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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
Source: WarnerMedia's probe into Chris Cuomo advising his brother has broadened to include ties between Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo — The ongoing investigation, which exposed an affair that led to Zucker's abrupt resignation yesterday, has expanded to include possible …
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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
Noreen Malone / Slate: Jeff Zucker's Resignation From CNN Doesn't Add Up—Until You Notice How It Happened
Brett Murphy / @brettmmurphy: This is pretty astonishing https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: not surprised in the least about this. can we also get an internal investigation into communications between zucker and trump's team during the 2016 election because would love to see those https://twitter.com/...
@tvmojoe: Tatiana should temporarily change her byline to TEA-tiana Siegel, because this story spills, as the youth say, all the tea. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: This is good by @DylanByers - I'd add to his point about CNN employees being genuinely concerned with Zucker's absence that CNN+'s biggest champion in a merged company with Discovery may also be out now. (Hence this: https://www.cnbc.com/...) https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Also: This is a window into Zaslav's streaming thinking — he's clearly set on taking on Netflix and Disney rather than dabbling with a bunch of niche products. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: @PuckNews + The Rolling Stone report on the CNN investigation expanding to probe a Zucker-A. Cuomo tie is incorrect in one regard: As Kilar told CNN staff last night, and as representatives for both WarnerMedia and Zucker told me today, the investigation has closed. https://puck.news/...
Dylan Byers / Puck: Is There Another Zucker Shoe?
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: This is beyond bad. Discovery needs to clean house and bring in a bunch of print editors who haven't been ruined by TV to run the place. https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: @PuckNews + Despite contrary reports, WarnerMedia's investigation into Jeff Zucker is a closed matter. So if there is another shoe to drop, they aren't dropping it. ... https://puck.news/...
Bernie Zilio / RADAR: Allison Gollust Appears Somber In First Sighting Since Lover Jeff Zucker's Big CNN Exit, As Network Colleagues Call For VP To Follow Suit
Rebecca Cohen / Insider: CNN's Zucker and Gollust may have advised former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to Trump's attacks, Rolling Stone reported
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: This answer doesn't quite square with what @TatianaSiegel27 reports here: https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: .@RollingStone gets to the heart of the Zucker scandal: “The source says the investigation suggests Zucker and Gollust were advising the governor at the beginning of the Covid pandemic in ways not dissimilar to what led to Chris Cuomo's dismissal.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Aki Peritz / @akiperitz: So Zucker in large part gave us Donald Trump, then wrecked his golden career and his family *and* he won't get severance? What is this world coming to? https://twitter.com/...
Sana Saeed / @sanasaeed: Incredible reporting by @TatianaSiegel27. This corruption worsens erosion of trust that audiences already have with basic news reporting. When your most powerful exec is doing politics & PR for a governor, for whom the network is his pulpit - what is that? https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: I swear this will be my only ever Succession tweet, but this article reads like a script that got chucked for implausibility https://twitter.com/...
Stuart Rothenberg / @stupolitics: Drip, drip, drip. I've never met Zucker — I was a CNN analyst during the Hannon and Kaplan eras — and I have noticed that many CNNers have had nice things to say about Zucker. But there are a growing number of questions about CNN management. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: So hopefully at some point soon we can start having a conversation about the effects that incredibly toxic people have on the media companies they hold such high positions in. It affects internal culture - how could it not? - and in turn, society at large. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Per this source, the reason that the manifestly unethical Cuomo brothers interviews were happening is because Zucker and Gollust were simultaneously booking the interviews and giving Andrew talking points for them. https://twitter.com/...
Rae Sanni / @raesanni: Maybe it's my obsession with Succession but this story is fascinating as hell to me https://twitter.com/...
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
A 40-minute recording of a CNN staff meeting with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar showcases frustration and confusion over how and why Jeff Zucker was forced out — CNN staffers on Wednesday pummeled WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar with tough questions in the wake of the resignation of CNN boss Jeff Zucker …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: CNN staffers grill their boss over Jeff Zucker resignation
Dylan Byers / Puck: Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “This Does Not Fit the Crime”: CNN Employees Continue to Push Back on the Fall of Jeff Zucker
Steven Perlberg / Insider: LEAKED AUDIO: CNN stars including Jake Tapper raise concerns about Jeff Zucker's exit in tense internal meeting
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: I'm just going to tweet this straight, but: Jamie Gangel says that in the wake of Zucker stepping down, she heard from congresspeople “who felt devastated for our democracy” as a result of his departure https://www.vanityfair.com/... by @joepompeo
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Some nuggets in this: *David Zaslav found out about Zucker's resignation just hours before CNN did. *Zucker isn't expected to return to CNN after the merger closes https://www.cnbc.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: This is some State TV bullshit. Unacceptable at any newsroom, and especially by the folks in charge. https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Not included in here: @jamiegangel told Jason Kilar he was speaking in “corporate doublespeak,” and said she didn't think Kilar understood the impact his decision to fire Jeff Zucker would have on staff. https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: CNN Employees Grill WarnerMedia CEO Over Jeff Zucker's Departure
@indivisibleteam: We felt devastated for our democracy when Jeff Zucker enabled Trump's campaign during the 2016 election. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Heard the meeting between Jason Kilar and CNN DC staff did not go well. One source described it as a “shitshow,” another person said Kilar was pressed repeatedly on whether his poor relationship with Zucker played into his departure.
