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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Elon Musk says Apple mostly stopped advertising on Twitter, asking “do they hate free speech in America?” — Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk. In a tweet, Musk said that Apple has “mostly stopped” its Twitter ads, asking if Apple hates “free speech.”
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won't tell us why
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This is exactly how Parler was destroyed for its refusal to obey the censorship orders of DC Democrats: Apple and Google removed the app from their stores, crippling Parler. Threats of doing the same to Twitter have clearly been raised. It's an insane abuse of monopoly power. https://twitter.com/...
Kendra Clark / The Drum: Musk's amnesty for banned Twitter users may be ‘last nail in the coffin’ for advertisers
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Elon Musk says Apple has ‘threatened to withhold Twitter’ from the App Store
Rick Wilson / @therickwilson: It's almost like they're exercising their free-speech rights. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Elon Musk's next trick? Picking a fight with Apple
Lauren Leffer / Gizmodo: Elon Musk Praises Improved ‘Community Notes’ as Community Flags His Fake News Post
Colin Kirkland / MediaPost: Apple Was One Of Twitter's Top Advertisers In 2022, Analysis Finds
Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Apple cutting ad spend on Twitter sends Musk to war
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart: Elon Musk: Apple Threatened to Boot Twitter from App Store
John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Today, in Twitter-Apple Drama
Laura Packard / @lpackard: Well.. that's certainly a strategy. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Will Tim Cook tax Elon's digital subscription business? Absolutely. Will Tim Cook kick out a service used by ~ 200mm of his customers, barring an intentional, Epic Games-style provocation? Next to no chance.
Maria Chong / @mariachong: Person sharing conspiracy theories and porn memes directly asks why a reputable firm hesitates to subsidize public erratic leadership and careless safety changes—somehow believing that targeting the CEO with scapegoat disgust via unhinged fanboys will woo advertisers back. https://twitter.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: If Elon goes to Washington on this, Apple will meet him there with 500 pages of death threats and racist abuse they found on Twitter and asked be removed - and probably a bunch of CSAM too. Not the best fight to pick https://twitter.com/...
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: This is what @Apple is doing while its factory in #China beats workers & treats them like slaves https://twitter.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Elon is like the Rip van Winkle of tech, asleep since 2000 and just woken up, and amazed by everyday things. “What's content moderation?!” “Have you heard of this thing called ‘WeChat’?!” “What's brand safety?!!” “Did you know about the App Store?!!!” https://twitter.com/...
Steve Vladeck / @steve_vladeck: I realize this is a difficult concept, but there's literally *nothing* about “free speech” that *requires* a private corporation to advertise on platforms amplifying messages with which they disagree. If free speech is anything, it's the right of that corporation to *not* do so. https://twitter.com/...
@internethippo: it's against the constitution for you to stop giving me money https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: apple: *trying to sell as many iphones as humanly possible* elon: why do you not want to be associated with my nazi frog meme friends? does this frighten you? https://twitter.com/...
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: And there it is. Elon now waging some PR war against Apple in the event it bans Twitter from the App Store, labeling it a free speech issue when it is, actually, about child exploitation consent, terrorism vids, and all the other stuff that can run rampant without moderation. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: .@elonmusk, you continue to show your ignorance about free speech. Twitter has nothing to do with free speech. Study up man. And btw, Apple's decision is all about freedom. You're free to do what you want with Twitter, and Apple is free to no longer advertise. Freedom, rite Elon? https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: I told you so
Dan Ives / @divestech: The Musk vs Apple new battle is not what investors want to see. The Street wants less drama, not more as this Twitter situation remains the gift that keeps on giving for the Tesla bears with every day a new chapter.
@lawfulspice: Woke Apple *has* to deplatform Twitter because free speech is an existential threat to Marxism https://twitter.com/...
@gorskon: Nah. If this is true, Apple has probably just concluded that Twitter no longer gives them sufficient bang for their buck and/or that the risk to their brand safety is now too high given all the racists, antivaxxers, and fascists Mr. Musk has let back on the platform.🤦🏻♂️ https://twitter.com/...
@carnage4life: Everyone who works in social media knows why because the same thing happened to Parler & Tumblr. Apple doesn't want 4chan style “free speech” apps in their App Store. https://twitter.com/...
@vaushv: Hey guys just started a business, new to business here. How do I make advertisers come back? I'm yelling at them but they won't come back https://twitter.com/...
@carnage4life: Elon trying to make the math work on paying $1B/year in interest payments after driving away top advertisers and betting on a subscription model that will require giving 30% to Apple. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Apple Has Threatened to Pull Twitter From App Store, Musk Claims
David Moye / HuffPost: Twitter Users Brutally Mock Elon Musk For Trying To Shame Apple Into Advertising
Patrick W. Watson / @patrickw: Elon's recent rampage against Apple combined with Phil Schiller deleting his Twitter account suggests the two companies are in a serious behind-the-scenes clash. That Elon is the one now making it public suggests he is losing.
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Elon Musk implies Apple hates free speech after ‘mostly stopped’ advertising on Twitter
Jason Koebler / VICE: Elon Musk Wonders: Does the Company that Fought the FBI in Court to Prevent Giving it the Text Messages of Terrorists Hate Free Speech Because It Stopped Giving Me Money?
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: Apple: *spends less advertising money on Twitter* Elon Musk: “APPLE HAS CENSORED ME!!!111” https://twitter.com/...
@junlper: pretty funny how elon just lashes out like this, he is indistinguishable from a child. at least this is entertaining https://twitter.com/...
@steinkobbe: The current state of the Twitter finances is the CEO is trying to publicly shame companies into buying ads https://twitter.com/...
Kevin M. Kruse / @kevinmkruse: “Elon Musk taking on Apple” has a real “Joe McCarthy taking on the Army” vibe to it. They're a whole lot bigger than he is and not likely to scare easily.
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: As of now, Google has yet to contact Twitter about any potential violations or issues, a source told Axios. — But it's monitoring developments around content moderation changes at the company. https://www.axios.com/...
Jason Goldman / @goldman: I mean Tim Apple just took a hatchet to Facebook's entire bottom line and crying foul didn't really change the outcome. But sure let's try to fuck around and find out.
