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NPR decides to “no longer be active on Twitter” after the platform took “actions that undermine our credibility” by implying NPR is not editorially independent — The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
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Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: You've probably heard this a million times, but it's still true. Twitter does not drive substantial traffic, and it never has, for any news publication I'm aware of. https://www.npr.org/...
Geoff Brumfiel / @gbrumfiel: NEW: NPR has decided it will no longer participate on Twitter due to inaccurate labelling of our main account. Twitter doesn't make or break anything we do as an organization, and so there's not much benefit for staying. Full statement from CEO John Lansing below. https://twitter.com/...
@nprpolitics: NPR is stepping away from Twitter, and this includes this NPR Politics feed. Please read the thread to find other ways to find our work, including: NPR Politics Instagram: https://bit.ly/40Ys9L1 NPR Politics newsletter: https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NPR quits Twitter after it questions the network's editorial independence - my story: https://www.npr.org/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: NPR Quits Twitter After Musk's Social Network Labels Its Account ‘Government-Funded Media’
Parker Molloy / The Present Age: As NPR Exits, It Becomes Increasingly Clear That Elon Musk Doesn't Understand Twitter
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: NPR says goodbye to Elon Musk's Twitter
Wolfgang Ruth / @itswolfgangruth: im biased bc all my work for the past 3 years IS vulture's twitter, but it *sometimes* does drive traffic, and even more so conversation. and twitter is — or has been — important for other things than just that (engagement, brand visibility, voice, memes) https://twitter.com/...
Matt O'Brien / ABC7: NPR quits Elon Musk's Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label
Ben Swasey / @benswasey: My former colleagues @WBUR are also stopping the station's posting to Twitter: https://www.wbur.org/...
Ben Swasey / @benswasey: Twitter's actions to falsely imply that NPR is not editorially independent mean that millions of its followers on this platform will now be deprived a source of fact-based journalism. https://www.npr.org/...
David Fisman / @dfisman: Twitter really has gone to shit, as I assume was the intent https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Neukam / The Hill: Musk, Boebert call to ‘defund’ NPR after it quit Twitter
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Defund @NPR
Margaret Low / WBUR: A note on Twitter from WBUR CEO Margaret Low
Tim Fullerton / @timfullerton: @elonmusk @NPR You do realize the federal funding is 1-2% of their budget. You have taken more federal dollars than they have lately.
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: @elonmusk @NPR NPR gets >1% of its funds from federal grants, grants which other non-profit newsrooms could apply for. Neither Tesla or SpaceX would exist without MASSIVE government subsidies. Should they be defunded?
@jennifernuzzo: The departure of fact-based organizations and individuals from our information environment does not bode well for our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
Nicholas Grossman / @ngrossman81: Twitter does not drive substantial traffic for any *established, funded, professional* news publication. I can't help but notice that it's people with big platforms, who know that their voice will get out regardless, who are quickest to declare Twitter doesn't matter for anyone. https://twitter.com/...
@georgetakei@universeodon.com: Elon managed to chase NPR from his platform. He's slowly poisoning everything there, yet he remains toxically lacking in self-awareness of his actions.
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: Twitter needs NPR far more than NPR needs Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Brad Hill / RAIN News: NPR guides 8.8M followers away from Twitter in reaction to “government-funded” label
Rudy W. Giuliani / @rudygiuliani: Wait... you guys were on Twitter this whole time? https://twitter.com/...
Josh Gerstein / @joshgerstein: Reading closely: NPR's Lansing quoted saying network is “not” government-funded, while CPJ statement defending NPR says it is. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: In a statement, NPR says its accounts will “no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” https://twitter.com/...
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley: I thought the whole point of the Twitter takeover was that it was going to get out of the business of labeling things... https://twitter.com/...
Adam Weinstein / @adamweinstein: Taibbi: I'm leaving Twitter because of Elon's decisions NPR: We're leaving Twitter because of Elon's decisions Elon: My screen name is Harry Bōlz and my building says Titter on it, also the nonpaying blue checks go away on 4/20 now, haha
Keith Boykin / @keithboykin: NPR has become the first major national news organization to quit Twitter. “At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter,” said NPR CEO John Lansing. “I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again.” https://www.npr.org/...
Christopher Mims / @mimsical@mastodon.social: the brand reputation boost Musk is giving Meta/Facebook/Instagram is incalculable — just being the least-objectionable social medium left standing is, suddenly, somehow a major accomplishment — #twitter #NPR #elonmusk
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: NPR quits Twitter over Elon Musk ‘state-affiliated media’ label flap
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: NPR media correspondent uses Twitter to link to story that NPR has quit Twitter. Prediction: NPR, like everyone else who announces they're quitting Twitter, will be back on Twitter very soon... https://twitter.com/...
Michael McDonald / @electproject: Soon Twitter will be no better than Truth Social...and just as successful. All so a juvenile owner can troll people and organizations he disagrees with https://twitter.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: a totally reasonable decision but i can't help but think this is exactly what he wants https://twitter.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: NPR employees with personal accounts are told they may make their own decisions. I'll take it day by day.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: NPR leaves Twitter due to misleading ‘government-funded media’ label
@shoq@mastodon.social: @davidfolkenflik — David, please help @npr understand that this is a unique moment in history. If they go big on the Fediverse now, it will 1) cost little, 2) provide a way to verify all @npr staff, 3) …
@shoq@mastodon.social: @davidfolkenflik @npr The @npr account already has 15,000 followers. That's a fine place to start. There are many ways we can all help you do this for the benefit of all. Please don't jump to another VC folly like Post, or some sketchy twitter clone. …
Scott Detrow / @scottdetrow: NPR is stepping away from Twitter. It's the right move and I'm proud of us for taking it. Here's where you can still find all our content: https://twitter.com/...
