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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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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn't a safety problem, so is ok.
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Suspends Accounts Sharing Live Locations, Including the Tracker of Elon Musk's Private Jet
@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.
@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. 🧵
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: @elonmusk ... Here's where it gets really wild. Try to tweet a link to the Musk-jet-tracking account on Instagram. You can't. Twitter blocked it as “potentially harmful.” Again, this is *publicly available data*. But it's about something Musk doesn't want people to see https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Herb Scribner / Axios: Twitter suspends account that tracked Elon Musk's jet
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's private jet, despite billionaire's ‘free speech’ pledge
Peter Weber / The Week: Elon Musk bans Twitter account tracking his private jet, threatens 20-year-old owner with ‘legal action’
Katherine Donlevy / New York Post: Musk vows ‘legal action’ against teen who tracks his jet flights on Twitter
David Lidsky / Fast Company: The Elon Musk jet tracker is living rent-free inside the Twitter owner's head
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?
@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.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Musk Claims ‘Legal Action Is Being Taken’ Against 20-Year-Old Behind Jet-Tracking Account
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: It changed because the billionaire manchild who owns Twitter is a “free speech absolutist” until it inconveniences him. https://twitter.com/...
@meidastouch: This is a lot of words to say El*n's feelings were hurt. Hacks. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Buckley / Engadget: Twitter conveniently reveals a location sharing policy amid Elonjet controversy
Melissa Gomez / @melissagomez004: The accounts included in this piece, including @CelebJets, @RUOligarchjets and @PutinJet, which were active when this piece was published, appear to also be suspended https://www.wsj.com/...
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Elon Musk Is Threatening To Go After A College Student Who Ran A Twitter Account Tracking His Private Jet
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/...
@newrepublic: “I mean, fuck this guy,” Jack Sweeney said, referring to Elon Musk about the suspensions of his Twitter accounts using public information to track private jets. “This is ridiculous.” https://newrepublic.com/...
Sarah Reese Jones / @politicussarah: Yes. This is why dedicated hate accounts posting children's hospitals is a dangerous policy. medical treatment is not a public event. https://twitter.com/...
George Hahn / @georgehahn: Meanwhile, it's cool for Elon to unleash a campaign against @yoyoel that has yielded threats against Yoel so severe that he is forced to move. https://www.wsj.com/...
@rmac18: This shows doxxing is now just an empty word, devoid of its original meaning. Also I'm interested what “legal action” would look like against a college student who published public information. What did he do that was unlawful? https://twitter.com/...
Dennis Detwiller / @drgonzo123: Please note that according to this, if you take a photo with anyone in it and post it to twitter with location turned on, you can be suspended. As you can see, this is the stupidest decision to date. Impressive, considering how dumb all the previous ones have been. https://twitter.com/...
Keith Edwards / @keithedwards: This is old data from Elon's jet, so it's ok to share. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Bond / @shannonpareil: to be clear, this is the same strategy of link blocking Twitter applied to the NY Post Hunter Biden story in October 2020 that Elon & the Twitter Files disclosures have said was bad https://twitter.com/...
@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/...
Dan Murphy / @bungdan: Less than six weeks ago. This creature is a liar and a four-flusher. All the way down. https://twitter.com/...
Faiz Siddiqui / @faizsays: I talked to Jack Sweeney, a Musk fan, right after Musk took over. He didn't think Musk would outright ban him: “I personally think he won't do it because then the news would be all over it and he would be called a hypocrite.” as it turns out... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andrew Stoeten / @andrewstoeten: “Great pitching matchup going on tonight between [redacted] and [redacted] at [redacted] park!” 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/...
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/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Not sure who runs this account, but why lie? This change was made because Musk didn't want people posting about where he takes his private jet, even though this information is publicly available. He owns Twitter, so he changed the rules. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Lesser / @sadmonsters: So just as a hypothetical, say someone is getting booed somewhere—like, I don't know, a live comedy show. Could someone else upload video of the real-life repercussions of that person's $44 billion midlife crisis, or would they have to wait 24 hours? https://twitter.com/...
Eric Italiano / BroBible: Creator Of Twitter Account That Tracked Elon Musk's Jet Blasts ‘Hypocrite’ For Censoring Him
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/...