@lib_crusher: The funniest part of that FT expose is while Elon is zooted out on research chemicals calling CEOS and screaming at them, there literally isn't anyone left at twitter to make big ad deals with https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Musk threatens war with Apple
Chloe Folmar / The Hill: Musk asks if Apple hates ‘free speech in America’ after Twitter advertising drop-off
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Elon Musk tweets a fake CNN headline image with Don Lemon saying “Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely” — Elon Musk, the mega-billionaire who is the new owner of Twitter, on Monday posted a meme with a fake headline attributed …
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@elonmusk, @cnnpr, The Guardian, BGR, Mediaite, Fox News, New York Post, The Wrap, @oneunderscore__, @ronbrownstein, The Hill, @ronbrownstein, @bradmossesq, @bennyjohnson, @jbenton, @ezralevant, Deadline, Insider and First and Second Thoughts
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: https://twitter.com/...
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian: Elon Musk's Twitter is fast proving that free speech at all costs is a dangerous fantasy
Joe Wituschek / BGR: Elon Musk joins the war against Apple and its App Store rules
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: ‘Be Better’: CNN Hits Back at Elon Musk Sharing Fake Headline and Screenshot of Don Lemon
Nikolas Lanum / Fox News: Twitter erupts after Elon Musk mocks CNN with satirical chyron about threats to free speech
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: He's just red pilled. It's not that complicated.
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: And as w/Trump since 2015, mainstream GOP & conservative media/pundits, almost w/out exception, will defend him empowering extremists b/c they think he energizes their base-or b/c they believe “owning the libs” is worth the cost of mainstreaming far right extremism. Same playbook https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: CNN to Elon Musk after sharing fake headline: ‘Be Better’
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: Simple equation: Musk repackages hate speech racism anti-semitism homophobia and far right intimidation as “free speech” & any effort to hold him accountable for injecting it into US society as the “woke mob.” On both ends, same goal: amplifying & empowering far right extremists https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: I reported the tweet for presenting a fabrication of a media chyron. I am sure @elonmusk will allow proper adjudication of that report. https://twitter.com/...
Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: CNN got so Triggered by Elon posting a Meme that they're now posting an image Falsely accusing him of breaking Twitter's rules. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye https://twitter.com/...
Ezra Levant / @ezralevant: Oh my God that's a real headline: https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Tapp / Deadline: Elon Musk's Pepe The Frog Tweet Decried By ADL As His Overnight Tweetstorm Also Highlights Guns, Revolutionary War Imagery & Fabricated CNN Headline
Jake Epstein / Insider: CNN tells Elon Musk to ‘be better’ after the billionaire shared a fake headline on Twitter to criticize the network
Kent M. Harrington / First and Second Thoughts: Twitter's Free Speech Absolutist: Just What Does Elon Musk Believe?
Washington Post:
Source: in Q1 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48M and accounting for over 4% of Twitter's revenue that quarter — In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter — Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple …
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Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: My guess is that Musk is trying to manufacture a feud with Apple so he can claim retaliation when the twitter app is removed from the app store for violating Apple's TOS. https://twitter.com/...
John Cusack / @johncusack: How many billion can a greedy man loose - in order to avoid paying his fair share of tax ? Apparently it's better to lose 20 billion than pay 15 in tax - https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Seibert / @jeffseibert: The First Law of Mobile: Apple Does Not Suffer Fools https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / Engadget: Elon Musk claims Apple has ‘threatened to withhold’ Twitter from the App Store
Alena Botros / Fortune: Elon Musk asks Tim Cook 'What's going on here'? after Apple pulls its Twitter ads—setting up a clash of tech titans
Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: Apple's ad agency recommends a stop to Twitter campaigns
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Remember when Trump would publicly berate department stores that dropped Trump-branded products? https://twitter.com/...
Charles Gaba / @charles_gaba: No biggie. He just has to get 2.1 million people to shell out $8/mo to cover the losses. https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: Whoopsie! Or as the elders say, “F around and find out.” Musk chose to elevate white nationalists and haters. Personal responsibility and consequences and yadda yadda yadda. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror: One rich guy decided he wanted to pay for the privilege of being the main character every day on Twitter. That's akin to wishing *yourself* into the cornfield, but you do you, EM 🌽 https://twitter.com/...
Jay Jaffe / @jay_jaffe: I'm sure tweeting alt-right memes and letting Nazis back on this platform will bring Apple crawling back https://twitter.com/...
Linette Lopez / @lopezlinette: You should read this if you're a #tesla shareholder because you're probably going to end up footing this Twitter bill. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Researchers: China seems to be flooding Twitter with porn tweets mentioning places where people are protesting, overwhelming Twitter's reduced moderation team — For hours, links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from cities where dramatic rallies escalated
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Joseph Menn / @josephmenn: Just wrote about Chinese accounts spamming city names in a suspected attempt to keep citizens from learning about the historic protests. An outgunned Twitter staff fought back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Last week, I discussed the risks @elonmusk was taking running with a skeleton crew with @ReedAlbergotti, including no threat intel team: https://www.semafor.com/... Looks like we might have the first major failure to stop gov interference in the Musk era: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / CNN: Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results https://techcrunch.com/...
