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The New York Times Managing Editor Joe Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor, starting in June; Baquet “will remain to lead an exciting new venture” — Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review: Doubling down at the Times — Dean Baquet's departure as executive editor of The New York Times …
Sam Dolnick / @samdolnick: “One of the finest leaders this institution has ever known is stepping down,” says A.G. Sulzberger https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Dean Baquet retires as New York Times editor, to be replaced by Joe Kahn
Steven Perlberg / Insider: The New York Times has named Joseph Kahn, the veteran international editor and No. 2 figure in the Times newsroom, as its next executive editor
Brian Stelter / CNN: New York Times names Joe Kahn as executive editor
Andrew Fedorov / The Fine Print: IT'S KAHN! New York Times Picks Next Executive Editor
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine: The Inside Man — Joe Kahn is the new, old-school editor of the Times. But who is he?
Sara Fischer / Axios: The New York Times names Joseph Kahn as next executive editor
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here's what @adamdavidson said about Dean Baquet's reign as top editor of The Times, which is officially over with the naming of his successor today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lacey / @marclacey: “We don't know where the political zeitgeist will move over time,” Mr. Kahn said in an interview. “Rather than chase that, we want to commit and recommit to being independent.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jack Shafer / Politico: The New York Times Has a New King. It Won't Change Much.
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: KAHN HEIR — White smoke issued from the chimney of the New York Times this morning …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: New York Times Appoints Joseph Kahn Executive Editor
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Sulzberger: Joe Kahn “brings impeccable news judgment, a sophisticated understanding of the forces shaping the world and a long track record of helping journalists produce their most ambitious and courageous work.” https://twitter.com/...
Marcus Brauchli / @mbrauchli: Terrific news. Joe Kahn is everything a journalist should be: thoughtful, compassionate, deeply read, always willing to consider another side and reason things out in pursuit of truth. Also, a great friend and colleague. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Davidson / @adamdavidson: Baquet repeatedly defined his form of journalist through the lens of its critics. If he pissed off the left and the right equally, then he felt he was doing things correctly. That is not what journalism is. Journalism is fearless, independent, reporting of the truth. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: Big congrats to Joe Kahn on his promotion to @nytimes executive editor. Joe is a superb journalist who will take our newsroom to even greater heights. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dominic Ponsford / @domponsford: My interview from a few years ago with newly announced New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: The Times will be remembered as a great news organization that willingly served the people who hated the American republic. https://twitter.com/...
Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian: New York Times names Joseph Kahn as executive editor
Rosie Gray / @rosiegray: Is it considered age discrimination that the NYT doesn't let people over 65 serve as executive editor...
@cjr: New: In picking Joe Kahn, the New York Times' managing editor, to replace Dean Baquet as executive editor, the newspaper is signaling that it has no plans to rethink its approach, @kylepope writes https://www.cjr.org/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: April 19, 2022 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Not naming mass shooters (much) is now the norm (Poynter)
Ben Welsh / @palewire: Click into this piece and you'll read that the role of an NYT editor is now defined almost exclusively as a leader of Internet business development. https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: Joe Kahn will take over a bigger staff and a stronger business than Dean Baquet did 8 years ago. Since 2014, NYT's newsroom has grown from 1,300 journalists to more than 1,750. Its stock price has tripled. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Will Stancil / @whstancil: It seems to me that rich kids grow up thinking the institutions they are part of are working well, which is absolutely not something I want the top editor of America's most important journalistic institution to believe https://twitter.com/...
@shannonfreshour: “to get to the appearance of neutrality, you have to do violence to the truth..” Point blank fact https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Attached: Internal memo from @nytimes publisher A.G. Sulzberger on Kahn's appointment. “Joe is planning to send a note later this week sharing some early details about his senior leadership team ...” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ajit Niranjan / @niranjanajit: this critique of the new york times' trump coverage applies just as much to business and politics reporting that ignores the scientific reality of climate change https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Congrats to @nycscribe who will be an excellent executive editor of @nytimes. A very thoughtful leader for our industry. https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Johnson / Newser: In New York Times ' New Editor, a Big Personality Shift
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: The NYT had the opportunity to bring in a new voice; to address the systemic editorial challenges that, while even producing world-class journalism, has eroded trust in the institution (both of the Times and of journalism). https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: New York Times appoints Joseph Kahn as executive editor
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: NYT: “Joseph F. Kahn, ... has been selected to be The Times's next executive editor, the top newsroom job.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Our scoop at @PuckNews, from February: https://puck.news/...