Josh Barro / @jbarro: Anyway a useful reminder that the internal politics of organizations are often about matters the insiders care deeply about and outsiders have no interest in.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Reminds me of a certain moment from a popular television show about drama among powerful media executives...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: He confirmed he previously did not know about the relationship between Gollust and Zucker, and said CNN's new owners at Discovery were not involved in Zucker's not-so-willing resignation. https://www.politico.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Staffers asked whether the “punishment fit the crime,” and pushed Kilar to disclose whether more damaging info was likely to emerge from the outside investigation into the Chris Cuomo debacle. One employee said they felt “less safe” with Zucker gone. https://www.politico.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: This is an amazing read. Mostly because these journalists are telling on themselves when they think certain people should people should be held to different standards. (Again, no sleeping w subordinates w/o informing HR is a basic corporate rule). https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Jake Tapper said Chris Cuomo ‘blew up’ CNN after Zucker refused contract payout
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: How damaging is the dirt that CNN's probe uncovered? So bad, Jeff Zucker resigned before he could be fired “and is not poised to receive any severance,” @TatianaSiegel27 reports. https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: Here's one more tidbit from that fireworks-filled meeting between CNN's DC buro and Jason Kilar: @jamiegangel told Kilar she's gotten concerned calls from four congresspeople/one Jan. 6 committee member re: Zucker's ouster https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Ryan Naumann / RADAR: Warner Media Knew About Jeff Zucker-Allison Gollust Affair For FIVE MONTHS Before Suddenly Demanding The CNN Boss Resign
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Jeff Zucker and David Zaslav are long-time buds, but his departure may ease Zaslav's integration of CNN, sources say. That's because Discovery sees CNN's value as part of a larger bundle of streaming content rather than a standalone news service, I'm told: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: A number of prominent on-air personalities including Jake Tapper, Kaitlan Collins, and Jim Acosta pressed Kilar for nearly an hour about Zucker's resignation https://www.politico.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: I mentioned yesterday that the Zucker-Gollust “this just happened” story was nonsense: that on a personal level I didn't care, but even I had figured out they were a thing, no later than 2006. New: reportedly, by then, it was already a decade old: https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Boring but plausible! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: So one read about what happened at CNN is there's more shoes to drop about Jeff Zucker, but another read is this was just some middle-school nonsense about Jason Kilar hating him. Certainly doesn't sound like Kilar dispelled the latter possibility. https://puck.news/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his pursuit of TV ratings at NBC and CNN and his relationship with Donald Trump, whose persona he helped create and burnish — Many questions still swirl around Wednesday's startling announcement that, after nine years, Jeff Zucker's reign as CNN president was over.
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@sulliview: Questions swirl around Jeff Zucker's abrupt departure as CNN president. But there should be *no* question about how to remember him. My column https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bob Cronin / Newser: Zucker Will Be Remembered for the Ascent of Trump
@colmorrisdavis: And for Heaven's sake, don't criticize @jaketapper for his role in normalizing Trump. Jake interviewed TFG a few days after the 6/16/15 escalator ride and it aired on @CNNSotu on 6/28/15. When I said it was a mistake, I got a nasty DM from Jake and never invited back to @CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Dominic Holden / @dominicholden: Extremely grateful Sullivan covered this story with an ethical lens. Journalism is always an exercise in ethical judgement, but the gossipy, supposedly-impartial media coverage we've seen largely ignores the deep ethical failures of Zucker and CNN. Glad to see this hit head-on https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: Every word of this —> https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “When the dust settles, Zucker's relationship with Donald Trump will define his legacy. Zucker, as much as any other person in the world, created and burnished the Trump persona... The through line? Nothing nobler than TV ratings.” —@Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Zak / @mrdanzak: Here we go. Zucker wanted ratings, so Zucker gave us Trump: first as a reality TV star, then as a U.S. president. We will forever live in the surreality that Zucker helped to create. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dave Pell / Substack: The Rating Game — To the casual observer, Jeff Zucker's shocking resignation from CNN might appear …
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Has anyone seen anyone from CNN go on the record being glad that Zucker is gone?
