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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News says the channel and Tucker Carlson “have agreed to part ways”, and Carlson's last program was Friday, April 21; FOXA stock is down 4%+ — Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, according to a press release from the network. — FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Tucker Carlson Is Leaving Fox News
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Shocking news from Fox: Tucker Carlson is out at the network. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, effective immediately. This is an earth-shaking moment in cable news.
David Folkenflik / NPR: Fox News ousts Tucker Carlson in stunning move following $787 million settlement
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Crossfire with Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon.
Henry Rodgers / @henryrodgersdc: Appears Fox stock is crashing after announcing Tucker Carlson's show is over: https://twitter.com/...
@therecount: “We want to thank Tucker Carlson for his service to the network.” — Fox News' Harris Faulkner announces on air that Fox and Tucker Carlson have parted ways, effective immediately. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Maybe the Tucker news is Dominion fallout — but he was far less engaged in election conspiracy mongering than Bartiromo or Pirro, who still have their Fox jobs
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Here was the end of what turned out to be Tucker Carlson's final Fox News show last Friday. Certainly no indication that he didn't expect to be on the air tonight. In fact Tucker's final words are, “we'll be back on Monday.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: As of today, @TuckerCarlson has now been fired from all three major cable news channels, @CNN, @MSNBC and now @FoxNews https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: #BREAK: Fox News: “ FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways” 🚨
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 🚨#BREAKING: @FoxNews said it and @TuckerCarlson “have agreed to part ways.” —"We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor." https://twitter.com/...
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: ‘The View’ Hosts Pause Show to Celebrate Tucker Carlson's Fox News Exit: 'Karma Doesn't Lose Anyone's Address' (Video)
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News Channel, network says
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap: Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News, Effective Immediately
Ben Flanagan / al.com: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Ana Faguy / Forbes: Tucker Carlson Suddenly Out At Fox News
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Tucker Carlson Has Left Fox News
David Bauder / Associated Press: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, network confirms
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News
@businessinsider: Fox Corporation sheds $930 million in market value after announcing Tucker Carlson is leaving the news network https://markets.businessinsider.com/ ...
John Johnson / Newser: Fox News Stunner: Tucker Carlson Is Out
@davidhogg111: Sending my deepest thoughts and prayers to Tucker Carlson now that he and Fox News have agreed to part ways.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This is the craziest day in cable news history.
Brendon Leslie / @brendonleslie: THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN: first Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News and now Don Lemon is FIRED by CNN What a freaking Monday this is!
Tero Kuittinen / @teroterotero: They didn't give ole Tucker even the chance to say goodbye... they just jettisoned him on a Sunday without warning. A real shocker. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: Jon Stewart vs Tucker Carlson 2024 is a fitting way to end the american experiment imo
Alyson Shontell / @ajs: You can not knowingly lie or push lies and still be a journalist in the US media. This is an important moment indeed. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: i have said many times that tucker carlson doesnt have influence, the 8pm time slot at fox news has influence. think of how powerful bill oreilly was and whens the last time you even thought about him?
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: An on-air personality at Fox tells me: “This is major. It sends a message that even the guy with the highest ratings of all, by a long shot, doesn't get to survive this disaster.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@decodingfoxnews: What a time to cover Fox News. Now if this whole thing collapses in the next few months I might have to rename this project. Who knows. I am honestly stunned.
@decodingfoxnews: The sad thing is he won't go away. He'll still be a problem. He might just go full white supremacist now that there's no one to rein him in. He could just start his on streaming channel or move to another far right network. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox News Breaks Up With Tucker Carlson In Exit Surprise
Maria Shriver / @mariashriver: Make no mistake, this is huge news. Lawyers last week in the Dominion case said lies have implications and lies have consequences. Now here we are. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Fox and the Murdochs would not apologize for lying to their public and trying to bring down democracy on their air but they do thank Tucker for his service there. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Levine / @srl: Per @samwolfson, Fox was still previewing Tucker Carlson's show this morning, teasing an interview with Vivek Ramasaway
@deggans: Who knows? Why him and not Maria Bartiromo, who seemed to traffic in that stuff much more often? https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: the tone here is funereal https://twitter.com/...
@cmclymer: Tucker Carlson has now had shows cancelled by CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. The mediocre cable host triple crown.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Whatever the backstory is re: Tucker and Fox, recall that he only became Tucker on Fox once Fox had to jettison Bill O'Reilly - then its dominant star - in 2017. Tucker became the new O'Reilly and O'Reilly became a... podcaster.
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: White supremacists across America are in mourning https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Ruth Westheimer / @askdrruth: If Fox News can break up with Tucker Carlson, maybe today is the day you break up that toxic relationship you're in.
