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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Washington Post fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has recently been extraordinarily critical of her colleagues and the newspaper's leadership — New York CNN Business — The Washington Post on Thursday fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who has been extraordinarily critical …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times: Felicia Sonmez Is Fired by The Washington Post
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Of course the Washington Post is a great workplace. It is a great workplace *for them.* The system is working *for them.* What about for everyone else? The General Assignment team? The Morning Mix team? The newsletter researchers? 11/ https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez following days of tweetstorms attacking paper, colleagues
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost: The Washington Post Fires Reporter Who Criticized Paper's Leadership
Todd Spangler / Variety: Washington Post Fires Reporter Felicia Sonmez After She Publicly Criticized Leadership, Colleagues (Report)
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: News: The Washington Post has terminated reporter Felicia Sonmez, according to a source close to the situation. It happened this afternoon. Post PR is declining to comment, citing privacy issues. Story coming.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Looking at the reaction to this story, and the people who constantly yell about “cancel culture” are really twisting themselves in knots to explain why this is actually fine. 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Margot Cleveland / @profmjcleveland: I predict Title VII retaliation complaint filed with EEOC in short order. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Best / @cjgbest: System not working for you? Why not start a Substack @feliciasonmez https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Someone is leaking Felicia Sonmez's Washpost termination letter. (The NYT says she declined to comment.) https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: Did WaPo run the phrase “baseless derision directed to our policies and practices” by a labor law expert before including it in this message telling Felicia Sonmez its justification for firing her? https://twitter.com/...
Jimmy Dore / @jimmy_dore: Finally. This woman is so toxic she got me to defend @daveweigel ffs. https://twitter.com/...
@hasanthehun: wild that all this happened because of a relatively tame boomer joke being retweeted for like 30 mins before apologies were made and it was subsequently unretweeted. https://twitter.com/...
@exilegrimm: lol THOROUGHLY loving that a controversy started by the post dropping the hammer too hard on Weigel has now resulted in the post dropping the hammer too hard on the person that started it, just completely full circle. Shit being run like Stalingrad in the late stages. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Updated story here on Felicia Sonmez's firing from @washingtonpost, including that she was fired today over email (below) https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: Reminds me of my own firing. Once I called out rape culture and racism at the company, they had a target on my back. Finally fired me months later bc reporting my abuser was “bullying” him 💀 https://twitter.com/...
Amy Diehl, Ph.D. / @amydiehl: Women: be “collegial.” In other words, shut up and stay silent no matter what. https://twitter.com/...
@weareyourfek: The Washington Post Guild issuing a statement saying that they don't comment on individual personnel issues re Sonmez — after issuing scathing critiques of the Post's initial suspension of her ( https://www.mediagazer.com/...) — says....quite a bit! https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: New: Statement from the Washington Post Guild on termination of reporter Felicia Sonmez https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Boylan / @lindseyboylan: Workplace collegiality. Going to be thinking about this wording for some time in the context of this moment and this paper. At least folks can go back to brunch at @washingtonpost now that the woman is fired. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Masket / @smotus: The Post has really covered itself with whatever the opposite of glory is on this one. https://www.cnn.com/...
Max Tani / Politico: Felicia Sonmez fired by The Washington Post
Tom Jones / Poynter: Washington Post fires reporter Felicia Sonmez
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: To those bizarrely attacking me for speaking out, or snidely saying things like “Day 7” — of course I'm still speaking out. This is about systemic issues that run far deeper than a single tweet by any employee. Pushing for change takes far longer than 7 days. 15/
J.R. Holmsted / @jholmsted: She points her finger at everyone else, but it is clear she is toxic. An employer should be able to deal with this swiftly, but they tied their own hands giving into irrational tantrums long ago. Look for her to file another lawsuit(s!) before this is all over. https://twitter.com/...
Isaiah L. Carter / @isaiahlcarter: GOOD. Get the fuck out. Pack your shit. This is EXACTLY what emotional terrorism in the workplace SHOULD get you, EVERY SINGLE TIME. https://www.cnn.com/...
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: Bi, Felicia
Moira Donegan / @moiradonegan: The Post has fired a reporter in retaliation for speaking out against sexism. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Felicia Sonmez's letter of termination from the Washington Post cited “insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post's standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Erick Erickson / @ewerickson: It's what she wanted. Well, that and a settlement. https://twitter.com/...
@realchrisrufo: Sonmez is a Harvard grad who, despite pedigree and expectation, failed to become a “star.” So she adopted woke psychodrama as a career strategy, ruining a colleague with a dubious MeToo allegation, filing a baseless lawsuit against her employer, and casting blame at “white men.”
Aaron Huertas / @aaronhuertas: The Post is firing a journalist for speaking out against sexism, including the ways social media policies are unfairly enforced. Extremely chilling. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Watson / @tomwatson: Wow, the mob and newsroom star system won. Not healthy at all. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: How collegial. https://twitter.com/...
Alison Turkos / @alisonturkos: I love @feliciasonmez. I believe her. I trust her. She is one of the best sources for news and reporting. This retaliation is bullshit and the layers are deeper than just the last few days. Felicia, you're not alone in this fight. https://twitter.com/...
