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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Twitter backtracks and Elon Musk apologizes after saying the service would remove tweets and accounts promoting their presence on Facebook, Mastodon, and others — Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post.
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@twittersupport: Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.
@ericfreyss: Any attempt to remove my tweets that link to my other social media accounts, not violating any law, would actually make #twitter an editorial media, and no longer a social media platform, with civil and criminal liability for *any* illegal content therein. https://help.twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: Should we have a policy preventing the creation of or use of existing accounts for the main purpose of advertising other social media platforms?
@twittersupport: We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @TrungTPhan @stillgray Casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @stillgray Exactly. Twitter should be easy to use, but no more relentless free advertising of competitors. No traditional publisher allows this and neither will Twitter.
Noam Bardin / @noam: Just wanted to assure everyone that you can post any link you want on https://post.news/. We make it easy to add all your social media links to your profile since none of us only use one platform. Freedom = Choice https://twitter.com/...
Beatrice Nolan / Insider: Mike Lindell is back on Twitter. From conspiracy theories to attempting to dodge a ban — here's why he was kicked off in the first place.
@twittersupport: More information on this policy, as well as how we will take action on violations, can be found here: https://help.twitter.com/...
Paul Graham / @paulg: This is the last straw. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site. https://help.twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: This is the clearest declaration of weakness I've ever seen from a major US tech platform, and a transparent declaration of anticompetitive intent that a GC would set themselves on fire to prevent (if somebody had that job at Twitter). https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / CNN: Elon Musk's Twitter bans links to other social media sites, including Facebook and emerging rivals
Scott Nover / Quartz: Elon Musk has lost his own popularity contest on Twitter
Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Twitter Suddenly Reverses Course on ‘Policy’ That Banned Links to Competing Social Media Sites
Tony Webster / @webster: Effective immediately, you are violating Twitter policy by providing URLs or handles of your other social profiles. Telling others about your Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Post, or Linktree are banned. If you tweet “follow me [@ __] on Instagram,” your account will be suspended. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Life comes at you fast. Or in this case, just over a month https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Alexander / @oalexanderdk: The most hilarious part of new Twitter is when Elon's temper tantrum decisions get walked back, the people who furiously defended them as genius start having to break their backs bending over backward to explain why Twitter not implement them was the plan all along. https://twitter.com/...
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: Twitter Likely Too Small for EU Antitrust Violation
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: TikTok excluded. Driving too much engagement to penalize? https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Musk continues to play Calvinball. Now he says “casually” sharing links to competitors is fine but “relentless advertising of competitors” will result in being banned. (None of this is actually specified in the policy announced today.) https://twitter.com/...
Alastair Reid / @ajreid: The chief scientific advisor for France's military police 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@docdre: This might actually be the catalyst for everyday Black folk to bounce up out of here. https://www.theverge.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: they're dropping this on a Sunday during the World Cup final https://twitter.com/...
Chris Combs / @drchriscombs: “We are making it up as we go and we're just going to arbitrarily suspend the people I don't like” https://twitter.com/...
Asteris Masouras / @asteris: This is an unprecedented authoritarian, anti-competitive policy that needs to be faced with stringent regulation and sanctions. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: My @Axios profile page includes my Twitter handle/link. We also link to direct rivals when citing their work. Or, put another way, Elon is wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Jules Suzdaltsev / @jules_su: lmao you literally can't say “follow me @username on Instagram” in their own example lol what a joke ahahaha https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Diogenes / @wallstcynic: Funny that TikTok didn't make the list. Oversight, I'm sure. #CCP https://twitter.com/...
@elivalley: Using the word “mastodon” is now more likely to get you banned than calling for the extermination of entire communities https://twitter.com/...
@peterktodd: Fuck that shit. Obviously anti-competitive. It'd be good for Twitter employees and managers involved in creating and implementing this policy to get criminal charges for it. Society should expect people asked to do bullshit like this to quit their jobs. https://mastodon.petertodd.org/ @pete https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Keefe / @brendankeefe: I dipped back into Twitter only to report this to the @FTC as a possible anti-trust violation. I have also filed a formal notification to antitrust@ftc.gov. Otherwise, I hope to be back on Twitter in January. I'm suspending myself for a few weeks. https://help.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christian Vanderbrouk / @urbanachievr: “comedy is now legal on Twitter” https://twitter.com/...
@stokel: Genuine questions: How many links is “occasional”, Elon? When does the link sharing count reset? And what defines “casually” sharing them? These are all questions you need to have definitive answers to as the owner of the public square https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Musk bans linking to Twitter's competitors. If you link to them, that content will be removed. He loves free speech. https://twitter.com/...
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Elon Musk Spent The Weekend Suspending Journalists And Weirdly Blocking Links To Rival Social Media Services
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Looks like Elon's sales pitch also convinced Paul Graham. Another master class on running a social media site from Twitter's CEO https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Twitter is now banning the sharing of links or usernames to the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post Tellingly, paid promotion of these platforms is still allowed. https://www.theverge.com/...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: Trying to keep people from finding the exits? What is this, IKEA? https://twitter.com/...
Mae / @mmbrussell: Can we please drop this “free speech” thing? We know he's an authoritarian and a chaos actor. Stop playing by his rules. Stop playing to his game. Binary traps, Overton window, crazy - it is an arena of behaviour. Ours. Not theirs. Start explaining the Big Pictures. https://twitter.com/...
@emberw0lf: People like Twitter for the freedom. Because TikTok, Facebook and Instagram are restricting of so much.. good job for turning it into a platform everyone is now going to hate. https://twitter.com/...
@pwnallthethings: Twitter formalizes blocking of accounts and tweets that encourage readers to follow you on other social media sites, including Mastodon. Specific examples of violating tweets given: > “follow me @username on Instagram” > “username@mastodon.social” https://help.twitter.com/...
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: The word “occasional” is all the evidence you need that this “policy” is unvetted sulky harrumphing that a freaked-out dilettante is making up as he goes along. What's “occasional”? And who's going to monitor it—his vast new skeleton staff? https://twitter.com/...