Diane Brady / @dianebrady: When I worked with Joe Kahn at the WSJ in Asia, I always felt smarter with every encounter. Congrats on his appointment as executive editor of New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/....
Quint Forgey / Politico: Joe Kahn named top editor of NYT
Tim Morris / @tmorris504: Joe Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet, whose eight-year tenure as NYT executive editor is expected to conclude in June. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: The most interesting (to me, at least!) line in the @nytimes piece on the ascension of @nycscribe is this, and how he goes about it will be consequential https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: New York Times names Joe Kahn its new executive editor
Tom Watson / @tomwatson: Sadly, @nycscribe thinks the threat to liberal U.S. democracy is just the temporary “political zeitgeist.” Respectfully, how can readers trust a journalist who arrives at this wildly erroneous conclusion? https://www.cjr.org/...
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A profile of Joe Kahn, whose focus on China shaped his career, during which he won two Pulitzers and helped turn The New York Times into a 24-hour operation — Joe Kahn, the next executive editor of The New York Times, has had a steady rise in journalism. It began with a decision to turn his focus to China.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: My profile of Joe Kahn: a decorated journalist who saw the potential of China before others, whose affluent childhood was disrupted by tragedy, and who is now tasked with leading The New York Times amid the challenges of a polarized era. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker: New New York Times Editor Joe Kahn Was a Big Loser in College
David Bauder / @dbauder: As is tradition, Times stays inside with its new executive editors. https://apnews.com/...
Ed O'Keefe / @edokeefe: “I would not have thought that being a foreign correspondent in China would be good preparation to be executive editor of The New York Times in 2022.” - @nycscribe, on how his career prepared him to lead the @nytimes. (By @grynbaum) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: @nytimes @deanbaquet An excellent profile of the NY Times's new executive editor, Joe Kahn, and how he worked his way up in journalism: https://www.nytimes.com/... by @grynbaum
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Dean Baquet turned 65 a while ago, and today The New York Times has a new editor: Joe Kahn. He rose in a very traditional way. Here's the Times article about their new boss: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael Oti Adjei / @otiadjei: Its the educational background of these top media executives for me https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD: Joseph Kahn Takes the Helm at The New York Times
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Here's Joe Kahn as an undergrad in 1986. Drawing commissioned by The Harvard Crimson. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Kelly / @katekelly: Love this: “At one point, Harvard's president, Derek Bok, got so fed up with Mr. Kahn's dogged reporting that he barred university officials from speaking to The Crimson.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance:
Netflix reports losing 200K subscribers in Q1, vs. 2.5M net additions est., and revenue of $7.87B, vs. $7.95B est.; the stock is down 25%+ after hours — Netflix (NFLX) reported an unexpected decline in first-quarter net subscribers as the company navigated an exit from Russia and an increasingly saturated North American market.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety: Netflix Loses 200,000 Subscribers in Q1, Predicts Loss of 2 Million More in Q2
Peter Kafka / Vox: Why Netflix is suddenly losing subscribers
Witney Seibold / SlashFilm: Netflix Seems Like It Will Finally Crack Down On Password Sharing
Netflix: Fellow shareholders, — Our revenue growth has slowed considerably as our results and forecast below show.
Joe Bel Bruno / The Wrap: Netflix Stock Nosedives 24% After Streamer Reports Loss of 200,000 Subscribers in Q1
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Netflix Loses 200K Subscribers in Q1 2022, Expects 2 Million Subscriber Loss Next Quarter
Lauren Leffer / Gizmodo: Netflix Is Finally Cutting You Off From Your Ex's Uncle's Account
Adario Strange / Quartz: How did Netflix lose subscribers in 2022?
Allison McDaniel / 9to5Mac: Netflix blames 100M users without paid accounts for revenue and subscriber drop
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Worst quarter since Qwikster. The difference: In 2011, Netflix screwed up. This time the problem isn't Netflix - it's the competition. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Baccardax / TheStreet: Netflix Stock Plummets After Its First Net Subscribers Loss In Ten Years, Grim Growth Outlook
Darren Mooney / @darren_mooney: First time Netflix has lost subscribers in more than a decade, I believe. But perhaps more of an indicator that the public think we're out of the pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
Vicki Notaro Carlyle / @vickinotaro: I was one of them, because €22 a month feels like daylight robbery https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Netflix Estimates More Than 100 Million Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords https://variety.com/... via @variety
Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix earnings are out - here are the numbers
Joe Weisenthal / @thestalwart: The K shaped recovery! Digital pure play companies like $NFLX getting killed and falling below pre-covid levels. Real life companies like Marriott hitting all time highs. Just like everyone predicted. https://twitter.com/...