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: in one sense, yes, stunning but there's an important difference saying goodbye was meaningful to @brianstelter because he respected his audience and gave them his honest judgment on-air as we learned from Dominion case, Tucker didn't https://twitter.com/...
Peter Sterne / @petersterne: This strongly suggests it wasn't directly related to the Dominion settlement. Fox wasn't planning to fire Tucker Carlson today. Something happened. https://twitter.com/...
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Note: Tucker was supposed to do a show tonight. He was set to interview Vivek Ramaswamy. Fox had been promoting it this AM. So whatever happened, it was abrupt. My gut is Tucker didn't want to play ball in this delicate moment for Fox News and it unravelled fast.
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: “Tucker Carlson Tonight” kept Fox News Channel as the top-rated cable news channel in America, even while Fox Corp was battling Dominion in depositions that exposed unsavory e-mails and text messages of Carlson and other Fox News personalities. $FOX https://twitter.com/...
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: This is how it ends. Now with a bang, but with a pizza. https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: wambsgans will figure this out.
@carnage4life: Tucker Carlson is another victim of confessing to a grift on company internal channels only for the truth to come out during discovery for a lawsuit. He was Dominion Systems star witness and a key reason Fox News got a $787M judgement against them. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: Tucker Carlson out at Fox. Looks like he was let go rather than resigned. Still, there's always the risk that he'll end up running for President. https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: uh oh indeed https://twitter.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: This why Twitter is still strong. I expected to find the announcement of Tucker Carlson leaving Fox on Twitter, and there it was. Once there's a default way to do something that's deeply ingrained, it doesn't get displaced quickly or easily. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Remember all of that “Nothing will change at Fox News” narrative after the Dominion settlement...
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: Worth adding that this is legitimately quite a big deal for Fox. As I understand it he had the second most popular show on the platform. Maybe they finally realized that he was a liability and would turn on them in a moment if they asked him to rein it in.
@normative: Every tweet about this has like 20 responses going “is this real”? If only Twitter could design some sort of system for identifying reputable journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: So when is Trump hiring Tucker for Truth Social?
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: So Murdoch and Tucker Carlson have finally parted company. The full background to the shocking Fox News debacle is grippingly told by @MatthewdAncona here https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ ...
Samantha Bergeson / IndieWire: Tucker Carlson and Fox News Part Ways — Host's Last Show Already Aired
Nina Burleigh / @ninaburleigh: The American Political Freakshow loses its chief barker. What will the J6 conspiracy theorists do withouyt @TuckerCarlson https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: In the last 24 hours: > CEO of NBCU resigns because of an “inappropriate relationship” with an employee. > Disney fires thousands of people. > Fox News breaks up with Tucker Carlson. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: When CNN ended “Reliable Sources,” I was offered a final episode, a chance to sign off on my own terms. I really appreciated that. I think viewers did too. Tucker leaving Fox WITHOUT even saying goodbye? Stunning.
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Tucker Carlson lost his job, but at least he's still got his blue checkmark.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This replacement for Tucker will not rate as well as he did: “Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is named.”
Barry Kahn / @bkahn@mstdn.science: @Mediagazer RIP Tucker Carlson you horrible POS. Remember when the next pandemic starts, do not get vaccinated.
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Damn this is terrible news for brave independent journalists who are unafraid to use their long-dead left wing bona fides to provide intellectual cover for white nationalism https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to “part ways,” according to a Fox News release. This step comes less than a week after a momentous settlement in the Dominion v. Fox News case. 1/
Peter Sterne / @petersterne: It also could have been less directly related to the Dominion settlement. As @ErikWemple notes, Tucker's broadcasts were only a small part of the allegedly defamatory content but led a former Tucker producer to come forward with harassment allegations. https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: The departure comes about a month after Abby Grossberg, a former top booker on Carlson's program, sued the network and cited “vile sexist stereotypes” working for “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” 3/
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Monday morning media news: NBCU: Jeff Shell surprise exit Disney: Thousands of layoffs happening today Fox: Tucker Carlson surprise exit https://twitter.com/...
Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff: Well, this is surprising. https://twitter.com/...
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor: Tucker Carlson has left Fox News
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: Alexander Skarsgård moves fast. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Come on, every major media company, all we want to do is talk about Succession on Monday mornings.
Oliver Willis / @owillis: haha so they didnt even let him do a goodbye show. like with oreilly this is gonna be something bad, i guess. hahahahahahahaha https://twitter.com/...
@antonioserrata@masto.ai: @Mediagazer “Agreed” LMAO. He got shitcanned. Trump probably ordered this.
