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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: CNN+ has fewer than 10K daily users; CNN, the cable channel, had an average of 773K total viewers a day in 2021 — - Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said. — The paltry audience casts doubt on the future …
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Sara Fischer / Axios: Axios Media Trends
Alberto Cataldi / RECHEIO: RECHEIO - Deu ruim
@ranjanxroy: more eyeballs will eventually see content about CNN+'s quibification than will ever watch CNN+ https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: It's not hard to know where this kind of leak is primarily coming from. Not hard at all. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: CNN+ ticks to 85 on the go90 Scale of Doomed Streaming Services https://www.cnbc.com/...
Josh Hendrickson / @rebeleconprof: Economic Forces+ will be more successful than CNN+ https://twitter.com/...
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: I have good friends who work at McKinsey. McKinsey is not always wrong about what they tell large media companies to do, but they often are. This kind of strategic advice requires deep knowledge of the media industry, subscription businesses and user data. #MediaRevenue https://twitter.com/...
Demetri Kofinas / @kofinas: If only someone could have predicted this... https://twitter.com/...
Drew Holden / @drewholden360: CNN and co continue to operate as if it's 2017, when they had engaged audiences around the clock. Gotta figure they're using voodoo dolls to get Trump to run in 2024 at this point. https://twitter.com/...
@patrickbetdavid: Since when does CNBC calling out CNN? This is why I trust capitalism. CNBC's OTT Peacock is kicking CNN+ tail. Peacock has 9 million PAID customer & CNN+ only 10k. It's that simple. CNBC is dominating CNN! Good for them. https://twitter.com/...
@esotericcd: CNN+: 10,000 subscribers. Disney+: 10 MILLION subscribers...on day one. That's not a fair comparison, necessarily, but the article can't help but go there because...oof. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Buzz Patterson / @buzzpatterson: How stupid does Chris Wallace look right now? https://twitter.com/...
@fshakir: The crazy thing is that good programming that would get watched is totally available for the taking https://twitter.com/...
Kumar / @datarade: I get more engagement than CNN. 1\3rd of my posts are just dog photos. https://twitter.com/...
Walter Hickey / @walthickey: when “help” is also a synonym for “sabotage” https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jack Marshall / @jackmarshall: are there many examples of major consultancies doing a good job when it comes to media? in my experience their input is often based on bizarre assumptions and flawed rationale. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Morrissey / @benmorrissey16: Name a dumber idea than CNN+, I don't think it exists. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Peterson / Digiday: Future of TV Briefing: TV networks' total audience push likely to stretch to a full-court press in this year's upfront negotiations
Marc Andreessen / @pmarca: I'm no data scientist, but that's 600 subscribers per white person in CNN's conference room. https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Rieckhoff / @paulrieckhoff: Sounds about right. I just don't think anyone sees any added value. As a media consumer (and an occasional CNN guest), I certainly don't. https://twitter.com/...
@carnage4life: CNN spending $300M to create a streaming service that has less than 10,000 daily users is tragic. Netflix & Disney+ envy is going to hurt a lot of broadcasters. Going from making money licensing content to being a service provider is a very different biz https://www.cnbc.com/...
Harmeet K. Dhillon / @pnjaban: So, fewer people than my tweet likes some days. Wow. Can I have some cash, Wall Street? https://twitter.com/...
Nan Hayworth / @nanhayworth: Oh I hope so https://twitter.com/...
@carnage4life: My Twitter account has more daily active viewers than CNN+ and didn't cost me $300 million. The perils of copycat business strategy without understanding your customer base or market. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Grewal / @andygrewal: I wonder if “fewer than 10,000” is just a polite way of saying zero. https://twitter.com/...
@sarthakgh: There's one person meme accounts, youtube channels and newsletters with much larger subscriber base than this https://twitter.com/...
Tren Griffin / @trengriffin: Supply kills value. The number of places to acquire news for free is, well, big. What is scarce are analysis, good writing, humor and entertainment. https://www.cnbc.com/...
@mascmillennial: Far more people want to watch Tim Pool's chickens rather than the pedophile circlejerk that CNN is https://twitter.com/...
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker: CNN Plus Has Negative Subscribers (Figurative)
Veronica Irwin / Protocol: CNN+ is reportedly failing to find an audience
Matthew Keys / The Desk: CNN Plus sees less than 10,000 users a day, report says
Jacob Siegel / The Scroll: What Happened Today: April 12, 2022
Florence Ion / Gizmodo: No One's Watching CNN+
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: CNN+ reportedly draws fewer than 10,000 daily viewers
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap: CNN+ Budget Cuts Loom as 2-Week-Old Streamer Struggles With Low Viewership
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: CNN's New Streaming Service Is Off to a Rocky Start
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: CNN planned to invest ~$1B in CNN+ over four years and projected 2M US subs in year one, but will likely cut back dramatically after spending ~$300M — Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios.
