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Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, after Twitter labeled it “Government-funded Media”, and says it has no plans to resume tweeting — PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, following Elon Musk's decision to label the outlet “government-funded news.”
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NPR, Bloomberg, The Verge, @mrjohnnicolson, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, We Explain L.A., @axios, @cliffschecter, @leahstokes, Insider, CBS News and Rolling Stone
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David Folkenflik / NPR: NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’
Jon Porter / The Verge: PBS also stops tweeting after being hit with ‘Government-funded Media’ label
John Nicolson M.P. / @mrjohnnicolson: I'm a great fan of National Public Radio in the States. Absurdly ill informed of @Twitter bosses to designate it “state-affiliated media” - the term they use for propaganda outlets in Russia & China. No wonder @NPR quit the platform. https://www.npr.org/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social: To those who are congratulating PBS for its decision to stop posting at Saudi-government-funded Twitter: They've only stopped at the main account. Sub-accounts like the News Hour are still cheerfully pouring their work into the site, supporting the sociopath who loathes them. …
David Folkenflik / We Explain L.A.: NPR Quits Twitter After Being Falsely Labeled As ‘State-Affiliated Media.’ LAist Is Suspending Activity In Solidarity
@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/...
Cliff Schecter / @cliffschecter: Another huge win for the other stable genius https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Leah Stokes / @leahstokes: If PBS and NPR are government funded, then so is @Tesla. Last time I checked, they've received several billion in public dollars. Strange how they don't have a Twitter label saying they're “government-funded.” (And to be clear: I support Tesla getting government dollars.)
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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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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NPR quits Twitter after it questions the network's editorial independence - my story: https://www.npr.org/...
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/...
Parker Molloy / The Present Age: As NPR Exits, It Becomes Increasingly Clear That Elon Musk Doesn't Understand Twitter
Todd Spangler / Variety: NPR Quits Twitter After Musk's Social Network Labels Its Account ‘Government-Funded Media’
Celeste Headlee / @celesteheadlee: Anyone who uses “NPR” as a stand-in for public radio, not realizing that it's just a network like PRI, APM, Pacifica, Native Voice, PRE, etc., should perhaps not be pretending they understand the complicated issue that is public media funding.
Rat King / @mikeisaac: there is probably another good media story in what journalists — who have relied on twitter for career moves and story broadcasting (ahem) — are going to do now as twitter's slow-motion implosion of what it used to be continues already see folks beefing up their IG and Tiktok... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: NPR says goodbye to Elon Musk's Twitter
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Defund @NPR
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?
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.
Patrick Henningsen / @21wire: US state propaganda outlets gets called out, and starts throwing their toys out of the pram... https://twitter.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: A small piece of that story: A lot of TikTok and Instagram creators (in the news space) crib their content from Twitter. Twitter is really important for folks doing that sort of work on those platforms. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Schmitt / @schmittnyc: Mouthpiece for permanent Washington and the liberal agenda, got called out, now taking their ball and going home 😔 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Walker / @scottwalker: Why is NPR steeping away? Because @twitter accurately labeled them as Government-funded media? What a joke. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze: Elon Musk fires back at NPR after it abandons Twitter for being labeled ‘state-affiliated media’
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill: This is extremely hard for people to wrap their heads around for understandable reasons — so many journalists on Twitter! — but it is, in my anecdotal experience and conversations with others, universally true 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/...
Dr. Joanne Freeman / @jbf1755: Other ways to follow NPR now that they are leaving Twitter. (I had no idea there was an app. Plus other social media platforms, of course.) https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: Twitter needs NPR far more than NPR needs Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
@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/...
Randy Barnett / @randyebarnett: Why would labeling you “government-funded,” which you unquestionably are, imply you are not editorially independent—unless government funding renders you somehow dependent, which you vehemently deny? This seems wholly illogical. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Spicer / @seanspicer: Thanks @elonmusk What's @nprpolitics afraid of. It's a fact they take taxpayer funding https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Rudy W. Giuliani / @rudygiuliani: Wait... you guys were on Twitter this whole time? https://twitter.com/...