Leila Fadel / @leilafadel: NPR is saying goodbye to Twitter and so am I. Our CEO writes “the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” Find us anywhere else. Find me on instagram @leilafadelnpr https://twitter.com/...
Tim Mak / @timkmak@journa.host: No word on whether NPR will migrate to Mastodon. But I'm happy to continue pushing colleagues to come on over. Who would you like to see most?
Kali Hays / @hayskali: So far, a handful of media outlets have followed @NPR in saying they will no longer use Twitter after Elon decided to label it and others as ‘state-affiliated’ then ‘government-funded’ media. If anyone sees more, lmk. @PBS @LAist @wearehpr
David Sirota / @davidsirota: This is a very corporate-media-centric view. It's true that giant conglomerates funded by governments, corporations & billionaires don't need such platforms because they have so much money. But — as much as I don't like this site — the end of Twitter will crush independent media. https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: NPR's analytics show that less than 2% of our traffic comes from Twitter. It's not a surprise to people who work in media, but even before the labeling saga, there was a pretty strong business case that the game wasn't worth the candle https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: If @NPR has decided to stop posting “fresh content” to its 52 of official accounts on @Twitter, per @davidfolkenflik reports: https://www.npr.org/... then @JohnLansing should tweet why — not just RT a thread — share the story + statement from all 52 & clarify if they'll respond https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: When I was at the Post it was absolutely bananas how *little* traffic Twitter drove. No matter how viral a tweet about a story was, the click-throughs were just an infinitesimal fraction of the RTs and faves https://twitter.com/...
Damon K / @dada_drummer: Get on other platforms now don't wait till this collapses entirely https://twitter.com/...
Phil Williams / @nc5philwilliams: “At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter. I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again.” https://twitter.com/...
John Johnson / Newser: NPR Ditches Twitter Over Label From Elon Musk
Parker Lyons / @tweetsbyparker: this is a massive loss for twitter and its users. it took years for twitter to build credibility with journalists to encourage shifting more content to the platform. this is the result of short-sighted animosity and the misguided categorization of content creators as customers. https://twitter.com/...
Lora Kelley / @loracorkelley: “We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public's understanding of our editorial independence,” a @NPR spokeswoman said. With @katie_robertson for @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aimee Picchi / CBS News: NPR says it's quitting Twitter after being labeled “state-affiliated media” by platform
Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi: Whoa. All NPR accounts will stop using twitter. They got a “U.S. state-affiliated media” moniker, though they have editorial independence. <1% of their budget comes from government grants. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: #NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official #Twitter feeds after being labeled by Elon Musk as “state-affiliated” and then “government-funded media.” https://www.npr.org/...
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_: Good for you @NPR. It's just a matter of time now. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: NPR signs off on Twitter by telling people where else to find them https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: This makes NPR the first major news organization to leave Twitter, and should be seen as an ominous sign. Elon Musk has made it clear that he wants people to get their news directly from Twitter, not through legitimate news gathering orgs. And this is how he'll accomplish that. https://twitter.com/...
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell@mastodon.social: How a news organization can respond to Twitter, rather than continue to pour resources, free content and ad dollars into it after their reporter gets banned — https://www.npr.org/...
Alex Perry / Mashable: NPR officially leaves Twitter
@blackamazon: And journalists are being really myopic by focusing on traffic and it's actually insulting to our audiences at this point It doesn't drive traffic but when entire beats whole wave is sitting on the platform and researching stories or collecting FROM Twitter Yeah it matters https://twitter.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: NPR announces that its 52 accounts “will no longer be active on Twitter,” citing the social media platform's decision to label NPR “state-affiliated media” https://www.npr.org/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: It's also highly dependent on what kind of site you are and where your audience is. At @NiemanLab — which has a big audience of journalism nerds — Twitter drives about 3.5 times the traffic that Facebook does (9.25% of visits vs. 2.75%). https://twitter.com/...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Great job, Elon. One thing advertisers love is major news organizations ditching your platform. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Gorham / @chrisgorham: Guessing they won't be the last. 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: It wasn't racism, transphobia, pay-to-pay, sacking of its employees, ending its safety precautions, ending verification, banning tech journos, or calling itself “Titter” that drove NPR off Twitter...it was [check notes] being called state-affiliated & govt funded (which it is)🤣😭 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: In its 1st tweet since Musk's inaccurate label — now evolved to “government-funded media” — @NPR tweeted links to email, apps, & other social media accounts & stated it produces “independent, consequential journalism.” No @-mention of @johnlansing's statement or its own coverage. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Baicker / @sbbaicker: I respect the hell outta this. https://www.npr.org/...
Chris Franklin / @campster: NPR is doing what we all wish we could. https://twitter.com/...
Mia Farrow / @miafarrow: Its very sad - but understandable- that the always great NPR has quit Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’. A loss. https://www.npr.org/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: This is true for the biggest companies. But Twitter has been a notable driver of traffic. More the point, it accelerates a story taking off and becoming part of the national dialog. Or did. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Solana / @micsolana: i'm willing to entertain the notion NPR does not accept government funding, as their editor here (presumably) alleges. what does community notes have to say on the matter? https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: .@ParkerMolloy has a good piece out today about how Elon is extremely ignorant about how Twitter actually works. “I don't think Musk understands Twitter. At all... The truth is that Twitter needs organizations like NPR and the Times.” https://www.readtpa.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nadine Yousif / BBC: NPR quits Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label
Seth Hettena / @seth_hettena: Nice job by @elonmusk to chase away a news organization that reaches 32 million people, many of whom are well-educated professionals. https://twitter.com/...
Asma Khalid / @asmamk: NPR will no longer actively maintain its flagship Twitter (@NPR) or any other editorial accounts due to the inaccurate/misleading label on the NPR twitter handle. For good or for bad - I've long been a free spirit on this site, so, for now, you can still find me here twittering https://twitter.com/...