Discussion:
@sarafischer, @mattyglesias, @brentscher, CNBC, @parkermolloy, @richlightshed, @mattbelloni, @justinbaragona, @coreypein, @fawfulfan, @bennettjonah, ragnar_forseti's newsletter, @hemjhaveri, @buccocapital, @krystalball, @foster_type, @notcapnamerica, @gabrielroth, @capeandcowell, @dansinker, @mschlapp, @jbarro, @odonnell_r, @bgrueskin, @matthewsitman, @emeriticus, @esaagar, @ishaantharoor, @davidsirota, @cgasparino, @bmorrissey, @awprokop, @mattzeitlin, @claireatki, @firstadopter, @scottnover, @dgisserious, @dankennedy_nu, @alexweprin, @rafat, TVNewser, @matt_walsh, @sarafischer, The Kitchen Pundit, Mediaite, @lucas_shaw, TechCrunch, @ldignan, The Wrap and @jonfriedman
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: Initial investment in @CNNplus was ~$1 billion over 4 yrs — Much of that expected to be cut — ~$300m spent so far — CNN, w help from McKinsey, originally forecasted ~ 2m subs in 1st yr & 15-18m after 4 yrs — Plan was to break even after 4 yrs https://www.axios.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Slow Boring has slightly more subscribers than CNN+ and managed to pull it off without McKinsey's help. https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brent Scher / @brentscher: Lol...how did CNN+ get their projections so wrong??????? https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / CNBC: Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav has charmed the Hollywood elite — now he'll have to show he can manage them, too
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Where are they spending the marketing $? I haven't seen many ads for it. But also, I feel like maybe they just overestimated the demand for a standalone CNN streaming service? https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Wondering how @CNNplus investment factors into $WBD initial forecasts — maybe a write-down to clean up this mess quickly and move on is best? https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: Anyone surprised that the Discovery people are gutting CNN+ has never talked to anyone at Discovery (or watched a Discovery network). https://www.axios.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, according to people familiar with the matter.” The fact that sources inside CNN are sharing these numbers shows that the knives are out! https://www.cnbc.com/...
Corey Pein / @coreypein: 18 million CNN streaming subscribers in 4 years? This tells me frustrated journalists should become consultants, because if you call yourself that, people will apparently believe anything you tell them. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Chapman / @fawfulfan: I called it from day one that CNN+ would be a flop. They simply don't have any original programming that is worth the subscription price. People aren't going to pay $6 a month for slightly more in-depth analysis of stories CNN already broadcasts as part of their existing hookup. https://twitter.com/...
Jonah Bennett / @bennettjonah: In foresight, it was inevitable. https://twitter.com/...
Ragnar Forseti / ragnar_forseti's newsletter: CNN Negative: Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start
@hemjhaveri: I'm sorry they thought they'd get 2M subs in the first year(?!) without having a Marvel streaming show? CNN got taken for a ride. https://twitter.com/...
@buccocapital: I thought Seinfeld made it perfectly clear we weren't to outsource content creation and strategy to McKinsey https://twitter.com/...
Foster / @foster_type: I am really, really not saying this to be snarky: I honestly wonder who thought CNN+ was a good idea that people wanted? I assume they did market research but it seems like they just fundamentally don't understand who watches CNN, in what settings, and why. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Evans / @notcapnamerica: They don't do any market research before launching these things? No one asked for this https://www.axios.com/...
Gabriel Roth / @gabrielroth: It's crazy that stories about CNN+ don't mention the surprising fact that a CNN+ subscription doesn't let you watch CNN. It's all bonus content for the CNN superfans! https://twitter.com/...
@capeandcowell: Still blows my mind CNN thought people would pay extra to watch them https://twitter.com/...
@dansinker: Imagine being so high on your own supply that you ever thought this was going to work. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Schlapp / @mschlapp: It probably would have been a more successful business decision if they gave people a subscription to not watch CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: Yeah, I would like investments in news to succeed, but I didn't understand at all why the CNN+ model is supposed to work. Streaming-first services rely on the ability to interest people in a library of old content along with new. That doesn't work with news. https://twitter.com/...
Rob O'Donnell / @odonnell_r: Most Americans won't watch free CNN, what made them think some would pay for it? https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Would very much like to see the McKinsey powerpoint that predicted 18 million subscribers in 4 years https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Sitman / @matthewsitman: It's interesting what happens when people are asked to pay for things, as opposed to when things are propped up by passive viewing and corporate ads https://twitter.com/...
Pedro L. Gonzalez / @emeriticus: Don Lemon's CNN+ show, surprisingly, did not draw the masses https://twitter.com/...
@esaagar: Proof McKinsey should stick to bread prices: “CNN executives, with help from consulting firm McKinsey, originally expected to bring in around 2 million subscribers” https://twitter.com/...
Ishaan Tharoor / @ishaantharoor: Is there a single meaningful instance where McKinsey has been paid absurd amounts of money by a media company and not helped engineer a total disaster? Why do they keep getting enlisted by media execs? https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: feel like my original tweet on March 11th held up https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: (@FoxBusiness) - We saw this coming last week https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Well, McKinsey did the projections so has to be right https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Prokop / @awprokop: Looking forward to the deep dive reports on decision-making around CNN Plus https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: it's giving quibi https://www.axios.com/...
Claire Atkinson / @claireatki: ICYMI: My story on CNN+ (including $250 million launch budget which I now hear is conservative.) Also heard there are 40! people working on some plus shows. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Tae Kim / @firstadopter: CNN+ has decent content, but it's confounding how they launched it without no. 1 OTT platform Roku (belated Roku app release yesterday) and without a separate app on smartphones. Adding a tab to the news app wasn't going to cut it. What was McKinsey's digital strategy advice?🧐 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: CNN+ thinks it's getting 18 million subscribers in four years? https://twitter.com/...
