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Longtime sportswriter Grant Wahl dies at 48 in Doha, Qatar, after collapsing while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup — Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died on Friday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
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Russell Lewis / @rdlewis: NPR can confirm the death of longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl). He died today in Doha, Qatar while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal. Story to come.
Grant Wahl / Fútbol with Grant Wahl: World Cup Daily, Day 25
@celinegounder: I am so thankful for the support of my husband @GrantWahl's soccer family & of so many friends who've reached out tonight. I'm in complete shock. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Settleman / @jacksettleman: Absolutely bone chilling stuff Soccer journalist Grant Wahl who was kicked out of a stadium in QATAR for this shirt has reportedly collapsed and passed away during the Argentina game today His brother says on Instagram that Grant was fully healthy & believes there's foul play https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal: Prominent Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl, 48, Dies While Covering World Cup in Qatar
John Eggerton / Next TV: Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl Dies Covering World Cup
Phillip Bupp / Awful Announcing: Fox leads Saturday World Cup coverage with statement on Grant Wahl's death
Ned Price / @statedeptspox: We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Grant Wahl and send our condolences to his family, with whom we have been in close communication. We are engaged with senior Qatari officials to see to it that his family's wishes are fulfilled as expeditiously as possible.
@grantwahl: NEW: World Cup Daily, Day 25. They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one. https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Jared Schwartz / New York Post: Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl dies in Doha, Qatar, while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal
Timothy Burke / @bubbaprog: Grant Wahl was incredibly kind to me long before anyone knew who I was. His dedication to equity & fairness in the sport he loved was matched only by his adoration & support for the often thankless mission of his wife @celinegounder. I am absolutely shaken to learn of his death.
Fox News: Qataris issue statement detailing circumstances surrounding American journalist Grant Wahl's death
Jason Rezaian / @jrezaian: I've met a lot of journalists over the years. Grant Wahl was among the nicest and most gracious of them all. He also told stories others wouldn't like this one published yesterday. I admired him and was very fond of him. The US government must investigate the cause of his death. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Dixon / Awful Announcing: Soccer journalist Grant Wahl has died while covering the World Cup in Qatar
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times: Grant Wahl, prominent soccer writer, dies after collapsing in World Cup press box
Emily Bell / @emilybell: So shocking reading about Grant Wahl's death. A story of a dedicated professional writer who changed the field - and an insight into the extreme demands placed on journalists, even those at the top of their profession https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: This is the story Grant Wahl published before he died. Wahl shunned the path of PR for the powerful. https://twitter.com/...
Amin Touri / Boston.com: What we know about the death of American soccer journalist Grant Wahl at the Qatar World Cup
Herb Scribner / Axios: Journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar
Ross Gerber / @gerberkawasaki: The last article before #GrantWahl drops dead in Qatar during #WorldCup2022 https://twitter.com/...
Shireen Ahmed / @_shireenahmed_: There are so many stories about Grant's kindness and professional generosity. In December 2019 there was a Soccer Conference at Princeton University. A few of us were invited to go and speak. Grant joined us at the table and we sat around an iPad to watch the Manchester derby. https://twitter.com/...
Nikki Mccann Ramírez / @nikkimcr: Sports illustrated fired him for challenging their pay cuts during the pandemic. He ran to unseat FIFA's president. He challenged human rights abuses in Qatar. RIP Grant Wahl, who's career was as much about great reporting as it was about speaking truth to abusive power.
Don Garber / @thesoccerdon: We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken over the tragic passing of Grant Wahl. He was a kind and caring person whose passion for soccer and dedication to journalism were immeasurable. https://twitter.com/...
Gregg Doyel / @greggdoyelstar: Do yourself a favor, if you don't know much about U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl, and search his name here. See the response to his death yesterday at the World Cup in Qatar, at 48. It is overwhelming. His death is overwhelming. His life was overwhelming. A thread on that: 1/
Brian Phillips / @brianphillips: Grant Wahl was my friend and was one of the most generous, kind, and encouraging people I knew in or out of sports media. He was such a bright presence; I never talked to him without feeling a little better about the world afterward. This is crushing. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy C. Owens / @jowens510: The journalist on the ground who has been most openly, repeatedly critical of Qatar's human-rights record is dead? RIP to Grant, a fantastic and principled journalist who would want us asking all the questions he would be unafraid to ask in this moment. https://twitter.com/...
Garrett Carr / BroBible: New Details Are Emerging On The Death Of Grant Wahl In Qatar
Steven Goff / @soccerinsider: Sunrise in Qatar. A very hard night for the US soccer community and the journalism world. Please keep Grant's family in your thoughts. https://twitter.com/...
Sydney Leroux / @sydneyleroux: Heartbroken by the news of Grant Wahl. He cared so deeply about women's soccer and our soccer community. I'm in shock.
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Medics at the scene said @GrantWahl suffered cardiac arrest, reports @WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ian Darke / @iandarke: Have just woken in Doha to hear the shocking news that Grant Wahl has passed. The game in America was lucky to be served by such a brilliant journalist and , in my time covering the US men's and women's teams , a kind and helpful companion. I can't quite believe this. RIP Grant.
Cari Wade Gervin / @carigervin: It's probably not the best thing he ever did, in a career full of so many highlights, but Grant Wahl's podcast on Freddy Adu, American Prodigy (s1), is really good. Such an important look at both MLS and the cost of young superstardom. https://podcasts.apple.com/...
@stadio: We would like to send love and warmth to Grant Wahl's family and close friends; the same love and warmth that he showed to the football community that he did so much to build. He leaves a beautiful legacy of fearlessness in his work and passion for our game. May he rest in peace.
Christine Cupo / @ccupo: I hope Grant knew what an impact he's had on so many of us, on journalism, on the US Soccer landscape and beyond. I am eternally grateful to him for that. Hug your people. Take the pictures. Save the important dates. Always show up for each other. https://twitter.com/...
Ayman / @aymanm: Celine I'm so sorry for your loss. Your husband, Grant was every thing we loved about this beautiful game. 💔 https://twitter.com/...
@edsbs: Grant Wahl was the first soccer writer I can remember reading on the internet, and pushed harder to make Americans love the sport like he did. It worked. I hope he knows that. A horrendous loss.