@deggans: NPR as an organization quit Twitter, thanks to the Chief Twit's capricious handling of labels on our main account. I'll still be active here. But this is a blow to journalists who built their brands and spread word about great work w/autonomy. DETAILS: https://www.npr.org/...
Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer_: It begins. There's going to be an exodus of news away from Twitter. There's already far fewer journalists. Once the journalists and outlets are gone, the politicians will leave too. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: NPR quitting Twitter in anger over having its ‘credibility’ undermined by Elon Musk's platform
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: News: NPR becomes first major news org to stop using Twitter, saying that the Elon Musk-owned platform “is taking actions that undermine our credibility.” “We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility...” https://twitter.com/...
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost: NPR To Leave Twitter After Being Labeled ‘State-Affiliated Media’
Associated Press: NPR is done with Twitter over ‘government funded’ label as they lash out against the platform for ‘undermining our credibility’
Mike Savage / WEKU: WEKU ends content sharing on Twitter
Shayna Greene / Politico: NPR leaves Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label
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Paul Glynn / BBC:
Twitter changes its label on the main BBC account from “Government Funded Media” to “Publicly funded media”, after the broadcaster called the label inaccurate — Twitter has changed a label on the main BBC account, saying it is “publicly-funded” instead of …
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Sara Fischer / Axios: PBS stops tweeting after Musk adds “government-funded” label
Rama Venkat / Reuters: Musk says unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC documentary critical of Modi
Norman Spector / @nspector4: The BBC is indeed publicly funded, with only the World Service being funded by the Government #cdnpoli #cdnmedia https://twitter.com/...
Ben Harris-Quinney / @b_hq: “Publicly funded” isn't an adequate description of the @BBC @elonmusk because there's no public consent The BBC force people to pay a licence fee to watch any TV under threat of criminal prosecution Musk changes BBC account's ‘government funded’ label https://www.bbc.com/...
Ken Bredemeier / Voice of America: In US, National Public Radio Abandons Twitter
@axios: PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, following Elon Musk's decision to label the outlet “government-funded news.” https://www.axios.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: “We have no plans to resume tweeting,” a @PBS spokesperson tells @sarafischer Like NPR, the news organization was labeled as “government-funded media.” https://www.axios.com/...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: That this is happening one day after Pierre Poilievre wrote to Elon and asked him to tar the CBC with the same implication - that it is an editorial arm of the sitting government, like Tass - is both sad and funny https://twitter.com/...
@tkatsumi06j: Please make sure to do the same for Japan's NHK and ‘any other’ public broadcaster around the globe. Fortunately, most of the developed world don't have ‘state owned media’. https://twitter.com/...
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Musk: Twitter will change BBC labelling
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Twitter to amend “government-funded” label on BBC account
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Elon Musk labels NPR as “Government-Funded Media” - NPR responds by quitting Twitter
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Twitter considers outlets to be “Government-funded Media” when “the government provides some or all” of their funding and “may” be involved in editorial content
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Bruce Arthur / Toronto Star: Why CBC isn't the enemy — no matter what Pierre Poilievre and Elon Musk may think
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: Subsidy-Loving Elon Musk Roasted Over Call to ‘Defund NPR’: ‘Tesla Gets More Funding and Grants from the Government’
Kris Holt / Engadget: NPR is ditching Twitter over ‘government-funded media’ label on its main account
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: NEW: Elon tells me Twitter is using this list to determine which media outlets receive the “government-funded media” label: https://en.wikipedia.org/... When I pointed out that NPR's government support does not effect the network's editorial decisions, he told me: “If you really... https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: So, Musk is using a Wikipedia as a source for “government-funded” media. Interestingly: 1—the list includes outlets like Dubai TV, but Twitter hasn't labeled it yet, meaning he prioritized NRP, BBC etc. 2—the list *does not* include a lot of obvious state media, like Al Saudiya https://twitter.com/...
Ari Blaff / National Review: NPR Ditches Twitter amid Ongoing Spat over ‘Government-Funded Media’ Designation
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine: Elon Musk Drives NPR Off Twitter in Latest Genius Move
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: NPR Says Enough Is Enough: Quits Twitter
Sara Fischer / Axios: NPR suspending Twitter use over “government-funded” label
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: NPR Ditches Twitter After Elon Musk Labeled It ‘State-Affiliated Media’
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: NPR says it's leaving Twitter
@alt_localgov: If Musk believes NPR has a consistent slant and that their editorial decisions are influenced by their government funding, he's created a logical conflict he can't resolve bc control of gov changes parties from time to time. https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: According to Elon Musk: “If you really think that the government has no influence on the entity they're funding then you've been marinating in the Kool-Aid for too long.” So by his logic, the US government controls his companies. https://twitter.com/...
David Matthews / New York Daily News: NPR quits Twitter after being labeled ‘state-affiliated media’
@stephaniecarvin: To be clear, he is equating the CBC to Russia's Tass and China's People's Daily. https://twitter.com/...
Pierre Poilievre / @pierrepoilievre: We must protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media. That is why I'm asking @Twitter @elonmusk to accurately label CBC as “government-funded media”. It is a fact. And Canadians deserve the facts. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: twitter is owned by a disinformation spewing conspiracy theorist. which is not great. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Stacey / @alanvrk: LMFAO. This Wikipedia page has been edited more times in the past eight hours than in the preceding twelve years. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joanna Elmy / @joannaelmy: The main problem runs much deeper. After half a century of exposure to extremist views on government and 30 years of increasingly partisan TV/media, most Americans can't even conceive the idea of a public broadcaster and funding journalism for the public good. https://twitter.com/...
Brian / @sortabad: This isn't profound as others have mentioned it too; but by El*n's own words this means that Twitter is Middle Eastern state media https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: Did you then ask Elon about Tesla's dependency on China? https://twitter.com/...