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: Can't fathom the depths of craven idiocy in Elon's inner circle either suggesting stuff like this or telling him it's a good idea to follow through https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: This one is going to be blowout. Imagine thinking people will support your efforts to limit competition. All other social media platforms allow you to post tweets. https://twitter.com/...
@lessin: Twitter -was- a trusted social capital bank for the last decade — Elon trying to shut down links to other social services is the equivalent of trying to stop withdrawals during a run on the social capital bank.... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: wondering how many Twitter staff who joined pre-Elon are enjoying their jobs in a post-Elon world https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Eichenwald / @kurteichenwald: Says the deputy director of France's Cyberspace Gendarmerie Command. Elon steps in it because of impulsive incompetence. Once again. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Twitter is trying to lock people on this platform https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: If Elon's going to start indirectly referring to Twitter as a publisher ("no traditional publisher allows this, and neither will Twitter"), then someone should send him this very good reading material! https://www.theverge.com/...
@yashar: You can no longer promote your other social media accounts on Twitter. You can't tweet “follow me on Instagram” with the link to your Instagram account or even the @ of your account. You also can't use linktree anymore. Only exception is if you pay to promote your tweet. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Balaji / @balajis: This is a bad policy and should be reversed. The right way to compete is to build a better product, not to restrict the use of your product. https://twitter.com/...
Richard M. Nixon / @dick_nixon: As some of you know I have some experience in the law around publishing. If he had any lawyers left he would not use the word “publisher” here. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: We have never seen a company this good at making money https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: *Obviously - it was always obvious but now it's super-duper obvious and we don't have to pretend anymore (https://t.co/...) - whatever new TOS/justifications Elon and his flunkies introduce today could be gone by tonight or never implemented so who knows.
@minds: Somehow creating policy for restricting links to other social networks was priority over: 1. Open sourcing algos and code 2. Encrypting messages 3. Revising Twotter TOS to support free speech 4. Introducing monetization 5. Decentralizing 😕 https://twitter.com/...
Jim Acosta / @acosta@mstdn.social: Locked out of my Twitter account for telling folks I'm on Post and Mastodon.
Associated Press: Twitter bans users from linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals — but Parler, TikTok and more OK
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Hilarious new Twitter policy bans mentioning other social media platforms
Chas Danner / New York Magazine: Elon Musk Tries to Ban Leaving Twitter
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: Twitter Mocked for New Ban on Links to Rival Social Media Sites: 'Holding Us Hostage Ain't Gonna Work'
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Plans to Remove Tweets Promoting Rival Social-Media Platforms
Nadeem Badshah / The Guardian: Musk sets up Twitter poll asking if he should step down as head
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on “promotion” of other social platforms
Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Twitter blocks user links to other social platforms, except for paid ads
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: Twitter Bans Linking to Mastodon, Facebook, Truth Social and Other Competitors
Steven Musil / CNET: Twitter Bans Accounts Promoting Other Social Networks
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter briefly banned links and username mentions relating to Facebook, Instagram and other rivals
TechCrunch: Twitter bans posting of handles and links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and more (Updated)
Susanne Barton / Bloomberg: Twitter Will Remove Accounts That Link to Other Social Media
Jake Johnson / Common Dreams: FTC Urged to Take a Close Look as Musk's Twitter Bans Links to Competitors
Emils Uztics / Study Greats: 10 Habits That Made Richard Branson His First Billion
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Brian Fung / CNN:
Twitter deletes @TwitterSupport's thread and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms — Twitter deleted its controversial new policy on Sunday evening that had banned links to certain other social media platforms, less than 24 hours after the policy's initial introduction.
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Judd Legum / @juddlegum: UPDATE: The tweets by @TwitterSupport this morning, announcing a new policy banning linking to competing websites, have been deleted. The policy itself was deleted from Twitter's website.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Twitter says it will no longer allow ‘free promotion’ of other social media platforms
Marc Schneider / Billboard: Should Elon Musk Step Down as CEO? Twitter Poll Caps Another Tumultuous Day
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Twitter u-turns after banning links to rival social platforms
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: The policy that I allegedly retroactively violated by promoting my Instagram and Mastodon account, has now been deleted from Twitter's website https://twitter.com/...
@briankrebs: ...aaand, just like that, the policy doesn't exist anymore. Does the CEO? https://help.twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Aaaand as abruptly as it came, it's gone now: https://help.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@badastronomer: While this policy is garbage, *the way they've handled it* is much worse. It shows zero planning or thinking ahead about anything. As long as Elon is running things Twitter will simply be chaos. https://twitter.com/...
@dbraevn: The new policy has now been taken down. Both the policy page and the tweets from Twitter Support have been removed https://twitter.com/... https://help.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_: Fascinating that banks & other investors are cool with a company they have financed being run like this. https://twitter.com/...
Molly White / @molly0xfff: Twitter has deleted @TwitterSafety's tweets and a webpage detailing its new policy to prevent accounts from promoting other social media platforms
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: They took down the policy from the website and the corporate tweets are gone. Did the insiders not see the obvious unintended effects and predictable blowback? Or they did and the Musk refused to listen? Who is calling the shots? Is it really Musk on these policy changes?
@popbase: Twitter has deleted their announcement about banning the ‘promotion’ of other social media platforms. https://twitter.com/...
Ananya Bhattacharya / Quartz: Elon Musk put his role as Twitter CEO up to public vote after another chaotic day on the platform
@joshuaphilll: All the Twitter Support tweets from earlier announcing the new policy banning links to other website have been deleted and the policy was removed from Twitter's website. Really a prime example of how Elon has been just making up the rules as he goes along.
John Scalzi / @scalzi: I have moles in my yard who could run Twitter more competently than the current set of chucklewits https://cnn.com/...
Mike Monteiro🌹 / @monteiro: 4D chess!! https://twitter.com/...