@numbersmuncher: It's almost as if she was doing everything she could to make this happen. If you think the last few weeks have been fun for the Washington Post, just wait until the lawsuit hits. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Borden / @jeremy_borden: Dang. Despite what people would think, news orgs don't exactly encourage “debate” about much of anything in my experience. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Barnett / @jenzerb: Motherfuckers https://twitter.com/...
Ty Schalter / @tyschalter: I was just thinking there hadn't been enough debilitatingly stupid and toxic discourse #onhere lately https://twitter.com/...
Beverly Hallberg / @beverlyhallberg: If it is against company policy to criticize colleagues and the company publicly (which is the right policy) then WaPo had to make this call. https://twitter.com/...
@katewillett: Dumb to suspend someone over a retweet, dumber to fire someone over expressing an opinion about that retweet. Neither of these things are free speech issues or both are, and it's notable who got the harsher punishment https://twitter.com/...
Pradheep J. Shanker / @neoavatara: Should've done it days ago. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: Institutions always get rid of people who reveal institutional failings. The messenger is always to blame. https://twitter.com/...
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Marty Baron's failure to enact a new social media policy is presenting a major test for Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on her one-year anniversary in the top job
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@oliverdarcy, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Poynter, New York Post, Puck, @timcast, @feliciasonmez, @kt_so_it_goes, @karol, @maxnordau, @chsommers, @richard_harambe, @chloeangyal, @popehat, @juliareinstein, @ejdickson, @feliciasonmez, @hsforeman, @hsforeman, @hsforeman, @hsforeman, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @hsforeman, @hsforeman, @hsforeman, @genepark, @wajahatali, @jeongpark52, @walterolson, Media Nation, @jaxelburgh, bookforum.com, @eggerdc, @matthewstoller, @heminator, @sivavaid, @jaxelburgh, @venkatananth, @adityakalra, @bydavidgardner, @wesleylowery, @bernybelvedere, @chrishartline, @niemanlab, Washington Post, @ericnewcomer, Very Serious, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @blackamazon, @charlottetklein, @mlcalderone, @stevemullis, Gawker, The Daily Beast, @ashleyrparker, @sophanho, @postroz, @amyegardner, @danbalz, Digressions and Dysfluencies, @carolleonnig and Fox News
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Per another source at WaPo: Reporters are getting even more frustrated with the infighting because now when they call sources, the sources want to talk at length about all the drama unfolding inside their newsroom.
Mediaite: Kimmel Scores a Big Interview, Bad Buzz for Buzbee, and a Big Charge | Winners & Losers in Today's Green Room
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Washington Post ‘clusterf-k’: Staffers fume at reporter Felicia Sonmez for ‘pouring gas on the fire’
Dylan Byers / Puck: The Washington Post's Twitter Fragility
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: I stand by what I wrote in that email. In 2018, I was punished after I told my editors I needed to take a walk around the block after reading a difficult story. Other colleagues have been punished for their trauma far more recently, but their stories aren't mine to tell. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Karol Markowicz / @karol: Don't everyone “bye, Felicia” at once. https://twitter.com/...
Max / @maxnordau: Outrageous. I hope this doesn't stop Felicia Sonmez from tweeting. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: Today we have a 16-part thread in which she attacks colleagues & characterizes @washingtonpost as a sexist,trauma-inducing hell-scape. Sexist? Dave Weigel lost a month's salary for one dumb (albeit funny) retweet. Felicia has infinite license to embarrass, bully, shame &harass. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Richard Harambe / @richard_harambe: Dave Weigel retweets a misogynistic joke and Felicia Sonmez loses her job, it's good to be a man https://twitter.com/...
Chloe Angyal / @chloeangyal: To speak and to KEEP SPEAKING. To keep reminding you that no, the system isn't fixed yet. https://twitter.com/...
@popehat: What is the progressive version of going on Tucker to announce your next venture and launching a SubStack https://twitter.com/...
@juliareinstein: maybe I'm missing something, but it feels like people are willfully misconstruing this? it seems pretty clear to me she was calling out management for giving lip service to the concept of caring about reporters' mental health, rather than actually consistently prioritizing it https://twitter.com/...
Ej Dickson / @ejdickson: This backlash against @feliciasonmez smacks of annoyance that a woman would have the gall to speak up about systemic cultural issues. Her tweets aren't about one dude or one bad joke. They're about newsroom policies being unfairly or inconsistently applied.https://www.vanityfair.com/ ...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: @hsforeman ... Thank you so much, Holden. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: @Reinlwapo @feliciasonmez I scrolled through the likes on this tweet seemingly telling Felicia to stop fighting online abuse, and nearly all the verified accounts who have liked the tweet are men. All four of the @washingtonpost journalists who have liked the tweet are men. Is that not interesting to you?
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: Regarding the current situation, I'm upset that there is this framing of infighting at The Post instead of a broader discussion about the inequities journalists experience on social media and how The Post and other newsrooms can work to change that. I stand by everything I wrote.
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: I work on live elections coverage at The Post as a software engineer. I am not a member of the newsroom, and I have not received any of the communication about social media policies over the past few days. I care about my workplace and issues facing people in journalism broadly. https://twitter.com/...