Jon Couture / The Boston Globe: American soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Grant Wahl, Journalist Who Criticized Qatar's Anti-Gay Policies, Dies Suddenly While Covering World Cup in Doha
Kevin Van Valkenburg / @kvanvalkenburg: I know this about Grant Wahl: He was a person of passion, conviction, integrity and courage. He was the kind of journalist and writer everyone admired. He was so kind to me when I was a nobody and we happened to share a city. Honor him by being fearless in the pursuit of truth.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.” https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Sam DiGiovanni / @bysamdigiovanni: LeBron James was asked postgame about the death of Grant Wahl. His response: https://twitter.com/...
Don Van Natta Jr / @dvnjr: I'm devastated by the loss of Grant Wahl. He was a peerless journalist and kind man whose coverage of soccer was fair an fearless. The best way all of us can honor him is do what he did throughout his distinguished career: Pursue the truth, without fear or favor, always.
Musa Okwonga / @okwonga: The countless tributes to Grant Wahl following his death say it all. One of the very best sports journalists who will ever do it. You can read his work here, where he was reporting from the World Cup: https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ... Wishing strength to his family and close friends. https://twitter.com/...
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: Reporters are saying the same things about Grant Wahl tonight. What a legacy. He was incredibly kind and patient with me, too, every time we interacted. This is a gut punch. https://twitter.com/...
@edsbs: Grant went everywhere to cover the game. I couldn't name a place I'd been without him going “oh yeah, they've got a great concession stand in [PLACE THAT TAKES EIGHT WEEKS TO HIKE TO AND PLAYS ONLY ONE GAME A YEAR UNDER THE BLOOD MOON]” He would go anywhere for the game and did
Ariel Helwani / @arielhelwani: I am in a state of shock. I truly can't believe this. Grant Wahl was an incredible journalist and a better human being. A kinder soul you'll never meet. This is shocking. Sincerely hope foul play is not involved stemming from his incredible reporting on Qatar. This is a nightmare https://twitter.com/...
John Cross / @johncrossmirror: What devastating news. The loss of a brilliant journalist and wonderful person. An example and inspiration to so many. On behalf of the @theofficialfwa, sincere condolences. RIP. https://twitter.com/...
James Pindell / @jamespindell: Grant Wahl collapsed and was given CPR before being taken by Uber to a hospital, where he died >American soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar https://www.bostonglobe.com/ ... via @BostonGlobe
@edsbs: One more thing, I see a lot of people talking about how his kindness, his principles, and his willingness to help others are irreplaceable, which they are but That has to be you now You have to be that person for someone
Dave McMenamin / @mcten: LeBron James offered his remembrance of journalist Grant Wahl tonight in Philadelphia. Wahl, who died at the age of 48 while covering the World Cup in Qatar, wrote the first Sports Illustrated cover story on James - “The Chosen One” - when LeBron was still a teenager. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Brotherton / @alex_brotherton: Desperately sad news. A pioneer of soccer journalism in the US, an inspiration to so many and by all accounts a genuinely lovely human being. Rest in peace Grant Wahl. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Goldenberg / @alexwgoldenberg: Qatar has been praising their first responder preparedness efforts ahead of the World Cup but a renowned sports journalist collapsed at the World Cup match and was rushed to the hospital in an Uber. This World Cup is a travesty and my heart breaks for Grant Wahl and his family. https://twitter.com/...
Mia Hamm / @miahamm: Heartbreaking news. Grant was one of the best. Prayers to his family and friends. https://twitter.com/...
Gary Parrish / @garyparrishcbs: Obviously, there are a lot of questions here. For now, I'll just say I'm absolutely sick. Grant was the best and somebody who treated me so kindly when I first entered this profession. Heartbroken. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Doyle / @mattdoyle76: Can't go anywhere in US soccer circles without bumping into someone Grant Wahl was good to — anything from a quick hello & some kind words to some meaningful career advice. Just a truly good guy. Heartbroken tonight.
Guillem Balague / @guillembalague: Godspeed my friend @GrantWahl If I get asked what journalism is, I'll say your name Your loyalty, sense of humour, affection, your dress code! will never be forgotten You have been taken from us far too early. There was still so much to write, live and discuss 😥 https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Sengupta / The Indian Express: Who was Grant Wahl, the American journalist who died under mysterious circumstances in Qatar?
Flo Lloyd-Hughes / @floydtweet: One of my favourite pieces of work from Grant Wahl was this special podcast series American Prodigy on Freddie Adu. The audio storytelling has been an inspiration to me for future projects and ideas. An amazing journalist and person https://podcasts.apple.com/...
Kierra Frazier / Politico: Prominent U.S. soccer journalist dies while covering World Cup
Tim Layden / @bytimlayden: Grant Wahl was my colleague and my friend in the SI family. He was young enough to have fact-checked me (superbly) right out of Princeton and then grew into one of best of us. I don't know how else to say this: He cared about things. About everything.
Dick Vitale / @dickiev: OMG I am heartbroken to read this about the fantastic journalist GRANT WAHL . Before he became the best covering soccer he did hoops & was so kind to me .I'm crushed as I Loved his passion for soccer .May he RIP & 🙏🙏🙏 to his wife- family & friends. https://apnews.com/...
Rory Smith / @rorysmith: It's hard to underestimate just how significant Grant was in football's growth in the US. That will be his lasting legacy, but the thing that I most associated with him was his pure, genuine, deep-seated enthusiasm for it. He'll be missed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steve Lookner / @lookner: Grant Wahl's agent said Wahl had not been feeling well during the tournament. Wahl himself had written on Monday that he had been feeling sick and gone to the medical clinic. But no confirmed cause of death yet. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@weareangelcity: We are devasted by this news. Grant Wahl's contribution to the soccer community, especially women's soccer, cannot be measured. The beautiful game is better because of him. Grant will be incredibly missed. https://twitter.com/...
Tyler Adams / @tyler_adams14: On behalf of myself and the @USMNT, we offer our deepest sympathy to @celinegounder & all those who mourn the loss of Grant Wahl. As players we have a tremendous amount of respect for the work of journalists, & Grant's was a giant voice in soccer that has tragically fallen silent https://twitter.com/...
