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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Media critic Eric Boehlert, who wrote for Press Run, Media Matters for America, Salon, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, dies in a bike accident at 57 — Eric Boehlert, a media critic devoted to calling out right-wing misinformation through his writing at Media Matters for America, Salon …
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Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: 1/oh my goodness: Just got crushing news from Tracy Breslin, wife of @EricBoehlert https://pressrun.media/ Has died in a bike accident, age 57. Adored his kids Jane and Ben, his dogs, biking and running and basketball and good friends, a fierce and fearless defender of the truth
James Fallows / Breaking the News: Framing: In Honor of Eric Boehlert.
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Eric Boehlert, Media Critic and Writer, Dies at 57
Talia Wiener / Montclair Local News: Eric Boehlert, Montclair resident and veteran media critic, struck and killed by train
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire: Eric Boehlert's Spirit Was Decades Younger and His Wisdom Decades Older
Hillary Clinton / @hillaryclinton: .@EricBoehlert's death is terrible news. I'm devastated for his family and friends and will miss his critical work to counteract misinformation and media bias. What a loss.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: Liberal media critic Eric Boehlert dies in reported bicycle collision
Israel Salas-Rodriguez / The Sun: Eric Boehlert ‘dead’ aged 56: Journalist ‘dies in bike accident,’ Soledad O'Brien reports as she leads tributes
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: Eric Boehlert was 57, but his spirit was decades younger and his wisdom was decades older https://www.esquire.com/...
@brownandbella: Damn. This is rough. This is a huge blow to the media community dedicated to transparency in government. https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: Absolutely crushed to learn that Eric Boehlert has died. His work had never been more essential. I grieve.
Julia Martin / NorthJersey.com: Eric Boehlert, well-known writer and media analyst, killed by train in Montclair
Mary L Trump / @maryltrump: It's difficult to describe the enormity of this loss. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Knight / @molly_knight: This is horrific. Keeping Tracy, Jane, Ben, and all of Eric's family and friends in my thoughts. We will continue the fight. https://twitter.com/...
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: If you care about the future of the country, you should subscribe to @JamesFallows substack. And this one is particularly insightful and important. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: Another decent person I'll never have the honor of meeting in this life. I'm especially sorry for his family and the people who knew him personally. But I'm also selfishly sad for the loss of his voice. If his substack goes to his family I will never unsubscribe. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Olear / @gregolear: This is awful news. @EricBoehlert was doing such important work, and was a great guy. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: Terrible news. Media critic Eric Boehlert died today in a bicycle accident. He was only 57 years old. https://deadline.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: stunned by the news @EricBoehlert has passed away. I was just reading him yesterday and cited something he wrote in my newsletter. we can never take tomorrow for granted. my thoughts are with his family and friends.
@joyannreid: This really is shocking and devastating news. Eric was a brave spirit who held the media accountable without fear or favor. He was an #AMJoy regular and a valued member of @thereidout fam. Deepest condolences to his wife and family. These losses are just adding up... ugh.. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Just incredibly sad about this https://deadline.com/...
Maryn McKenna / @marynmck: Oh my god: Truly awful news. I never met @EricBoehlert, but his newsletter was one of the brightest spots in my reading. He was ferocious at showing us in the US press how often we fail to meet our own high standards. An incalculable loss. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Joanne Freeman / @jbf1755: The tributes to @EricBoehlert on this thread are remarkable. He was indeed a fearless defender of the truth, and the truth needs defending desperately. He will be missed. https://twitter.com/...
Victoria Guida / @vtg2: It's depressing to me how critiques of the media (both internally and externally) rarely acknowledge that policy reporters do exist. I'm sure there are plenty of valid critiques to make of policy reporters too! But I never read them. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: ‘Heartbroken’ Reactions to Eric Boehlert's Death Pour in Over Twitter: ‘He Made Me Smarter’
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: To paraphrase what Robin Williams said at Bill Graham's memorial: Eric's dead and fcking Kissinger doesn't even have a cold.
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: A tribute to Eric Boehlert, on shocking and tragic news of his death in a bicycle accident: https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Greg Mitchell / @gregmitch: Terrible, have known him for many years: Eric Boehlert Dies: Media Critic For Media Matters & Salon, Founder Of Press Run Newsletter Killed In Bike Accident At 57 https://deadline.com/... via @Deadline
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Eric was a fearless and relentless media critic. This is so sad and awful. https://twitter.com/...
Blue Grass Roots / @bgr_us: Eric Boehlert was a tremendous ally in the fight for democracy. He was never afraid to call out the bad faith, right wing nonsense in mainstream media. Our deepest thoughts, prayers & condolences go to his family, friends & supporters. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: An appropriate send off for Eric Boehlert from @JamesFallows: on how the unspoken assumptions the media brings to coverage usually matter more than blatant expressions of bias. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Alex Kane / @alexbkane: Jesus Christ. “Boehlert was struck by a train while biking in Montclair, New Jersey; Montclair police reported yesterday that a man riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Montclair on Monday evening.” https://deadline.com/...
