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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/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Misbehaving media men finally prove they aren't invincible
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/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: The Cuomo blast radius is incredible
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/...
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
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/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Involving an executive who once served as a spokeswoman for ... Andrew Cuomo. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Resigns
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: (Was basically an open secret, so the ‘stunned’ part is that he's resigning, not the relationship) https://twitter.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.
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/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Jeff Zucker's CNN successor faces a big mess: scandals and falling ratings
Michael Brendan Dougherty / @michaelbd: It may take years, but nothing can deny Conan O'Brien revenge upon his enemies.
David Bloom / Next TV: Now What For CNN Plus Amid Jeff Zucker's Hasty Departure?
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Open secret. https://twitter.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
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/...
Lisa Bloom / @lisabloom: Consensual relationship between 2 high ranking executives = minor workplace issue, yes. Failing to disclose it when company policy requires disclosure = bigger issue. These disclosures are to avoid sexual favoritism, a form of sexual harassment. Rules apply even to Jeff Zucker https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: On Fox News, Zucker news blots out all else - seven stories and giant photo dominate the home page
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/...
Mercedes Schlapp / @mercedesschlapp: So right! https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Is Jeff Zucker's CNN Ouster Chris Cuomo's Revenge? Or WarnerMedia Boss Jason Kilar's?
Jon Levine / @levinejonathan: Fun Fact ... Radar had the Zucker/CNN story a month ago 👀👀 https://radaronline.com/...
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/...
Deadline: Jeff Zucker's Ouster: The Probe, The Relationship, The Lawyer's Letter & The Phone Call That Led To CNN CEO's Shocking Exit
@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/...
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/...
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/ ...
David Mack / @davidmackau: correct me if i'm wrong, but she was his “subordinate” not his “colleague” right? feels important!
Shauna / @goldengateblond: for the record Jeff Zucker is garbage and no one should mourn his demise https://www.nytimes.com/... 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.
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Zucker's legacy: * Fear Factor * The Apprentice * Turning Neil Postman's nightmares into news media reality * The downfall of democracy
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/...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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.
@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/...
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/...
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/...
@amy_siskind: Good gawd! CNN needs to promote a woman to lead it. What a mess! https://www.washingtonpost.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/...
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")
Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell: Nice, never had to reckon with how much screen time he gave to 45 in 2015/2016 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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Janice Dean / @janicedean: The Cuomo brothers strike again. A web of deceit finally coming to light. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: media reporters probably have a good inkling of who this colleague is https://twitter.com/...
Jack Crosbie / discourseblog.com: Later, Jeff Sucker
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: ‘Rogan Should Run CNN’: Greg Gutfeld Offers Solution to Network's Woes
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart: Report: Chris Cuomo Legal Team Sounded Alarm over Jeff Zucker's Relationship with Subordinate
David Folkenflik / NPR: CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with network executive
David Blackmon / Campaign Update: Down Goes Zucker! Down Goes Zucker! — First, woke leftist icon Whoopi Goldberg gets suspended at ABC …
Frances Mulraney / The Sun: Inside how Allison Gollust & Zucker ‘had fight at party & lived in same building before his divorce & she was successor’
Áine Cain / Insider: Katie Couric said in her recent memoir that former boss Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust were ‘joined at the hip’
Brendan Morrow / The Week: CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigns over relationship with a colleague: ‘I was wrong’
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post: Trump celebrates ‘world-class sleazebag’ Jeff Zucker's resignation from CNN
Zack Sharf / Variety: Donald Trump Slams Jeff Zucker as ‘World-Class Sleazebag’ Following CNN Resignation
Joe Cunningham / The Kitchen Pundit: BREAKING: The Most Toxic Man in Media Resigns
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: CNN President Jeff Zucker Abruptly Resigns
Insider: Trump celebrates ‘world-class sleazebag’ CNN President Jeff Zucker's resignation: ‘Congratulations to all!’
