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Zack Sharf / Variety:
Graham Nash and India Arie also pull their music from Spotify to protest content on Joe Rogan's podcast; Arie calls out Rogan's “language about race” — Nash said in a statement that he “completely agrees” with his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Neil Young after …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “Spotify Needs Him Way More Than He Needs Spotify”: Joe Rogan Drama Exposes the Drift of Audio Giant's Other Mega Deals
Scottie Andrew / CNN: India Arie says she's pulling her music from Spotify over Joe Rogan's comments on race
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Nash, Young Reunite Against Spotify: ‘I Completely Agree and Support My Friend Neil’
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: India Arie and Graham Nash Join Artists Protesting Joe Rogan, Announce Plans to Leave Spotify
David Ng / Breitbart: More Musicians Boycott Spotify in Support of Neil Young After Joe Rogan Bends the Knee
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Graham Nash, India Arie become latest artists to leave Spotify over Joe Rogan
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: Graham Nash and India Arie join Neil Young's Spotify boycott over ‘problematic’ Rogan
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes: Graham Nash, India Arie Are Latest Stars To Ditch Spotify Amid Joe Rogan Controversy—Here's The Full List
Greg Evans / Deadline: Graham Nash And India.Arie Are Latest To Follow Neil Young Off Spotify In Rogan Protest
Marisa Whitaker / SPIN: Graham Nash and India.Arie Pull Music From Spotify
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's Joe Rogan controversy shows the cost for podcast platforms that adopt high-profile exclusive deals over open RSS distribution — Every platform should be worried — This story originally ran in Hot Pod, The Verge's preeminent audio industry newsletter.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the difference between speech and association
Rebecca Klar / The Hill: Critics slam Spotify for using ‘Facebook playbook’ on Joe Rogan controversy
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: spotify created its joe rogan problem when it took a podcast freely available on rss and put it behind the platform wall. and the competitors promoting their services as an alternative are going to end up in the same situation eventually https://www.theverge.com/...
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: lol I genuinely believe this is an issue both rogan fans and haters can agree on. a peacemaker! but all of podcasting is shifting away from the open model
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: this was inevitable! open ecosystems allow platforms to make curatorial decisions and delist programming while listeners can still access the shows they want, albeit with slightly extra hurdles
Joanne Lipman / TIME: Spotify Has a Much Bigger Problem Than Joe Rogan
@ultraviolet: “It's nice to welcome Spotify to the table, but unless they come up with a policy that also has a clear enforcement mechanism for when somebody repeatedly breaks that policy. It's not enough — it's basically meaningless” -@UltraViolet's @BridgetMarie https://thehill.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Hard to imagine there's a fresh take on the Rogan-Spotify fracas, but Ashley manages it (and with some other news!). https://twitter.com/...
Pam Vogel / @pamela_vogel: if you want to know why the joe rogan story is way bigger than a bad episode or two, it's past time to read @AlexPattyy: https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@syracuseunews: Spotify is using what @NewhouseSU associate professor @jmgrygiel called the “Facebook playbook” — distancing itself from the responsibility to moderate content it distributes. https://thehill.com/...
Strands of Genius: Strands of Genius: Joe Rogan & Spotify, Wordle, Family Estrangement, The Life & Death of the Mix CD,
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times: Wide Shot: Neil Young and the slow-motion Spotify boycott over Rogan
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: The Dead Cat Experience
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Wendy Zukerman, host and executive producer of Gimlet's Science Vs, says she'll devote the fact-checking podcast to combating misinfo on other Spotify shows — The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively …
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Wendy Zukerman / @wendyzuk: Science Vs editor @blytheterrell and I just sent this email to the CEO of Spotify. https://twitter.com/...
Casey Briggs / @caseybriggs: Science Vs is effectively on strike, only producing episodes that counteract misinformation spread by their parent company https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Another big development in the Spotify Crisis https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Emerson / @_loveallthis: Seriously baller move to pause production of your Spotify-owned science podcast to investigate the effectiveness of various disinformation-fighting strategies and then email your CEO your plan 👏 kudos @sciencevs https://twitter.com/...
Dan Ilic / @danilic: Wendy is a legend. https://twitter.com/...
Los Angeles Times:
Apptopia: Tidal app installs rose nearly 23% in the January 26-31 period over January 20-25; installs of tiny Qobuz, recommended by Neil Young, rose 64%
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Larisha Paul / Rolling Stone: India Arie to Pull Music From Spotify Due to Joe Rogan's Comments on Race
Paul Bradley Carr / @paulbradleycarr: This is a very important angle to the story. When tech employees stop feeling like their employer is cool, it makes retention and hiring a big problem. These people can work anywhere and without them there's no company. https://twitter.com/...
Harry Khachatrian / @harry1t6: Apparently Graham Nash hopes Joni Mitchell will take him back if he pulls his music from Spotify https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post: What the Neil Young-Spotify moment teaches us
@ansonmount: You know what would be a REAL policy shift for Spotify? Paying their artists. https://twitter.com/...
Wendy Lee / @thewendylee: Neil Young quitting Spotify boosts subscribers for smaller streaming rivals https://www.latimes.com/...
