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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Washington Post plans to cut “a single digit percentage” of its workforce in Q1 2023; Fred Ryan told staff the newsroom will not shrink thanks to new hires — New York CNN — — The Washington Post will conduct layoffs in the coming year as it reorients itself for the future …
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Annie Gowen / @anniegowen: NEW: @washingtonpost publisher Fred Ryan refuses to take staff questions after announcing Q1 layoffs in “Town Hall” @postguild https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: Washington Post Publisher Announces Plan for Job Cuts
Angela Fu / Poynter: Washington Post to conduct layoffs in early 2023
Charlotte Klein / @charlottetklein: In the final minutes of today's town hall, WaPo publisher Fred Ryan announced there'd be layoffs coming and then fled the room. As one staffer put it to me: “Could you get worse internal PR than this?” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: “Democracy Dies in Darkness, Huh?”: Washington Post Publisher Stuns Newsroom With Layoff Bombshell—And Hasty Exit
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WaPo confirms plans to cut “a single digit percentage” of its workforce in Q1 2023; Fred Ryan told staff in a town hall that its total headcount will not shrink
Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap: Washington Post Braces for Additional Layoffs in 2023 (Video)
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: WaPo Town Hall Goes Off the Rails As Publisher Refuses to Take Questions
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Washington Post to conduct layoffs in coming year
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: News: The Washington Post will conduct layoffs in the coming year, publisher Fred Ryan told staffers in a town hall, sources tell me. Ryan indicated the cuts will be in the single-digits of the workforce. He also said total headcount will not shrink by end of next year.
Ray Schultz / MediaPost: ‘Washington Post’ Is Planning Early 2023 Layoffs
Mark Berman / @markberman: the publisher of the @washingtonpost announced that the paper will be laying people off soon, then walked out without taking a single question https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: Washington Post announces layoffs during tense town hall before publisher Fred Ryan storms out
Jon Passantino / @passantino: Washington Post Guild blasts publisher Fred Ryan's “unceremonious announcement of layoffs at today's so-called town hall” and refusal to take questions. “This behavior is unacceptable” https://www.cnn.com/...
Libby Casey / @libcasey: Single digit *PERCENTAGE* cut at @washingtonpost which is far more than “single digit cut.” Thanks @oliverdarcy for your reporting! We heard this bomb drop in our “Town Hall,” where management took no Q's. https://twitter.com/...
Darcy Costello / @dctello: Always amazing to me how many media CEOs/executives fail to expect tough questions from ........... reporters https://twitter.com/...
Rob Schmitt / @schmittnyc: The woke crybabies reporting at WaPo probably have no idea how businesses work. But when you are in a dying industry, and then abandon journalism and vilify half the country, slashing your customer base... this kinda stuff happens https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Beaujon / @abeaujon: in case you lose your job, here is a salad of buzzwords from Post management https://twitter.com/...
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: Some of WaPo's Star Reporters Join the Union After Shock Layoff News
Samantha Schmidt / @schmidtsam7: After announcing more layoffs, the Washington Post publisher walked out of a town hall meeting. “We have questions,” said @kemettler. Grateful as ever for my fearless friend and for all of our leaders at @PostGuild. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Caitlin Gibson / @caitjgibson: Great reporters ask strong questions. Great leaders answer them. https://twitter.com/...
@chris__richards: This is a very accurate picture of what happened inside the Washington Post today https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The town hall had been hotly anticipated at WaPo after the decision to cut the Sunday magazine. “After brutal layoffs, we want answers about WaPo's future,” The Guild said ahead of the internal event. “Democracy Dies in Darkness, right?” Full story here: https://www.cnn.com/...
@jason: As I mentioned two weeks ago, media companies will be contracting 20-50% in the coming weeks. The mighty Washington Post announced Q1 layoffs & an employee seems to have leaked the contentious video https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Brogan / @jacob_brogan: The exit music at the end of The Washington Post's town hall today—at which our publisher announced impending layoffs next year—was “Good Vibrations.” Sir, I regret to inform you that the collective vibrations are not, in fact, good.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: The brain drain at The Washington Post in recent months is extensive: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@fenitn: To my colleagues at the Post and in the industry who aren't in the unions: Power needs to be checked. And an organized workforce is the best check we have against management. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Video emerges of Washington Post staffers angry with publisher for refusing to take questions on layoffs
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Fred Ryan is one of most powerful and consequential figures in American political media right now and, to my knowledge, hasn't had a recent profile written about him - a thing i've mentioned to a variety of media reporters for months https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “We are not going to turn this into a grievance session,” publisher Fred Ryan told WaPo employees when peppered with questions after informing staffers of looming cuts. Obviously, this did not go over well. https://twitter.com/...
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, after acquiring the company in January 2021 — One day after Jack Dorsey took to Revue to share his thoughts on the Twitter Files, the company announced it would shut down the newsletter platform early next year.
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Martijn de Kuijper / Revue Help Center: We've made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.