Robby Starbuck / @robbystarbuck: BREAKING: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. This is the biggest mistake Fox has ever made. I don't know the reason for the exit but the timing couldn't be worse for Fox. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I have tried calling and texting Tucker Carlson for comment on his stunning departure from Fox. No response yet.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The biggest “tell” in Fox's press release about Tucker Carlson's exit is that he is not getting a final show. No chance to say goodbye on his own terms or point people to his next home. Fox says “Carlson's last program was Friday April 21st.”
Ryan Schwartz / TVLine: Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: Fox News and Tucker Carlson ‘part ways’ less than week after $787.5M settlement in Dominion case
Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News
Kierra Frazier / Politico: Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is leaving the company effective immediately, after a Comcast investigation into an employee's complaint of inappropriate conduct — Jeff Shell had been at the Comcast Corp. unit for roughly two decades — NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell is leaving …
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Deadline: Sources: the woman who filed the inappropriate conduct complaint against Jeff Shell was CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble, who previously had a relationship with Shell
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Big news in media land: NBCU CEO Jeff Shell is leaving the company after a complaint of inappropriate conduct. https://twitter.com/...
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Departs Following Misconduct Investigation
Claire Atkinson / Insider: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell exits after an ‘inappropriate relationship,’ shocking insiders, and Comcast may not rush to replace him as corporate exec Mike Cavanagh steps up
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap: The Ouster of Jeff Shell as NBCUniversal CEO - Have Powerful Men Learned Nothing?
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: He said Whizzing lol https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Fischer / @bryandfischer: Well that is a notable exit (due to an inappropriate relationship at the company) ahead of some major rights negotiations and a potential writers strike. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Goggin / @benjamingoggin: Jeff Shell steps down as CEO of NBCUniversal, admitting to an “inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company” https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: And can we drop the euphemisms? He didn't “depart.” It wasn't “mutual.” He was FIRED. https://twitter.com/...
@keitholbermann: BREAKING: Wow. My onetime friend Jeff Shell OUT as chairman of NBC https://twitter.com/...
@tvmojoe: Variety frames this right: Mr. Shell isn't “leaving” the company. He's been fired. https://variety.com/...
@patiencehaggin: Inbox: Jeff Shell is stepping down as CEO of @NBCUniversal He acknowledges “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company”
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: The irony of Jeff Shell's exit after an affair is pretty rich. Jeff fired NBCU's Ron Meyer for HIS inappropriate relationship with a woman (though not an employee).
Joe Flint / @jbflint: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell's nearly two decade career at Comcast ended Sunday after an HR investigation regarding inappropriate conduct. Move stunned NBCU and Comcast execs. Comcast president Mike Cavanagh overseeing Shell's duties. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: News: Jeff Shell's senior team is going to report to Comcast president Mike Cavanaugh. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: WSJ: “Comcast launched an investigation soon after receiving a complaint from an employee against Mr. Shell, people familiar with the matter said.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Absolute shocker. Even my sources at NBCUni genuinely seem to be reeling. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: Another press release I first thought was fake: NBC Universal chief Jeff Shell is leaving the company after a Comcast investigation. “I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret,” he says.
Brandon Thurston / @brandonthurston: Less than a year after WWE then-CEO Vince McMahon resigns (and later comes back) after investigation into inappropriate relationship with employees, WWE's top business partner's CEO, Jeff Shell at NBCU resigns after investigation into inappropriate relationship with employee. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The two-paragraph press release — “Comcast Corporation Announces Jeff Shell Is Leaving the Company” — makes no mention of who will become CEO of NBCUniversal https://www.businesswire.com/ ...
Kristen Shaughnessy / @kshaughnessy2: Someone else got caught. In the statement, Mr. Shell said that today would be his last day and that he had had “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company.” via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brandon Katz / @great_katzby: Need to learn more about the stunning Jeff Shell news. But if this had to happen to any company, NBCU is well positioned to manage the fallout/transition. Executive team is deep and talented. Sports, Media Networks, film, parks already strong and streaming is growing.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Update: Jeff Shell's senior team “will now report directly to Mike Cavanagh, President of Comcast Corporation,” per an internal memo. So no immediate appointment of an NBCU CEO. (These things usually take some time to negotiate.)
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Associates describe Mr. Shell as bright and innovative, but helter-skelter as a manager. An outgoing exec, but higher-ups were concerned that he could be lose with info, disclosing plans or business happenings that he wasn't supposed to. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: More @nytimes -Brian Roberts and Mike Cavanaugh called Jeff Shell's direct reports this weekend to brief them. -Investigation happened over last several weeks after a woman came forward with a complaint. -Jeff Shell was working last week. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: August 2020: NBC U boss Jeff Shell boss says a legendary exec was leaving because of a consensual affair. Today: NBC U boss Jeff Shell says he is leaving because of a consensual affair. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: + SHELL: “Today is my last day as CEO of NBCUniversal. I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret. I'm truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are the most talented people in the business...”