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: I wish for focus in the media to be redirected from sensationalism about “infighting” to the core issues at hand. Felicia was speaking out against sexism. Others are speaking out against racism, homophobia and transphobia. Twitter is not real life, but support on Twitter matters.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: After the memo yesterday from the Post's top editor warning staff not to publicly denounce one another, this first-year Post reporter promptly ignored that and publicly condemned the Post while defending Felicia. This Allyship is what we need more of: https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This same first-year Post reporter also scrolled through all 4,000 people who “liked” the tweet of Post reporter Lisa Rein, asking Felicia to “please stop,” and announced his tally. He kept track of the gender of all Post reporters guilty of this offense. Big future ahead of him! https://twitter.com/...
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: The Washington Post Guild released a report about pay, diversity and retention at The Post on April 13. If you have not read it yet, please do. People are working incredibly hard to improve The Post. A lot of work is not in the news or on social media. https://postguild.org/...
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: And as I learn about the issues facing journalists at The Post and elsewhere online, including racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic abuse, I do not want to be a bystander to it. I strongly support The Post's mission, and I want colleagues to feel supported in their work.
Holden Saige Foreman / @hsforeman: As an engineer, I see this work from my colleagues in the newsroom, along with stories from people at other newsrooms, and I am in awe of journalists for the progress they are making and the new heights journalism is reaching, even as journalists face increasing online vitriol.
Gene Park / @genepark: me to anyone who doesn't know about media twitter https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: This is what happens when mainstream institutions keep caving to bad faith right wing trolls. They never learn. https://twitter.com/...
Jeong Park / @jeongpark52: Good god I've laughed manically for a few minutes over this tweet https://twitter.com/...
Walter Olson / @walterolson: This is on the way to becoming a case study to be taught in management schools. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: A good overview of the mess at The Washington Post
Joshua Axelrod / @jaxelburgh: In all seriousness, this happens to me ALL the time, and honestly, I don't mind it! I love when sources care enough to make sure such a valuable community resource is functioning properly. If we can handle it, so can WaPo reporters
bookforum.com: Sloane Crosley talks about her new book with Lauren Oyler; the turmoil at the Washington Post
Andrew Egger / @eggerdc: This happens to me all the time https://twitter.com/...
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: This gloriously petty fight at the Washington Post and Elon Musk's dumpster fire Twitter non-acquisition are really discrediting the idea that elites are competent enough to execute conspiracy theories. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Hemingway / @heminator: Oh Schadenfreude, you capricious sprite! https://twitter.com/...
Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: I'm no expert, but maybe if they all would stop being so sexist this would not be a problem. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Axelrod / @jaxelburgh: Can't imagine why a source would want to talk about newsroom drama, especially in my newsroom that has never made national news for anything insanely dramatic. Nope, can't relate at all 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth: man, wtf is going on at the Washington Post? proper clusterf—k, as the headline says https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra: “Please Stop” The Post's social media policy is “so intermittently enforced, or not at all, that it leaves it to the most extreme characters to end up getting us into these kinds of situations.” Inside The Washington Post's Social Media Meltdown https://www.vanityfair.com/...
David Gardner / @bydavidgardner: It's pretty clear at this point that Twitter has been good for only a small percentage of journalists and mostly bad for journalism https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: you know, my dear friends and colleagues, one way to lessen all of drama spilling out in public would be for you to stop talking to media reporters /knifing your own colleagues anonymously https://twitter.com/...
Berny Belvedere / @bernybelvedere: “Yeah, yeah, the nuclear reactor was about to explode but then a last minute intervention saved us all. I already confirmed this. Can we go back to discussing the absolute SHADE that I heard Ted was showing Felicia as she got her LaCroix from the lounge this morning???” https://twitter.com/...
Chris Hartline / @chrishartline: As a source that has been called by WaPo reporters, I can confirm this. https://twitter.com/...
@niemanlab: The social media meltdown puts a spotlight on executive editor Sally Buzbee, who celebrated her one-year anniversary last week. Her predecessor took issue with how journalists used Twitter, but failed to enact a new social media policy. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Post editor Buzbee warns staff on Twitter strife: ‘Be constructive and collegial’
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: wapo should just ban tweets for a month
Josh Barro / Very Serious: Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Here is the full email, FWIW. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Per source at WaPo, this email in late-May (far before the recent incident with Weigel) was the moment that Sonmez lost support among many of her colleagues at the paper. https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: Glass cliff compounded with institutional discrimination .. sucks https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / @charlottetklein: My look into this week's social media meltdown at the Washington Post: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Great @charlottetklein dive into the Washington Post social media drama https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Steve Mullis / @stevemullis: I have so much respect for @feliciasonmez open criticism of her workplace. News organizations cannot get better and grow and evolve in the current social media environment without taking a hard look at antiquated policies that don't fit the world we live and communicate in. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Welp, Even ‘The View’ Now Has a Take on The Washington Post's Drama
Ashley Parker / @ashleyrparker: The Post is not perfect. No institution is. But I'm proud to work here. I love coming to work (almost) every single day, and knowing that my colleagues are collegial, collaborative and fun humans — not to mention talented journalists — who are always striving to do better. https://twitter.com/...