Thomas Claburn / The Register: Twitter search spam campaign hides China riots, researchers say
Rebecca Choong Wilkins / @rchoongwilkins: Twitter is being flooded with spam posts that make it harder to discover content about the protests breaking out across China. The posts, many of which are sexually explicit, use hashtags referring to Shanghai and other Chinese cities. A slightly more SFW selection 👇🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Chinese Bots Are Filling Twitter with Porn Spam to Hide Mass Protests in Major Cities
Emily Rauhala / @emilyrauhala: There's an effort to bury posts about the protests in China with escort adds: “Chinese-language accounts, some dormant for months or years, came to life early Sunday and started spamming the service with links to escort services and other adult offerings alongside city names.” https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: “Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results.” https://techcrunch.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Under Elon Musk, Twitter has slashed its anti-propaganda team, allowing a “flood of nuisance content in China” to blot out the “flow of news about stunning widespread protests.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Elon Musk Slashed Twitter's Safety Team. Then a Chinese Spam Campaign Ran Rampant
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite: Chinese Spam Accounts Flood Twitter with Porn, Burying News of Massive Protests
Dan Sabbagh / @dansabbagh: Why wasn't Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter subject to a national security review, when it is already clear that it is *far more vulnerable* to China and other autocratic state influence. Dictators will quickly cotton on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Emma Roth / The Verge: Chinese police are searching phones for Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram as protests mount
Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: Chinese bots spammed Twitter with porn, which buried news about COVID-19 protests in China, report says
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: Twitter's experts on #Chinese info ops are *all* gone. Now, as #chineseprotests grow, a sudden coordinated surge of porn posts seems designed to bury the story. Welcome to the new wild west for info ops 1/ By @josephmenn https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: “Chinese-language accounts, some dormant for months or years...started spamming [Twitter] with links to escort services and other adult offerings alongside city names...anyone searching for posts from those cities...would see pages...of useless tweets instead of info about...protests” https://twitter.com/...
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi / @congressmanraja: Twitter lacks the capacity to counter China's propaganda and misinformation during the ongoing protests that have emerged in the country. This sets up a potentially dangerous opportunity for other autocratic regimes to take advantage of this weakness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Protests by Chinese people calling for human rights & democracy will be obscured today by clouds of porn, ads, & chaff generated by troll farms & state-sponsored bots. Sunlight cannot disinfect them; @Twitter's capacity to neutralize smog appears gutted: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: Throughout the day yesterday, people searching for news on protests in China were bombarded with pages linking to porn and escort sites: “All the China influence ops & analysts at Twitter have all resigned."https://www.washingtonpost.co m/ ...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: The authoritarian government in China is trying to hide extraordinary protests by spamming social media. Twitter is struggling to meet this big test of its commitment to free speech because “all the China influence operations and analysts...resigned.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth: elon's first big test is coming from china, which, needless to say, will drown out any protest video with a deluge of its own content. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: China is swarming twitter with spam to try to drown out coverage of the protests happening there — a big free speech issue that I hope @elonmusk will address. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eva / @evacide: When you fire most of your content moderation teams, it becomes quite difficult to fight bots or for Twitter to be a truthful source of news about an important protest movement. https://twitter.com/...
@cwarzel: As many predicted, a stripped down Twitter team that's lost a lot of the people with institutional knowledge will face *actual* pressure on non-trivial, international speech and information suppression issues https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eileen Clancy / @clancynewyork: “Fifty percent porn, 50 percent protests,” said one U.S. government contractor and China expert, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence issues. “Once I got 3 to 4 scrolls into the feed” to see posts from earlier in the day, it was “all porn.” https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Twitter's radically reduced anti-propaganda team grappled on Sunday with a flood of nuisance content in China that researchers said was aimed at reducing the flow of news about stunning widespread protests against coronavirus restrictions.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Financial Times:
Sources: Twitter's ads team has shrunk so much after layoffs that ad agencies complain its ads systems are now buggy and that they lack a point of contact there
Discussion:
@elonmusk, @mshannahmurphy, @ryanlcooper, CNET, @elonmusk, @jdan, Al Jazeera, @jessehawken, @iansherr, @scott_tobias, Quartz, @mattnavarra, @steinkobbe, @authorkimberley, @sewellchan, Wall Street Journal, PRWeek, @maxkriegervg, The Register, @fmanjoo, @davecoion, @pkafka, @alexeheath, @iansherr, @mehdirhasan, @golikehellmachi, @what_eats_owls, @justicar, TechCrunch, @melissajpeltier, @revhowardarson, @snowmanomics, @scottnover, @jbenton, @matthews_p, @bgrueskin, @crampell, @harrymccracken, @flockofwords, @rjcc, @nsardi, @pointlesslettrs, Insider, @gergelyorosz and @marypcbuk, more at Techmeme »
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: What's going on here @tim_cook?
Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy: ICYMI: Musk has personally called CEOs of brands that have curbed advertising in order to berate them, according to a senior ads exec This has lead some to reduce their spend to the bare minimum required so as to avoid further confrontation with him https://www.ft.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: a business genius at work https://archive.ph/ziimf https://twitter.com/...
Ian Sherr / CNET: Elon Musk Is Weaponizing Twitter Against Apple Now
@jdan: I run social media advertising for Apple and we slowed down our Q4 ad spend because (a) lack of engagement, mostly bot impressions (b) lack of trust in twitter ldrship https://twitter.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: You hate to see it: https://www.ft.com/...
Scott Nover / Quartz: Elon Musk can't afford to pick a fight with Apple
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: Multiple top ad agencies and media buyers told the FT nearly all of the big brands they represent have paused spending on Twitter Elon Musk, meanwhile, has been calling chief execs of some brands that have curbed advertising in order to berate them https://www.ft.com/...
@steinkobbe: Watching @elonmusk take over Twitter is like watching a business school case study on how to make money on the internet. Lesson one: Alienate the advertisers you rely on. Lesson two: Make it clear to potential advertisers you will publicly attack them if they ever stop buying ads
Kimberley Johnson / @authorkimberley: Americans put billionaires on pedestals and keep their heads in the sand until it's too late. It's a thing. https://twitter.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: So Twitter's business is in meltdown, but surely the psychic satisfaction of owning the libs is worth $44bn https://www.ft.com/...
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk Claims Apple Is Threatening to Remove Twitter From App Store
Arvind Hickman / PRWeek: Twitter advertisers exit as brand safety concerns escalate
@maxkriegervg: oh to be a fly on the wall to hear this guy screaming at nbc, home depot, whoever the hell, his eyes bloodshot, his blood boiling. keep burning the wick man, hope it runs out soon https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: so many companies hate America https://twitter.com/...
@davecoion: Imagen what if Mad Men on TV today? Elon Musk yell at Dom Draeper https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Worth noting that blue-chip advertisers still on the platform as of last week include Walmart and Activision. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Musk tells a colleague of mine that Apple is threatening Twitter's standing in the App Store. Explains his string of tweets just now critiquing Apple. https://twitter.com/...