Tim Baysinger / @tim_bays: NBCU could do a lot worse than Donna Langley as CEO. Universal is on an absolute hot streak right now
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Some new details here from me and @Lilliannnn: *The employee that had a relationship with Shell filed a complaint with Comcast/NBCU *Comcast CEO Brian Roberts will take a more hands on approach to NBCU for the time being https://www.cnbc.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: Guessing game has begun - here are some names of who could replace Jeff Shell: https://twitter.com/...
Cameron Bonomolo / Comic Book: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Steps Down After Misconduct Investigation
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is leaving Comcast over ‘inappropriate conduct’
Catherine Garcia / The Week: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell steps down over an ‘inappropriate relationship’
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell quits over ‘inappropriate relationship’ with woman
Associated Press: Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, departing company over ‘inappropriate relationship’
Andy Swift / TVLine: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Steps Down Following Investigation Into ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: NBCUniversal CEO Steps Down After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With Staffer
Mrinmay Dey / Reuters: Comcast says NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell leaving after probe into inappropriate conduct
Susanne Barton / Bloomberg: NBCUniversal CEO Shell Leaves After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
Meg James / Los Angeles Times: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell exits, citing ‘inappropriate relationship’ at company
Gabrielle Russon / Florida Politics: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell leaves company over ‘inappropriate relationship’
C Mandler / CBS News: Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, departs company following “inappropriate relationship”
Kristin Brzoznowski / WORLD SCREEN: Jeff Shell Out at NBCU
New York Times:
CNN says it is parting ways with Don Lemon, who had been under scrutiny since making remarks about women and aging in February; Lemon says he was terminated — Mr. Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since making remarks about women and aging in February that were widely perceived to be sexist.
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Don Lemon / @donlemon: https://twitter.com/...
Doha Madani / NBC News: Don Lemon says he has been fired from CNN
@cnnpr: CNN and Don have parted ways. Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: Don Lemon Fired by CNN, Anchor Says He's ‘Stunned’
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety: Don Lemon Terminated by CNN After 17 Years
@shortformernie: It is kind of weird that the Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson news dropped at basically the same time, isn't it https://twitter.com/...
Paul Squire / Insider: CNN fires Don Lemon, who said he found out he was terminated through his agent
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Amended: Monday morning media news: NBCU: Jeff Shell surprise exit Disney: Thousands of layoffs happening today Fox: Tucker Carlson surprise exit WBD: Don Lemon surprise exit Your move Shari Redstone.
Peter Sterne / @petersterne: The fact that Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon were fired on the same day appears to be a coincidence, but it's a coincidence that is very good for CNN. Focus on Tucker will suck up a lot of energy/media attention that would otherwise be focused on CNN catering to conservatives.
@mediaite: BREAKING: Don Lemon Announces His Shock Firing From CNN in Scathing Statement Blasting Network Leadership https://www.mediaite.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: MORE on Don Lemon exit, which Lemon is calling a termination: Some guests were reluctant to appear on-air with Lemon, per CNN bookers. Network research found that audience sentiment on Lemon had dipped following his Nikki Haley controversy. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Delia / @delia_cai: honestly just intrigued what this was typed out on....does notes app do font colors?? https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Licht didn't have the guts or decency to tell Lemon himself. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: While CNN's internal memo says “CNN and Don have parted ways,” @donlemon is being much more explicit: He was terminated https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Don Lemon Out at CNN
Ben Smith / Vanity Fair:
An inside look at Disney's offer to acquire BuzzFeed in 2013 for $450M, with the potential to earn $200M more, which BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti nearly accepted — In an excerpt from his new book, Traffic, former BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith reports how Jonah Peretti enraged Bob Iger …
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Some could argue that had Buzzfeed & Vice stuck to their original purview, they'd be in better shape today. But, in NYC media circles, credibility comes from news, so not surprising both chased reporting even though in end it proved to be an albatross. https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Speechless. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / @passantino: “In the cold terms of venture capital, Peretti's—our—decision not to sell to Disney will go down as one of the dumbest in the history of digital media,” @semaforben writes https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@vanityfair: “From the perspective of a media company, an offer from Disney was like getting into Harvard.” In an excerpt from his new book, @semaforben reflects on what he calls the dumbest decision “in the history of digital media.” https://vntyfr.com/GZrxRXr
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: Thinking about the many smart people who, at the time, thought this was a savvy move. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A timeline of BuzzFeed News, from hiring Ben Smith in December 2011 to announcing IPO plans in March 2017, including funding deals and competitors' critiques — The “BuzzFeed is the most important news organization in the world” era. — A little over a decade after BuzzFeed News came to life …
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Tom Philpott / @tomphilpott: This fantastic @Maxread review of Buzzfeed Ben (@semaforben)'s book on the Buzzfeed/Gawker era has me reliving the horrific click-grabbing strategies of the 2010s. ("Social optimization" meant chasing Facebook's whims.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: As @BuzzFeed shutters @BuzzFeedNews, come out next Monday, 5/1 for a live @reason interview with its founding editor, @semaforben, who will talk abt his new book Traffic, the future of online journalism, and his new platform @semafor. https://www.eventbrite.com/...