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: Condolences to Grant's family, friends and colleagues. He had been working his socks off just like he does at every World Cup. Such a shocking thing. What a loss. https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: If you're not both an American AND a fan of the beautiful game, it might be extremely hard to understand Grant Wahl's meaning to the community of folks who are, and honestly I'm sort of at a loss to articulate it. This is utterly shattering.
@eacrunden: Grant Wahl was such an advocate for women's soccer and an all star ally for queer and trans people, using his elevated position for good. Just devastated, all my love to his family. This feels unreal.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “U.S. media seated near him said Wahl fell back in his seat in the media tribune at Lusail Iconic Stadium during extra time and reporters adjacent to him called for assistance. Emergency services workers responded very quickly, the reporters said...” https://apnews.com/...
Carl Anka / @ankaman616: RIP to Grant Wahl. An enterprising, creative and caring man. He will be missed.
Michelle Beadle / @michelledbeadle: This was Grant Wahl's last story. https://twitter.com/...
Laurel Wamsley / @laurelwamsley: “In recent days, Wahl wrote about struggles with his health during a run of coverage that ... left room for about five hours of sleep a night. What had seemed to be a common cold for more than a week, he said, had ‘turned into something more severe’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Leitch / @williamfleitch: Grant Wahl was my friend, one of the nicest, most truly decent people I have ever had the opportunity to work with. I am flattened. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Tapp / Deadline: Grant Wahl Dies While Covering World Cup: CBS Soccer Analyst, 48, Was Previously Detained For Wearing Rainbow Shirt In Qatar
Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell: Grant Wahl wasn't kind only to colleagues. Years ago, I watched a teen ask him a mildly impertinent question about his responsibility to grow women's soccer, and his answer was unforgettably gracious and thoughtful. And then he told the kid to email him so they could talk more.
Mark Ogden / @markogden_: So sad and shocking. Thoughts with his family, friends and colleagues, many of whom are here in Qatar. And thoughts to the young paramedic who was so quick to get to Grant and tried everything she could to help him last night. https://twitter.com/...
John Krysinsky / @johnkrysinsky: Shocking news from Qatar. Didn't want to believe it when I first saw reports. Grant Wahl was an inspiration to me. His book “The Beckham Experiment” was a great influence I had a chance to connect w/him when writing my book & he gave me great advice to follow my passion. https://twitter.com/...
Lyndsey D'Arcangelo / @darcangel21: What Grant Wahl did for women's soccer as far as storytelling and increasing visibility — he set the bar. He was also an incredible human being. So shocked and saddened by this news.
Ghazala Irshad / @ghazalairshad: It's horrifying to log on here to see my friend's name trending bc he died. I just wished him happy birthday 2 days ago! I'm so heartbroken. Grant Wahl was the *world's* best soccer journalist bc he saw it for more than a game—he saw the politics of it, & its impact on people. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Jacobs / @jacobsben: Heartbroken and shocked to hear about Grant Wahl. An outstanding writer and broadcaster with an immense passion for football and humanity. A giant of journalism with a wonderful sense of humour. All my love to his wife Celine, brother Eric, family and friends. RIP Grant.💔
Abby Wambach / @abbywambach: This is heartbreaking for me for so many reasons. Grant Wahl and soccer are inextricably linked. I have looked to Grant and his work for decades. The soccer story here in the US has Grant's name all over it. We will miss you Grant and we can't stop thinking about your family. https://twitter.com/...
@graceonfootball: Just feels absolutely messed up that the United States will host the World Cup in four years' time and Grant Wahl won't be there to see it.
Darren Rovell / @darrenrovell: This is horrifying. If this smells as we think it does, all the members of FIFA who took bribes to send the World Cup there have blood on their hands. https://twitter.com/...
Dorian Geiger / Al Jazeera: US football writer Wahl dies covering World Cup quarter-final
Rachel Nichols / @rachel__nichols: This is awful. Grant was a phenomenal, brilliant journalist; my heart goes out to his family. 💔 https://nypost.com/...
John Green / @sportswithjohn: Grant Wahl's reporting from Qatar has been essential, including taking the government to task for its homophobia and horrific working conditions. Now he is dead, suddenly, in Qatar at the age of 48. Read his recent work here: https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sam Stein / @samstein: The State Dept says it is engaging with Qatari officials over Grant Wahl's sudden death.
@insipidghost: Grant Wahl was one of the kindest, most amazing journalists. He gave me a shot long ago, taught me how to interview, and was super supportive of a kid with a blog. Rest in peace my friend. https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: This is chilling. We don't know yet why US sportswriter Grant Wahl, 48, died suddenly in his seat while covering the Argentina match today. But he had just written this story blasting Qatari officials' apathy toward the many migrant workers who died to make this World Cup happen. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Strauss / Washington Post: U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies after collapsing at World Cup match
Eamon Javers / @eamonjavers: This article yesterday by Grant Wahl - who died under unclear circumstances in Qatar tonight - is in the highest journalistic traditions of holding power to account. Given the country he was reporting in, writing it was an act of bravery. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Crafton / @adamcrafton_: Thoughts with all of Grant's family and friends today. He was publicly a brave ally, as well as a courageous and sensitive journalist, but also privately such a kind and supportive person. https://twitter.com/...
Jenn Gidman / Newser: Renowned Sports Writer Collapses, Dies at World Cup
Don Garber / @thesoccerdon: Grant was an important member of the soccer community for more than two decades, and he will be deeply missed. Our heartfelt condolences are with his wife Celine, his family and loved ones.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Grant Wahl, American Journalist Covering World Cup in Qatar, Dies at 48
Jonathan Tannenwald / @thegoalkeeper: To speak for myself for a moment: I have fears about all this, as other people do. But I work in the truth-finding business. There is zero damn chance I will speculate/conspiracy theorize on here about why someone died. With all I can muster, I ask that you don't either.
David Wearing / @davidwearing: There have been many cynical or just misguided attempts to delegitimise scrutiny and criticism of the Qatari regime in recent weeks. But Grant Wahl never wavered. One way to honour his memory (and that of the many who died to make this World Cup happen) is to continue his work. https://twitter.com/...