@golikehellmachi: the thing about this is that even if they're still committing to minimums right now, it's budget planning time for FY23 https://twitter.com/...
Spirit Margaret Hall-Owen / @what_eats_owls: does he understand that these are his customers, not his girlfriends https://twitter.com/...
Glenn White / @justicar: So, they're paying protection money? Let's see how that affects their media strategy and performance. Protip: Do not pay protection, extortion, or payola. It never, ever pencils out. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter says crowdsourced fact-checking system updated to better address ‘low quality’ contributions
@revhowardarson: i wonder how much money elon's penchant for replying to every neo-nazi on twitter has cost him https://twitter.com/...
@snowmanomics: Musk is calling up CEOs and berating them because they're not advertising on Twitter anymore. He really is like Trump. https://www.ft.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: At the midyear mark, 92% of Twitter revenue came from ads. Say what you will about the old guard, but the savviest business minds are not running Twitter right now. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Musk “has sought to personally call chief executives of some brands that have curbed advertising in order to berate them...leading others to instead reduce their spend to the bare minimum required so as to avoid further confrontation with the billionaire” https://www.ft.com/...
Patrick Matthews / @matthews_p: The management secrets of Elon Musk, super genius https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: But wait, there's even more General Motors Volkswagen Carlsberg General Mills https://www.ft.com/...
Catherine Rampell / @crampell: “Musk, meanwhile, has sought to personally call chief executives of some brands that have curbed advertising in order to berate them, according to one senior industry figure” https://www.ft.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: “Musk's best chance of bringing advertisers back to Twitter is to appoint a new CEO...Particularly, one who understands what Twitter is, has the credibility with advertisers, and users — and is then left alone to do their job.” https://www.ft.com/...
Fly / @flockofwords: Ah yes, phoning up your advertisers & berating them for taking their adverts elsewhere after you've rendered your own platform toxic sure is some genius 4D chess strategy. Yep. That'll get them bringing that sweet sweet money back to you any minute now. https://www.ft.com/...
Richard Lawler / @rjcc: Sounds to me like reports of bugs in ads have dropped by over 80 percent, a win is a win https://twitter.com/...
Nerissa Sardi / @nsardi: @mediagazer I've spoken to a few CMOS who confirm this. They aren't able to advertise even if they want to & no longer have an account rep to reach out to.
@pointlesslettrs: Nothing gets wavering customers back on-side faster than a bit of berating. Truly a privilege to watch a top business mind like this at work, it really is. https://twitter.com/...
Jyoti Mann / Insider: Elon Musk personally called CEOs of companies that stopped advertising on Twitter to complain, report says
Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz: Screenshot from the first tweet from The Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/... Another engineer said staff shortages are so bad that large ads (over $1M) aren't reviewed, and are on hold. Twitter's main customers used to be advertisers. Odd to push them to churn right now.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian, NYT, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País, which were the first to publish WikiLeaks material, urge the US to end its prosecution of Julian Assange — First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution
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New York Times, The New York Times Company, @charlie_savage, Reuters, @denisrancourt, @albernstein, @tomlondon6, Newser, @tomwatson, @wikileaks, Mediaite, @drjillstein, The Truth Barrier, @charlie_savage, @_cingraham, The Hill, @kenvogel, @fool_nelson, @justinamash, @ggreenwald, @jameeljaffer, @checkmatestate, @wikileaks, @sulliview, @andreasharsono, @snowden, @kenvogel, @maxkennerly, @clarkemicah, @georgemonbiot, The Wrap, @jamesrbuk and Al Jazeera
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Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: Leaders of NYT & 4 European news outlets have called on the US govt to drop charges against Julian Assange for soliciting/publishing classified information. (Case is about the 2010 @xymanning-leaked DOD/State files, not the 2016 Russia-hacked Dem emails). https://www.nytimes.com/...
Denis Rancourt / @denisrancourt: When establishment attack dogs fain empathy, you know there is a manipulation being orchestrated. What is going on? They had 12 years to do this! https://www.nytco.com/...
Al Bernstein / @albernstein: And this would mean it's OK the next time an “alleged"journalist teams up with an enemy of our country to impact one of our elections. I'm closer to being the lead in a Broadway revival of “Sunset Boulevard” than Assange is to being a journalist. https://twitter.com/...
Tom London / @tomlondon6: They should have spoken up years ago but it is welcome they have finally done the right thing https://twitter.com/...
Mike L. Ford / Newser: News Outlets Ask US to Drop Assange Charges
Tom Watson / @tomwatson: So basically, Arthur Sulzberger will go to the mat for Assange - but not for American democracy against Trump. Tells you what you need to know, folks. https://twitter.com/...
@wikileaks: New: Editors and publishers of The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El País: “Twelve years after the publication of #Cablegate, it is time for the US government to end its prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing secrets” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite: NY Times, Euro Outlets Call for U.S. to Drop Julian Assange Charges in Scathing Letter: ‘Publishing Is Not a Crime’
Dr. Jill Stein / @drjillstein: You're not kidding it's a dangerous precedent. If Assange is indicted, the NYT, Guardian etc. would be next in line for publishing the same secrets. They should fight for his freedom as if it's their own. https://twitter.com/...
Celia Farber / The Truth Barrier: Waltz Of The Sugarplum Gatekeepers: The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, El Pais, Der Spiegel Call For JULIAN ASSANGE to be Released
Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: Here is the joint open letter: https://www.nytco.com/... NYT company spokesperson says the institutional decision to participate was made by the publisher (@AGSNYT) in consultation with the legal department (@davidmccraw). The newsroom (@nycscribe) was not involved.
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: A little weird that this story says there was no NYT newsroom involvement, but the letter itself is signed by the “editors and publishers” of the NYT and four other outlets https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: New York Times, European news outlets call on US to drop charges against Assange
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: In an open letter, @nytimes, @Guardian, @LeMondefr, @derspiegel & @el_pais call on the U.S. to drop its prosecution of JULIAN ASSANGE under the Espionage Act. It “sets a dangerous precedent” that threatens to undermine the First Amendment & press freedom. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Fool Nelson / @fool_nelson: Too little, too late https://twitter.com/...