@hunterwalk@mastodon.cloud: @Mediagazer what i learned is what i already knew: when jon steinberg says sell, you sell 💰
Digiday: How a reliance on social traffic helped lead to BuzzFeed News' demise; Similarweb says social made up 26% of its traffic in Q1 2023, compared to 13% at HuffPost
@anachech: BuzzFeed News earned Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for exposing China's vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region. It won an award for its reporting how Facebook facilitated, then failed to control, disinformation. https://www.latimes.com/...
@ellisitems: It's amazing it lasted as long as it did. The smart ones left long ago. BuzzFeed News is shutting down as company cuts 15% of staff https://www.latimes.com/...
Scott Messer / @scrilla100: The “pivot to video” was great for Facebook and although fatal for many-created a new ecosystem. The “pivot to news” was a bad idea for FB, but even worse for those who had little choice but to follow them into the hardest of low margin businesses: news. https://www.latimes.com/...
Neil Irwin / @neil_irwin: This review of the new Ben Smith book on 2010s era of Buzzfeed and Gawker makes me all the more confident that a Mad Men-esque highbrow drama set in an early 2010s digital media company released in the 2030s could be A+. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@slate: The new book pinpoints the tragic delusion that fueled the digital gold rush. The author himself was not immune. https://slate.com/...
@newrepublic: Through the stories of BuzzFeed and Gawker, Ben Smith aims to show how the media, high on the early internet's spirit of creative adventure and freedom, got hooked on traffic, unleashing volatile social and cultural forces it no longer could control. https://newrepublic.com/...
@newrepublic: In an aesthetic sense, today's internet seems less the spawn of BuzzFeed than of another media venture that vied with Jonah Peretti's project for online supremacy through the late 2000s and early 2010s: Gawker. https://newrepublic.com/...
Olivia Messer / @oliviamesser: Woof. This long, scathing review of Ben Smith's new book on the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker. https://newrepublic.com/...
Evan Hill / @evanhill: “Given this state of affairs it's hard not to feel like ‘Traffic’ is making an inadvertent but compelling case that Gawker and BuzzFeed were, in the grand scheme of things, not particularly important.” By @readmaxread https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: From Max Reed's review of @semaforben's Traffic: Gawker v BuzzFeed: “irony vs. earnestness, criticism vs. civility, snark vs. smarm. “Denton and Peretti themselves are too weird and reptilian” Why BuzzFeed joined Gawker in the internet news graveyard https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@asteadwh: “At best, a brief, wacky interregnum between periods of sustained dominance by big national news publishers, at worst a pointless waste of journalistic creativity and resources spent pursuing a doomed business strategy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: “Peretti messaged often with Zuckerberg and made ‘a habit of cultivating the mid-senior-level Facebook employees’... which meant he had some say in the sorting mechanisms that could bestow publishers with life-changing amounts of traffic.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jacob Brogan / @jacob_brogan: Max Read on Ben Smith's book is very good, also very funny: “I can confirm: There is lots of delusion in this book. There is also a little bit of rivalry. But I have to be honest. I do not think there are any geniuses.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@nthjohnwilliams: “Of the many delusions in the book, the grandest is the idea that digital publishers could build sustainable businesses by chasing immense audiences with free content.” Max Read with a lively (and sadly timely) review of Ben Smith's “Traffic.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: “the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ ...
@niemanfdn: “A little over a decade after BuzzFeed News came to life, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti's willingness to run a prestigious but money-losing news division has run out.” Here is Part I of @NiemanLab's history of @BuzzFeedNews. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@niemanfdn: In a memo to staff on Thursday, CEO Jonah Peretti announced that @buzzfeednews would be shut down entirely. @NiemanLab has chronicled the ups and downs of BuzzFeed News since 2011. Here's part I of its history, stay tuned for Part II. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@onthemedia: “We've chronicled the ups and downs of BuzzFeed News since 2011, when the company hired a blogger named Ben Smith. Here's part I of its history, from 2011 to 2017. Stay tuned for Part II.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Abigail Wise / @abigailwise: The end of @BuzzFeedNews is a huge loss for journalism and the internet as a whole. Thanks for all of the great work y'all produced. You will be missed. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: A history of BuzzFeed News, Part II: 2017-2023
Martine Paris / Forbes:
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music with her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same as “with any artist I collab with” — In the wake of the AI-generated hit Heart on My Sleeve going viral with deepfakes of Drake and The Weeknd …
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@grimezsz: I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings. https://twitter.com/...