Nick Waters / @n_waters89: Any decision from external organisations regarding Twitter should take into account it's being run by someone who essentially has the opinions of 14 year-old redditor who's just discovered r/conspiracy. https://twitter.com/...
Walker Bragman / @walkerbragman: I want to stress here that the Saudi Press Agency, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's state news outlet, is not labeled as “state-affiliated” by Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
David Mac Dougall / @davidmacdougall: If Elon Musk is indeed using this Wikipedia list to determine which media outlets get a “government-funded media” label then 🇫🇮Yle in #Finland and 🇪🇪ERR in #Estonia would get the label. Looks like 🇸🇪SVT, 🇩🇰DR, 🇳🇴NRK and 🇮🇸RUV would avoid it. Interesting development @merjaya! https://twitter.com/...
LeGate / @williamlegate: Elon, Tesla, and SpaceX have all received FAR more money from the government than NPR has... where are their “government affiliated” labels? https://twitter.com/...
Pete Strzok / @petestrzok: “When I pointed out that NPR's government support does not effect the network's editorial decisions, [Musk] told me: 'If you really think that the government has no influence on the entity they're funding then you've been marinating in the Kool-Aid for too long.'” Big if true. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: The goal here is to strengthen the false equivalency between something like Russia today (government sponsored propaganda,) and the British broadcasting service (news) https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: How does he not understand the difference between “government-funded” and “publicly-funded?” https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
A look at Rupert Murdoch's mounting problems; sources blame the 92-year-old's erratic behavior for throwing his personal life and media empire into disarray — With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet …
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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Just spitballing, but imagine an HBO series built around this family dynamic https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast: ‘Succession’ Got a Shout-Out in Rupert Murdoch's Divorce Settlement
Michael Pascoe / @michaelpascoe01: “an irony to Murdoch's current woes. He monetized outrage and grievance to build a conservative media empire that influenced politics on 3 continents for the last half century. Now these same forces are threatening to destroy his legacy” https://www.vanityfair.com/... via @VanityFair
Aaron McDade / Insider: Rupert Murdoch reportedly spent a night on a gurney in a hospital parking lot after he broke his back falling on son Lachlan's yacht
@kateyrich: The fact that not leaking stories to the writers room of Succession was part of Jerry Hall's divorce settlement with Rupert Murdoch... too late to get that detail on Succession? https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Paddy Manning / @gpaddymanning: Really? “Unable to quash [the Disney deal], Lachlan reached a breaking point. According to three sources, he suffered a panic attack about the merger and was briefly treated at an LA-area hospital. (The person close to Lachlan denied this.)” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Joyce Carol Oates / @joycecaroloates: doubt that anyone's heart was broken. transactional relationships are what they are. even what appear to be normal relationships may be transactional on the part of one partner & can be dissolved without acrimony, like deciding to move out of an apartment, not renew a lease. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: Rupert Murdoch divorced his fourth wife via email https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rick G. Rosner / @dumbassgenius: Rupert Murdoch makes Logan Roy look like Leslie Knope. https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: So many amazing details and such good reporting in this @gabrielsherman profile of Rupert Murdoch. What stands out: Succession is more or less a documentary. https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: PROTIP FOR THE LADIES: There's no quicker way to a man's heart than to offer to clean his teeth https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: real succession drama with emergency medevac for Rupert, dinner table fights, an email divorce, and more broken vertebrae ... worth the read https://twitter.com/...
Nick Turse / @nickturse: As death-proof as Kissinger! “COVID was only the most recent medical emergency... In recent years, Murdoch has suffered a broken back, seizures, two bouts of pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, and a torn Achilles tendon, a source close to the mogul told me” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: the details in this are extraordinarily juicy https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Cheri Jacobus / @cherijacobus: Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch had the halls, green rooms and makeup rooms at NYC FOX News studios bugged, I was told by two people who worked there. I was told this separately by them in conversations months apart. Both times while I was at the studios - they were warning me. https://twitter.com/...
Anuj Chopra / @anujchopra: “There is an irony to Murdoch's current woes. He monetized outrage and grievance to build a conservative media empire that influenced politics on three continents...Now these same forces are threatening to destroy his legacy, his still-vast empire” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: JUST IN: Judge Sanctions Fox News For Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: There is a lot going on in here, which is perhaps best summed up by Jerry Hall's divorce settlement forbidding her from leaking story ideas to Succession. Oh, and the savaging of democracy as family pastime https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Lauren Hirsch / @laurenshirsch: https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: One of the terms of Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall's divorce settlement was that Hall couldn't give story ideas to the writers on Succession https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: some stunning Murdoch stuff here from @gabrielsherman > https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Sherman / @gabrielsherman: If you miss Logan already, my cover story on Rupert Murdoch in the May @VanityFair is out today!! https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: There is a metric TON of news in this @gabrielsherman story about the Murdoch family. He even obtained Rupert's email telling Jerry Hall that they were getting divorced https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Gotta give Murdoch credit. This is the appropriate response to the suggestion Tucker Carlson is a “messenger from God” https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: My favorite nugget from the VF cover story this morning is that Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall's divorce settlement bars her from giving story ideas to Succession writers...which sounds like a plot point straight out of Succession https://jezebel.com/...
Ben Jacobs / @bencjacobs: Not since @daveweigel was ordered to cut off contact with the writer's room of Narcos . . . https://twitter.com/...