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Spotify made an editorial choice by paying $100M to be Joe Rogan's publisher and can't shirk its responsibility by just adding a content warning to his episodes
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Kevin Roose / New York Times: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem Isn't Going Away
Ryan Broderick / @broderick: Sorry, but all of this Joe Rogan/Spotify stuff is making me feel insane! This isn't about content moderation. This isn't about censorship. Spotify is a publisher and they publish Joe Rogan. There's literally no other way to look at this. https://www.garbageday.email/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Louis Anslow / @louisanslow: Broke: Spotify shouldn't ban Rogan, it's censorship Woke: Spotify should ban Rogan, it's disinformation Bespoke: Podcasts can only be moderated when distributed within a walled garden like Spotify. Podcasts can avoid censorship by using their original distribution method: RSS.
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: this is an argument FOR Spotify moderating, right? https://twitter.com/...
@dcexaminer: “Our hope is that all major tech platforms and all major news sources...be responsible and vigilant to ensure the American people have access to accurate information,” @PressSec said, weighing in on the controversy. “That certainly includes Spotify.' https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: .@joerogan Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner: White House calls on tech platforms to be ‘vigilant’ amid Joe Rogan controversy
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: imagine being the spotify executive who has to email bobama@post.who.eop.gov “so, mr president, where are we on those proposals for the podcasts with you and michelle, this stuff you're sending us for an advice show hosted by marty nesbitt and alonzo mourning is great, but...” https://twitter.com/...
@evelyndouek: the Spotify/Rogan story getting so much attention is making me wonder if people have content moderation controversy withdrawals??
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: Harry/Meghan have no other shows currently in development. The Obamas/Higher Ground have had some frustrations with the partnership. And Joe Rogan is the $100 million face of Spotify's podcasting push: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@thedailybeast: Joe Rogan might be a moron. But at least he's an honest moron? Or so says hosts @andylevy and @mollyjongfast on today's @newabnormalpod, where they break down the Spotify misinfo controversy. APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Welch / @mattwelch: “that give them a platform” is a tellingly wrong way of looking at this. More like, “that pay them a premium to be the exclusive distributor of content that was already being delivered by their homemade platform, as well as by other distribution channels” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Doug Grossfeld / Doug's Newsletter: Old Man — Let me start off by saying, I fucking love Neil Young, and I can't imagine …
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Great @kevinroose take on @joerogan: “They understand that companies' rules are fuzzy and improvisational, and that what chief executives mostly want — no matter what high-minded principles they profess to hold — is for people to stop yelling at them.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang: Great analysis by @kevinroose Spotify is not exactly = to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. “Rogan's Spotify standoff is different from most other clashes between creators and tech platforms” via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
@outkick: The Rock comes out in support of Joe Rogan, says he would love to come on Rogan's podcast one day. https://www.outkick.com/...
Nick Geddes / OutKick: India Arie Pulling Music From Spotify, Cites ‘Problematic’ Comments From Joe Rogan About Race
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Yep. Not the same problem of misinformation-at-scale across different platforms. Spotify intentionally took on Rogan, whose entire brand is “controversy!” Neil Young has raised several generations of rockers to use their good fortune to help others. He was underestimated. https://twitter.com/...
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.
Oliver Darcy / CNN: ABC News suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg
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/...
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic: Are Jews a Race? — This is an edition of Yair Rosenberg's newsletter, Deep Shtetl. Sign up here.
Evann Gastaldo / Newser: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From The View
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/...
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/...
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail: WHOOPI'S WHOOPSIES: THE MANY PAST CONTROVERSIES THAT THE VIEW HOST HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH
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
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.
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.
@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/...
@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.
@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/...
@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?
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.”
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/...
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.
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.”
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes on ‘The View’ for Holocaust Comments: ‘It Is Indeed About Race’
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/...
Tom Tapp / Deadline: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ By ABC After “Wrong And Hurtful” Holocaust Comments
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post: Whoopi Goldberg temporarily suspended from ‘The View’ after claim Holocaust was ‘not about race’
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ for 2 Weeks Over Holocaust Comments
Sian Cain / The Guardian: Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View after saying Holocaust 'isn't about race'
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended at ‘The View’ Over “Hurtful” Holocaust Comments
James Crowley / Hollywood Life: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ After Comments About The Holocaust
Marc Berman / Forbes: Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ABC's ‘The View’
Lee Brown / New York Post: Whoopi Goldberg says she ‘misspoke’ with Holocaust comments as she apologizes on ‘The View’
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
The NYT's internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz moves to The Washington Post as a columnist covering technology, online life, influencers, business, and more — The star reporter with a massive online following thinks the Post gets the internet in ways other outlets don't.