Aron Pilhofer / @pilhofer: Once again, @Sulliview hits the nail squarely on the head. Zucker has a lot to answer for. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Jeff Zucker's resignation puzzles CNN staff as his relationship was an “open secret”: “Everyone thinks this is Kilar taking his succession swipe back at Jeff”
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Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Here is the full exchange last night between Jake Tapper and Jason Kilar at a meeting in CNN's DC bureau: https://twitter.com/...
Emily Pinto / Katie Couric Media: Katie Responds to CNN President and Former “TODAY” EP Jeff Zucker's Resignation
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Q: Were you aware of Jeff and Allison's relationship? A: “No, I was not aware of the relationship before this.” Q: When did you become aware? A: “Again, out of respect for this process, out of respect for Jeff, I am absolutely not going to answer.”
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: CNN's DC newsroom confronted Jason Kilar, CEO of WarnerMedia, in a tense hour-long meeting last night over Jeff Zucker's resignation. Jake Tapper asked about the notion that Chris Cuomo “blew the place up”: “How do we get past the perception that this is the bad guy winning?”
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Jake Tapper Challenges Jason Kilar on Jeff Zucker Firing: Is ‘the Bad Guy Winning?’
New York Post: Zucker, Gollust's cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
@mattnegrin: If Jeff Zucker did something unethical he can always rehab his image by becoming a CNN contributor https://twitter.com/...
Bernie Zilio / RADAR: Katie Couric Scolds CNN For Turning ‘A Blind Eye To Inappropriate Behavior’ Between Jeff Zucker & Allison Gollust, Doubles Down On Pair's ‘Uncomfortable’ Relationship
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: Katie Couric on Jeff Zucker's CNN resignation: Media ignored ‘inappropriate behavior’
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: Relationships with people who report up to you are generally forbidden throughout corporate America. There are good reasons for this. Amazing how many people at CNN, even five years after #metoo, don't seem to understand this. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Only mention of Trump here is in regards to right-wing media. Plenty on the left hate how Zucker made Trump a star — twice. https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Kilar responded: “When it comes to perception, all I can offer you, Jake, is every minute of every day, we've got what's on the screens behind you. I believe that's what's going to define us going forward far more than what's happened today.”
Jason Goldman / @goldman: The “Zucker was the best” stuff is wild. Idk maybe take a minute to think about how that reads. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Upon learning of Zucker's exit, many CNN staffers felt, as Dana Bash said during a tense DC bureau meeting with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, that “the punishment didn't fit the crime.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Collins also pressed Kilar on the process behind Zucker's resignation. Q: Did an outside law firm recommend you fire Jeff? A: “I'm not going to go into the details of the interchange of the outside firm and the body of work that was shared with us.”
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: The coverage makes it sound like the relationship was recent and Kilar took advantage of a technical violation. A lot of skepticism in this part of the world. A source who worked with Zucker and Gollust during the NBC years says she was referred to as the First Lady. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Near the top of @brianstelter's latest newsletter on L'affaire Zucker: “Zucker said he resigned, but if he had not, he would have been terminated, according to two sources involved in the matter.” https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Kilar was pressed again on whether he consulted with other executives at the company about Zucker's fate. “When it comes to handling HR matters, you're absolutely right that I tend not to canvass a large group. I don't.”
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: ['Why do basic rules of corporate governance apply to the people I like?' asked one reporter.] https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: True story: I used to be my husband's boss. I did not hire him thinking anything other than, “this guy's already writing half the commercial real estate stories, and he's good at it; I should just hire him full time.” Then we barely interacted for several months. (thread)... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Bevan / @tombevanrcp: 1. Why wouldn't news of Zucker's departure lead the homepage of news sites? It's a big story. And why would @brianstelter & @oliverdarcy characterize reporting that fact as being giddy? https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Colby Hall / Mediaite: Jake Tapper Blamed Chris Cuomo for Zucker Ouster in Tense Meeting With Warner Boss Jason Kilar: ‘The Bad Guy is Winning’
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: WarnerMedia CEO Visits CNN DC Bureau After Zucker Firing; Meeting Reportedly Doesn't Go Well
Jake Epstein / Insider: Katie Couric says CNN colleagues ‘turned a blind eye’ to Zucker's ‘inappropriate behavior’
Tom Gara / @tomgara: It's always annoying when a big story drops and a bunch of reporters say it's been an “open secret” for years. Like, you only had one job... https://nymag.com/...