@clearing_fog: The Murdoch family really is like Succession. Rupert spent one night on a gurney under a tent in a parking lot before they could get him to a hospital. Wendi Deng pushed Rupert into a piano. Not all drama; there is some good reporting in here. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Fiona Sturges / @fionasturges: What an astonishing read, not least this: “When [Hall] settled into the Oxfordshire home she received in the divorce, she discovered surveillance cameras were sending footage back to Fox headquarters. Mick Jagger sent his security to disconnect them.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jeremy Gordon / @jeremypgordon: Getting a lot of “Succession” vibes from this... https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@mfwitches: Do yourself a favour and spare 15 minutes to read this brilliant @VanityFair piece today. Because the truth about this deeply corrupt and terminally batshit psychopath is even more gob-smacking than you thought it was. #NewsCorpse https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Chris Wallace / @c_s_wallace: 🧨 Do not miss this Rupe latest @VanityFair. There's at least six incredible stories in it, including that the anti-choice #Murdoch was a prime mover in getting Trump to stack #SCOTUS to overturn #RoeVWade. https://www.vanityfair.com/... #RupertMurdoch #auspol
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: Thoughts with Lachlan Murdoch's PR team who issued all these denials on background https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: When [Hall] settled into the Oxfordshire home she received in the divorce [from Murdoch], she discovered surveillance cameras were still sending footage back to Fox headquarters. Mick Jagger sent his security consultant to disconnect them.https://www.vanityfair.com/ ... via @VanityFair
Jenny Che / @jsyche: “One of the terms of the settlement was that Jerry Hall couldn't give story ideas to the writers on Succession” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@craigroth: Wow — a great read and inside look at the Murdoch empire. There's a special place in hell awaiting ole' Rupert, and he can save a seat for Trump. They deserve each other for eternity. Inside Rupert Murdoch's Succession Drama | Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Most brutal break-up message since Carrie's Post-it note (from @gabrielsherman in @VanityFair) https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bassett / Jezebel: Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall's Divorce Agreement Bars Her From Giving Story Ideas to ‘Succession’
Zack Budryk / @budrykzack: I mostly think Logan Roy is way cooler than Murdoch on a purely aesthetic/charismatic level, but this is incredibly Logan https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: God wants this man to die: “In recent years, Murdoch has suffered a broken back, seizures, two bouts of pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, and a torn Achilles tendon, a source close to the mogul told me.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Shareholder sues Murdoch, Fox board members over 2020 election coverage
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
The Dominion lawsuit judge plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether Fox lied by saying Rupert Murdoch was a Fox Corp officer and not at Fox News — The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems' massive defamation case against Fox News said Wednesday that he plans to appoint …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News: Rupert Murdoch and Fox Corp. board members sued by investor over ‘stolen election claims’
Dylan Byers / Puck: Rupert's Headline Risk
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Ex-Fox Producer: There Are Secret Rudy Giuliani Recordings About Dominion
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: In a blow to Fox News, judge rules network withheld evidence in Dominion case
Glenn Dyer / Crikey: ‘This is a problem’: judge rebukes Fox News lawyers ahead of Dominion defamation trial
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: Judge Blasts Fox News Over Evidence Disclosures in Defamation Case
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: In Dominion Pretrial Ruling, Judge Says Fox News Can't Use Newscasts That Fact Checked Donald Trump's Election Lies
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: Dominion is an American hero. The one company that fought back against Fox and didn't bend the knee. Judge Imposes Sanction on Fox for Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Scalzi / @scalzi: I'm actually surprised. I expect lawyers for right-wing politicians and “influencers” these days to be incompetent charlatans, but corporate lawyers really are supposed to be smarter than this. This bodes very poorly for Fox News in the upcoming trial. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Insider: Fox News will be investigated for withholding evidence in the Dominion lawsuit, could face sanctions
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Fox News Attorneys Committed ‘Misconduct’ by Withholding Trump Lawyer Tapes as Evidence, Judge Rules
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox Corp. Seen Withholding Evidence in Run-Up to Dominion Voting Trial
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: CNN Media Analyst ‘Worried’ Fox News Loss in Dominion Case Will Hurt Journalism
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News: Fox boss Rupert Murdoch warned he'll have to take stand in $1.6B Dominion defamation suit
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Judge Sanctions Fox News for Withholding Evidence in Dominion Defamation Suit
Sam Levine / @srl: Judge overseeing Dominion v. Fox defamation suit plans to appoint a special counsel to determine whether Fox withheld evidence. “I am very concerned... that there have been misrepresentations to the court. This is very serious” https://www.cnn.com/... via @MarshallCohen
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: More bad news for Fox News, via @MarshallCohen: The judge says “he plans to appoint an outside attorney to investigate whether the right-wing network lied to the court to withhold key evidence, after repeatedly expressing exasperation and frustration with Fox's attorneys.”
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Another omission, claimed the Dominion attorney, relates to material cited in this Daily Beast story: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The judge has ordered Fox to preserve “any and all communications” related to the issue. More from @MarshallCohen here: https://www.cnn.com/...
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Fox News suffered a huge blow in the Dominion case today, as a judge announced plans to investigate whether Fox withheld potentially explosive evidence. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Ellen Barkin / @ellenbarkin: Uh oh... https://twitter.com/...
Pete Strzok / @petestrzok: Things going great for Fox up in Delaware. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@shannonfreshour: The Court appointing a Special Master on the eve of jury selection because of failure of Defendant to provide full discovery is a bold/rare move.. WOW. that is setting a hell of a contempt case https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / @passantino: “I am very concerned... that there have been misrepresentations to the court. This is very serious,” Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said Wednesday at a pretrial hearing in Wilmington, via @MarshallCohen https://www.cnn.com/...
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America: Judge in Dominion case admonishes Fox lawyers for allegedly withholding discovery and misleading the court about Rupert Murdoch's role
Robert Lindsay / @robertlindsay: Oh come on surely not!!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / @passantino: The judge overseeing Dominion's massive defamation case against Fox News said he plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether the right-wing network lied to the court https://www.cnn.com/...
@kafearless: OMG so even Fox's attorney is lying to the JUDGE.. this FOX lying virus is very contagious. This is really really bad. @glennkirschner2 https://twitter.com/...
