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Fox Corp and its cable networks agree to pay $787.5M to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the defamation lawsuit over Fox's lies about Dominion's machines — WILMINGTON, Del. - Fox Corp. and its cable networks agreed Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle …
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Ben Smith / @semaforben: Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy." 2/2
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: FOX News Media, Dominion Voting Systems reach agreement over defamation lawsuit
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 1/2 Remarkable statement from Fox to me just now in response to Smartmatic's lawyers saying they are ready to pick up where Dominion left off. “There is nothing more newsworthy than covering the president of the United States and his lawyers making allegations of voter fraud.” https://twitter.com/...
Jane C. Timm / NBC News: Fox News settles Dominion defamation lawsuit
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Statement from Smartmatic lawyer Erik Connolly: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest. 1/2
CNN: Fox News settles with Dominion at the last second, averting defamation trial over its 2020 election lies
Matthew Fox / Insider: The investor behind Dominion Voting Systems just bagged a 1,400% return after Fox News settled its defamation suit for $788 million
Adam Chitwood / The Wrap: Dominion CEO Pressed by George Stephanopoulos on Lack of Apology in Fox News Statement: ‘It Was Not the Way I Wrote It’
Ankush Khardori / Politico: Why Fox News had to settle the Dominion suit
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: What's Next for Dominion After Its $787.5 Million Settlement With Fox News?
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: As of this morning, @FoxNews' coverage of the @dominionvoting defamation suit consists in its entirety of this truncated little self-congratulatory item on its web site. https://www.foxnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: George Stephanopoulos Presses Dominion CEO on Fox News Settlement: 'What You Didn't Get Was An Apology'
Clare Malone / New Yorker: The Stunning End of Dominion's Case Against Fox News
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: A source has confirmed to @Axios that Fox News will not be required to give any apologies or retractions on its air as a part of the settlement deal.
@therecount: “Lies have consequences. The truth does not know red or blue.” — Dominion Voting Systems lawyer Justin Nelson celebrates Fox News' settlement of $787.5 million over its lies about Dominion in the wake of the 2020 election, sparing Fox News from a potentially damaging trial https://twitter.com/...
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: This is by a factor of more than 3x the largest dollar loss in a media libel case in American history. That is the best measure of both the falsity and Fox's fault in broadcasting it.
Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters: Fox's $787.5 million settlement is big win for buyout firm Staple Street
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Fox Corp., Dominion Settle Defamation Case
Dan Primack / Axios: Fox News settlement turns Dominion into private equity gold
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox to Pay $787 Million in Dominion Defamation Trial Settlement
David Folkenflik / NPR: Fox News averts major defamation trial by settling with Dominion Voting Systems
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Notably, Murdoch acknowledged in his Dominion deposition that several of his top hosts “endorsed” Trump's election lies. That's far different than covering them. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Kroll / @andykroll: As someone who reported extensively on Fox News's high-profile settlement with Seth Rich's parents, I wanted to share a few observations about today's news. The $787 million sum is massive. This is a huge win for Dominion Voting Systems. A win for truth? Not so much... 🧵
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Newsmax, which also faces a major lawsuit from Dominion, issues statement saying it “stands by its coverage and analysis of the 2020 election” https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: This is why Fox was never going to publicly admit fault as part of a Dominion settlement — it would have left them unbelievably vulnerable in the Smartmatic lawsuit, which deals with many of the same issues. https://twitter.com/...
ABC News: Fox settlement a ‘big step forward in democracy,’ Dominion CEO says in exclusive ABC News interview
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review: Fox News Finally Bows to the Inevitable, Cuts Losses in Dominion Case
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers. Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News Fox News lies You pay
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Fox To Pay Dominion Unprecedented $787.5M To Settle Defamation Suit
Associated Press: Fox, Dominion Voting Systems reach $787 million settlement over false election claims
Tom Tapp / Deadline: CNN's Jake Tapper Has Hard Time Keeping Straight Face When Reading Fox News' Statement About $787M Dominion Settlement
@gma: “It's a big step forward in democracy if our system can send a signal that if media companies lie ... and they do so knowingly, they will be prepared to pay a very, very high price.” — Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos on $787.5 million settlement reached with Fox News. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Fox News' online story about the Dominion settlement is truly amazing. It's less than 200 words, mentions Judge Davis praising Fox's lawyers, downplays Fox's airing of election lies, and doesn't include the $787 million settlement amount. https://www.foxnews.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: Fox settled a lawsuit for $787 million that makes it impossible for them to credibly call themselves a “news organization.” So now, as a Spectrum cable subscriber, I'd like to stop subsidizing this fake news org, not my theory but now an established fact. https://www.memeorandum.com/ ...
Joe Miller / @joemillerjr: Dominion's fightback began 30 months ago, when it hired a crack comms team that sent more than 3,600 rebuttals to Fox in real time It's “a playbook for what people do in the future.” More in my analysis of how the historic $787.5m settlement was won. https://enterprise-sharing.ft.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: If you think this settlement is going to change what Fox News does in a real way, you are going to be in for a rude surprise. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Erik Larson / Fortune: The big winner from Fox's $787.5 million settlement is a private equity firm that stands to make a 1,500% return
Brian Sullivan / @sullycnbc: The small Wall Street firm that bought Dominion Voting Systems 5 years ago for $39 million just got very, very, very rich on the Fox News settlement. https://www.reuters.com/...
Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: So Dominion got their cash and they're happy about that but the reputation-affirming/redeeming apology, eh whatever https://twitter.com/...
Reed Galen / @reedgalen: Of course they won't. https://twitter.com/...
Moe Davis / @colmorrisdavis: After months and months of preparation and hours of fruitless discussions about a possible settlement, hearing the gavel bang in the courtroom has a way of clarifying the mind. https://twitter.com/...
@pourmecoffee: All I know is Sean Hannity better have to be somebody's butler. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: It never made any sense that Fox would let this go to trial. No one should be surprised. https://twitter.com/...
@dave_enna: Two hours after #FoxNews settled a defamation suit with a massive payment — a huge news story — its website has finally posted a story ... downpage. You can't see it here, but that TikTok challenge is up there ... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Rispoli / @rispolimike: It's sadly normalized that Fox News spreads lies and fear daily, and is consistently racist, xenophobic, transphobic...all to make money. Settlement or not, the Dominion case shows that our commercial media system continues fails us at every level without any accountability.
Daniel Arkin / @d_arkin: Scoop from me: The lawyer appointed as special master in the defamation trial will no longer investigate Fox News now that Dominion and the media giant have settled the case, according to a source familiar with the situation. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 3/3 And, don't worry, the story says absolutely nothing about the size of the settlement, or any admission of error. That will teach 'em! https://www.foxnews.com/...
Norm Eisen / @normeisen: Like everybody else, I wanted to see the likes of Carlson & Murdoch testify But this settlement is good for democracy & there are 6 more cases coming behind it! I'll explain at 6pmET @MarquardtA @CNNSitRoom w/ @GloriaBorger @shanlonwu @sarafischer https://www.cnn.com/...
@dave_enna: One reminder: This $750 million settlement is for MONTHS OF CONTINUED LYING on the air about the 2020 election. Very dangerous lies.
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: if Fox is not required under this settlement to tell viewers that its programs and personalities willfully fed them lies, that will be a huge missed opportunity for our country https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “For us, it was never really about Fox, per se. It was about telling the truth” https://twitter.com/...
David Wessel / @davidmwessel: Stable Street Capital, a private equity firm, bought a 76.2% stake in Dominion Voting for $38.3 million in 2018. Now Dominion is getting a $787.5 million settlement from Fox. https://www.reuters.com/...
Piyush Mittal / @piyushmittal: I'm glad Fox “News” had to pay Dominion $787.5 million. I wish one of the conditions of the settlement was for Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and the rest to admit to their audiences they lied and continue to lie. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ted Kemp / @tedkempcnbc: Dominion CEO John Poulos told reporters outside court that “Fox admits to telling lies” as part of the settlement. Lawyers for Fox said nothing as they left court when asked for comment. - @_DanMangan @KevinWilliamB @Lilliannnn https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ben de Pear / @bendepear: What a shame; it wasn't just @FoxNews on trial it was ultimately journalism and the truth in the dock Murdoch and everyone else should have been forced to take the stand; Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million https://www.nytimes.com/...
Denver Riggleman / @repriggleman: BREAKING NEWS Smartmatic pops the bubbly. Calls Dominion. Plans a Twister party. Seriously, I know some people are disappointed, but the amount settled is a hell of an admission— Deliberate propaganda delivered to Americans. It's right there in black and white. Data data data.
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Two sentences in Fox's statement worth lingering on. An admission: “We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” ...and defiance: “This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: We will see. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Dominion exposed Fox News as a dishonest outlet like never before. It's hard to consider the channel as anything other than a GOP propaganda profit machine void of the most basic ethics. The case shredded the very little that remained of its credibility. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
David French / @davidafrench: You do not agree to pay $787 million when you're confident you're going to win at trial *or* on appeal. Fox was cooked, even under New York Times v. Sullivan. This is a degree of accountability for one of the worst and most consequential media scandals of my lifetime. https://twitter.com/...
Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin: Dominion is hardly the end of trouble for Fox News. They now face a $2.6 billion defamation lawsuit from another election tech company, Smartmatic https://twitter.com/...
Michael Shermer / @michaelshermer: I am often asked “what's the harm in promoting false conspiracy theories?” We now have a number: $787.5 million. Will this harm Fox's viewership numbers? Nope. In fact, I predict ratings will increase along with ad revenue, making this a rational choice: https://www.reuters.com/...
Gabriel Sterling / @gabrielsterling: @FoxNews pays @dominionvoting $787.5 million. Fox admits lying about Dominion & the ‘stolen’ election. The truth is important. The 2020 election wasn't stolen. It is all simply a lie. Hope this helps put that lie to rest. I'm not sure I'm optimistic. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 1/3 Fox has really learned its lesson! Look at the contrition on its home page right now. Oh, wait ... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: Fox-Dominion settlement — “one of the ugliest & most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” @jaketapper 💯
Nazir Afzal / @nazirafzal: 1. Who pays $800m damages to a company valued at $80m? FOX NEWS does 2. Why would they do that? Because they lied about the 2020 election being stolen 3. Will the Trump Cult accept that? What do you think? https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Dzanashvili / @rachel_dz: Reminder: Fox News is not out of the woods reg. defamation lawsuits: Smartmatic spokesman said in a statement: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: The attorneys of former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, whose secret recordings spurred the appointment of a special master, react to the investigation being closed now that Dominion settled with Fox: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: congrats to tucker carlson and maria bartiromo who cost their company a months worth of revenue and will face zero repercussions for it
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: Imagine buying stock in a voting-tech company that goes nowhere, only to see it make windfall profits from suing a conservative cable news channel
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: 🤔 @FoxNews, which spent months pushing false claims about the 2016 election to appease its viewers, now says it agreed to pay $787.5M to settle a resulting defamation lawsuit because it wants to help “the country to move forward from these issues.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Amoyal / @davidamoyal: A massive let down https://twitter.com/...