Reo Cragun / @reocragun: I'm in favor of Grime's take, feel free to train a model of my voice. Completely independent as well 🧪 https://twitter.com/...
Phil Labonte / @philthatremains: This sounds totally reasonable and I would do the same at least as an experiment to see if it worked out. 🤷♂️ https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: Grimes happy to split the royalties if anyone wants to create an AI Grimes track
Chris Frantz / @frantzfries: Smart, someone could make a product out of this. Create the licensing model for this type of contract, have a database of artists that agree to it and host the models for remix. Big potential to be the next SoundCloud https://twitter.com/...
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Grimes on AI Songs: ‘Feel Free to Use My Voice Without Penalty’
Nick St. Pierre / @nickfloats: grimes is a legend and an innovator https://twitter.com/...
Reuters Institute:
News media distrust among marginalized groups often stems from unease about how they are represented, based on focus groups in Brazil, India, the UK, and the US — There is no single trust problem, and therefore there is no single trust solution. This point has been a common refrain …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: “Tell a more complete story” and other lessons from a new report on mistrust of news media
@onourradar: ‘Many spoke of the importance of niche and local news sources they felt more fairly and fully represented people like themselves and their interests’ - this @risj_oxford report shows how bringing communities into the storytelling process is one part of rebuilding #trust💡 https://twitter.com/...
@trustingnews: We're so grateful when researchers dive deep into helping us understand how to build trust. Thanks, @risj_oxford team. @mayerjoy pulled out a few points she wants newsrooms to take away from this work, with related resources from our team. https://medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Disney begins its second round of layoffs today, cutting around 4,000 jobs by the end of the week, as part of plans to lay off 7,000 employees — Restructuring will continue “for the next couple of months,” Disney Entertainment chiefs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman wrote to staff Monday …
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal: Longtime ESPN exec Mike Soltys let go as part of latest wave of layoffs
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: First round of ESPN layoffs starts, includes 43-year vet Mike Soltys
Nathan McAlone / Insider: Disney begins the second round of 7,000 planned job cuts — targeting ESPN, theme parks, entertainment, and more
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg: Disney Begins Second Round of Job Cuts, Affecting Thousands
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: Disney begins second, larger round of layoffs, bringing total to 4,000 jobs cut
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: ESPN's second longest tenured employee, Mike Soltys (@espnmikes), is part of today's layoffs. Soltys spent 43 years at the company. This is a huge loss for ESPN. SBJ's story: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/ ...
Mike Soltys / @espnmikes: My final statement as ESPN Spokesperson: “43 Amazing Years. Wow. We wish him well.” https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap: Disney Begins Second Round of Layoffs, Totaling 4,000 Cuts
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Disney to Reach 4,000 Layoffs This Week With Second Round of Cuts, Third Wave to Hit Ahead of Summer
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: History has recorded his snarky line when I left ESPN in 1997. It has failed to record his warm and sincere welcome upon my return in 2013. ESPN will miss @espnmikes only once: constantly. All the best, Mike. https://twitter.com/...
Stewart Mandel / @slmandel: Awful. Mike is that place. If this is a sign of things to come, these layoffs will be brutal. https://twitter.com/...
LeslieAnne Wade / @leslieannewade: Bad/sad PR move. @espnmikes recognized as one of the forever best in the business. Impossible to think of him leaving @ESPN with anything short of a parade. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Disney's second round of layoffs has begun. A third round will commence in the next month or two. @tgbuckley https://www.bloomberg.com/...
James Andrew Miller / @jimmiller: One of the great career rides in ESPN history; one of the best humans as well. @espnmikes didn't breathe in oxygen — he inhaled those four initials. Awful loss. https://twitter.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Disney Begins Largest Wave Of Layoffs, Will Get More Than Halfway To Target Of 7,000 Staff Cuts This Week
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Several thousand Disney employees will be laid off today in round 2 of what will be a total of 7,000 job cuts. About 3,000 more will happen in the final round of cuts coming before the beginning of summer. Cuts at ESPN begin today as I reported last week. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire: 4,000 Disney Employees Expected to Be Laid Off This Week, with More to Come
John Kruzel / Reuters:
SCOTUS agrees to hear two First Amendment cases related to government officials blocking critics on social media, after a similar Trump-related case in 2021 — The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution's …
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Knight First Amendment Institute: Supreme Court to Consider When Government Officials' Social Media Accounts Are Subject to First Amendment
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill: Supreme Court to examine public officials blocking people on social media
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Supreme Court will decide if government officials can block social media critics
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Per @Reuters, Supreme Court “will consider whether public officials can block critics on social media” https://www.reuters.com/... Viewpoint discrimination based on ideology is unconstitutional. Blocking constituents from official accounts is unconstitutional: https://e-pluribusunum.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
Twitter restores the gold badges of some news organizations, including the BBC, The New York Times, and Bellingcat; the BBC and Bellingcat say they did not pay — Some Twitter accounts with more than one million followers have had their blue tick badges re-instated by Twitter without paying to subscribe.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline: Fake Disney Junior Twitter Account With Gold Tick Suspended — But Not Before Using Profanities And Racial Slur
@blackamazon: LOL sorry I'm now laughing because all three of those gave me hell for ( admittedly caustically) pointing out their failures of considering how social controlled their cues and half assed work on #yourslipisshowing Everyone have fun https://twitter.com/...