@nydailynews: Media critic and journalist Eric Boehlert dead at 57 following bike accident. The Press Run founder and editor was remembered as ‘a fierce and fearless defender of the truth.’ https://www.nydailynews.com/ ...
Steve Knopper / @knopps: The late, great @EricBoehlert's @salon investigative work on Clear Channel is some of the best music-business reporting ever: https://www.salon.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: My deepest condolences. @EricBoehlert was a passionate fighter with a sharp eye for media hypocrisy. His voice will be missed. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Christine Boese / @chrisboese: This is devastating. His eye on the Press was a key part of my daily check of media criticism. And such a lively presence. R.I.P. @EricBoehlert https://twitter.com/...
Brian Beutler / @brianbeutler: Second every word of this by @JamesFallows. Would unfurl it as a scroll in every American newsroom if I could. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Will Bunch / @will_bunch: I am just utterly heartbroken by this. Eric was a good friend and a great guy, who also happened to be an irreplaceable voice in fighting against media misinformation in this country. My condolences go out to his family https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Eric was a loving father and husband, a wonderful colleague to so many of us at Media Matters over the years, and an incisive and ferocious voice for a better media. May his memory be a blessing. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
A parody criticizing Substack's VP of comms after she said Twitter staff worried about Elon Musk “pushing for less regulated speech” should not move to Substack — Free speech means I'm allowed to do this — Hello, welcome. I'm a “VP” ("vice president") of “Comms” ("communications") at the newsletter company.
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Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: Substack is hiring! If you're a Twitter employee who's considering resigning because you're worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech... please do not come work here.
@anildash: Deleting my @SubstackInc account, for all the reasons you'd expect. The last two unsubscriptions were two friends I care deeply about, who I will support in every other way I can. But not on a platform that flounts its desire to enable harm. https://twitter.com/...
Tara Haelle / @tarahaelle: I keep rereading this and rediscovering all its amazing layers and marveling at how oblivious you have to be to tweet these words in this order. It's... remarkable really. https://twitter.com/...
@samverdile: Sometimes when reporters complain about egregious PR behavior on here, I think, “I don't know a single comms person who would do that!” but then I see tweets like this and realize those people very much exist https://twitter.com/...
A.R. Moxon / @juliusgoat: This kind of shit is why I didn't build my newsletter on Substack. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Philpott / @tomphilpott: How long before Twitter and Substack merge under a Muskian umbrella? https://twitter.com/...
Laura Olin / @lauraolin: “Every day I log in with one mission: To ensure people understand that we, here at the newsletter company, do not just provide a platform for shitheels and trolls, but that shitheels and trolls are an essential part of our corporate culture.” https://theap.substack.com/...
Jordan Scales / @jdan: Just admit your organization isn't smart enough to deal with the problem of hate speech on your platform. It is not a coincidence that pretending to be “pro free speech” means doing nothing. You're lazy. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: if substack is so committed to free speech, they should allow porn. otherwise they should stop saying they support free speech because it's absolutely a pose. they support certain speech that they decide is appropriate
Scott Kubie / @scottkubie: The last thing on Substack I'll be linking to. It's perfect. https://twitter.com/...
@chanders: Hope that Substack has a good comms leadership team that can help sort out this comms disaster! https://twitter.com/...
Brian Feldman / @bafeldman: 95% of why i stopped my newsletter is because it made me unhappy but the other 5% was that i did not want money i brought in to even indirectly subsidize... whatever this is. very easy decision https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: This is all wrong. Someone please explain to Substack's comms chief that it's the 1st amendment that protects twitter to make these decisions and from government regulation. Maybe less baiting of substack's beloved GG armies please. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Paul / Input: Substack to Elon Musk critics: Don't work for us
Daniel Roberts / @readdanwrite: completely regardless of the various specific political issues here and your own views: Why why why would a corporate comms person insult/exclude a specific group of people in a “We're hiring” tweet? https://twitter.com/...
Mor Naaman / @informor: If you were wondering whether Substack already internalized that the challenges that plagued the Web and tech platforms for decades are coming for them... no they haven't https://twitter.com/...
Maria Bustillos / @mariabustillos: jeepers but you are terrible at this job https://twitter.com/...
Erin Mccann / @mccanner: “I went to Yale.” https://theap.substack.com/...
Julia Rosen / @juliarosen: What do you do when your VP, Comms is the one creating the crisis? https://twitter.com/...
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: For no reason at all, I invite you to read @decka227's fantastic reporting on what Substack is doing abroad. The company says it's committed to free speech, but has few resources for the journalists on its platform taking risks in authoritarian countries https://restofworld.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Libby Watson / @libbycwatson: As VP of Comms For the Newsletter Company, It's Really Important That I Make Sure Everyone Associates Our Brand With Being a Huge Unaccountable Dipshit, by @pareene https://theap.substack.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: ‘The most important way we can protect speech is to jokingly(?) threaten to establish blacklists of people that disagree with the way particular billionaires conceive of “regulating” “speech.”’ https://theap.substack.com/...