@sinow: We are heartbroken that former Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this tragic time. https://www.si.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Musa Okwonga / @okwonga: One devastating thing about the loss of Grant Wahl is that there's a very, very small number of people at any time who have the guts to keep highlighting the most grim parts of the world they love. What a heartbreaking day for sports journalism, and for football in particular.
John Boyle / @johnpboyle: If you covered soccer in this country, Grant Wahl was THE soccer journalist, and yet if you ever had the good fortune to share a press box with him, he never acted like it. A tremendous reporter and person. Just devastating news. Much love to his family and friends. https://twitter.com/...
Juliet Macur / @julietmacur: Grant Wahl was the nicest guy you'd ever meet, and I'm absolutely crushed that he is gone now. This was his last story. He made a difference in this world. https://twitter.com/...
@yashar: Do I think the Qatari government assassinated Grant Wahl? No. They're authoritarian but not reckless. But that doesn't make his death any less suspicious. Grant pissed off a lot of people and there are many nefarious actors in Qatar right now.
Maggie Hendricks / @maggiehendricks: @bubbaprog I am absolutely one of those people. He made the complex, layered world of international soccer more comprehensible for me.
Andrew Das / @andrewdasnyt: Choosing to focus on Grant's life's work rather than his sudden death. The former says so much more about what he shared with all of us. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Timothy Burke / @bubbaprog: To say that thousands of people were introduced to the sport of soccer through Grant is an understatement. It is without question that many of us owe our very comprehension of how soccer works in culture to his efforts to help us understand. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Marsch / @jessemarsch: Rest in Peace, Grant. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Bachman / @bachscore: Grant Wahl was an outstanding journalist, an early and prominent advocate for women's soccer and a kind, wonderful human being. Devastating news. https://www.wsj.com/...
@fulhamfc: All our thoughts are with Grant's family, friends and colleagues at this awful time. 🖤 https://twitter.com/...
Kipp Jones / Mediaite: ‘Absolutely Gutted’: Colleagues and Fans Demand Answers After Journalist Grant Wahl Dies Suddenly at World Cup in Qatar
Henry Winter / @henrywinter: Devastated by the terrible news about Grant Wahl. Absolutely heartbroken. I had 3-4 long chats with Grant out here. Brilliant journalist, fine man, giant of the press box. Absolutely heartbroken. All love and throughts to Celine. RIP Grant. We'll miss you so much, Grant.
@fotmob: Like so many, we are saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Grant Wahl, one of the great voices in US soccer. We are thankful for all the times he has supported FotMob on this platform and others. He will be missed. https://twitter.com/...
Becky Sauerbrunn / @beckysauerbrunn: The soccer community lost a real one today. And for women's soccer, one of the originals who helped drive our game forward. Grant Wahl never shied away from asking the tough questions, the right questions, the ones that got to the heart of the matter. He will be greatly missed.
Paulsen / Sports Media Watch: What now for FIFA and FOX? — It was, at least from half a world away, an excellent afternoon for soccer.
James Horncastle / @jameshorncastle: Grant was so kind, so dedicated. The respect, admiration and love he inspired is immense. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Bajak / @fbajak: Respected soccer journalist Grant Wahl died today while covering the World Cup. This is his blistering final post. https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Raphael Honigstein💙 / @honigstein: Grant Wahl was an incredible journalist and an even more incredible guy. We will miss him dearly. https://twitter.com/...
Cnnwire / ABC13: American journalist Grant Wahl dies at Qatar World Cup during Netherlands v. Argentina
Seth Vertelney / Pro Soccer Wire: Prominent soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies at age 48
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast: U.S. Sportswriter Grant Wahl Dies Suddenly While Covering World Cup in Qatar
Kipp Jones / Mediaite: Sports Journalist Grant Wahl - Who Was Detained at World Cup for Wearing a Rainbow Shirt - Dies in Qatar
Insider: US soccer journalist Grant Wahl collapsed and died during Argentina-Netherlands game at FIFA World Cup Qatar, brother says
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: U.S. Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl Dies While Covering World Cup in Qatar
Lindsay Weinberg / E! Online: Sports Journalist Grant Wahl Dies in Qatar While Covering World Cup
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Bobby Moran / The Block: CEO Transition — Today, Mike McCaffrey is stepping down as CEO of The Block, and I am stepping into that role immediately.
Jon Steinberg / The Information: Where Sleep Is Religion, These Are Our Idols
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 4/ I didn't disclose the loan to anyone. Absolutely no one at The Block knew about the financial arrangement between my holding company and SBF, including the editorial and the research teams.
Mark Moss / @1markmoss: The entire “crypto” industry is so insidious, all a big tangled web of corruption It's a good thing Coindesk didn't list any Bitcoiners in their ranking, it's not the same ecosystem or movement https://twitter.com/...
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 7/ I apologize to my teammates at The Block. I am truly sorry for the lack of judgment. I have full confidence in the team to continue what they do best - delivering clear-eyed research and news in a space that now needs it more than ever.
Frank Chaparro / @fintechfrank: The Block has the caliber to serve the crypto space as the most important source of information, research and news but Mike McCaffrey needs to surrender control in addition to stepping down as CEO and from the board.
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: Former POLITICO revenue chief Bobby Moran stepping in as The Block's new CEO. https://medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Constine / @joshconstine: This is nuts and underscores why editorial independence from ownership is critical. If you let someone tell you what or how to write, you can't be sure of their motives. Good to hear The Block's team didn't know, and has been fiercely critical of SBF https://www.axios.com/...
Stacy Herbert / @stacyherbert: Bitcoiners are very different to those in crypto If you are at the crypto token printing poker game and you don't know who the bagholder is, it is you https://twitter.com/...
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 1/ I have difficult news to share. I'm stepping down as The Block's CEO. While it's personally painful, it's the right thing for The Block and the team.
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 3/ The loan was to an entity I own and the funds were used to effect the restructuring. In early 2022, there was an additional $15m loan to strengthen the business's position.
Michael Saylor / @saylor: Sam used stolen & counterfeit money to corrupt the establishment & undermine #bitcoin. This is just the tip of the iceberg. How many other journalists, academics, money managers, politicians, charities, influencers, & lobbyists did he corrupt or co-opt? https://www.axios.com/...