David Cohen / Adweek: After Further Revue, Twitter to Shut Down Newsletter Publishing Platform Jan. 18
@johnonolan: If you're leaving Revue today, consider your next platform carefully: - is it a free product? - is it created by a funded startup? - is the software closed/proprietary? If “yes” — There's a pretty good chance it's going to shut down in a few years. Just like the ones before it.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Twitter's newsletter tool is shutting down on January 12th
Zachary McAuliffe / CNET: Twitter to Shut Down Its Newsletter Platform Revue in 2023
@johnonolan: If you want longevity, consider products with: - a paid offering, to invest in the product - sustainable economics, to keep the company alive - open source code, so it can't be shut down @Ghost has all 3.
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Twitter acquired newsletter service Revue in January 2021. It will be shut down next month >> https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: Mind you, I'm fine. When I built my newsletter, I specifically chose to build my newsletter ‘in house’ so that I owned the system and customer database. I'm not relying on any outside platform for my newsletter. Or what John wrote here: https://twitter.com/...
@rubenbolling: Good thing I never launched an Revue version of the Inner Hive, which I did consider when it launched. I'd have involuntarily gotten into business with Musk, and then gotten screwed by Musk. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Twitter shuts down Revue, its newsletter platform
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: This is absolutely unacceptable. Any paid-for newsletter that has their entire customer canceled is the same as ‘forced churn’. Even if they move to a different platform, it's unlikely that all people will just sign-up for a new payment plan. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: What Twitter is doing here is destroying the revenue for so many creators. It will take a long time to build that up again on a new platform.
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location” — The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
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@twittersafety: When someone shares an individual's live location on Twitter, there is an increased risk of physical harm. Moving forward, we'll remove Tweets that share this information, and accounts dedicated to sharing someone else's live location will be suspended.
Steven Musil / CNET: Twitter Suspends Account That Tracked Elon Musk's Jet
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Suspends Accounts Sharing Live Locations, Including the Tracker of Elon Musk's Private Jet
Herb Scribner / Axios: Twitter suspends account that tracked Elon Musk's jet
@twittersafety: We've updated our Private Information policy to prohibit sharing someone else's live location in most cases. Here's what changed and why. 🧵
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill: Twitter suspends account that tracked private jet owned by Elon Musk
Grace Kay / Insider: The college student tracking Elon Musk's jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he'll keep posting.
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: Free speech unless you track oligarchs & billionaires. Takeaways: 1️⃣ Twitter is making policy decisions on the fly 2️⃣ In ways that align with Musk's well-known interests Yes this is exactly the critique Elon came in with. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: To be clear: superrich & notorious people face real threats. Reducing exposure of their movements increases their safety. The issue here is: was this new policy, which benefits Musk, conducted with any sort of balancing of collateral impacts on desirable & free speech?
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: This is what happens when policy is made & implemented on-the-fly. And tells you everything you need to know about how these decisions are being made. Also, the guy who runs this account is still suspended. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: Looks like @TwitterSafety now has a thread providing some clarifications. But I'm truly not sure how they address most of the cases I've listed. https://twitter.com/...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: It changed because the billionaire manchild who owns Twitter is a “free speech absolutist” until it inconveniences him. https://twitter.com/...
@jetcitystar: Hey @TwitterSafety So are businesses that track any boats/ships such as @MarineTraffic in violation of your terms because there's humans onboard operating those vessels? https://twitter.com/...
@cubanjet: DISCLAIMER - In accordance with the new @TwitterSupport policy ( https://twitter.com/... ), this account does NOT report locations of any individuals. It only reports publicly available data broadcast by the aircraft itself. It does not know any passengers or crew aboard.
@evan_greer: So, does this make it against the rules to tweet “I just spotted a Twitter lobbyist at Chuck Schumer's fundraising dinner last night” ? Just curious https://twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: Content that shares location information related to a public engagement or event, such as a concert or political event, is also permitted.
Tim Faulkner / @timoteofaulkner: @TwitterSafety What about non-events that are newsworthy involving a public figure? Is posting a photo of Ted Cruz at the airport fleeing the cold in real-time news or banworthy? How would a tweeter know in advance?
Dan Murphy / @bungdan: See, an unevenly-applied rule to ban accounts urging people to die from a deadly virus or to join an unprecedented violent insurrection against US democracy is anti-free speech. The same rule to protect billionaires from public scrutiny is pro-free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Murphy / @bungdan: Less than six weeks ago. This creature is a liar and a four-flusher. All the way down. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Kampeas / @kampeas: This defines incoherent. I can't live tweet a press conference under this policy. I can't report onsite. @elonmusk is turning this always flawed but stop useful site into a veritable s***show. https://twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: You can still share your own live location on Twitter. Tweets that share someone else's historical (not same-day) location information are also not prohibited by this policy.
Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter banned the @ElonJet account tracking Musk's flights, reinstated it, then banned it again
Tori Otten / New Republic: The College Student Tracking Elon's Jet Had All His Twitter Accounts Suspended
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Elon Musk Bans and Un-Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet After Promising to Never Ban It [Updated]
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Elon Musk Blasted as ‘Full-On Hypocrite’ After Twitter Suspends Account Tracking His Jet Use
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Bans Account That Tracked His Private Jet
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Jet-tracking teen lashes out at Elon Musk for suspending Twitter account
Eric Italiano / BroBible: Creator Of Twitter Account That Tracked Elon Musk's Jet Blasts ‘Hypocrite’ For Censoring Him
Wes Davis / The Shortcut: ElonJet, the Twitter account that tracks Musk's private jet, has been banned
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Twitter Suspends Elon Musk Jet Tracker Account That He Claimed He Wouldn't Ban
Fortune: Twitter just suspended the account that tracked Elon Musk's private jet even after the billionaire promised he wouldn't
Todd Spangler / Variety: Elon Musk Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet, After Claiming He Wouldn't
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's private jet, despite billionaire's ‘free speech’ pledge
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's flights, was permanently suspended
Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer: Twitter Suspends @ElonJet, the Account Tracking Musk's Private Flights
NBC News:
The SEC charges eight influencers with securities fraud, allegedly using Twitter and Discord to manipulate stocks since at least January 2020 in a ~$100M scheme — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight social media influencers with securities fraud, saying Wednesday …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme Promoted on Discord and Twitter
Todd Spangler / Variety: Eight Social Media Influencers Charged by SEC in Alleged $100 Million ‘Stock Manipulation Scheme’ on Twitter, Discord
Mahira Dayal / The Information: The SEC Slaps Financial Influencers; Seven Seven Six Backs Startup July
Michelle Cheng / Quartz: These are the 8 Twitter and Discord influencers charged with a $100 million ETF fraud scheme
Matt Ott / Associated Press: Social media influencers are charged with feeding followers ‘a steady diet of misinformation’ in a pump and dump stock scheme that netted $100 million
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast: Insufferable Influencers Who Boasted of Making Millions Are Indicted
Ty Roush / Forbes: Eight Social Media Influencers Lied To Their Followers To Manipulate Stocks, SEC Lawsuit Claims
Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: 'We're F****** Robbing Idiots:' Eight Financial Influencers Indicted in Massive Pump and Dump Scheme
Colin Jones / @colinjones: “These seven defendants allegedly purchased certain stocks and then encouraged their substantial social media following to buy those selected stocks by posting price targets or indicating they were buying, holding, or adding to their stock positions.” https://twitter.com/...
Keith McCullough / @keithmccullough: It's all fun and fraud games until... https://sec.gov/ | SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme Promoted on Discord and Twitter https://www.sec.gov/...
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: Eight Influencers Charged by SEC, DOJ in Securities Fraud Scheme
Doc Brown / @profess0rp: YouTube bout to get real quiet LMAOOOOO we told you this was coming and there would be a separation between the real and real fake. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Colin Jones / @colinjones: WOAH: The SEC just charged these influencers in a $100 million securities fraud scheme where Discord and Twitter were used to manipulate stocks https://www.sec.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Kat Tenbarge / @kattenbarge: Tommy Cooperman went from performing at Warped Tour and making songs with Jeffree Star to getting charged by the SEC for securities fraud as a finfluencer. Ah, the internet https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Benjamin Goggin / @benjamingoggin: 8 social media influencers manipulated their fans on Twitter and Discord in a pump and dump scheme, says the SEC. In “surreptitiously recorded conversations, they bragged and laughed about making profits at the expense of their followers,” the SEC said. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Brian Fung / CNN: US government charges 8 social media influencers over alleged pump-and-dump scheme
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: Social Media Influencers Charged With Alleged $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme
Dave Troy / @davetroy: Nice development in the war on fecklessness. I expect this is the tip of the iceberg, but it's very good to see. https://twitter.com/...
@secgov: Today we announced charges against eight social media influencers in a $100 million securities scheme in which they used Twitter and Discord to manipulate exchange-traded stocks. https://www.sec.gov/...
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Eight charged in $114 million pump-and-dump stock scheme on Discord and Twitter
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Also criminal charges against all 8. https://www.sec.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Phil Rosen / Insider: The SEC charges 8 social media influencers in a $100 million stock manipulation scheme promoted on Twitter and Discord
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Senator Tom Cotton blocks the PRESS Act, which would shield reporters from having to reveal sources, arguing they must instead face “scrutiny and consequences” — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) blocked the Press Freedom Act on the Senate floor on Wednesday as Democrats tried …
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Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams: Tom Cotton Blocks Senate PRESS Act Designed to Protect Journalists
Ron Wyden / @ronwyden: My bipartisan PRESS Act was just BLOCKED on the Senate floor. This bill is a no-brainer to protect free press in America, but I'm not giving up. I'm going to keep fighting until we get this across the finish line. https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Dawson / @bryandawsonusa: Tom Cotton, who said gays “should have perspective. They hang you in Iran for the crime of being gay,” just blocked the PRESS Act designed to protect journalists Trump called “enemies of the people.” Conservatives fear a free press. #PRESSAct @TomCottonAR https://www.rawstory.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Cusack / @johncusack: Cotton say its as if journalists are a special exception - yeah they are . They need to report what the powerful and the government want secrets or swept under the rug. That s the role of the fourth estate https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Corbett / @corbett_jessica: “Sen. Cotton's hostility to press freedoms demonstrates exactly why these protections are needed,” said Seth Stern of @FreedomofPress, calling for inclusion of the #PRESSAct in an end-of-year spending package. https://www.commondreams.org/ ...
Tom Cotton / @sentomcotton: The PRESS Act would shield journalists and leakers from consequences—even when their actions endanger American lives and security. https://twitter.com/...