Georgi Gotev / Euractiv: Musk launches poll on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO
Adam Bankhurst / IGN: Twitter Said It Would Suspend Accounts Promoting Other Social Media Platforms, But Now It May Not
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: The policy that I allegedly retroactively violated by promoting my Instagram and Mastodon account, has now been deleted from Twitter's website https://twitter.com/...
Hugh Howey / @hughhowey: It's like a dumpster fire tossed into another dumpster that's already on fire, except it's dumpster fires all the way down 😂 https://twitter.com/...
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: Elon Musk Offers to Step Down as ‘Head of Twitter’ Pending Results of User Poll
Justin Klawans / The Week: Twitter briefly bans linking to other social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Twitter bans ‘free promotion’ of other social media platforms
Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Twitter reactivates Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz's account; Elon Musk says it was a temporary suspension due to “prior doxxing” — 😵💫😵💫😵💫 — Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account.
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @EricRWeinstein Temp suspension due to prior doxxing action by this account. Will be lifted shortly.
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Two of the WaPo reporters that Elon Musk recently suspended from Twitter just dropped their story about the alleged stalker that Musk blamed on the ElonJet account. The confrontation in question took place a day after Musk's jet landed and 26 miles away. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: Taylor Lorenz only had 3 tweets up at the time of her suspension. Two were her profiles on other social media platforms. The last one sought comment from @elonmusk for a story she is doing for @washingtonpost. This is the opposite of free speech. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @nodreamsoflabor: I reached out to Elon for comment for a story @DrewHarwell and I are working on. Here's what I tweeted (below), @ElonMusk banned me for it lmaoo https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: As Many Suspected, Elon's Claims Of Jet Account Helping His Stalker Turned Out To Be Bogus
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Elon Musk briefly suspends Taylor Lorenz's Twitter account for ‘doxxing’
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: You know that glee...that positively elated childlike glee...that the Woke experience when folks who they claim to be horrible cruel sociopaths are cancelled or banned or suspended? You've seen that? Well...Oddly. I'm not having that right now. In fact, I'm getting a bit concerned. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Elon Musk Temporarily Suspended Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz for ‘Prior Doxxing Action’
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: the last tweet @taylorlorenz sent before elon musk kicked her off twitter: asking for comment for a story https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: .@drewharwell is still suspended for reporting out this story. Here's what really happened in the stalking incident @elonmusk cited to ban @ElonJet https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mark Cuban / @mcuban: Retroactive Doxxing Suspensions ? How far back do you look? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Temur Durrani / @temurdur: Not only is Elon Musk arbitrarily suspending the Twitter accounts for journalists, he is also lying about the length of the suspensions. In a tweet, Mr. Musk claims Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post is suspended temporarily. But Twitter e-mailed Ms. Lorenz this is permanent. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Got mad because she was preparing a story about him. So he suspended her account. Now he's saying it was because of stuff that happened in the past. Stuff you wouldn't know about, stuff in Canada, because even his cheerleaders are getting uneasy. https://twitter.com/...
Ezra Kaplan / @ezranbc: Twitter has rejected Washington Post Reporter Taylor Lorenz's appeal to her suspension. The company says she “has been permanently suspended” and that the “decision will not be reversed.” https://twitter.com/...
Sara Dorn / Forbes: Twitter Announces Ban On Promoting Other Social Media Sites In Latest Controversial Move Since Elon Musk's Takeover
Maya Wiley / @mayawiley: Look. Freedom of speech and the press are constitutional civil rights. And the link between #TayorLorenz asking @elonmusk a legit question & her suspension should be cause for great concern for our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: I stand by he's erratic and impulsive and using his new control of this platform to lash out at reporters and reporting he doesn't like because it holds him accountable. This is the exact role of the free and plural press to hold the powerful to account. https://twitter.com/...
Sharky Laguana / @sharkyl: What is the point of a suspension if people don't know what they are being suspended for? https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: I can't tell if these guys are lying or deluded but just to be clear the journalists who got suspended weren't doing any “real-time doxxing” https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Will Stancil / @whstancil: Again, I know it's super controversial, but a far-right authoritarian buying the world's main internet hub for news and politics and using it to promote violent conspiracy theorists while banning out legitimate news orgs is REALLY BAD and SOMETHING NEWS ORGS SHOULD CARE ABOUT
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Statement from The Washington Post's executive editor, @SallyBuzbee, on Musk banning @TaylorLorenz from Twitter: “Post journalists should be reinstated immediately, without arbitrary conditions.” https://twitter.com/...
@coffeytimenews: This is Taylor Lorenz's substack column on why @elonmusk banned her from Twitter She must have some serious dirt on Elon I can't wait to find out what she has been investigating Elon Musk banned me from Twitter https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Eli Lake / @elilake: This is why journalists who made their reputations on demanding the censorship of others were fashioning a rod for their own backs. https://twitter.com/...
Deadline: Washington Post Journalist Taylor Lorenz Suspended From Twitter, Other Social Media Sites Banned From Promotion
Greg Greene / @ggreeneva: Look, the rules here seem clear: if someone does journalism that upsets or mildly peeves Elmo, he'll banish that person from the piece of global journalism infrastructure that he bought. Every journalist who remains here, in other words, is Elmo's hostage. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum@journa.host: UPDATE: Musk admits he's making up the rules as he goes. He decided to “temporarily suspend” …
Erica Pandey / Axios: Musk's magical media-shifting machine
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Without warning or explanation, Musk has suspended @washingtonpost journalist Taylor Lorenz. Lorenz did not link to accounts tracking private jets or publish Musk's location She reached out for comment for a story https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net: Twitter temporarily suspends WaPo reporter Taylor Lorenz for “prior doxxing”
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony@journa.host: The real reason he suspended her is that his plan for Twitter requires a constant cycle of drama https://anthony.substack.com/ ...
Simon Kent / Breitbart: Elon Musk: Taylor Lorenz Temporarily Suspended from Twitter Due to ‘Prior Doxxing Action’
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal …
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: .@elonmusk Can you please explain why you blocked the accounts of multiple journalists without explanation? Journalists aren't asking for special treatment. They are asking for an explanation.