Olga Lautman / @olganyc1211: Fox News lie to the court and withhold evidence? Who would have thought https://www.cnn.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: “Ms. Brook also played two recordings for the court of pre-interviews done by Ms. Bartiromo that she said were received only after they were revealed in legal complaints filed by Abby Grossberg, a former Fox News producer who is suing the network.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
John C. Watson / Fortune: As Rupert Murdoch defends Fox News' lies in court, a media professor reveals the terrifying truth that journalism has no standardized requirements
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Judge rules Dominion can't bring up Jan. 6 at Fox News trial
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look back at the UK tabloid phone-hacking case, ahead of the Dominion-Fox case: Rupert Murdoch and Fox survived the scandal and UK press rules didn't change
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Judge chides Fox News over Dominion claim of ‘missing’ Murdoch documents
Marshall Cohen / CNN: Judge rules Dominion can't bring up January 6 at Fox News defamation trial, scolds Fox attorneys over Rupert Murdoch's role
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Delaware judge to Fox lawyer: “I need to feel comfortable that when you represent something to me, it's the truth. I'm not very happy right now. I don't know why this is such a difficult thing.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: “Dominion has cited the death threats its employees have received. People have shown up outside its Denver headquarters armed and left voice mail messages threatening to blow up its offices.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Lazarus / @davidlaz: Fox's lawyers apparently felt the jury would not look kindly on the network's role in a coup attempt https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Dominion will not be able to bring up 1/6 at the Fox News defamation trial, a judge has ruled. That's a legal victory for Fox, but the judge also ruled in favor of some of Dominion's motions. @MarshallCohen has the full breakdown here. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Judge Limits Fox's Options for Defense in Dominion Trial
@svdate: The judge is having difficulty understanding why Fox News has trouble with the truth? He obviously does not watch much Fox News. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Fox News has issued a statement about today's contentions by Dominion that the network was not forthcoming about Rupert Murdoch's status as a corporate officer: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: More from the courtroom in Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News from the courtroom of Judge Eric Davis in Wilmington, DE: A lawyer for Dominion this afternoon issued a stern rebuke to how Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., have behaved on one key item in this case. 1/
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: I've seen a few stories about the Dominion-Fox case call it the biggest threat to the Murdoch empire since the phone-hacking scandal in the U.K. That was something of a formative media story for me, and the comparison made me curious. So I wrote about it: https://www.cjr.org/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery officially announces Max as the new name of its flagship streaming service, launching in the US on May 23 with HBO and Discovery+ content — It's not HBO Max — soon it's just going to be Max. … The company announced the name change at a press event Wednesday …
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CNBC: Warner Bros. Discovery closes in on ‘Max’ as the name of its combined HBO Max-Discovery+ streaming service
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Premium Streamer HBO Max To Rebrand As ‘Max’, Combining Discovery+ Content
Sarah Saril / Insider: ‘Max’ will combine HBO Max and Discovery Plus — here's everything you need to know about the expanded streaming service
Allegra Frank / The Daily Beast: Meet Max: What to Know About the HBO Max Rebrand
Martin Peers / The Information: Warner's New Max Service Is a Decade Overdue
Aidan Kelley / Collider: Max: Pricing, Launch Date, Original Programming, and All You Need to Know About the Newly Rebranded HBO Max
@wario64: NYT: HBO Max and Discovery+ combined service will be called Max, costing about $16 a month. Debuting in May or June https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: Warner Bros Discovery unveils revamped ‘Max’ in push for streaming growth
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this is the funniest quote ever “To be clear — we also have garbage” https://twitter.com/...
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times: HBO is the jewel in Warner Bros. Discovery's crown. And apparently they hate it
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Super-sized ‘Max’ streaming service debuts May 23
Diego Lasarte / Quartz: HBOMax is becoming Max, as Warner Brothers gets aggressive in the streaming wars
Dan Sheehan / @itsdansheehan: “Succession and Barry are ending but don't worry, we are no longer committed to making stuff that's good” https://twitter.com/...
Bilge Ebiri / @bilgeebiri: Media executives have taken so many management seminars, and yet nobody's bothered to explain basic human behavior to them. https://twitter.com/...
@deggans: Hollywood Reporter sez Warner Bros Discovery announced its new streaming service combining HBO Max and Discovery+ will be called Max, debuting May 23. Critics always thought AT&T might kill the HBO brand, but looks like WBD might actually get it done. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: What is even dumber is that they aren't even killing Discovery+. You can still pay $6 a month for that. And all of its content isn't on Max. So they literally are just taking the one selling point out of the name of HBO Max. Like, HBO is the most valuable WBD asset, full stop!
David Satin / The Streamable: Warner Bros. Discovery's Combined Streamer Max to Launch May 23; Service to Offer More Family-Friendly Content
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: MBA brain is when you look at HBO and decide it's too many good TV shows. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: WBD unveils price hike, new name for streamer HBO Max
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Like, in a perfect world you'd have two apps, an HBO app and an app that has all the HBO content plus all the other shit. But if you can't do that, ruining what was actually a decent branding decision by downplaying your most important asset is just staggering in its stupidity.
Adam Ozimek / @modeledbehavior: Let the streaming service consolidations begin! Thank goodness https://www.nytimes.com/...
@golikehellmachi: we're not just the home of good television, we want everyone to understand that we have plenty of shit television, too https://twitter.com/...
@variety: The first two plans align with existing HBO Max pricing, and WBD said current HBO Max customers will not see their pricing change (for now) when the new service debuts. The third tier, “Max Ultimate,” expands to up to four streams and includes 4K content. https://variety.com/...
Mark Lewis / @marklewismd: Ok hear me out, what if we merged ALL the streaming services into a single feed that came to your house through — I don't know — some sort of thick wire? https://twitter.com/...
