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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
An interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on expanding Politico to foreign capitals by adding 100-150 staff, advising Elon Musk on Twitter, and more — We are living through the twilight of the press baron. Once, there were conquerors of newspapers, magazines …
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@zseward, Quartz, @adamnagourney, @janebsinger, @brucebartlett, @mattandersonnyt, @carlstwitt, @hahauenstein and @niemanlab
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt — FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
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New York Times, Cointelegraph and Insider, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Meta eliminated many journalism-adjacent positions as part of its 11K layoffs, including David Grant, The Meta Journalism Project Accelerator's program manager — “Meta had the resources at its peak to do incredible things. Not just the dollars, but the encouragement to think of the best outcome possible …
Larry Edelman / The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe announces NPR SVP for News Nancy Barnes will be its next editor, succeeding Brian McGrory on February 1 to become the first woman in the role — The Boston Globe announced Monday that Nancy Barnes would be its next editor, tapping a deeply experienced journalist …
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@katzish, Media Nation, @langfittnpr, @leung, @markpothier, @tednesi, New York Times and MediaPost
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Source: Michael Lewis shadowed Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six months and the CAA is pitching Lewis' yet-to-be-written book on FTX's fall to Hollywood buyers — Author compares Sam Bankman-Fried, Binance's CZ to ‘Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’ in email sent by CAA — In this issue:
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@janicemin, MacroCrunch, @olivianuzzi, CoinDesk, @craigcalcaterra, @marketrebels, @parismarx, @epsilontheory, @newley, Insider, Off to Lunch, The Guardian, @gladstein, Gizmodo, @evien, @caitlinlong_, @leenavand, @sherman4949, @danprimack, @andyblewis, @jorilallo, @claritytoast, @ahcastor, @nathanpmyoung, @benjysarlin, @gavinsbaker and Fortune
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Sequoia deleting its 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer shows VCs' media pivot isn't about informing readers but spreading corporate propaganda — A now-infamous profile of the fallen FTX founder illustrates the predictable dangers of corporate content creation. But first...
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New York Times, @benmcskelly, @carnage4life, @hansmahncke, @ericjang11, @yoda, @hardmaru, @chafkin, @adrianweckler, @heidikahkonen, @thestalwart, @ashleevance, The Information, @arashmassoudi, @tvgrimreaper, @rafat, @ericnewcomer, @katierosman, TechCrunch, @markmilian, MarketWatch and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at the New York Post under Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole, as the ex-Sun digital editor tries to attract a national audience by taking on the MailOnline — This summer, as the New York Post bludgeoned her reelection campaign, New York Governor Kathy Hochul sought via an aide to arrange …
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@sallygold, @aaronacarr, @timothypmurphy, @jblumgart, @lisatozzi, @markdistef and Poynter
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: News Corp. executives expect Sunday Times Editor Emma Tucker to replace Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray, who took the role in June 2018 — News Corp. executives in London have told associates they expect the editor of the Sunday Times, Emma Tucker, to take the top editorial job at the Wall Street Journal.
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The Information, @noahshachtman, @semafor, @sidhubaba, @bgrueskin and Talking Biz News
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Bleacher Report plans to offer more animated videos in its Qatar World Cup coverage; posts with animated content see 72% more engagement than other soccer posts — Bleacher Report is creating animated videos to join the conversations around the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar later this month - with a unique, satirical spin.
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@digiday and @bleacher_pr
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
CNN's “interview” with Jeff Bezos, where he gave the broad but non-specific promise that he plans to give most of his money to charity, is shameful PR nonsense — CNN's ‘interview’ with Jeff Bezos was shameful PR nonsense. — Let's say you're a billionaire tyrant and the company you founded …
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Document: GroupM warns clients Twitter is a “high risk” media buy due to senior executive resignations, Blue check abuse, and possible consent decree violations — The public boycott of advertising on Twitter is starting to look a lot like a long goodbye.
Discussion:
Insider, @joshtpm, The Verge, The Verge, @clearpolitic5, @chrisfralic, Glossy, @digiday, Rolling Stone and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Iran hired a US private investigator to surveil Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad in a failed 2021 kidnap plot; the investigator helped the FBI instead — The U.S. investigators are hired under false pretenses by authoritarian governments to do their “dirty work,” the F.B.I. says.
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@billbrowder, @alinejadmasih and @jasonmbrodsky
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $103.7M, a $27M net loss, vs. $3.6M YoY, time spent down 32% YoY to 151M hours, and ad revenue flat YoY at $50.4M — Total revenue reached $103.7 million for the quarter, representing a 15 percent year-over-year increase.
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Press Gazette, Dow Jones Newswires and BuzzFeed
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