@bestforbritain: Reports of a $787.5 million dollar settlement. With legal fees and reputational hit in the markets, this will have cost Fox not far from a billion dollars. ~AA https://twitter.com/...
Eric Swalwell / @ericswalwell: Fox just gave us 787 million reasons to assume they're lying about everything and everyone ... https://www.cnn.com/...
Leah McElrath / @leahmcelrath: Next case against Fox News is a defamation case brought by Smartmatic: “Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable FOR UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY.” [Emphasis added.] https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: Fox News also is facing a shareholder lawsuit for all of this litigation due to rampant on-air lies. With legal fees and settlements, the company will pay at least $2.5 billion. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Cheiffetz / @jcheiffetz: From the jacket copy of @brianstelter's 2020 book HOAX: “We don't really believe all this stuff,” a producer says. “We just tell other people to believe it.” https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: Less than 2 weeks ago, Fox settled a $250million suit for an undisclosed amount in connection with the election fraud lies. (We'll likely know the amount of the settlement after annual disclosures or at least this impending shareholder suit.) https://www.youtube.com/...
@dave_enna: The story #FoxNews finally posted is eight paragraphs long. One long paragraph is the Fox statement, which includes this whopper: “This settlement reflects FOX's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
Robert Picardo / @robertpicardo: #Dominion accepted $787.5M for the damage caused by the lies of @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson , @seanhannity , @IngrahamAngle and @JudgeJeanine . Time now for #RupertMurdoch to cough up a few trillion for damage to our democracy. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “The settlement appears to have less to do with other media outlets than it does with the particularly outrageous facts and circumstances surrounding the conduct of Fox... This was a stunning case of media malpractice, and Fox is now paying for it.” https://www.politico.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: To put things in a different perspective, the $787.5 million settlement is about 87.5% of Dominion owner Staple Street Capital's $900 million AUM as reported last year.
@ijbailey: This is true. But it's also fair to say that if they said this on air, it would change nothing for Fox News viewers. They'll just see it as a business decision. Remember when Fox lawyers said no reasonable person would believe what Tucker Carlson says? https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Fox News and Dominion settle election defamation lawsuit, judge says @CNBC. Too bad. The truth will never make it to the audience that is forever being lied to. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast: Jordan Klepper Roasts Fox News After Massive $787 Million Dominion Settlement
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times: Fox News settled Dominion's lawsuit for $787 million. Is the public left empty-handed?
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg@mstdn.social: The settlement: a $787.5 million payment from Fox, according to Dominion's lawyers. — That's the cost of lying to America. Fox made $4.61 BILLION last quarter.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Fox News to pay Dominion $788 million in settlement, ending defamation trial
Tim Cushing / Techdirt: Fox Agrees To Pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 Million Just After Jury Selection In Defamation Lawsuit
Rob Quinn / Newser: Dominion Says Fox Settled Case for $787.5M
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Fox News and Dominion Settle Defamation Case for $787 Million
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News: Fox pays $787M to settle defamation case with Dominion over pro-Trump voting machine lies
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411: Fox News Caves on $1.6 Bil Defamation Suit, Settles with Dominion, Murdoch Avoids Trial, Will Pay $787.5 Million
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News said its court settlement reflects a “commitment to the highest journalistic standards”, showing that not even a ton of evidence of deceit can shame it — When news of a possible settlement between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News surfaced on Sunday night …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post: Fox News claims to be the ‘most trusted.’ Is it?
Tom Porter / Insider: CNN host bursts out laughing as he reads Fox News' $787.5 million Dominion settlement
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Polls often show Fox News at the top when it comes to outlets the most Americans cite as most trusted. But when you ask all Americans for an up-or-down vote on Fox, it's among the least trusted. It's about market share. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Fox News Settlement With Dominion Does Not Require On-Air Retraction Or Apology
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Fox News and Dominion reach last-minute $787 million settlement
Frank Thorp V / @frankthorp: Schumer discussing the Dominion settlement with Fox News yesterday: “Trial or no trial, the world sees that Fox News knowingly and intentionally lied to the country about the 2020 election.”
Charlotte Clymer / @cmclymer: Dominion took an easy payday instead of standing on principle. Fox will not have to air an apology or admission of their fraudulent claims about the 2020 election. Fox gets to put this behind them. Dominion gets a settlement 10x their worth. How nice to be rich and carefree.
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Two incredible quotes: “This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.” “Money is accountability and we got that today.”