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@taylorlorenz, @carloslozadawp, @teddyamen, @charlottetklein, Washington Post, @dpaqreport, @noahshachtman, @idiplomacy, @joshconstine, @hunterw, @thunderwooddd, @sophiasgaler, @zaidjilani, @adamdavidson, @angelmendoza___, @larakate, @stuartathompson, @smilotweets, @jakesherman, @vahn16, @willoremus, @wpjenna, @rzhongnotes, @micsolana, @esaagar, @thefineprintnyc, @genepark, @miriamelder, @ashleyrparker, @choire, @levinejonathan, @philiprucker, @pbump, @jeremymbarr, @djlavoie and The Hill
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Taylor Lorenz— / @taylorlorenz: Personal news! so excited to join the @washingtonpost as a Columnist, writing about technology, online life, influencers, memes, business, culture, & more! I'll also be doing more multi media projects (!!!) and working to reach audiences in new ways across the internet!! 🥰
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: “At the Post, she hopes to take her beat and ‘blow it up bigger.’” Welcome to the @washingtonpost, @TaylorLorenz. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Teddy Amenabar / @teddyamen: It's fantastic news that @TaylorLorenz is joining The Post. It's even more encouraging to see the reasoning, because The Post's Audience and Video teams have been working for years to build on smart ideas. There are so many people responsible for that. https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / @charlottetklein: Media scoop: @TaylorLorenz is leaving the New York Times for the Washington Post, where she'll be a columnist on the Features staff https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Danielle Paquette / @dpaqreport: Big win for the @washingtonpost. Congrats to the visionary @TaylorLorenz! https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: Between @josephmenn's hire and this ... WaPo just supercharged its tech coverage. https://twitter.com/...
Liriel Higa / @idiplomacy: Overlooked in this very deserved ruckus about how @TaylorLorenz has 500k TikTok followers and is second to none in her knowledge of it is that she also started a Twitter Community very recently and already has 700+ followers https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Constine / @joshconstine: Taylor legitimized an entire wing of journalism, opening the door for so many young reporters to build a career around their passion for decrypting internet culture — aka Culture. That's a win for all of us who live here. https://twitter.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: This is very cool! https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Underwood / @thunderwooddd: Some of my favorite stories I've edited at The Times have been from @TaylorLorenz. A delightful journey, cannot wait to see what you do next! https://twitter.com/...
SophiA Smith Galer / @sophiasgaler: Brilliant brilliant news https://twitter.com/...
@zaidjilani: The New York Times tolerated absolutely unprofessional behavior from her for years, publicly defended her, and she leaves and publicly insults them on the way out. Honestly, who can blame her in that situation, that's on them. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Adam Davidson / @adamdavidson: Congratulations. That's great. Though, to the VC community, I believe this means the NYT no longer exists. It was, simply, a company that published Taylor's work. Now what is it? Nothing. https://twitter.com/...
Angel / @angelmendoza___: suddenly the times' wordle acquisition doesn't hurt as much https://twitter.com/...
Stuart A. Thompson / @stuartathompson: Selfishly this really sucks because I was *this close* to working with Taylor BUT ofc this is an amazing job https://twitter.com/...
Elliot Smilowitz / @smilotweets: losing my mind with excitement, taylor is a generational talent and a super fun coworker. so excited to share a newsroom with her again https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: huge get for the @washingtonpost https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Grayson / @vahn16: holy shit, this rules https://twitter.com/...
Jenna Johnson / @wpjenna: Yeeeeees! Such great news. 🎉🎉🎉 https://twitter.com/...
@rzhongnotes: oh hey its that person that blocked me when i pointed out that she didnt do any research on china while reporting on tiktok :V https://twitter.com/...
Mike Solana / @micsolana: imagine working at the times on a serious beat, doing serious work on a serious topic. no twitter drama. no office drama. you just do your job. but out of loyalty you stand by this woman for years while she lights your brand on fire. then she walks away and calls you a loser. https://twitter.com/...
@esaagar: tl;dr: Taylor Lorenz is leaving @nytimes for the Washington Post because the Times didn't like her unhinged unprofessional behavior online Congratulations to The Post and their managers! If you're a Youtuber and said a bad word 19 years ago. Watch out! https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@thefineprintnyc: A few weeks ago we asked @TaylorLorenz if she was interested in taking over the @nytimes media column and she told us: “I feel like I have the best job in media already, unless they want to give me a huge raise, in which case, I'll take over any column.” https://thefineprintnyc.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gene Park / @genepark: the taylor/gene fusion dance can finally begin (thnx for the shoutout on my work @TaylorLorenz, congrats and welcome. so glad for us!!!!!) https://twitter.com/...
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: “I think the Times is an incredible institution but mainstream media organizations have kind of struggled to figure out how they deal with talent,” Lorenz tells @charlottetklein https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jon Levine / @levinejonathan: “Evolve in their ways”... you mean be more tolerant of unhinged public Twitter meltdowns and false accusations ? Maybe they will. We shall see! https://twitter.com/...
