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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeff Zucker resigns as CNN president and chair of WarnerMedia's news and sports division, saying he didn't disclose a relationship with a senior CNN executive — The relationship came up during the network's investigation into the former anchor Chris Cuomo.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: CNN president Jeff Zucker announces resignation over undisclosed “relationship” with colleague
@mediaite: .@brianstelter reads a statement from Allison Gollust, the colleague who was having a consensual relationship with Jeff Zucker: “Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years. Recently our relationship changed during Covid.” https://twitter.com/...
RADAR: CNN Bosses Jeff Zucker & Allison Gollust Left Their Marriages After Alleged Romantic Affair, ‘Cozy Arrangement’ Dragged Into Chris Cuomo Scandal
Irin Carmon / @irin: From @katiecouric's recent memoir https://twitter.com/...
David Bloom / Next TV: Now What For CNN Plus Amid Jeff Zucker's Hasty Departure?
Ben Smith / @benyt: The Cuomo blast radius is incredible
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Resigns
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: CNN made hires based on Trump's recommendations. Jeff Zucker has undeniably made the world a worse place. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Why Jeff Zucker's Abrupt Departure From CNN Creates a Big Headache for David Zaslav
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Is Jeff Zucker's CNN Ouster Chris Cuomo's Revenge? Or WarnerMedia Boss Jason Kilar's?
Sara Fischer / Axios: The Cuomos' featured role in Jeff Zucker's demise
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “CNN... often aired Trump's raucous campaign rallies from start to finish, helping him emerge from a crowded field of candidates. Zucker later said he regretted giving Trump so much attention.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Staffers inside CNN are in absolute shock right now. Employees at the company learned of Zucker's sudden departure all at once via a company-wide email that went out just after 11am. https://www.cnn.com/...
Kasie Hunt / @kasie: Jeff Zucker's support has meant the world to me, both at work and in life, when I was suddenly faced with my biggest ever personal challenge: getting a brain tumor I'm so proud of what we've built @CNNplus under Jeff's leadership and I can't wait to share it with you
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Jeff Zucker announces his resignation, saying he didn't disclose a consensual relationship with a close colleague
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Involving an executive who once served as a spokeswoman for ... Andrew Cuomo. https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Jeff Zucker's CNN successor faces a big mess: scandals and falling ratings
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: (Was basically an open secret, so the ‘stunned’ part is that he's resigning, not the relationship) https://twitter.com/...
Bernie Zilio / RADAR: CNN's Jeff Zucker Forced To Resign Following Radar's Exposé Citing Alleged Affair With Network VP Allison Gollust
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: what a total mess. feel sorry for all the quality news people. He botched Cuomo and helped put Trump on the map. Good riddance. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: In a memo just now, Jason Kilar announced “interim co-heads for CNN beginning today:” Three longtime members of the CNN leadership team, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz.
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart: Report: Chris Cuomo Legal Team Sounded Alarm over Jeff Zucker's Relationship with Subordinate
Jack Crosbie / discourseblog.com: Later, Jeff Sucker
@adriennelaw: Relationship disclosure requirements are in place to protect the company and are especially important at the executive level. Jeff Zucker is stepping down because, at a minimum, concealing his affair exposed CNN to liability. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael Brendan Dougherty / @michaelbd: It may take years, but nothing can deny Conan O'Brien revenge upon his enemies.
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: While most observers will place the leak that ended Jeff Zucker's career, at the feet of a vengeful Andrew Cuomo, the weird part is: anybody who knew Zucker knew about Allison Gollust. I first figured it out in 2006 or 2007. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: “As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo's tenure... I was asked about a consensual relationship w/ my closest colleague... I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't. I was wrong... I am resigning today.” https://twitter.com/...
Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher: To summarize: Jeff Zucker says he resigned from CNN because of his relationship with Allison Gollust, a former Andrew Cuomo adviser, came up during an investigation into Chris Cuomo, who advised Andrew Cuomo as he faced a sexual misconduct investigation https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: Zucker out at CNN for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate!! https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Talk about a slow news day for media reporters. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Here's a lot of useful background about Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust, whose relationship was the definition of an open secret. https://radaronline.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Katie Couric @katiecouric also commented on Zucker/Gollust in her recent book. Per the book, JZ pushed for Couric to hire AG for her short-lived daytime talk show
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Not just “disarray” but “utter disarray.” You said, “in danger.” I said, grave danger? You said, “is there any other kind?” https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “I'm incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do everyday,” Gollust adds. We are updating our @CNNBusiness story here https://www.cnn.com/...
Kellyanne Conway / @kellyannepolls: Turns out that @CNN should have been “Breaking News” about other peoples' marriages and relationships and not dissecting mine and @gtconway3d's like a bunch of gossip girls. @brianstelter @DanaBashCNN @jaketapper @wolfblitzer et. al https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: Jeff Zucker's stunning resignation from CNN
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: media reporters probably have a good inkling of who this colleague is https://twitter.com/...