Danny Gold / @dgisserious: Unsurprising. Has any news outlet launched a successful streaming platform? Complete lack of originality in programming. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: Yikes. I didn't expect to see this until sometime in, oh, May. “Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios.” https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: So they were betting they could get more than 2X the number of subs as the NY Times (ex-Athletic) in 4 years? Seems ambitious! https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Reports: CNN+ Off to Slow Start, and Resources Expected to Be ‘Dramatically Reduced’
Matt Walsh / @matt_walsh: That was quick! Surely CNN will give that a bit more time to mature. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW @axios; Board for @WBD met yest on company's 1st day of trading —New CNN boss Chris Licht visited DC bureau alongside CEO David Zaslav —Busy week ahead for Zaslav: Heading to ATL today, then LA for town hall Thurs —WBD to host unified upfront May 18 https://www.axios.com/...
Joe Cunningham / The Kitchen Pundit: CNN Somehow Expected Two Million CNN Plus Subscriptions This Year
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Devoted most of this week's newsletter to the big merger in Hollywood: Warner Media + Discovery = Warner Bros. Discovery. A $43 billion deal that means Warner Bros., CNN and HBO have their third owner in 6 years. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: The Warner Bros.-Discovery deal has officially closed
Larry Dignan / @ldignan: Warner Bros Discovery starts trading after AT&T split. A lot of opinions, but we'll see how this turns out. For now, stand back and see what $T and $WBD do and how they form bases. https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Diane Haithman / The Wrap: CNN+ Launches on Roku in the U.S.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
After a two-year pause, the News Leaders Association is sharing its newsroom diversity survey this week; 303 outlets participated, missing the goal of 2,500 — Meredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association's diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project.
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@meredithdclark, @hanaatameez, @niemanlab, @amzam, @kat__stafford, @natematias, @cristymsilva, @karenkho, @dataeditor, @anitawrites, @blackamazon, @andreagrimes, @thenewsan, @sarahkaplan48, @adriana_lacy, @jesseholcomb, @loisbeckett, @elaheizadi, @mollydeaguiar, @abdallah_fayyad, @arreglalo, @jeffjarvis, @laurahazardowen, @notinmycolour, @vigneshr, @wagatwe, @mar1ssamart1nez, @sarahscire, @kenyonfarrow, @kaitwells, @blackamazon and @blackamazon
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@meredithdclark: Honestly, I'm heartbroken. Beyond my quotes here, I don't know what else to say. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@hanaatameez: Unacceptable that some NEWS LEADERS refused to participate in a diversity survey with: “We're not participating in your woke diversity exercises, you snowflakes.” “What am I supposed to do, check between the legs of everyone who works for me?” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@niemanlab: “Transparency and doing the digging and the reporting — all of that is so germane to what we understand journalism to be. And we are absolutely unwilling to do it among ourselves.” Newsrooms are still not sharing stats for @NewsLeaders diversity survey: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: Let me get this straight. Newsrooms (yet again) fail to report diversity data b/c: — @washingtonpost @nytimes are doing their own thing — too burdensome — bad email list (great resignation?) — “we're not participating in your woke diversity exercises” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Kat Stafford / @kat__stafford: This needs more attention. Newsrooms across the nation pledged change in the wake of the 2020 “racial reckoning.” Yet, here we are: The NLA initially hoped to have 2,500 news orgs participate in the industry's largest diversity survey. Just 303 responded. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
J. Nathan Matias / @natematias: How much do news organizations care about diversity, despite what they say when hiring? Decades after the American Society of News Editors pledged to achieve demographic parity among staff, only 303 out of 2,500 bothered to even answer a survey about their data. https://twitter.com/...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: one newsroom sent a response along the lines of, “We're not participating in your woke diversity exercises, you snowflakes.” https://www.niemanlab.org/... via @NiemanLab
Karen K. Ho / @karenkho: This article summarizes the biggest reason why I stopped doing media reporting. I was tired of learning even more about the extent of continued inequality and discrimination in an industry that seeks to hold others accountable. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: it's incredibly embarrassing how non-transparent the folks who run many news orgs are while they're reporters repeatedly cover others for the same shit https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Anita Varma / @anitawrites: The pushback in survey feedback alone sounds like a qualitative study we need - that would go hand in hand with @HanaaTameez's investigation into 2020 “reckoning” hires (1/3) https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: Remember what I said about supporting black women's work ? And showing up versus just talking . And how everything got announced and Black women are leaving y'all @meredithdclark been doing this for DECADES And STILL as soon as folks stopped supporting IT EVAPORATED https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Grimes / @andreagrimes: When I conducted the Texas Writers Byline Scan (https://andreagrimes.substack.com/ ...), a key to making it possible to collect enough data for the report was that I was contacting individual journalists, not relying on newsroom/publication buy-in. It's hell out there. https://twitter.com/...