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: “Taylor Lorenz Hopes The New York Times Will ‘Evolve In Their Ways’ As She Leaves For The Washington Post: The star reporter with a massive online following thinks The Post gets the internet in ways other outlets don't” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: @TaylorLorenz In which the relative merits of The Post and a regional Newark-area newspaper are compared. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Just 7 and a half years after I conducted this horrible interview with you about the Daily Mail's social media operation over Gchat for a publication that no longer exists (Capital New York), glad we will be colleagues https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Lavoie / @djlavoie: Reporters with this depth of knowledge/insight rarely get the chance to be a columnist. I am VERY excited to see what @TaylorLorenz can do with this new role. https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Taylor Lorenz leaving New York Times for Washington Post
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Vice Media secretly organized a music festival in Saudi Arabia; staff have raised concerns about its work in the country after Jamal Khashoggi's murder — Youth media company organised March 2020 event despite pledge to stop all work in Saudi Arabia
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@maryamalkhawaja, @amywebb, @middleeasteye, @sueonthetown, UPROXX, @deankissick, @gumby4christ, @ayocaesar, @anthony, @kenbensinger, @adamjohnsonnyc, @ericgarland, @dabeard, @rocco_castoro, @jwsal, @emilybell, @jessehawken, @evanhill, @errolnazareth, @mediaevan, @ankaravoice, @joshspero, @thoughtland, @dralakbarov, @jimwaterson and The Wrap
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Maryam Alkhawaja / @maryamalkhawaja: This is disgusting - probably learning from all the governments who talk about human rights then do business as usual? Vice Media secretly organised $20m #Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Amy Webb / @amywebb: “Saudi Arabia is desperate to spend big money to rebrand itself in the eyes of western youth - and Vice, despite its counter-cultural roots, is now an ageing business that needs to improve its financial position fast.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@middleeasteye: Vice earned a whopping $20m from a secretly organised musical festival subsidised by the Saudi government. Employees shared their disappointment with MEE, accusing the media organisation of “whitewashing” Saudi Arabia's image https://www.middleeasteye.net/ ...
@sueonthetown: solidarity with the many people at vice doing good, important work despite continual embarrassments and outrages, like the company organizing Coachella: Journalist Murderer Edition, Featuring The Chainsmokers™️ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Aaron Williams / UPROXX: Vice Reportedly Organized A Music Festival In Saudi Arabia After Claiming It Wouldn't Do Business There
Dean Kissick / @deankissick: Booking Chainsmokers, Jean-Michel Jarre and Tinie Tempah for the ancient walled city of Al-'Ula is pure VICE, it's the Platonic ideal of VICE. When I was there we had a plan to send will. i. am into space, I forget for which client. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@gumby4christ: Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival featuring Jean-Michel Jarre and The Chainsmokers https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Vice publicly said it would pause all work in Saudi Arabia following the state-ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Since then, the company aggressively pursued business opportunities there and secretly organized a $20m Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ken Bensinger / @kenbensinger: Vice: we won't work with Saudi Arabia; it murdered a journalist Also Vice: we opened an office in Riyadh and are doing business with Saudi Arabia https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Adam H. Johnson / @adamjohnsonnyc: Bold, edgy, youthful, hard hitting! https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Eric Garland / @ericgarland: Vice Media kept taking money from the Bonesaw Mafia after Khashoggi. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
David Beard / @dabeard: After Saudi Arabia ordered the assassination and dismemberment of a @WashingtonPost columnist, what media outfit would partner with it? Turns out, Vice Media. But Vice, which pledged to cut ties after #JamalKhashoggi's murder, tried to do it secretly. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@rocco_castoro: As the former editor-in-chief of @VICE, their embrace of MBS sickens me to the core of my soul. Jamal Khashoggi's ghost shall haunt @SurooshAlvi, @shanesmith30, and Nancy Dubuc until the end of their days. I will be guaranteeing that. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
John Lubbock / @jwsal: I used to write for Vice about human rights abuses in Bahrain, where the 2011 Arab Spring protests were brutally crushed with the help of Saudi Arabia, so it's pretty shitty to see that Vice now works with the Saudi state. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken: Very normal and very cool. Sadly in Saudi Arabia the “Dos and Donts” are pretty harsh https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Evan Hill / @evanhill: Contractors who worked on the music festival were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, and Vice's name did not appear on public marketing material. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Errol Nazareth / @errolnazareth: @VICE “is still happy to take money from a country that was literally responsible for the state-sanctioned murder of a journalist.” Sickening. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: There is a lot of Saudi money in digital media and it's been there a long time. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@ankaravoice: This is just brazenly unethical. Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival in 2020, despite its pledge to pause work in Saudi Arabia after the state-ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @maysoonzayid @YahyaAlhadid @AreejASadhan