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 6/ I never attempted to influence coverage of FTX, Alameda or SBF. Nevertheless, my decisions undermine the credibility of The Block - and the talented people who work non-stop to cover this complicated and evolving industry.
Alex Mashinsky / @mashinsky: As long suspected, major Crypto media was publishing false and misleading stories about Celsius and almost never covered any positive news Now we know why SBF/FTX saw Celsius as a critical competitor and wanted all these users for himself at all costs https://www.axios.com/...
@_joerodgers: This is not an isolated incident. Journalists and pols are getting paid by frauds on the regular. The only difference here is he got caught and the scale. 🤌 This is absolutely happening in the military, pharmaceutical, tech, and food industrial complex. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Chaparro / @fintechfrank: Based on new information that's come to light I plan to speak with my colleagues about ensuring that Mike McCaffrey no longer controls a majority stake in the company or leaving
Adam Cochran / @adamscochran: Lmao FTX did not view Celsius as a competitor and Celsius had their own issues that led to its own meltdown. Can all the conmen stop trying to have a redemption arc when the next domino falls? It's exhausting remind you that they are sketchbags. https://twitter.com/...
@girlbossintech: Now that we're doing this - CoinMarketCap is owned by Binance - Coindesk is owned by the guys behind Genesis and Grayscale - Cointelegraph is newly owned by a PR and marketing firm that aims to promote crypto (for cash) - Forbes/BI will let anyone say anything for money https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Ick. Total ick. And a hell of a scoop @sarafischer https://www.axios.com/...
Ben Armstrong / @bitboy_crypto: You can't understate how important this is. I've been telling you Alameda had an entire propaganda arm that disseminated misinformation at will regarding projects, individuals, & exchanges. Time to pull the thread and see how deep it goes. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Judkins / @stephenjudkins: Lots of cryptocurrency people are acting all shocked and betrayed here, but.... this is what the entire industry IS, fundamentally. There is no value there. Money is only made by building a social ecosystem that hypes up valueless things. Everyone involved is complicit! https://twitter.com/...
Mike McCaffrey / @mccaffrmike: 2/ In early 2021, The Block was in a precarious place, and I was evaluating whether to sell, merge or restructure. The only option that materialized was to restructure when I was able to obtain a $12 million loan for my holding company from SBF in Feb of 2021.
Tren Griffin / @trengriffin: McCaffrey used the first $12 million loan to fund the buyout of the Block. The second loan for $15 million provided capital for the Block. The loan for $16 million McCaffrey used, in part, to buy a Bahamas apartment. Not just messy bookkeeping. https://www.axios.com/...
Frank Chaparro / @fintechfrank: We need to ACTUALLY make this an employee owned company and give McCaffrey's equity to journalists If our new CEO doesn't seriously consider this immediately I will leave the company
Charles Hoskinson / @iohk_charles: Remember all that anti-cardano coverage... https://twitter.com/...
@lawmaster: I am proud of the 30+ person research team I built and will keep going with the new The Block leadership. It all really fucking sucks and I'm completely exhausted. Will be doing what truly matters and that's less Twitter and more time with my 4 month old daughter and my wife.
@lawmaster: Needless to say I didn't benefit from Mike's personal loans in any way. In fact, I lost roughly the same amount on FTX as I made from The Block's compensation and bonuses since joining 4 years ago. I never borrowed money from anyone either.
@lawmaster: Last few months really can't get much worse. Got fucked by FTX (after naively trusting them like a complete idiot) and now also got fucked by the CEO. Just like everyone else at The Block, I just found out about this. https://twitter.com/...
Lyn Alden / @lynaldencontact: Another week, another revelation for how deep SBF's monetary tentacles extended throughout the industry. https://twitter.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: Feel really bad for all the editorial staff here who have done some honest and solid work https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Sounds like SBF loaned tens of millions of dollars, including $16m to buy real estate in the Bahamas, to the CEO of a popular industry publication. I really need someone to make that “I'm not the guy you kill, I'm the guy you buy off” Michael Clayton gif. https://twitter.com/...
Rohan Grey / @rohangrey: I don't mind some of the reporting coming out of the Block, but talk about a “don't trust, verify” situation. My god. And ofc the Q remains: how independent can a media company dependent on ponzi money to operate truly be even if the employees aren't aware that's what it is?
Adam Cochran / @adamscochran: The important tagline here is “without the newsroom's knowledge” so we should want the execs out and newsroom keeping on. Some BS on the part of leadership there. https://twitter.com/...
Rohan Grey / @rohangrey: A lot of crypto media have spent the last few weeks gnashing teeth about how SBF made the industry look bad. Looking forward to the next round of rationalizing https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: The entire crypto ecosystem is a gigantic scam, episode eleventy billion https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Valaitis / @alex_valaitis: @TheBlock__ Tbh this just makes me sad. There's some good people at The Block and I've given them a lot of business. Link to full article here... https://www.axios.com/...
Dominik Schiener / @domschiener: This is why Crypto can be so frustrating. You don't know who pays who, and what their (hidden) incentives are. Some people are only interested in protecting and pumping their own bags. They're not here to decentralize, they are here purely for selfish gains. Good riddance. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: exCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!??? The BLOCK was funded by SBF??? and he PAID for the CEO's APARTMENT?? https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Dominoes. Wow. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: @TheBlock__ ... 2/2 The site has never disclosed any connections to SBF or Alameda —Employees had no idea, found out today —CEO resigning and stepping off Board —Company will look to restructure to buy out CEO's stake (He's currently majority shareholder) Read on @Axios: https://www.axios.com/...
Mike Dudas / @mdudas: Horrifying. Devastated beyond belief. I was given less than an hour's heads up by the CEO of @TheBlock__. If you think you're shocked, I'm literally lost right now. https://twitter.com/...
Jocelyn Yang / CoinDesk: Crypto Markets Today: Exposed Alameda Research Loans to Media Site The Block and Its CEO Adds to FTX's Miseries
Travis Clark / Insider: Sam Bankman-Fried secretly invested in crypto news site The Block by funneling money to its CEO: report
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Sam Bankman-Fried secretly handed $27 million to a major crypto news site and its CEO
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media will no longer license its Chorus content management system to publishers; the existing six clients will have 18 months to migrate off the platform — Publishers using the platform will have 18 months to migrate their content — The digital media company Vox Media …
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Vinny Green / @vinnysgreen: They should hit up @humanmadeltd and see what @WordPress is capable of these days. It's not the blogging software you remember. https://twitter.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: Pretty different trajectories for Vox's SaaS play, Chorus, and WashPo's Arc XP which is contemplating a sale or spin-off. https://www.adweek.com/...