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 Gorham / @chrisgorham: Guessing they won't be the last. 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Steve Silberman / @stevesilberman: .@NPR quits Twitter after prominent Kremlin disinformation spreader and chaos agent Elon Musk labels it “state-affiliated media.” https://www.npr.org/...
David Fisman / @dfisman: Twitter really has gone to shit, as I assume was the intent https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Sarah Baicker / @sbbaicker: I respect the hell outta this. https://www.npr.org/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: NPR employees with personal accounts are told they may make their own decisions. I'll take it day by day.
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/...
Ben Swasey / @benswasey: My former colleagues @WBUR are also stopping the station's posting to Twitter: https://www.wbur.org/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: Subsidy-Loving Elon Musk Roasted Over Call to ‘Defund NPR’: ‘Tesla Gets More Funding and Grants from the Government’
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
Margaret Low / WBUR: A note on Twitter from WBUR CEO Margaret Low
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/...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Great job, Elon. One thing advertisers love is major news organizations ditching your platform. 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/...
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/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: a totally reasonable decision but i can't help but think this is exactly what he wants 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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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/...
@jennifernuzzo: The departure of fact-based organizations and individuals from our information environment does not bode well for our democracy. 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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Chris Franklin / @campster: NPR is doing what we all wish we could. 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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
@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. …
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/...
Brad Hill / RAIN News: NPR guides 8.8M followers away from Twitter in reaction to “government-funded” label
@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.
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
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?
John Johnson / Newser: NPR Ditches Twitter Over Label From Elon Musk
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: NPR quits Twitter over Elon Musk ‘state-affiliated media’ label flap
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: NPR leaves Twitter due to misleading ‘government-funded media’ label
Nadine Yousif / BBC: NPR quits Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label
Fox News: NPR quitting Twitter in anger over having its ‘credibility’ undermined by Elon Musk's platform
Mike Savage / WEKU: WEKU ends content sharing on Twitter
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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Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: NPR gets 1% of its funding from the US government. Twitter is progressively making less and less sense. https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen McKinley / @katmckinley: I think @elonmusk is a incredibly forward thinking genius that is doing the best he can. He didn't follow the usual liberal ideology of other really wealthy people, and that got him in trouble naturally. But he really isn't some hard core conservative at all. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Andrew Bridgen / @abridgen: Elon Musk discovers what we already knew, BBC interviewers like asking pointed questions and making unsubstantiated allegations, but don't like answering any questions. A truly car crash interview for the BBC and any public accountability. No wonder the BBC would not allow me to... https://twitter.com/... 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/...
James Clayton / @jamesclayton5: What a crazy interview. So many news lines I thought I'd do a 🧵 First up, The @nytimes on how the “emotional strain” of running Twitter has been “painful” https://www.nytimes.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/...
Stephen Fowler / @stphnfwlr: Ah yes, media outlets everyone knows and loves, National Pgovernment-funded Radio and Pgovernment-funded Broadcast Service! (The label still isn't right, but again accuracy isn't the point they're striving for) https://twitter.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/...
Ken Bredemeier / Voice of America: In US, National Public Radio Abandons Twitter
Sara Fischer / Axios: NPR suspending Twitter use over “government-funded” label
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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Toronto Star, Engadget, @bobbyallyn, The Week, @aaschapiro, National Review, Techdirt, New York Magazine, Billboard, Current, TheBlaze, @alt_localgov, @rvawonk, @stephaniecarvin, @pierrepoilievre, @nberlat, @alanvrk, @joannaelmy, @sortabad, @nicoleperlroth, @n_waters89, @davidmacdougall, @walkerbragman, @williamlegate, @petestrzok, @mollyjongfast and @jason_kint
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Bruce Arthur / Toronto Star: Why CBC isn't the enemy — no matter what Pierre Poilievre and Elon Musk may think
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/...