Joel Mathis / The Week: Jeff Zucker, the Cuomos, and the #MeToo domino theory
Insider: CNN boss Jeff Zucker quits abruptly after failing to disclose a ‘consensual relationship’ with a colleague
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: 1. For all you folks saying hmm seems kinda minor to resign for something that was a company-wide open secret, I agree. 2. And lol re the Covid statement though it is awkward, I suppose. https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
Frances Mulraney / The Sun: Inside how Allison Gollust & Zucker ‘had fight at party & lived in same building before his divorce & she was successor’
David Mack / @davidmackau: correct me if i'm wrong, but she was his “subordinate” not his “colleague” right? feels important!
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WarnerMedia chief @jasonkilar tells staff that three senior execs will lead CNN in the interim “through what you should anticipate will be through the close of the pending transaction with Discovery.” The execs are Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz. https://www.cnn.com/...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: “This place basically changes overnight. It's as big as Roger Ailes leaving Fox.” Story with @claireatki @larakiara @lmoses looking inside the shock at CNN today, an open secret, and the Zucker-Kilar history https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Garance Franke-Ruta / @thegarance: Cuomo investigation collateral damage is a veritable octopus of revelations https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: CNN chief Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned from the news giant Wednesday, throwing the management of one of WarnerMedia's prize assets into utter disarray just weeks before the company is expected to be taken over by Discovery.... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: Jeff Zucker just quit as head of CNN. It's a wonderful opportunity for CNN to start worrying more about reporting and less about entertainment.
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Few in the UK will have heard of Jeff Zucker. But he's been at the helm of CNN for a decade, and was NBC before that. Some claim he's the man that made Trump president - through greenlighting the Apprentice, and then (detractors say) through shaping news coverage of him. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Zucker made Donald Trump a star, more than once. That is his legacy. CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns, citing undisclosed relationship with colleague https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Greg Price / @greg_price11: 🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Jeff Zucker just resigned from CNN due to a relationship with a colleague revealed as part of the investigation into Cuomo. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / NPR: CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with network executive
Sara Fischer / Axios: CNN boss Jeff Zucker resigns
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Every word of it true. https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: About one year ago, @DylanByers reported CNN's Allison Gollust had “emerged as the leading internal candidate to take over the network” if Jeff Zucker stepped down. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ashley Hackett / @byashleyhackett: when I was a CNN intern Zucker told all of the interns in a meeting that we couldn't be successful in journalism unless we read nonfiction at least 3 hours a day outside of work and forfeited our social lives in our early 20s and after that I never really liked him tbh https://twitter.com/...
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post: Trump celebrates ‘world-class sleazebag’ Jeff Zucker's resignation from CNN
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: CNN President Jeff Zucker Abruptly Resigns
Bobby Burack / OutKick: Just In: Jeff Zucker Resigns At CNN After Not Disclosing Consensual Relationship
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Zucker's legacy: * Fear Factor * The Apprentice * Turning Neil Postman's nightmares into news media reality * The downfall of democracy
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine: CNN's Jeff Zucker Out as President After Failing to Disclose Consensual Relationship With Colleague
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: On Fox News, Zucker news blots out all else - seven stories and giant photo dominate the home page
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: @jasonkilar says that he has accepted Zucker's resignation and “will be announcing an interim leadership plan shortly.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Tom McKay / @thetomzone: Excited to announce I have taken a job as the president of CNN Worldwide. Today I am also announcing the commencement of my first five year plan for the network, which will start a rebrand called the Cillizzaganza (or “The Year of Chris")
Megyn Kelly / @megynkelly: Zucker's relationship with Gollust went on for years, and what he did to keep her near him (as he kept advancing her up the line) will be even more stunning to the CNN news room. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Here's WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar's email to staff announcing new CNN leadership: https://twitter.com/...
@variety: Donald Trump Slams Jeff Zucker as ‘World-Class Sleazebag’ Following CNN Resignation https://variety.com/...
@rmac18: 2.5 years ago, Zucker was cracking jokes like this on stage at media events. Guess it makes more sense now? https://twitter.com/...
Shauna / @goldengateblond: for the record Jeff Zucker is garbage and no one should mourn his demise https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Cunningham / The Kitchen Pundit: BREAKING: The Most Toxic Man in Media Resigns
Mercedes Schlapp / @mercedesschlapp: So right! https://twitter.com/...
@amy_siskind: Good gawd! CNN needs to promote a woman to lead it. What a mess! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Zack Sharf / Variety: Donald Trump Slams Jeff Zucker as ‘World-Class Sleazebag’ Following CNN Resignation
Dan McLaughlin / @baseballcrank: Was that wrong? Should he not have done that? He's gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to him at all when he first started there that that sort of thing was frowned upon... https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Relationship With ‘Closest Colleague’
@eorden: Allison Gollust also served as communications director for Andrew Cuomo, in between her stints at CNN. Might be worth mentioning. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: Wow: Jeff Zucker, president of CNN, is resigning after he failed to disclose a romantic relationship with another CNN executive https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Blackmon / Campaign Update: Down Goes Zucker! Down Goes Zucker! — First, woke leftist icon Whoopi Goldberg gets suspended at ABC …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: CNN chief Jeff Zucker resigns after failing to disclose relationship with colleague
Greg Pollowitz / @gpollowitz: I think everyone at CNN who says they are “stunned” or “shocked” at the Zucker news is lying. There's no way this Jan 4 Radar Online article didn't set off a nuclear bomb inside CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Etc. https://www.wonderwall.com/... Idea that Zucker wouldn't disclose it, and would think that it wouldn't surface, is hard to fathom.
Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson: They should elevate Johnita Due, who serves as a Sr. VP and Counsel. She is amazing, and @CNN could use some color in their leadership. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: Breaking: Jeff Zucker resigns as CNN president after failing to disclose that he had a romantic relationship with another CNN executive. By @grynbaum https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN after failing to disclose relationship with colleague
Janice Dean / @janicedean: The Cuomo brothers strike again. A web of deceit finally coming to light. https://twitter.com/...
Clyde Hughes / UPI: Jeff Zucker resigns as president of CNN
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Zucker's abrupt exit creates an unexpected opportunity for new @CNN leadership to 1) improve its culture 2) focus on hard news, original reporting, & expert analysis (Cf. @CNNi) 3) cover governments & corporations more ethically Democracy segment at 9 PM is a good place to build https://twitter.com/...
Insider: Trump celebrates ‘world-class sleazebag’ CNN President Jeff Zucker's resignation: ‘Congratulations to all!’
@davidmdeloso: when i was a freshman jeff zucker gave a talk in my journalism class and he sat next to me afterwards and scowled at me when i tried to shake his hand and ever since then i've had a grudge against him https://twitter.com/...
Brian Flood / Fox News: Jeff Zucker out at CNN after failing to disclose ‘consensual relationship’ with colleague: ‘I was wrong’
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Jeff Zucker was in line for a huge role at Warner Bros. Discovery. He is good friends with David Zaslav. He was just beginning an ambitious CNN+ project. I reported this a few months ago: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Jeff Zucker Resigns As Head Of CNN, Citing Failure To Disclose “Consensual Relationship” With A Colleague
Edward Wong / @ewong: 3. This Radar story from Jan. 4 — an entire month ago — has details on the relationship between Zucker and Gollust. And it says Gollust once worked as communications director for Andrew Cuomo. h/t @gadyepstein. https://radaronline.com/...
Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell: Nice, never had to reckon with how much screen time he gave to 45 in 2015/2016 https://twitter.com/...
Michael Tedder / TheStreet: Another CNN Scandal: Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Undisclosed Romantic Relationship
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report: Improper Relationship With CMO Leads CNN Head To Resign
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Trump celebrates Zucker exit from CNN
Catie Keck / The Verge: CNN president Jeff Zucker abruptly resigns
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's chief marketing officer Allison Gollust says she and Jeff Zucker started a relationship “during COVID”; Gollust will remain at CNN — New York (CNN Business)CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday that he is resigning, effective immediately.
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CNBC: CNN boss Jeff Zucker resigns, says he failed to disclose office relationship with former Andrew Cuomo aide
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: Jeff Zucker's CNN Legacy: A 29% Drop in the Key Demo Audience During His 9 Years in Charge
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: ‘Rogan Should Run CNN’: Greg Gutfeld Offers Solution to Network's Woes
Isabella Simonetti / Observer: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns After Failing To Disclose Relationship With Another Executive
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Zucker did not name his colleague in the memo, but the relationship is with Allison Gollust, the chief marketing officer for CNN. Gollust is remaining at CNN. https://www.cnn.com/...
Mike Redmond / UPROXX: The Jeff Zucker Fiasco At CNN Reportedly Came To A Head Because Of The Cuomo Brothers
Whitney Vasquez / RADAR: Talk Of TV: Katie Couric Biography Blew The Lid Off Former CNN Boss Jeff Zucker & Allison Gollust Affair
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “It's Like the Ending of Reservoir Dogs”: Insiders See the Hand of Cuomo Behind Jeff Zucker's Abrupt Departure From CNN
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Allison Gollust previously seen as a possible successor to Zucker Zucker's promise to stay through AT&T's sale of Warner Media did not preclude CEO David Zaslav from keeping him on - or promoting him - once the deal was done. Zucker is said to have been a key to arranging deal.
Bobby Burack / OutKick: Details on Jeff Zucker's Relationship With Colleague
Parker Molloy / The Present Age: Hit the road, Jeff
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone: Jeff Zucker Says He's Out at CNN After Failing to Disclose Relationship With Colleague
Brendan Morrow / The Week: CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigns over relationship with a colleague: ‘I was wrong’
Kate Seamons / Newser: Undisclosed Work Romance Costs Jeff Zucker His Job
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Just curious but wouldn't both parties be obligated to disclose a relationship since the other party was also a top senior executive at the company?
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: Who Is Allison Gollust, the CNN Exec at the Center of Jeff Zucker's Resignation?