Los Angeles Times: Twitter suspends account that monitored Elon Musk's jet after ban; owner's account is also suspended
Jon Levine / @levinejonathan: You can get Elon on hypocrisy over the the plane account, but it's really hard to argue with this logic more broadly 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/...
Grace Kay / Insider: The college student tracking Elon Musk's jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he'll keep posting.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: It sounds like Musk is saying certain speech is dangerous and has the ability to lead to real-world violence. 🧐 https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: By the letter of this policy you could be suspended for tweeting that you ran into a famous person at a restaurant https://twitter.com/...
Tori Otten / New Republic: The College Student Tracking Elon's Jet Had All His Twitter Accounts Suspended
Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter banned the @ElonJet account tracking Musk's flights, reinstated it, then banned it again
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill: Twitter suspends account that tracked private jet owned by Elon Musk
E.W. Niedermeyer / @tweetermeyer: The fact that this kid identifies himself as a Musk fan makes him less sympathetic, not more. This isn't some journalistic hero, this is someone who monetized a billionaire narcissist's toxic personality cult and is now reaping the utterly predictable results. https://twitter.com/...
Faiz Siddiqui / @faizsays: NEW: Twitter had previously conducted a review of @ElonJet and determined it didn't violate the company's policies on sharing of private info Despite that, Elon Musk's site permanently suspended it with a new rationale Wednesday https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... w/ @drewharwell
Will Oremus / @willoremus: It's telling which types of “free speech” Elon Musk supports (neo-Nazis) and which he censors (publicly available data about his own private jet). 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/...
Jason Goldman / @goldman: Every paragraph of this story reads like a dispatch from a failed state https://twitter.com/...
Molly Knight / @molly_knight: So tweeting about anything that happens live before your eyes is now illegal. No more tweeting from concerts or sporting events. Reporting news or simply making observations on this platform is no longer allowed. https://twitter.com/...
Chris O'Brien / @obrien: @RMac18 He could force the guy to face some heavy legal fees, even if it's totally frivolous.
Chase Woodruff / @dcwoodruff: Once again, as funny as this whole saga has been, it's part of a genuinely alarming antidemocratic moment, led by a tiny class of tech oligarchs who consider themselves immune by divine right from scrutiny and scorn from the rabble, and may well be poised to get their wish. 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.
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: So journalists can't say where, say, the president is? Or can't say who is speaking at a live protest or rally? And what does ‘slightly delayed’ even mean? Who defined that? Oh, and last question: do you still consider yourself a ‘free speech absolutist’? https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Elon Musk Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet, After Claiming He Wouldn't
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?
Katherine Cross / @quinnae_moon: It's blazingly obvious that this policy change was done almost entirely to justify banning ElonJet because it annoyed the CEO. There were already policies in place to prohibit cyberstalking; this is just a capriciously vague policy that will be exploited to serve the powerful. 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.
Batya Ungar-Sargon / @bungarsargon: Months ago, when I was warning conservatives that Elon Musk is not the free speech hero they want him to be, I predicted one of the first things he'd do after buying Twitter would be to ban the kid who uses public information to track Musk's private jet. I regret to inform you... https://twitter.com/...
@jason: This is well thought out None of us want to live in a world where someone can persistently stalk individuals in real time That's de facto doxing & it's very dangerous Nicely done @TwitterSafety 👏 👏 👏 https://twitter.com/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: The other Twitter files, where its whiny owner deliberately blocks information that's personally embarrassing to him https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Elon Musk Blasted as ‘Full-On Hypocrite’ After Twitter Suspends Account Tracking His Jet Use
Wes Davis / The Shortcut: ElonJet, the Twitter account that tracks Musk's private jet, has been banned
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Bans Account That Tracked His Private Jet
Fortune: Twitter just suspended the account that tracked Elon Musk's private jet even after the billionaire promised he wouldn't
Caitlyn Shelton / NewsNation: Twitter CEO Elon Musk suing ElonJet creator Jack Sweeney
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's flights, was permanently suspended
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Elon Musk Bans and Un-Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet After Promising to Never Ban It [Updated]
Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer: Twitter Suspends @ElonJet, the Account Tracking Musk's Private Flights
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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.
