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Stephen Proctor / Yahoo Entertainment:
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade showed on air an altered image depicting the judge who signed off on the Mar-a-Lago search grafted over an image of Jeffrey Epstein — On Thursday's Tucker Carlson Tonight, guest host Brian Kilmeade showed a clearly photoshopped image of U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart …
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Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Brian Kilmeade, filling in for Tucker Carlson tonight, shared a clearly fake, photoshopped image of the judge involved in approving the Mar-a-Lago warrant https://twitter.com/...
Brian Kilmeade / @kilmeade: Last night while subbing for Tucker Carlson, we showed you an image of Judge Bruce Reinhart w/ Ghislaine Maxwell that was sourced on screen to a meme pulled from Twitter & wasn't real. This depiction never took place & we wanted to make clear that we were showing a meme in jest.
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Hannity: “I think that's actually a picture of Jeffrey Epstein with somebody putting his head on there. I'm just guessing, I don't know.” Kilmeade: “It might be his plane, who knows?” Hannity: “I'll let you determine that in the morning.” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: Fox News Airs Fake Photo of Epstein and Trump Raid Judge Who Has Been Forced Into Hiding By Death Threats
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast: Fox News Airs Doctored Photo of Trump Raid Judge With Ghislaine Maxwell
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: Don't think this exonerates you for this despicable act https://twitter.com/...
@moelleithee: In jest? What was the joke? And why didn't you share it on air? Tensions are too high right now for this sort of misinformation masquerading as a joke after the fact. https://twitter.com/...
@ananavarro: This is disgusting misinformation and puts Judge Reinhart's security at greater risk. Photo on top of Maxwell and Epstein is real. Photo on bottom, broadcast on Fox News highest rated prime time show, is a fake photoshop. In any other news network, there'd be dire consequences. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Denver Riggleman / @repriggleman: .@Kilmeade should be fired—or at the least suspended. Along with whatever staff member “found” the photo. Should be followed by a public apology. Despicable stuff. This is supposedly a news organization. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: It's like if the mafia had a cable news channel on hand to do witness intimidation for them. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Sharlet / @jeffsharlet: The sloppiness of the photoshopping, the way the photo is visibly a fake even if you don't know the source image, is part of the fascist aesthetic—the demand that you show your loyalty by submitting to that which you know is a lie. 2+2=5.
Lisa Falkenberg / @chronfalkenberg: When you're so inept that you make Sean Hannity look like an honest broker, it's time to pursue new opportunities on YouTube. https://twitter.com/...
@cindy_banyai_fl: Wow, Fox News is not even trying to pretend to news anymore https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: It clearly wasn't in jest and this is clearly not an apology https://twitter.com/...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: We don't need the Russians to do Russian -style disinformation in the US. We have it straight from @FoxNews https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: This is irresponsible, even by Fox's standards. This went up on the screen as though it was a real picture. Just absurd. https://twitter.com/...
Matt / @mattxs: Who is “we”? For a network so concerned about pronouns, you have a real hard time saying “I” https://twitter.com/...
@chrisgeidner: Here is what Kilmeade did last night. Decide whether he was “showing a meme in jest” for yourself. https://twitter.com/...
Julie K. Brown / @jkbjournalist: I wish I could say this was a “new” low for @FoxNews. Truly incredible. They photo-shopped a government exhibit (photo of Maxwell & Epstein on a plane) with an obviously fake photo of Reinhart. Here's the REAL photo. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Lahticks / @paullahticks: They clearly knew this was photoshopped before they aired it - but they knew they could also plead ignorance after the fact: “Sorry, we were duped”. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: Will anyone at @FoxNews condemn this? @BretBaier? @DanaPerino? @BillHemmer? Anyone? I'm only asking because I'm going to hear personally from Republican voters who watch your network and who will believe this lie. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Fleischman / @asfleischman: I don't know if a judge would ever be interested in a defamation suit. But just slapping a bad photoshop on the air and representing it as real while your coworker expresses doubts... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Ford / @fordm: There must've been a fun meeting with Fox's lawyers ahead of this tweet: https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: This is all on the Murdochs. It is Rupert and Lachlan who are okay with this stuff being pumped out in primetime under the label of ‘news’ https://twitter.com/...
Patton Oswalt / @pattonoswalt: No you weren't. You weren't. You didn't refer to it as a joke, you presented it as real news. So — you weren't. And now you're lying about it. You're lying. We all know you're lying. YOU know you're lying. https://twitter.com/...
David Simon / @aodespair: In Jest! Hah. Journalism as a bad lounge act. That's grand. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Sharlet / @jeffsharlet: This is a photo of Maxwell and Epstein, photoshopped. There's vile spin, evil opinion, false statements — and then there's this, which is next level gale force fascist propaganda, not coincidentally antisemitic. It is getting worse. It is getting worse. https://twitter.com/...
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: 2/ @kilmeade will face no @FoxNews consequences https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Maybe Dominion awakened some version of thought in Hannity, spreader of the vicious Seth Rich lies. https://twitter.com/...