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Staffers React to Jeff Zucker's Resignation
Áine Cain / Insider: Katie Couric said in her recent memoir that former boss Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust were ‘joined at the hip’
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Relationship With Fellow Exec
Mark Joyella / Forbes: Jeff Zucker's Sudden Exit Comes At A Critical Moment For CNN
Inae Oh / Mother Jones: Jeff Zucker, One of the Most Powerful Media Execs Who Turned Trump Into a Star, Resigns From CNN
Celia Farber / The Truth Barrier: ELITE WOKE MEDIA IMPLOSION: Jeff Zucker Resigns From CNN, Ostensibly Over Sexual Relationship With “Subordinate” Executive
Becca Longmire / ET Canada: Jeff Zucker Resigns As President Of CNN After Failing To Disclose ‘Consensual Relationship’ With Colleague: ‘I Was Wrong’
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar names three CNN top managers, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis, and Ken Jautz, as interim CNN co-heads through the Discovery merger close — “We are fortunate to have three senior leaders within the News organization who have agreed to serve as interim co-heads …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: BREAKING: Jeff Zucker Resigns as Head of CNN Over Relationship With Senior Executive
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: WarnerMedia Names Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz CNN Interim Co-Heads
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: Hope this doesn't mean the top job at CNN is headed for a “bake-off”...perhaps no one at WarnerMedia remembers how well that went at another division of the company not too long ago?🤦♂️ https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: WarnerMedia Names Three Executives To Serve As Interim Co-Heads Of CNN Following Jeff Zucker's Departure
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: CNN names Jeff Zucker's replacements after shock resignation
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: CNN's Zucker Shocks Network With Abrupt Resignation
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: CNN Appoints Interim Leadership After Jeff Zucker's Sudden Exit
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
CNN staffers puzzle over Jeff Zucker's sudden move as his relationship was an “open secret”: “this is Kilar taking his succession swipe back at Jeff” — At first, it seemed like Jeff Zucker was just another piece of collateral damage from Andrew Cuomo's demise …
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Ernest Owens / @mrernestowens: I'm hearing that folks BEEN knew that CNN President Jeff Zucker was already messing around with a colleague. It was apparently an open-secret. If that was the REAL reason why he left, that would have been done a while ago. Something else is going on. I'll wait.
Roben Farzad / @robenfarzad: imagine reading this anywhere west of the Hudson: “And it's still Zucker's shop. One of three interim bosses put in charge today..has been friends with Zucker since their days at Harvard..'He's Jeff Jr'...” https://nymag.com/... #CNN #media @ShawnMcCreesh @NYMag @intelligencer
@nymag: Jeff Zucker's office romance has been an open secret for years. So why is he really leaving CNN? @ShawnMcCreesh reports that for many staffers there, something isn't adding up https://nymag.com/...
The New York Times Company:
The NYT reports 375K net new digital subscriptions in Q4, $2B annual revenue in 2021 for the first time since 2012, and targets 15M+ subscribers by end of 2027 — The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today fourth- quarter 2021 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations …
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@dkthomp, @sarafischer, @edmundlee, @alexweprin, @davidclinchnews, @cliffordlevy, @annehelen, @scottnover, @perlberg, @perlberg, @emilybell, @bmorrissey, @erickschonfeld, Poynter, @wturvill, @davecullinane, @gerryfsmith, @alexweprin, @jarroddicker, @jason_kint, @jessicalessin and Nieman Lab
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Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: The NYT: A media evolution story - In 2000: news subscriptions were 25% of NYT revenue - In 2020, news subs were 60% of revenue - In 2021, non-news revenue—games, puzzles, cooking, Wirecutter—made up 55% of subscription growth Non-news subscriptions: the new future of news!
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: BREAKING: @nytimes says that with the addition of @TheAthletic, it has surpassed its goal of 10 million subscribers, three years ahead of schedule. — It's now targeting “at least 15 million subscribers by year-end 2027” https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: The @nytimes now has 10mm subscriptions (thx to Athletic deal) As of end of 2021: • 8.8mm total accounts • 5.9mm news accounts New goal: • Double total subscribers (not accounts) from 7.6mm to 15mm by 2027 (a new metric) PR: https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: This is why Times is spending cash on The Athletic and Wordle. News depends in part on volatile news cycle, games, food etc. can be improved on their own terms. https://twitter.com/...
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: 15M subscribers (not just subscriptions) is ambitious but the NYT has shown it is willing to innovate and invest to reach these goals. Acquisition, renewal retention and anti-churn efforts have to be smart and relentless as well. #MediaRevenue https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: NYT's digital subscription transformation: • Has vastly more subscriptions than at any time in its history. • Just hit 10 million, and set new goal of 15 million by 2027. • Of those, less than 800,000 are print subscriptions. By @marcatracy https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: I don't know if this is rebundling the unbundled so much as incentivizing full subscriptions by paywalling off parts of the paper that have been there in some form (even if not as robust) for a long time https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: No one wants to pay for news... so bundle it in with other fun things like opinion and games and box scores and recipes and oh my god it's a newspaper https://twitter.com/...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: The New York Times is finally breaking out “subscribers” from “subscriptions,” which are not the same but often used interchangeably in media reporting. The company finished 2021 with 7.6 million paid subscribers, with the goal of 15m by the end of 2027 https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ...
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: This is what I mean by subscriber/subscriptions getting reported interchangeably (sorry). A subscriber is a human who can account for multiple subscriptions. Thanks to the Athletic, the Times says it has surpassed 10m subscriptions, not subscribers https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Word - le https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Most of the NYT's subscriptions growth came from outside news in Q4. https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Erick Schonfeld / @erickschonfeld: Come for the games, stay for the news https://twitter.com/...