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Reed Hastings says Netflix plans to offer cheaper, ad-supported plans and said Netflix will examine what those plans will look like “over the next year or two” — Co-CEO Reed Hastings revealed the move on an earnings call after the streaming giant disclosed it lost 200,000 subscribers during its most recent quarter.
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix Is Considering Launching Lower-Cost, Ad-Supported Streaming Plans, Reed Hastings Says
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Netflix Will Add Advertising In “Next Year Or Two”; Co-CEO Reed Hastings Finally Concedes “Consumer Choice” Prompting Cheaper Plan
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Netflix to introduce ad-supported plan
Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix is exploring lower-priced, ad-supported plans after years of resisting
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Netflix Adding Ad-Supported Option in ‘Year or Two’ According to CEO
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire: Netflix CEO Signals Support for Lower-Cost, Ad-Supported Plans
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix estimates that its users are sharing passwords with 100M+ non-paying households globally, including 30M+ in the US and Canada, in violation of its rules — There's a whole lot of password-sharing going on across Netflix's customer base — and the streaming giant is eager to get money from the freeloading masses.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC: Netflix estimates 100 million households are sharing passwords and suggests a global crackdown is coming
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Netflix Signals Password-Sharing Crackdown; 45% of Users Share Accounts
Travis Clark / Insider: Netflix says password sharing is hurting growth as it loses subscribers for the first time in a decade
Brian Welk / The Wrap: Netflix Hints at Password Sharing Crackdown, Says 100 Million Households Stream Free
@wisdom_98: They need to give better service and try to keep their current customers. Focused on the wrong thing https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Thomas / @laurenthomas: One has to wonder if/when Peloton will navigate a similar phenomenon. For Peloton, subscription prices are going up — but does the company try tiered options for single-member accounts vs. entire households??? https://twitter.com/...
Ajit Pai / @ajitpai: “@Netflix said it estimates more than 30 million U.S. and Canadian households are using a shared password to access its content. The company said more than 100 million additional households were likely using a shared password worldwide.” @cnbc @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Stephanie Horbaczewski / @iamsteph: So #netflix lost 200k subs for the first time in a decade (bc of Russia) + competition= to monetize existing users better. Adding share fees for accounts they could see $1.6b in revenue @xpangler https://variety.com/... via @variety
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery suspends all external marketing for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's CFO, replaced by Discovery's CFO for streaming and international — Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer …
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@axios, @dkiesow, Variety, The Streamable, @jayrosen_nyu, @justkelly_ok, TVNewser, New York Post, Protocol, The Week, @reesetheone1, Mediaite, @justinbaragona, @sopandeb, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @neoavatara, @samuelaadams, @loudmouthjulia, @sopandeb, The Desk, @owillis, @daveleeft, @parismarx, @krystalball, @edasante77, @nbashaw, @daviduberti, @ashkan, @rising, @chrismnovak and @ike_saul
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@axios: SCOOP: CNN+ looks doomed. Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime CFO as it weighs what to do with it moving forward. https://www.axios.com/...
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: CNN+ launched March 29. Pulling the plug now is a pure indictment of executives not the product itself or the staff who built and launched it. https://www.axios.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Days Seem Numbered for CNN+, but Could Its Shows Live On?
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Report: Warner Bros. Discovery Halts CNN+ Marketing; Is this the Beginning of the End for the Streamer?
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Wow. @sarafischer reports that CNN and its owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, are “misaligned” on the new streaming network CNN+, which is an enormous investment. CNN execs are frustrated that new leadership is moving quickly to dismantle CNN+, says Fischer. https://www.axios.com/...
Kelly Ellis / @justkelly_ok: Who exactly did they think was going to subscribe? Whomst among us looks at 24-hour news channels and says “you know what, I need even more of this” https://twitter.com/...