@drewmcweeny: That's meant as a positive quote. People explained this to me as a good thing all day yesterday. Marketing Executive Brain is winning. https://twitter.com/...
David Wolinsky / GameSpot: HBO Max Officially Being Rebranded As Max
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: the new Max service will launch in the US on May 23, with 3 price tiers (including the new Max Ultimate plan at $19.99) https://variety.com/... via @Variety
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Casey Bloys sounds faux exhausted listing all of HBO's recent hit prestige shows.
@capybaroness: this is the weirdest rebrand. hbo is an extremely well-known brand that's associated with some of the best tv shows ever. was there market research like “yeah we're worried people think our streaming service might have too much good stuff on it” https://twitter.com/...
Phillip / @majorphilebrity: HBO. H-B-O. The network known for The Sopranos, Game Of Thrones, VEEP, Entourage, The Comeback, Girls, The Wire, True Blood and OZ is taking the HBO out of its name to merge with..... *checks notes* Discovery? 10/10. Congrats to the whole marketing team! https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: a day later and I'm still laughing at how how proud Time Warner Discovery execs are about killing the HBO brand and making a shittier product https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@travon: These people pay themselves tens of millions of dollars and make the dumbest decisions. You're dumping one of the most recognizable and prestigious names in the history of Media for the word “Max”. Brilliant. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Rosenberg / @jonrosenberg: “You can watch terrible shit on here now, just the worst possible programming” https://twitter.com/...
Katharine Trendacosta / @k_trendacosta: Max is not a streaming service. It's a dog. It's a type of Pepsi. It's a string of crashing Boeing planes.
Kate Aurthur / @kateaurthur: It's Warner Bros. Discovery's big press and investors day, and David Zaslav's first big announcement is this (will thread our coverage as it unfolds): HBO Max to Be Renamed ‘Max’ With Addition of Discovery+ Content https://variety.com/...
Gabrielle Sanchez / The A.V. Club: Warner Bros. Discovery officially unveils the combined streaming app, Max
Zoe Scaman / @zoescaman: Absolutely agree. https://twitter.com/...
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: It's so sad that they have one of the most storied and recognizable brands in all of entertainment—HBO, a three-letter stand in for “excellence”—and want to trash it because they think reality TV watchers are intimidated by it. https://twitter.com/...
@variety: Why did Warner Bros. Discovery decide to drop HBO from the HBO Max name? “HBO is not TV. HBO is HBO,” says CEO of global streaming and games JB Perrette. “It needs to stay that way.” https://variety.com/...
Thomas K. Arnold / Media Play News: Max, Just Max: HBO Max-Discovery+ Mashup Details Announced
Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: RIP HBO Max and Discovery+: “Max” launches May 23
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: WBD CEO David Zaslav is on stage to announce his new streaming service. “This is a real moment for us... this is our time.”
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Warner Bros Discovery Confirms Rebrand Of HBO Max To Max; Launch Date Set - Update
Ryan Schwartz / TVLine: Newly Combined HBO Max/Discovery+ Streaming Service to Be Called Max — Get Details on Pricing, Launch Date
Carl Kinsella / @tvscarlkinsella: “I know getting rid of the name HBO seems risky, since people associate the name with high quality programming, but the good news is that we're getting rid of that too.” https://twitter.com/...
Belen Edwards / Mashable: Everything you need to know about HBO Max becoming Max
Chris Vannini / @chrisvannini: Call me crazy but HBO Max dropping the strongest brand in television seems unwise. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: HBO dropping the name HBO is one of the most breathtakingly stupid things I've heard in ages. Probably a decision made by some overpaid consultant who wasn't even born when Home Box Office debuted. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max Renamed as Max
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies: CNN just aired a commercial for a “Max Original” ahead of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming event next week, where they're reported to announce “Max” as the new name of its revamped streaming service.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: David Zaslav confirms WBD super-streamer will be called “MAX.” He sells it as a streamer “every member of the household” can go to for content. “It's the one to watch because we have so many of the world's iconic and globally recognized franchised. It's our superpower.” https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Hamilton / Forbes: New ‘Max’ Streaming Service Combines HBO And Discovery+ Shows—Here's What You Need To Know
Nina Metz / @nina_metz: I like HBO as a brand. You like HBO as a brand. WBD is betting we'll keep watching (paying) regardless of what the app is called. They're focusing on all the other potential subscribers who apparently think HBO doesn't reflect their tastes. Hence: Max https://variety.com/...
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: ‘Max’ Is the New Name for Warner Bros. Discovery's Combined Streaming Offering
Jeremy Konrad / Bleeding Cool: Max Is The Official Name Of The HBO Max/Discovery+ Rebrand
Christina Warren / @film_girl: For all the terrible things AT&T did to Time Warner (Warner Media, whatever), at least it recognized that the most valuable asset was the HBO brand. Going all-in on the name HBO Max was not something I liked, but I like renaming it Max and cutting off your best brand even less
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery's stock fell 5.83% on April 12 after announcing HBO Max would become Max; Disney fell 2.47%, Paramount fell 3.28%, and Netflix fell 2.12% — WB Discovery shares have been battered over the past year as the company dealt with post-merger cost-cutting and management realignment.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: Wall Street Shrugs Off Max As WBD Shares Dip 6%
Bloomberg:
Sources: Putin approved Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's arrest; the Kremlin says the action was the “total prerogative of the special services” — Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of a US reporter on espionage charges for the first time since …
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Jessica Schladebeck / New York Daily News: US doesn't ‘have a sense’ of how jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich is being treated, official says
Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: This is awesome! https://twitter.com/...
@pressfreedom: In @CJR, @JoelSimonSays writes an argument for @TheJusticeDept to open an investigation to determine if Russian officials involved in #EvanGershkovich's arrest violated US law against hostage taking: https://www.cjr.org/...