Susan Gonzalez / @thenewsan: “The two-year long ‘pause’ to retool the survey didn't help. Pushing the deadline to participate back again & again didn't work. Historic protests & an industry-wide conversation about race and representation did not spontaneously prompt many more news organizations to respond.” https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kaplan / @sarahkaplan48: It's deeply frustrating and disappointing, if not surprising, that @washingtonpost & many other newsrooms refuse to participate in the @NewsLeaders diversity survey. How can we hold others accountable if we don't embrace accountability for ourselves? https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Adriana Lacy / @adriana_lacy: Yet again, newsrooms aren't showing up to the industry's largest diversity survey. “It feels like supreme hypocrisy on the part of the journalism industry,” said @meredithdclark who has led @NewsLeaders' diversity survey in recent years. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jesse Holcomb / @jesseholcomb: This is embarrassing and shameful, and I am so disappointed about what @meredithdclark— who has led and labored on this initiative— has had to endure https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: “Supreme hypocrisy on the part of the journalism industry.” A survey that measures diversity within US newsrooms is struggling as news outlets continue to fail to share their own data, blocking transparency into the industry's hiring decisions: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: In 2019, 429 news organizations participated in an annual news diversity survey. It prompted a pause due to low participation. Surely, that number must have increased post-racial recokening, right? Nope: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Molly de Aguiar / @mollydeaguiar: I don't know how many of the newsrooms who don't participate in the survey get philanthropic funding, but funders should absolutely require participation as a condition of a grant. @knightfdn has an opportunity to lead here. https://twitter.com/...
Abdallah Fayyad / @abdallah_fayyad: White people have been telling themselves that being white hurts their chances of getting certain jobs because they don't add to diversity goals. Yet here are newsrooms once again refusing to show their stats because—spoiler alert—they're not diversifying:https://www.niemanlab.org/ ...
@arreglalo: Also, newsrooms have grown MORE secretive about their DEI numbers post-Reckoning. They don't believe their own rhetoric about affirmative action. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Shameful. ‘For Clark, being transparent is the least newsrooms can do, especially as outlets often ask businesses and other organizations to do the same. “It feels like supreme hypocrisy.”’ https://twitter.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: Year after year, news organizations have refused to participate in @NewsLeaders' annual diversity survey. It happened again this year. @meredithdclark came in to try to fix the survey and has resigned, citing “crushing resistance.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@notinmycolour: Here is one way to communicate to your entire organization that you don't care about your racialized staff https://twitter.com/...
Vignesh Ramachandran / @vigneshr: “I've been met with the kind of crushing resistance that you would expect when you're trying to do things that contribute to structural and systemic change,” she added. “I just did not expect to meet with that among leaders in journalism.” https://twitter.com/...
@wagatwe: “Other reasons newsrooms gave NLA for not participating were...that they were worried that the information would be used against them in labor negotiations, among other concerns.” Wowowowow https://twitter.com/...
Marissa Martinez / @mar1ssamart1nez: “You don't get to transparency about diversity by relying on people's goodwill,” said @meredithdclark. disappointing to see newsrooms continue to not participate in this desperately needed survey — we need to acknowledge our current state to fix it: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: Journalism needs a mirror, and it's never been more clear it won't get one by relying on goodwill alone. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Kenyon Farrow / @kenyonfarrow: This is sad. Kudos to you for doing this thankless work as long as you did. https://twitter.com/...
@kaitwells: They aimed for 2,500 media outlets to participate. Only 303 organizations responded. 303. “Diversity can never be a measure of goodwill. You don't get to transparency about diversity by relying on people's goodwill,” said the survey's lead Meredith Clark. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Bitch Media:
Bitch Media, a feminist media outlet founded 25 years ago, announces it will cease operations in June 2022; BitchMedia.org will remain accessible as an archive — Bitch Media has been an independent-media presence like no other. Since 1996, we have provided nuanced, thoughtful …
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@bitchmedia, @courtneyaj, @nathantankus, @forkedpgh, @jessicahalem, @lebassett, @ariyarwood, @wentrogue, @awolfeful, @damemagazine, @blackamazon, @jeannakadlec, @brynntannehill, @alishabhagat, @hottestsingles, @erintothemax, @caitlinwolper, @annamerlan, @ibjiyongi, @ilanaslightly, @blairbraverman, @juwanthewriter, @brosandprose, @scarletteharris, @bitterkarella, @jeannakadlec, @mrsexsmith, @idamoj, @renireni, @emilycontois, @sfdirewolf, @mary__retta, @kdc, @melissafebos, @caitlinwolper, @demiciavalon, @thethirstywench, @lyzl, @ltbcomedy, @ericacxmpbell, @mbsycamore, @jennmorson, @scarletteharris, @arielboone, @rifewithkatie, @ms_creilly, @utahmads, @reappropriate, @comedyunism, @andreavbecker, @geekgirldiva, @drsamischalk, @jenshahade, @lanikaps, @cassmannes, @jeannakadlec, @theineffability, @freeblackgirl, @scarletteharris, The Wrap, @hellolanemoore, @vanessid and @leahntorres
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@bitchmedia: Bitch Media's quarter-century legacy of shaping contemporary feminism through provocative dialogue comes to a close. Visit https://bitchmedia.org/ for more information. https://www.bitchmedia.org/...
Courtney Gillette / @courtneyaj: Bitch was the first magazine I ever subscribed to, back when I was in college, and I still subscribe today. It's always been an accessible outlet for criticism and great writing and so much more. Love and gratitude to @BitchMedia forever. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Tankus / @nathantankus: Wow this is really taking me by surprise. I subscribed in my early twenties and got a lot out of reading it at that time. Of all the media losses that have happened in the past five years, this is one that really hits. Also makes me feel a bit guilty since my subscription lapsed https://twitter.com/...