Mollie Cahillane / TVNewser: Report: CNN+ Suspends All External Marketing, Lays Off CNN CFO
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: CNN+ facing steep cost cuts as new management takes helm
Veronica Irwin / Protocol: Discovery and CNN executives are fighting, and it's killing CNN+
Brigid Kennedy / The Week: The CNN+ woes continue: Report
@reesetheone1: Somehow Dems and Joe Biden will be blamed for this as well. CNN has been the third wheel network since Fox took over on the right and MSNBC went lean forward under the Obama years. They don't have an identity. https://twitter.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: CNN Reportedly Suspends Marketing Spending for CNN+, Lays Off Chief Financial Officer
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “What to watch: Sources say a plan is being considered to replace Chris Cuomo's 9:00pm EST primetime slot with a live newscast, instead of personality-driven perspective programming.” https://www.axios.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: it's good that CNN was/is trying something new. you'd rather have that than legacy outlets just doing the same thing repeatedly. that it's not working isn't unique to CNN. it speaks to a larger, shrinking industry overall and ultimately, that's not good for journalism.
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Sunset the CNN+ app, divide some form of live news video to the CNN app (advertising), and docs to HBO Max (subscriber funded). But it's still not live news on the app, and the linear network without anchor/opinion driven segments become a tougher sell when there's no major news. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: CNN is a core resource when there's breaking news/major event. It's not a habit. Building habits around news is tough — see NYT building out games/cooking to help turn its entirety into a habit. Especially in the US. CNN is global, but US audiences love anchored opinion hours.
Pradheep J. Shanker / @neoavatara: Edsel. New Coke. CNN+. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: I for one cannot understand why the plan to have everyone spend hundreds of dollars on dozens of separate streaming services every month has not been more successful https://www.axios.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Directional change is aspirational. We all get it. But advertisers are notably skittish of hard news (CNN's Ukraine coverage + Applebees, for ex), ratings are down 70% in key demo since Cuomo, short term loss is potentially Fox's big gain, + how much loss can you afford to take? https://twitter.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: finding it weird how many media figures are celebrating this. jobs will be lost, and there are a lot of good journalists who work at CNN plus https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Discovery execs weigh merging CNN Plus with HBO Max
Oliver Willis / @owillis: nobody could have predicted this thing that had zero demand and was a vanity project for a bad head of network and his band of cult-like journalists/employees would not work out https://twitter.com/...
Dave Lee / @daveleeft: Depressingly predictable. CNN+ had no defined audience, no incentive to pay, no fresh thinking. Frustrating how these projects will be cited as proof that people won't pay for news, when really it's a case of execution. https://twitter.com/...
Paris Marx / @parismarx: you mean CNN's liberal audience wasn't drawn in by the prospect of watching Chris Wallace? https://twitter.com/...
Krystal Ball / @krystalball: Well that was fast lol https://twitter.com/...
@edasante77: Discovery's CEO doesn't mess around, it'll be lights out for CNN in general if it doesn't boost the bottom line. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: CNN+ is 21 days old That's like 1/10th of a Quibi! (shut down after 6 mo's) https://twitter.com/...
David Uberti / @daviduberti: *whispers* 150,000 subscribers so far doesn't seem bad! https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Is it just me or does the Discovery Warner Bros. post close vibe has a AOL/Time Warner and AT&T/Warner Media feel to it already? https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Scott Rising / @rising: maybe people decided 24-hours of news was enough and they didn't need a + https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at the woman behind Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account that reposts video with incendiary framing that is shaping LGBTQ+ coverage in right-wing media — A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse
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@libsoftiktok: Hi @TaylorLorenz! Which of my relatives did you enjoy harassing the most at their homes yesterday? https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: De-anonymizing somebody online in a major outlet is a form of doxxing, period. Even if done with public records. Even if done to somebody you dislike. That doesn't mean it's not justified by circumstances, but let's not mince words when justifying it.
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: all the info in the Libs of TikTok piece was already publicly available online. but Taylor had one thing that no one else had which made the report possible...Glenn Greenwald accidentally confirming their identity lol https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@christinapushaw: The Bezos Post's internet hall monitor is so excited to “expose” @libsoftiktok. Here is my comment: 🤡 https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: right wingers have no idea what Taylor Lorenz published. they're just making things up based on the outrage. no home addresses or phone numbers were shared by any reporter. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: Meet the Queens woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine (with help from Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald). She promoted January 6 and pretended to be at the Capitol that day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Edison Hayden / @michaelehayden: Let the record show that the Pizzagate Boys are total cowards who apparently cry at the sound of their own doorbells https://twitter.com/...
Robby Soave / @robbysoave: @TaylorLorenz I ask this in genuine good faith: How do you square this sort of reporting with your stated position that doxxing is never okay? It seems you are likely to direct no small amount of harassment toward this woman as a result of exposing her.