Mark Stenberg / @markstenberg3: SCOOP: Vox Media will no longer license the use of its CMS, Chorus. Its existing clients now have 18 months to migrate their content. The publisher began licensing Chorus in 2018, eyeing the margins and recurring revenue of a SaaS product. For @Adweek https://www.adweek.com/...
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs” — Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …
Discussion:
@abgutman, @ellagirwin, The Atlantic, @moorehn, @spdustin, @justinbaragona, @parkermolloy, @parismarx, @sweis, @sarahfrier, @justinhendrix, @tomscocca, @waywardwinifred, @daveyalba, @qjurecic, @b52malmet, @decodingfoxnews, Twitter is Going Great!, @mattbinder, @bariweiss, Insider, @alexstamos, @esqueer_, TechCrunch, @alexstamos, @donmoyn, @davidrlurie, Al Jazeera, Fox News and Insider, more at Techmeme »
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Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: .@elonmusk, yes or no — do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/...
Ella Irwin / @ellagirwin: @thetomzone Correct. For security purposes, the screenshots requested came from me so we could ensure no PII was exposed. We did not give this access to reporters and no, reporters were not accessing user DMs.
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: Elon Musk's Twitter Files Are Bait
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: So it seems that B//ri We//ss specifically requested to see the backend views of right-wing accounts and Twitter's new head of trust and safety handed that over. Does anyone else see a major privacy problem as well as a violation of the FTC consent order @FTC @linakhanFTC https://twitter.com/...
@spdustin: @44 @emptywheel eirwin4903ZWlyd21u863, repeated over and over on all the screenshots from that internal tool. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “Now, Weiss has been given access to Twitter's employee systems, added to its Slack, and given a company laptop, two people familiar with her presence said. The level of access to Twitter systems given to Weiss is typically given only to employees...” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: It's honestly kind of funny that Bari Weiss accidentally tweeted proof that the Libs of Tik Tok account was/is receiving *preferential* treatment while trying to illustrate the opposite. https://twitter.com/...
Paris Marx / @parismarx: Here's Elon Musk promising Libs of TikTok that he'll ensure the account's posts — which explicitly target queer and trans folks with violence — won't be suppressed on the platform. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Weis / @sweis: It is bizarre that the head of Trust & Safety would manually screenshot an internal access tool's view of a real account and share it with reporters. I say this as someone who works in Trust & Safety, has secured internal access tools, and worked for a large social network. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier: If you zoom in on the images shared by Bari Weiss yesterday, you'll see they carry a watermark that shows they were taken via the account of Ella Irwin, Twitter's head of trust and safety: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: @evan_greer Current Twitter head of T&S says no. But who knows- hard to trust anyone involved given the way this went down. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Scocca / @tomscocca: But the questions still apply to the workflow described here: how were internal DMs screened from the reporters to protect personally identifying information, while still giving reporters access to the DMs? https://twitter.com/...
Fred / @waywardwinifred: Ella, quit your job, babe. It's simply not worth getting into FTC crosshairs! https://twitter.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: 3) The T&S head handed everything over, making this little more than PR. People pointed out last night that Bari's screenshots included new Twitter T&S head Ella Irwin's LDAP in the background, and she admitted to handing everything over in her own tweet https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: my takeaway so far is that the folks involved in this mini-episode may not fully understand a) the SCA and b) journalism https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: It's Elon's now, so he is doing whatever he wants- until the government says otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
@decodingfoxnews: If you want to read an entertaining thread filled with actual journalists asking questions that pertain to the legality of dumping personal information from Twitter check this out.👇🏻 https://twitter.com/...
Twitter is Going Great!: Commissioned by Elon Musk, Bari Weiss makes false claims about Twitter bias and practices
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: this is a great catch. Bari Weiss' Twitter Files pics all have the same watermark on them. either she was provided a login to a specific employees account or she is physically standing over the Twitter employee told to give her this access snapping pics https://twitter.com/...
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: 16. One of the accounts that rose to this level of scrutiny was @libsoftiktok—an account that was on the “Trends Blacklist” and was designated as “Do Not Take Action on User Without Consulting With SIP-PES.” https://twitter.com/...
Britney Nguyen / Insider: Elon Musk and Facebook's former chief security officer got into it on Twitter over the release of the ‘Twitter Files Part 2’
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: The new head of T&S denies that Weiss and team have access to DMs, which has to be squared with claims that their access was extensive and unfiltered. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer_: Did Elon just give Bari Weiss and Abigail Shrier access to everyone's DM's? This would be a clear violation of the Stored Communications Act by sharing with them. Not to mention, potentially handing the most transphobic “journalists” access to trans people is dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland's privacy watchdog engaging with Twitter over data access to reporters
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Feels like Weiss' thread should be enough for the FTC to open an investigation into a violation of the consent decree and perhaps get a subpoena for Twitter's internal access logs.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Weiss is an opinion writer/activist, not an investigative journalist. Her whole MO is to look for stories that might be generally unrepresentative, but reflect her worldview, and not do any additional digging that challenges that worldview. View the scoops that follow accordingly https://twitter.com/...
@davidrlurie: Weiss is, presumably, getting in-kind benefits, in the form of additional subscription and other income from her own enterprises. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Liberals fume as Elon Musk gives independent journalist Bari Weiss unprecedented access for Twitter Files 2
Poynter:
Asian American Journalists Association report for July to September 2021: in the top 20 TV markets, 24% of local US stations did not have AAPI reporters on air — The Asian American Journalists Association found that in the top 20 markets, 24% of stations do not have any AAPI reporters on air.
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@spj_tweets, @nydia_han, @blackamazon, @poynter, @amariscastillo, @archithnews, @kristenhare and The Hill
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@spj_tweets: “It is critical to not only hire Asian Americans but to LISTEN to them and give them the resources to do the work that they are best positioned to do. Diversity cannot be wallpaper,” said @nydia_han. https://www.poynter.org/...