Ernest Owens / @mrernestowens: I'm hearing that folks BEEN knew that CNN President Jeff Zucker was already messing around with a colleague. It was apparently an open-secret. If that was the REAL reason why he left, that would have been done a while ago. Something else is going on. I'll wait.
Roben Farzad / @robenfarzad: imagine reading this anywhere west of the Hudson: “And it's still Zucker's shop. One of three interim bosses put in charge today..has been friends with Zucker since their days at Harvard..'He's Jeff Jr'...” https://nymag.com/... #CNN #media @ShawnMcCreesh @NYMag @intelligencer
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
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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: Scandal aside, Zucker gave us Trump and presided over a ratings collapse at CNN
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: ‘The Lubriderm Newshour’: Tucker Carlson Has a Field Day Saying Jeffrey Toobin Should Run CNN, Where He'll ‘Crank It Out’
Erik Wemple / Washington Post: Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust personally pushed for Andrew Cuomo-Chris Cuomo interviews
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Zucker punches out of CNN
Sophia Ankel / Insider: CNN insiders suspect Chris Cuomo flagged Jeff Zucker's workplace relationship as revenge for firing him, reports say
@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/...
Dory Jackson / People.com: Katie Couric Mentioned Ex-CNN President Jeff Zucker's Relationship in Her Book Before He Resigned
Irin Carmon / @irin: From @katiecouric's recent memoir https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: After Jeff Zucker's Exit, CNN Staffers Grow Skeptical of WarnerMedia, Discovery
Whitney Vasquez / RADAR: Megyn Kelly Says There's ‘Zero Chance’ Jeff Zucker's Lover Allison Gollust Is Keeping Her Job, Exec On Chopping Block As Pressure Mounts For Next Firing
Ben Smith / @benyt: The Cuomo blast radius is incredible
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap: Jeff Zucker's Complicated CNN Legacy: Leaked Insider Texts Say He ‘Destroyed’ the Network
Brendan Morrow / The Week: CNN's Jake Tapper grills WarnerMedia CEO on ‘perception’ that Chris Cuomo ‘blew the place up’
Adrian Horton / The Guardian: Trevor Noah on CNN fallout from Andrew Cuomo: 'He's like Ronan Farrow but by accident'
Lee Brown / New York Post: Megyn Kelly says Jeff Zucker needs to ‘come clean’ over when romance began
Vanessa Bohns / Scroll.in: CNN president Jeff Zucker's resignation highlights the pitfalls of office romance
Junghoon Han / Junghoon's Direct Media for Audience: [뉴스]저커 없는 저커 뉴스를 준비해야 하는 CNN …
Brian Flood / Fox News: CNN's Brian Stelter accused of serving as Jeff Zucker's attack dog by smearing Radar before scandalous report
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/...
Joe Cunningham / The Kitchen Pundit: It's Always an Open Secret in the Media
Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic: The Atlantic Daily: COVID Will Surprise Us Again
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Since the minute Zucker resigned, @OliverDarcy and I have been speaking with dozens of sources, including people close to WarnerMedia management and people close to Zucker. Here's what we know so far. (We're gonna go find lunch now.) https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Tom Jones / Poynter: Digging deeper into Jeff Zucker's shocking, complicated and messy resignation from CNN
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Open secret. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Staffers inside CNN are in absolute shock right now. Employees at the company learned of Zucker's sudden departure all at once via a company-wide email that went out just after 11am. https://www.cnn.com/...
Kasie Hunt / @kasie: Jeff Zucker's support has meant the world to me, both at work and in life, when I was suddenly faced with my biggest ever personal challenge: getting a brain tumor I'm so proud of what we've built @CNNplus under Jeff's leadership and I can't wait to share it with you
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: 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/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Involving an executive who once served as a spokeswoman for ... Andrew Cuomo. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Levine / @levinejonathan: Fun Fact ... Radar had the Zucker/CNN story a month ago 👀👀 https://radaronline.com/...
Mercedes Schlapp / @mercedesschlapp: So right! https://twitter.com/...
Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ …
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Here's WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar's email to staff announcing new CNN leadership: https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: (Was basically an open secret, so the ‘stunned’ part is that he's resigning, not the relationship) https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: On Fox News, Zucker news blots out all else - seven stories and giant photo dominate the home page
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.
@variety: Donald Trump Slams Jeff Zucker as ‘World-Class Sleazebag’ Following CNN Resignation https://variety.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
@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/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Audio: Daniel Ek says Spotify needs exclusives for leverage to land deals with Amazon, Google, and others, and that Spotify is a platform, not a publisher — He says Spotify is a platform, not a publisher — Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed employees about the Joe Rogan controversy …
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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/...