Joshua Vinson / The Wrap: Fox News Ignores Dominion, Mentions Goose Rescue and Biden Taxes on Website After Settlement
Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte: I see a lot of folks are angry at Dominion for settling. Which I'm confused by. They're a company, not a non-profit funded to save democracy. What you're craving is a Jan. 6 defendant to sue Fox for misleading them. But I don't see that happening. https://www.salon.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: With historic settlement, Rupert Murdoch is paying the price for Trump's election lies
Mr Denmore / @mrdenmore: No apology. No retraction. The out-of-court settlement in the Dominion case requires a great deal of something that Fox News has in wheelbarrows (money) and very little of something it has in teaspoons (editorial integrity). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Arianna Ciccone / @_arianna: “...while Fox doled out an unprecedented sum, they were able to avoid something priceless: the public humiliation of a trial and an apology”. Dominion wins but the public loses': Fox settlement avoids paying the highest price https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Francisca Sinn / @fsinn@mas.to: Some journalists appear to be really mixing up civil cases and criminal trials. — Dominion was seeking compensation for the harm caused to it by Fox. It won a settlement because it could prove that harm. …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: How Much Did Fox's Election Lies Cost? The Largest Media Settlement in US History
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Jake Tapper Loses It Over Fox News' Spin After Dominion Settlement
Brittany Bernstein / National Review: Fox News, Dominion Reach Settlement in Defamation Case
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The Fox-Dominion deal is the largest publicly disclosed settlement in a US defamation case; sources: Fox does not have to issue an on-air correction or apology — The agreement brings an abrupt end to one of the most significant media cases in recent decades, one that hinged on false claims about a presidential election
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Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Murdoch's history of settling scandalous claims —$139 million in 2013 over phone hacking by London tabloid —$90 million in 2017 over sexual harassment by Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly. —$787.5 million to avoid being found guilty of “actual malice” today https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill O'Reilly / No Spin News: Special Message: Fox News Settlement
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: The Fox News website's story on the Dominion settlement is only 161 words long. It makes no mention of the dollar amount and little mention of the substance, which it summarizes as involving “coverage of the post-2020 presidential election.” https://www.foxnews.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “I'm sorry. This is going to be difficult to say with a straight face.” Jake Tapper can't help but laugh at Fox News' statement after reaching a $787 million settlement with Dominion. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Not really a surprise that Dominion Voting Systems, owned by a private equity firm, let Fox News buy its way out of a defamation trial: “One terrible limb of American capitalism was always unlikely to save us from another terrible limb.” https://theintercept.com/...
Ryan Van Velzer / @ryanvanvelzer: “From the top down, the Murdochs and Fox created a network defined by a relentless pursuit of ratings that placed profit above politics, and partisan advantage above any sense of journalistic obligation. The public's right to know the truth rarely earned a hearing.” https://twitter.com/...
@jamilsmith: Dominion may have done a public service, to an extent. But it does not exist to serve the public interest, as @maassp notes here. It is a for-profit company owned by a small private equity firm. Private equity was never going to save American democracy. https://theintercept.com/...
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots: No Apologies for Fox's Costly Lies
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: The Murdochs have paid vast amounts of money before to make their problems go away. It does not seem to have made them any more virtuous. https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers that we serve. Nothing can ever make up for that. Throughout this process, we have sought accountability,” https://www.npr.org/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The media trial of the century is over in a day: A breakdown of the Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems settlement
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Bill O'Reilly, deciding to weigh in, cites Fox's “foolish coverage of the 2020 election.” “This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information.” (O'Reilly, of course, cost Fox a pretty penny himself before he was fired.) https://twitter.com/...
@jakeadelstein: And that's a wrap. Rupert Murdoch learns that lying out your ass can cost you $787 million but that's chump change for the man. The settlement would only bother him if he had a conscience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Dominion's pretrial strategy — pushing out a lot of damning excerpts from Fox's internal emails/texts, or from depositions — was brilliant https://twitter.com/...
Matt Weil / @mattiweil: For some perspective, this settlement from Fox News to a voting system vendor is more the 10x the amount of funding Congress appropriated to the states for elections in the FY23 budget @FoxNews is now a bigger funder of elections than the U.S. government https://twitter.com/...
@steven_strauss: O'Reilly to his credit was never a birther - he actual did a segment explaining Obama was born in America and went over the evidence https://twitter.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: One way to look at the Fox settlement: Dominion's owners just got 10x what the company was worth when they bought a majority interest in 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Bill O'Reilly invokes the AP Stylebook to rewrite the past. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: We are sorry to inform you that private-equity firms do not share the same zeal for disclosure of Murdoch misdeeds that many others do. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Fitton / @tomfitton: The Dominion shakedown settlement of Fox News doesn't change reality — the 2020 election was rigged six ways to Sunday. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: One obvious takeaway from the Fox settlement was that it was predictable. Why? Yes, Fox had a weak case. But it's also because this is what Rupert Murdoch routinely does when his companies are faced with allegations of misconduct. More.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: Yeah, this is the issue. Fox reporters try to hide behind the “we're on the news side!” excuse, but their salaries are paid by revenues generated by hosts who knowingly lie night after night to their audiences in ways that severely damage democracy. Can't get away from that. https://twitter.com/...
Lindy Li / @lindyli: Even Fox's statement about the settlement was punctuated with lies, half-truths, and egregious euphemisms https://twitter.com/...