Can Duruk / @can: i think it's time for @ranjanxroy and I to move off of substack, what an embarrassing tweet from their vp of comms https://twitter.com/...
@buccocapital: Our main character today is the VP of Communications at Substack with a wild, wild tweet Does substack have lawyers? The must be frantically figuring out what to do with this tweet https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: brave, important work https://theap.substack.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Oof. I actually like Substack and think what they're doing is important. But tweeting this makes me think significantly less of the company, because it just gets everything so wrong (including the idea that Musk is pushing for less moderation as opposed to different moderation) https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: 😍 For those who ask me why I have confidence in Subtacks's long-term commitment to free speech values and why I believe they will resist corporate media's pressures to start censoring as they demand:👇 https://twitter.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: if substack is so free speech, why don't they do more to promote their writers shitting on their free speech policy. that would be the true expression of their principles
Sam / @sam_d_1995: honestly kind of remarkable that the head of communications at substack is just an obnoxious troll trying to go viral on this site if that's all it takes to be a comms exec, a company should hire me for the role https://twitter.com/...
James Morrow / @pwafork: Hahahaha this is awesome. https://twitter.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: not trying to pile on but this tweet is kind of confounding either they don't care about alienating the people who write for substack that aren't edgelords because it's not where their subs revenue comes from OR just a classic bad tweet (or i guess both) https://twitter.com/...
Philip Sherburne / @philipsherburne: This, by @pareene, is hands down the best thing ever published on Substack https://theap.substack.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: Oof. I can hear the clicking sounds of people googling “what are alternatives to substack” https://twitter.com/...
@dierobinsondie: This lady is married to a dude who works at the Heritage Foundation lol https://twitter.com/...
Johanna Neuman / Make Orwell Fiction Again: How the Dems Could Win 2022 Election
Amanda Katz / @katzish: Well done. Vintage Gawker vibes https://twitter.com/...
@kottke: As VP of Comms For the Newsletter Company, It's Really Important That I Make Sure Everyone Associates Our Brand With Being a Huge Unaccountable Dipshit. This is pitch perfect. https://theap.substack.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: “I think I'm pretty good at my job, which is why so many people understand that our company is about conflating the concept of free and open debate with being a braying jackass all the time.” https://theap.substack.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: @pt I mean if this becomes their whole brand then people will leave. So many substacks already bend over backward having to justify being on substack to their readers. My audience isn't broadly worried and is probably pro substack here. But lots of others aren't.
Taylor Huckaby.flac / @iwriterealgood: Every time I have self doubt about whether I'd be a shitty VP of comms based on previous work experience and my general hatred of tech Bullshit someone like this tweets https://twitter.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: “There were a bunch of braying jackasses on Blogspot, but no one ever thought of that as a platform specializing in braying jackasses.” https://theap.substack.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: “Lots of thoughtful, intelligent, conscientious people use our platform, and even rely on us for their livelihoods. My job is to make sure no one in the broader, Internet-using public associates the work of those people with our corporate brand.” https://theap.substack.com/...
@blackamazon: Hey so if you get denied at Substack , especially if you feel like it wa s politically motivated Or find your promotion isn't good ? Lulu just gave you a sweet setup to sue And if y'a work in Cali ? Remember Sunshine clause ! https://twitter.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: to be clear i like the people at substack. at bloomberg i wasn't allowed to opine on twitter about my grievances with their editorial decisions. so happy to be free to criticize my collaborator's policies
@kirindave: Why would you ever go work there? No offense, but Substack sounds like the most boring technology company you could possibly work for. They serve static content and send emails. Twitter engineers actually built something amazing. Substack is Expensive Political Wordpress. https://twitter.com/...
Kristine Parks / Fox News: Substack VP warns Twitter employees quitting over Elon Musk: ‘Please do not come work here’
Stephanie Brail / Wholistic: Substack VP Taunts Twitter Totalitarians
Kevin Marks:
Twitter quietly changed how deleted tweet embeds work, showing blank embeds on websites; Twitter says it is “to better respect” when users delete their tweets — With all the fuss about Twitter's promised edit button, and how they might design it, we're missing a disturbing development …
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The Verge, @reckless, @dellcam, TechCrunch, iMore, @evelyndouek, @wongmjane, @taylorlorenz, @karissabe, Engadget, @lukeplunkett, @jamesrbuk, @mattnavarra, @jason, @film_girl, @arielwaldman, @alexhern, @tomwarren, @katebevan, @jamesrbuk, @bradydale, @corintxt, @jimwaterson, @nataliesurely, @martinsfp, @mslopatto, @sam_l_shead, @benward, @kevinmarks, @newsycombinator, @taylorlorenz, @sub8u, @qaomene, @dcseifert and @kevinmarks, more at Techmeme »
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Jon Porter / The Verge: Twitter change leaves huge gaps in websites
Nilay Patel / @reckless: This is a bad change from Twitter — it is likely the right policy *in a vacuum*, but after a decade of everyone relying on tweet embed gracefully degrading, changing how embeds work means lots of broken websites and lost sourcing in journalism https://www.theverge.com/...