Discussion:
Revue Help Center, @johnonolan, The Verge, @johnonolan, @anthony, @baekdal, @rubenbolling, CNET, @baekdal, @michellemanafy, @baekdal, @baekdal, @davidakin, Adweek and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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Martijn de Kuijper / Revue Help Center: We've made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.
@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
@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/...
Zachary McAuliffe / CNET: Twitter to Shut Down Its Newsletter Platform Revue
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/...
Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy: Oh joy. Fairwell, archive. And with loads of notice: “From January 12th, 2023, it will no longer be possible to access your Revue account.On that date, Revue will shut down and all data will be deleted.” Also not shocking on any level https://www.engadget.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.
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: It's far more likely that a substantial percentage (likely more than 50% for most newspapers) will simply not do anything (and thereby churn). As we all know, retention is far simpler than acquisition, and this forces every creator to re-acquire everyone on their lists.
David Akin / @davidakin: Twitter to shut down Revue, its newsletter publishing platform which I use for my daily clippings newsletter. Any thoughts on a replacement platform? https://www.engadget.com/... #media
David Cohen / Adweek: After Further Revue, Twitter to Shut Down Newsletter Publishing Platform Jan. 18
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Twitter shuts down Revue, its newsletter platform
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Washington Post plans to cut “a single digit percentage” of its workforce in Q1 2023; Fred Ryan told staff that new hires mean the newsroom will not shrink — New York CNN — — The Washington Post will conduct layoffs in the coming year as it reorients itself for the future …
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@anniegowen, New York Times, Semafor, @charlottetklein, Puck, Poynter, @jacob_brogan, Vanity Fair, @oliverdarcy, The Hill, Digiday, @oliverdarcy, @markberman, @mcbyrne, @libcasey, @dctello, @carlosnyt, @schmittnyc, @abeaujon, The Daily Beast, @unsubtledesi, @thehungryhutch, @schmidtsam7, @caitjgibson, @chris__richards, @oliverdarcy, @passantino, @jason, The Wrap, @froomkin, @juddlegum, @elonmusk, New York Post, Deadline, @benmullin, @myhlee, @fenitn, @wesleylowery, @vahn16, Mediaite, @christinapushaw, @oliverdarcy, @blackamazon, Breitbart, Fox News and Boing Boing
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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
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/...
Dylan Byers / Puck: Post Apocalyptic — On Wednesday, the dapper and hyper-well-connected Washington Post C.E …
Angela Fu / Poynter: Washington Post to conduct layoffs in early 2023
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.
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
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Washington Post to conduct layoffs in coming year
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday: Media Briefing: How The Athletic used the World Cup as a kick off for its advertising business
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.
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/...
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/...
Carlos Lozada / @carlosnyt: All my love and support to my wonderful former colleagues in the @washingtonpost newsroom: https://www.washingtonpost.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
Nupur J Sharma / @unsubtledesi: ‘More job cuts next year’: WaPo announces layoffs post losing 500k subscribers in a year, employees outraged as publisher refuses to answer questions It is unclear if WaPo will continue to pay authors like Rana Ayyub, who are not regular contributors. https://www.opindia.com/...
Aaron Hutcherson / @thehungryhutch: Happy two-year work anniversary to me 🫠 https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
@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/...
Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap: Washington Post Braces for Additional Layoffs in 2023 (Video)
@froomkin: “This behavior is unacceptable from any leader, but especially the leader of a news organization whose core values include transparency and accountability,” @PostGuild said in a statement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: Washington Post announces layoffs during tense town hall before publisher Fred Ryan storms out
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: The brain drain at The Washington Post in recent months is extensive: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / @myhlee: Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan walked out of the meeting after dozens of employees raised their hands and peppered him with questions. https://www.washingtonpost.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/...
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/...
Nathan Grayson / @vahn16: ideally the point of going on book leave is to still have a job when you come back, but I guess we'll see! https://twitter.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: WaPo Town Hall Goes Off the Rails As Publisher Refuses to Take Questions
Christina Pushaw / @christinapushaw: I can't feel sorry for anyone who cheered for people to lose their jobs over insane policies like lockdowns and vaccine mandates. Unfortunately, many Washington Post journalists spent the last 3 years doing that. What goes around comes around. 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/...