@forkedpgh: Fuck. I was reading Bitch in high school, hiding it because that was when the vibrator ads were still on the outside back cover I wrote inspired by Bitch, took college classes because of what I read in those issues. It didn't just shape my worldview, it shaped my future https://twitter.com/...
@jessicahalem: During my comedy career @BitchMedia wrote about me with authenticity. It was a huge boost to my career and I am forever grateful at being seen and understood by you!! https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: Have never said this more earnestly: Bye, Bitch ❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Ari Yarwood / @ariyarwood: So sad to hear this. I remember reading Bitch as a teenager in the cool bookstore I had to drive two hours to get to, and being so inspired and excited by it. Bitch was my first editorial internship and my first experience with publishing. I'll miss it. https://twitter.com/...
Stacey Burns / @wentrogue: @BitchMedia The end of an era. After reading it for years, I got my niece a subscription when she turned 16. Two solid generations of @BitchMedia in my family.
April Wolfe / @awolfeful: I started reading Bitch in college, and it introduced me to so many writers and thinkers who shaped how I thought about feminism and equality, and I'm very grateful I had it when I did. 😢 https://twitter.com/...
@damemagazine: We're truly so sad about this news. What a tremendous loss for independent media. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: This is why a lot of folks who were right assholes about their new ventures from guilt money but didn't actually shore up were so devastating They undermined long term projects and for what https://twitter.com/...
Jeanna Kadlec / @jeannakadlec: BITCH forever 💗 https://twitter.com/...
Brynn Tannehill / @brynntannehill: Well, ****. We're losing so many independent outlets. https://twitter.com/...
Alisha Bhagat / @alishabhagat: This is really sad news but I'm proud of everything we built together. The world still needs independent feminist media, now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
@hottestsingles: A sad day. Bitch Media was a real one and it's heartbreaking to see it go. 🖤🦷 https://twitter.com/...
Erin Matson / @erintothemax: I am of a generation where, for a time, print feminist magazines meant you could get away no matter where you lived, what kind of idiocy reigned at your school, and who your family was. Bitch in particular was amazing. It was never boring or preachy. Just fun, smart, and hot. https://twitter.com/...
@caitlinwolper: @BitchMedia let me tackle repeated layoffs in media and the trauma they illicit. Such an important story that they treated with such care in their spring 2020 issue (and online) https://www.bitchmedia.org/...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: Bitch was so important to me as a baby feminist. I'm sure the accolades are bittersweet now, but what an amazing run.
@ibjiyongi: Wow. This is a really hard thing to read. Bitch was the first publication to publish me in long form. Many of you have read #DisorderedCosmos. It was Bitch where Physics of Melanin started. This feels like a huge loss of a venue. Thank you @BitchMedia for everything. https://twitter.com/...
Ilana Masad / @ilanaslightly: I am so so heartbroken about @BitchMedia. What an incredible publication. I'm so honored to have written for them and will miss their incredible and nuanced coverage so much.
Blair Braverman / @blairbraverman: @BitchMedia Bitch has done incredible work that's made lasting change in the world. Thank you so much, for everything. You will be very deeply missed 💔❤️
@juwanthewriter: I am disheartened by Bitch's shutdown, - in a slightly more personal way than some: I had worked on a story for weeks that I placed at Bitch and was awaiting publication for. It was one of the few bylines left I really wanted and it's slipped away. https://twitter.com/...
Ella Dawson / @brosandprose: I am absolutely devastated — beyond devastated — that @BitchMedia is closing its doors. This magazine made me a feminist. It taught me how to write and consume smart media criticism. Thank you for so many years of incredible work, Bitch. https://twitter.com/...
Scarlett Harris / @scarletteharris: My most recent and what will be final (😭😭) piece for @BitchMedia, my first working with @_RosaCartagena and @laura_june ❤️ https://www.bitchmedia.org/...
@bitterkarella: i'm sure bitch did a lot of good in its tenure, but i'll never forgive the disgusting fatphobic hit job they did on ivy davenport https://twitter.com/...
Jeanna Kadlec / @jeannakadlec: @BitchMedia Thank you for everything. No words 💗💗💗
@mrsexsmith: oh i'm just heartbroken about this. i've had a subscription since 1997. when I moved from seattle to NYC in 2005, I donated my collection of the first 10? 15? issues to my women studies college library. Bitch taught me so much about the world, feminism, media https://twitter.com/...
Ida Mojadad / @idamoj: Absolutely crushed. No publication has sharpened my critical thinking skills in the absence of formal schooling like @BitchMedia https://twitter.com/...
Reni Eddo-Lodge / @renireni: RIP to a legend https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Emily Contois / @emilycontois: So sad to hear this news. I'm very grateful to @BitchMedia for covering Diners, Dudes & Diets, and that I got to connect with @andreavbecker through that. May we all do the good and hard work to carry on their feminist legacy. https://twitter.com/...