Justin Amash / @justinamash: What the U.S. government is doing to Julian Assange puts all journalists at risk and undermines press freedom. He faces prosecution for journalism—for publishing materials exposing war crimes and other horrors in Afghanistan and Iraq. Uphold the First Amendment. Free/pardon him. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The now 3+ year imprisonment with no trial of Julian Assange - easily one of the most consequential Western journalists of his generation - makes US/UK lectures about press freedom a total farce. Good to see the media outlets who profited from his scoops finally defending him: https://twitter.com/...
Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer: Glad to see this. These news outlets are absolutely right that the Espionage Act charges are a frontal assault on press freedom. The debate about whether Assange himself is properly described as a journalist is ultimately just a distraction. https://twitter.com/...
Curt / @checkmatestate: I know the idea of giving praise to the New York Times feels odd, but they deserve it sometimes. This takes courage. Please give them some positive feedback so they'll don't more stuff like this! https://twitter.com/...
@wikileaks: PEN America: “The Biden Administration must return to its stated principles and drop these charges (against #Assange), in the interest of press freedom and the United States' global standing with respect to human rights” @PENamerica https://pen.org/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: It's good to see @nytimes taking this stand https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono: The New York Times and four European news organizations called on the U.S. government on Monday to drop its charges against Julian Assange, the @wikileaks founder, for obtaining and publishing classified diplomatic and military secrets https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: Julian Assange is a prisoner of conscience. Free the man, and free the press. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: From the letter calling on the US to drop charges against ASSANGE stemming from the publication of the 2010 @DeptofDefense @StateDept files leaked by @xymanning: “Holding governments accountable is part of the core mission of a free press in a democracy.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: They're right. Interpreting the Espionage Act this broadly has effects far beyond Assange. Consider Count 1. The same could be alleged against any journalist who gets their hands on secret documents. The crime is the leak by the gov't source, not the publication to the world. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Hitchens / @clarkemicah: I think this declaration by several leading newspapers is excellent and should be heeded by the US Government, and the UK Government. . Publishing is not a crime ad the attempt to prosecute and extradite Julian Assange should cease. https://www.nytco.com/...
George Monbiot / @georgemonbiot: Publishing is not a crime. But the judicial torture of Julian Assange should be. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: NY Times, Other News Organizations Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at Post.News, a Twitter alternative with an emphasis on moderation and a plan to let users access news from multiple publishers using micropayments — When I opened Post.news on Monday morning, the top story in my Explore feed was an inspirational story about a cartoon alpaca.
Discussion:
@laurahazardowen, @taylorlorenz, @laurahazardowen, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, @mikerugnetta, Post News, @davidgerard, @edzitron, @chronotope, @noahchestnut, @parismarx, @emmacarew, @pkafka, @taylorlorenz, @noahchestnut, @jeffjarvis, @froomkin, @knowmiun, @andrewliptak, @joshsternberg, @starbeer, @ryp__, @samuelaadams, @dangillmor, @jayrosen_nyu, @noahchestnut, @noahchestnut and @dangillmor
Discussion:
Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: I spent some time trying to figure out what https://t.co/...'s vision for news is. There's potential here, but also some reasons for pause — like, almost no publishers are on it, and what happens if and when micropayments don't work? https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@taylorlorenz: Turns out https://post.news/ is backed by a16z. Lets see if they do it like Clubhouse and make the suggested follow list almost solely a16z partners and a smattering of anti media reactionaries https://twitter.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: https://post.news/ is creating fake/placeholder accounts for publishers to try to entice them to move there? https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Post News, a Twitter alternative, gets funding from a16z
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: ... the podcast describes Post as a micropayment play, which requires news publishers to collaborate in a way they never have before. (Of that I'm skeptical.) Marc Andreessen, who blocks me for some reason, is a funder, as well. I am @jayrosen_nyu on https://post.news/ 2/2
Mike Rugnetta / @mikerugnetta: lol its in the Post mission statement that you can't cyberbully the rich https://post.news/...
Noam Bardin / Post News: Why are we not working on... Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests …
@davidgerard: lol post. news made fake accounts for publishers saying they should sign up and claim them this is crypto level scamming https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: It's so funny this is what Swisher and Galloway are pumping https://twitter.com/...
Aram Zucker-Scharff / @chronotope: This is quite a thing for Post News to claim when right now the only premium news provider I've found is Reuters, who is republishing wire stories you can read for free on their website for money while WSJ has uhhh this. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: @BlendleUS Rather... media companies see Post needing.. 1) Their brands to establish Post as legitimate 2) Their content to give Post actual value Creating dummy placeholder accounts with astroturfed petitions to “bring the NYT on Post” only furthers this observation
Paris Marx / @parismarx: honestly too funny that post explicitly says no making fun of billionaires. no surprise it's funded by a16z! https://post.news/... https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: Did I sign up for post news? yes. Have I actively been using it? no. Do I think news orgs should jump in feet first as a Twitter replacement? no. Does it seem like they legitimately want to work with publishers to distribute news? Um.... no. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Getting news publishers who depend on ads and recurring subscriptions for revenue to get on board for micropayments will be... very difficult. https://twitter.com/...
@taylorlorenz: I'd say there's a big diff btw a salaried journalist working in a unionized newsroom beholden to extensive ethics policies & a tech CEO directly soliciting funds from a billionaire investor, which is not a “theoretical extreme.” That said, appreciate founder taking time to reply https://twitter.com/...
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: With https://post.news/ (+Twitter adjacent clones focused on media)... I feel like they miss the essential lesson from Substack's early success > Solve an existing problem don't invent new ones! < 🤔 👇 on why https://post.news/ is more akin to the failed @BlendleUS https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Disclosure: I was asked to be an advisor to https://post.news/. I backed away, disagreeing w/decisions re advisory board & federation. And I'm long skeptical of micropayment models. I like & greatly respect Noam & wish him success. Received nothing; no longer associated. 1/
@froomkin: I am newly arrived on Post: https://post.news/... I have even have a few thoughts about getting it to where it wants to be... https://twitter.com/...