@blackamazon: This is after they just didn't report their diversity numbers, so making sure it's not retributive or imbalanced is un possible . But yeah https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton / Breitbart: Washington Post Staffers Outraged After Publisher Refused to Take Questions on Layoffs
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
Maxwell Strachan / VICE: 'We're Robbing F*cking Idiots': Twitter Influencers ‘Bragged and Laughed’ While Pumping and Dumping Stocks, SEC Says
Todd Spangler / Variety: Eight Social Media Influencers Charged by SEC in Alleged $100 Million ‘Stock Manipulation Scheme’ on Twitter, Discord
Kushan Mitra / @kushanmitra: The @RBI and @dir_ed should investigate influenzas in India who took money promoting crypto. Or worse, tried a ‘pump and dump’ to enrich themselves. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast: Insufferable Influencers Who Boasted of Making Millions Are Indicted
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/...
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
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: If you're going to pump stocks on social media just remember there could be consequences https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Mahira Dayal / The Information: The SEC Slaps Financial Influencers; Seven Seven Six Backs Startup July
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/...
Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: 'We're F****** Robbing Idiots:' Eight Financial Influencers Indicted in Massive Pump and Dump 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/...
Wes Burdine / @mnnicefc: One of these guys is manned Perry Matlock and the other is naked Gary Deel? This can't be real https://twitter.com/...
Malcolm Harris / @bigmeaninternet: Many Americans seem to no longer believe in the existence of financial crime as a thing you can get in trouble for https://www.vice.com/...
Brandon / @blgtylr: I spent a lot of 2021 and the early part of 2022 depressed and binging documentaries about various financial crises and, like, it's kind of shocking how often people just kind of think “oopsie, lol, did some fraud and stole billions, haha, what a Tuesday, amirite?” https://twitter.com/...
Ty Roush / Forbes: Eight Social Media Influencers Lied To Their Followers To Manipulate Stocks, SEC Lawsuit Claims
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Also criminal charges against all 8. https://www.sec.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Cheng / Quartz: These are the 8 Twitter and Discord influencers charged with a $100 million ETF fraud scheme
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: Social Media Influencers Charged With Alleged $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Eight charged in $114 million pump-and-dump stock scheme on Discord and Twitter
Brian Fung / CNN: US government charges 8 social media influencers over alleged pump-and-dump scheme
Phil Rosen / Insider: The SEC charges 8 social media influencers in a $100 million stock manipulation scheme promoted on Twitter and Discord
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: Eight Influencers Charged by SEC, DOJ in Securities Fraud Scheme
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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@arunindy, @amyargetsinger, @cvillenewscom, @augensteinwtop, @cvillenewscom, @kimzetter, @farhip, @craftypanda, @macfathom, @dabeard, @jackshafer, @jmart, @uvalibrary and @jason_kint
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@arunindy: Crazy but true story of how a finance bro apparently purchased and killed an entire newspaper archive of 22,000 articles to bury evidence that he raped a student. 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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
@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 …
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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
@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
Clarence Hill Jr / @clarencehilljr: No foul play. Still devastating https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: Sportswriter Grant Wahl Died of an Aortic Aneurysm. Here's What It Is
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
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/...
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/...
Brigid Kennedy / The Week: What we know about the death of Grant Wahl, the journalist who died at the World Cup
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/...
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/ ...
Bob Williams / @williamsbob75: Grant Wahl's wife Celine Gounder has disclosed the medical reasons for Grant's death. https://twitter.com/...