Justin Klawans / The Week: NPR quits Twitter following ‘state-affiliated’ label, says it ‘undermines our credibility’
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
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: NPR Says Enough Is Enough: Quits Twitter
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine: Elon Musk Drives NPR Off Twitter in Latest Genius Move
Marc Schneider / Billboard: NPR Quits Twitter Over ‘Government-Funded’ Label
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze: NPR quits Elon Musk's Twitter over ‘state-affiliated media’ and ‘government-funded media’ labels — and Twitter users roast NPR's exit announcement
@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/...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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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Thomas Mitchell / Sydney Morning Herald: Succession meets real life: Vanity Fair's inside scoop on Rupert Murdoch
Dylan Byers / Puck: Rupert's Headline Risk
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Just spitballing, but imagine an HBO series built around this family dynamic https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ian Brown / @1br0wn: Truly shocking read. How profoundly cruel Murdoch has been to his family; and how damaging to US, UK and Australian politics. Let's hope the Dominion voting scandal at least puts Fox News to an end https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Frances Ryan / @drfrancesryan: The Vanity Fair Murdoch “real life Succession” long read is as enjoyable as you'd think it would be. An incredible insight into the havoc the extremely wealthy can cause with no concern at all. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Will Richards / NME: Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan “accused brother James of leaking lines to ‘Succession’ writers”
@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/...
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
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/...
Mic Wright / @brokenbottleboy: This piece is a treasure trove of insanity. Come for Murdoch nearly dying multiple times — boo! — stay for Mick Jagger sending his “security consultant” to remove all the surveillance gear Murdoch had set up in the house Jerry Hall got in the divorce 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/...
Rick G. Rosner / @dumbassgenius: Rupert Murdoch makes Logan Roy look like Leslie Knope. 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/...
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/...
Nistula Hebbar / @nistula: “Murdoch seemed trapped by the people he radicalized, like an aging despot hiding in his palace while the streets filled with insurrectionists”- https://www.vanityfair.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
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter: Substack Notes could be the Twitter killer we've been waiting for
Paul Barry / @therealpbarry: Sad and savage. Rupert as King Midas. By @gabrielsherman, who wrote the Fox News / Roger Ailes book: Loudest Voice in the Room. 'Inside Rupert Murdoch's Succession Drama' https://www.vanityfair.com/... via @VanityFair
Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast: ‘Succession’ Got a Shout-Out in Rupert Murdoch's Divorce Settlement
Jo Maugham / @jolyonmaugham: “It was a continuation of Murdoch's time-tested strategy of forging alliances with politicians across the ideological spectrum as long as they advanced his interests. (His UK papers had backed both Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.)” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: some stunning Murdoch stuff here from @gabrielsherman > https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: the details in this are extraordinarily juicy https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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/...
Lauren Hirsch / @laurenshirsch: https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: 'If We Lose This Suit, It's F*cking Bad': 5 Wild Revelations From New Report on Fox News and Murdoch
Jeremy Gordon / @jeremypgordon: Getting a lot of “Succession” vibes from this... https://www.vanityfair.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/...
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/...
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/...
Laura Bassett / Jezebel: Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall's Divorce Agreement Bars Her From Giving Story Ideas to ‘Succession’
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Shareholder sues Murdoch, Fox board members over 2020 election coverage
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
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: HBO & Max Boss Casey Bloys Deflects Questions About J.K. Rowling Trans Controversy's Impact On ‘Harry Potter’ Series
@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/...
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/...
@films_at_home: Mark my words - removing HBO branding will be the death for this platform. Not to mention $20/month fees. https://variety.com/...
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/...
Sarah Saril / Insider: ‘Max’ will combine HBO Max and Discovery Plus — here's everything you need to know about the expanded streaming service
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times: HBO is the jewel in Warner Bros. Discovery's crown. And apparently they hate it
Allegra Frank / The Daily Beast: Meet Max: What to Know About the HBO Max Rebrand
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/...