Evon / @knowmiun: @CT_Bergstrom The more I learn about https://post.news/ the more I distrust it as an trustworthy alternative — shared financing with Twitters current 🗑 🔥 https://twitter.com/...
@andrewliptak: I was one of the early ones let in to check out post and I've been unimpressed so far. The interface is fine, but it feels like it's just ported over most of the annoying Twitter posturing personalities that I already can't stand (and can mute) here. 🤷🏻♂️ https://twitter.com/...
@joshsternberg: Smart thread (and not because Noah linked to a decade-old story of mine) that explores why micropayments aren't a good bet for publishers. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Rubin / @starbeer: Sigh. Another promising-looking replacement for this space now looking...problematic. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Young Pelton / @ryp__: “I've never seen anyone except maybe at a few strip bars throw more money at someone than they're throwing at Noam Bardin right now” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: well, this is quite a bit of what I'm concerned about https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: If publishers had even a tiny brain for what's best for them — and journalism — they'd form a collaborative to spin up Fediverse (probably Mastodon) instances owned and controlled by the individual orgs — and interoperable. Instead, they'll just flock to the latest thing. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I spent some time on the same questions and came to the same conclusions. Laura's post is recommended if you're interested in what https://post.news/ is. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: @BlendleUS There's a reason why https://post.news/ (Post) is reserving accounts for the NYT, Washington Post, Conde's pubs, etc... The people who work there don't see Post actually helping them grow audience or sell subscriptions!
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: @BlendleUS ... Now... consider Post Post is trying to run a version of this “copy parts of an existing successful product that is now vulnerable” but offer a new way for users to earn $ The problem... Post is focused on a failed business model its users don't want: micropayments!
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
In the first town hall after returning to Disney, Bob Iger says he won't stop a hiring freeze, will assess cost structure, and aims to make streaming profitable — Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said he won't remove the company's hiring freeze and that he will reassess …
Discussion:
@robertiger, Puck, New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, ScreenRant, Variety, Wall Street Journal, SlashFilm, Deadline, Bloomberg, Looper, Light Reading, The Wrap, @cgasparino, Next TV, Poynter, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @scottgustin, New York Post, Insider, @lthomasnews, @brianstelter, @sherman4949, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac and CNN
Discussion:
Robert Iger / @robertiger: Filled with gratitude and excitement to be back @WaltDisneyCo! https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Belloni / Puck: ‘No Great Options’: The Iger Succession Tarot Card
Brooks Barnes / New York Times: Bob Iger, Acknowledging ‘Challenging Times,’ Meets With Disney Employees
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Bob Iger Dismisses Megadeal Talk, Says Apple Sale Is “Pure Speculation” and Will Keep Disney Hiring Freeze
Grant Hermanns / ScreenRant: Disney's Bob Iger Celebrates First Day Back As Studio CEO
Matt Donnelly / Variety: Bob Iger Talks Disney Hiring Freeze, Streaming Spending and 'Don't Say Gay' in First Town Hall Back as CEO
Deadline: Bob Iger Tells Disney Town Hall Hiring Freeze Still In Effect, No New Acquisitions Planned & Not Merging With Apple
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg: Disney's Iger Tells Employees Hiring Freeze to Stay in Place
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Iger shoots down Disney-Apple deal rumor - reports
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Bob Iger Sets Creativity as ‘Number One Priority’ for Disney
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: Surprised no one asked him about selling @espn (to possibly @Apple), which has a much greater near-term likelihood than selling $DIS to @Apple — Bob Iger Dismisses Megadeal Talk, Says Apple Sale Is “Pure Speculation” and Will Keep Disney Hiring Freeze https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
David Bloom / Next TV: Now That Bob Iger Has Taken Over, Is This the End of Disney's Streaming-First Strategy?
Tom Jones / Poynter: What's next as Bob Iger returns to Disney?
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Pretty striking difference between Disney and Twitter employee reactions to new CEOs. Disney employees lining up to thank Iger for returning. Twitter employees frantically hammering out lines of code in desperate attempts to keep jobs. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: All the details from Bob Iger's first town hall back at Disney here: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: The Disney town hall just wrapped up, and we've got more details. *Iger says no M&A for the near future - happy with the collection of assets he has. *No timing on DMED reorg *Iger joked his wife told him to run Disney again so he wouldnt run for prez https://www.cnbc.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: Here's some more details from the meeting via @sherman4949, including some updates about the status of DMED restructuring https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Disney CEO Bob Iger says hiring freeze to remain, addresses Apple rumors
Grace Kay / Insider: New Disney CEO reportedly joked to employees that his wife wanted him to return to keep him from running for US president
Luke Thomas / @lthomasnews: I'd imagine the DOJ's Antitrust Division would be a major hurdle to making this happen, anyway, and with good reason. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Today is Bob Iger's first day back on the Disney lot — “and all anyone in Hollywood wants to talk about is who's going to replace him,” @MattBelloni writes https://puck.news/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: First Bob Iger news leaking out from Disney's town hall — CNBC has it for you real time — Iger kicks off meeting quoting Hamilton, says hiring freeze will stay in place. He's taking Q&A now. Updates coming real time, people! https://www.cnbc.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Five Questions For Bob Iger and the Disney Board
The Guardian:
The BBC says journalist Ed Lawrence, who was covering protests in Shanghai, was detained for several hours and beaten by police, without a credible explanation — Journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten after being arrested at a protest against China's strict Covid restrictions, broadcaster says
Discussion:
@bbcnewspr, @ep_lawrence, CNN, BBC, Reuters, New York Post, The Daily Beast, @pressgazette, The Wrap, @fannyfacsar, @vivekagnihotri, Bloomberg, Committee to Protect …, Breitbart, @kevin_maguire, @michaellcrick, @joshchin, @mollymckew, @tomtugendhat, @brianstelter, @pressgazette, @meifongwriter, Variety, @mrharrycole, @paulomacro, @eileenguo, @matpvi, @tomphillipsin, @juwonreports, Deadline, BBC, Al Jazeera, @christinapushaw, Agence France-Presse, @ezralevant, Insider, The Hill and Fox News
Discussion:
Edward Lawrence / @ep_lawrence: A statement from the BBC on what happened to me in Shanghai last night while doing my job. I understand at least one local national was arrested after trying to stop the police from beating me. Thanks very much for the kind words and messages of concern. https://twitter.com/...