Al Franken / @alfranken: $787.5 million payment seems like an admission of guilt, doesn't it? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hal Davis / @haldavis3: .@ErikWemple: the resolution requires a great deal of something that Fox News has in wheelbarrows (money) and very little of something it has in teaspoons (editorial integrity). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Last minute settlement in Fox-Dominion case
@erikwemple: Don't want to close the books on Dominion v. Fox News without thanking @SeanGOSullivan of the Delaware courts for his assistance with courthouse access/acclimation and answers to endless questions about timelines and schedules and so on. Great work.
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: So in just one week we've had two supposedly unbuyable things priced: knowingly and systematically causing many millions of Americans to believe a profoundly consequential and dangerous lie ($787.5M), and having Harvard rename half of itself after you ($300M). https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: One thing: Lots of folks who care about honest media in America will curse Dominion for settling. But consider: This litigation, even tho it didn't got all the way to a jury verdict, exposed Fox News to a strong dose of transparency and accountability.
Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Journalism reality check: At any mainstream newsroom in the country, TV or print, the revelation that top talent knowingly lied to protect a POTUS, and that top execs condoned it to “respect” the audience while firing actual reporters, would have led to mass resignations. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Wilkow / @wilkowmajority: Now the path is clear for voting machine companies to engage in future fraud because #Conservative news orgs will be fearful of reporting and it's not like left leaning orgs will expose the truth if the future fraud benefits the #democrats. https://apnews.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Before the Dominion case, Murdoch had paid out about $750 million in lawsuit settlements to various parties. And that's just the lawsuits that became public.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Bill O'Reilly: “Since I left FNC, the template changed from ‘Fair and Balanced’ to ‘tell the audience what it wants to hear.’ And millions of Trump voters, to this day, want to believe the 2020 election was rigged.” https://www.billoreilly.com/ ...
Jim Pickard / @pickardje: “one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” https://twitter.com/...
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: Based on the historic Fox News settlement we learn, again, that Trump lost Georgia. And Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. If you still believe the election was stolen, you're either dumb as rocks or you're an unAmerican sore loser who rejects the will of the voters. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: It's nothing. It's a pittance. It's a small price to pay for attacking the heart of democracy, a people's faith in elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alexander Panetta / CBC News: Will a $787M US hit change Fox News? Don't bet a dime on it
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Although Fox averted trial by settling Dominion's defamation case, what we've learned will define the network for years. My story: https://www.npr.org/...
Clare Malone / @claremalone: Scenes from a Wilmington courtroom—and from cornering lawyers on elevators—my writeup of today's Dominion/Fox settlement. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Actually, if I do something really bad and you penalize me by taking 20 percent of my walking around money, it's not a “sizable hit” on my overall financials (especially if insurance covers some of my loss). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Collinson / CNN: The $787 million check that Fox must cut won't restore damage to US democracy
Lindy Li / @lindyli: As always, Murdoch got off easy The line items below are nothing more than the cost of doing business, already baked in and negligible for a company with a market cap of $17 billion Investors don't care and continue to be bullish on Fox Corp and Murdoch's “leadership” https://twitter.com/...
Sam Levine / The Guardian: ‘Dominion wins but the public loses’: Fox settlement avoids paying the highest price
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Astonishing anecdote from the NYT's Fox story, one that showcases the groveling obeisance that Murdoch's lieutenants must pay to their boss, even when Rupert himself knows better https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: If the Murdocks were willing to part with three-quarters of a billion to keep this suit from going to trial, imagine how devastating they believed the trial would have been! https://apnews.com/...
@waltisfrozen: Under the so-called “Fair and Balanced” template, Bill O'Reilly provoked the assassination of George Tiller. https://twitter.com/...
Renato Mariotti / @renato_mariotti: I recently watched some of the old debates between Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart on YouTube. At the time, in 2011 and 2012, O'Reilly had the #1 show on Fox News. But in those debates he sounded nothing like the Fox News of today, which has lurched even further to the right. https://twitter.com/...
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: If the public reports of Fox's financial health are correct, no plausible amount of compensatory damages sought by #Dominion would likely deter #Fox from broadcasting false, defamatory statements again, so long as doing so favors the company's bottom line. …
Judd Legum / @juddlegum@journa.host: Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers. — Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News …
Rob Quinn / Newser: Fox Settlement Among Biggest in History
Joshua Holland / @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: NYT: “Under the terms of the settlement, Fox News will not have to apologize or admit to spreading false claims on network programming, according to a person familiar with the details of the agreement.” — What absolute bullshit. …
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Question to the legal beagles here: Is it a judge's role to push for settlement? Could that not be seen as justice detoured?
Benjamin Johns / @Theoreticalb@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis Judges much prefer a settlement. Trials are expensive and a huge ask of jurors, especially long ones like this, and most judges are extremely protective of juror time. …
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis A lot depends on what you mean by “push.” There is nothing unjust about a judge encouraging parties to focus on both the strengths and weaknesses of their respective cases and to assess whether …
Deadline: Fox News Agrees To Pay $787M To Settle Dominion False-Election Claims Case; “Fox Has Admitted To Telling Lies,” Voting Systems CEO Says
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Fox News Lost the Lawsuit but Won the War
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Bill O'Reilly, No Stranger to Settlements, Bashes Fox for Dominion Debacle
Jack Shafer / Politico:
For Fox News, which has $4.1B in cash and warrants on hand, $787.5M is a bargain price to avoid further embarrassment and continue its sleazy ways — For the media mogul, the massive Dominion settlement fee is just the cost of doing business. — If it seems fairly daft to congratulate Rupert Murdoch …
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Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Fox News didn't do a discrete bad thing, Fox News is, in total, a right wing propaganda operation that uses “journalism” as a flag of convenience, which is also why it's bad for “journalists” to constantly appear on the Tucker Carlson show
Chris Fralic / @chrisfralic: “Dominion planned to have Hannity, Carlson, Bartiromo, Ingraham and Baier on the witness stand. Getting out from all of that for $787.5 million is a kind of bargain for a company with a market cap of $17.3 billion. Fox has $4.1 billion in cash on hand” https://www.politico.com/...