@sfdirewolf: Thank you to @freeblackgirl for co-editing last fall's Access Issue for @BitchMedia. I'm proud of this digital series and other pieces by me that found a home at Bitch https://www.bitchmedia.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@mary__retta: There are no words to describe what @BitchMedia has meant to me over the years as a writer, reader, thinker, & feminist. I would not be the journalist I am today without this incredible community, @freeblackgirl & @RachelCharleneL especially. Bitch's legacy won't be forgotten 💜 https://twitter.com/...
@kdc: This is heartbreaking. I'll ALWAYS be grateful to @BitchMedia for being the first publication to ever publish me as a writer and for being the model that inspired @TLF_Media and so much of my writer. You changed lives, launched careers and educated so many. Thank you, Bitch. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Febos / @melissafebos: 💔 💔💔💔💔 what a great magazine; the first place I ever published an essay. I'm grateful to have read it for this long. Thank you 🙏🏼. https://twitter.com/...
@demiciavalon: Very saddened by the @BitchMedia news. a very necessary publication for me as a reader and writer. Lots of my fav work from other writers was published here. My first album review ever was here (linked below) Hate to see the platform go. https://www.bitchmedia.org/...
@thethirstywench: I'm incredibly saddened to hear this. Bitch is an incredible publication. https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: We need more feminist media. Not less. This is heartbreaking. https://twitter.com/...
@ltbcomedy: My favorite @BitchMedia memory is when I was reading it on a packed DC metro train and the dude next to me looked at it and said to me “You don't look like a bitch” and I said “Interrupt me again when I'm reading and you'll see” and he burst out laughing and left me alone.
Erica Campbell / @ericacxmpbell: back in 2020, when everything shut down & no one was commissioning me @BitchMedia asked me to write for their Fall print mag I got to write about vulnerability, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Beyoncé but more importantly, I got to remember I was a writer - so sad that they're closing https://twitter.com/...
Mattilda B Sycamore / @mbsycamore: Shocking to hear that @BitchMedia is shutting down, and I hope they're going to give us a longer explanation than this one, please!!💕https://www.bitchmedia .org/ ...
Jenn Morson / @jennmorson: When I received a $500 grant from @BitchMedia the conservative Catholic press lost their damn minds and revealed that a pub called Bitch was way more offensive than sexual assault and clergy abuse in their eyes. I'm sorry to see her go.
Scarlett Harris / @scarletteharris: The end of an era 😭 Bitch helped shaped my feminism and I'm so honoured to have gotten to write for them https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Boone / @arielboone: :((((((( Very sad to see @BitchMedia go, and in awe of all the people who poured hard work and art and long hours and writing and reporting into it over the years. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rife / @rifewithkatie: Sad about Bitch shutting down. It's one of the publications that shaped the way that I (and I assume many other people) think about media. It will be missed. https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Reilly / @ms_creilly: bitch was the first place that gave my writing on endometriosis a home. and I'm still damn proud of the nude centerfold they let me do as a disabled woman in their sick issue. this is just really truly sad ❤️🩹 https://twitter.com/...
@reappropriate: .@BitchMedia is/was a fixture of early online feminist blogging, a place where early online feminists were shaping what online feminist discourse would and could look like; still figuring out what our presence online could be.
@comedyunism: I'm honored to have gotten to write a few pieces for Bitch over the years. They provided a platform for me to talk about queer sex, porn, and medical marijuana. RIP https://twitter.com/...
@andreavbecker: @EmilyContois @BitchMedia I'm sooo sad. I got my footing as a writer at Bitch :( Always the best editors too
Sami Schalk / @drsamischalk: What a terrible loss. What an incredible run. Feminist media platforms are more important than ever. Support them before they're all gone. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Shahade / @jenshahade: I used to devour this magazine in my Brooklyn days, a sharp feminist analysis of culture I craved so deeply. #RIP https://twitter.com/...
Ilana Kaplan / @lanikaps: this is a bummer. i wrote some album reviews here over the years but i mostly enjoyed reading the smart takes from others https://twitter.com/...
Cassie Mannes Murray / @cassmannes: Nooooooooo this is so sad. At fourteen I bought Bitch Magazine from Barnes & Noble because I wanted to feel scandalous and then I didn't stop buying them. Bitch filled so many educational gaps for me as a teenager, and now. So much nuance in their work. https://twitter.com/...
Jeanna Kadlec / @jeannakadlec: BITCH was the first feminist mag I started reading back when I was still an evangelical teenager. it helped make a difference in how I thought, in how I began to challenge things. the latest issue just showed up at my house this week. damn. what a run.
Jordan Taliha / @theineffability: when i first began freelancing back in high school, @BitchMedia was the first place that ever paid me to write and it changed my life! i am so heartbroken that this is the final issue but nonetheless grateful to have been touched by its legacy🖤
Evette Dionne / @freeblackgirl: Heartbroken is not the word. That is all I really have to say. It is all I can say. Bitch Media, forever. https://www.bitchmedia.org/...
Scarlett Harris / @scarletteharris: Being edited by @freeblackgirl was a joy. Here are some of the pieces we worked on together, beginning with my first which was about #GLOW because of course it was https://www.bitchmedia.org/... via @BitchMedia
Natalie Oganesyan / The Wrap: Bitch Media to Cease Publication After 25 Years, Receives ‘Heartbroken’ Tributes From Readers and Writers Alike
@hellolanemoore: Bitch Magazine was and is a truly wonderful, powerful, and essential publication. I'm heartbroken we won't have them to look to anymore, but so grateful for all the truly incredible stories, perspectives, and writers they gave us. Thank you. We need more like you.🖤 https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Spotify's head of studios and video Courtney Holt will move to an “advisory role” in May; the company will divide his duties across multiple executives — The executive, who first joined the audio giant in 2017, will stay on as an adviser for a year.