Sophie Ho / @sophanho: @feliciasonmez thinking about how when I briefly worked in National, how you were one of the people who stood out to me as relentlessly kind, approachable and yes, collegial Anyways it is so disappointing to see these organized messages to you. But not surprising Giving you a big virtual hug
Rosalind Helderman / @postroz: The Post is a place that is always striving to be better than it was yesterday. But it's a collaborative institution with good people who work hard to do important journalism together. And I'm proud to work here. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Gardner / @amyegardner: The Washington Post newsroom is filled with collegial, collaborative and respectful journalists who do critically important work every day. I'm immensely proud to work here. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Balz / @danbalz: Collegiality and collaboration long have been hallmarks of The Post's culture. It is filled with good and talented people who take their work seriously and who also enjoy each other's company. We make mistakes and try to learn from them. I've felt proud and lucky to be here. https://twitter.com/...
Charles Repine / Digressions and Dysfluencies: Mean Drunks and Hair Triggers
Carol Leonnig / @carolleonnig: I have been deeply troubled watching my coworkers being attacked in public lately. None of us are perfect. Thanks to @SallyBuzbee for reemphasizing she won't tolerate coworkers attacking their own. The hallmark of @washingtonpost has been its collegiality. I'm proud to work here. https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: some US outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta could stop paying for news; annual fees averaged $15M+ for WaPo, $20M+ for NYT, and $10M+ for WSJ — Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
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@s_m_i, @dkiesow, @scottbrodbeck, @pressgazette, @mattnavarra, @wturvill, @froomkin, @froomkin, @jason_kint, @robpegoraro, @charliebeckett and @dkiesow
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@s_m_i: i legit checked to see if this story wasn't an accidental republish from several years ago because https://twitter.com/...
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: @s_m_i Same.
Scott Brodbeck / @scottbrodbeck: Yeah well I got a Facebook notepad and pen after attending a “publisher” event (that mostly taught us how to place ads on Facebook) https://twitter.com/...
@pressgazette: Following our coverage in May (https://pressgazette.co.uk/ ...), the Wall Street Journal today reports that Facebook is rethinking its licensing deals with publishers. The WSJ reports that America's largest titles stand to lose $10m+ a year https://www.wsj.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: “Facebook is looking to shift its investments away from news and toward products that attract creators such as short-form video producers to compete with TikTok” https://www.wsj.com/...
William Turvill / @wturvill: The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that news publishers are preparing to lose millions of dollars of licensing revenue as Facebook reconsiders the value of news. WSJ reports that the NYT currently gets $20m+ a year, WaPo $15m+ and itself $10m+ https://www.wsj.com/...
@froomkin: They wouldn't say, back when the money was pouring in: https://washingtonmonthly.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: NOW they tell us how much they charged for their souls. Now that Facebook realizes it was a shit deal. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Read. My. Lips. It's a negotiation. The $ was thrown around to major news brands at a time when Facebook was desperate for goodwill. And they are in an even worse place now but seeing who blinks. Solid report, worth the time. https://www.wsj.com/...
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: Who could have possibly foreseen this shocking plot twist, aside from maybe [checks notes] any sane observer of the news business? https://www.wsj.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / Disjointed:
A Substack co-founder reflects on keeping the promises of free tools and writers' ownership of their content and mailing lists, even if it means they leave — Reflections on a relationship with a writer who loved and then fell out of love with Substack — In the summer of 2018 …
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Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: It is very weird to be a writer-founder and in the middle of so many storms around Substack. I wrote a reflection on that experience, based on a relationship with a writer who ultimately left the platform. https://hamish.substack.com/ ...
Carli Velocci / @velocciraptor: I get where he's coming from because being a writer absolutely sucks. That being said you just can't give shitty people platforms because of “free speech.” It's not just people with differing opinions and so many people don't get that. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Bishop / @niubi: Escape from Hell World, by @hamishmckenzie https://hamish.substack.com/ ... did not know Elon Musk tried to silence Hamish over his book about Tesla
Katie Herzog / @kittypurrzog: Interesting piece but it will never not be funny that people who are mad at Substack for not banning content go to Ghost, a platform that does not moderate content https://twitter.com/...
Sundeep Peechu / @speechu: worth reading, from Substack to LIV golf to Shopify/Breitbart to Russia oil, this issue of who you do business with won't go away. Everyone has to make complicated choices and be okay with the consequences. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Whatever your opinion, well worth your time to read this @hamishmckenzie piece https://twitter.com/...
@byjudedoyle: This is a really cool piece in which I am only referred to as “a writer” and “their,” like all trans people except for one who took a deal. But it doesn't mention that I too am a Trans Creator on Substack, publishing HAMISH MCKENZIE KILLED SOMEONE! https://doyles.substack.com/ about https://twitter.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: a compelling history of Substack but don't get the end. Is the case being made here that true freedom is for writers to be platform agnostic thereby abrogating Substack's obligation to resolve the intractable left/right schism on its platform and thereby defaulting to the right? https://twitter.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: The first 30 years of the internet have been bad for writers. But I believe that internet *can* serve them well - better than ever, in fact. But the rules need to be different. That's what Substack is about.