Lynne S / @battlebridge_: @StephenKing Can you offer to pay him to have it removed? https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Shenton / @shentonstage: What a @twitter farce — @ElonMusk has intervened to allow some celebrity twitter accounts to retain their blue ticks by paying for them himself. No doubt some of the goons that have now paid for theirs will claim they didn't! https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@marvicleonen: Other human beings do not deserve the same treatment? Those who were given the privilege for free cannot afford your 8 dollars a month? While ordinary people do not deserve the same accommodation? So, this is Twitter's new management? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Amee Vanderpool / @girlsreallyrule: Elon Musk pays for Stephen King, LeBron James and Amee Vanderpool to keep Twitter blue checks: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Twitter belatedly discovers that it makes sense to promote users with large numbers of followers rather than any troll who will pay @ElonMusk $8 a month. But in the meantime, the meaning of the blue check has been degraded by the new pay-to-play approach. https://www.bbc.com/...
@realhaulegluck: 🚩@elonmusk has previously said that the @Twitter finances were in dire straits when he took over and that Twitter was operating at a loss of $4m per day. 👉🏽Elon removing our legacy Checkmark won't help to stop twitter sinking! https://www.bbc.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: Twitter Inexplicably Adds Verification Back to Some Accounts, Including Dead Celebrities
Laura Kuenssberg / @bbclaurak: The blue tick is back - (Mine just popped back up, haven't paid!) this is what's going on 👇🏼 https://www.bbc.com/...
Robert Young Pelton / @ryp__: Elon Musk's Blue Check program explodes mid launch. https://www.bbc.com/...
Ashis Basu / @basuashis: Twitter restores blue tick to high profile accounts. Beyoncé, Harry Kane, Richard Osman and Victoria Beckham are among those to have their blue tick back. The BBC News Twitter account also has its gold badge again, but has not paid for it. @zsk https://www.bbc.com/...
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads
Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads
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Alex Kirshner / Slate: Elon Musk's Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure
Simon Gallagher / Screen Rant: Disney Jr UK Twitter Troll Exposes Gold Checkmark Loophole Without Paying $1000
@gtconway3dg: “It's an astonishing business story. Famous people from every walk of life you could think of have, in the span of a few days, grabbed their megaphones to tell the world they did not pay for a specific product.” https://slate.com/...
@nash076: The only way you can not understand this is if you deliberately don't *want* to understand it: He's an asshole. We don't want to be seen supporting assholes. We don't like assholes. They're not good people. They make life difficult for no reason. https://slate.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stan Schroeder / Mashable: Celebs weren't buying Twitter's checkmarks so Elon just gave it back to them
@gidmk: “Blue could be one dollar a month, and Twitter could figure out spam tomorrow, and tons of people would still have zero interest in the subscription, because they don't like Musk or the people who follow him around” https://slate.com/...
Sabine Hossenfelder / @skdh: The worst part of this is that it was totally foreseeable and unsurprising. Why would anyone pay on twitter for something that all other social media platforms offer for free? https://slate.com/...
Vlada Knowlton / @vladaknowlton: “It took multiple strokes of business failure: First by Musk making Twitter worse, second by charging more for Twitter Blue at the same time he was making the site worse, and third by making himself an unappealing person for people to associate themselves with in public.” https://twitter.com/...
Grant St. Clair / Boing Boing: Elon Musk slaps free Twitter Blue checks on critics, whether they want it or not
@joeyfortman: I'm not sure I understand the purpose in this. Isn't that biting the hand that feeds you?! https://twitter.com/...