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: Anyone still on twitter please tell people to follow me here!! 🙏🏻🙏 …
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: Latest journalist suspension: Taylor Lorenz. It's vindictive. Shortsighted. And it's also just incredibly small.
@farwent: Taylor Lorenz's main account got banned after she tweeted at Elom about talking to him for a story, and hoo-boy, check out the quote-tweets on this post from her alt account for a masterclass on how to be a bunch of weaselly Nazi snitches. https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: at this point it feels like Elon is just using Twitter's banhammer as his personal block button https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Elon now just using Twitter's banhammer as his personal block button https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: There's a chance I get suspended on a pretext. I don't like that thought. But I can't be silent. I feel morally bound to call out what Musk is doing.
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: Now Taylor Lorenz has been suspended. Hear what I told @NBCNews about Musk's dangerous actions & their impact on free speech: https://twitter.com/...
@yashar: Taylor Lorenz happens to be with New York Times reporter Ryan Mac right now. He was also suspended on Twitter just two days ago! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick LaForge / @palafo: Must be a hell of a story https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: i just realized i'm still banned from Twitter Spaces lol after i got suspended, i found a glitch where my account could still use Spaces right before Elon Musk joined the Space, i got booted. i assume they put a secondary ban on me to block Spaces too i'm still blocked on that https://twitter.com/...
Reed Albergotti / @reedalbergotti: @doctorcherokee Fair. I am not aware of Twitter disabling a journalists' account for something like asking Twitter for comment on an article. But If there are example like that, I would like to hear about them. Being totally serious.
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: Now Taylor Lorenz has been suspended after approaching Musk with questions. Seems his reinstatement of previously banned reporters & love of equitable speech hasn't held for even a full 24 hours.
@jordanuhl: Taylor Lorenz just published this on Substack about her suspension. In short, her & a colleague were working on a story involving Musk, and she was suspended in the process of their reporting. Her colleague, @drewharwell, was temp. suspended this week. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Ian Sherr / @iansherr: Hi @elonmusk, in the interest of transparency, can you please share all internal Twitter communications around @taylorlorenz's suspension? Thanks https://twitter.com/...
Carla Sinclair / Boing Boing: Cute dog learns how to fetch water, then over-does it with non-stop water deliveries (video)
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost: Washington Post Tech Journalist Taylor Lorenz Bounced Off Twitter, Then Reinstated
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter reactivates some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now” compared to 41.3% “in 7 days” — (The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.) Out of the two poll options, “now” …
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@az_rww: And as predicted, while all the mainstream journalists who were banned come back, the indies who specifically track the far-right are still suspended. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast: Elon Musk's Twitter Suspends Reporter Who Has Investigated Him for Years
Matt O'Brien / Associated Press: Twitter users say yes in Elon Musk's poll asking whether he should step down as CEO
David Goldman / CNN: Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO if voted out by a poll he tweeted
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: Elon Asks Twitter If He Should Resign. Survey Says: ‘Yes’
Nicholas Gordon / Fortune: Elon Musk will step down as Twitter CEO—if he abides by the results of his own poll
Jamie Harris / The Sun: Twitter users beg Elon Musk to quit after billionaire ‘voted out’ in his own poll
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo Australia: Elon Musk Polled Twitter Asking If He Should Stay on as CEO. The Result Was ‘No’
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: They Think You Should Leave: Will Poll-Loving Elon Musk Abide by Verdict?
Variety: Elon Musk Asked Twitter if He Should Step Down as Head — The Majority of Users Said He Should
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Elon Musk polls users about stepping down as head of Twitter
Catherine Garcia / The Week: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should stay on as CEO
Matt Swider / The Shortcut: Elon Musk polls Twitter: ‘Should I step down?’ - and the vote is trending ‘Yes’
@wbur: Amid intense backlash and accusations of violating press freedom, Twitter has reinstated the accounts of several journalists who were suspended earlier this week, though at least one remains suspended. https://www.wbur.org/...
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite: Fox Business Journo Left Behind After Musk Lifts Suspensions, Denies Twitter CEO Was Ever Doxxed
Oliver Staley / Observer: In a Twitter Poll Elon Musk Says He Will ‘Abide,’ 58% Call For Him to Step Down as CEO
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social: I don't think journalists (in general) — and certainly not the organizations they work for …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: 'I'm Not Rationalizing It, But I Am': Fox & Friends Backs Their Twitter-Banned Colleague, While Also Lauding Elon Musk Giving Left a ‘Dose of Its Own Medicine’
Ryan Dinsdale / IGN: Elon Musk Says Twitter Users Can Decide if He Steps Down, and They Said He Should
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Musk has also banned Fox Business Network's @SusanLiTV. She said Saturday morning that the ban came Friday around 5-6pm: “After a full day of reporting on these Twitter account suspensions, I find myself in the same suspension.” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Musk has restored several of the journalists he banned. But there is an apparent condition to their return. A notice on @donie's account said he'd been suspended for violating Twitter rules. It required him to delete a tweet before he'd be allowed to post, with option to appeal.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Just for context: This isn't necessarily a new Twitter feature. In the past, if people broke the rules, they'd be required to delete the tweet to resume posting again. The issue here is, of course, that the journalists all dispute they broke the rules with their tweets.
Patrick Gaspard / @patrickgaspard: This change of direction by Musk changes nothing at all in the reality that we have vital press freedoms hanging on the capricious whims of one reckless man-child. https://www.theverge.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Of note: Insider's @lopezlinette and @keitholbermann still remain totally banned. https://twitter.com/...
Roger Sollenberger / @sollenbergerrc: Of the journalists suspended last night, @atrupar would be hit particularly hard as an independent operation who depends on Twitter for his livelihood (and he's got a kid!) Unclear whether or if he'll be back, but you can support Aaron Rupar via substack https://aaronrupar.substack.com/ ...