Armando / @armandondk: If Dominion had gone to trial won and been awarded 2 billion dollars Fox still wouldn't have had to apologize. That's not what the legal system does. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Eltham / @beneltham: Best analysis on the Fox vs Dominion case I've seen so far: Rupert wins again https://twitter.com/...
John Johnson / Newser: 5 Takes on the Big Fox News Settlement
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Well said. via @jackshafer https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: This is why a lot of us feel like Fox won https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: “When Murdoch was shamed over the phone-hacking scandal...observers hoped that maybe he or one of his children would amend the company's manner. But here we are a decade-plus later, and the Murdoch enterprise is just as contaminated as it ever was.” https://www.politico.com/...
Peter Sagal / @petersagal: Seems about right. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Manley / @jamespmanley: He and his family have tried to ruin democracy on at least 3 continents https://twitter.com/...
Meg James / Los Angeles Times: Fox News-Dominion settlement doesn't end crisis for Rupert Murdoch's empire
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Fox Settles Dominion Suit, but Smartmatic Case and Others Loom
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox spared its executives and hosts further embarrassment on the witness stand, but the settlement sets a benchmark for lawsuits from Smartmatic and others — Fox News' $787 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems ends one lawsuit over the airing of election lies, but there are plenty more to come.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN: What's next for Fox and Dominion? More lawsuits seeking accountability for corrosive 2020 election lies
Chris Stein / The Guardian: Fox still in legal peril over election lies after settling with Dominion - live
Karol Cummins / @karolcummins: Investors are using provisions in Delaware corporate law to demand internal Fox records to investigate how Fox's leaders acted as its Fox News network aired segments on Trump's false claims that he lost the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud. https://www.reuters.com/...
Katie S. Phang / @katiephang: As I said yesterday, Fox News is still in major legal hot water with shareholders who are looking to hold Fox directors and executives accountable for “allowing the network to air the false claims.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Jacob Shamsian / Insider: 16 takeaways from Fox News' historic $787.5 million settlement with Dominion
Rafi Schwartz / The Week: Fox News settles defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems in last minute decision
Jonathan Landay / @jonathanlanday: EXCLUSIVE: Fox Corp shareholders demanding company records that may show whether directors and executives properly oversaw Fox News' coverage of former President Trump's election-rigging claims, sources told Reuters, in possible prelude to lawsuits. https://www.reuters.com/...
Emily St. Martin / Los Angeles Times: How Fox News covered its own huge Dominion defamation settlement
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: Kimmel Criticizes Dominion for Sparing Fox News From Public Reckoning
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix plans to ship its last red DVD envelopes in September 2023, after 25 years of mailing shows and movies to subscribers and paving the way for streaming — Streaming service says U.S. password-sharing crackdown is coming soon Netflix added 1.75 million subscribers in the first quarter …
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Ted Sarandos / About Netflix: Netflix DVD - The Final Season
Netflix Inc.: Fellow shareholders, — Summary: ● Q1'23 revenue and operating profit were in-line with our forecast.
David Pierce / The Verge: 25 years later, Netflix finally won
Thomas K. Arnold / Media Play News: By Killing DVD Rentals, Netflix Is Sending an Elitist Message to Middle America
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: So long, red envelopes: DVDs-in-the-mail version of Netflix ends in September
Christianna Silva / Mashable: It's official: No more password sharing on Netflix
Ananya Bhattacharya / Quartz: Netflix is hitting the stop button on the DVD rental business that started it all
Emily Zanotti / @emzanotti: I think we still have a DVD from Game of Thrones season 2 sorry https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Netflix to stop sending out DVDs after 25 years
Chris Dziadul / Broadband TV News: Netflix says goodbye to DVDs
@hankschulman: I never returned my CD of “Porky's Revenge.” I now consider my late fees off the books. https://twitter.com/...
@cinemaxwell: This is sad, because they still had some of the more interesting or rare films available that way. Netflix's selection of streaming films is mediocre at best, without a strong library of classics. Streaming is great... until it isn't. I will always advocate for what is tangible. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: In 2020, Netflix's DVD biz had $239M in revenue. Last year It fell to $146M. “Our goal has always been to provide the best service for our members but as the business continues to shrink that's going to become increasingly difficult,” Ted Sarandos said. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@afinalboy: No! I re-subscribe every so often, but Netflix's DVD business is (was) great for finding all those little movies that still haven't found their way to digital and Blu-ray (and likely will stay on DVD). Especially indie horror. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Ben Rudolph / @benthepcguy: Netflix shutting down its DVD-by-mail service actually makes me a little sad. I used the heck out of it back in the day. https://about.netflix.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: In 2022, the DVD business generated $145.7 million (down 20% from the year prior), which represented just 0.5% of its total revenue. https://variety.com/... via @variety
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: They never got that Rashomon DVD back from me and they never will. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: netflix news today https://www.wsj.com/... aol dial-up count (from 2021 to be clear!) https://www.cnbc.com/...