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Variety, @mootron, The Ankler, Deadline, @janicemin, Engadget, @karaswisher, @theinsneider, The Ankler, Billboard and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
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Courtney W. Holt / @mootron: I want to give thanks to the incredible teams at @Spotify I was luck enough to lead and interact with. The goals we set were ambitious, and yet we achieved so much. There is a great future for the company beyond what you can see and hear today!
Peter Kiefer / The Ankler: EXCLUSIVE: Top Spotify Dealmaker to Depart
Janice Min / @janicemin: SCOOP @peterkiefer. Top Spotify dealmaker Courtney Holt departing the company after a run that brought on Joe Rogan, Obamas, Meghan and Harry https://theankler.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Well that's interesting EXCLUSIVE: Top Spotify Dealmaker to Depart https://theankler.com/...
Jeff Sneider / @theinsneider: Another great #Spotify scoop by my colleague @PeterKiefer over at @TheAnkler! https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kiefer / The Ankler: EXCLUSIVE: Top Spotify Dealmaker Leaving Company
J. Clara Chan / Billboard: Spotify Podcast and Editorial Exec Courtney Holt Exits
Natalie Oganesyan / The Wrap: Spotify Podcast Executive Courtney Holt to Exit
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Gannett will cut at least one print day at 50 papers by June; Gannett exec says e-edition use is up 140% since March when print days were cut at 136 papers — When she was a child, Sandy Auburn's father read the comics to her; eventually, she learned to read them to him.
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Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Newspapers keep eliminating print days. They say it's for the best. ... Very well reported and nuanced by @ElaheIzadi https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: I'm as old school as they come. Haven't read a print edition regularly in 5+ years but subscribe to multiple online editions https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@washingtonpost: For more than two decades, industry sages have been predicting the death of the printed newspaper. Now, a growing number of local publishers are cutting back on their print editions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@seymabayram0: Mixed feelings about all of this and the tough state of the newspaper industry. But I'm glad this mention of our paper included a shoutout to the ongoing profiles of local Black-owned businesses, an effort led by my editor @CherylPowellABJ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Craig Pittman / @craigtimes: Print isn't dead yet, but U.S. newspapers keep eliminating print editions and trying to force their subscribers over to the e-edition instead. For instance, #Florida's largest paper now prints only 2x a week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @ElaheIzadi
Ben Welsh / @palewire: Inflation may be what finally kills the print edition. “The Dallas Morning News ... said the company's newsprint costs had soared to about $720 a metric ton, from $520 two years earlier.” https://twitter.com/...
@beachwoodreport: Cut all the print days except a super cool Sunday edition with huge photos and graphics filled with keepsakes. https://twitter.com/...
@niemanlab: Just last month, Gannett eliminated one day of print per week at 136 of its newspapers. Another 50 will make the change by June, mostly with their Saturday print editions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rebecca Reis / @rebareis: My lukewarm journalism take is that I'd rather cut a print product than see any more journalists leave our newsrooms. We can and should take the money saved from one print circ day to invest in our current and future reporters, editors and producers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: “In an earnings call last month, the publisher and president of the Dallas Morning News, which still prints daily, said the company's newsprint costs had soared to about $720 a metric ton, from $520 two years earlier.” via @ElaheIzadi https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@elaheizadi: My latest: across the country, daily newspapers are cutting back on the days they print, and they say it's for the best. A combination of perhaps an inevitable transition along with inflation, labor shortages and supply chain issues: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: “Gannett's newsrooms saw some layoffs after the merger and during the pandemic. By the end of 2021, the company employed 4,300 fewer people than a year prior” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amanda Garrett / @agarrettabj: Washington Post zooms in on Akron to illustrate how newspapers are cutting back on print days(@beaconjournal cut its Monday print, though our news gathering and reporting online was never impacted)...@MichaelJShearer & Akronites interviewed... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: “The point I've tried to make is the world has changed and that we have to change with it,” said Beacon Journal Editor Michael Shearer. “We have to focus on the sustainability of our journalism and making sure that we are here to serve the community.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
IAB: advertising revenue for podcasts, music, and radio streaming rose 58% YoY to $4.9B in 2021, growing more than for streaming video, social media, and search — An IAB report finds that digital audio — defined as podcasts and streaming for music and radio — had the largest year …
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Kate Tumino / IAB: Digital Advertising Soared 35% to $189 Billion in 2021 According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report
insideradio.com: Digital Audio Ad Spending Soared 58% Last Year, Growing Faster Than Any Other Media.