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: My core motivation for Substack has always been to help writers. I want writers to have a better financial future & to be able to do the work they find most meaningful. I want writers to be freed from bad systems. I want writers to have power.
@ugarles: and even taking @hamishmckenzie at his word that he wanted Substack to be a place for writers, not a money machine, once he took $80M in VC money, his intentions become... muddled? mixed in with the intentions of his business partners?
@ugarles: when @lukeoneil47 left Substack, it was an exercise of a companion of freedom of speech in the first amendment: freedom of association. @hamishmckenzie shouldn't forget that who you associate with is its own act of communication.
@ugarles: so eventually @hamishmckenzie or any free speech guy in his situation has to choose whether he's someone who is “totally content neutral” or someone “who hosts Stormfront” because third parties don't have to accept that you *couldn't* make a different choice.
@ugarles: what hamish misses - and a lot of sincere free speech guys miss - is that part of private free speech is discretion. you can be a free speech warrior but if your platform becomes the platform of choice for antivax, you are the guy publishing antivax. https://twitter.com/...
@lubchansky: @lukeoneil47 very telling that dude did not mention any of the worst transphobic offenders in the article. oh well
@lukeoneil47: In fairness Ghost is a lot less intuitive to use for dumb fucks like me and Substack is a very good posting tool. Nevertheless.
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Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey:
[Thread] Substack VP slammed a Wired piece stating Substack “actively recruits and pays extremists” and the author's refusal to correct; Wired removes the claim — We keep seeing false claims about Substack that seem designed to mislead. Here's just one recent example, which the outlet refuses to correct. We believe the best way to fight misinformation is through open debate, so here are the facts. 1/x https://twitter.com/...
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@lulumeservey, Breitbart, @kirindave, @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, @lulumeservey, @dangillmor, @lulumeservey, @sesmith, @katrosenfield, @suhail, Fox News and Counterspin
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Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: We got the correction. Thanks to all of you who lent support and thanks to @WIRED for listening. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart: 'That's Not How This Works:' Wired Forced to Retract Smear of Free Speech Friendly Platform Substack
@kirindave: The substack folks are such trashy liars. Everyone knows where their money goes. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Of all the bad takes about Substack, this one is uniquely bad. It makes the argument to leave Substack because, well, you never know what they might do! Then shows you how little power they have over writers by demonstrating how easy it is to leave. https://www.wired.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: And then there is this crazy assertion that the writer had to eventually correct (after protesting). Embarrassing. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: We've asked @Wired to correct this, but they refuse unless we pay the ransom in the form of private information. We won't be doing that. Instead, the responsibility is theirs to get the facts right. When they fail as they have here, they should issue an unambiguous correction.
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: I'm not a fan of Substack's investors, to put it mildly, but this is entirely fair pushback about a unproven claim made about them. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: A happy ending to this thread: https://twitter.com/...
Kat Rosenfield / @katrosenfield: I have written for Wired, read it for years, and it's deeply discouraging to see them go this route; I really hope they consider correcting this https://twitter.com/...
@suhail: Substack is in the “then they fight you” phase of company building and I am here for it. The traditional tech media is systematically broken. The smart journalists are going independent. Founders you have better options. https://twitter.com/...
Kristine Parks / Fox News: Substack executive explains journalism to Wired writer: 'That's not how this works'
Rich Slutzky / Counterspin: Lies, Damn lies, and subterfuge
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney fires Peter Rice, its chair of Disney General Entertainment Content; Disney confirms Rice's top lieutenant, Dana Walden, will succeed him — Some in the entertainment business had seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Bob Chapek as Disney's chief executive.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter: Disney's Peter Rice Ousted In Major Executive Shake-Up
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: Disney fires Peter Rice, its top TV content executive. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Selome Hailu / Variety: Peter Rice Sends Last Memo to Staff After Disney Ouster: ‘I Am Incredibly Sad’
The Wrap: ‘Blindsided’: Inside Peter Rice's Sudden Ouster From Disney and Bob Chapek's Bold Power Play
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: The news isn't what Disney's board says in this abrupt, out-of-nowhere press release, right on the heels of Peter Rice's surprise ouster. It's the fact that they felt the need to send it out at all... https://twitter.com/...
@richlightshed: 🚨 DID NOT see this coming $DIS Remind us why Disney spent all that money on Fox?!? https://twitter.com/...
Michael Tedder / TheStreet: Did Disney+ Battles Lead to Disney Executive Shakeup?
Jim Shull / @jimshull: A few more details on Chapek firing Peter Rice. #BobChapek #TWDC It is not a good look if the way to hold your job is to fire the people around you. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Disney Board Backs CEO Bob Chapek Even As Contract Remains Big Question
Ashley Carter / @ashleylcarter1: Disney CEO Bob Chapek has the “support and confidence” of the company's board, according to a statement obtained by @brooksbarnesNYT. The statement is included in an article about the ousting of TV content chief Peter Rice and is worth a read. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ramin Setoodeh / @raminsetoodeh: This is truly shocking as Peter Rice had been indicating to colleagues recently he saw a long future for himself at Disney. https://variety.com/...