@dellcam: no one's gonna be able to understand my shitty pre-2015 blogs when i was cheating readers out of written copy with lots of crappy embeds https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitter is wiping embeds of deleted tweets from the web
Joe Wituschek / iMore: Twitter change to embedded tweets leaves holes in websites
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: There will now be a blank box where in news articles where now-deleted tweets used to appear and I love the idea of future historians trying to piece together wtf the Trump presidency was about using only descriptions of tweets and not the source material https://www.theverge.com/...
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: By turning the <blockquote> into what you'd expect a Tweet looks like, the Tweet Embed JS bundle “edits” the page. That's how it works, unless Twitter provides the full static HTML of the Tweet Embed https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Agree with this, not a good change to make after a decade of encouraging media orgs to rely on embeds https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / @karissabe: so the text of deleted tweets no longer shows in embeds... what happened to Twitter being a “public record” ? I feel like this also disincentivizes journalists from using embeds in the first place https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter appears to have quietly altered a key way deleted tweets can be preserved
Luke Plunkett / @lukeplunkett: *mark ruffalo voice* thats our secret...G/Os embeds always break regardless of what the tech companies are doing https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Stuff like this helps to show why you'll really hate the edit functionality when it turns up. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: The lack of communication from Twitter about this change is baffling Twitter's done a cracking job at pissing off journalists and news publishers here...An important group of power users of its platform https://www.theverge.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: I've noticed this over the last few weeks and like @kevinmarks, I'm not a fan at all. Hiding the embedded text from a tweet embed via JavaScript b/c something has been deleted just feels wrong. https://www.kevinmarks.com/...
Ariel Waldman / @arielwaldman: @BenWard what happens if you embed a tweet and the user deletes it? does it show up as blank “linkrot” on your site, then?
Alex Hern / @alexhern: Looks like it's time to begin illustrating news articles with screenshots of tweets rather than embeds again https://www.kevinmarks.com/...
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: Twitter has broken all embeds of deleted tweets so they just appear blank on websites 😬 https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Bevan / @katebevan: The Verge is framing this as a bad thing, and link rot is a problem across the web, but I think Twitter is right on this occasion. If you delete a tweet, embeds of that tweet elsewhere should die. A tweet is your copyright; you get to choose to delete it. https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Newsrooms across the world will be absolutely cursing Twitter for rolling this out without warning. Absolutely terrible comms. https://www.theverge.com/...
Brady Dale / @bradydale: THIS I BELIEVE: Journalists should not embed anyway — they should screenshot and link Embedding is bad. The metadata changes. The avatar can change weirdly. The tweet can be deleted. Screenshotting is more historically accurate.. Where's my @CJR or @NiemanReports op-ed 😂 ? https://twitter.com/...
@corintxt: Embeds of deleted tweets now show blank space instead of plain formatted text - creating an information gap in any article about posts that have since been removed (e.g. Trump) https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: @alexhern Old BuzzFeed posts are about to be 60% images deleted by BF, 25% tweets deleted by twitter, and 5% incomprehensible captions
Natalie Shure / @nataliesurely: what's frustrating is this will make screenshotting even more rampant than it is, which will have the opposite effect than what's intended! https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Changes to the way Twitter handles embeds could be tricky for publishers. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Lopatto / @mslopatto: hope everyone's ready for newsrooms to start screenshotting tweets https://www.theverge.com/...
Sam Shead / @sam_l_shead: Can see this being quite annoying for journalists who often embed tweets into online stories. Will have to do a lot more screenshotting of tweets in case they end up getting deleted https://twitter.com/...
Ben / @benward: @arielwaldman The embed code is a <blockquote> containing the Tweet content. If it's deleted, or 1000 years in the future, the text remains.
Kevin Marks / @kevinmarks: hi @TwitterEng - you broke the fallback case in the tweet embedding js for deleted tweets. Previously they would not be decorated and show the <blockquote> html version. Now they're turned into empty white boxes. Do you want us to go back to screenshots?
@newsycombinator: Twitter is using it's embedded JavaScript to edit other people's sites https://www.kevinmarks.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This is going to be very annoying for media companies, and I wonder if more will start default screenshotting rather than embedding https://twitter.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: The Internet forgets. When product managers decide it forgets. https://www.theverge.com/...
Q. Anthony Omene / @qaomene: I've never been a fan of using tweets as source material, so I don't really care much about this change. However, there's a pretty easy workaround, which is to archive the tweet in the Wayback Machine (to confirm its validity) and hyperlink it to a screenshot of the tweet. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: this is what happens when you don't control the way content is presented in your work by ceding it to embeds — you are at the mercy of the whims of the company/people who are in charge of how it's presented. https://www.theverge.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nine top WarnerMedia executives, including HBO Max chief Andy Forssell, will exit the company, ahead of the merger with Discovery, expected to close on Friday — HBO Max chief Andy Forssell and chief revenue officer Tony Goncalves follow the exits of Jason Kilar and Ann Sarnoff.
