solidarity’ With Neil Young And Removes Music From Spotify
Chris DeVille / Stereogum: Joni Mitchell Also Removing Her Music From Spotify To Protest Joe Rogan's Vaccine Misinformation: “I Stand With Neil Young!”
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:
Steven Perlberg / Insider: How a crop of media startups are trying to fill the news gap for underrepresented audiences
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Capital B launches today, joining a group of new startups/projects, like The Emancipator, Word in Black, and URL Media, trying to fill the news gap for underrepresented audiences https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: The idea that black people are equally vested partners in society — from politics, to school board fights, to consumer trends, etc — is revolutionary in media and I look forward to @CapitalBNews treating us as something other than a niche concern! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
@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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
@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/ ...
@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/ ...
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/...
@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/...
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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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: FT's US journalists are seeking to unionize
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: Scoop: Financial Times U.S. journalists are organizing and seeking voluntary recognition from management, saying they have over two-thirds support for unionization https://www.bloomberg.com/... @newsguild @CWAUnion
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: The wave of unionization by journalists continues to grow — this time at the Financial Times U.S. For background: Newsrooms Are Unionizing Pretty Much “Nonstop.” https://niemanreports.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Greg Dworkin / @demfromct: seems appropriate https://twitter.com/...
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: hell yeah https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: I love this Bloomberg News characterization of the Financial Times: “The FT, which publishes a salmon-colored newspaper, says it has a monthly audience of more than 26 million.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Imani / @moisenoise: I love working at the FT and could not be more proud of the incredible work of my colleagues. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @bbgequality
Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy: I am proud to support the @FT's US unionisation efforts. The UK has a union for UK employees and I support US colleagues in having the same. We stand together for a newsroom where employees have a stake. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: Latest: “We respect the right of our staff to organize if they so choose,” the Financial Times says in response to U.S. staff's union campaign https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: “I'm proud of the place that I work... I want to try to make it better for myself and my colleagues, and whoever's going to have my job after me.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... @claire_bushey https://twitter.com/...
Sally Davidow / The NewsGuild: Financial Times US staff is unionizing
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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Iris Hsu / Committee to Protect Journalists: China finds new ways to intimidate foreign press, FCCC survey finds
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, @jackshafer, @leszaitz, @ginnylaroe, @nicdawes, @tracyweber and @stephenjadler
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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/ ...
Les Zaitz / @leszaitz: Some smart observations by @dicktofel that every editor and reporter should read - and absorb. Here's how you minimize legal trouble....and perform better as journalists. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Ginny LaRoe / @ginnylaroe: “Getting, as a newsroom lawyer, to read some of that reporting before it is published has been one of the greatest privileges and real joys of my professional experience.” Enjoyed these reflections by @dicktofel https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: “Press lawyering at the highest level also demands a genuine enthusiasm for great journalism, a passion to see it published.” Amen, @dicktofel. A defining characteristic of every great lawyer I've worked with on 3 continents. https://dicktofel.substack.com/ ...
@tracyweber: The thing I loved most about @dicktofel was his visceral excitement in @propublica stories. You could literally feel him vibrating when a very, VERY good investigation was about to publish. https://dicktofel.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen J. Adler / @stephenjadler: Stellar advice from @dicktofel: Always make sure people whose activities are being held up to criticism...are given a fair opportunity to comment. A “no surprises” approach to journalism is not only good practice, it's also legally strategic. 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, @matthewschafer, @moiradonegan, @terri_rupar, @stormmela, @sarafischer, @sulliview and The Guardian
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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/...
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/ ...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal names Valari Dobson Staab as the chair of its local content division and says NBC's RSNs will launch a direct-to-consumer offering later this year — Staab will oversee NBC and Telemundo's local stations, as well as the NBC Sports RSNs. — NBCUniversal has tapped Valari Dobson Staab …
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Michael Malone / Next TV: Valari Dobson Staab Promoted to Chairman, NBCUniversal Local
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:
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