Tom Jones / Poynter: Jeff Zucker's stunning resignation from CNN
Michael Tedder / TheStreet: Another CNN Scandal: Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Undisclosed Romantic Relationship
Clyde Hughes / UPI: Jeff Zucker resigns as president of CNN
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Staffers React to Jeff Zucker's Resignation
Brian Flood / Fox News: Jeff Zucker out at CNN after failing to disclose ‘consensual relationship’ with colleague: ‘I was wrong’
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN after failing to disclose relationship with colleague
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: CNN chief Jeff Zucker resigns after failing to disclose relationship with colleague
Bobby Burack / OutKick: Just In: Jeff Zucker Resigns At CNN After Not Disclosing Consensual Relationship
Rebecca Iannucci / TVLine: CNN's Jeff Zucker Out as President After Failing to Disclose Consensual Relationship With Colleague
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Relationship With ‘Closest Colleague’
Sara Fischer / Axios: CNN boss Jeff Zucker resigns
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Jeff Zucker Resigns As Head Of CNN, Citing Failure To Disclose “Consensual Relationship” With A Colleague
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report: Improper Relationship With CMO Leads CNN Head To Resign
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Trump celebrates Zucker exit from CNN
Catie Keck / The Verge: CNN president Jeff Zucker abruptly resigns
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Jeff Zucker announces his resignation, saying he didn't disclose a consensual relationship with a close colleague
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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
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
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: After Jeff Zucker, Trevor Noah Jokes That Andrew Cuomo Is ‘Ronan Farrow but by Accident’ (Video)
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/...
Whitney Vasquez / RADAR: Talk Of TV: Katie Couric Biography Blew The Lid Off Former CNN Boss Jeff Zucker & Allison Gollust Affair
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.
Mike Redmond / UPROXX: The Jeff Zucker Fiasco At CNN Reportedly Came To A Head Because Of The Cuomo Brothers
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?
Isabella Simonetti / Observer: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns After Failing To Disclose Relationship With Another Executive
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: ‘This Feels Wrong’: A Distraught Alisyn Camerota Defends Jeff Zucker Over CNN Ouster
Bobby Burack / OutKick: Details on Jeff Zucker's Relationship With Colleague
Parker Molloy / The Present Age: Hit the road, Jeff
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: Who Is Allison Gollust, the CNN Exec at the Center of Jeff Zucker's Resignation?
Inae Oh / Mother Jones: Jeff Zucker, One of the Most Powerful Media Execs Who Turned Trump Into a Star, Resigns From CNN
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone: Jeff Zucker Says He's Out at CNN After Failing to Disclose Relationship With Colleague
Kate Seamons / Newser: Undisclosed Work Romance Costs Jeff Zucker His Job
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel: CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns Over Relationship With Fellow Exec
Insider: CNN boss Jeff Zucker quits abruptly after failing to disclose a ‘consensual relationship’ with a colleague
Mark Joyella / Forbes: Jeff Zucker's Sudden Exit Comes At A Critical Moment For CNN
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
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/...
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: CNN's Zucker Shocks Network With Abrupt Resignation
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: CNN names Jeff Zucker's replacements after shock resignation
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: WarnerMedia Names Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz CNN Interim Co-Heads
Ted Johnson / Deadline: WarnerMedia Names Three Executives To Serve As Interim Co-Heads Of CNN Following Jeff Zucker's Departure
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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@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/...
Dylan Byers / Puck: Notes on the Zucker Scandal
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
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.
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Why are these staffers given anonymity? https://nymag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Los Angeles Times:
Sources: in a Spotify staff meeting, CEO Daniel Ek said the company sees itself as a platform for, 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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Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: NEW: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Spotify doesn't edit Joe Rogan because he sees the company as a platform for Rogan's show, not as a publisher. Some Spotify employees are skeptical, given Rogan's exclusive ~$100 million deal. With @thewendylee: https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider: Spotify CEO says Joe Rogan doesn't get special treatment even though he has a massive audience
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter: Spotify's Joe Rogan Mess Exposes Larger Rift Over Rules, Streaming Revenues
Washington Post: Spotify's Joe Rogan problem highlights its rocky transition from music streamer to media producer
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify ended 2021 with 406m active users and 180m subscribers
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/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Your complaint is with the 1st Amendment, not 230, Part 47474795762884837997362688. Seriously, NOTHING about Spotify's decision has *anything* to do with Section 230, and claiming otherwise makes you look very, very silly https://twitter.com/...