@therecount: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) responds to Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-AR) objection to the PRESS Act and notes that it got unanimous support in House: “The exceptions to make sure we could protect our country ... were strong enough to get the support of 435 members of the House.” https://twitter.com/...
@therecount: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) objects to the PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from having to disclose their sources or information they obtained while reporting: “It would treat the press as a special caste of crusaders for truth.” https://twitter.com/...
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: I appreciate the thorough coverage from @commondreams of the PRESS Act debate in the Senate today. Why NYT, WaPo, AP, etc. aren't covering this is a mystery to me. DOJ has surveilled their reporters more than anyone. This bill would end that permanently! https://www.commondreams.org/ ...
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Former employees at defunct Charlottesville weekly The Hook speculate the buyer who killed its digital archive is linked to a story about a 2004 rape accusation — The Hook, a beloved Charlottesville weekly, closed a decade ago but its archives lived on — until its 22,000 stories were suddenly taken offline in June.
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@craftypanda, @macfathom, @jmart, @amyargetsinger, @cvillenewscom, @augensteinwtop, @cvillenewscom, @kimzetter, @farhip, @dabeard, @jackshafer, @uvalibrary, New York Daily News and The DTM
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Allison Wrabel / @craftypanda: As a person who has worked in local media, what's wild to me about all this is that people seem to forget that to read ANY Charlottesville area news from local news outlets between 1965 and 2002 or so you have to go to the library. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Pinto / @macfathom: This from @farhip is an excellent whodunnit with compelling evidence that Curtis N. Ofori of Greenhall Capital Partners bought the archives of an alt-weekly in order to memory-hole its reporting on rape allegations against him when he was an undergraduate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jonathan Martin / @jmart: “Ofori did not respond to multiple phone calls or messages left at his home and the company he co-directs, Greenhall Capital Partners, an investment firm in downtown Washington.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: I love a good Charlottesville saga. I had no idea how complex — and unnerving — this one would turn out to be. Great work by @farhip https://twitter.com/...
@cvillenewscom: The Hook's entire website disappeared from the internet this spring. As the Washington Post reports, there's good circumstantial evidence that the whole site was trashed by one rich guy who wanted to remove an article about him from the internet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Neal Augenstein / @augensteinwtop: Proud of my buddy, @HawesSpencer in Charlottesville. A blend of old school and new, his story is an important one about the power and responsibility of journalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@cvillenewscom: How was the site removed? @cville_weekly's owners sold it to an anonymous party—who they say was anonymous *even to them*. They should not have done that, which should have been obvious even at the time. It's weird that I have to say that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Unidentified buyer purchases archive of now-defunct newspaper; few months later archive (which lived on after paper died) disappears from internet. Former staff think mystery buyer purchased archive to kill old stories about a rape accusation https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: A newspaper vanished online. Did someone buy it just to bury it? A digital mystery in Charlottesville (latest by me). H/t to editors @amyargetsinger and @aviselk for sticking with this one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Beard / @dabeard: A mystery buyer of a defunct paper has killed its archives—and a slice of the city's history. Before that, a flood of complaints sought to kill one particular story—a rape accusation involving University of Virginia students 18 years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @farhip
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: Terrific Streisand Effect story by @farhip. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@uvalibrary: “A truly motivated researcher might find the dusty print copies of these articles in a library...” Dear @washingtonpost We do have the copies of The Hook in Special Collections @RareUVA. Bonus—They aren't dusty. That's not how materials are preserved. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Céline Gounder / Fútbol with Grant Wahl:
Grant Wahl's wife Céline Gounder says the US soccer journalist died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm and there was nothing nefarious about his death — First and foremost, on behalf of myself and our family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support …
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@cbsmornings: Grant Wahl's wife, Dr. @celinegounder, reveals that the renowned journalist died due to an aortic aneurysm that ruptured at the World Cup. Gounder says she hopes he is remembered as a “kind, generous person who was really dedicated to social justice.” https://twitter.com/...
CBS News: Grant Wahl's wife reveals cause of death in first interview since he died at World Cup in Qatar
Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: Sportswriter Grant Wahl Died of an Aortic Aneurysm. Here's What It Is
@celinegounder: On behalf of myself and our family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support, love, and sympathy from around the world. Here is a message from our family and the latest update surrounding our beloved Grant: https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Chris Rosvoglou / The Spun: Grant Wahl's Brother Shares New Details On His Death
Brigid Kennedy / The Week: What we know about the death of Grant Wahl, the journalist who died at the World Cup
Clarence Hill Jr / @clarencehilljr: No foul play. Still devastating https://twitter.com/...
Insider: Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aneurysm, his wife said, adding there was ‘nothing nefarious’ about his death in Qatar
Lindsay Gibbs / Power Plays: The check-in: The generosity of Grant Wahl
Andrew Das / @andrewdasnyt: NEWS: An autopsy in New York showed that Grant Wahl had a tear in the ascending aorta, a large vessel that carries blood from the heart, his family announced Wednesday. Via @apoorva_nyc: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Taddow / @miketaddow: while it was gracious of dr. gounder to share how grant died, i think sharing how he lived, especially as a family man, was so much more impactful here. a devastating loss for real. https://twitter.com/...