Dessi Gomez / The Wrap: Before Joe Rogan, There Was Stew Peters - Banned by Spotify for COVID Misinformation
Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Blame cheap music for Joe Rogan being on Spotify
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate: Why Spotify Will Win — In his I'm-Sorry-if-You-Were-Offended apology posted on Sunday night …
Washington Post: Spotify's Joe Rogan problem highlights its rocky transition from music streamer to media producer
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: NEW: inside spotify's employee-only town hall. we have the full transcript from ceo daniel ek's speech to employees, and... there's a lot. like, him suggesting the only solution to rogan is actually more exclusives with more voices https://www.theverge.com/...
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast: Spotify Booted Far-Right Podcaster Stew Peters Over COVID Lies
Tom Bonier / @tbonier: Shorter version of Spotify CEO @eldsjal's statement to his employees: I like money more than I dislike what Joe Rogan is saying, and you should too. https://twitter.com/...
@chrismessina: “I understand the premise that because we have an exclusive deal with him, it's really easy to conclude we endorse every word he says and believe the opinions expressed by his guests. That's absolutely not the case.” —@eldsjal #platisher #misinformation https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Cameron Faulkner / @camfaulkner: “If we want even a shot at achieving our bold ambitions, it will mean having content on Spotify that many of us may not be proud to be associated with,” he says. this is so toxic https://twitter.com/...
Matt Schimkowitz / The A.V. Club: Spotify CEO explains why he feels “good about where we are” amid Joe Rogan-Neil Young debacle
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Scoop from @ashleyrcarman: Spotify CEO defended the Rogan deal to employees by saying the company had struggled to land deals with Amazon, Google, and Tesla because it didn't have exclusives to create leverage https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Damon K / @dada_drummer: I always find these Spotify earnings calls illuminating, if nothing else for the vocabulary. “Music” is not mentioned. Here's Daniel Ek, CEO, doing all he can to avoid the term https://seekingalpha.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@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/...
Chris Welch / @chriswelch: Spotify earnings letter completely ignores the delayed HiFi feature. Cool cool cool cool cool. https://investors.spotify.com/ ...
Arielle Duhaime-Ross / @adrs: Spotify employees “questioned how the company considers itself a platform while still actively promoting JRE and including its logo on the cover art and how what some consider an ethical issue is being put in pure business terms.” https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Moe / @johnmoe: If you're paying someone and the only place to get that person's content is on the service that you're sending out to the world, how is that not publishing? https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Ek also said he personally finds many things Rogan says to be “offensive” https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: We pay him $100M to be exclusively on Spotify but we aren't his publisher is a tough needle to thread. The real story here is the CEO admitting that Joe Rogan drives so much value to Spotify that he has the power in the relationship not Spotify. https://www.theverge.com/...
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap: Spotify's Daniel Ek Defends Keeping Joe Rogan as Stock Plummets
Andy Boxall / @andyboxall: What a misguided, laughable approach to justifying its stance of taking zero responsibility for its exclusive $100m publishing deal. https://twitter.com/...
Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku: “A publisher has editorial control over a creator's content...They can edit, they can curate, they can change the guest,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Wednesday. “I think our relationship with Rogan is clearly that of a platform.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@nytopinion: Roxane Gay has taken her podcast off Spotify: “Joe Rogan and others like him can continue to proudly encourage misinformation and bigotry,” @rgay says. “The platforms sharing these rewards can continue to look the other way. Today at least, I won't.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: Spotify Needs Joe Rogan, CEO Tells Staff In Town Hall
Brian Heater / @bheater: Spotify's solution to the Rogan issue is more exclusives. Throwing good content after bad. It also highlights what's been clear for a whie: that music is just a means to an end for exclusives. Spotify wants to be Netflix and you can't do that with music. https://www.theverge.com/...
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: In the Joe Rogan debate, Spotify is acting like a spectator rather than a player
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: Good thread and laughable when tech companies make very specific editorial decisions and still want to play the “neutral platform” card when challenged. https://twitter.com/...
Roxane Gay / @rgay: Today in the @nytimes I wrote about the difference between censorship and curation https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jem Aswad / Variety: Spotify's Daniel Ek Defends Joe Rogan and Hosting Content ‘We Disagree With Strongly’ in Heated Town Hall; Stock Hits 21-Month Low
@gerryconway: The “@SpotifyUSA isn't a publisher” nonsense doesn't hold water— if you *pay* for the exclusive right to broadcast/host/transmit/convey a communication you are *publishing* it, and thus you *endorse* it as a product. Own your choices, #Spotify. https://www.theverge.com/...