Josh Spero / @joshspero: “Vice last year opened a dedicated office in the Saudi capital Riyadh” —> Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Fuad Alakbarov / @dralakbarov: Saudi Arabia is desperate to spend huge money to rebrand itself in the eyes of western youth https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: I don't think people realise just how much Saudi Arabian money is sloshing around in British/American media at the moment. Just *incredibly* large sums flowing in as the country tries to rebrand itself away from awkward stuff like “murdering journalists”. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Vice Organized $20 Million Saudi Government Festival in 2020 (Report)
Sara Fischer / Axios:
After a disappointing IPO, Jonah Peretti tells staff BuzzFeed is limiting hiring to critical positions and projects a high-teens increase in commerce sales YoY — BuzzFeed is limiting hiring to only critical positions, and will not be adding any new jobs unless there's a business-case justification …
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Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: “Bottom line: It's a tough time to take a company public, especially via a SPAC.” Indeed. https://www.axios.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Rooting for Buzzfeed to make it, but wonder if given Comcast's $400M investment in Buzzfeed & its anemic subscriber count for Peacock (10-15M), would it consider buying the whole biz and leveraging it to drive subscriber growth + boost digital revenues? https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: BuzzFeed is still limping along. There's going to be a lot of pressure placed on its first quarterly earnings report. https://www.axios.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T structures its WarnerMedia split as a spinoff, giving shareholders an estimated 0.24 shares of WarnerMedia-Discovery stock for each share of AT&T stock — The transaction will spin off 100% of AT&T's interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T's existing shareholders in a pro-rata distribution …
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Wall Street Journal, CNBC, TV Technology, @loudobbs, @sherman4949, @drewfitzgerald, Light Reading, New York Post, The Wrap, Media Play News, UPI, Insider, Bloomberg, Axios, Advanced Television, Deadline, Next TV and Reuters
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Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: AT&T to Slice Dividend After Spinoff of WarnerMedia
Alex Sherman / CNBC: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in $43 billion Discovery media merger, cuts dividend
Lou Dobbs / @loudobbs: Does AT&T ever have good news for its investors? Who are they're kidding? AT&T said it would roughly halve its dividend payout and divest its WarnerMedia division through a spinoff that will give shareholders 0.24 shares for each AT&T share they own https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: AT&T makes official it will spin (rather than split off) WarnerMedia tax free, just the latest move in the vertically integrated, de-vertically integrated, vertically integrated, de-vertically integrated, horizontally integrated history of the company. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Drew FitzGerald / @drewfitzgerald: The long wait is over: Warner Bros. Discovery's new ticker will be WBD. (AT&T's annual dividend will also drop to about $8 billion after a spinoff) https://www.wsj.com/...
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: AT&T to take WarnerMedia for a spin — AT&T shed more light on its ultimate plan for WarnerMedia …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia in $43B Discovery deal
Tony Maglio / The Wrap: AT&T, Discovery Stocks Fall 5% on News That WarnerMedia Deal Will Be a Spinoff
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: AT&T Favors WarnerMedia Spin-Off Over Split, Wall Street Disagrees
Matthew Fox / Insider: AT&T sinks after it says it will slash annual dividend 47% following WarnerMedia spinoff
Sara Fischer / Axios: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia
Dade Hayes / Deadline: AT&T Opts For Spin-Off Method In WarnerMedia Discovery Transaction; Shares Fall On Dividend Hit
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: AT&T Opts To Spin Off Assets in WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal
Claudia Morell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Public Media completes its Chicago Sun-Times acquisition, after raising $61M in support for the deal; the funding is mostly pledged over five years — URL Copied! — DONATE … Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Sun-Times have made their partnership official Monday …
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Chicago Sun-Times, @mattmoog, @mattmoog, @davemckinney, @w_katz1, @danahoule, @jimfriedlich, @whuntah, Current, insideradio.com, Barrett Media and Robert Feder
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David Roeder / Chicago Sun-Times: $61 million in donations help complete Sun-Times sale to WBEZ parent
Matt Moog / @mattmoog: We are extraordinarily grateful for the generous philanthropic funding we received for this transformational opportunity for the @suntimes and for Chicago journalism. 2/5 https://chicago.suntimes.com/ ...
Matt Moog / @mattmoog: Together @WBEZ and the @Suntimes will reach more than 2 million people a week in the Chicago area across broadcast, print, and digital channels. 3/5
Dave McKinney / @davemckinney: As @mattmoog just said, this now-completed marriage of two Chicago journalism giants is “a nice ray of hope in what's been a tough couple of years.” To finding the truth and a long-lasting relationship together, @WBEZ and @Suntimes. https://www.wbez.org/...
Walter Katz / @w_katz1: This is the most important media story in Chicago in years. With the backing of Michael Sacks, Robin Steans and Lenny Gail, @JoyceFdn @macfound @chitrust and others, the venerable Sun-Times is now part of the nonprofit Chicago Public Media. Competition and accountability! https://twitter.com/...
Dana Houle / @danahoule: One of the best things that's happened in the 11 years I've lived in Chicago. I hope it's a model for some other metro areas. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Friedlich / @jimfriedlich: At $61 million in foundation & individual support, the Chicago & national response to @wbez + @Suntimes is a watershed event in local news. It creates a new powerhouse public-service news enterprise & a high water mark in the field of news philanthropy. @lenfestinst @mattmoog https://twitter.com/...
@whuntah: Some of my happiest memories working in journalism were at the @Suntimes. And I'm very excited to once again work alongside many of the great journalists over there. https://twitter.com/...