David Milliken / Reuters: BBC says Chinese police assaulted one of its journalists at Shanghai protest
Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post: Massive Chinese lockdown protests could spell trouble for leader Xi Jinping
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast: China Claims BBC's Account of Reporter Being Beaten During Arrest Is ‘Not True’
@pressgazette: Swiss journalist Michael Peuker was also briefly detained after a live broadcast from the scene of a zero Covid protest https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: BBC Reporter Attacked by Police Officers in China While Covering Protests Over COVID Protocol
Fanny Facsar / @fannyfacsar: Journalists worldwide risk their lives to keep you informed. Relieved my colleague @EP_Lawrence can continue reporting from China - despite the very difficult circumstances. #China https://twitter.com/...
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri / @vivekagnihotri: Hey @BBC, What's the point of being one of the world's oldest, largest and most powerful media house if you can't do anything for your ‘beaten & kicked’ journalist by the Chinese, except for releasing a wishy-washy, spineless statement. Had it happened in India... https://twitter.com/...
Kitty Donaldson / Bloomberg: UK's Sunak Rejects ‘Simplistic’ Cold War Rhetoric on China
Erik Crouch / Committee to Protect Journalists: Shanghai police detain foreign journalists covering anti-lockdown protests, beat BBC correspondent Edward Lawrence
Simon Kent / Breitbart: Police in China Arrest, Beat BBC Journalist Covering Mass Coronavirus Protests
Kevin Maguire / @kevin_maguire: Protests in authoritarian China are folk wanting democracy and very different to Covidiots in Britain. The arrest and beating of a BBC journalist is disturbing but I recall cops here unlawfully detained hacks covering a Just Stop Oil demo. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael Crick / @michaellcrick: This thuggish behaviour by the Chinese authorities deserves the greatest possible publicity worldwide. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Chin / @joshchin: “They had arrested him for his own good in he case he caught Covid from the crowd.” https://twitter.com/...
Tom Tugendhat / @tomtugendhat: The detention of Ed Lawrence is an echo of the repression the CCP is attempting elsewhere. China's attempts at state repression here in the UK remind us of the urgent need to defend our own freedoms. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: BBC journalist who was arrested and beaten by Chinese police. He's back on the streets reporting today: https://twitter.com/...
@pressgazette: According to the European Broadcasting Union @EBU_HQ numerous other journalists were threatened while covering the protests in China and even prevented from going on-air or filming https://pressgazette.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/...
@meifongwriter: Chinese authorities arrested @bbc reporter because, they said, they didn't want him catching Covid from the crowd.. ‘We do not consider this a credible explanation.’ #BritishUnderstatement https://twitter.com/...
Paulo Macro / @paulomacro: Yea they'll let him off with a warning this time Sigh. Never seen this before, totally historic, no clue where this one goes 🤷♂️ https://twitter.com/...
Eileen Guo / @eileenguo: BBC reporter in China “arrested...for his own good in case he caught covid from the crowd.” https://twitter.com/...
Tom Phillips / @tomphillipsin: “During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police.” https://twitter.com/...
Juwon Park / @juwonreports: “During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police. This happened while he was working as an accredited journalist.” https://twitter.com/...
Max Goldbart / Deadline: BBC Journalist “Beaten & Kicked By Police” In China As Lockdown Protests Grow; Accusations Of World Cup Censorship
Christina Pushaw / @christinapushaw: Ah, now they admit that arresting people for “public health” to “stop the spread of Covid” is bad. Well of course it's bad when the CCP does it, but it was FOLLOWING SCIENCE when Western governments did it? Nobody — journalist or otherwise — should be treated like this!! https://twitter.com/...
Ezra Levant / @ezralevant: This is terrible. It's also what happened to our reporters David Menzies, Alexa Lavoie and others, at the hands of Justin Trudeau in Canada: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider: BBC journalist was ‘beaten and kicked by police’ in Shanghai while covering zero-COVID protests
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: BBC says reporter arrested, beaten at Shanghai COVID protest
RELATED:
South China Morning Post:
As protests against COVID-19 restrictions spread, China's state broadcaster CCTV Sports censors images of maskless crowds at the 2022 Qatar World Cup
Discussion:
The Guardian, @nxthompson, Bloomberg, The Week, Fortune, New York Post, Munching Rhinoceros Sausage, The Hollywood Reporter and ChinaTalk
Discussion:
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian: China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts
@nxthompson: Amazingly, a World Cup in Qatar is causing problems for an authoritarian regime. https://www.scmp.com/...
Peter Weber / The Week: How the World Cup is fueling China's big protests against Beijing's ‘zero COVID’ lockdowns
Sophie Mellor / Fortune: China's state-owned television is editing maskless fans out of its World Cup coverage
The Hollywood Reporter: China's State Broadcaster Blurs Out Maskless World Cup Fans as Local COVID Protests Grow
Jordan Schneider / ChinaTalk: China's Protests: Harbinger or Passing Storm?
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post grows its climate and environment team from six in 2018 to 30+ in 2022, aiming to attract younger readers who are passionate about the topic — The Washington Post has grown its climate and environment team from six in 2018 to now more than 30 people.
Discussion:
Michael J. Coren / Washington Post: Why The Washington Post is starting a climate advice column
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Washington Post hires writer to launch climate advice column
New York Times:
Yahoo takes a ~25% stake in Taboola and plans to use Taboola's ad tech as part of a 30-year exclusive deal expected to generate $1B+ in annual revenue — Yahoo's chief executive sees the deal as a long-term bet on digital advertising. The companies estimate that their ad partnership will generate $1 billion annually.