Marshall Steinbaum / @econ_marshall: See also: the lawsuits claiming employment status for 7-Eleven franchisees subject to onerous vertical restraints. Or the whole premise of joint-employer liability. Or this: https://www.aeaweb.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: like substack and spotify, I too like to throw big piles of money at controversial bigots and bullshit artists to cash in on controversy, then pretend I'm a powerless objective observer purely interested in free expression when criticized https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Gunter / @drjengunter: This is a fantastic piece by @rgay -> Opinion | On Joe Rogan and Spotify, Roxane Gay Takes a Stand - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
James Hale / Tubefilter: Spotify's CEO Says Joe Rogan's Podcast Has Been Vital To Its Growth. Also, Its Stock Dropped 16% This Week.
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Spotify CEO defends working with Joe Rogan despite finding ‘many things’ he says ‘very offensive’
Marc Schneider / Billboard: Neil Young Struck a Nerve. Did He Really Start a Movement?
Tommy Tomlinson / @tommytomlinson: 1) The most obvious fact in this whole mess is that when you pay somebody $100 million for exclusive rights to his work, YOU'RE HIS PUBLISHER 2) This sounds like “better get our position on the record now, lawsuits are comin'” https://twitter.com/...
Meg Pillow / @megpillow: “I am not looking for purity; it doesn't exist. Instead, I'm trying to do the best I can, and take a stand when I think I can have an impact.” @rgay on removing her podcast from Spotify https://www.nytimes.com/...
@tsnotyaw: We have similarly made the decision to remove our podcast from Spotify. We're sorry if it inconveniences any of our listeners, but we're hoping they will understand, and find one of the many other platforms we're available on to get their TSNOTYAW fix. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: There's a pretty good argument in here about closed app platforms creating the incentives for this situation but reader I am exhausted https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Employees at Spotify, known as a feel-good workplace, are in turmoil over Joe Rogan, with some now saying they're embarrassed to work there. “They've evolved from a music company into an audio company and a media company — and they haven't built a structure to manage that.” https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone: Spotify CEO Defends Handling of Joe Rogan Situation, Downplays Artists' Catalog Removal
Hannah Towey / Insider: Spotify CEO tells employees that Joe Rogan is necessary for the streamer to achieve its ‘bold ambitions’ and ‘find leverage’ over competitors, report says
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/...
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/...
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/...
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.
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/...
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/...
Frank Pallotta / CNN: Spotify CEO addresses Joe Rogan controversy
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider: Spotify CEO says Joe Rogan doesn't get special treatment even though he has a massive audience
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Spotify CEO: ‘Too early to know’ if Joe Rogan outcry will hurt subscriptions
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Amazon breaks out advertising services revenue for the first time, reports $9.7B for Q4, up 32% YoY, $31.2B for FY 2021; subscription services grew 15% to $8.1B — - Amazon disclosed advertising for the first time on Thursday. — Amazon said its advertising business is growing 32%, and booked $31 billion last year.
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Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: I wondered when Amazon would start disclosing advertising revenue. Answer: $31bn in 2021 - roughly the same size as the entire global newspaper industry. AWS produced $18.5bn operating income - it's plausible that the ad business is now more profitable. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Just a huge media story https://twitter.com/...
Stacy Mitchell / @stacyfmitchell: 1. Altogether, in 2021, Amazon took in $120 billion in revenue from the fees it imposes on third-party sellers. That's massive. For every $100 in sales a seller made in 2021, Amazon pocketed $34. That's up from $19 in 2014.
Stacy Mitchell / @stacyfmitchell: 3. Much of this growth in fees has been from “advertising.” Sellers used to rely on good ratings to land their products on the first page. Now they have to buy ads. In 2021, on top of $46 billion in referral fees, Amazon levied $17 billion in ad fees on sellers.
Stacy Mitchell / @stacyfmitchell: 2. Amazon is a gatekeeper to the online market, and it makes money by imposing steep and growing fees on businesses that want and need to reach that market.
Stacy Mitchell / @stacyfmitchell: 4. These fees are monopoly rents. And they are a direct product of bad antitrust policy. The way to side-step the “consumer welfare” standard that warped antitrust beginning in the 1980s is to raise prices on someone other than consumers.
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Amazon used to stick is ad business figures in its “other” line item but it looks like it finally broke it out? Q4 ad sales — arguably a coop fee/tax on 3rd party merchants who sell on Amazon — accounted for a third of all revenue. And by itself ads is a $30B/yr business $amzn https://twitter.com/...