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: Once upon a time, an arbitrator flagged a “company-wide culture and an accepted climate that enveloped an aversion for the truth,” and Disney had to vouch for Peter Rice. Ok, that was just three years ago... https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Disney fires TV content chief Peter Rice in shocking move
Ryan Lattanzio / IndieWire: Disney Fires TV Content Head Peter Rice, Once Floated as Bob Chapek's Successor
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: One odd thing about Disney citing business strategy as the reason to fire Rice — unlike other execs currently at the company, Rice actually approved and supported Chapek's decision to consolidate P&L around Kareem Daniel and give greenlighting back to content heads (like himself) https://twitter.com/...
@loudmouthjulia: Sounds like he was pushed out, too. Absolutely wild. Rice was, at one point, rumored as a contender for succession. Dana Walden set to replace as Disney's top TV content chief. Note that this comes after a very flattering profile on Walden. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@deggans: Hmm. Bob Chapek ousts Disney's most senior TV executive, Peter Rice, brought over when Chapek's predecessor basically imported Fox TV's leadership after buying a huge chunk of its scripted TV business. Can't wait to read the pieces dissecting this move. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: WOW. Peter Rice has long been considered a possible candidate for the CEO job at Disney. Now he's out. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: A seven-minute Monday evening meeting in which Chapek told Rice he was not a fit in the “new Disney culture.” Rice asked in which way he was not a fit and Chapek responded, “Now is not the time.” The town's elders are not pleased. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: “Many people in the entertainment business — outside of Disney, at least — have even seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Mr. Chapek as Disney's chief executive. Mr. Chapek's decision is sure to generate questions about whether that chatter got a little too loud.” https://twitter.com/...
Seth Weintraub / @llsethj: Hey @verified @TwitterBlue @Policy @TwitterSupport @TwitterComms You took down Verified and Twitter Blue Publisher @9to5mac because of age verification?!?! We may not always act like it, but we're over 13!
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: More: “Mr. Chapek's decision is sure to generate questions about whether that chatter got a little too loud; Mr. Chapek has had a difficult few months, with Disney becoming a political punching bag, particularly for Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.”
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: big news ... Rice just re-upped his contract last year and he had long been angling for an even bigger role ... Chapek has his elbows out $dis https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Sperling / @nicsperling: “The ouster of Mr. Rice will go off like a sonic boom in Hollywood.... Many people in the entertainment business have even seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Mr. Chapek as Disney's chief executive.” @brooksbarnesNYT asks if the chatter got a little too loud? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: fired, “citing an ill fit with Disney's corporate culture, according to three people briefed on the matter” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Bob Chapek makes it official. In a memo sent to Disney staffers, Chapek announces Dana Walden has been named chair of Disney General Entertainment Content. Chapek says Peter Rice is “departing the company” and adds, “I know all of us wish Peter the best.”
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Formerly a contender in the Replacement Disney CEO parlor game. https://twitter.com/...
Will Truman / @trumwill: It's kind of an interesting place where articles have to (probably at the request of everybody involved in the story) make clear that it was because they thought he was doing a bad job and not because of funny business. https://variety.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: “The ouster of Mr. Rice will go off like a sonic boom in Hollywood, where he is widely admired.” https://twitter.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: NEW: In a statement obtained by @brooksbarnesNYT, Disney's board officially backs Chapek: “...we are committed to keeping Disney on the successful path it is on today, and Bob and his leadership team have the support and confidence of the Board.” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@variety: The move enhances Walden's stature as one of the most powerful and prominent executives in the content business. Within Disney, it elevates Walden over her longtime peer John Landgraf of FX Networks. https://variety.com/...
@variety: Sources close to the situation said the decision came down from Chapek and caught virtually everyone by surprise. Sources say the decision was strategy-related and had nothing to do with any personal behavior on Rice's part: “Peter was blindsided.” https://variety.com/...
@dsnynewscast: Well there goes my most logical pick for who could replace Chapek. Peter Rice had relationships in Hollywood and experience as former President of 21st Century Fox. I guess this means that maybe the writing is on the wall, and Chapek's contract might get extended in Feb 2023. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: And according to @brooksbarnesNYT, Rice was fired. “Many people in the entertainment business — outside of Disney, at least — have even seen him as a possible candidate to succeed Mr. Chapek...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: It is so rare for executives at this level in a media company to be fired. Even executives who are accused of misconduct often will negotiate a much softer departure. https://twitter.com/...
Kristin Brzoznowski / WORLD SCREEN: Dana Walden Named Chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Check My Ads, a nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation by pressuring online ad exchanges, announces a campaign against Fox News' website and YouTube channel — A nonprofit aiming to defund disinformation online that has taken money out of the pockets of several prominent far-right websites …
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@nandoodles, @profmsinha, @randy_colborn, @schezar, @ericnewcomer, @fascinatorfun, Check My Ads Institute, @bbalsam, @taradublinrocks, @shoq, @dana_balter, @davenewworld_2, @taraemcg, @simonowens, @bobbyallyn and Boing Boing, Thanks:@theworkeragency
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Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: Five years ago, I co-founded the campaign to make Breitbart unprofitable. They lost 90% of their ad revenues in 3 months. Today, we're launching the campaign to take on Fox News — and we know exactly how to get the job done. cc @mediagazer https://www.npr.org/...