David Simon / @aodespair: Do you know what you have to do to maneuver successfully past their journalistic standards and safeguards to fool the newsgatherers at @FoxNews into committing an overt, obvious libel per se? Nothing. Nothing at all. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: How bad does your hoax have to be when Sean Hannity, who peddled the Seth Rich hoax, calls you out? https://twitter.com/...
Mark Gongloff / @markgongloff: Really hope this judge can sue Fox and get enough out of it to buy his own island, where he can be safe from Fox viewers https://twitter.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: Watch the video above and see if it seems like Kilmeade is offering it in jest. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: When Sean Hannity has to mop up things up in real time... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Looks like @kilmeade got a call from the Fox general counsel https://twitter.com/...
Dessi Gomez / The Wrap: Fox News Airs Edited Photo of Trump Raid Judge Photoshopped Over Jeffrey Epstein (Video)
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: It's likely Fox's legal department forced Kilmeade to tweet a “clarification” about the defamatory doctored photo of FBI judge
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Republicans who spent the past few weeks screaming about Kavanaugh's security and loudly opposing peaceful protests outside of judges' homes will be calling this out, right? Right? Right?? https://twitter.com/...
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Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap:
Brian Kilmeade tries to portray Fox News airing an altered image of the Mar-a-Lago search judge as a joke, saying that “we were showing a meme in jest” — Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has taken to social media in an effort to clean up the mess that was made Thursday night …
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@crewcrew, @sephspeaks, @jeffjarvis, @benestes, @kenolin1, Los Angeles Times, Politico, @michaelshermer, @thewrap, @fred_guttenberg and The Times of Israel
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@crewcrew: Far-right extremists on pro-Donald Trump message boards and social networks are making violent, antisemitic threats against the judge who reportedly signed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search the former president's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. https://www.vice.com/...
Seph Rodney, PhD / @sephspeaks: This is deadly: “Threats against Judge Reinhart in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid are significant,” Daniel J. Jones told VICE. “In addition to antisemitic and violent slurs, we're seeing his address and other personal information being shared online...” https://www.vice.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: In any real news organization, you and the producers would be fired. But you do not work for a real news organization, @kilmeade. You work for a propagandist. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Estes / @benestes: Major news organization jokes about federal judge who is receiving death threats. Hilarious. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Olin / @kenolin1: You're pathetic. “I'm sorry” after you've been busted counts for nothing. Your entire organization has done as much damage to our country as your mascot, the nuclear clown himself, Donald ‘the John’ Trump. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Fox News won't apologize for airing phony meme of judge who approved FBI search of Trump's home
Myah Ward / Politico: Fox News' Brian Kilmeade clarifies that image of judge at center of Trump search warrant was a fake
Michael Shermer / @michaelshermer: It would be helpful if people quit thinking of Fox News as, you know, news journalism, and thought of it more like InfoWars, or The National Inquirer. Watch it for puerile fun standing in line at the supermarket ("Hillary's affair with Yoko Ono!") but don't take it seriously. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@thewrap: Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has taken to social media in an effort to clean up the mess that was made Thursday night when the network aired a meme of Ghislaine Maxwell massaging Jeffrey Epstein's feet. https://www.thewrap.com/...
Fred Guttenberg / @fred_guttenberg: F-ck you @kilmeade. You and your network knew exactly what you were doing when you did it. You lied to help a criminal in Palm Beach. Your network is working overtime to help that criminal incite violence and you just may get someone killed. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Welk / The Wrap:
Jeffrey Toobin leaves CNN after 20 years as a legal analyst and writer; CNN placed Toobin on leave in 2020 after he acknowledged exposing himself on a Zoom call — “We are grateful for Jeffrey's contributions to the network over the years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” a CNN spokesperson says
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@jeffreytoobin, Variety, @brianjayjones, @blackamazon, Breitbart, Mediaite, Showbiz411, @johnnydollar01, @jeremyhl, Newser, @katmckinley and Deadline
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Jeffrey Toobin / @jeffreytoobin: Friends, I've decided that, after 20 years, I'm leaving @cnn after my vacation. Was great to spend my last day on air with pals Wolf, Anderson and Don. Love all my former colleagues. Watch for my next book, about the Oklahoma City bombing, coming in 2023 from @simonandschuster
Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Parts Ways With Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin
Brian Jay Jones / @brianjayjones: A glum Jeffrey Toobin leaving CNN with his head in his hands. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: What else did they find And how many women's careers got railroaded away while he earned extra millions https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton / Breitbart: CNN's Jeffrey Toobin to Leave the Network
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411: Jeffrey Toobin Gets No Happy Ending, Leaves CNN After 20 Years Following Zoom Scandal
Johnny Dollar / @johnnydollar01: Jeffrey Toobin Exits CNN After 20 Years as Legal Analyst “We are grateful for Jeffrey's contributions to the network over the years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” a CNN spokesperson says https://www.thewrap.com/... Uh-huh, sure...
@jeremyhl: “It remains unclear as to whether Toobin's contract with CNN had lapsed, but the exit appears to be the result of a mutual agreement.” — @Variety #media #business #law https://variety.com/...