Mark Milian / @markmilian: This is platformology at an evangelical level. At some point, you have to cross the publisher rubicon. Paying a guy over $100 million to broadcast his show seems like it would get you there https://www.latimes.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/...
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/...
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/...
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.
@slpng_giants: Section 230 is too broad, Part 477411268964343236889953227975323568852 246786413468997532112357899754336344577 https://twitter.com/...
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify CEO: ‘Too early to know’ if Joe Rogan outcry will hurt subscriptions
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: 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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Aaron Weiss / @aweiss: Spotify pays Joe Rogan obscene amounts of money to exclusively publish his podcast, and they make the ad revenue from it. That's a publisher. Full stop. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: BS ... they don't get to give someone $100m, to exclusively own a show, and pretend they have no responsibility. I cancelled my Spotify subscription because of this, and I will not return. 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/...
Mike / @reanimike: Yeah, this is horseshit. If he were just a regular ass podcaster uploading new episodes whenever he felt like it that would be different. He has an exclusive, paid contract with Spotify. He's a staffer. 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/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge: Spotify says it's a creator company now
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Spotify CEO Addresses Joe Rogan Controversy as Stock Plummets After Weak Earnings Guidance
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Spotify, Facing Pushback Against Joe Rogan, Reports Jump in Users
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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
Chris Welch / @chriswelch: Spotify earnings letter completely ignores the delayed HiFi feature. Cool cool cool cool cool. https://investors.spotify.com/ ...
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: Spotify's growth continues with 406 million active users, $3.03 billion revenue in Q4
@accessnow: Speaking of @Spotify ... It's been 9 months since we, @fightfortheftr, and over 180 artists asked the company to commit to not using or monetizing patented tech that can listen to users ⬇️ We still haven't heard back. https://twitter.com/...
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.
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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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/...
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR: David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills ask to pull their content from Spotify
Jem Aswad / Variety: David Crosby and Stephen Stills Ask to Remove Their Music From Spotify — Including Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Albums
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/...
Derrick Rossignol / UPROXX: David Crosby, Stephen Stills, And Graham Nash Will Follow Neil Young In Taking Their Music Off Spotify
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/...
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/...
Matthew Strauss / Pitchfork: Crosby, Stills & Nash Want Their Music Removed From Spotify in Support of Neil Young
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
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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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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Meta share price plummets after latest financial results
Eric Seufert / @eric_seufert: I updated my $FB model with today's earnings data and it looks like ATT cost Facebook about $10BN in advertising revenue relative to presumed baseline over the past 2 quarters (caveat: COVID, slowing growth, etc.) https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Amit Paranjape / @aparanjape: “Facebook said it's being hit by a combination of factors, including privacy changes to Apple's iOS and macroeconomic challenges. It blamed the lower-than-expected growth in part on inflation and supply chain issues that are impacting advertisers' budgets” https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Contrarian POV: 1) @Meta Facebook no longer has antitrust risk. Big bad China's TikTok is eating their market share. 2) No one will notice that @instagram is more powerful & promising than Facebook before that grows to be even more dominant 3) See image https://www.mediagazer.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: The Facebook transition to the metaverse not going so well: https://www.cnbc.com/...
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/...
James Sillars / Sky News: Facebook owner Meta takes $200bn share hit as it warns of advertising revenue threats
Garett Sloane / Ad Age: Meta's ad business clashing with Apple, TikTok
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Meta Stock Plunges After Earnings Miss, Warns “Macroeconomic Challenges” to Impact Ad Biz
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Meta CFO says Apple's ATT privacy changes will cost the company $10B in revenue during 2022 and says Google “faces a different set of restrictions from Apple” — Meanwhile, the company accused Apple of favoring Google over app-based platforms like Facebook with its privacy policies
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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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/...
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/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Word - le https://twitter.com/...
Erick Schonfeld / @erickschonfeld: Come for the games, stay for the news https://twitter.com/...