Leigh Giangreco / Current: With $61M pledged, Chicago Public Media now owns the ‘Sun-Times’
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
As Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio quietly departs and the company merges with Automattic, a look at its plans and enormous impact on the modern social web — The CEO of Tumblr—a social platform that was once worth more than $1 billion, and in its time was among the internet's most popular …
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@hautepop, @rob_sheridan, @seyitaylor, @sarahjaeleiber, @doomquasar, @laurenshippen, @taylorlorenz, @dangillmor, @kait_tiffany, @kait_tiffany, @paulbisceglio, @kendallostrow, @isabelslone, @luxalptraum, @_mesk, @brosandprose, @nxthompson, @sarahzhang, @kait_tiffany, @meaghano and Jeff's Place
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Jay Owens / @hautepop: Tumblrstalgia #1: “There's something very attractive about Tumblr having fallen off of the radar of the cultural conversation.” Is Tumblr's obsolescence now in fact its attraction, @kait_tiffany asks? https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Rob Sheridan / @rob_sheridan: Tumblr was sort of the bridge between the good blogging era Internet and the current awful corporate social media Internet. Every time a place like Tumblr gets ruined by buyouts, we lose a little bit more of the soul of the old weird underground web that forged so many of us. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@seyitaylor: Is it now commonly accepted that Tumblr won the battle for the internet's culture or is that just something that @default_friend says? https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Sarah Jae / @sarahjaeleiber: embarrassingly this piece by @kait_tiffany made me cry https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Simone de Rochefort / @doomquasar: being on tumblr absolutely was my online coming of age and this piece from @kait_tiffany is so incisive (and relatable! AHH!) https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Shippen / @laurenshippen: gonna start describing myself as a soft, sad freak great piece from @kait_tiffany about tumblr, my beloved, which I horrifyingly have been on consistently for 14 of its 15 year life. imo it is, completely unironically, the best social media and I genuinely hope it never changes https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This piece by @kait_tiffany tore my heart out https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: The Atlantic elegy to Tumblr is fine in most ways, but I'm fairly sure it was profitable for a major part of its existence. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Kaitlyn Tiffany / @kait_tiffany: parts of the story are sad!! mostly not though and generally it's staggering how much of our current culture/politics came from tumblr. in some ways if it shut down tomorrow we wouldn't be able to miss it bc what's done is done! https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlyn Tiffany / @kait_tiffany: i wrote about the last 15 years of tumblr! https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Paul Bisceglio / @paulbisceglio: This story is awesome AND breaks the news that Tumblr's CEO quietly ... left? https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... by @kait_tiffany
Kendall Ostrow / @kendallostrow: When I joined @Tumblr in 2007, I was fresh out of college, trying to convince @TheEllenShow to join social media. While I rarely think about Tumblr these days, it's had a lasting impact on my life, career, & as @kait_tiffany illustrates, a whole generation.https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Isabel B. Slone / @isabelslone: This makes me want to start using Tumblr again https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@luxalptraum: I was never a big Tumblr person — I had a Tumblr but I treated it more like LiveJournal than Tumblr — but whenever people talk about about the early days of Tumblr I feel a wave of nostalgia for summer 2007. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@_mesk: This is a thoughtful account of the rise and fall (and continued meaningfulness) of Tumblr, and I'm happy to see a few academic voices included here (including, full disclosure, my own). https://twitter.com/...
Ella Dawson / @brosandprose: “As people seek refuge from the endless torrent of anger, embarrassment, and misinformation they see all around them on more popular platforms, what if the ideal refuge has been here all along?” Long live Tumblr. Some of us never left! https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@nxthompson: “When I found Tumblr, it felt like finding the whole world.” A super @kait_tiffany essay about Tumblr, which still exists and just let go its CEO. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Sarah Zhang / @sarahzhang: tumblr was my first online community, the first place where i found confidence as a writer (i know) & though my experience was quite different than what it's famous/infamous for, i'm grateful to have found for a time exactly what my 19yo self needed https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Kaitlyn Tiffany / @kait_tiffany: i learned sort of randomly that CEO jeff d'onofrio resigned in january, a fact the company hasn't announced in any official way (it is on his blog) https://jeffdonof.tumblr.com/ ...
Meaghan O'Connell / @meaghano: me reading this https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Abraham Lincoln / Jeff's Place: I Bid You an Affectionate Farewell
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Reuters botched a report on ivermectin's antiviral effect in test tubes, and the correction will likely be ineffective against a storm of misinformation — No, a Japanese company did not find that ivermectin was “effective” against the omicron variant in a clinical trial, as Reuters originally reported on Monday.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Joe Rogan Shares False Story on Covid and Ivermectin Hours After It Was Corrected
Daniel Dale / @ddale8: Rogan's tweet came hours - like more than 10 hours - after Reuters corrected its story to make clear this company did *not* say ivermectin had been found effective against omicron in a clinical trial. Good thread here ( https://twitter.com/...) on what the company did say. https://twitter.com/...
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times acquires Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures” — Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original …
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Josh Wardle / @powerlanguish: An update on Wordle https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / New York Times: The New York Times Buys Wordle
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: BREAKING: Wordle has a new owner ...... and it's The New York ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜ Price: “low seven figures” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alexis Benveniste / New York Times: The Sudden Rise of Wordle
Bron Maher / Press Gazette: New York Times is not the only publisher betting on games to solve subscription growth puzzle
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: The NYT is investing in the lettaverse send tweet
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: From five-letter words to low-seven figures. Best Wordle score I've seen yet. https://twitter.com/...