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter: U.S. Soccer Reporter Grant Wahl Died of an Aortic Aneurysm, Says Wife
Cass Anderson / BroBible: Grant Wahl's Widow Releases Autopsy Results And Closes Book On Foul Play As Cause Of Death
Amy Lamare / E! Online: Grant Wahl's Wife Details “Very Difficult and Painful” Grieving Process After Journalist's Death
Chris Morris / Fortune: Grant Wahl's widow pens an essay of love to her husband after his death at the World Cup
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: Grant Wahl's wife reveals his cause of death to ‘put to rest’ conspiracy theories
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Burst Blood Vessel Killed Soccer Journalist Grant Wahl in Qatar
Peter Sblendorio / New York Daily News: Grant Wahl cause of death was aortic aneurysm rupture, his wife says
Insider: Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aneurysm, his wife said, adding there was ‘nothing nefarious’ about his death in Qatar
Russell Lewis / NPR: American soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm at the Qatar World Cup
Platformer:
Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads — Agree to personalize your ads — or else — A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …
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@zoeschiffer: SCOOP w/ @CaseyNewton: Twitter is working on a plan to force users to opt-in to personalized ads & share their location data. It's considering letting those who pay for Twitter Blue to opt-out of data sharing — a decision that would likely anger Apple: https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: NEW: Twitter has a plan to force you to opt in to personalized ads to continue using this app. @ZoeSchiffer and me in @platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Martin / @nickmartin: If Twitter ends up forcing you to hand over your location and other data to continue using the platform, I'm done. This reporting by @ZoeSchiffer and @CaseyNewton is behind a paywall, but it's at least worth signing up for a free trial to read. https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I said I would go down with this ship — meaning stick around until the implosion came — but now I can see that's going to be impossible. https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: Privacy is now a luxury good. Fight me. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: Elon's Cool New Plan for Your Data Is Probably Illegal
@clearing_fog: Journalists and dissenters, take note. Saudi Arabia, along with other authoritarian regimes, has used phone geolocation data to track down dissenters and journalists - including Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia is the second largest stakeholder in Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
B&T: Twitter Might Force Users To Hand Over Location Data, Opt-In To Targeted Ads & Sell User Data To Third Parties
Sid, PhD / @artfultakedown: Hmm 🤔 bans the account tracking his jet, yet considers forcing everyone else to be tracked and data sold to whoever pays.. Let's hope this doesn't happen https://twitter.com/...
Julia Angwin / @juliaangwin: In the end it is always privacy for the rich and surveillance for the rest of us. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mattbc: So, uh, I feel like the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is going to demand a word with Twitter about this... https://twitter.com/...
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal: Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Has Too Much Power
Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog: Twitter Could Force Users to Share Location Data with Advertisers
@beardedgenius: I don't know if it's just me, but there's a lot of content that I suddenly can't see anymore, under the pretence that they don't know if I'm over 18. So they want my birthday in order for me to see it https://twitter.com/...
Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: This is big. Musk is calling a bluff on Apple, the FTC, and maybe the GDPR. If this goes into effect you should quit Twitter ASAP. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Twitter's Big Ad Plan: Violate FTC Consent Decree, California Privacy Law & EU Privacy Laws To Force Users To Hand Over Info For Ad Targeting
Heather Burns / @webdevlaw: Aside from obviously being totally illegal in Europe, given how the birdsite is currently held together by five seconded car engineers sleeping on the office floor, it's maybe not a good idea to add a massive layer of surveillance and tracking data to the stack. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Troy / @davetroy: No one is compelled to share location data on iOS, FWIW. Just do not authorize/turn off location services in Settings. Android has similar capability but may not be as bulletproof as iOS implementation. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Connor / @timoconnorbl: The question isn't whether Apple and the EU throat-stamp this, but rather which of them does it first. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: Dude runs the company like playing GTA https://twitter.com/...
Sasha Perigo / @sashaperigo: If Twitter does indeed force users to opt into this surveillance, I'll be leaving the app. We have to draw a line somewhere, and letting Elon Musk use my friends' phone numbers for advertising is definitely crossing that line. https://twitter.com/...
Ned Pyle / @nerdpyle: Rather, they have a plan to make me stop using twitter https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Reports of Musk forcing tracking ads on Twitter put him on a costly collision course with EU privacy laws
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: Twitter ads may break Apple's rules to track you; Musk's desperation to save money
Charles Gaba / @charles_gaba: There's a lot of lines he's crossed already, but if he starts location tracking without permission that'll be the real final straw for a LOT of people. And yeah, I don't see Apple allowing that anyway. https://twitter.com/...
@cdgoldstein: I love that every company's idea to make money now isn't to improve an existing product, but instead just make the current product worse, then charge people if they want to keep the not-worse experience https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Schmidt / @kathmschmidt: And that is when I will shut it down here. Absolutely not sharing location. https://twitter.com/...
Grant Brisbee / @grantbrisbee: Fine, fine, I'll finish setting up an account on Scrangle or whatever the new thing is https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Coming soon from Twitter. Pay 8 bucks or Twitter gets to track your location. https://twitter.com/...