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: The New York Times Co., flush with digital subscriptions, takes on a fixer-upper with its purchase of The Athletic
William Turvill / @wturvill: “The Times said it added 375,000 digital subscriptions in the fourth quarter of 2021.” Most big news publishers take years to get to 375,000 digital subscriptions. The NYT breezily gets this number in three months. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Cullinane / @davecullinane: they spent $550 million to purchase an entity that lost $55 million last year just to get this headline https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: NYT has set a new goal of 15 million subscribers by end of 2027. It's also breaking out the number of total subscribers (7.6 million at end of Q4) vs subscriptions (8.8 million) https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: The New York Times has a new subscription target: 15M by 2027. Plans to push “high value” digital bundle to drive growth.
@jarroddicker: Would love an eventual media model where “hard” news can be subsidized & distributed for free (civic service)— media cos make multiples on services/content/experiences outside of news & that profit is big enough to serve as funding that waterfalls down. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: In 2015 I congratulated The Times CEO on hitting 1mm subscribers - a remarkable achievement at the time - and asked how they would get to 2mm. The company has answered in every way by staying true to its mission, brand trust, consumer expectations, advertiser benefits from them. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: And this, my friends, is why subscriber goals can be silly. What a headline @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Company closes its acquisition of The Athletic and its 1.2M subscribers, hitting its 10M subscriber goal three years ahead of schedule — The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early.
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Sara Fischer / Axios: New York Times surpasses 10 million subscriptions
Bron Maher / Press Gazette: New York Times is not the only publisher betting on games to solve subscription growth puzzle
Andy Meek / Forbes: Big Week For The NYT: The Paper Beat A Subscriber Goal, Bought Wordle, And Lost A Star Writer
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: The New York Times has hit its goal of 10 million subscribers 3 years ahead of schedule, in part thanks to the acquisition of The Athletic. Which, surprise!, closed yesterday: The Athletic is now part of The Times. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: @marcatracy NYT CEO on subscription gains and new goals: “There are now at least 135 million adults worldwide who are paying or willing to pay for one or more subscriptions to English-language news, sports coverage, puzzles, recipes, or expert shopping advice.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: The NYT just spent $550 million out of “cash on hand” to buy The Athletic, *and* it raised its dividend, *and* it still managed to find $150 million for a stock buyback — the classic sign of “we can't find anything else worth spending money on”. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Sounds like NYT can afford to give people raises and stop fighting its tech workers union. Also, buying NFTs is the logical choice for a company looking to diversify its balance sheet. https://twitter.com/...
Will Bunch / @will_bunch: In context, metro newspapers in large American cities struggle to reach modest goals often in the 100,000 range (1% of this). The New York Times is Home Depot putting your Main Street hardware store out of business https://twitter.com/...
Jon Greenberg / @jon_greenberg: On the World Wide Web, The Athletic brings subscribers https://twitter.com/...
Eric Stromberg / @ericstromberg: Congratulations to @amather, @TheAuthletic, and the @TheAthletic team. Through sheer force of will, your vision has become reality in under 6 years. We @Bedrock are honored to have been a small part of it. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Fruhlinger / @jfruh: the wordle guy should've held out for $20 million https://twitter.com/...
@niemanlab: The Times now has a new goal in sight: at least 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Lots of people paying $1/month in this impressive figure https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: More from earnings report: *Company (very plausibly) says it would have reached 10m in time without The Athletic *NYT did not take leverage in buying Athletic for $550m in cash *375,000 new digital subs last quarter; slim majority were not to core news app
Christopher Clarey / @christophclarey: New York Times Company announces that with @TheAthletic acquisition now complete, the company has passed its goal of 10 million subscriptions. Sets new goal of 15 million by end of 2027 Thanks to all of you for supporting independent, quality journalism https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ian Casselberry / Barrett Media: Adding The Athletic Pushes New York Times to 10 Million Digital Subscriber Goal
Jay Rigdon / Awful Announcing: The New York Times has officially acquired The Athletic as deal closes
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: New York Times crosses 10 million subscribers threshold
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q4 revenue of €2.69B, up 24% YoY, 406M MAUs, up 18% YoY, and ad-supported revenue of €394M, up 40% YoY and a record 15% of total revenue — After a month of controversy involving podcast host Joe Rogan, Spotify Technology SA disclosed a more immediate business problem …
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: Spotify Hits 180M Paying Subscribers Amid Joe Rogan Protests
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Spotify say it's been a “notable few days” and says it has learned a lot over the past few weeks. It once again doesn't name Joe Rogan. Instead, it is working to combat misinformation.
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: “While Joe has a massive audience — he's the #1 podcast in more than 90 markets — he also has to abide by those [content] policies.” —Spotify CEO Daniel Ek (@eldsjal). By my count, first time he has used the name Joe Rogan this week.
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Los Angeles Times:
Sources: in a Spotify staff meeting, CEO Daniel Ek said the company sees itself as a platform, not a publisher, of Joe Rogan's podcast — Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Wednesday morning that the streaming service doesn't closely supervise controversial podcast host Joe Rogan …
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter: Spotify's Joe Rogan Mess Exposes Larger Rift Over Rules, Streaming Revenues
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify CEO: ‘Too early to know’ if Joe Rogan outcry will hurt subscriptions
Washington Post: Spotify's Joe Rogan problem highlights its rocky transition from music streamer to media producer
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Spotify CEO Addresses Joe Rogan Controversy as Stock Plummets After Weak Earnings Guidance
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Spotify has made this point over and over again over the last week. It seems disingenuous since Spotify pays Rogan $100M+ for exclusive rights to his show. Those rights usually come with some editorial control.