J.D. Vance / @jdvance1: Bezos's mouthpiece (the Washington Post) doxxing Libs of Tik Tok is further evidence that the purpose of the corporate media is industrial scale harassment. Time for defamation reform for the media, and to break up their Big Tech enablers.
David Klion / @davidklion: If every Twitter account with more than 10,000 followers (which is to say, a tiny minority of accounts) had to disclose its identity as a matter of company policy, what would be bad about that? What public interest is served by enabling high-visibility anonymous accounts?
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This is a stupid viral lie being spread by Taylor. She announced she intended to publish @libsoftiktok's name. After, @libsoftiktok provided proof Taylor went to her relatives' houses and asked me to report it to deter Taylor from stalking more people. https://twitter.com/...
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: She went door knocking and ... he just ... tweeted it out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: It's wild how quickly this account took over my feed, but the story really gets at why — there's an endless demand for main characters on the right when culture wars are ascendant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: Oh see this right here changes the game entirely. Libs of TikTok lost any possible claim to being just a private citizen when they trademarked their account as a “news reporter service.” Taylor Lorenz was right to write this, and I'm glad she did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@junlper: libsoftiktok all of a sudden is not the biggest fan of free speech or expression,,, https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Siegel / The Scroll: What Happened Today: April 19, 2022
Conor Friedersdorf / @conor64: If you think the anonymity question w/r/t Libs of TikTok is uncomplicated—that the name itself is *obviously* newsworthy—would you feel the same about a large follower, influential account that posted mocking videos of cops, some misbehaving, some out-of-context unfair gotchas?
Eric Owens / @ericowensdc: @conor64 Yes. It's obviously newsworthy. If you wish to be anonymous, protect your anonymity. Do not give interviews to Fox News and The Daily Caller, for example. There is no right to anonymity.
Kat Bouza / Rolling Stone: Taylor Lorenz Wrote About Libs of TikTok — and Conservatives Won't Shut Up About It
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Look how the WashPost and other liberal corporate outlets doles out or denies the “journalist” label all based on whether they like the political outcome of one's reporting or whether you're supporting or subverting the liberal orthodoxy of the moment: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: I'd be happy to compare journalistic accomplishments with the editors and employees of WPost who keep concocting titles for me other than “journalist” to see who merits the term. Being called an “online influencer” by Taylor is like being called a war criminal by David Frum. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Taylor purposely wrote the article to imply the confirmation came from me. She had already announced to multiple people she knew the name and would publish it. The WP tried to pretend I provided the confirmation because they're lying gossips who lie routinely about their enemies.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: I really want to see the parallel world in which people visit Taylor's house and the homes and workplaces of her relatives to dig up dirt on her. I have a strong feeling the people defending Taylor doing this to private citizens won't be similarly supportive if it's done to her.
@eoinhiggins_: One of the funnier parts of this absolutely unhinged meltdown is that Glenn called himself the “godfather” of the homophobic account in question and is now whimpering over being used as confirmation for a key point in the story. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Wilson / Nothing but the Truth: Peak Mainstream Media
Becket Adams / @becketadams: “fueling the right's outrage machine” is such a hilariously telling way to describe an account that simply reposts left-wing social media content. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Taylor Lorenz is about to “expose” the private citizen behind some anonymous account on Twitter, and when people criticize her for it, she and her friends will claim Taylor is the Real Victim™ and anyone criticizing this type of “journalism” will be guilty of causing her trauma. https://twitter.com/...
Bonnie Kristian / The Week: Out with Alex Jones-style conspiracy theorizing. In with Libs of TikTok.
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Showing up at people's homes is standard journalism that more reporters should do. like half of “all the president's men” is Woodstein showing up at people's homes. https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Gonna be a lot of people online today talking about the privacy rights of a twitter account that specializes in generating social media pile ons and getting people fired
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: 8/ particularly well understood or covered. Bravo to @washingtonpost and @TaylorLorenz for doing it so well. Once again @FoxNews and a small number of players are all clustered together at the sight of a spreading cultural metastasis. No surprise at all.
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Say there are two women with the same, very specific name. They live in the same exact neighborhood. One is a TikTok influencer. Nice family, cute kids, loves a good handbag. One runs an anti-LGBT TikTok aggregator. She's a regular on Tucker Carlson—but never shows her face.
@christinapushaw: Taylor Lorenz was just crying on MSNBC about her experience with “online violence” but she has no problem using Bezos money to stalk a private citizen's relatives by showing up at their HOMES. Because she's mad that @libsoftiktok reposted videos of degenerate predators.