Julie Stewart-Binks / @jsb_tv: A note from Grant's wife, @celinegounder: https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Mike L. Goodman / @them_l_g: We have clear, unambiguous, answers on how Grant died now. I sincerely hope that people respect his wife's wishes and focus on who he was as a person. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Critchlow / @afcdw: “I wanted to make sure the conspiracy theories about his death were put to rest” - Grant Wahl's wife, speaking after it was confirmed he died of a ruptured blood vessel. Not Covid/vaccine complications, not a plot by the Qatari government, just a tragic aneurysm. RIP https://twitter.com/...
Nancy Armour / @nrarmour: “Grant was an incredibly empathetic, dedicated, and loving husband, brother, uncle, and son who was our greatest teammate and fan. We will forever cherish the gift of his life” A beautiful tribute from Celine. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Crafton / @adamcrafton_: An incredibly dignified and moving note here by @celinegounder, the wife of Grant Wahl. https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Kyle Tucker / @kyletucker_ath: It's good to know this, and no less heartbreaking. Hug your people. Say “I love you” and “I'm sorry” often. Life's too short. https://twitter.com/...
Samer Kalaf / Defector: Grant Wahl Died Of A Ruptured Artery
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Burst Blood Vessel Killed Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl in Qatar
Dan Mihalopoulos / @dmihalopoulos: Grant Wahl died of natural causes, his wife @celinegounder announced in this touching post just now on his soccer news site https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Couric / @katiecouric: I'm so sorry for your loss, @celinegounder. https://open.substack.com/...
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter: U.S. Soccer Reporter Grant Wahl Died of an Aortic Aneurysm, Says Wife
Mara Gay / @maragay: “Above all, he expressed his values through his work: his commitments to seeking truth through reporting, supporting fundamental human rights, and fighting for equality.” https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Chris Jones / @enswelljones: This is a relief to read for many reasons. I hope these findings give the same comfort to Grant's family and friends, and pause to anyone who chose to compound our collective grief and stress these past few days. https://twitter.com/...
Trisha Greenhalgh / @trishgreenhalgh: Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. No evidence of foul play. Beautiful obituary from his doctor wife. RIP. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Wachter / @bob_wachter: This is a lovely tribute to a life well lived and to your love for each other. So sorry for your loss. https://twitter.com/...
Riley Ray Griffin / @rileyraygriffin: Grant Wahl's wife, infectious disease physician @celinegounder, “rejected, in particular, speculation linking his death to vaccines, saying that it was especially insulting because of her work.” The family of the celebrated soccer journalist quells misinformation: https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Bonagura / @bonaguraespn: Grant Wahl's wife's, Dr. Celine Gounder, provided an update about his cause of death after the autopsy was performed in New York. “There was nothing nefarious about his death.” https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Kerber / @chriskerber: Whether you followed soccer or not, this piece written by Grant Wahl's wife is a masterpiece of grace, information & tribute. Expressing things so clearly, so soon & while dealing w/the immediate unexpected challenges is really amazing. Take a couple minutes for the human spirit. https://twitter.com/...
Jenny Vrentas / @jennyvrentas: Dr. Gounder said she wanted to ascertain the circumstances of her husband's death in part to quell online speculation. “I wanted to make sure the conspiracy theories about his death were put to rest,” she said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay DeMerit / @d6merit: Great words Celine, Legends never die ✨ Condolences to you & the family. ❤️💔❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Keith Smith / @keithsmithnba: This was a sad read this morning. Good to have some closure though. All the best to the Wahl and Gounder families. Grant is going to be missed by so many. https://twitter.com/...
Karina Tsui / Semafor: US soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of aortic aneurysm, wife Celine Gounder says
Dr. Joy Henningsen / @joyhenningsenmd: I will honor this remarkable person by respecting the issues he reported on & using the valuable info he gave us. The human rights violations he illuminated in Qatar, in particular, are issues we can never ignore. Lives will improve for the better b/c of Grant Wahl's reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Ilya Shapiro / @ishapiro: “Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium... No amount of CPR or shocks would have saved him. His death was unrelated to COVID... unrelated to vaccination status. There was nothing nefarious.” https://open.substack.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: “An autopsy was performed by the NYC Medical Examiner's Office. Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium...There was nothing nefarious about his death.” - Grant's wife, Céline Gounder https://grantwahl.substack.com/ ...
Cass Anderson / BroBible: Grant Wahl's Widow Releases Autopsy Results And Closes Book On Foul Play As Cause Of Death
Russell Lewis / NPR: American soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm at the Qatar World Cup
Bob Williams / @williamsbob75: Grant Wahl's wife Celine Gounder has disclosed the medical reasons for Grant's death. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Sblendorio / New York Daily News: Grant Wahl cause of death was aortic aneurysm rupture, his wife says
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: Grant Wahl's wife reveals his cause of death to ‘put to rest’ conspiracy theories
Chris Morris / Fortune: Grant Wahl's widow pens an essay of love to her husband after his death at the World Cup
Amy Lamare / E! Online: Grant Wahl's Wife Details “Very Difficult and Painful” Grieving Process After Journalist's Death
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
NPR cancels its 2023 summer internship program, citing economic challenges; NPR's internship page says about one-sixth of its current staff started as interns — I hope you all had a great weekend. We have a lot to dive into today, so let's get to it: NPR cuts its summer internship program …
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@stu_rush: 🚨 My goodness. Facing budget shortfalls, @npr just announced it will cancel the Summer 2023 internship program. This makes me truly sad. I may be wrong but I don't recall this happening in my nearly 30 years. @NPRinterns are part of NPR's lifeblood & a pipeline of great talent.