@springleafwolf: This should be a red line for everyone. There are scores of people across the world that are using Twitter whilst living in oppressive regimes or warzones & they're already risking their lives to speak up, so to have their locations revealed puts them in grave danger. WTF Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Marie Denee / @mariedenee: WTH??? Wild, but howww does this help? Wouldn't this impact California's privacy or gdpr??? https://twitter.com/...
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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Common Dreams, Media Nation, @ronwyden, @johncusack, @bryandawsonusa, @corbett_jessica, @projectlincoln, @sentomcotton, @therecount, @therecount and @trevortimm
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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/...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
John Raby / Associated Press:
Three Charleston Gazette-Mail reporters in West Virginia say they were fired for publicly criticizing their company president's interview with an ex-coal CEO — Three reporters from a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in West Virginia say they have been fired after publicly criticizing …
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@craigcalcaterra, @michellemanafy, @cfidd, @joshmoorehl, @timothypmurphy, The Rural Blog, @coreyhutchins, @jmshumway and @chriscincibiz
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Craig Calcaterra / @craigcalcaterra: The @wvgazettemail used to be a great paper. This, however, is a fucking disgrace. https://apnews.com/...
Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy: 3 reporters from a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in West Virginia say they were fired after criticizing an interview conducted by thir company president with a former coal executive implicated in the worst U.S. mine disaster in decades. https://apnews.com/...
@cfidd: There's so much about this whole thing that's messed up I hardly know where to start https://apnews.com/...
Joshua Moore / @joshmoorehl: Don Blankenship is a monster, and the Charleston Gazette-Mail should be ashamed for protecting him over its former employees. Good on these reporters for sticking to their principles. They'll find better jobs. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Murphy / @timothypmurphy: “In concluding the interview, Skaff tells Blankenship: 'Thanks for what you did for the community down there. I know your heart's in the right place. And you want to see southern West Virginia built back to the best that they can.'” https://apnews.com/...
Al Cross / The Rural Blog: 3 Charleston Gazette-Mail reporters say paper fired them for criticizing publisher's fawning interview with ex-coal baron
Corey Hutchins / @coreyhutchins: “News organizations do well to nurture this independence by encouraging individuals to speak their minds.” https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Shumway / @jmshumway: It's already highly inappropriate for a state lawmaker to also be an exec at a newspaper. Then you add a fawning interview with a coal exec convicted of causing the deaths of 29 men and fire the reporters who rightfully called out that unethical act? https://apnews.com/...
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
NPR cancels its 2023 summer internship program due to “a worldwide set of economic challenges”; about one-sixth of the outlet's 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.
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/...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Rose Eveleth / @roseveleth: I would love to know the salaries of the folks who made this decision. Just out of curiosity!!!! https://twitter.com/...
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/...
@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/...
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
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/...
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
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)
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Verizon Offering Free Netflix in Bid to Take on Amazon and Roku as Streaming Middleman
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Verizon launches subscription service aggregator, +Play, in open beta
Andrew Oxford / Santa Fe Reporter:
Current and ex-Gannett employees detail just how disastrous years of layoffs and budget cuts have been at the New Mexico newspapers the corporate giant acquired — National newspaper behemoth's slashing tactics leave fewer journalist covering New Mexico and readers adrift in their communities
Discussion:
Heath Haussamen / @haussamen: Thanks for this important story, @andrewboxford. I hope the @demingheadlight isn't the only newspaper New Mexicans take back from the evil, democracy-killing corporation that is @Gannett. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I do a fair amount of interviews with journalists who need quotes (and perspective.) This article about what Gannett is doing to its newspapers in New Mexico is the best use of my quotes in years. https://www.sfreporter.com/...
Andrew Oxford / @andrewboxford: America's biggest newspaper chain owns papers across New Mexico There's plenty of news, from the border to a swing congressional race But at some papers, there are no reporters left The damage Gannett has done to local news in a very newsy place: https://www.sfreporter.com/...
Daniel Libit / @daniellibit: Really important story about the outsized effect of a newspaper chain's cutbacks in a news desert. My home state of New Mexico is the paradigm of a place that produces such important and amazing stories-if only there were enough reporters to write them. https://twitter.com/...
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