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: “Libs of TikTok” unmasked in Washington Post exposé
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: @BGrueskin @emilybell I agree! My point is just that it used to be easier to define — are you an elected official, do you run a public company. Now the terms are a lot more fluid: how many Twitter followers do you have, and were you quoted by Glenn Greenwald, etc. A lot more room for debate
@the_moviebob: Counterpoint: If this is about the “LIBS OF TIKTOK” creature? No it's not. You can't bully a bully or inflict cruelty on the cruel. Bad things happen to bad people. Make bigots afraid to speak their hate again. Make their kids ashamed people will find out what their parents are https://twitter.com/...
Chris Boutté / The Rewired Soul: The Real Problem with Libs of TikTok
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Rather than debate “doxxing” I hope people can read this story and see the striking escalation of attacks against gay and trans people, and the crucial role this account has played in the right wing media ecosystem https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jane / @janeost_: i'm just a smol bean hate peddler backed by republican operatives doing my best to get vulnerable people killed, why are you not respecting my privacy
@libsoftiktok: I doxxed a private citizen and her extended family and people are being mean to me online https://twitter.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Taylor Lorenz Sparks Furious Uproar For Exposing Brooklyn Realtor as Creator of ‘Libs of TikTok’ Account
Dr. Timeline, PhD / @garbageape: Libs of TikTok Anonymity: Good, protecting the weak and righteous. GarbageApe Anonymity: Evil, the powerful escaping justice. https://twitter.com/...
@pwnallthethings: The result of a policy like this would be that it is impossible for many people to express public views about matters unrelated to their employer without clearing it with their respective employer's PR team (which for many would mean closing the account). https://twitter.com/...
Rocco / @rocco_castoro: Chuds complaining @TaylorLorenz's reporting on @libsoftiktok 's Chaya Raichik doxxes a “private person” won't be stoked on this FL corporate filing for Libs of Tik Tok LLC. Especially if the Seth Dillon listed as its manager is @TheBabylonBee CEO @SethDillon. https://twitter.com/...
@hasanthehun: this woman is quite literally cutting propaganda for the republican party by blasting random queer teachers on the tl and trying to get them fired. unmasking her is journalism. making it seem like this is just some random twitter acc is odd. https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Taylor Lorenz slammed as ‘hypocrite’ for ‘doxxing’ ‘Libs of TikTok’ creator
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: In conclusion, people should check out this very good piece of reporting and journalism about this very scenario. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: One of the leading anti-LGBTQ influencers online publicly claims to be an insurrectionist and at the Capitol on Jan 6th https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Will Chamberlain / @willchamberlain: It's not just @TaylorLorenz who is responsible for doxxing @libsoftiktok Taylor has an editor, Christina Passariello (@cpassariello) who absolutely should explain herself https://twitter.com/...
Kathryn Tewson / @kathryntewson: In the most chef kiss moment of all of this, it turns out the person who doxed LOTT most thoroughly is Greenwald himself: https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I don't think doxxing is a particularly helpful word. Just say what you mean: If you think an account should be able to anonymously smear gay people to millions on TikTok, or that the founders of a multibillion dollar company should be allowed to be cartoon apes, just say so.
Andy Swan / @andyswan: The right gets mad when you lie about them. The left gets mad when you tell the truth about them. https://twitter.com/...
@junlper: the libsoftiktok account owner is a real estate salesperson and used to run a twitter account that pretended to be a plant in joe bidens white house lol
Alex Goldman / @agoldmund: Reporting the name of someone who already has a public profile and also uses a twitter account to sic hordes of trolls on other people is not doxing. It's reporting. It's like the most basic building block of reporting.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Fucking unbelievable: @TaylorLorenz, after sobbing on national TV 2 weeks ago, claiming she's the victim of “harassment,” showed up at the house of the relatives of the citizen behind @libsoftiktok and badgered them, according to @libsoftiktok. The bullies claim to be bullied.
@eigenrobot: taylor lorenz desecrates our space less for pay than as a means of demonstrating power. power to destroy our friends; power to destroy our beloved enemies; power to destroy our independence, our communities, our freedoms but her world is dying
Madeline Osburn / The Federalist: WaPo Peddles Anti-Semitic Trope In Doxxing Attack On ‘Libs Of TikTok’
@kt_so_it_goes: my opinion here is predictable: if you want to be anonymous you'd better be good at actually being anonymous (she was horrible at it) and you'd better not build your brand on cruelty to ordinary people with no power (she did), or you're toast
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Taylor Lorenz wrote this two fucking weeks ago!!! Do you not see how corporate journalists have created a framework where they can do *anything* to anyone they want and nobody can do anything to them, including criticize them (because it generates “harassment")?? https://twitter.com/...