Bob Cronin / Newser: Toobin Signs Off at CNN
Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: before ATT, Apple and Meta discussed revenue-sharing deals, such as Apple taking a cut of “boosted posts” via IAP and an ad-free, Facebook subscription — The two tech giants discussed revenue-sharing arrangements, including a potential ad-free, subscription version of Facebook
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@sal19, @carnage4life, @vranicawsj, @nickstatt, @s1guza, @eric_seufert, @mgsiegler, @slightlylate, @shiraovide, @photomatt, @rihardjarc, @reaganbrad, @carnage4life, @film_girl, @tariqkrim, @seyitaylor, @jason_kint, @ethanwsj, @matt_cochrane7, Today in Digital Marketing, The Verge, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »
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Sal Rodriguez / @sal19: SCOOP: In the years before iOS 14.5, Apple and Facebook held several meetings discussing possible arrangements that would have earned the iPhone maker a slice of the social media company's revenue, including an ad-free, subscription version of Facebook https://www.wsj.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Apple's primary “privacy problem” is that they get 30% of the revenue of the apps on the right and 0% of the apps on the left. Destroying the existing ads business model of free iOS apps then driving advertisers to use App Store & Apple News ads instead solves that problem nicely https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Suzanne Vranica / @vranicawsj: Before Apple and Facebook got in a fight over privacy, they discussed ways to work together—including a possible paid subscription version of Facebook. https://www.wsj.com/... via @sal19
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: Wow. @sal19 with tons of wild details in this story about how Apple's relationship with Meta deteriorated as Apple tried to extract more revenue from Facebook. Apple floated an ad-free FB while also suggesting it could enforce its 30% cut on paid posts. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@s1guza: Holy shit. This makes more sense, but paints a very, very dark picture. Apple has a monopoly on app and in-app purchases, but not on ad revenue. So they try to contract the ad business away, and when that fails, they strike down ads not for moral reasons, but out of revenge. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Seufert / @eric_seufert: Wow: Among other potential concessions, Apple proposed that “post boosts” be considered as IAPs so that a 30% cut could be collected on the revenue they generated. ATT was introduced after no such revenue sharing compromise with FB was reached. https://twitter.com/...
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: “You've got a nice social network here. It would be a shame if something happened to it...” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Russell / @slightlylate: Receipts. Apple is as vindictive as it is opportunistic, so this is brave of Matt. https://twitter.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: Tim Cook: A data-harvesting ad business like Facebook's or Google's “degrades our fundamental right.” Also Apple: *Takes $ billions a year so Google can apply its data ad business to Apple users; *Proposed a partnership to collect a cut of FB revenue. https://www.wsj.com/...
Matt Mullenweg / @photomatt: FWIW, @automattic's boosted post feature on @tumblr (called Blaze), which is in spirit like Facebook's, was rejected until we implemented it as IAP and gave the 30% cut. https://twitter.com/...
Rihard Jarc / @rihardjarc: Good read and for those who still didn't understand why it is so important for $META to own the next hardware computing platform here is the answer. $AAPL using their power to be a big bully. https://www.wsj.com/...
Brad Reagan / @reaganbrad: Apple and FB discussed an ad-free, subscription-based version of FB as part of negotiations to “build businesses together.” Now they are at war. Great stuff behind the scenes of this momentous feud, from @sal19 https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: That Apple refused to approve Tumblr's app until they got a 30% cut of revenue from promoted posts is some Tony Soprano shakedown ish. No wonder this company is facing more antitrust lawsuits than any other company on Earth. Stay classy Tim Cook. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: This is brave as hell. Kudos to Matt for sharing this. And also, I'm sorry but I don't see how anyone can claim a boosted post should be an IAP. FFS, the core product is a web app. It has nothing to do with iOS. This is the sort of thing that SHOULD be regulated. https://twitter.com/...
@tariqkrim: It seems the privacy stance from Apple with Facebook was more motivated by business than values. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Apple-FB drama always a fun read. But facts can be simplified: - FB biz model is 98% surveillance advertising - Most users don't want to be tracked - Apple kneecapped Facebook spring 2021 - This chart is an insane illustration of how boosted privacy shifts welfare 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ethan Smith / @ethanwsj: Crazy scoop from @sal19: Facebook and Apple at one point discussed the possibility of a paid, ad-free version of Facebook. Obviously it was doomed to fail—the two sides couldn't even agree on the definition of “ad”! https://www.wsj.com/...
Matthew Cochrane / @matt_cochrane7: “But while Facebook's products were among the most popular apps on the iPhone, they didn't generate sales for Apple. This was a persistent frustration for some Apple executives, according to the people familiar with the matter.” $AAPL $META https://twitter.com/...
Jay Peters / The Verge: Apple asked for a cut of Facebook's ad sales years before it stifled Facebook's ad sales
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Amazon's new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its Ring home security cameras is the company's latest effort to normalize its surveillance network — Amazon's newest effort to normalize its surveillance network will feature footage from Ring surveillance cameras and commentary from comedian Wanda Sykes.