Manisha Sinha / @profmsinha: Civil War historian here and I approve of this message. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Randy Colborn / @randy_colborn: @mediagazer @BobbyAllyn I use/subscribe to @YouTubeTV. I have repeatedly asked them to permit me to NOT support @FOXTV, Fox News, and @FoxBusiness. The fact is, it would be the same whichever similar service I might use, and have used to utilize their specific package of networks. This must end. Help?
@schezar: THIS is Direct Action. Choose a specific outcome. Organize to achieve it. Amplify with mass action. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: Could not be more unequivocal in my endorsement of doing anything possible to hurt Fox News's business https://twitter.com/...
Check My Ads Institute: Fox — We hold the digital advertising industry accountable for funding the global disinformation crisis.
@bbalsam: @nandoodles ... It's important, but they get most of their money from cable companies. I have begged @Ask_Spectrum to offer a package without Fox News to no avail. I would be glad to pay more for fewer channels if none of my money went to Murdoch.
@shoq: @nandoodles @mediagazer As I know you guys know, it's not going to be easy, as the carriage problem makes it very hard. But please start by exploding the myth that they don't care about ad revenue. Shareholders always care about revenue. Fox just wants people to believe that they don't.
Dana Balter / @dana_balter: Well here's a worthy cause. This is as necessary for saving democracy as expanding the franchise, ending district rigging, and getting money out of politics. #LFG #democracy https://twitter.com/...
@davenewworld_2: Right-wing media is funded by millions of dollars from the advertising industry and a nonprofit called @CheckMyAdsHQ has set out to re-examine those ties and defund the fuck out of these toxic fascists. https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Tara McGowan / @taraemcg: “We can do more than just complain and be sad and tweet and share with each other that we're sad about where Fox News has taken us as a country,” said @CheckMyAdsHQ cofounder @nandoodles. “We can actually fight back.” Let's go, team👊📲💥 🚀🇺🇸 https://www.npr.org/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: Heck yeah. If you haven't donated to @CheckMyAdsHQ you should https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: The group that has gotten the sites of Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck and Dan Bongino defunded by pressuring online ad exchanges to dump them today has launched a campaign against Fox's online empire https://www.npr.org/...
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Check My Ads makes it easy to defund Fox News online
Thanks:@theworkeragency
David Zurawik / CNN:
Comparisons between Thursday's January 6 hearings and those for Watergate or Army-McCarthy are misplaced given today's fragmented, on-demand, siloed media — (CNN Business)From a prime-time setting to hype of revelations that will “blow the roof off the House,” TV hearings set to start Thursday …
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Jacob Bacharach / New York Times: The Anticlimax of the Jan. 6 Hearings
James Fallows / Breaking the News: Politics as Pro Wrestling: 2022 Edition
Michael Malone / Next TV: Most, Not All, Fox Stations to Air Capitol Insurrection Congressional Hearing
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Ahead of tonight's hearing, @froomkin says he fears that the political press “will respond defensively and contemptuously, using partisan framing, both-sidesism, bad sports analogies, and theater-criticism analysis to marginalize and mock” the proceedings. https://presswatchers.org/...
Thomas Levenson / @tomlevenson: The elite DC media fails on multiple axes. Defining -dictating-the news before it happens is an old PR trick and an ethical disaster-and a betrayal of audiences & the country as a whole. @nytimes is a key actor in this failure: the leader of the band. See, e.g., @peterbakernyt https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Zimmer / @tzimmer_history: Will the Jan 6 hearings change anyone's mind? Unlikely. But that's also an entirely unrealistic expectation in the political environment in which they take place. What we should hope for is that the hearings might activate people, contribute to a mobilization of civil society. https://twitter.com/...
@howardfineman: I agree. Oh, the @nytimes must think this guy is so trenchant, so insightful about our social media culture, such a V.I.P. pundit and not at all basic, cuz look how he deployed the word “analog” as snark! https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Bacharach / @jakebackpack: I have once again conned my way into the Times to speculate about the January 6 hearings and to make the case that America is either watching too much television or not enough. https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: “That sense of being part of a live, communal event is all but gone except in certain news and sports telecasts. Now, we watch when and how we want, and often in the form of video clips or social media posts rather than the full event.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Jane Mayer / @janemayernyer: Ah, The ho-hum weariness of pundits pre-declaring the J6 hearings duds. Evidently learning how a president nearly subverted an election is unimportant unless it gets boffo tv ratings. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@froomkin: As I wrote here: If anyone puts forth any evidence that contradicts the committee's findings, then of course that should be taken seriously. But empty protestations that are unsupported by any facts whatsoever should be treated — and described — as such. https://presswatchers.org/...