Catherine Philp / @scribblercat: As do I 👊 https://twitter.com/...
Polina Ivanova / @polinaivanovva: “The initiative to arrest a US reporter on spying charges for the first time in nearly 40 years came from hawks among top officials of Russia's security services, the people with knowledge of the issue said.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Alberto Miguel Fernandez / @albertomiguelf5: Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: IStandWithEvan https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Vox Media spins off NowThis as an independent company, over a year after acquiring the outlet, takes a minority stake, and plans to keep selling ads for NowThis — Known for its viral videos of politicians and other newsmakers, NowThis is preparing to cover the 2024 election as an independent company.
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: scoop: Vox Media is spinning out NowThis, which it acquired a year ago, to a nonprofit called accelerate change https://www.nytimes.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: NowThis to Spin Off From Vox Media
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: Accelerate Change has been a favorite of many Silicon Valley donors who want to see more investment in progressive media https://twitter.com/...
Ben Wessel / @benwessel: Excited to see how the #youthvote rockstars at NowThis grow and thrive under the leadership of Accelerate Change! https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: rip pivot to video https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Vox Media to Spin Off Viral Political News Site NowThis
@voxmedia: Through this partnership, NowThis will expand on its already successful multi-platform audience growth strategies, as a top social news publisher. Read more about the partnership in @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sean Morrow / @snmrrw: Accelerate Change, the non-profit now funding NowThis, got $10,000 from Goldman Sachs' donor-advised fund, according to 2020 filings. disclosure: I worked at NowThis for 8 years and they gave me many opportunities I truly appreciate, and I still have many friends there. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
IAC and PwC: US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B in 2022, down from 35% YoY in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY in 2022, down from 39.3% — Headwinds from the economy and privacy protections were offset by growth in areas such as retail ad networks and streaming TV, executives and analysts say
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fox News plans to host the first 2024 Republican presidential primary, set to be held in Milwaukee in August 2023; the RNC will live stream the debate on Rumble — Fox News will host the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee later this year, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel announced on Wednesday.
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Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America: Rumble, a home for harmful right-wing content and creators, will be exclusively livestreaming the first GOP presidential primary debate
@gop: 🚨BREAKIKG NEWS: The RNC is proud to announce the @FoxNews Republican Primary Debate with Partners @YAF and @RumbleVideo. Text ‘Debate’ to 80810 for all the latest updates! https://www.foxnews.com/...
CJ Pearson / @thecjpearson: Glad to see this from the @GOP. Why give our dollars to companies and corporations that hate us? See ya later, YouTube! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Christenson / New York Post: First 2024 GOP presidential primary debate set in Milwaukee
Steve Cortes / @cortessteve: Great news! @rumblevideo is the answer to YouTube's oppression & censorship @chrispavlovski https://twitter.com/...
Jack Poso / @jackposobiec: I am told this is only happening for the first debate and that the rest of the debates will be with CNN, MSNBC etc Conservatives are getting okie-doked again https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: “Fox News Republican Primary Debate with partners Young America's Foundation and Rumble”. https://www.foxnews.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I don't think anyone involved has any idea what kind of carnival of the insane these “debates” are going to be with Individual One ready to tear into both Fox and any would-be challengers. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Rubin / @rubinreport: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥 BREAKING: @rumblevideo will be exclusive livestream partner of the Republican debates. Sorry, not sorry, YouTube! https://www.foxnews.com/... 🔥🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥
David Weigel / @daveweigel: Most interesting part of this — media partners are YAF and Rumble. Part of long-term RNC goal of making trad media less relevant in party debates. (See also RNC pulling out of CPD debates after 2020.) https://twitter.com/...
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: Fox News To Host First Republican Presidential Primary Debate
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times: Fox News to Host First Republican Presidential Primary Debate
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A profile of Andy Hunter and his e-commerce platform Bookshop.org, which helps indie booksellers set up a digital storefront instead of selling through Amazon — Andy Hunter's ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he's on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.
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@marshacollier, @knibbs, @mariskreizman, @jurbed, @andrewcyberkop, @andyhunter777 and @_zeets
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Marsha Collier / @marshacollier: How https://bookshop.org/ Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon's World 📚 Andy Hunter's #ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he's on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out. https://www.wired.com/...
Kate Knibbs / @knibbs: Wrote about https://bookshop.org/ & its founder Andy Hunter, who might be the only genuinely humble CEO I've ever met...its a story about bookselling, but also: zines, the Beastie Boys, the future of small businesses, and a pet rat named Agent Jellybean https://www.wired.com/...
Maris Kreizman / @mariskreizman: A terrific piece that reminds us how buying directly from your favorite indie is a great first choice, and ordering from Bookshop is a lovely second. https://www.wired.com/...
Juraj Bednar / @jurbed: Nice idea: Using values-based marketing as a competive advantage. I do not agree with the values that much (anti-Amazon agenda, green, profit sharing for bookstores, well, I do not even read much paper books, mostly audio and e-books). But interesting. We need this for #Bitcoin https://twitter.com/...
@andrewcyberkop: I've ordered every single book I've bought for the past three years from Bookshop. It's great. Use it. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Ailworth / Wall Street Journal:
Russian reporters, scholars, programmers, and database specialists launch the Russian Independent Media Archive, which features 13 outlets and is aiming for 70+ — Partnership between PEN America, Bard College comes as WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich remains imprisoned in Russia
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Gary Price / Library Journal infoDOCKET: The Gagarin Center at Bard College and PEN America Establish Russian Independent Media Archive
@penamerica: “When I learned about the arrest of Evan Gershkovich... I was like, of course... they grabbed the son of immigrants...” said @mashagessen. “It makes you understand things and be able to talk to people in ways that make you a better journalist... (which) is scary to this regime.” https://twitter.com/...
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