Discussion:
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Discovery Makes Big WarnerMedia Executive Suite Changes Ahead of Merger; Toby Emmerich and Gerhard Zeiler to Remain
Tim Baysinger / Axios: Project Popcorn defines Jason Kilar's WarnerMedia legacy
Brian Welk / Yahoo News: 6 WarnerMedia Executives Join Jason Kilar, Ann Sarnoff and Andy Forssell in Exiting Company
Matthew Keys / The Desk: WarnerMedia executives leaving ahead of Discovery merger
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is leaving on April 8; sources: Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav and some Discovery executives plan to take over within a week
Discussion:
The Wrap, TechCrunch, MediaPost, Poynter, TechCrunch, Variety, The Wrap, CNN, The Desk, @great_katzby, The Rebooting, @natjarv, @variety, Hollywood Reporter, Axios, @sherman4949, @mediaevan, @jimmaiella, @kirbyslastsnack, @jbflint, Insider, New York Times, The Week, New York Post, Deadline, CNBC, New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter
Discussion:
Diane Haithman / The Wrap: ‘Paranoia’ Felt by WarnerMedia Staff Amid Looming Layoffs in Discovery Merger: 'It's Bad, It's Crazy'
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: CNN+ launch may be off to a bumpy start, numbers suggest
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Kilar, Sarnoff, Forssell Exit WarnerMedia Ahead Of Discovery Merger
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: WarnerMedia CEO exits as Discovery merger nears close
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger Could Close as Early as This Friday (EXCLUSIVE)
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Departing Warner exec says blockchain is future of Hollywood
@great_katzby: The bloodbath continues. The WarnerMedia exodus is going to be brutal as Discovery takes over. I feel for the many layoffs at the non-executive level that are coming. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting: Product — The product function at publishers filled a void created by the church …
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: The 3 execs directly responsible for the HBO Max business for the last two years have now announced they are leaving WarnerMedia. https://twitter.com/...
@variety: News that Forssell is out the door at WarnerMedia comes just as sources confirmed that Ann Sarnoff was informed on Tuesday by leadership that her position would be eliminated. It also follows Jason Kilar's resignation this morning. https://variety.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar resigns
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: I agree. Kilar was actually ahead of the curve on several big thematic shifts and deserves credit for that. https://twitter.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: Most of HBOMax's early problems should be owned by John Stankey and AT&T, Kilar's tenure has been pretty solid and he leaves the company in a decent position.
Jim Maiella / @jimmaiella: Good on @jasonkilar for coming back to @JBFlint for the exit interview. Filed under: life is long. https://www.wsj.com/...
@kirbyslastsnack: Expected but still a shame. Kilar took a streaming service that was deemed an also-ran and turned it into a well-respected, top contender in a year. He also elevated WB/WM in the discussion as one of the likely entertainment/media companies to survive into the future of DTC. 👏 https://twitter.com/...
@jbflint: In exit interview, WarnerMedia Chief Executive Jason Kilar said of backlash to his decision to push out Jeff Zucker from CNN, “Being a leader is not a popularity contest.” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Insider: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is stepping down — read the full memo he sent employees, including a promise to send personal goodbye gifts to staff
Brooks Barnes / New York Times: Sources: WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group CEO Ann Sarnoff will leave the company as soon as this week as WarnerMedia completes its merger with Discovery
Brendan Morrow / The Week: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar resigns ahead of Discovery merger
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar to exit following CNN dustup over Zucker's ouster
Dade Hayes / Deadline: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Formalizes Plan To Exit Company Ahead Of Discovery Deal Close
Sarah Whitten / CNBC: WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar will depart CEO role as Discovery merger nears close
Sara Fischer / Axios:
First Look Media, parent company of The Intercept, is laying off 20 people, according to a note to staff from CEO Michael Bloom and a source — First Look Media, the parent company to The Intercept, is laying off 20 people, according to a note to staff obtained by Axios and a source familiar with the situation.
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Alleen Brown / @alleenbrown: Just got laid off from @theintercept I cover environmental justice, especially where it intersects with criminalization, incarceration, Indigenous affairs, labor, I could go on. DMs are open if you're hiring.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: The Intercept Staffers Rage as Parent Company Lays Off Nearly 20 Staffers
Natasha Lennard / @natashalennard: Alleen is just an incredible reporter; this is such a loss for TI. and would be a huge win for whichever wise publication hires her next https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Devereaux / @rdevro: I don't even know where to begin. Alleen and I have been colleagues for nearly a decade. As a reporter, she's as dogged as they come, with an incredible nose for underreported stories. She's also a great friend. I'll miss her terribly. Editors, do yourselves a favor: hire her. https://twitter.com/...
John Washington / @jbwashing: Huge, self-inflicted loss for @theintercept Alleen's work is so damn important right now. Someone hire her quick. https://twitter.com/...