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/...
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.”
@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!
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Premium Streamer HBO Max To Rebrand As ‘Max’, Combining Discovery+ Content
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Super-sized ‘Max’ streaming service debuts May 23
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/...
Chris Vannini / @chrisvannini: Call me crazy but HBO Max dropping the strongest brand in television seems unwise. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Maglio / IndieWire: The Future of ‘Max’ Looks Pretty Good Without ‘HBO’
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.
@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/...
Matt Goldich / @mattgoldich: Hopefully Peacock doesn't get any ideas from this. https://twitter.com/...
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.
@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/...
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/...
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/...
@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/...
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.
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
@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/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this is the funniest quote ever “To be clear — we also have garbage” https://twitter.com/...
Adam Ozimek / @modeledbehavior: Let the streaming service consolidations begin! Thank goodness https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: HBO Max will relaunch as ‘Max’ with revamped app, Discovery content, 4K for $20/mo
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Four Key Improvements Warner Bros. Discovery Made for the Max Streaming Service User Experience
Matthew Keys / The Desk: WBD unveils price hike, new name for streamer HBO Max
Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: New HBO Max: Price, Release Date, Content, 4K Paywall, And Everything Else You Need To Know
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: HBO Max Will Relaunch in May as Max for the Same Monthly Price
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Warner Bros. Discovery to launch ‘Max’ service starting at $9.99/mo on May 23
Gabrielle Sanchez / The A.V. Club: Warner Bros. Discovery officially unveils the combined streaming app, Max
Thomas K. Arnold / Media Play News: Max, Just Max: HBO Max-Discovery+ Mashup Details Announced
Ryan Schwartz / TVLine: Newly Combined HBO Max/Discovery+ Streaming Service to Be Called Max — Get Details on Pricing, Launch Date
Jeremy Konrad / Bleeding Cool: Max Is The Official Name Of The HBO Max/Discovery+ Rebrand
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/...
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/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: MBA brain is when you look at HBO and decide it's too many good TV shows. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Scott / SlashFilm: Warner Bros. Discovery Officially Announces Max, New Streaming Service That Will Combine HBO Max And Discovery+
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max Renamed as Max
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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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Catherine Philp / @scribblercat: As do I 👊 https://twitter.com/...
Julia Ioffe / @juliaioffe: I don't doubt it. It's what I was hearing from my sources in Moscow as well. The hawks are very much in charge https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Comptroller Brad Lander / @nyccomptroller: Journalist Evan Gershkovich was kidnapped by Russian authorities & is wrongfully jailed for doing his job. Powerful to hear his friends & fellow journalists (incl @RohdeD who was kidnapped by the Taliban) talk about why Evan & press freedom matter to all of us. #IStandWithEvan https://twitter.com/... 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/...
@pressfreedom: “The unusual speed & severity of the Russian gov's reaction to Gershkovich's arrests on charges of espionage...[and its timing after @TheJusticeDept's charging an alleged Russian intelligence agent] suggests that it may have been a pre-planned operation.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Liz Claman / @lizclaman: 1000%. #IStandWithEvan We must rescue our beloved @WSJ reporter from #Russia Vladimir #Putin's claws and his nightmare prison https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: Russia's totalitarian turn should fuel (is already fueling) some interesting political analysis about “structure vs. agency.” On the one hand, Putin as dictator approved taking Evan hostage. On the other hand, the hawks (ie the many-heads siloviki beast) are in charge. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Orton / @kyleworton: Cannot imagine the world someone would have to be living in to believe anything else: “Putin Approved Arrest of US Reporter on Spying Charges” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: This is awesome! https://twitter.com/...
Barry Malone / @malonebarry: Solidarity with Evan Gershkovich and everyone at the WSJ. https://twitter.com/...
Alberto Miguel Fernandez / @albertomiguelf5: Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: IStandWithEvan https://twitter.com/...