Brandon Carter / @brandonetc: at a moment when NPR (and public media at large) desperately needs an infusion of young, creative talent to help us reach a larger and more diverse audience, one of only ways for those folks to get a foot in the door is, for now, canceled. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Montecillo / @alanmontecillo: Execs will not feel the brunt of this decision and most legacy donors + loyal public media supporters will not make a big stink about this. But there will be ripple effects, and they aren't good. https://twitter.com/...
Rose Eveleth / @roseveleth: I would love to know the salaries of the folks who made this decision. Just out of curiosity!!!! https://twitter.com/...
@kalyani_saxena: This is genuinely so sad for so many early career journalists I wouldn't be where I am without my time as an @npr intern. That being said! There are many opportunities at member stations. Internships were cancelled the summer after I graduated and I still made it. https://twitter.com/...
@stu_rush: Been up a lot overnight thinking, grinding my teeth, fighting a migraine. Need some rest to help deliver @npratc today. Thoughts of donating vacation time to help enable a summer '23 intern program revival. Certain others would, too. But employees shouldn't have to pay for this. https://twitter.com/...
Maddie / @maddiemortell: This is genuinely sad. My @NPR internship launched my career and allowed me to meet some of the most hardworking peers I know at what was such a unique time in our journeys. https://twitter.com/...
Deena Shanker / @deenashanker: ugh how awful — if you're an @NPR listener, now is a good time to show your appreciation for their excellent journalism by becoming a monthly donor!! https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Gass-Poore / @jgasspoore: This is extremely sad news. I was a (paid) election unit intern with NPR on the Washington Desk and it was one of the most transformative experiences I've had in journalism. It helped make me the journalist I am today in too many ways to list. https://twitter.com/...
Lexie Schapitl / @lexieschapitl: this is a huge bummer and a huge loss for npr. i really encourage folks to look into member station internships and check back with us in the fall. and my DMs are always open for students/recent grads! https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: NPR cancels internships, citing economic woes
Tyler Falk / Current: NPR cuts summer 2023 internship program
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon partners with Netflix to give some customers who subscribe to another service via its new +play marketplace a free one-year Netflix premium subscription — Amazon, Apple and YouTube woo customers with streaming marketplaces — Verizon Communications Inc. VZ -0.24%decrease …
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Verizon Wireless Customers Can Get Netflix's Top Tier Free for One Year — but There's a Catch
David Satin / The Streamable: DEAL ALERT: Get One Year of Netflix Premium for Free When You Sign Up for a Streaming Service via Verizon ($240 Value)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Verizon launches subscription service aggregator, +Play, in open beta
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Verizon Offering Free Netflix in Bid to Take on Amazon and Roku as Streaming Middleman
Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse: The promotion - a partnership between Verizon and Netflix—is the latest alliance between streamers and connectivity providers as they try to attract and retain customers. https://www.wsj.com/...
Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse: Verizon to give some of its customers free Netflix if they subscribe to another service like NFL+ Premium, NBA League Pass, Peloton or AMC+ through its new streaming marketplace, +play https://www.wsj.com/...
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: Verizon Offering A Year Of Netflix Free To Subscribers Of Its New Content Hub
Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse: Verizon is trying to establish itself as a neutral marketplace as it competes with YouTube, Amazon and Apple: “We don't own a content creator, we don't own a content-production company or network, we are a pure-play distributor here” https://www.wsj.com/...
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Spotter and Jellysmack, two companies offering YouTubers cash in exchange for up to five year of ad sales generated by licensing their old videos — Investors bet the back catalogs of top YouTubers will increase in value — Justin Watkins for more than a decade has made YouTube videos …
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Conor Witt / @ckwitt3: “Spotter spent $740M on content licensing since 2019 after announcing earlier this year that it planned to invest $1B thru H1'23. Jellysmack has put aside $500M for similar deals” Advertisers expected to spend $29.5B on YouTube this year, per CS https://www.wsj.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: YouTube Stars Cash In Video Rights for Millions of Dollars Jellysmack offered one creator $2.1 million for his YouTube back catalog's earnings during the next five years But Jellysmack's proposal required him to create an average of 41 videos a month https://www.wsj.com/...
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
HBO removes Westworld, The Nevers, and other series from HBO Max as part of Warner Bros. Discovery's plans to cut costs, including by saving on residuals — “The Nevers” has been canceled halfway through its first season by HBO. The Joss Whedon-created sci-fi drama will be pulled …
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Erin Brady / SlashFilm: Westworld, Raised By Wolves, And More Shows Are Officially Being Taken Off HBO Max And Moved To Ad-Supported Services
Ellen Rapoport / @ellenrapoport: I am obviously disappointed that Minx (along with several other shows yet to be announced) is leaving HBO Max. I'm proud of the show we've made and am confident that the audience will come with us to our new home. Thank you to the best cast and crew in the business. #minxonmax
Adam Chitwood / The Wrap: ‘Westworld’ and Other Shows Pulled by HBO Max to Be Licensed to Free Ad-Supported Streamers
Matthew Keys / The Desk: WBD to license some HBO shows to free streaming services
Cheryl Eddy / Gizmodo: HBO Max Is Removing Even More Shows, But They'll Have a Streaming Future... Somewhere
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: HBO Max in 2020: what if you could have the entire HBO library at your fingertips HBO Max in 2023: would you pay $9.99 a month for all seven seasons of Arli$$ https://twitter.com/...