@johnknefel: Alleen is a fantastic reporter, collaborator, and person. Any newsroom would be lucky to have her. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Galbraith / @robcgalbraith: This really sucks. Alleen has published some of the best oil and gas reporting - especially on the nexus between oil & gas, private military contractors, and the security state - out there. Go read all of it. https://twitter.com/...
James David Dickson / @downi75: The Intercept is well-funded. Why are they having layoffs?
@herrcaitlin: Alleen's investigative work covering Line 3 was so essential, and her amazing data story on climate risk and incarceration was such an inspiration for me. This is a huge loss for @theintercept https://twitter.com/...
Nick Estes / @nickwestes: Alleen is a friend and colleague who was the only person to regularly cover Indigenous affairs at the Intercept. Her reporting has been pivotal for all kinds of frontline struggles. A huge loss. https://twitter.com/...
Alleen Brown / @alleenbrown: I'm heartened by all the words of support. I'll get back soon to everyone who has reached out. Also heartened to hear that Angel, whose story I covered in our Climate & Punishment project, just walked out of ICE detention after 7+ years. Proud of my work https://theintercept.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Moiz Syed / @moizsyed: The last @theintercept layoff was 3 years ago & today they've had another. Top leadership at The Intercept still have their jobs. CEO, Editor in Chief, Deputy Editor all still there. If you can't run an org without laying off people regularly, maybe you shouldn't be in charge. https://twitter.com/...
Tristan Ahtone / @tahtone: Alleen is the only person on staff at the Intercept regularly covering Indigenous Affairs. She's also one of a handful of journalists in the US that specialize in reporting repressive tactics by state & corporate actors against land & water defenders. This is a loss. https://twitter.com/...
Elise Swain / @eliseswain: The Intercept Staffers Rage as Parent Company Lays Off Nearly 20 Staffers https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... via @thedailybeast
@s_phia_: Hate this. @AlleenBrown has written great pieces on climate disaster + ICE detention as well as #FreeAngel, who was literally granted bond yesterday. We support you! https://twitter.com/...
Will Parrish / @willparrishca: It's a shame to see this. Alleen Brown reports on the issues that matter to climate justice and environmental justice struggles like nobody else. I sure hope she is quickly hired elsewhere so she continues her unique and invaluable work with the least interruption possible! https://twitter.com/...
Ali Gharib / @ali_gharib: Alleen is an absolute killer of a reporter. Her record of high-impact scoops and original in-depth work on a range of subjects speaks for itself. Any newsroom would be lucky to have her. Hire Alleen! https://twitter.com/...
Elise Swain / @eliseswain: major layoffs across First Look Institute today — losing my friend and colleague @AlleenBrown is an unfathomable loss for The Intercept https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jacobs, PhD / @past_is_future: TheIntercept has priorities, and they don't want to jeopardize lab leak conspiracism, demonizing NATO, or Russian asset promotion, so they're making cuts to issues they don't value, like the environment. (not a critique of the reporter, who is clearly well regarded by her peers!) https://twitter.com/...
Robert Mackey / @robertmackey: Alleen is a great reporter someone should hire asap. https://twitter.com/...
Rashmee Kumar / @rashmee_kumar: I always learn something from Alleen's indispensable reporting. Not to mention she's also a model colleague and solid friend. Any newsroom would be wise to scoop her up quick. https://twitter.com/...
Hanna Kozlowska / @hannakozlowska: I just don't understand how we all are supposed to continue doing are jobs (let alone apply for work!) with news like this nearly every week. Solidarity ❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Bard Epstein / @andeps: Alleen's been with The Intercept since day one, breaking all kinds stories from the climate frontlines. I hope to get to read more of her work soon when another newsroom makes a smart decision! https://twitter.com/...
Cora Currier / @coracurrier: Alleen's one of the best reporters and humans out there, and covering the climate crisis like no one else. This is such a shame. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Aronoff / @katearonoff: Awful news. Alleen's among the sharpest environmental justice reporters around, blowing open stories on everything from the surveillance & criminalization of anti-pipeline protesters to how prisoners are hit by the climate crisis. Any publication would be beyond lucky to have her https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / Vox:
How The New York Times tries to find new kinds of subscribers as its audience ages, led by CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, and how that effort threatens local papers — The paper of record's subscriber base isn't getting any younger. Maybe a $600 million deal will help. — The New York Times is a marvel of journalism.
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@pkafka, @sarthakgh, @bankoff, @pkafka, @swatigauri, @pkafka, @mikeisaac, @rafat, @jeffjarvis, @imillhiser and @chaykak
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Peter Kafka / @pkafka: New from me: The New York Times' old rich Democrat problem, and a $600 million solution. https://www.vox.com/... via @voxdotcom
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: “While the Times has succeeded wildly at getting people to pay for its journalism, it has not succeeded at transforming the kind of people who pay for the Times. They remain older, richer, whiter, and more liberal than the rest of America.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jim Bankoff / @bankoff: Great inaugural column by Peter @kafka. Anyone who cares about the media industry and its impact on our world should listen to his Recode Media podcasts and read his posts every Wednesday at https://vox.com/. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Today's entry is about the New York Times and its effort to find New York Times subscribers that aren't traditional New York Times subscribers. And how one result of that is that the New York Times is now competing for readers and $ with local newspapers for the first-time ever.