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Deadline, Wired, @bigblackjacobin, @jamespmcleod, @drewharwell, @mguariglia, @hypervisible, @alexweprin, b'dot.LA', @fightfortheftr, @franklinleonard, Mashable, @dangillmor, @mgmstudios, CBS News, Ars Technica, The Verge, Insider, TechCrunch, Engadget, Jezebel and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
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Peter White / Deadline: Wanda Sykes To Host Syndicated Viral Video Show Featuring Ring Doorbell Technology From MGM
Boone Ashworth / Wired: Google May Add Home Workouts to Its Smart TV Offerings
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: one last dispatch from hell: Amazon's MGM Television Studios is producing a show using Amazon's Ring surveillance camera footage. It's also produced by the company behind “Live PD”, a copaganda reality TV show that just got rebooted. https://www.vice.com/...
James McLeod / @jamespmcleod: There is no good reason to have a surveillance camera inside your house and nothing you say will ever convince me otherwise. Just manufactured paranoia and profiteering from companies whose whole business is surveillance. https://www.vice.com/...
Matthew Guariglia / @mguariglia: Wanda Sykes is doing a tv show with Amazon Ring from the producers of canceled and controversial tv show Live PD. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: I initially thought this was a parody but it's real. A reality “viral video” TV show comprised entirely of videos pulled from Ring doorbells. https://deadline.com/...
@fightfortheftr: Looks like @iamwandasykes is hosting a new piece of Amazon propaganda. She must not know that Amazon Ring is “law enforcement's best friend”... https://www.vice.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: “It is the latest example of corporate synergy at Amazon, which owns MGM Television and production company Big Fish and bought Ring in 2018. Founder and inventor Jamie Siminoff previously appeared on Shark Tank.” https://deadline.com/...
@mgmstudios: Emmy-winning comedian and actress, @iamwandasykes has signed on to host the unpredictable, heartwarming, and hilarious clip-series ‘Ring Nation.’ https://deadline.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: Ring's new TV show sounds like a dystopian America's Funniest Home Videos
Katie Canales / Insider: Feel-good security footage from Ring doorbell cameras will be the basis of a new Amazon reality show
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Amazon-owned MGM makes a viral video show with surveillance footage from Amazon-owned Ring
Mariella Moon / Engadget: ‘Ring Nation’ is what happens when America's Funniest Home Videos meets Black Mirror
Kady Ruth Ashcraft / Jezebel: Amazon Wants to Make TV Out of Your Front Yard
Thom Dunn / Boing Boing: Amazon is making a Ring Camera TV show
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: YouTube plans to launch a “channel store” for streaming services as early as Fall 2022 and is talking with partners about subscription revenue sharing — Ultracompetitive U.S. market is prompting streaming services to seek new ways to find subscribers
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Engadget, @trippmickle, 9to5Google, @jtoonkel, @bysarahkrouse, @streamingwarshq and Too Much TV Newsletter, more at Techmeme »
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Mariella Moon / Engadget: YouTube is reportedly planning to launch a ‘channel store’ for streaming services
Tripp Mickle / @trippmickle: Move over Amazon and Apple... Also, NFL Sunday Ticket would help with this https://twitter.com/...
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Report: YouTube working on ‘channel store’ for subscribing to streaming services
Jessica Toonkel / @jtoonkel: YouTube is planning to launch an online store for streaming video services and has renewed talks with entertainment companies about participating in the platform w/@bysarahkrouse https://www.wsj.com/...
Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse: YouTube is planning a streaming video service marketplace, pitching the scale of its audience to premium services struggling to find new customers in the U.S. w/@jtoonkel https://www.wsj.com/...
Angela Fu / Poynter:
At least 20 Gannett newspapers executed layoffs on Friday, after dismal Q2 earnings; the NewsGuild has called on Gannett to cut executive pay instead of jobs — At least 20 papers across the country have been affected. It is unclear how many employees were let go
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@sulliview, @od_howe, @katherinelewis, @garywhite13, @bgrumet, @heyjturner, @marbinmiller, @od_howe, Deadline, @jeremy_childs, @brooklynmarie, @riegerreport, @tmorris504, @nina_metz, @kylea_henseler, @catmsilverman, @smithbm12, @emdrums, @dianeswlee, @gryphalyaza, @rorylinnane, @algernonwrites, @ctguild, @dillondavis, @rustdirt, @lynandro, @liamsadams, @tomdaykin, @emilybell, @saba_h, @lilyalta, @sharonwaxman, @blakeaued, @kathryncasteel, @zoenicholson_, @lillyrockwell, The NewsGuild and nyguild.org
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Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Very sorry to be seeing this though we knew it was coming https://twitter.com/...
Steve Howe / @od_howe: Feeling sick to my stomach knowing Mike Jaquays, the last staff member at the @Gannett owned Mid-York Weekly has been let go. Mike has always been a cheerful presence and committed community reporter. His loss, and that of the Weekly - founded in 1828 - is immeasurable
Katherine X Lewis / @katherinelewis: I'm so sorry! I hope that this layoff open a path to more professional fulfillment, success and creativity than you would have expected. (That's what mine meant to me. ... after months of angst & struggle tbs.) https://twitter.com/...
Gary White / @garywhite13: The @Gannett staff slashing has begun. No word yet on any changes here @theledger. We have four (soon to be five) newsroom openings, so we might escape without layoffs. https://twitter.com/...