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: That's as large as Youtube's ad revenue https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: This is true. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Jhonsa / TheStreet: Amazon Fourth-Quarter Earnings Live Blog
Dave Lee / @daveleeft: Amazon generated more revenue from advertising last year than the entire global newspaper business. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: Amazon casually built one of the biggest ad businesses in the world in less than 5 years https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Hedger / @pathedger18: Also, so much for the online advertising “duopoly” of Facebook and Google. How much more of the prevailing antitrust narrative can the market make a mockery of in one day? https://twitter.com/...
Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster: $AMZN ad business is bigger than YouTube. Wow. Likely higher margin given lower cost. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Piper / @0xdabbad00: There are probably some AWS folks that have been proud they don't work at an ad company. Every tech company, if it gets big enough, ultimately becomes an ad company. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: @pkafka All the interesting media stories this week are being announced by public companies
Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff: Amazon is now one of the biggest advertising companies in the world, far surpassing many pure-play ad companies like Snap and Pinterest. It's a testament to the company's continuing diversification strategy, after turning cloud com...https://www.linkedin.com/ ... https://www.cnbc.com/...
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
The Wikimedia Foundation and other media groups say a US bill that would let news publishers bargain with tech platforms could hurt small and local outlets — A proposal aimed at giving news publishers the power to bargain with dominant tech platforms over the distribution of their content …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The UK and Canada draft laws akin to Australia's news bargaining code, which basically determines how much money outlets need to stop complaining about Google
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Emily Bell / @emilybell: Interesting piece from @jbenton - all an excellent read - half of it I agree with, but the key premise, that the News Media Bargaining Code is a terrible policy, needs further scrutiny 1/ https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: The utterly ridiculous government proposals to extort Google, Facebook to pay news publishers - brilliantly summarised by @jbenton https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Chris Sutcliffe / @chrismsutcliffe: This from @jbenton is a great takedown of the argument that Google and Facebook should pay publishers for the ‘use’ of their content https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “If all the news disappeared from social platforms and search engines tomorrow, Google and Facebook would breathe a sigh of relief. For the platforms, news is much more trouble than it's worth” @jbenton writes. (probably true for social, less for search?) https://www.niemanlab.org/...
David Skok / @dskok: As usual, @emilybell says what I would've said if I had half the eloquence and intelligence that she does. 🧵 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Quite the tirade. Misses a few points but worth skim / reading to this end: “There are lots of ideas! Some you might like, some you might not. But they're all better than giving Rupert Murdoch $50 million a year and small local publishers zilch...” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Corinne Podger / @corinne_podger: .@jbenton has just taken an axe to Australian media policy, from defamation to forcing big tech to pay for news. This policy certainly divides future-of-news thinkers. https://www.niemanlab.org/... #journbiz
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Great piece by @jbenton on the wretched Australian system for extorting big tech to pay media barons. It's spreading, and well-meaning fools in Congress — including Democrats — are pushing it. Some days, everything is terrible. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Snap CFO says parts of the company's ad business began to recover from Apple's privacy changes quicker than expected, as Snap sees its first quarterly profit — Snapchat maker says it will take time to fully adapt to the iPhone maker's software changes; shares rally after hours
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Snap shares rocket as much as 62% on first-ever quarterly net profit
Martin Peers / The Information: Snap Shows Up Meta
@tonymoonbeam: IM RICH!!!! (Closer to breaking even after buying too many shares) https://twitter.com/...
Thornton McEnery / @thorntonmcenery: Can't believe I lived long enough to see $SNAP benefit from comparison to $FB
@tanayj: $SNAP today: Regular trading: -24% After hours: +41% what a crazy market https://twitter.com/...
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Snapchat sees recovery from Apple's ad policy that's hurting Facebook
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
After complaints of limited Tokyo Olympics coverage on Peacock in 2021, NBCUniversal is offering all its Beijing Olympics coverage live on Peacock premium tiers — Comcast's nascent streaming service will provide full access to live coverage after drawing criticism during Tokyo Games
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Robbie Whelan / @rwhelanwsj: Peacock upset subscribers by not giving full access to the Tokyo Olympics. Now they're trying to make amends and gain subs by giving full access—even in the middle of the night— o live events from the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Great story by @Lilliannnn https://www.wsj.com/...