Heather Cox Richardson / @hc_richardson: Important. Thank you for this, @froomkin. https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: Political reporters have already telegraphed how they intend to marginalize and mock the J6 hearings: It's a political stunt; It's not going to change anyone's mind; No one will pay attention. https://presswatchers.org/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: June 9, 2022 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Why the press will never …
Ken Dilanian / @kendilaniannbc: “The desire for decisive congressional hearings feels trapped in amber, pure nostalgia for a now-lost and lamented era of consensus reality, when...people disagreed about politics and policies but agreed on the facts.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@froomkin: This is so on point I wish I'd written it: https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Eggerton / Next TV: Broadcast Networks Prep for Primetime Jan. 6 Hearings
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
A look at EWTN, a Catholic media outlet that claims to reach nearly 400M households and whose news coverage over the past decade has started to mimic Fox News — In June of 2020, the three hosts of a Catholic radio show were talking about the news of the day.
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Amy Smith / @itbeganinthe90s: It's surreal reading an article that recounts events many of us witnessed in real time. I've made my peace long ago cutting EWTN out of my life but there's a familiar twinge of sadness reading this. A great article by Molly, definitely recommend reading it. https://twitter.com/...
@willmckinley: Since the death of its founder Mother Angelica in 2016, @EWTN has become the “Catholic Fox News” — pushing American Catholics rightward, against even the Pope https://slate.com/... from @Slate https://twitter.com/...
@austeni: 'Despite this anti-papal coverage, “it's not completely propaganda,” another former EWTN employee told me. “They're not going to criticize him outright. But they were more exuberant about Trump than Pope Francis."' https://twitter.com/...
@libcajunfishtit: Shit has ruined my dad irreparably. Slate: EWTN: How the world's largest Catholic media network turned toward Trump and got on Pope Francis' bad side.. https://slate.com/...
Father V / @father_rmv: No bias whatsoever at America, National Catholic Reporter, Commonweal, etc. EWTN's sole fault is being out of lockstep with the liberal monolith of so-called Catholic journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher White / @cwwhitencr: “But something has shifted in @EWTN's programming in the past decade. Instead of seeing a mild-mannered priest...discussing Eucharistic adoration, viewers might find polished newscasters talking with a string of right-wing figures.” https://slate.com/...
Torie Bosch / @thekibosch: I've only ever had a vague idea of EWTN, informed by random channel flipping when I was a kid. This @MollyOlmstead feature on EWTN in the age of Trump taught me so much about a media empire much of mainstream journalism overlooks https://slate.com/...
New York Times:
Warner Bros. Discovery names Luis Silberwasser as its global sports chief, responsible for NBA talks at a time when the value of live sports rights is soaring — The executive, Luis Silberwasser, will be responsible for crucial talks with the N.B.A. at a time when the value of live sports rights are soaring.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Taps Luis Silberwasser as New Sports Chief
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Discovery Taps TelevisaUnivision Exec Luis Silberwasser as CEO of Sports Business
@nytimes: Warner Bros. Discovery, which has the rights to NBA and NHL games, has picked Luis Silberwasser as the executive to manage its billions of dollars of sports rights and usher sports programming further into the steaming era. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Former Discovery exec Luis Silberwasser is returning as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Chairman and CEO. He most recently was president of TelevisaUnivision. Company says Lenny Daniels, president, Turner Sports will report to Silberwasser.
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: The new sports chief at Warner Bros. Discovery may have the best shot ever at creating new global rights packages with the big leagues — but will the company, never known for its profligate spending, want to cough up the dough to stay on the field? https://variety.com/...
Yousef Saba / Reuters:
Disney+ launches in the Middle East and North Africa; Digital TV Research says Netflix has 6.8M subscribers in the region and Starzplay has just under 2M — Disney+ (DIS.N) launched its streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa on Wednesday, vying for market share in a region …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A New York State Supreme Court judge dismisses a sexual assault lawsuit against ABC News exec Michael Corn, citing a lack of proof of a hostile work environment — A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Michael Corn, a former longtime executive producer at ABC News …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Post, CNN, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Deadline and Variety
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing Top ‘Good Morning America’ Producer Michael Corn of Sexual Assault
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Sexual assault suit against former ‘GMA’ producer Michael Corn dismissed
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Judge dismisses sexual assault lawsuit against former “Good Morning America” boss Michael Corn
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: New York State Supreme Court Dismisses Sexual Assault Suit Against Former ABC News Executive
Caitlin Cruz / Jezebel:
The Today Show should have chosen someone else to interview Johnny Depp's legal team, given Savannah Guthrie's disclosure that her husband consulted for it — Absolutely fascinating choice by Savannah Guthrie to reveal this conflict of interest now, post-verdict. — Alerts
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Connor Surmonte / RADAR: NBC Under Siege After Savannah Guthrie Failed To Disclose Her Husband Secretly Worked For Johnny Depp
Becca Cohen / @beccamcohen: Savannah Guthrie interviewed Johnny Depp's legal team moments after she disclosed her husband had served as a consultant for them w/ @connorperrett https://www.insider.com/...
Insider: Savannah Guthrie interviewed Johnny Depp's legal team moments after she disclosed her husband had served as a consultant for them
The Daily Beast: Savannah Guthrie Admits Mid-Interview With Team Depp That Her Hubby ‘Consulted’ for Them
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Savannah Guthrie discloses husband worked with Johnny Depp's legal team
Fran Hoepfner / Gawker: Going Once! Some Piece of Shit From the Depp/Heard Trial
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