@nydia_han: The story does not end with dismal rep numbers. @aaja reached out to 94 stations. Just 7 responded. And it is critical to not only hire Asian Americans but to LISTEN to them. Diversity cannot be wallpaper. #asianamerican #aapi @AAJAPhilly @poynter https://www.poynter.org/...
@blackamazon: So can we talk about how almost no “initiatives” have completed reporting Nd any of those numbers https://twitter.com/...
@poynter: “After the rise in anti-Asian hate amid COVID, I feel an especially urgent sense of responsibility to bring my entire self to my work and am gratified by what happens when I do,” 6ABC Action News in Philadelphia anchor Nydia Han said. https://www.poynter.org/...
Amaris Castillo / @amariscastillo: In our final #LocalEdition newsletter takeover of the year, @angelanfu and I wrote about new research conducted by @aaja on AAPI on-air representation. Full story: https://www.poynter.org/...
Archith Seshadri / @archithnews: A new report finds Asian American journalists severely underrepresented among on air TV journalists. TAG someone who's on air in a newsroom! @Poynter @AAJAAtlanta @aaja @nydia_han @aajamediawatch @shawnchitnis @DionLimTV @FrancesWangTV @CeFaanKim https://www.poynter.org/...
Kristen Hare / @kristenhare: More important work from @aaja, with reporting on what they found from @AmarisCastillo and @angelanfu https://www.poynter.org/...
Gianna Melillo / The Hill: Report: Asian Americans underrepresented on local TV news
Molly White / @molly0xfff:
[Thread] Bloomberg, Dow Jones, The Financial Times, and The New York Times intervene in FTX's bankruptcy case, seeking to unseal customer and creditor details — A group of media outlets—Bloomberg, the NYT, Dow Jones & Co, and the Financial Times—just filed a motion to intervene in the FTX case, requesting that FTX be required to unseal customer and creditor lists.
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@jwverret, The Block, @molly0xfff, @molly0xfff, Bloomberg, The Block and CourtListener, more at Techmeme »
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@jwverret: TradFi newspapers looking to expose retail investors. Like they haven't been harmed enough? This can be used by bad actors to trace transaction history. Shame on @DowJones @nytimes @FinancialTimes @business They should be held liable for the result of this irresponsible action. https://twitter.com/...
Yogita Khatri / The Block: U.S. prosecutors probing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in potential fraud case: Bloomberg
Molly White / @molly0xfff: “...a document which, with very few exceptions, has historically been open to the public. Intervenors object to continued sealing.”
Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
A Hong Kong court sentences Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked …
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Committee to Protect …, UPI, Fox News, Reuters, Axios, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera
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Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ condemns ‘harsh’ Jimmy Lai jail sentence in Hong Kong fraud case
Matt Bernardini / UPI: Hong Kong court sentences media tycoon Jimmy Lai to long prison term
Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg: Jimmy Lai Sentenced Five Years in Jail, HK01 Reports
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Source: Twitter is pitching last-minute heavily discounted ad packages for World Cup content, which may signal ad revenue trouble for the Super Bowl and Oscars — The platform's World Cup troubles with brands could create worries about other real-time marketing events like the Super Bowl
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter emails advertisers about plans to launch controls to prevent their ads from showing up next to tweets with certain keywords, as soon as next week
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Insider, Ars Technica, UPI, New York Post, @patrickcoffee, @ashnaguliani, @caseynewton, @esreif, Gizmodo, @blackamazon, MediaPost, Street Fight and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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Sam Tabahriti / Insider: Elon Musk sent an email threatening to sue Twitter staff who leak confidential information, report says
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: Musk brings back Twitter Blue with new features to prevent impersonation
Matt Bernardini / UPI: Twitter preparing to delete 1.5 billion inactive accounts
Jon Levine / New York Post: Google Gmail servers experiencing outages
Patrick Coffee / @patrickcoffee: “In a call on Thursday with an advertising industry group, a Twitter representative said the platform was considering bringing its content moderators, many of whom are contracted through third-party vendors, in-house”🤦♂ ️ Scoop by @Sheila_Dang https://www.reuters.com/...
Ashna / @ashnaguliani: this already existed lmao we fucking worked on it!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Eric Reif / @esreif: So the big solution to get all the advertisers back is to... pass on the work of content moderation to us. Got it. https://twitter.com/...
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Twitter To Add Advertising Controls Based On Keywords
Rachel McGann / Street Fight: Marketing on Twitter amid Platform Uncertainty
Ville Heiskanen / Bloomberg: Twitter to Give Companies More Control Over Ads, Reuters Says
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS held news of Brittney Griner's imminent release for a week after learning about it, at the White House's request; source: another outlet held it for a day — The first news organization to pin down the news of the WNBA star's release from a Russian prison agreed to a White House request to delay the story
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@jeremymbarr, @washingtonpost, Deadspin, New York Post, Awful Announcing, Breitbart, CBS News and Fox News
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Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Here's the back-story on why CBS agreed to a White House request to hold its major Brittney Griner scoop for a full week: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... I learned that another media outlet had the story on Wednesday as well but agreed to wait one more day.
@washingtonpost: CBS agreed to a White House request to delay the story of Griner's release. Though it may seem unusual for CBS to sit on a story of such magnitude, there is a long history of news organizations adhering to government pleas regarding sensitive stories. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jane McManus / Deadspin: Brittney Griner is free
Arthur Weinstein / Awful Announcing: WaPo delayed Brittney Griner release story one week at White House's request
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Brad Pitt sells a 60% stake in Plan B Entertainment to French conglomerate Mediawan, valuing his production company in the low hundreds of millions — - Brad Pitt has sold a 60% stake in his production company, Plan B, to French company Mediawan. — Plan B helped make …
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Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, @dalter007, @richlightshed, @sherman4949, Financial Times, IndieWire, The Wrap and Variety
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Alexandre Rajbhandari / Fortune: Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment just became the latest production company affiliated with a big star to find a buyer
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Brad Pitt Sells Stake in Production Company to French Conglomerate Mediawan
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Star Production Shingles a Hot Commodity As Brad Pitt's Plan B Cashes In
Daniel Alter / @dalter007: Um... people who actually work in legacy media would tell you this deal is the kind of vanity play conglomerates have zero appetite for these days as they rally behind their IP. https://twitter.com/...