Jon Levine / New York Post: Suspended journalists bring appeal to Twitter
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions
Discussion:
@elonmusk, Public Sphere, @mattbinder, @benhoffmannyt, @ashtonpittman, @chipgoines, Hot Pod News, MSNBC, @katienotopoulos, HuffPost, The Wrap, Wired, @journalistslike, The Guardian, @lookner, @elonmusk, @juddlegum and The Hill
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @micsolana They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
Luke Johnson / Public Sphere: Elon Musk Is Not Taking His Own Advice
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: this is weird am i the only suspended account who was *not* asked to delete a tweet? i did not delete anything. i received no notification about which tweet got me suspended. i still have no idea yet there is a removal message/missing tweet on my profile feed https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Hoffman / @benhoffmannyt: Taylor apparently getting suspended for asking for a comment on a story is probably the worst of the suspensions so far? But hey, Taibbi revealed the shocking secrets that the FBI reads our public tweets so the Elon era is going great. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: NBC execs suspended Ben Collins for speaking the truth about what Elon Musk—a powerful billionaire—is doing as he censors journalists on Twitter. We need MORE truth-to-power journalism, not less. Ben is one of the best. Shame on NBC. #FreeBen https://twitter.com/...
Chip Goines / @chipgoines: Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) is one of the best reporters on the Hellsite Beat and was in the twitter space last night when Elon Musk popped in. For NBC News to ice him during one of the biggest stories of the year is disheartening. I can't believe they're doing Musk's bidding. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: I've been kicked off a lot of platforms: Friendster, MySpace (a few times), FourSquare, Tinder, and been suspended here at least twice in the past. But it still brings me a smile to have completely destroyed the entire Spaces functionality
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost: CNN's Jim Acosta Slams Elon Musk's Fascination With Location-Sharing ‘Fantasy’
Amanda Hoover / Wired: No One on Twitter Is Safe From Elon Musk
@journalistslike: Why would any publisher, marketer or advertiser commit any resources to a site run by a CEO who adds, deletes features, rules, users at a whim based on how he's feeling at the moment? https://www.theverge.com/...
Steve Lookner / @lookner: The journalist who hosted the Twitter Space last night in which several suspended journalists participated and in which Elon Musk briefly made an appearance has been banned from hosting or joining Twitter Spaces (unclear if temporary or permanent) https://twitter.com/...
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists' Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies reveal themselves as hypocrites who lack principles
Discussion:
Bloomberg, @bariweiss, Vox, Breitbart, @katieee120, CNN, New York Times, @michaeljstern1, The Spain Report, @dceiver, @jeffjarvis, @liz_wheeler, @nitashatiku, @jpanzer, @rumpfshaker, Politico, @judywoodruff, @channel4news, Fox News, Insider, Tom's Substack, @soledadobrien, @questauthority, @davewiner, @adamserwer and @stephenm
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Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated.
Peter Kafka / Vox: Angry, irrational, erratic: This is Elon Musk's Twitter
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Elon Musk Loses Poll to Remain Boss of Twitter
@katieee120: Elon's Twitter = free speech but only when it suits him and his narrative/agenda. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Elon Musk offers journalists he banned from Twitter ability to return under certain condition
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle
Michael J. Stern / @michaeljstern1: Musk banned Twitter accounts of journalists whom he falsely accused of tweeting his “real time locations.” Then, he made them promise to remove their tweets. This is Musk's way of breaking the press & making them fear writing about him negatively. https://www.cnn.com/...
Matthew Bennett / The Spain Report: Some more notes on Twitter and Musk
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: Musk says the suspended journalists can have their accounts back if they delete the tweets that shared his “exact real-time” location—it's going to be hard to comply with that condition, though, seeing as these aforementioned tweets do not actually exist https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: No. This takes Musk entirely too seriously. He is not a “press baron.” He is an insane, little man. In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle https://www.nytimes.com/...
Liz Wheeler / @liz_wheeler: Hahahaha wait you're kidding right? James O'Keefe, Project Veritas, the New York Post, Alex Berenson, plus citizen journalists from Peter McCullough to Robert Malone to Laura Loomer and literally dozens of others. https://twitter.com/...
Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku: “The account bans were labeled ‘direction of Ella’ in Twitter's internal systems...Ella Irwin, Twitter's Trust and Safety head who has carried out many of Musk's orders...A prior suspension was marked ‘direction of Elon.’” https://twitter.com/...
John Panzer / @jpanzer: @mmasnick has written a comprehensive take-down of Elon's last 48 hours and demonstrated Elon's total intellectual bankruptcy. (And @Jason, this sycophancy is just embarrassing for you.) https://www.techdirt.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / @rumpfshaker: solid analysis as usual by @mmasnick Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
Rebecca Kern / Politico: Musk reinstates majority of suspended journalist accounts
Judy Woodruff / @judywoodruff: .@karaswisher to @IAmAmnaNawaz “it's not a very big platform..that's the one of the big problems with Twitter. It's never been a very good business and it's never been very big.” https://twitter.com/...
@channel4news: “It's Elon Musk's playground and if he wants to kick people out of it, that's his prerogative.” Journalist Aaron Rupar was one of the accounts suspended by Twitter and discusses the future of the platform with @krishgm. https://www.channel4.com/...
Fox News: Liberal networks previously unbothered by Twitter censorship cry foul over Musk suspending journalists
Taylor Ardrey / Insider: A Silicon Valley investor says Elon Musk's move to abruptly suspend journalists on Twitter is ‘a direct attack’ by the CEO ‘on journalism’
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Yeah this isn't accurate https://twitter.com/...
Mike Dunford / @questauthority: Takeaways: 1: Content moderation is hard. 2: Content moderation requires making difficult and controversial decisions about lawful-but-awful content. 3: This includes deciding what's “lawful-but-awful.” 4: Not admitting that is, at this point, hypocrisy. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: Elon Musk didn't ban journalists for doxxing. He did it because he can. https://www.vox.com/...
