Top News:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks to join MSNBC after she leaves in May — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Mediaite, CNN, @sarafischer, New York Times, Mediaite, Yahoo News, @brianstelter, CNBC, @aaschapiro, @matthewstoller, @acyn, @bigblackjacobin, @k8em0, @k8em0, @juddlegum, @howardfineman, @noahbierman, @writtenbyhanna, @davidsirota, @justinbaragona, @timmarchman, Variety, 1340 WJOL, @noahshachtman, @byronyork, The Sun, @brentscher, @mikeallen, @charliespiering, @sebastianafp, @joshsternberg, @scottnover, @xoxogossipgita, The Hill, Insider, OutKick, New York Post, HuffPost, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Politico, Newser, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Who the Heck Is Jim Treacher?, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Wire, Businesshala News, Next TV, The Big Lead, PRWeek, SheKnows, TVNewser, Barrett Media, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Boing Boing
Brent Lang / Variety:
Will Smith resigns from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and says he will accept any additional consequences the academy's board deems appropriate — Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday's Oscars telecast …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Wrap, Forbes, CBS News, The A.V. Club, The Playlist, Opus, The FADER, SlashFilm, Us Weekly, The Week, @freeblackgirl, GoldDerby, National Review, The Root, The Guardian, New York Post, Collider, @ashleylcarter1, @brianstelter, The Hill, Scroll.in, @awallenstein, @scottfeinberg, @girlsreallyrule, ScreenRant, CNN, The Sun, Al Jazeera, Rolling Stone, TVLine, IGN, ET Canada, Businesshala News, WGN-TV, The Daily Wire and Polygon
@wcp:
Washington City Paper plans to end its regular print edition after May 5 and will cut five staffers; the outlet will occasionally publish special print editions — https://twitter.com/...
Discussion:
@samthielman, @c_cauterucci, @jaketapper, @abeaujon, @goldchainam, @robertwhite_dc, @amandahess, @elaheizadi, @mhbaskin, @jdland, @sarahanne_news, @brfreed, @dallendoug, @ron_cassie, @amanduhgomez, @islivingston, @brfreed, @harry_zahn, @michaelroston, @asmall_word, @clintonyates, @balkansbohemia, @laurahayesdc, @willsommer, @mikemadden, @mikedebonis, @mimms, Washington City Paper, @ellamfeld, @lokayfox5 and @maustermuhle
Savannah Jacobson / Columbia Journalism Review:
WNYC removes 45 stories from wnyc.org and Gothamist.com; 42 contained “unattributed passages” and three had been “published on other websites by the author” — WNYC removed forty-five stories from its websites, wnyc.org and Gothamist.com, according to an announcement …
Discussion:
Gothamist, @jbenton, @srjacobson1 and @marcatracy
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how creating spaces where more people feel free to talk can support free speech — Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
Discussion:
@kottke, @digiphile, @anthonyha, @evanhamilton, @zweigand, @m_karanicolas, @adelin, @mmasnick and @anildash
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A look at the tense relationship between Oregon politician Greg Smith and local newspaper Malheur Enterprise, which Smith wants to buy after it investigated him — “I was tired of getting poked in the chest for not doing anything wrong. And it was like, 'You know what?
Discussion:
@laurahazardowen, @mcornatzer, @damianradcliffe, @mikewiggins76, @spj_tweets, @kiminsley, @hkingsmores, @newslitproject, @niemanlab and @leszaitz
NABJ:
The NABJ schedules a meeting with CNN executives for next week following criticism of a social media photo showing a lack of diversity in CNN+'s “War Room” — The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has scheduled another meeting with CNN executives in the aftermath …
Discussion:
@morsea, @deggans, @michaelharriot, @bobscheer, @brooklynmarie, @assliken, @cherijacobus, @nabj, @kennabjvpbcast, @taisonbell, @dorothy4nabj and @soledadobrien
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Over 75 unionized journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and Bradenton Herald stage a 24-hour walkout on Friday to protest long contract negotiations — Journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald are walking out after over a year and a half of first contract negotiations
Anna P. Kambhampaty / New York Times:
A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets — On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages.
Discussion:
@ampressman, @macmccanntx, @berglar, @anna_p_k, @joshuatopolsky, @mattnavarra and @pomeranian99
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
In a 3-0 decision, the DC appeals court rejects former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250M lawsuit accusing The Washington Post of defamation — A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post …
Discussion:
@jannwolfe, @arden_messing, @coreywrites, @devincow, @kimmasters and MindWar
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
Parks Associates: the number of US households signing up for OTT streaming video directly from the services' websites fell from 41% in Q1 2020 to 29% in Q3 2021 — A new study from market research and consulting company Parks Associates, Data-Based Decision Making for Video Services …
Discussion:
Next TV, Parks Associates, Fierce Video and Media Play News
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more mindful about spending and hiring — Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees …
Discussion:
@carnage4life and Protocol, more at Techmeme »