Bridget Grumet / @bgrumet: Just heartsick to see announcements like this as the Gannett layoffs begin: https://twitter.com/...
James Turner / @heyjturner: CEO makes $7.7M a year. Average salary is under $50K. You do the math. https://www.poynter.org/...
Carol Marbin Miller / @marbinmiller: Hedge funds are destroying American journalism — and fracturing communities that depend on their local papers for news, accountability and civic connection. No conglomerate should be allowed to own 250 papers, and wreck them. https://www.poynter.org/...
Steve Howe / @od_howe: Newsrooms have been cut to the bone everywhere I've worked. The important work of local news remains, with less hands to carry the load. My thoughts are with all my coworkers, past and present. In Mike's words, “Keep the faith!”
Tom Tapp / Deadline: Gannett, America's Largest Newspaper Chain, Lays Off Journalists After Dismal Earnings Report
Jeremy Childs / @jeremy_childs: Solidarity with my colleagues across @Gannett affected by today's journalism layoffs (including @VCstar). Days like these cast a pall over newsrooms working hard to inform their communities in spite of dwindling resources. https://www.poynter.org/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: This is awful for multiple reasons. The United States is losing an average of two newspapers a week, even today, even now. It is a massive security crisis. https://twitter.com/...
JM Rieger / @riegerreport: “Last year, CEO Mike Reed made $7.7 million while the median salary at Gannett was $48,419. The company also instituted a $100 million stock buyback program in February.” https://www.poynter.org/...
Tim Morris / @tmorris504: I've seen and been through way too many of these newspaper layoffs. I'm wishing the best for everyone. https://www.poynter.org/...
Nina Metz / @nina_metz: When digital outlets (usually based in NY/LA) lay people off it's often a major story in journalism circles and I'm always going to point out that it's just as big a deal when this happens to people working at regional newspapers. https://www.poynter.org/...
Kylea Henseler / @kylea_henseler: Wow. In her last days with a job one employee reached out to connect sources with other reporters. Another made just barley above min. wage and was let go after 16 years. Gannet, which reported losses, spent money on anti-union lawyers and a CEO salary of $7.7 mil. Worth the read https://twitter.com/...
Catherine Silverman / @catmsilverman: The problem with newspapers being publicly traded companies (I mean, the list is long, but) is that it turns vital research and community informational accountability into something measured by profit margins. Always broken-hearted to see this stuff. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Smith / @smithbm12: Today was a rough day in Gannett. My heart breaks for those talented colleagues who no longer have jobs. If there's anything I can do to help, my DMs are open. https://www.poynter.org/...
Emily Bloch / @emdrums: Stephanie covered government AND education for a paper based in a college town with one of the largest schools in the country. For @Gannett to pretend it values local journalism and pull stunts like this is so disgustingly tone deaf. https://twitter.com/...
Diane S. W. Lee / @dianeswlee: Sorry to hear about fellow journalists losing their jobs due to #GannettLayoffs. We are hiring a full-time online content producer at @StarAdvertiser in Honolulu, Hawaii. DM me for details. https://twitter.com/...
@gryphalyaza: i think socialists need to seriously consider running on supporting local news just so most of the country isn't completely dependent on insane, mostly right-wing-owned television stations for their news consumption, because this is how that'll happen https://www.poynter.org/...
Rory Linnane / @rorylinnane: The @Gannett layoffs today are crushing and unnecessary. If you want to help these journalists (ie signal boosting their job searches, finding resources, giving $), consider filling out this form from @katikokal: https://docs.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Algernon D'Ammassa / @algernonwrites: I seem to have survived today but the sword of Damocles is whistling overhead. And besides the jobs ended this is also a story about news deserts and communities forgotten in a series of leveraged buyouts that ate local reporting. https://twitter.com/...
@ctguild: We condemn Gannett's layoffs and are thinking about our journalism brothers and sisters across the country. Cutting is not a sustainable business model and newspapers can't do more with less.
Dillon Davis / @dillondavis: “You also have to ask what, exactly, Gannett's executives and board members are being rewarded for. Gannett needs to demonstrate that it can provide communities with the news and information they need, and they're failing miserably at that.” https://twitter.com/...
@rustdirt: This is a depressing read. I'm unsure if Erie-Times News was affected or not. https://twitter.com/...
DJ Simmons / @lynandro: One of the best reporters I've worked with. Sad to see how this industry treats people. https://twitter.com/...
Liam Adams / @liamsadams: .@angelanfu kept track of the flurry of Gannett layoff announcements throughout most U.S. regions, and how people responded to show support. The NewsGuild tracked 35 layoffs across 20 newsrooms by Friday afternoon. https://www.poynter.org/...
@tomdaykin: Not a good look, Gannett. Especially with a CEO who earned nearly $8 million last year. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: the Gannett layoffs today are enraging and confounding.We have a publishing economy where Axios (no offence to them, it's a good product) is bought for half a billion dollars and the Gannett ceo is on $7m a year, yet we cannot keep politics and education reporters in local posts
Saba Hamedy / @saba_h: Thinking of those at #gannett. I am hiring for a culture & trends reporter role, dms open for q's on that / always happy to chat if I can be helpful at all. https://www.poynter.org/...