Adam Serwer / @adamserwer: A great piece from @mmasnick on the new rules of “free speech” twitter, which are: you get banned if you say something the owner doesn't like. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Stephen Miller / @stephenm: There is a lot of preposterous virtue signaling today over twitter's temporary suspension of accounts for doxxing. This is not a free speech issue. The sole purpose of doxxing is to silence speech. It is a thuggish tactic of intimidation that has no place in a free society. https://twitter.com/...
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
A profile of CNN's chief executive Chris Licht, whose first major act was killing CNN+, as he attempts to reverse CNN's revenue and ratings slump in 2022 — The network's chief executive knew the job would not be easy. But this hard? — When Chris Licht told his boss, Stephen Colbert …
Discussion:
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: CNN CEO Chris Licht calls criticisms of the network for hiring a gun lobby shill as a pundit on gun violence “uninformed vitriol” from the left, saying, “No one wants a school shooting. But we have to understand the culture of people who like guns.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: Chris Licht Says Primetime for CNN Remains “Open Canvas,” Calls Criticisms of Network's Repositioning “Uniformed Vitriol”
David Corn / @davidcorndc: I wonder about this analogy. Can you compare a rainy day to an attack on democracy. If one side supports democracy and the other side wants to overturn it, do you cover both the same? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@goldietaylor: There was a time when CNN played in the background in my house throughout the viewing day. Nowadays, the most I see are clips on social. https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: At no point does this article, which we are informed is based off of several long interviews, identify any vitriol, uninformed or otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
@mariaramirezny: Christ Licht he and Stephen Colbert have spoken nearly every Friday since Licht left for CNN. Each time, Mr. Colbert begins with the same four words: “I told you so.” A very good article by @JamesStewartNYT https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Welsh / @palewire: Some truly blunt talk in the @nytimes profile of @CNN's new boss https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Zimmer / @tzimmer_history: The guy now in charge of CNN? Another excellent example of what reactionary centrism is. Just constantly annoyed at the fact that people have the audacity to criticize him for taking CNN to the right, which he takes as proof that, clearly, “the Left” has gone too far. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Stephen Colbert's Weekly Message to Embattled CNN Boss and Former Colbert Producer Chris Licht: ‘I Told You So’
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill: CNN chief says ‘uninformed vitriol’ from left has been ‘stunning’
@tvgrimreaper: He can cut expenses to increase profits, but CNN's business is too tied to the decline of the multichannel bundle for him to make much of a difference to revenue. ~4,000 words spent ignoring that simple fact. https://twitter.com/...
Miriam E. Tucker / @miriametucker: “Asked about his efforts to make #CNN less partisan, Mr. Licht gave this analogy: Suppose it's raining outside. CNN plans to have people on who love the rain, and it will have people on who say they don't like the rain. But it won't have anyone on who says it's sunny out.” https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: CHRIS LICHT, on the backlash to his efforts to make @CNN less left-leaning: “The uninformed vitriol, especially from the left, has been stunning.” “Which proves my point: so much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths & desperation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@froomkin: Gag. The whole piece is a slobbery kiss to the man's posterior. No serious discussion of the issues. And if he's “philosophically aligned” with Malone, then CNN's really in big trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Haring / Deadline: CNN's Chris Licht: “So Much Of What Passes For News Is Name-Calling, Half-Truths And Desperation”
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Hoo-boy. The already awful head of CNN, Chris Licht, declares the left his enemy. “The uninformed vitriol, especially from the left, has been stunning. Which proves my point: so much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths and desperation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
The European Commission sends Meta a statement of objection for possible antitrust breaches over tying Marketplace to Facebook and imposing unfair trading terms — Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a complaint from European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it's unfairly squeezing …
Discussion:
European Commission, MediaPost, Variety, CNET, CNN, The Information, Gizmodo, Semafor, The Register, TechCrunch, UPI, Associated Press and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
European Commission: Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Meta over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: Meta Warned By EU Over Linking Facebook To Classified Ads Marketplace
K.J. Yossman / Variety: Facebook Marketplace-Owner Meta Accused of Breaching E.U. Antitrust Rules in Latest Blow
Katie Collins / CNET: Meta Accused of ‘Abusive Practices’ by EU Over Facebook Marketplace
Nikki Main / Gizmodo: Meta Accused of Breaching Antitrust Policies Connected to Facebook Marketplace
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor: EU says Facebook Marketplace violates antitrust laws as users ‘have no choice’ but to access it
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Meta abused its dominant market position to benefit Facebook Marketplace, EU's initial findings show
Adam Schrader / UPI: Meta accused of violating EU antitrust laws over Facebook Marketplace
Louisa Thomas / New Yorker:
A profile of sportswriter Grant Wahl, who helped elevate soccer, particularly women's soccer, in the US through his work spanning over two decades — The indefatigable sportswriter from Kansas knew that the power of the global game extended far beyond the field of play.
Discussion:
@celinegounder, @frankmsounders, @kenbensinger, @epsportsnut, The Athletic, @newyorker, @soccergods, @laobserved, @edlavacnn and @michaelluo
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@celinegounder: Thank you, @NewYorker @louisahthomas for this lovely tribute to @GrantWahl. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Frank MacDonald / @frankmsounders: Another fine tribute to Grant and most comprehensive to date. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Ken Bensinger / @kenbensinger: Glad to see a warm mention of @DiganmeRingo in this lovey tribute to Grant Wahl. Great human beings both and I'm honored to know/have known them https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@epsportsnut: @GrantWahl was an inspiration to us all. His relentless drive, commitment to excellence and passion for the game are a testament to what can be achieved with hard work and dedication." Living Fearlessly and Aiming High: The Grant Wahl Way https://twitter.com/...