@netflix: After an incredible 25 year run, we've decided to wind down https://dvd.com/ later this year. To everyone who ever added a DVD to their queue or waited by the mailbox for a red envelope to arrive: Thank you! https://about.netflix.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Netflix will finally stop mailing DVDs. These people will miss them.
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Netflix upgrades ad plan features, will wind down DVD biz this fall
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Netflix to Increase Video Quality, Concurrent Streams on Basic With Ads; Making Plan More Attractive as Password-Sharing Rules Approach
Toni Fitzgerald / Forbes: Netflix Q1 Earnings: Subscribers Edge Up With Password Crackdown Set To Begin
Dominic Rushe / The Guardian: Netflix to end mailing of DVDs of movies to subscribers after 25 years
Allison Morrow / CNN: Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: Netflix's New Password-Sharing Fees to Hit US Customers by Summer
Christopher Rosen / GoldDerby: Netflix shuts down DVD business after 25 years
Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix Is Shutting Down Its DVD Business
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix upgrades its ad-supported plan's video quality from 720p to 1080p and lets subscribers watch two streams at once, starting with Canada and Spain — Netflix is making its $6.99 per month ad-supported plan a much better value. … Subscribers in Canada and Spain …
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Spencer Perry / Comic Book: Netflix Rolling Out Free Upgrades for Ad-Supported Tier
Nicholas Gordon / Fortune:
Netflix added 1.46M subscribers from Asia-Pacific in Q1, out of a total of 1.8M; it added 100K subscribers in the US and Canada, and lost 450K in Latin America — As Netflix's subscriber numbers fluctuate wildly from quarter to quarter, the streaming service can at least bank …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Earnings Show Wall Street's Diverging Views On Streaming Growth Potential
Financial Times: Netflix: cheaper content and more subscribers won't make up for disappointing forecasts
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Netflix Underwhelms In Q1 Estimates: 1.75M New Global Subscribers
Toni Fitzgerald / Forbes: Netflix Q1 Earnings: Subscribers Edge Up With Password Sharing Set To End
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans a “broad rollout” of its paid sharing plan in Q2 2023, including to the US, after its Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain launch in February
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David Satin / The Streamable: Netflix Executives Pleased With Results of Password Sharing Rules in Canada, More Details Revealed
Mary Kate Carr / The A.V. Club: Netflix is proud to present password crackdown and backlog of strike-avoiding content
Nathan Graham-Lowery / Screen Rant: Netflix To Roll Out Password-Sharing Crackdown Measures To The US Soon
@tvgrimreaper: Interested to see if any real data on Netflix's “password sharing” program ever escapes into the public. https://twitter.com/...
Shane Romanchick / Collider: Netflix to Launch Paid Password Sharing in the US Soon
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Netflix grows subscribers, misses on revenue
Insider: You may have about 2 more months left to let your mom, brother, or anyone else outside your home use your Netflix login for free
Clare Duffy / CNN: The Netflix password crackdown may finally be happening
Spencer Perry / Comic Book: Netflix Will Force Password-Sharing Users to Pay Extra Soon
Reuters:
Netflix Q1: revenue up 4% YoY to $8.16B, 1.8M paid net additions, vs. 2.06M est. and -0.2M in Q1 2022, and global streaming paid memberships up 5% YoY to 232.5M
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Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Netflix shares dropped about 11% right after the company reported results yesterday. They then erased all the declines and went to flat in after-hours trading. They are now down about 5% this morning with the markets open.
Joshua Jake / @itzjoshuajake: Jokes aside, they missed expectations by a mile. 👇👇👇 https://www.reuters.com/...
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET: Netflix Is Upgrading Its Ad-Supported Plan
Irina Ivanova / CBS News: Netflix reveals new timeline for its password-sharing crackdown
Derek Saul / Forbes: Netflix Earnings: Stock Slides As Profit Outlook Weakens—Despite Subscriber Growth
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report: Despite Lower Subscriber Numbers, Netflix Grows In Q1
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Oklahoma's governor calls for four officials to resign after a newspaper released audio of the group talking about killing journalists and lynching Black people — Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the resignation of four state officials after a local newspaper released …
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Ken Miller / HuffPost: Oklahoma Sheriff Says Recording Of Officials Discussing Killing Reporters Was Illegal
Michael Levenson / New York Times: An Oklahoma Newspaper's Secret Recording Prompts Calls for Officials to Resign
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: An Oklahoma sheriff's office says the recording in which the sheriff & others are reportedly heard discussing killing journalists and hanging Black people was illegal They predict felony charges will be filed against the man who recorded https://www.huffpost.com/...
Nate Chute / The Oklahoman: Transcript of McCurtain County Sheriff, Commissioners discussing lynching, hiring hit men
Lori Dunn / Texarkana Gazette: McCurtain County, Oklahoma residents protest recorded comments about murdering journalists, racist remarks from elected officials
The Hill: Oklahoma officials heard talking about hanging Black people in audio recording, governor calls for resignation
Joe Hernandez / NPR: Oklahoma governor wants officials who made violent, racist remarks on tape to resign
Kristen Hare / Poynter: This newspaper brought a vile conversation into the light in McCurtain County, Oklahoma
@naacp_ldf: Law enforcement will discuss killing journalists and lament not being able to hang Black people, but then complain that recording what they say is illegal. https://apnews.com/...