@yashar: Important reporting but also not surprising. It would be unimaginable for any intel agency in Russia to arrest a reporter from a U.S. news outlet without Putin's approving. Just as it would be unimaginable for a team of Saudis to kill Jamal Khashoggi without MBS' approval. https://twitter.com/...
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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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: In a blow to Fox News, judge rules network withheld evidence in Dominion case
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian: Judge signals plan to appoint special master in Fox News-Dominion case
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: Judge Blasts Fox News Over Evidence Disclosures in Defamation Case
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Ex-Fox Producer: There Are Secret Rudy Giuliani Recordings About Dominion
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: Landmark Trial Against Fox News Could Affect the Future of Libel Law
Ismail Shakil / Reuters: US judge hits Fox News with sanction for withholding defamation case evidence -NY Times
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox Corp. Seen Withholding Evidence in Run-Up to Dominion Voting Trial
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Judge sanctions Fox News for withholding evidence in Dominion lawsuit
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
Schooley / @rschooley: That @gabrielsherman profile of Murdoch today seems helpful to figuring out Fox methods of late. https://twitter.com/...
John Dickerson / @jdickerson: Fox News under investigation for lying in court ahead of defamation trial https://www.npr.org/...
@jrubinblogger: “What do I do with attorneys that aren't straightforward with me?” he asked. Answer(me): Find them and refer them for disbarment. If anything under oath, refer to DA https://www.nytimes.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/...
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.”
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/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Another omission, claimed the Dominion attorney, relates to material cited in this Daily Beast story: https://www.thedailybeast.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/...
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: In Dominion Pretrial Ruling, Judge Says Fox News Can't Use Newscasts That Fact Checked Donald Trump's Election Lies
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/...
Robert Lindsay / @robertlindsay: Oh come on surely not!!!!! https://twitter.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/ ...
Ross Gerber / @gerberkawasaki: Fox is in trouble with this case. Looking very likely to lose. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Ellen Barkin / @ellenbarkin: Uh oh... https://twitter.com/...
Renato Mariotti / @renato_mariotti: This sanctions order is rather unusual and a significant problem for Fox. It's hard to make sense of Fox's approach to the Dominion case. It would have made a lot of sense to negotiate a settlement early. https://twitter.com/...
Pete Strzok / @petestrzok: Things going great for Fox up in Delaware. https://www.cnn.com/... 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/...
Martin Peers / The Information: Warner's New Max Service Is a Decade Overdue
Glenn Dyer / Crikey: ‘This is a problem’: judge rebukes Fox News lawyers ahead of Dominion defamation trial
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/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Judge Sanctions Fox News for Withholding Evidence in Dominion Defamation Suit
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Fox News Attorneys Committed ‘Misconduct’ by Withholding Trump Lawyer Tapes as Evidence, Judge Rules
Insider: Fox News will be investigated for withholding evidence in the Dominion lawsuit, could face sanctions
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: JUST IN: Judge Sanctions Fox News For Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case
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
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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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Washington Post, CNN, @bgrueskin, @kyleclark, @davidlaz, @oliverdarcy, @svdate, New York Times, Gizmodo, @erikwemple, @erikwemple and @jon_allsop
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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/...
@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/...
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Judge Limits Fox's Options for Defense in Dominion Trial
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/...
Kendra Pierre-Louis / Nieman Reports:
Major news outlets have amplified voices pathologizing those who remain cautious about COVID-19 and minimized the health risks associated with the disease — Too much coverage minimizes the health risks researchers attribute to the virus — In December 2020, before the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine …
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@kendrawrites: Should have been clearer, I wrote a thing about my frustrations with covid coverage https://niemanreports.org/...
Dr. Lucky Tran / @luckytran: “We've failed at our field's core tenets — to hold power to account and to follow the evidence. As reporters, it's our responsibility to accurately represent the needs of diverse perspectives and avoid an ableist bias...” Thank you, @KendraWrites https://niemanreports.org/...