Lily Altavena / @lilyalta: That education is among the first cuts is telling about the values of this company. https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: Very sorry to hear about layoffs #Gannett. Take a look at our jobs page, we have several hires and are most focused on media and tech reporting positions. If you love the pace of digital news, give us a shout with a resume and clips! https://www.thewrap.com/jobs/
Blake Aued / @blakeaued: Athens deserves more reporters like Stephanie and a better newspaper owner than Gannett. https://twitter.com/...
Kathryn Casteel / @kathryncasteel: It begins. Local news and staff will continue to suffer from corporate management issues. Awful. https://twitter.com/...
Zoe Nicholson / @zoenicholson_: Gannett has laid off Athens' education and government reporter amidst a democratic reckoning and onslaught of education issues... reminds me of when they laid off the health reporter 3 months into the pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
Lilly Rockwell / @lillyrockwell: Gannett sucks so bad. Their top executives are paid gobs of money while hard-working reporters make less than teachers or plumbers. https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Newsome / The NewsGuild: What is “status quo” and how can it protect you from layoffs?
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The NewsGuild:
Hundreds of Gannett newsroom employees protested for better pay and fewer cuts, reacting to management threatening layoffs due to the company's Q2 financials
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@stephmarie015, @katikokal, @timsullivan714, @rudikellermi, @ilanakeller, @mediaguildwest, @seiffertdon, @mattdpearce, @deborahblum, @oliviakrauth, @dylanbjackson, @yousefbaig, @rudikellermi, @rudikellermi, @rocnewsguild, @melanieanzidei, @azrepublicguild, @appmcjguild, @amyqin12, @rafaelcarranza, @pbnewsguild, @katikokal, @elaheizadi, @therecordguild, @dianesmith_rc, @pbnewsguild, @kaelymonahan and @deadlineclub
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Stephanie Allen / @stephmarie015: I'm sad to say that unfortunately, I am no longer with the Athens Banner-Herald. It is my last day. Today, Gannett has decided to lay off reporters and other vital staff. While we knew that this could happen, I am still shocked and heartbroken for anyone who is laid off today too
Kati Kokal / @katikokal: If you're a @Gannett employee impacted by layoffs, there is a team that's working on community aid needs (networking, food assistance, insurance needs, etc) regardless of shop union status. DM me for details.
Tim Sullivan / @timsullivan714: Breaking news: All of those Courier Journal subscribers who canceled their subscriptions (or claimed to have canceled subscriptions they didn't have) on my account, it is now safe to return to the C-J because I have been laid off. Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, etc.
Rudi Keller / @rudikellermi: @columbiatribune ... 5/x When I got back to @columbiatribune in 2010, under local ownership, there were 4 photogs. I watched from 2016 to 2020 as the Tribune was gutted; this @MO_Independent job saved me from Don's fate. Good luck, Don, you deserve better. @GateHouse_Media @Gannett
Ilana Keller / @ilanakeller: For any “it's just rhetoric” folks, here are just a few responses to news of @Gannett layoffs today, further decimating local newsrooms and harming journalists who work their asses off to protect and promote the free flow of information and truth — and the communities they serve. https://twitter.com/...
@mediaguildwest: As @Gannett CEO Mike Reed lays off even more journalists today, keep this in mind about how he gets rewarded: It ain't for Pulitzers. If Gannett's massive stock buyback plan can goose the share price above $10, Reed gets a stock award worth ~$20 million. https://www.sec.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Don Seiffert / @seiffertdon: “Unionized @Gannett journalists across the country say the financial austerity at Gannett is a result of financial mismanagement on the part of the company and cannot be solved by further staffing cuts.” $GCI https://newsguild.org/...
@mattdpearce: This Gannett layoff really hits home for Mizzou folk like me who learned the craft of breaking news by getting beat — regularly — by pros like Don Shrubshell. Are college students really the only photojournalists now left behind to cover a city as big as Columbia? https://twitter.com/...
Deborah Blum / @deborahblum: So sorry to hear this. I am from Athens and the paper is essential there, as in so many places. https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Krauth / @oliviakrauth: I'm not sure how anyone can look at the newscycle over the past year and think their education reporters are dispensable. And to go after ed reporters in smaller areas and leave behind an education news desert? Unthinkable. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Jackson / @dylanbjackson: I'm extremely saddened to hear about the layoffs at @Gannett. I want to reiterate that we're hiring here for several positions here at the @ajc. If you are interested, please don't hesitate reach out if you have any questions. https://www.ajc.com/...
Yousef Baig / @yousefbaig: I grew exponentially as a young journalist freelancing for @onlineathens. They were my first real bylines. Awful to see all the Gannett tweets knowing it's disadvantaged & rural areas will suffer most. Whenever mass layoffs occur, our democracy weakens. I wish people cared more. https://twitter.com/...
Rudi Keller / @rudikellermi: @columbiatribune ... 2/x Don is a stalwart, who stayed when he could have retired or left, but @GateHouse_Media must think profits (like a $100M stock buyback or a $1.2M stock buy by the CEO) are more important than the people who give local communities the news. @columbiatribune
Rudi Keller / @rudikellermi: 1/x Just learned today Don Shrubshell, the only staff photog left at @columbiatribune, has been laid off by @GateHouse_Media. The word comes a day after @MissouriPress announced Shrubby will be inducted this fall into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame.