@theclaudiablack: 'The removal of shows from HBO Max means WB Discovery is able to save money in residuals paid to cast and crews of productions, on top of the money saved by not continuing with the shows at all." Literally how middle class actors survive. #bloodbath https://variety.com/...
Katie Campione / Deadline: ‘The Sex Lives Of College Girls’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Max
Kaitlin Thomas / @thekaitling: HBO Max was on its way to becoming the best streaming service. It's wild how quickly it is being torn down piece by piece.
Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken: Incredible pyramid scheme here - the “profit” on BLACK ADAM that The Rock refers to includes the money WB is paying itself to send it over to HBOMax. Creative accounting is the actual creativity on display here https://twitter.com/...
Golding / @goldinggirl617: The cancellation of Love Life also helps me to redefine success. This show had excellent writing, great acting, it was honest and authentic, the cast was beautiful and diverse and it had a wild fanbase. HBO MAx still said “Nah!” Like...what?
@lostwolfling: Every announcement from #HBOMax is the algorithm/taste clusters scene from Barry, which has probably only avoided cancellation because it's not a Max original. #Minx #JusticeforMinx #LetJakeJohnsonHaveLittleOutfits https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: Wait, HBO Max cancelled “Legendary” AND “Los Espookys”????? IS NOTHING SACRED?
Daniel Dockery / @dandock: HBO Max deleting so many shows and not putting out any physical media literally accomplishes nothing but allowing their parent company a way to weasel out of paying the proper residuals to the thousands of people that worked on them. Nothing else.
Dan Slott / @danslott: I'm just going to show up to Hollywood, lie, and tell people I wrote two seasons of a show that no longer exists on HBOMax.
Lost De Haan Cousin / @speedrcer: Starz getting rid of their renewed shows, HBO max getting rid of their renewed shows, movies getting whacked after completion, single digit long episode seasons, 2-3 yr wait for seasons, waiting months & months for shit to renewed or cancelled. I'm tired https://twitter.com/...
Akilah Hughes / @akilahobviously: Is HBOMax removing the shows it's canceling so that the actors and teams can't get residuals? Cause that's so cruel.
@rdotspoon: I need someone at HBOMAX to meet someone from Hulu in an alley and hand copies of everything they are removing. This is insane.
Brian Firenzi / @mrbrianfirenzi: Movie idea: David Zaslav crunches some numbers and realizes that HBO Max's shareholders can benefit from a small, shady tax break if he hunts you down and kills you
Mekishana Pierre / @mekishana: As someone who was truly enamored with HBO Max & everything it had to offer, I'm genuinely so sad to see how Discovery is tearing it apart. Laggy rewind & all, they were creating a top streamer with beautifully diverse titles that were SO FUCKIN GOOD. https://twitter.com/...
Steven DeKnight / @stevendeknight: Revolting. The DGA, WGA, and SAG-AFTRA all need to take a serious stand against this. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Goldman / @theericgoldman: Many of us were calling HBO Max arguably the best streaming service going at the beginning of 2022 so it's certainly something to see that goodwill just absolutely torpedoed within a single year.
Sean Garrette / @seangarrette: It's one thing for HBOmax to cancel shows, but to completely removed them from the platform is kind of evil and disgusting? lol
Merrill Barr / @merrillbarr: HBO Max kills Minx in late-stage S2 production, Netflix kills an animated series mid-production, how is this a thing all of a sudden. Not renewing and killing in development sucks but is a regular practice. Killing IN production/post is just a level of money burn I can't fathom.
Cam Kasky / @cameron_kasky: NEW: HBOMax has announced that it will be canceling you, the reader, in an effort to cut projected losses. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Levin / @maggielevin: BREAKING: HBO Max removes ENTOURAGE: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON boxed set from the back of your closet and throws it in the ocean.
Ceo Of Kory / @korysverse: everytime i open this app another hbomax show going down... ENOUGH DISCOVERY ENOUGH https://twitter.com/...
Nathaniel Rogers / @nathanielr: i really dont want HBOMax to die. People really dont seem to grasp that they're the only major streaming platform that believes movies made before 2000 exist.
@blucollarlib: They're pulling art so they don't have to pay artists. Mike is right with the word horrifying. https://twitter.com/...
Carli Velocci / @velocciraptor: Why is HBO just flat out removing series like it's running out of space on the HBO Max hard drive? https://twitter.com/...
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: I genuinely hate to advocate torrenting. But if they're not going to give you access to the shows you're paying for, I don't know why you would pay. I love Westworld. And if I'm paying for HBO Max, I should be able to watch it whenever I please. https://twitter.com/...
@tren2nowhere: the head of hbomax after ruining the reputation of the service and pissing off everyone imaginable https://twitter.com/...