Mary Hui / @maryhui: “The NYT is not alone. Outlets like The New Yorker, WashPost, & NPR...have amplified voices & arguments that helped create a narrative that not only pathologizes those who remain cautious about the disease, but also fails to adequately convey the risks associated with Covid” https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Lucky Tran / @luckytran: Here's a great piece on the problems with COVID coverage by @KendraWrites. Media covering the flawed UK study on masking in hospitals are a great example of failing to consider author biases (in addition to leaping to conclusions based on limited data). 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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@benmullin, Digiday, @teddyschleifer, @voxmedia, @snmrrw, @voxmedia, @benwessel, Variety, @benmullin, @mattzeitlin, The Information and The Wrap
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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/...
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday: Media Briefing: Some publishers are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Q2 while media buyers say ad spend is similar to Q1
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/...
@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/...
@voxmedia: Today, we are excited to announce that @nowthisnews has secured an investment for growth through a strategic partnership between Vox Media and Accelerate Change. NowThis will become an independent entity, and remain in Vox Media's advertising portfolio. https://www.voxmedia.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/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: NowThis to Spin Off From Vox Media
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Update: Accelerate Change, the nonprofit backing the spinoff of Vox Media's NowThis, is backed by prominent progressive funders including George Soros' Open Society Foundations https://www.nytimes.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
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple Music, and other services to block developers training AI bots from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs — Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material — Universal Music Group …
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Sarasvati NT / MediaNama: Why is Universal Music Group asking streaming services to block AI-generated music?
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: Universal Music urges the streaming services to ensure their platforms aren't being scraped by music-making AI tools
Bill Donahue / Billboard: Universal Music Asks Streaming Services to Block AI Companies From Accessing Its Songs
James Pethokoukis / @jimpethokoukis: “You could say: compose a song that has the lyrics to be like Taylor Swift, but the vocals to be in the style of Bruno Mars, but I want the theme to be more Harry Styles.” https://www.ft.com/...
Gavin Sheridan / @gavinsblog: Well now. Has the horse already bolted? https://twitter.com/...
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: As Universal clamps down on AI music copycats, China proposes new rules to restrict artificial intelligence development
Anna Nicolaou / @annaknicolaou: scoop: Universal Music has told streaming services to block AI systems from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs. UMG is concerned about generative AI training itself on popular music without permission/payment: https://www.ft.com/...
@pgeuder: I'm guessing the licensing agreement only permits the listeners of the music to be human, and not processing machines. Where can one draw the line between software analyzing music to add effects (equalizing or compressing effects) and analyzing music for...cross music use. Aha! :) https://twitter.com/...
Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: Billionaire mogul Barry Diller has some advice for the media about A.I.: Sue
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “AI-generated songs have been popping up on streaming services and UMG has been sending takedown requests “left and right"[The] company is asking streaming companies to cut off access to their music catalogue for developers using it to train AI technology" https://giftarticle.ft.com/...
Aftab Ahmed / Reuters:
Source: India's Enforcement Directorate opens an investigation into alleged foreign exchange rules violations by the BBC, months after tax raids at BBC offices — India's financial crime-fighting agency has opened an investigation into alleged violations of foreign exchange rules by the BBC …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
An interview with Lynn Barber, who invented British journalism's modern celebrity interview and is known for riling up her subjects to get interesting answers — The Demon Barber on the art of the interview, her career and her favourite (and least favourite) modern-day interviewers.
Discussion:
William Turvill / @wturvill: Absolutely loved preparing, doing and writing my latest @pressgazette interview with @lynnbaba, Fleet Street's finest interviewer. @DomPonsford predicted that she would “eat you for breakfast”. And she did a bit - but she was mainly quite nice about it. https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Rachel Hagan / @rachelhagan_: Great interview by @wturvill with one of the best interviewers: “I hate being at a dinner party because there's always somebody banging on - I never think people's opinions are very interesting. I like to know facts about them” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
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