Elizabeth Napolitano / Ad Age: Digital media ad revenue surges to $189 billion—biggest jump in 15 years
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Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
IAB: US digital ad spend rose 35% YoY to $189B in 2021, the largest gain since 2006; 10 publishers and platforms took 78.6% of the total, up from 78.1% in 2020
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@tsoh_investing, @kenherts, @jschulweis, @laurenthomas, @neilretail, Newslit Daily and MediaPost
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Alex Morris / @tsoh_investing: “Digital ad revenue in the U.S. jumped 35% to $189 billion... YoY growth was the highest the market had seen since '06... Advertising on digital audio - podcasts and streamed music / radio - grew faster than any other category, up 58% to $4.9 billion.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Ken Herts / @kenherts: Digital advertising is now bigger than print ever was. It's swamping all other types. Not surprisingly, 2/3rds goes to Google/Facebook/Amazon. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Jason Schulweis / @jschulweis: Great news for digital publishers. Though there's also this stat: “One more point of interest: In 2021, 10 digital publishers and platforms took the lion's share—78.6%—of total digital ad revenue...” ~$40b+ remaining is a lot, but that % should trend the other way. Why? https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Thomas / @laurenthomas: As consumers spent more time on digital media and ad budgets rebounded, digital ad revenue jumped 35% to $189 billion last year. via @megancgraham @WSJ https://www.wsj.com/...
Neil Saunders / @neilretail: Retail media networks are a big driver of this. In 2021, Amazon's advertising revenue was $31 billion. Walmart's was $2.1 billion - and is growing rapidly. Even Nordstrom brought in $40 million. Ads are a great offset to crimped margins and weakening demand in retail. https://twitter.com/...
Jose Montes de Oca / Newslit Daily: 📈 White House expects inflation to be ‘extraordinarily elevated’ in new report
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: IAB: Digital Ad Revenue Jumped 35% In The U.S. In 2021
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify rebrands companion app Spotify Greenroom as Spotify Live and integrates its live audio capabilities in the main app minus the interactive features — As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app …
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Variety, Spotify, Music Ally, ScreenRant, Billboard, 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Verge and Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
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Wilson Chapman / Variety: Spotify Greenroom Rebranded to Spotify Live
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify rebrands Greenroom with Swedish House Mafia party
Kishalaya Kundu / ScreenRant: Spotify Users Can Now Listen To Live Audio On The App
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard: Spotify Launches ‘Spotify Live’ With Swedish House Mafia Album Release Party
Allison McDaniel / 9to5Mac: Spotify crams more features into its main app, this time for live audio [U]
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
National Geographic launches a $10.99/month or $109/year subscription that includes a Nat Geo digital membership, print issues, and Disney+ — National Geographic Premium with Disney+ includes print issues of Nat Geo Kids, and the ‘Year in Pictures’ special issue, digital access …
Financial Times:
UK's Future says e-commerce revenue grew 36% YoY to £216M in 2021, representing more than a third of its revenue; readers buy 43.5K items per day on average — FTSE 250 group has successfully battled pressure on print media by pushing products to readers
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Giulio S. / @astaniscia86: Future's in-house system automatically adds links to products from sellers that the publisher has a revenue-share agreement with. Now, on an average day, readers buy ~43,500 items after clicking on links in articles. Publishers are the new retailers. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more action on climate change quadrupled between 2018 and 2021, rising from 40 to 163 — The number of UK newspaper editorials calling for more action to prevent climate change quadrupled in the three years to 2021, according to analysis by climate science site Carbon Brief.
Charlotte Rawlings / CampaignUK:
Time Out will end its London print edition after 54 years in June, to focus on its digital channels and Time Out Market, its events and restaurant arm — Publisher will focus on digital, social and Time Out Market. — Time Out Group has announced it will be stopping publication …
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Derek Bond / @derekbond: Sad times - I'm old enough that I remember running down to the tube station to get the magazine (and paying for it) to see if we'd been reviewed. Get 4* and you'd sell out - it was so important for the fringe. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Rickett / @chrisrickett: Time Out makes London better for all those living, working, visiting and experiencing it. Sad that it won't be a physical fixture to find, leaf through and leave for the next anymore 😔 https://twitter.com/...
Arvind Hickman / @arvindhickman: BREAKING: @TimeOutLondon has called time out on its London print edition after 54 years. Devastating impacts of Covid on travel and hospitality has decimated its print ad revenues. It will continue with digital products. End of an era. https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/ ... via @campaignmag
Duncan Barkes / @duncanbarkes: Another part of London life disappears. Understandable though given the current climate. I remember being equally saddened when City Limits ceased publication. I'm that old... https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Time Out closes its London print magazine, for those still keeping track of print things. https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/ ...
Simon Thompson / @showbizsimon: Fucking hell! Time Out was my Bible when I moved to London. I even used to read it before I moved there to know what was going on and keep a finger on the pulse of one of the greatest cities in the world. It was a vital and hugely influential cultural touchstone. This sucks. https://twitter.com/...
Sian Meades-Williams / @sianysianysiany: Time Out mag had such an impact on my twenties in London. Without it I don't think I'd have discovered Buttoned Down Disco, Dr Sketchy, Rockabaret, Feeling Gloomy. The mag is a huge part of why I fell in love with the city, it really celebrated misfits. And I am a proud misfit. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Hutchinson / @katehutchinson: This is the mag that made me, and made London. What a huge shame. https://twitter.com/...
@almaraabgarian: Very, very sad news. An incredible team - and one of the best office spaces I've freelanced in - this is heartbreaking 💔 https://twitter.com/...
Dave Calhoun / @davecalhoun: You can read my interview about this with Campaign, below. I love Time Out and I know we've got a long way to go yet... https://twitter.com/...
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