Karie Westermann / @kariebookish: What is new is this SENSE that we ought to be able to hold on to it through home-ownership. Because many of us have grown up with record collections, DVDs on the shelves, and inter-library loans. Cultural artefacts are ephemeral, it turns out.
@itszaeok: the craziest thing about all these shows leaving hbo max is that they have no destination. like you can't get them on dvd or buy them to own them forever like they are literally just gone.
Fran Tirado / @fransquishco: From inside the industry, Legendary's cancellation is doubly wild to me. This was a brand-defining show for HBOmax when it launched as a streamer. I know for a fact they brought ratings. HBO gained a quality metric and some community cred because of it. This just ain't right.
Karie Westermann / @kariebookish: The disappearance of popular media is nothing new. Ask anyone who's tried to hunt down a popular 18th C ballad or multiple plays by Aristophanes. Let alone songs we only know by title bc they appear as a reference.
Mathew Buck / @fb_bmb: Every time I think I can't be bewildered by the HBO Max/WBD stuff, they find a way. The sheer amount of people screwed over is very upsetting. Wasn't Westworld a huge series? This would be like Netflix erasing Stranger Things. What is going on over there? https://twitter.com/...
Karie Westermann / @kariebookish: This discussion is important — so, so important — but it's also worth pointing out that the ability to rewatch a favourite film or be able to buy your favourite TV show? That's a very recent development. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Lovitt / @maggieofthetown: The weirdest part of what HBO Max is doing is that it feels so reminiscent of the “olden days of cable.” Where shows would be yoinked from the air, never released as physical media, and entirely lost to the ether. You know, the thing streaming promised to not do?
Karie Westermann / @kariebookish: I think we'll look back upon the years of vinyl, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes etc as a sort of halcyon era where average people could own a piece of media & replay it over & over.
@evknowsbest: I will absolutely teach every single person I can how to torrent with a VPN. we're out here TRYING to do it the righ way but corporations won't let us. fuck them. https://twitter.com/...
Mary / @arcanesceptre: It's so bleak that we're watching a crisis of media preservation play out in front of our eyes. In ten years we're going to hear about so many shows having been deleted off corporate hard drives and the only available copies being circulated by fans like it's the 1960s. https://twitter.com/...
@mightygodking: My solution to this: legislate an annual publishing requirement in order to keep publishing rights, regardless of your type of media (with sufficient regulation to avoid hijinks). If you don't publish, your rights lapse to the Library of Congress or similar. (1) https://twitter.com/...
Matthew A. Cherry / @matthewacherry: Seems like the unions need to get involved. Really hope this becomes a major talking point for the current Writers Guild negotiations. DGA, SAG, IATSE, PGA, etc need to make this a major issue too. https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: I still get mad every time I think about #TheNevers so... fine. But pulling #WestWorld from the platform??? I'm so confused by Zaslav's decisions. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Flanagan / @flanaganfilm: In addition to being horribly unfair to the cast and crew, this also underscores the importance of physical media. WESTWORLD is available on blu-ray, but this will happen to shows that aren't. The cancellation of a series is sad enough - but the erasure of a series is horrifying. https://twitter.com/...
@jenroless: This is equal parts enraging and mystifying, as both a viewer (❤️the show) and a producer. Genuinely: is Zaslav shuttering HBOMax? Don't they need content? Why scrap already shot shows? And what talent with ANY other options will take their projects to HBOMax now? https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: There's a lot about HBO Max moves today we can dissect from a purely financial perspective — that's what it is. I want to explore another side. Eventually, HBO may become a hub. A quick 🧵on definable identity, brand, and availability in streaming https://twitter.com/...
Zito / @_zeets: What is the direction that HBO Max is even going to when they're just cancelling every interesting show and removing the films that made their service more revered than the others who just feed you endless nonsense? https://twitter.com/...
Eric Goldman / @theericgoldman: Holy shit. Even with Zaslav being so Zaslav, this one floors me. Even though its numbers dropped, Westworld was a big deal show for HBO. This seems to underline that we shouldn't assume anything will stay on HBO Max going forward. https://twitter.com/...
@iamnjera: Not only is it cruel for HBO Max to cancel these quality shows with solid fanbases, it's straight up disrespectful to ALSO remove them from the platform. Art deserves to exist, to be seen, and, for TV shows, to have a home where people can revisit something that brings them joy.
Ryan O'Rourke / Collider: HBO Max Series Heading to Free Ad-Supported TV Following Removal
Jordan Pinto / C21Media: HBO Max axes Minx, Love Life, The Nevers and pulls more content amid WBD cuts
David Satin / The Streamable: ‘Westworld’ To Be Pulled From HBO Max, ‘Minx,’ ‘The Nevers’ Canceled As Cost-Cutting Measures Continue
Adele Ankers-Range / IGN: Westworld Removed From HBO Max For Some Reason
Mariella Moon / Engadget: ‘Westworld’ and ‘The Nevers’ will soon be pulled from HBO Max
Marie-Danielle Smith / Canadian Press:
Canada's House of Commons passes a bill to require web giants to pay media outlets, and Meta again threatens blocking news content from Facebook in Canada — OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed a Liberal bill on Wednesday designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits …
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