@richlightshed: Content consolidation continues AWAY from the legacy media conglomerates https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: This continues the actor trend of selling stakes in their production companies — Reese Witherspoon, Will Smith/Jada Pinkett Smith, now Pitt. LeBron James also recently sold a stake in his production group https://twitter.com/...
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Brad Pitt Sells 60% Stake in Plan B Production Company to Mediawan
Elsa Keslassy / Variety: Brad Pitt's Plan B, Mediawan Closing Deal for Majority Stake Sale
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau:
[Thread] The “bombshell” Twitter Files show the value of skeptical editors, who strengthen stories by poking holes in reporting that uses cherry-picked examples — Can think of several moments when as a young reporter I thought I had a bombshell story and then it became a merely average story or not news at all after an editor poked at it with skeptical questions. Beware media folks who think they're too big-brained for editorial standards. https://twitter.com/...
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Fox News, TK News, The Indian Express, @garossino, @bcmerchant, @blackamazon, @dvnjr, @charlesarthur, @passengersnail, @karaswisher, @williams_paige, @bgrueskin, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, Breitbart, On the Media, Peter's Newsletter, Ed Bott's READ.ME and Nieman Reports, more at Techmeme »
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Fox News: Latest ‘Twitter Files’ bombshell leaves liberals in denial as they dismiss revelations: ‘Conspiracy kooks’
Matt Taibbi / TK News: Note to Readers on the “Twitter Files”
Soumyarendra Barik / The Indian Express: How the Indian government has responded to the ‘Twitter Files’
Sandy Garossino / @garossino: What stands out in this whole fiasco is how rushed it all is. How long do you think it would take a rational arbiter, starting cold, to examine 1000s of emails, tweets, prior history, & context, in order to draw solid conclusions about a moderation process? Weeks at minimum. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant: Been seeing this take a lot and I really think it misreads what's happening here — this is willfully cynical writing for an audience that is primed to eat it up, it doesn't even aspire to standards of basic reportage in the first place https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: This is just comedy because all this discernment and threads and yammering leaves out that these folks were open and often bullies and sarcastic incurious assholes about the actual content engines of social : Marginalized people https://twitter.com/...
Don Van Natta Jr / @dvnjr: Of course editors are indispensable. Always. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an egomaniac or stupid. https://twitter.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Great thread. It's so easily overlooked that the best first reader is an editor, because they'll know the difficult questions to ask, and probably also know what shortcuts or gaps you've tried to edge around, and make you go back and fill in. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Pecot / @passengersnail: Full-throated agreement. Even just writing in the arts and entertainment section, I had my ass saved by editors asking questions. Didn't appreciate it at the time, deeply thankful now. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: This by @JeremyLittau is so smart and fair, even though the people who ride on the grievance media economy hardly deserve such thoughtfulness. As he says, it is sad, much sadder than you might think, including being co-opted by the very rich and thinking that is now great. https://twitter.com/...
Paige Williams / @williams_paige: Yep. Thread: https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: This @JeremyLittau thread is the best thing I've seen yet on how the indie, poorly edited business model — gin up outrage to gin up subscriptions — so often* leads to outcomes like @bariweiss's dreadful PR display. (*Not always, but often.) https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: And a good editor would ask what the story is here. OK, so moderation is messy. Why is that a scandal? Spell it out. What principle or duty is violated here? Ask skeptical questions of your assumption that it's a violation (i.e. what is the good-faith rationale for it to exist?)
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: Literally everything has to be a bombshell that exposes the status quo. Free Thought(TM) is their brand. Everything against them is against Free Thought. Editors are censorship. Their whole reason for existing is to be contrarian. But after a while, that's a box of its own.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: There's a rhetorical game being played here. They cry for balance when they believe conservative views are suppressed, and they call it suppression when progressive voices are amplified to balance the very real fact that conservative voices tend to dominate social platforms.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: Normally I try to hear people out, but these folks have a track record of using data to fit a predetermined narrative that they have not earned the benefit of the doubt.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: So that, to my editor eye, is where this whole thing falls apart. There is no internal consistency to the rationale. There are data and screenshots, but they're being twisted to make a point they want to make in the moment while ignoring opposite hot takes *they* have made.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: B+T are part of a larger collective of people who fled to Substack because they could no longer work within the checks-and-balances system of a newsroom. Sometimes editors are wrong. But the behind-the-scenes process of talking it out, defending it is critical to good journalism.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: Consider their constant claims of “bombshell” as a necessary side effect of going it alone. They have to overhype everything to keep their paid subs, spin banal data into conspiracy. Otherwise there is no rationale to pay for paid propaganda you can get for free anywhere.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: Something that doesn't turn these deciders into supervillains. They often are just as worried about tech's power and overreach as detractors are. I know because I've met many of them. It's easy to turn these folks into The Joker for clicks - T Files is taking the easy way out.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: You know what would be some really interesting journalism that is in the public interest from these files? Use the docs (ethically, mind you) to show how damn messy content moderation is. Help the public gain some empathy while showing us how fraught big tech power is.
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: But back to my original point: a good editor would not let you come back with a bunch of selectively read docs and cherry-picked examples and let you get go unrestrained. And that's before the huge legal/ethical problems @moorehn was talking about earlier. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Twitter Files Reveals Blacklists and Shadowbanning - Elon Musk Is Embracing the Same Tactics
Peter Halligan / Peter's Newsletter: The “Twitter Files” part 3 - in case you are interested!
David Satin / The Streamable:
VUit, a live news streaming service, reaches a deal to add local CBS news stations in more than a dozen markets, including New York and Los Angeles — One of the largest free streaming services offering live and on-demand news is expanding its reach even further.
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Matthew Keys / The Desk: VUit adds 13 news feeds from local CBS stations
Mark Miller / TVNewsCheck: VUit Closes Carriage Deal With CBS
Associated Press:
IFJ: 67 journalists and media workers were killed on the job globally in 2022, mostly due to the Ukraine war, chaos in Haiti, and criminal groups in Mexico — Russia's war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number …
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