Karen McGrane / @karenmcgrane: I led the redesign of the NYT in 2005 and even back then they were trying to figure out what to paywall. They started with the opinion columns but got pushback from subscribers who wanted to be able to share/discuss on social media. They made the columns free again. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: And this, my friends, is why subscriber goals can be silly. What a headline @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Most of the NYT's subscriptions growth came from outside news in Q4. https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/ ... 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/...
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.
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/ ...
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: The New York Times Co., flush with digital subscriptions, takes on a fixer-upper with its purchase of The Athletic
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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
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Sara Fischer / Axios: New York Times surpasses 10 million subscriptions
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/...
Craig Mod / @craigmod: nytimes, now with ~9MM digital subscriptions plot twist: 8.7MM have been trying to cancel their subscription by phone for the last year (i joke i joke) https://www.nytimes.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/...
Andy Meek / Forbes: Big Week For The NYT: The Paper Beat A Subscriber Goal, Bought Wordle, And Lost A Star Writer
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/...
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/...
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/...
Bron Maher / Press Gazette: New York Times is not the only publisher betting on games to solve subscription growth puzzle
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/...
Josh Fruhlinger / @jfruh: the wordle guy should've held out for $20 million 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
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/...
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/...
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
Anna Gross / Financial Times:
BT says it has started exclusive discussions with Discovery over forming a joint venture for BT Sport, deciding against a sale to DAZN — UK telecoms group considers 50/50 alliance with Eurosport UK after deciding against sale to DAZN — BT has started exclusive discussions …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety: Discovery, BT Group in ‘Exclusive Discussions’ for U.K. Sports Joint Venture
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: BT Sport and Eurosport UK to merge as BT drops DAZN
Kieran Jackson / Daily Mail: BT Sport is in talks with Discovery to shake up the UK TV market
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: BT announces sports joint venture talks with Discovery as DAZN deal falls through
@tariqpanja: Not much visibility on financials of deal. Reports had said for months that DAZN was poised to purchase BT Sports business for $800m. Discovery deal more complex, involves premium assets not just cash.
Chris Williamson / @chrisrobwill: BT's statement on the 50/50 joint venture with Discovery that will bring BT Sport and Eurosport together. https://twitter.com/...
BT plc: BT Group enters exclusive negotiations with Discovery, Inc. to create new sports joint venture
Martin Ross / @martingrantross: DAZN takeover of BT Sport is off. Discovery now in exclusive discussions with BT to create sports JV in the UK and Ireland. DAZN claims its proposed takeover ‘became uneconomical’ https://twitter.com/...
Chris Williams / @cg_williams: BT in exclusive talks with Discovery on Sport. Talks first revealed here https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ... Heavy blow for Dazn. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Seal / @tw_seal: Breaking: BT in exclusive negotiations to create 50/50 BT sport joint venture with Discovery. Aiming to conclude in early Q1
Thomas Seal / @tw_seal: DAZN misses out. Chairman Kevin Mayer says “the deal for BT Sport became uneconomical”
@tariqpanja: Few questions to resolve after Discovery/BT tie up: Will BT Sport brand continue to exist or will everything be moved under Eurosport banner or perhaps even a new brand created by JV? Seems plans for future rights acquisitions will be made on 50/50 basis. Bad news for Sky?
Frank Dunne / @frankdunnetvsm: So it looks like DAZN out and Discovery in for talks with BT Sport. There are reasons why such negotiations are so fraught. Pay-TV execs explained them to me. https://media.sportbusiness.com/ ...
Max Goldbart / Deadline: Discovery And BT In Talks Over UK Sport Venture
@tariqpanja: New BT/Discovery venture would include following properties: Olympic Games, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, cycling Grand Tours, tennis Grand Slams, the winter sport World Cup season and Premiership Rugby.
@tariqpanja: BT had also been in discussions with massively loss making streaming company DAZN. Still waiting for DAZN to publish its long overdue accounts.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Alden's effort to take over Lee Enterprises heats up, with a court hearing on February 7 and competing proposals for Lee's board ahead of a meeting on March 10 — Four recent developments in the hedge fund's attempt to take over the owner of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Omaha World-Herald, The Buffalo News and more.
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