@rocnewsguild: When our union was formed in 1935, their collective action looked a lot different than this. But our many newsrooms taking a #LocalNewsLunchOut at the same time today got to #3 trending on Twitter so we're feeling pretty good. We'll see what tomorrow brings. https://twitter.com/...
Melanie Anzidei / @melanieanzidei: In case you're wondering what all the #LocalNewsLunchOut fuss is about: https://newsguild.org/... ✊🏼 https://twitter.com/...
@azrepublicguild: @Gannett continues to spend millions paying down debt, hiring anti-union law firms, using $100 million for stock buybacks and giving CEO Mike Reed a more than $7.7 million bonus. The company should try cutting frivolous spending, not our jobs.
@appmcjguild: This affects journalists across the nation. Democracy suffers without reporters to hold the powerful accountable. No cuts! #LocalNewsLunchOut. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Qin / @amyqin12: Local news isn't dying, it's the companies that own local newspapers that are slowly killing them. I'm standing in solidarity with my former colleagues at Gannett in the face of expected layoffs #LocalNewsLunchOut https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@rafaelcarranza: I'm joining hundreds of @Gannett journalists from around the country for a lunch out to oppose announced layoffs. Our message is simple: CUT FRIVOLOUS SPENDING, NOT OUR JOBS. We're also coming up on 3 years of negotiations. We want our contract! @azrepublicguild #FairPayGannett
@pbnewsguild: Today, @PBNewsGuild joins our @Gannett colleagues nationwide in #LocalNewsLunchOut to oppose layoffs threatened last week. Our colleagues get side gigs & put off home repairs as they go w/out raises. Now journalists have to lose their jobs because Gannett didn't meet its goals? https://twitter.com/...
Kati Kokal / @katikokal: Not only did 100s of union-represented @Gannett employees take part in the #LocalNewsLunchOut today, we hit reply all to emails to company leadership and flooded their inboxes with union love!!! Here's a shot of *just the people w/ cams on* from the room where we met for lunch https://twitter.com/...
@elaheizadi: Members of Gannett's unions are breaking for an hour today in protest, after the company last week said there would be job cuts in coming days. https://twitter.com/...
@therecordguild: We're joining our fellow @Gannett unions throughout the country on this #LocalNewsLunchOut to protest the layoffs that threaten local news everywhere. Our staff is dedicated to serving the community and shouldn't suffer while corporate leadership pockets millions each year. https://twitter.com/...
Diane Smith / @dianesmith_rc: Posting about our #LocalNewsLunchOut on my work twitter more than I usually do about union stuff...that's what @Gannett gets for monitoring what I do on the work machine. Oh and here's a press release from the @newsguild https://newsguild.org/...
@pbnewsguild: It's simple: Gannett needs to do better. This company must cut frivolous spending instead of getting rid of journalists' jobs. Investing in our newsrooms means investing in our communities. #LocalNewsLunchOut
@kaelymonahan: Today, we're joining our @Gannett colleagues nationwide in #LocalNewsLunchOut to oppose layoffs threatened last week. Our colleagues get side gigs and put off home repairs as they go without raises. Now journalists have to lose their jobs because Gannett didn't meet its goals? https://twitter.com/...
@deadlineclub: .@nyguild & journalists at 100+ dailies & nearly 1,000 weeklies spotlighted how @Gannett execs are out to lunch, shrinking local news, slashing staff & not even compensating reporters at the minimum IRS mileage rate (forcing them to pay out of pocket to travel to cover stories) https://twitter.com/...
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
The Information hires Karl Wells, formerly Dow Jones' chief subscriptions officer, as its first chief commercial officer, to grow revenue — It's been a busy few months at The Information. Our newsroom has been leading the narrative in coverage, from our early reporting on Netflix's dramatic move …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “The Next Phase of The Information”: On Heels of Axios Sale, Jessica Lessin Talks Subs, Start-Ups, and V.C. Money
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: I asked a friendly recently what I should do to keep growing @theinformation to its full potential. And he said “Just don't do something stupid and screw it up.” I laughed. But he's right. So here's what I have been doing lately to not screw things up :) https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: The Information has hired News Corp veteran Karl Wells as its first chief commercial officer, a role that reflects, according to Lessin, how “we're really gonna ramp up on the business side.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Nick Wingfield / @nickwingfield: A big hire for @theinformation on the bizness side. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Sam Lessin / @lessin: Proud of @Jessicalessin and @theinformation team as always ... very psyched Karl will be joining as CCO from NewsCorp (along with a string of recent killer hires), and❤️ building a media company for the ‘very long term’ needed and in VERY short supply https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Charter plans to shut down Spectrum Originals, after launching the original scripted content initiative in 2019, amid increased production costs and competition — EXCLUSIVE: Charter Communications is getting out of the original programming business. The decision to shut down Spectrum Originals comes …
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@deadline: Charter Communications is getting out of the original programming business. The decision to shut down Spectrum Originals comes as Katherine Pope is leaving to become President of Sony Pictures Television Studios https://deadline.com/...