@freedomofpress: We told @VOANews that McCurtain County officials' abhorrent comments “raise questions about how many other public officials across the United States hold similar contempt for the press and how those sentiments influence their actions and policies.” https://www.voanews.com/...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Of course, the real victims here are the poor racists who were recorded and now are being threatened. Slime. — Oklahoma sheriff says recording of killing talk was illegal (from @AP) https://apnews.com/...
Emily Baker-White / @ebakerwhite: “We're going to file felony charges against the newspaper reporters who exposed our conversation about killing newspaper reporters” is ...certainly a choice! Also, the sheriffs are now alleging the audio was altered? Wild, wild stuff: https://apnews.com/...
@nytimes: A small newspaper in rural Oklahoma secretly recorded what it said was an illegal public meeting where a county official talked about hanging Black people and several officials spoke of hiring hit men and digging holes for two of the newspaper's reporters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: A local OK sheriff and others “were recorded talking about “beating, killing and burying” a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a “damned rope.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Jake Bleiberg / @jzbleiberg: The statement from Oklahoma Sheriff Kevin Clardy does not address the recorded comments about killing journalists and hanging Black people, but calls the situation ‘complex’ and one ‘we regret having to address.’ https://apnews.com/...
@profblacktruth: Officials in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, including the sheriff, were recorded complaining that they wished it was like “back in the day” when they could brutalize black men and how awful it is that they can't lynch black people anymore. #BackTheBlue https://www.cnn.com/...
Robert Maguire / @RobertMaguire@journa.host: The sheriff who was caught having a conversation about wanting to lynch black people and kill reporters says the past 72 hours were “amongst the most difficult and disruptive in recent memory” and says the recording was altered and involves many victims. https://apnews.com/...
Lina de Florias / @linadeflorias: Think of the damage they've already caused with this mindset and a badge https://twitter.com/...
@johnvoelcker: Sheriff Kevin Clardy of McCurtain County, OK, was among several officials recorded saying aggressively racist things—like complaining they can't lynch Black people anymore. Now the sheriff threatens to prosecute the newspaper that exposed his racism. Oh. https://nymag.com/...
Yuh-Line Niou / @yuhline: “Don't spy on my racist murder plans. That's illegal!” https://twitter.com/...
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_: Of course. Again, the only laws that should be enforced are the ones against my political enemies. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Scherer / @michaelscherer: Quite the AP Lede here: “A southeastern Oklahoma sheriff's office says the recording in which the sheriff and others are reportedly heard discussing killing two journalists was illegal and predicted felony charges will be filed.” https://www.huffpost.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: It would be entirely believable that the only charges in Oklahoma would be against the guy who taped the cops talking about murdering reporters and longing for the days of lynchings. https://twitter.com/...
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Oklahoma officials recorded making racist and threatening remarks
David Matthews / New York Daily News: Oklahoma officials suspended after getting caught on tape making racist comments, threats to journalists
@DrJackBrown@mstdn.social: There has rarely been a more clear demonstration of the need for local journalism throughout the US than is currently on display in McCurtain County, Oklahoma via The McCurtain Gazette-News. …
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Oklahoma Sheriff Says Recording About Lynching Black People Is ‘Complex’
Pew Research Center:
Survey: 49% of US adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year; 87% of those who get news on podcasts expect it to be mostly accurate — About half of Americans have listened to a podcast in the past year, and most of those listeners come across news content
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
How 34-year-old Bellingcat researcher Aric Toler helped the New York Times find Jack Teixeira, charged with leaking classified Pentagon documents — The Times publicly identified the man believed to have leaked intelligence documents before law enforcement did.
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Aric Toler / @arictoler: This should have been obvious, but no, our story naming the Pentagon/Discord leaker didn't help the feds find him. They already knew at least a day before we identified him. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@vanityfair: Aric Toler, a 34-year-old Kansas City-based “digital digger,” was the first person to report that the leaked documents came from a very small channel on Discord. https://vntyfr.com/hxAr7zG
Aric Toler / @arictoler: When folks from the NYT got to Jack's parents' house, it was already under surveillance, including a plane circling overhead. Check the next tweet in Christiaan's thread for a video of it. https://twitter.com/...
@vanityfair: The New York Times investigations team discovered the identity of Jack Teixeira by matching photographs of kitchen counters—and with the heavy lift from a journalist who'd never been published by the Times before. https://vntyfr.com/5zbPt6t
Christiaan Triebert / @trbrtc: About 30 minutes later, a twin-prop surveillance plane not visible on flight tracking services began orbiting around the mother's property. Several vehicles were seen loitering outside, driving slowly back and forth. Clearly, arrest was imminent when we broke the story.
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: The FBI called the journalist who helped uncover the identity of the gamer who leaked a trove of classified documents. The journalist told the FBI to fuck off. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Fremantle UK names Amelia Brown as its new CEO, replacing Simon Andreae who stepped down recently following misconduct complaints — Fremantle UK has named departing Thames boss Amelia Brown as its new CEO just days after Simon Andreae stepped down following misconduct complaints.
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Amelia Brown Elevated to Fremantle UK CEO
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter: Amelia Brown Named New CEO of Fremantle UK
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