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's libel case against the NYT begins, with the potential to alter precedent granting broad protections to news outlets writing about public figures — The former Alaska governor claims the paper defamed her with a 2017 editorial that was later corrected, in a case that tests long-standing protections for publishers
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Seth Stevenson / Slate: The First Day of the Sarah Palin-NYT Case Played Like a Tick-Tock of Every Journalist's Nightmare
Jacob Shamsian / Insider: Sarah Palin's lawyer kicks off defamation trial saying the New York Times should be found liable for ‘horrific’ editorial linking her to shootings
David Mack / BuzzFeed News: “Give Us A Fair Shot,” Sarah Palin's Attorney Asked A Jury In Her Libel Case Against The New York Times
@erikwemple: Arguing for the New York Times, attorney David Axelrod said that Bennet and his colleagues “didn't intend to publish anything false about Gov. Palin” — a key consideration in determining “actual malice.” /6
Jessica Levinson / MSNBC: Sarah Palin's NYT suit is about much more than defamation
@erikwemple: A quick update on the opening statements in the Palin trial. In his presentation for Palin, attorney Shane Vogt said that his team faces an “uphill battle” showing that the former governor was defamed by the New York Times. 1/
Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein: UPDATE: Sarah Palin's lawyers try to confront and defuse her unpopularity with liberal New Yorkers as jury trial opens on Palin's claim she was libeled by NY Times editorial on shootings and political rhetoric. w/@mweinger https://www.politico.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: About Bennet, Axelrod said: “You are going to see he barely slept that night.”
@erikwemple: Vogt further argued that then-NYT editorial page editor James Bennet had a narrative and he “stuck to it.” 3/
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Been in the Palin v NYT trial all morning. Jury selection and opening statements were this morning. I wrote a preview of the trial here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Axelrod said that “There's no credible evidence that Sarah Palin was actually harmed by the publication of the editorial” and that jury wouldn't hear “a single witness” testifying that the editorial harmed her.
Christopher Six / Christopher Six's Pick Six: The day the music died — Thoughts for the day — Feb. 3 marks the anniversary of the deaths …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: 'This Wasn't a Political Hit Job': New York Times Lawyer Tells Jury ‘Regrettable’ Editorial Didn't Defame Sarah Palin Because It Knocked Bernie Sanders, Too
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: David Axelrod, the Times's attorney, told the jury that the whole trial boiled down to two sentences in the editorial, written by Bennet. And that as soon as he realized people were reading the sentences in a way that he did not intend, he set about fixing that.
Ayaz Gul / Voice of America:
The Taliban released two journalists working for independent broadcaster Ariana TV on Wednesday after arresting them on Monday — The Taliban on Wednesday released two journalists working for a local news channel in Afghanistan two days after their arrests, which drew domestic …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC says its Super Bowl ad inventory is sold out across NBC, Telemundo and all digital platforms including Peacock; some 30-second units sold for $7M — Kickoff for Super Bowl LVI is still days away, but NBC has scored at least one touchdown. — NBC has sold out all of its inventory for the Big Game …
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Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Super Bowl ad freaks: While you may see a figure saying NBC sold ads at $7M, that isn't the price for every ad sold. No SB deal is the same, much hinges on how many ads are bought and also the relationship between advertiser/media agency and network https://variety.com/...
Cara Eisenpress / Crain's New York Business: Super Bowl spikes chicken wing prices for city restaurants
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: NBC Declares Super Bowl Commercials Are Sold Out
Dade Hayes / Deadline: NBCUniversal Sells Out Super Bowl Ad Inventory, Hitting Record $7M For Some Spots
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age: Super Bowl 2022 commercial time is sold out, NBC says
Abram Brown / Forbes:
Doing Things Media, which owns @DoggosDoingThings and ~20 other Instagram accounts with 40M+ total followers, raises a $21.5M Series A led by Volition Capital — What's a meme worth? Likely more than you'd think. — Doing Things Media, an Atlanta-founded company that owns …
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet:
Meta CFO says Apple's ATT privacy changes will cost the company $10B in revenue during 2022 and that 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
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Meta's perfect storm: fleeing users and Apple privacy changes hit ads business
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Personal Data = Profits: Facebook Says Apple's Privacy Measures Will Cost It $10 Billion
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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
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Facebook Parent Company Loses $220 Billion in Market Value on Apple iOS Woes, Growing TikTok Competition
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: For Facebook, It's Metaverse Or Bust
Jimmy Dore / @jimmy_dore: Hopefully Rupert Murdoch buys Facebook & puts it out of business. #MySpaceMemories https://www.cnbc.com/...
Didi Rankovic / Reclaim The Net: Facebook user growth stumbles
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/...
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/...
Cory Mills / @corymillsfl: Very pleased (FB) Q4 2021 earnings take a plunge. FB has violated 1A rights in America and use their platform to influence our elections for Dems. We MUST break up big tech and prevent technocrats from censoring conservatives to influence election outcome. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: The Facebook transition to the metaverse not going so well: https://www.cnbc.com/...
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