Kerry Flynn / Axios: Charter to shut down Spectrum Originals
Daniel Frankel / Next TV: Charter to Wind Down Spectrum Originals
Marketing Brew:
The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and others juice traffic by buying ads in the mobile game Subway Surfers, which offers rewards for viewing ads or articles — We played Subway Surfers for three weeks. Of 365 ads, 124 were articles from 26 different publishers.
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@jblock49, @deepsee_io, @deepsee_io, @danbeucke, @simonowens, @marketingbrew, @bymeg and @ryanbarwick
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Justin Block / @jblock49: ah, traffic fraud, we meet again. https://twitter.com/...
@deepsee_io: As an industry, we need to decide if we want to allow this precedent that an entire ad-monetized webpage is a valid creative. It would be insane to attempt that in any other environment outside of incentivized traffic marketplaces, so why is it acceptable for rewarded ads?
@deepsee_io: Additional reporting from @MarketingBrew provides an important buy-side perspective as well. TLDR; buyers hate it, and IVT measurement firms have no incentive to flag it, because there are no standards around this kind of traffic sourcing! https://www.marketingbrew.com/ ...
Dan Beucke / @danbeucke: In May, the Los Angeles Times saw 4% of its traffic come from the Jun Group on one specific day. “We do provide reporting to advertising clients to verify we've fulfilled campaign goals, including page views and ad impressions."https://www.marketingbrew. com/ ...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: I gotta say it: @Ryanbarwick and @MarketingBrew have been kicking ass in terms of reporting on shady marketing practices. They deserve some sort of investigative journalism award. Kudos. https://www.marketingbrew.com/ ...
@marketingbrew: We played Subway Surfers for three weeks. Of 365 ads, 124 were articles from 26 different publishers. @Ryanbarwick breaks down what's going on: https://www.marketingbrew.com/ ...
@bymeg: vanity fair, complex, LAT, and more are buying traffic from subway surfers. what does this mean? instead of sitting thru a commercial, users are expected to scroll thru articles, meaning publishers may be trying to juice their OWN traffic. wild story from @Ryanbarwick !! https://twitter.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Substack's Hamish McKenzie changes his title from COO to Chief Writing Officer to signal the company's respect for writers and says “I'll be writing a lot more” — The first job title I've ever taken seriously … Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.
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Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: I am grateful that Substack offered me a healthcare subsidy for the last 2 years as I launched my Substack. Last week, they announced they were cutting the program to focus on “other projects.”
Freddie deBoer: Digest, 8/13/2022: It's You — If you haven't already, please check out my piece about Las Vegas …
Suzanne Bowness / The Feisty Freelancer Newsletter: Cross-posting for my community — As a business owner, I have believed in the power …
Casey Johnston / @caseyjohnston: turns out it was a good week to be leaving Substack :) https://twitter.com/...
Ben Wolfson / @benwolfson10: respects writers so much by taking away their healthcare benefits, got it. https://twitter.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: We're trying to build a system that give writers the kind of respect that tech companies give developers. As CWO, I'll be doing more writing, but also representing the interests of writers. Couldn't imagine a better job. https://on.substack.com/...
Tyler Dunne / @tydunne: The future is bright for all newsletters calling @SubstackInc home, that's for certain. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Goldstein / @kgeee: I felt like I was the only journo NOT going to substack, but I didn't want to trust a VC backed company for the terms of my biz. I chose open source Ghost instead. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Goldstein / @kgeee: Let me be clear I was not offered any perks to go there, I am not high profile enough. But bringing over people like AHP was their strategy to get a lot of others the follow and bring them revenue.
@jaykaydee: This truly sucks and also will happen with every single VC-funded media company until the heat death of the universe because media doesn't produce unicorn margins or valuations. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: “We're really interested in exploring illness right now” https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Here is a very good thread featuring one of Substack's most successful writers - “tens of thousands” of subscribers at $50/year - and a Substack co-founder. https://twitter.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: @annehelen We are not the writer's employer. A writer builds their own business on Substack. It's the simplest way in the world to build a media business. We provide as much support for writers as we can and we will continue to try our best with the resources we have.
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: It does make you wonder if the legal protection program is the next “initiative” to be cut
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: @annehelen It would be amazing to be in a position where we could provide healthcare support for writers indefinitely, but that is a very tough bar to reach - and we need to use resources wisely so we can ensure the longterm success of the platform, for writers' sake.
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: @hamishmckenzie How is this substantively different than a newspaper chain cutting insurance benefits to ensure that the publication still exists?
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: Which, okay! I'm fortunate that I can cover the premiums for our family. But seeing this in the latest post from @hamishmckenzie, just 4 days after that email, is something indeed https://on.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jimmy McLoughlin / Jimmy's McLoughlin Notebook: 🌳 Prime Minister hustings - the build up
James Anderson / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Kansas City Defender, which has one full-time staffer, two part-timers, five interns, and four freelancers, rooted in abolitionist press tradition — Most news outlets don't organize basketball park takeovers. The Kansas City Defender is not like most outlets.
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