Jakub Parusinski / The Fix: Wordle and the crazy world of subscription marketing
Sean Hollister / The Verge: Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: GREAT. WOWZA. EXTRA. ROGUE. https://twitter.com/...
Chuck Wendig / @chuckwendig: Whatever happens to the game, I am glad he's getting something good out of it. It's a game that has brought many of us small shared joy daily in a time of great stress. https://twitter.com/...
@staronline: The Admin's definition of buying games: Second hand copy of last year's game at a flea market. New York Times' definition of buying games: https://www.thestar.com.my/...
Christopher Six / Christopher Six's Pick Six: What the Wordle? — Thoughts for the day — I'm not a Wordle guy. It's not that I don't like puzzles, I just missed it.
@vogon: one thing about the wordle discourse that has been killing me all day is: wordle is entirely client-side, none of it runs on the web server, and the entire game is 63 kilobytes the network traffic from a million plays of the game costs $1.25
@dongwon: I'm glad the wordle guy got paid for making something really nice. But I'm sad the thing that I like is, once again, being ingested by a massive media company.
Isaac Fitzgerald / @isaacfitzgerald: Anyone who is mad at this has never had to worry about paying rent in their entire life. https://twitter.com/...
Mauricio Cabrera / The Muffin por Mauricio Cabrera: ¿Por qué el NYT compra Wordle?
Steven Perlberg / Insider: Fresh from acquiring Wordle, The New York Times' gaming boss breaks down how games are set to become a key pillar of the paper's subscription growth
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: Creator of Wordle: I can't keep running this thing; I love the NYT puzzle peeps, they inspired me to make this thing you love, so I sold it to them! Twitter: How dare you give this thing we love a sustaining home!
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: Yes, Wordle accepts “youse” as a valid word. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ellie Hall / @ellievhall: If you love Wordle, you should be happy as hell about this news. People deserve to be compensated for their work. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Russell / @manruss: “We're looking forward to providing an enhanced and more nuanced Wordle experience. By which, we mean we'll be placing it behind a paywall.” https://twitter.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: Hot take I wish NYT would be as generous to its employees on raises as it's been in offering various companies $$$$$ to acquire em https://twitter.com/...
@jonporty: Look it's obvious. Wordle will stay cross-platform, but only the NYT will get the next-gen raytracing patch
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: It's fine for the NYT to like a game but do they have to fill up my timeline with it like this https://twitter.com/...
Brian Feldman / @bafeldman: wow... and the acquisitions keep coming. axios has acquired Second Grade Spelling Flashcards by Sylvan Learning for its Pro subscribers
Ben Adida / @benadida: Congrats to @powerlanguish and thank you for bringing us a little bit of daily joy. And now I'm having a ball thinking through how the streak data will be migrated to the NYT. Love it. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Chait / @dhchait: @levie ANTITRUST https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Koerth / @maggiekb1: This feels like investing heavily in sea shanties in January 2021. https://twitter.com/...
Jonn Elledge / @jonnelledge: would anybody like to buy, I dunno, something? I'll probably even take six figures at a push https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Wardle's post doesn't use the word “initially.” Just says it'll be free. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: rude to Ben https://twitter.com/...
Dave Lee / @daveleeft: See .. that's the risk there. NYT just spent “low seven figures” on a lightweight web game that can be instantly copied. They must be confident they can lock down the IP? https://twitter.com/...
Shalom Goodman / @shalomgood: Wordle in the @WSJ in 2010 https://twitter.com/...
Adam B. Vary / @adambvary: https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tero Kuittinen / @teroterotero: Not all digital creatives are unreservedly happy for their peer minting $2.5M for a knockoff of a 50 year old game https://twitter.com/...
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: NYT's own story STRONGLY hints this thing's going behind the paywall as soon as they can possibly make it happen. Dedicates FOUR grafs to explaining the NYT's paywall, not including this telltale bit below: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@engadget: Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times https://www.engadget.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: I'd been wondering what would happen first: the Wordle guy would make money off his creation or the “ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd” teenager would stop tweeting on Friday. Happy to see that @CraigWeekend's posting has outlasted the pureness of Wordle https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: fascinating what the premier media company in the world decides to spend its war chest on https://www.theverge.com/...
Brad Sams / @bdsams: Microsoft adds “NYTs” to list of companies competing against Game Pass https://twitter.com/...
@phillyd: This is giving me “Some Good News” getting purchased vibes for some reason, especially because of the line that reads, “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” INITIALLY? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://twitter.com/...
Sean Hollister / @starfire2258: Either that or regular NYT subscription reminders every time you complete a Wordle, I suppose
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: I'm actually completely okay with this. I think it's good that Josh Wordle gets some benefit from building such a wonderful thing, and it guarantees it'll keep going. Well done everyone. https://www.nytco.com/...
@kfury: Congrats. This is really well deserved. (For those curious, the rumored acquisition price was around $2-4 million!) https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: 1500 word essay on whether the NYT buying Wordle changes the moral calculus of Wordle clones in various app stores. This will be 30 percent of your grade and there will not be extensions https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Extra credit: 500 words on whether the NYT will be justified in sending an army of lawyers after app store Wordle clones once it moves the game behind a paywall https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.” Initially carrying a lot of weight here. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Levie / @levie: NYT Crossword and Wordle are now owned by the same company. This has antitrust written all over it.