Amber Athey / @amber_athey: I've reached out to @washingtonpost to ask if they can confirm that @taylorlorenz went to the homes of family members of @libsoftiktok. Here are the SPJ's ethical guidelines on minimizing harm. https://twitter.com/...
@dklmarxist: Half of libs of TikTok account is trying to get a they/them teacher fired for wearing a button with a trans flag, not really in a place to complain about doxxing.
Philip Bump / @pbump: Read about the rise of a go-to right-wing Twitter account that followed a now-familiar path to the fringe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: Nice piece here tracing how the far right “Libs of Tik Tok” account is pushing anti-gay hate speech and conspiracy theories into the conservative mainstream https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Avi Yemini / @ozraeliavi: This was Taylor Lorenz a couple of weeks ago. She was crying victim of “harassment”. Today she tracked down and harassed family members of the @libsoftiktok account for an article she's working on. It turns out Taylor's the perpetrator, not victim. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: This is tendentious bullshit. The reason doxxing was coined as a term is that it is a combination of the release of identifying, often private information and the intent to incite abuse and harassment. Reporting on a powerful, anonymous political figure is hardly doxxing. https://twitter.com/...
Mark / @kept_simple: it's getting to the point that you can't even incite a pogrom against queer teachers without someone revealing the name that appears in public documents related to the licensing of your personal brand
Broccoli Rob / @turnip_tops: the fact that this person was “doxxed” by 1) their domain registration, 2) an LLC filing by those Babylon Bee idiots and 3) Glenn Greenwald's tweets is just too perfect https://twitter.com/...
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: Guys, we have to stop billionaires like Elon Musk from taking over companies like Twitter because they won't operate those companies like Jeff Bezos does WaPo, which unleashes Taylor Lorenz on the families of anonymous Twitter accounts.
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Surprised to find Twitter arguing about newsworthiness of uncovering identity of someone hiding behind anonymity to spread misinfo and hate. The prominence of their posts makes them now a public figure, and knowing identity/history provides context for understanding their posts.
@libsoftiktok: Words cannot express how appreciative I am of the support I'm receiving right now. Thankfully I'm currently holed up in a safe location. I'm confident we will get through this and come out even stronger. Grateful for all the thoughts and prayers ❤️
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: This 👇 story below is essential reading. Understanding the Right Wing Smear Machine and the malice that drives it is essential. Apparently, the use of good old fashioned shoe leather journalism in pursuit of facts has given great offense to @ggreenwald, one of Putins https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: .@LibsofTikTok has become a powerful cross-platform social media influencer, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and fueling the right wing media's outrage machine. I wrote abt the account, the woman behind it, and why it matters 🧵https://www.washingtonpost.com / ...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: A journalist is writing a piece about an anonymous twitter account. There is going to be a big backlash about it. But the same twitter account gives interviews to Tucker & NY Post, and pushed the “teachers are groomers” narrative that conservatives are using to reshape public ed. https://twitter.com/...
Lincoln Michel / @thelincoln: So if I understand today's right wing talking points, running an account that tries to get teachers fired for their speech is not cancel culture but any reporting on the account that tries to cancel people is cancel culture. Got it.
Mark / @kept_simple: I think at this point many people's brains probably are poisoned enough to think that journalism is about posting takes and that actually looking into something is a form of harassment https://twitter.com/...
@eoinhiggins_: Well reported feature here, you can see why the right is shriek-crying about it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: “It was in the public record.” I have been threatened by extremist groups using public records. I have friends who have been swatted using public records. The act of taking somebody's public information and pointing to it in a charged context is the doxxing.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Anyway, folks in the media with a strong understanding of why amplification of harmful speech on social media platforms is different than the existence of that speech in the first place really should be a bit less hypocritical here if they are looking to maintain trust.
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: A few questions for Greenwald: what's the name of twitter account? How many followers does it have? Does it have a political impact? How would you characterize its politics? Does the account foment animosity towards a minority group? What's your relationship with that account? https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: Serious people on here are arguing that a reporting out the networks and people behind a massive disinformation and propaganda complex is equivalent to “doxxing”. Journalism ethics people and digital security people need to talk to each other more.