Swati G. Sharma / @swatigauri: This media column by @pkafka is already great. https://www.vox.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: 🧵Fact check: Ben is correct! I'll be delivering fresh content every Wednesday. Form, length, topics will change/evolve but the idea is make words about the stuff I'm interested in: The intersection of media and tech and what that means for business, culture and society. https://twitter.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: here I'll be self-critical to balance it out Peter did a good media column on why it's key to subscriber growth to aim for people who don't already immediately flock to the brand you've cultivated for years (via acquisition, this time) https://www.vox.com/...
@rafat: This is *exactly* why NYT should be beating down Peter's door to be their next media columnist! Great analysis here, more of this kind of experienced deep dives needed. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: A good @pkafka analysis. BTW, I was struck recently looking at metro papers how they are what I've wished they would be: resolutely local. But that now means that quality national/international news exists behind separate paywalls. I see danger there. https://www.vox.com/...
Ian Millhiser / @imillhiser: I think this explains why the NYT opinion page, which is mostly very good, publishes a dumb “cancel culture” take every week. 90% of “cancel culture” discourse, IMO, is just older people being mad that younger people don't share their cultural values. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nielsen: as of February 2022, the US had over 817K unique program titles across traditional TV and streaming services, up 26% from December 2019 — Feeling swamped by the deluge of TV and streaming choices available at the touch of a button? You're not alone.
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Insights - Nielsen: Nielsen's State of Play report reveals that streaming is the future, but consumers are currently overwhelmed by choice
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Nielsen report shows the frustration of streaming service market fragmentation and users' desire for bundling
@nielsen: With 817,000 video titles available in the U.S. on streaming platforms, consumers are struggling to pick what to view. 😅 https://nlsn.co/...
Constantine von Hoffman / MarTech: Streaming chaos: Increasing number of services makes it harder for viewers to find the content they want
Variety:
In the last year, at least sixteen women of color have left the BBC's news and D&I departments, due to factors including a glass ceiling and racism — At least 15 women of color have left the BBC in the last year saying they are “exhausted” from fighting a system that …
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Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy: BBC staff from Black and brown backgrounds describe a “culture of survival” that stems from not seeing themselves reflected in their workplace. https://variety.com/... via @variety
@emmabuttsound: This is an excellent article by @Variety and worth reading. The screenshot below rings so true, not just in the BBC, but across the TV industry in the UK for almost everyone who identifies as a woman or is from a black or ethnic minority background https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Carpenter / @juliaccarpenter: The majority of those who left the BBC come from two departments: news and diversity and inclusion. https://variety.com/...
Sophia Smith Galer / @sophiasgaler: this is absolutely appalling. https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Phillips / @tonyphillips40: This is such an important read for everyone who stands by the idea of public service broadcasting. https://variety.com/...
Corinne Podger / @corinne_podger: This has also happened at media outlets and think tanks in the United States and Australia. Our industry might be getting better at hiring POC but it's not doing a terrific job of retaining them. :-( https://twitter.com/...
London Hughes / @thelondonhughes: 95% of the racism and microaggressions that I experienced in the UK entertainment industry came from ppl who worked for the BBC so this is not surprising https://twitter.com/...
Marcus Ryder Mbe / @marcusryder: This is an incredible article and a possible turning point. When @Variety undertakes a serious investigation to reveal @bbc failings when it comes to race & diversity this potentially reframes how the industry globally looks at UK's national broadcaster. https://variety.com/...
R.S. Locke / @royal_suitor: “At least 15 WOC have left the BBC...saying they're “exhausted” from fighting a system that “isn't systemically built to support anyone who's different”...Byrne left...after being told...she needed to be “sensitive about how I speak about race to white people” https://variety.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “At least 15 women of color have left the BBC in the last year saying they are “exhausted” from fighting a system that “is not systemically built to support anyone who is different"" @KJYossman and @Manori_R report https://variety.com/...
Egan Richardson / @eganrichardson: “As a Black person or a person of color, they cannot see you as being part of the target audience,” Byrne says. “I think that is where a lot of the issues kind of come from.” https://variety.com/...
Caroline Darya Framke / @carolineframke: “Among the experiences [one WOC] recounted are having to ask a white male colleague to send emails on her behalf because hers were often ignored” https://twitter.com/...
Josh Spero / @joshspero: Have heard this from a lot of my friends —> Inside the BBC Staff Exodus: Women of Color Are ‘Exhausted’ from Fighting a Broken System https://variety.com/... via @variety
Lanre Bakare / @lanre_bakare: “Despite the BBC's attempts to reform, however, multiple sources point to a culture that favours white, middle-class and privately educated staff, and has all but “abandoned” a generation of older, female Black, Asian and other minority employees.” https://variety.com/...