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: My two favorite ways to take a break from social media—Spelling Bee and Wordle—now under one roof. Perfection. https://www.nytco.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: headline three months from now: NYT Company Vows To Block Wordle Unionization
Aaron Levie / @levie: Literally every company is buying a game studio today. https://twitter.com/...
Dominique Delport / @domdelport: That was quick ! Congrats @nyt for your #wordle move ! let's remember that NYT earns 50M$ yearly with crosswords and cooking receipes subs. https://twitter.com/...
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: That “initially” is doing a lot of troubling work https://twitter.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: Will my stats port over from one site to the other? Imagining a George-Constanza-with-the-Frogger- machine scenario here. https://twitter.com/...
Helaine Olen / @helaineolen: The New York Times buying Wordle is the most not surprising story of the year. https://twitter.com/...
Nancy Armour / @nrarmour: Just don't ruin it https://twitter.com/...
Mark Thompson / @everyteam_mark: NYT playing on easy mode is it https://twitter.com/...
Pepe Silvia / @pjputh: The entire field of Anesthesia is now being sponsored by the NYT https://twitter.com/...
Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier: I guess they couldn't afford Bungie https://twitter.com/...
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: well that's just ⬜️🟨🟨 🟩⬜️ https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Nothing gold can stay https://twitter.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: “The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players” “initially” lol everything sucks https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Congrats to Mr. Wardle, we're all happy for you. However, if anyone ever posts their Wordle results to Twitter after today, their account will autodelete for bad posting https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ernie Tedeschi / @ernietedeschi: The Times is now obligated to use “knoll” and “shire” in a single headline. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Epstein / @bombur: Everybody's talking about Sony buying Bungie, but the real gaming industry consolidation story is NYT buying Wordle. https://www.nytco.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Huge transfer deadline day news. Wordle just has to complete its medical and agree personal terms https://www.nytco.com/...
Rodger Sherman / @rodger: hold up HOLD UP ........ the Wordle inventor's name is Wardle?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!? https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The bad news: The NYT bought Wordle. The good news: Every other pub and news platform can now stop doing stories on Wordle.
Daniel Summers / @wfkars: Good for them, I suppose, and I knew it was only a matter of time before it stopped being free. But since I don't subscribe to Games, I guess it was fun while it lasted. https://www.nytco.com/...
Jay King / @byjayking: I am officially a Wordle guy now. Always have been, really. https://twitter.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: NGL I'd sell out for low seven figures too...just glad it's remaining free. https://www.nytco.com/...
Graham Starr / @grahamstarr: congratulations to mr. wordle on his million-dollar sale https://www.nytco.com/...
Stephen Shankland / @stshank: 1. I'm not big on Worlde postings but NYT just bought it so wow. 2. I hope they don't stuff the results tweet with URLs & trackers & other awfulness. It's great not worrying about that when sharing results (even if you're sick of people sharing results). https://www.nytco.com/...
Joe Gabriel Simonson / @sayssimonson: “Consolidation and concentration are on the rise in sector after sector. Concentration threatens our markets, threatens our economy, and threatens our democracy.” — Elizabeth Warren https://twitter.com/...
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: I am uninterested in your Wordle. I am on the record about this. I *am* interested in actual Wordle news, though: https://www.nytco.com/...
Andrea Woo / @andreawoo: Wordle, a game that Brooklyn-based software engineer created for his partner, has been acquired by the NYT “for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Lauren Pelley / @laurenpelley: IS NOTHING SACRED https://www.nytco.com/...
Brenna Clarke Gray / @brennacgray: hey everyone remember when we used to have simple joy https://twitter.com/...
Farnaz Fassihi / @farnazfassihi: Wordle is coming to The New York Times Games! Yay. https://www.nytco.com/...
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Nice move @nytimes. Stays free in case you're wondering. Play on! https://twitter.com/...
Christina Jewett / @by_cjewett: The @nytimes bought #Wordle and I gotta say: It makes me happy to work for a news organization that has some business savvy (after watching the newspaper that first injected printer's ink into my blood steadily decline). https://www.nytco.com/...
Robert Jimison / @robertjimison: The games creator says he was inspired by other games from The New York Times when he created Wordle “New York Times Games play a big part in its origins,” Mr. Wardle said in the company's statement, “and so this step feels very natural to me.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Fred Smith / @fredsmith914: This makes a lot of sense! The guy who made Wordle did it for fun but it was too big to not get constant monetization calls and eventually “I'll give you a lot of money” is hard to turn down. There are much worse endings than this. https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Edwards-Levy / @aedwardslevy: assume the price negotiation process for wordle was like “ok, $1,200,973” 🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨⬛
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Now I'm definitely only playing Lewdle!
@jephjacques: Congrats to the guy for getting paid, but a big fuck to the NYT https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Tomorrow's 5 letters: Bravo https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: If you have a thing that a lot of people like The New York Times would like to buy it from you. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Somehow a 7-figure exit feels both too high and too low to me. https://twitter.com/...
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National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
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Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
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Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