Richard Deitsch / The Athletic: Final thoughts on Fox's World Cup coverage — and how it can be better in 2026
@newyorker: .@louisahthomas remembers Grant Wahl, who died this month while reporting on the World Cup, as “synonymous with soccer journalism” in the United States. https://nyer.cm/GdfMTtK
Kevin Roderick / @laobserved: “He knew that the big story S.I. had been missing was the story of soccer, the global game—and the women's game. This was not an easy argument to make, at the time, in mainstream American sports media. SI had published its share of essays suggesting that soccer was for sissies.” https://twitter.com/...
Ed Lavandera / @edlavacnn: There have been a lot of wonderful pieces written about soccer journalist @GrantWahl since he died but this piece is beyond words. Extraordinary details and majestic in its scope capturing the influence of Grant's work. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Much has been written about @grantwahl, but this new piece by @louisahthomas had me teary-eyed. Read abt his special connection to Argentina, the class he took w/ Remnick, memories from @celinegounder @JulieFoudy @jon_wertheim. May we cherish his memory. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Kathryn VanArendonk / Vulture:
TV has no consumer-facing content preservation organization, like Criterion, making the disappearance of shows from streaming services an even greater loss — Recently, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun quietly and not so quietly removing titles from its streaming platform HBO Max.
Discussion:
New York Times, @kvanaren, @laurpuckett, @ultra_kitsch, @samitsarkar, @jivemasterj, @superwiki, @812filmreviews, @chaneyj, @vulture, @mattzollerseitz and UPROXX
Discussion:
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: A look at AMC Networks, which doesn't have movie studios or theme parks, as it struggles to earn enough from streaming to make up for a decaying cable business
Kathryn VanArendonk / @kvanaren: this is a piece about the feeling of tv shows disappearing, but it is also an attempt to will my desire for a tv version of criterion into existence https://www.vulture.com/...
Lauren Puckett-Pope / @laurpuckett: loved this, and would happily fork over a not insubstantial amount of money for a tv version of criterion https://twitter.com/...
@ultra_kitsch: Establishing a Criterion Collection for television is my absolute dream bar none atp. if any wealthy benefactors are looking for an archivist w/ design sense to help get something off the ground please holler at ya girl!!!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Samit Sarkar / @samitsarkar: “The biggest loss is that the shows themselves are gone, but eventually, HBO Max may also find its subscribers starting to notice the island is shrinking. When titles disappear without warning, the whole space starts to seem less stable.” https://www.vulture.com/...
@jivemasterj: Corporations are not going to preserve this stuff, start bootlegging what you like if you want to keep it https://twitter.com/...
@superwiki: A great article and very timely. So many shows no longer have DVDs, so once they are off streaming services they are gone forever. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Daniels / @812filmreviews: I think about this with a series like “The Underground Railroad.” I want to it exist in another place other Prime Video. https://twitter.com/...
Jen Chaney / @chaneyj: “There is no getting around the sensation of having and then losing something; it's more frustrating and immediately insulting than the awareness that there are things you never had in the first place.” Great piece by @kvanaren. https://www.vulture.com/...
@vulture: When titles like Westworld can disappear without warning, the whole streaming space starts to seem less stable. @kvanaren writes https://www.vulture.com/...
Matt Zoller Seitz / @mattzollerseitz: Great piece by @kvanaren that serves as another reminder that the streaming era is basically about replacing physical media ownership with pixel renting. The landlords can tear down the buildings without notice to make a slight change on the balance sheet. https://twitter.com/...
Kimberly Ricci / UPROXX: What's Popular On Streaming Now
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Profile of Bari Weiss, who recently cofounded The Free Press and was allowed by Musk to nose around Twitter's internal docs but has since been blocked by Musk — Last Monday, Bari Weiss asked me what my angle was in writing about her. I told her I wondered whether, showered with adulation …
Discussion:
The Hill, Slate, @semaforben, @timmarchman, @annehelen, Free Thinking Through …, @bernard_lane, The Fifth Column, @semafor and Boing Boing
Discussion:
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill: Musk lashes out at Schiff in now-deleted tweet: ‘Your brain is too small’
Justin Peters / Slate: The Finale of the Great Internet Grievance Wars Is Here
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: Inspiring—we need more of this kind of fiercely independent journalism to keep a close eye on the powerful factions shaping our society https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: It's interesting, isn't it, that there's no real discussion of the actual quality of the reporting and writing https://www.semafor.com/...
Sasha Stone / Free Thinking Through …: Movies, Musk and A Long Drive
Bernard Lane / @bernard_lane: ' “They aren't reactionary weirdos,” the writer Caitlin Flanagan told me of Weiss and Bowles. “They're adorable lesbians from Los Angeles”.' https://twitter.com/...
Matt Welch / The Fifth Column: Workin' for the Weekend #24: Celebrate Hannukah By Giving Free Gift Subscriptions to the Fifth!
CNN:
Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, who was known for his challenging interviews, died of cancer at 60 — Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story …
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Jackson Richman / Mediaite: Don Lemon Breaks Down in Tears Reporting Death of Colleague Drew Griffin
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: CNN's Drew Griffin dead at 60 after cancer battle: ‘We lost a beloved colleague’
Ashley Killough / @killoughcnn: What a sad day. Drew's stories were always worth stopping everything to watch. And the moment he rescued a man who was floating away during Harvey is something I think about all the time. He'll be incredibly missed. https://twitter.com/...
Wolf Blitzer / @wolfblitzer: He was a friend, a world-class journalist and we will miss him. Our Deepest Condolences to his family. May he Rest In Peace and May His Memory Be A Blessing. https://twitter.com/...
Vladimir Duthiers / @vladduthierscbs: This is heartbreaking news. When I was just an intern, Drew always made time to answer questions I had about a story he was working on or a subject he had profiled. Besides just being an incredible journalist, he was a class act. Sending love to his family. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Vanderveen / @chrisvanderveen: Drew served as a powerful reminder that a powerful network can still invest in investigative journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Schneider / @schneidercnn: Such a sad loss for the CNN family. Drew was a journalist I greatly admired, and more importantly, was a journalist who cared deeply about people. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: This is stunningly sad news - Drew was a good man, a tremendous journalist and a huge part of @CNN. My deepest condolences to his family. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeremy Diamond / @jdiamond1: Such sad news. Drew leaves behind a powerful legacy of important journalism. May his memory be a blessing https://www.cnn.com/...