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The truth is we don't know the precise terms of the deal. And it's possible that Spotify agreed to have no say over editorial so long as Rogan didn't violate its content guidelines.
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Two different stories tonight cite a Spotify town hall where CEO Daniel Ek described the company as a platform (not a publisher). He's trying to say the company has no editorial authority. https://twitter.com/...
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: They're lying because their entire podcast advertising ecosystem depends on Rogan. It's $1 million min. *plus* ad buys for other shows. If they lose Rogan, they're screwed. https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: Right when it comes to distributing content produced for others, wrong when it's produced exclusively for your company. Abdicating responsibility doesn't erase it. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Kosseff / @jkosseff: Of course this is all wrong, but I can't count the number of employees of newspapers, TV stations, and other corps with websites that allow user comments who told me that lawyers warned them that if they did any moderation they would lose 230 protection. Malpractice for 2 decades https://twitter.com/...
Ahmed Baba / @ahmedbaba_: Regardless of how you feel about whether or not Rogan should be on the platform, I don't think anyone would argue against the conclusion that if you pay someone for an exclusive deal to host their content, you are, in fact, now a publisher. https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: This is a typical social media shell game. They want the benefits of being a publisher (audience, exclusivity) without the responsibility. It's untenable. https://twitter.com/...
Peter A. Shulman / @pashulman: Can't have it both ways (and be taken seriously). Also, does a neutral platform (with an exclusive distribution deal) aggressively promote this specific product to its users? https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: .@spotify CEO Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) swept Rogan's appetite for hosting White supremacists and far-right extremists under the rug when he did the podcast deal. Perhaps it's not surprising he would bend himself into a pretzel to evade any responsibility to the public. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Oh, jfc, @eldsjal this is a nonsense statement that just makes things worse. Have you not spoken to *ANYONE* at ANY OTHER COMPANY who has gone through these debates a decade ago?!? https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan: Switched from Spotify to Tidal just this afternoon. @eldsjal's comments make me feel good about that decision. We're a platform, not a publisher is a tired excuse to begin with, but a completely ridiculous claim when you pay someone $100 million to create content for you. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: Ok, well, if Spotify is just a platform for Joe Rogan, then he should be allowed to put all his episodes back on YouTube. https://twitter.com/...
James Surowiecki / @jamessurowiecki: If you're paying someone $100 million to produce content exclusively for you, you're not a platform for that person. You're his publisher. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge: Spotify says it's a creator company now
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
Neil Young's former bandmates, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash, ask their music labels to remove their collective recordings from Spotify — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are getting the band back together to boycott Spotify. — On Wednesday, David Crosby …
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Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR: David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills ask to pull their content from Spotify
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Joe Rogan has united Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in a boycott of Spotify. Give the man a Grammy. https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Cole / @kennethcolereal: I may be showing my age but this is pretty cool https://twitter.com/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: not the CSNY reunion we asked for, but the CSNY reunion we deserve https://www.latimes.com/...
Brianna Ashby / @brianna_ashby: That this made me tear up is all the proof you need that I am actually a 70 year old man. https://twitter.com/...
Will McAvoy / @willmcavoyacn: When you manage to reunite CSNY in any way in the year of our Lord 2022, that's saying something. https://twitter.com/...
Jem Aswad / Variety: David Crosby and Stephen Stills Ask to Remove Their Music From Spotify — Including Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Albums
Derrick Rossignol / UPROXX: David Crosby, Stephen Stills, And Graham Nash Will Follow Neil Young In Taking Their Music Off Spotify
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart: David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash Join Campaign to Blacklist Joe Rogan
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash all request their labels remove their recordings from Spotify
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone: Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young Reunite... in Removing Their Music From Spotify
Matthew Strauss / Pitchfork: Crosby, Stills & Nash Want Their Music Removed From Spotify in Support of Neil Young
BBC:
Meta reports Q4 ad revenue of $32.6B, up 20% YoY, but warns sales growth could be 3%-11% in Q1 2022 due to iOS changes, inflation, and supply chain disruptions — Facebook-owner Meta has warned of slowing growth, as audiences flock to competitors like TikTok and the businesses that advertise on its platforms cut marketing budgets.
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age: Meta's ad business clashing with Apple, TikTok
James Sillars / Sky News: Facebook owner Meta takes $200bn share hit as it warns of advertising revenue threats
Cory Mills / @corymillsfl: Very pleased (FB) Q4 2021 earnings take a plunge. FB has violated 1A rights in America and use their platform to influence our elections for Dems. We MUST break up big tech and prevent technocrats from censoring conservatives to influence election outcome. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: The Facebook transition to the metaverse not going so well: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Meta Platforms Stock Plunges After Former Facebook Misses Q4 Forecast; Execs Talk Up Reels And Metaverse - Update
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: CFO Dave Wehner told analysts on the Meta (Facebook) Q4 call that the company estimates a roughly $10 billion economic impact in 2022 because of Apple's iOS changes, which limit FB's ability to target and measure ads https://variety.com/...