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter begins “drastically” reducing the reach of Russian government accounts and will remove tweets from government-affiliated accounts with prisoners of war — It'll ‘ask government or state-affiliated media accounts’ to take down pictures featuring prisoners of war
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Yoel Roth / @yoyoel: Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our aim has been to remediate abuse at scale and be transparent about our work to protect the conversation happening on Twitter. Today, we're sharing two key updates about government affiliated accounts. https://blog.twitter.com/...
Yoel Roth / @yoyoel: Beginning today, we will require the removal of Tweets posted by government or state-affiliated media accounts which share media that depict prisoners of war in the context of the war in Ukraine. https://help.twitter.com/....
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Twitter Bans State Media's War Prisoner Pics Because of the Geneva Convention
Yoel Roth / @yoyoel: We're doing so in line with international humanitarian law, and in consultation with international human rights groups. To protect essential reporting on the war, some exceptions apply under this guidance where there is a compelling public interest or newsworthy POW content.
@verge: Twitter takes a harder line on POW photos and shadowbans Russian government accounts https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Really interesting thread here. Twitter has often been ahead of platform moderation trends . There will be increasingly fine grain editorial /policy/ moderation calls and starting to restrict authoritarian govts inevitable reaction to Russian invasion https://twitter.com/...
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Edo, an ad measurement service for TV and streaming co-founded by actor Edward Norton, raises $80M from Shamrock Capital at a $200M+ pre-money valuation — Company, co-founded by actor Edward Norton, wants to compete with Nielsen by helping advertisers see whether consumers take action after seeing a commercial
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Meg Graham / @megancgraham: EDO, a data, measurement and analytics software company focused on TV ad measurement, just raised $80M in new funding. Chatted with @EdwardNorton, @kevinkrim and Shamrock Capital about what they're doing: https://www.wsj.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: Interesting...seems as though there is a crop of companies saying “we can count better than Nielsen” and a crop that are saying “replacing ratings really doesn't matter, it's about showing that tv ads work” https://www.wsj.com/...
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: EDO Gets $80 Million Investment From Shamrock Capital
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN releases its first NFTs, ranging from $100 to $500 and featuring Tom Brady, in partnership with NFT startup Autograph, which was co-founded by Brady — ESPN has clambered aboard the NFT bandwagon: The sports giant is going into business with Tom Brady, angling to sell fans on the idea …
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John R. Manzo / ESPN Press Room U.S.: ESPN Signs First-Ever NFT Deal with Autograph
Keith A. Grossman / @keithgrossman: Tremendous partnership! Kudos to @espn and @TomBrady! 👏🏼👏🏼 👏🏼 ESPN Tags Tom Brady for Its First NFTs Tied to ESPN Plus Docuseries - @Variety https://variety.com/...
Luke McGrath / Bloomberg: ESPN Is Launching Its First NFT, Featuring Tom Brady
John Manzo / ESPN Front Row: ESPN VP of Sports Business Development & Innovation Kevin Lopes Makes Sense of “NFTs”
LaughingPlace.com: ESPN and Autograph Sign First-Ever NFT Deal Based On “Man in the Arena: Tom Brady”
Carla Mozée / Insider: ESPN is entering the NFT game by launching a collection with legendary quarterback Tom Brady
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: ESPN is getting into NFTs with the help of Tom Brady
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pinterest announces a comprehensive policy to ban ads and posts that feature climate misinformation, the first major online platform to do so — Pinterest announced today it's becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed to combat false …
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New York Times, Protocol, Reclaim The Net, ScreenRant, Reuters, Adweek, The Week, @tiffkhsu, Fast Company, @davidpapp, Gizmodo, @scottnover, CNET, CNN, Metro.co.uk, Engadget, The Guardian and @pinterest, more at Techmeme »
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: Pinterest will ban ads and posts that feature climate misinformation, as searches about sustainability rise on the service
Sarah Roach / Protocol: Pinterest is cracking down on climate misinformation. Which platforms are next?
Tom Parker / Reclaim The Net: Pinterest bans content that “misrepresents” scientific data to “erode trust in climate science and experts”
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Pinterest bans climate change misinformation and conspiracy theories
Brigid Kennedy / The Week: Pinterest cracks down on climate change misinformation
Tiffany Hsu / @tiffkhsu: Pinterest bans climate change misinformation after blocking ads about weight loss, vaccine skepticism and more. “We always want to make sure...that we're not waiting until we're overrun with some type of harmful content,” its policy chief said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Papp / @davidpapp: Pinterest becomes first platform to completely ban climate misinformation https://mashable.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Passant Rabie / Gizmodo: Pinterest Says Your Vision Board Can't Deny Climate Change
Scott Nover / @scottnover: New this morning: Pinterest is banning climate change misinformation from its entire platform, accounting for both organic posts and ads. It's the further a social media platform has gone on climate misinformation. Read more in @qz: https://qz.com/...
Clare Duffy / CNN: Pinterest bans misinformation about climate change
Anugraha Sundaravelu / Metro.co.uk: Pinterest bans misleading posts and ads about climate change
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Pinterest will ban climate misinformation
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