Discussion:
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: Yahoo Partners With Taboola In Historic 30-Year Deal, Becoming Largest Shareholder
Kalila Welch / Mumbrella: Yahoo to take 25% stake in Taboola in 30-year exclusive commercial agreement
Tim Cross / VideoWeek: Yahoo Buys 25 Percent Stake in Taboola
Cara Eisenpress / Crain's New York Business: Taboola sells one-quarter of its shares to Yahoo
GlobeNewswire News Room: Yahoo and Taboola Enter 30-Year Commercial Agreement, Developing a Leading Offering for Advertisers, Publishers and Merchants on the Open Web …
@nytimesbusiness: The deal with Yahoo gives Taboola the exclusive license to sell native ads across Yahoo's sites, and the companies will share revenue from those ad sales. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Singolda / Taboola Blog: Yahoo and Taboola Partner for the Next 30 years. Partnership to Generate ~$1B Annual Revenue to Taboola and Reach Nearly 900M Monthly Yahoo Users
Jim Lanzone / @jlanzone: Not often you get to announce a partnership this strategic and long-term. Amazing work by both teams on this one. Already calendaring board meetings for 2052. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nathan / @riskreversal: Well done and congrats to my good friend @AdamSingolda and his team @taboola via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
@alex: news from the mothership: - we invested in taboola? - @jlanzone says that we might spin off some yahoo sites as pub cos https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ryan Singel / @rsingel: Not sure how you write up the Yahoo/Taboola deal without mentioning how Yahoo has — to put it nicely — juiced its search ad business by buying traffic from Taboola in some pretty weird ways https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr Augustine Fou / @acfou: CLIENT MEMO: turn off all yahoo properties from programmatic media buys (I know some of you have already done so a while back) Yahoo takes 25 percent stake in Taboola https://www.nytimes.com/...
Constantine von Hoffman / MarTech: Yahoo and Taboola sign “30-year” exclusive ad agreement
Giulio S. / @astaniscia86: Yahoo will become Taboola's largest shareholder. The deal will generate at least $1 billion in revenue annually. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Yahoo takes 25% stake in Taboola in 30-year partnership deal
Variety:
Netflix hasn't released box office figures for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; sources estimate it earned $15M+ during its week-long run in ~600 theaters — Netflix is staying tight-lipped about the box office performance of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Discussion:
Slate, Vanity Fair, IndieWire, The Week, The A.V. Club, Empathy Machine, Wall Street Journal, @josepopinion, GoldDerby, Insider, @mexopolis, SheKnows, @trickykappa, @saokodomi, Axios, SlashFilm, Looper and Collider
Discussion:
Natalie Jarvey / Vanity Fair: The ‘Knives Out’ Sequel, ‘Glass Onion,’ is a Hit—Now It's Disappearing
Tom Brueggemann / IndieWire: This Was the Worst Thanksgiving Weekend in Box-Office History.
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Netflix scores a box office win with Glass Onion theatrical release
Hattie Lindert / The A.V. Club: Strange World thuds in a dismal Thanksgiving box office weekend
Tommy Barquinero / Empathy Machine: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Josep Parera Jorba / @josepopinion: Yes, Knives Out 2 has made $12-15 million in the US. Amazing numbers. But Netflix paid $225 million for it. Which is... ridiculous. There was a time when the budget for movies like Knives Out 2 was less than $40 million. A better time. https://variety.com/...
Jordan Hoffman / GoldDerby: Netflix's ‘Glass Onion’ scores big in semi-limited theatrical release, puzzling analysts
Travis Clark / Insider: The ‘Knives Out’ sequel ‘Glass Onion’ could have been a box-office hit — if Netflix had let it
Jorge R. Gutierrez / @mexopolis: Netflix movies having theatrical releases allows them to not only have more public awareness before streaming but to bring in box office money left on the table. I hope this is the beginning of a new era at the big N. As someone trying to make a new movie there this is exciting. https://twitter.com/...
Allie Merriam / SheKnows: Kate Hudson Shared Rare Photos of Her Kids During Their ‘Great-ful’ Thanksgiving Weekend
Tricky Kappa / @trickykappa: Imagine what this would have done had they released this wide instead of limiting it to 600 screens. My theater was PACKED and I kept checking during the weekend and it stayed that way. https://twitter.com/...
Dominique / @saokodomi: they need to come up with a plan and extend that theatrical release https://twitter.com/...
BJ Colangelo / SlashFilm: Glass Onion Is Expected To Gross $15 Million In Its One-Week Theatrical Preview
CNN:
CNN names Phil Mattingly as its Chief White House Correspondent and MJ Lee as Senior White House Correspondent — CNN has announced new assignments for its White House team, effective immediately. — Phil Mattingly has been promoted to Chief White House Correspondent.
Discussion:
Adweek, @phil_mattingly, @mj_lee, The Wrap, @kristin__wilson, @katebennett_dc, @betsy_klein, @danabashcnn, @cnnpr, Mediaite, The Hill and Deadline
Discussion:
Phil Mattingly / @phil_mattingly: Long line of big shoes to fill - and an absolute privilege to attack that challenge head on alongside the best White House team in the game. Back to work. https://www.adweek.com/...
MJ Lee / @mj_lee: So incredibly grateful and excited for my next chapter at CNN. It's a dream to work with the most amazing team in the business. And huge congrats to @Phil_Mattingly, a great colleague and friend, and so excited that @priscialva is officially joining us! https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ...
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap: CNN Promotes Phil Mattingly to Chief White House Correspondent
Kristin Wilson / @kristin__wilson: I knew you when... Very well-earned and well-deserved, pal. Proud of you. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Bennett / @katebennett_dc: Big moves for some incredible and deserving colleagues! https://twitter.com/...
Betsy Klein / @betsy_klein: Very proud to work with @Phil_Mattingly and @mj_lee, who are great and smart colleagues but also just really wonderful humans. And big welcome to the talented @priscialva! Great things ahead for this team. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ...
Dana Bash / @danabashcnn: Congrats to my friends and kick ass reporters @Phil_Mattingly @mj_lee @priscialva https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: Congratulations to @philmattingly who has been promoted to Chief White House Correspondent, @mj_lee who has been promoted to Senior White House Correspondent, and @priscialva who is moving to the White House team. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: JUST IN: CNN Has a New Chief White House Correspondent After Morning Show Shakeup
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: CNN announces changes to White House team
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