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Belgium's data watchdog fines IAB Europe €250K after finding its ad-targeting tool violates GDPR, and orders a “series of remedies” within two months — IAB Europe, an association for online advertising companies, was fined 250,000 euros ($282,690) and handed an ultimatum …
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Johnny Ryan / Irish Council for Civil Liberties: GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe's consent popups are unlawful
Lauren Wakefield / IAB Europe: APD Ruling Clears Way For Work on Developing TCF into a Formal GDPR Code of Conduct: IAB Europe Statement on the APD Decision Announced Today
James Hercher / AdExchanger: The TCF - IAB Europe's GDPR Workaround - Got Shot Down By Belgium's DPA, With Six Months To Fix It
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Behavioral ad industry gets hard reform deadline after IAB's TCF found to breach Europe's GDPR
Nicky Veitch / @nickyveitch: EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google's, Amazon's and Microsoft's online advertising businesses #gdpr https://www.iccl.ie/...
Stephen Lepitak / Adweek: IAB Europe Considers Legal Action After Fine for Breaching GDPR Rules
@carnage4life: Incredible GDPR ruling finds pop ups used on 80% of EU websites to be illegal. All data collected through IAB's TCF must now be deleted by more than 1,000 companies using it. This includes Google's, Amazon's and Microsoft's online advertising businesses. https://www.iccl.ie/...
Ari Paparo / @aripap: So the European TCF system for consent (cookie pop-ups) is illegal according to a Belgian ruling and all the data needs to be deleted. Seems like a big deal: https://www.iccl.ie/...
Eleanor Saitta / @dymaxion: This notably changes the landscape of data privacy in Europe for the better. If you suddenly have some urgent data privacy by design needs, folks, I'd be happy to help. https://twitter.com/...
@stollmeyereu: BREAKING: Those awful pop-up cookies? EU data protection authorities rule they are illegal! All data collected by it (incl. Google, Amazon, Microsoft surveillance) is unlawful & must be deleted. ‘Immediately binding & enforceable across the EU.’ #GDPR https://www.iccl.ie/...
@nextclouders: “Today's decision frees hundreds of millions of Europeans from consent spam, and the deeper hazard that their most intimate online activities will be passed around by thousands of companies”. Great win for privacy! #privacy #GDPR https://www.iccl.ie/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: The good news: major companies may have to delete loads of data on you The bad news: those annoying cookie consent pop ups could get MUCH worse as a result The questionable news: cookies are on the way out and being replaced with new forms of tracking https://www.iccl.ie/...
Johnny Ryan / @johnnyryan: Momentous news. 5 long years. The TCF is finally ruled unlawful. All data collected through it by Google, Amazon, Microsoft's tracking businesses is unlawful and must be deleted. https://www.iccl.ie/...
Winson Tang / @winsontang: GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe's consent popups are unlawful https://www.iccl.ie/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Stross / @cstross: Google, Amazon, and the entire tracking industry relies on IAB Europe's consent system, which has now been found to be illegal following complaints coordinated by ICCL: https://www.iccl.ie/...
Cianan Brennan / @ciananbrennan: Big decision this @ICCLtweet https://www.iccl.ie/...
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: Europe's crackdown on those annoying consent banners is a huge deal
Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Regulators find Europe's ad-tech industry acted unlawfully
New York Times:
ABC suspends The View host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she repeatedly said the Holocaust wasn't about race during an episode; Goldberg has apologized — Ms. Goldberg's comments, on Monday's episode of “The View,” came amid growing ignorance about the Holocaust and rising antisemitism.
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Whoopi Goldberg / @whoopigoldberg: https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: BREAKING: Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from “The View” for two weeks, I'm told.
Jonathan Greenblatt / @jgreenblattadl: Deeply appreciate @WhoopiGoldberg inviting me on to @TheView today to have an important discussion on the importance of educating about the Holocaust. Whoopi has been a long-time ally of the Jewish community and @ADL and her apology is very much welcome. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: ABC News suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg
Meghan Mccain / Daily Mail: There's no point calling for Whoopi to be fired - her half-assed apology for antisemitism only shows again the double standards television holds for liberals and conservatives
Ciara McVey / Billboard: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ For Two Weeks Over “Hurtful” Holocaust Comments | Billboard News
Jonathan Greenblatt / @jgreenblattadl: Thanks @WhoopiGoldberg for correcting your prior statement and acknowledging the #Holocaust for what it was. As #antisemitism surges to historic levels, I hope we can work together to combat ignorance of that horrific crime and the hate that threatens all. https://twitter.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: ADL Again Updates Its Definition of Racism After Condemning, Then Forgiving Whoopi Goldberg
BJ Colangelo / SlashFilm: Whoopi Goldberg's Suspension From The View Was Not Necessary (But Not For The Reason You Might Think)
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Here's the full note that ABC News president Kim Godwin sent staffers tonight about @WhoopiGoldberg. She said such decisions “are never easy, but necessary.” “Words matter and we must be cognizant of the impact our words have.” https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: This Whoopi Goldberg suspension is dumb and will backfire on ABC, who, again, caved to bad faith attacks orchestrated by the right, who care so much about anti semitism that they gleefully promote anti semitic conspiracies and support Gosar, Green, Tucker and Trump. Absurd.