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: If you do A, you're reporting. And you're saving the other Chaya Raichik from being associated with an anti-LGBT hate account. If you do B, you're not reporting. You're guessing. And you're absconding from the hard part of being a reporter.
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: A reporter has figured out that this is solvable: The domain records for the anti-gay TikTok business absolve the other influencer in the same neighborhood. It appears they're two different people. But the reporter still has to confirm this.
@sturgeons_law: LibsofTikTok makes $ publicizing the behavior of random citizens & directing mass scrutiny to them. It's also a regular source for the biggest news network & for policymakers. Its activity & function aren't easily distinguished from what its partisans say about Lorenz. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Tower Hurd / Seth Tower Hurd's The Five: WaPo Doxxes Twitter User, NY Times Attemps to Report on Airline Mask Joke as News, CNN Accused of Inciting Protestors to Riot (The Five for 04/19/22)
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: just want to point out that this tweet that Libs of TikTok just posted herself has more identifying information than anything Taylor Lorenz published https://twitter.com/...
Kristofer Goldsmith / @krisgoldsmith85: Chaya Raichik quit her job in real estate to run the targeted harassment account “Libs of TikTok” full time. There posts viral manipulated content, accusing teachers of being “groomers” and pedophiles. Now the rightwing disinfo hate machine are casting her as the “real” victim. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This is ultimately a story about how online influence warps our political discourse and shapes policy, as well as the right wing media's symbiotic relationship w/ a massive political influencer. Read my whole thread below👇🏻 @mattyglesias https://twitter.com/...
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Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Libs of TikTok has become a powerful force online, shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation & influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage. I wrote abt the account, the woman behind it, and why it matters https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Arthur Chu / @arthur_affect: The whole POINT of Libs of TikTok is to put a giant spotlight on random people and get them inundated with threats and harassment until they quit their jobs https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: I can see why some people would pick B. It's easier. It makes a vicious Substack. And you don't have to leave the house. But A is what reporters do — and have done for centuries. It's what the truth is. When it comes to hate accounts with big money allies, the truth matters.
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: The reporter calls the number associated with the anti-gay TikTok business. Quick hang-up. Okay. What's the next step for a reporter? Is it: A) See if you can confirm it in person. B) Guess and hope you're right.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Taylor Lorenz is an interesting journalist/media figure, and I've definitely contributed to this, but I'm not sure what we're getting out of having a media news cycle about her every week.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Evergreen reminder - as everyone On Here is talking about a specific polarizing story - to read it for yourself before devouring everyone's takes https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andrew Perez / @andrewperezdc: This story is largely based around someone registering a website with their name and phone number. How is anyone melting down over that lol https://twitter.com/...
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: 7/ why it is an important story, no matter how angry the extremists get. The viciousness of social media harassment and the use of propaganda to attack, dehumanize, stigmatize and neutralize political opposition is a profoundly important feature of our politics that is not
James Cridland / Podnews:
Spotify notifies applicants it is shutting down its live audio creator fund, launched in June 2021; it is not clear whether anyone was paid through it — In June 2021, Spotify announced the Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund for US creators to “support and reward creators for the communities …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon, Disney, Reliance, Sony, and others are vying for rights to the Indian Premier League cricket fixtures, expected to be worth $5B+ — Amazon.com Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. are among those that have signaled an intention …
Discussion:
Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth: interesting. - Dream11 has purchased bid documents for IPL media rights. going big on fancode would be a safe guess - others include (now) usual suspects Amazon, Sony, Zee & Disney/Star - reliance is most curious (with the recent launch of Sports18) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at Redacción Regional, a collective of Central American newsrooms covering the rise of authoritarianism, corruption, and militarism in the region — In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele hijacked the political party, Nuevas Ideas, which was formed by members of the Salvadoran diaspora to help him get elected.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Rolling Stone CEO Gus Wenner says 2021 was the company's most profitable year in two decades, as it focuses on live events and covering online creators — Rolling Stone will debut its inaugural “Creators” issue Tuesday, featuring the first in-depth profile of YouTube star MrBeast.
Discussion:
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: Heh... I mean, that mostly just illustrate how out of date this magazine is. Not just that it took this long, but also that they then chose to feature MrBeast of all people. https://twitter.com/...
LSM:
Q&A with the editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe, based partially in Latvia, as the Russian newspaper launches a European edition to dodge Russian censorship — One of the last independent publishers which suspended its activities in Russia was the influential newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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