Denver Riggleman / @repriggleman: I so enjoyed my conversations and interviews with Drew. What a decent and caring human being he was... https://twitter.com/...
John Avlon / @johnavlon: Just gutted by the news that Drew Griffin has passed away. He was a great investigative journalist - the most important beat for CNN and society - and a good man, gone far too soon. https://www.cnn.com/...
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: How incredibly sad. Drew was a brilliant journalist. RIP. https://twitter.com/...
KJ Matthews / @kjmatthewstv: This is so sad. Drew was such an amazing journalist and incredible human being. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Drew Griffin, Tenacious CNN Investigative Correspondent, Dies at 60
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: I just adored Drew. He was funny, smart and I had to do my homework before any interview for his documentary or long investigative segments because he was always so prepared and rigorous. Read about him here. https://www.cnn.com/...
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Don Lemon Breaks Down While Announcing CNN Colleague's Death
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how Bob Iger undermined Bob Chapek before returning as Disney's CEO, in a bruising, yearslong power struggle worthy of the storyteller company — The former Walt Disney Co. chief executive undermined and then succeeded the man he had handpicked to lead the entertainment giant
Discussion:
CNBC, Observer, New York Post, @om, @michaelmiraflor, @scottgustin, Insider, @jbflint, @rationalwalk, @loudmouthjulia, @jimpethokoukis, @karol, @stockjabber, @venkatananth, @whoisalexperry, @ccadelago, @billbrewstertbb, @scottgustin, @jbflint, @emilyglazer, @jbflint, @claytravis and That Still, Small Voice
Discussion:
Alex Sherman / CNBC: What's next for Netflix, Disney and the NFL? 12 media executives predict 2023's big moves
Rachyl Jones / Observer: Bob Chapek's Removal Was a Coup Orchestrated by Disney's CFO and Bob Iger Himself
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: How a top Disney exec helped spark CEO's ouster — and lure back Bob Iger
@om: Amazing to see that media executives don't have any comments on the impact of new media aka attention giants - TikTok has to be a fear factor, or these old dudes don't quite get that they are presiding over an aging demographic, figuratively speaking. https://twitter.com/...
Michael J. Miraflor / @michaelmiraflor: This weekend's WSJ story about how Bob Iger made his way back to Disney, and the power struggle between he and Bob Chapek and their respective lieutenants, is great. Like a really good season of Succession, but IRL. https://www.wsj.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: Last year's version of this article included a wild prediction that Iger would return as Disney's CEO. 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Jyoti Mann / Insider: Reinstated Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his now-ousted successor Bob Chapek by keeping an office and criticizing his leadership, report says
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The board room battles. The secret call between Christine McCarthy and Bob Iger. Chapek and McCarthy's fighting. The behind-the-headlines tale of the battle for Disney. Lots of nuggets in here. W/@RWhelanWSJ @erichschwartzel @EmilyGlazer @jtoonkel https://www.wsj.com/...
@rationalwalk: Man in his sixties loves his job, is very good at it, but retirement seems to be expected of him, so after hesitating, he picks someone to turn over the company to, but never really leaves. Two years later, after much needless turmoil and drama, he's back https://www.wsj.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Fantastic reporting from the WSJ team, including some terrific insight into the frayed McCarthy-Chapek relationship, and the crucial, pivotal, and clearly consequential McCarthy-Iger one. https://twitter.com/...
James Pethokoukis / @jimpethokoukis: “He also told them he was frustrated with the idleness of his post-Disney life. ... Mr. Iger had taken a trip aboard the Aquarius, his 150-foot yacht, around the Fijian islands and complained to friends that his wife, Willow Bay, couldn't join him.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Karol Markowicz / @karol: Interesting piece. This seems like a company in trouble, and not just because of the wokeness, though that does play a big role. https://twitter.com/...
Edwin Dorsey / @stockjabber: Outstanding and infuriating reporting on Bob Chapek's terrible two years running Disney CFO Christine McCarthy comes out looking awesome https://www.wsj.com/...
Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth: this is a good tick-tock on the bob iger vs bob chapek saga over at Disney, with iger returning as CEO last month https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Perry / @whoisalexperry: pieces like these are my business reporting guilty pleasure https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Cadelago / @ccadelago: Very subtle. Bob Iger said the Disney character he would most like to be was Thor, the Norse god who is coaxed out of retirement to help the superheroes conquer the villain Thanos in “Avengers: Endgame.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bill Brewster / @billbrewstertbb: “Mr. Iger, then still under contract as exec chairman...called strategy meeting with Mr. Chapek's underlings without inviting the new CEO.” 😂 Was always obvious Iger was undermining but that's something special. https://www.wsj.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: This is the most detailed recap of what happened at Disney over the past two years. The battle over furloughing parks employees, the secret Iger phone call, and how rumblings about ousting Chapek started in March https://www.wsj.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: No food. No filler. The definitive opus of Bob vs Bob. The secret phone call to Bob Iger. The text Jim Cramer sent Disney's CFO. The disastrous board meeting that sank Bob Chapek. This is the full account of Disney's epic power struggle. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Emily Glazer / @emilyglazer: The secret phone call to Bob Iger. The text Jim Cramer sent Disney's CFO. The disastrous board meeting that sank Bob Chapek. This is the full account of Disney's epic power struggle (from a rockstar team of WSJ reporters + editors) https://www.wsj.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Netflix's global head of film Scott Stuber on the service's strategy for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the theatrical movie business, and more — Good afternoon from Mexico City, where I have eaten a taco an hour since I landed. This will be my last newsletter of the year …
Discussion:
David Satin / The Streamable: Netflix Exec Won't Commit to Theatrical Runs for 45-50 Films in Development as Theaters Continue to Struggle
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Partners With Amazon on ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Marketing Push
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