Sarah Brown / @sarahbrownuk: who doesn't love Whoopi Goldberg but @baddiel explains so clearly why she got this one so wrong with scope for everyone to think more clearly about the scourge of antisemitism https://twitter.com/...
Tara Dublin / @taradublinrocks: Whoopi shouldn't have been suspended from #TheView. This is the teachable moment so many people need when it comes to talking about the Holocaust https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Joy Behar begins “The View” awkwardly: “You all saw the news. Whoopi will be back here in two weeks. Ok.” And then the show moves on...
Martha Ross / Mercury News: ADL leader: Whoopi Goldberg can use suspension to learn about antisemitism
Denver Sean / LOVEBSCOTT: Whoopi Goldberg Is Reportedly ‘Livid’ & Threatening to Quit ‘The View’ Over Her Suspension
@yascha_mounk: I get that bosses at NBC may have felt they had to suspend Whoopi so they don't look biased but... ...if you find yourself thinking “We need to suspend X for dumb reasons because we would suspend Y in similar circumstances” then... ...perhaps you should suspend neither X nor Y.
Zack Sharf / Variety: Whoopi's ‘View’ Fallout: Co-Hosts Silent On-Air About Suspension, Megan McCain Slams ‘Half-Assed Apologies’
@yascha_mounk: This was actually one of those (supposedly non-existent) cases in which more speech really was the solution. A lot of people rightly criticized Whoopi Goldberg. She seemed to understand why she had been wrong. Viewers of The View probably learned something. How does this help?
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Whoopi Goldberg ‘livid,’ threatening to quit ‘The View’ over her suspension: source
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: This is performative and unnecessary. This could have been used as a valuable opportunity to educate people about the Holocaust. That's worth a lot more than the chance to spank a celeb. https://twitter.com/...
Richard W. Painter / @rwpusa: This is fair even though she apologized But why hasn't @Pennlaw suspended a White nationalist who is doubling down and refusing to apologize? Double standard? Yup. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@adamserwer: i should probably just write this but goldberg's remarks were reflective of the fact that many americans think racial distinctions between black and white people are “real” but between european jews and non-jews are fake when they are different developments of the same concept
Matt / @mattxiv: i love whoopi goldberg but saying that the holocaust “wasn't about race” because it was “between two groups of white people” is what happens when you only see world events through an american lens
Willy / @willystaley: A black woman grows up in the housing projects in New York, takes a Jewish stage name and then, very late in her long career, reveals some (likely very commonplace) ignorance about Nazi ideology? Only in America! Is this not fascinating? It's so many things before it's offensive.
Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson: Why was she suspended? Why was the #Georgetown law professor suspended? They both apologized and as for #WhoopiGoldberg she really got it, gets it, is willing to do the work and grow. Why do we punish, cancel & destroy people for mistakes, ignorance or having a different view? https://twitter.com/...
@yascha_mounk: Whoopi Goldberg's comments were offensive and deeply misinformed. But she apologized for them live on air. We need to stop punishing people for expressing their opinions. What possible purpose does this suspension serve? Whom will it help? https://twitter.com/...
Kate Klonick / @klonick: Very grateful for @JGreenblattADL and @ADL doing the hard work to make this a teaching moment for so many on both the truth of antisemitism and the Holocaust AND to model what constructive and empathetic dialogue can look like. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Shermer / Skeptic: Whoopi, Race & the Holocaust
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: Sharon Osbourne was fired from The Talk for defending me against a fake charge of racism. Whoopi Goldberg said on The View yesterday that the Holocaust 'wasn't about race', which for Jewish people is about as racist a comment as anyone could make. Bet she doesn't lose her job.
@therecount: Whoopi Goldberg addresses Holocaust race remarks: “Words matter, and mine are no exception. I regret my comments, as I said, and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people.” https://twitter.com/...
Chris Murphy / Vanity Fair: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From The View for Comments Regarding the Holocaust
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: ADL head @JGreenblattADL tells @donlemon that he did accept @WhoopiGoldberg's apology. “I can't comment on the ABC News internal process, but what I will say I hope Whoopi can use the next two weeks for a process of introspection and learning.”
Kat Rosenfield / @katrosenfield: the two-week cooldown period in which a controversial person is suspended purely for PR purposes will hereafter be known as a “Whoopi cushion” https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap: ‘The View’ Hosts Mum on Whoopi Goldberg Suspension Beyond Top-of-Show Mention
Jordyn Tilchen / Bustle: Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust Comments Got Her Suspended From ‘The View’ Despite Her Apology
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: ADL making it clear here that the org is accepting @WhoopiGoldberg's apology. https://twitter.com/...
DeMicia Inman / Vibe: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ For Holocaust Comments
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: In a note to staff, ABC News prez Kim Godwin says, “While Whoopi has apologized, I've asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: Whoopi Goldberg explaining that the Holocaust wasn't about race because these were “two groups of white people” isn't just insipid, it's insidious. It's downplaying the minority status of Jews in order to uphold bullshit intersectional arguments that justify anti-Semitism today.
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic: Are Jews a Race? — This is an edition of Yair Rosenberg's newsletter, Deep Shtetl. Sign up here.
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail: WHOOPI'S WHOOPSIES: THE MANY PAST CONTROVERSIES THAT THE VIEW HOST HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH
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