@sumambivertlady: So the business genius is trying to tank Twitter and the US govt is trying to ban TikTok, 2 spaces where frequent sharing of systemic injustice and unfiltered news occurs and where folks connect to other marginalized folks, all while the govt is trying to control the internet. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@fridayinhalifax: To be fair like 6 our of 10 ads now are clearly revived accounts pushing Elon's crap so, not much change https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: WOW... Twitter is now telling advertisers it MUST subscribe to Twitter Blue or Verified Organisations to continue running ads! https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Hart / Insider: Twitter Blue users paying $8 to stay verified hit by ‘#BlockTheBlue’ campaign
David J. Loehr / @dloehr: So if you use the “Blues Blocker” extension in Chrome, you'll also have an ad-free Twitter experience? Good job, genius. https://techcrunch.com/...
Colin Kirkland / MediaPost: Twitter Mandates That Advertisers Pay For Verification
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks “The campaign to “Block the Blue” - that is, any user still with a blue checkmark which signifies they are paying Musk for it - is in full swing” https://mashable.com/...
Jamie East / @jamieeast: This is pretty hilarious. An email from twitter saying that you have to pay for verification before you can have the privilege of advertising on Twitter. Absolutely deranged. https://twitter.com/...
Tyler Mahan Coe / @tylermahancoe: Is there some kind of loophole he's trying to exploit? Like, could there possibly be some benefit to Elon in bankrupting Twitter? Maybe he can't legally just walk away but killing the company gives him some kind of out? Help me understand. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken: This is a great idea because it will almost completely get rid of ads https://twitter.com/...
@pinche_pi: Are they also informing advertisers that many users are blocking every account that buys ads on this platform or nah? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: These changes rock because he definitely is like “yes this will get us guaranteed revenue from every advertiser” as opposed to the other way you get revenue from them - selling them advertising https://twitter.com/...
Jack Appleby / @jappleby: This is a colossal Elon error. Does it rationally make sense to ask companies to pay a few bucks to advertise on Twitter? I'd actually say yes. Does implementing this rule now, when advertisers are already abandoning Twitter, make ANY sense? No. https://twitter.com/...
@petbugs13: wait wait wait so what you're saying is if i install the extension that blocks blue checkmarks, i block all ads? lmfao https://techcrunch.com/...
Matthew Kobach / @mkobach: Twitter ALWAYS should have charged businesses to use their platform. https://twitter.com/...
@leratomannya: Lmaoooooo easiest way to piss people off, moving my focus back to Facebook, Instagram and TikTok 🫶🏾 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Monty / @scottmonty: Twitter's new advertising requirement that advertisers must be subscribed to Twitter Blue reminds me of an old National Lampoon cover... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Shankman / @petershankman: “Daddy, why are the only ads on Twitter for either vape pens or penis enlargement pills?” “ Well, Timmy, a billion dollars a year in interest payments alone makes a manchild do some things he's not too proud of.” https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: Was anyone getting ads in the past from accounts that were not verified already? https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: Pay for a worthless blue checkmark so you can pay us to advertise on this platform. Yeah, Elon is a genius https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: You could make a place alluring to advertisers by getting rid of racist undesirables, not pushing your politics and juvenile humor on users, and verifying identities. Or you could demand advertisers pay for the privilege of paying you. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: The remaining sales people at Twitter must hate their boss so much. What a disaster. https://twitter.com/...
Kari Paul / The Guardian: Fake accounts, chaos and few sign-ups: the first day of Twitter Blue was messy
Sean T. Collins / @theseantcollins: How much money will this possibly make him? Bet your bottom dollar it's less money than simply courting advertisers like a normal businesshuman would! https://twitter.com/...
Dayna Lynn Nuckolls / @peoplesoracle: So he's intentionally bankrupting this platform, yes? Or is he really that bad at product development and revenue creation? Both? https://twitter.com/...
@aintscarylarry: Elon Musk's rapid scheduled disassembly of twitter is really accelerating. #ElonMuskIsaGiantTurd https://twitter.com/...
James McLeod / @jamespmcleod: Elon Musk built his empire basically off massive government subsidies for EVs and rockets, and it's hilarious how he's flailing wildly running a business where he actually needs to navigate market forces and human behaviour. https://twitter.com/...
@tante: Totally not a desperate move by a company without a working strategy. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Wilson / @reportbywilson: “Twitter's broader verification strategy” “We're making this shit up as we go along” https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: The funny thing is for the most part this just means we're back in Twitter circa 2014. Like it sucks in many ways .. and a lot of the indignation is mostly about taxonomic manipulation https://twitter.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: Not sure I'd go swinging this leverage around if my ad platform was the least critical one in everyone's stack. https://twitter.com/...
TIME:
Time names interim EIC Sam Jacobs as its new Editor in Chief and says it has 105M readers globally, with 45% of those under the age of 35 — TIME CEO Jessica Sibley sent the following note to staff on Monday: — Team, — Today, I am thrilled to announce Sam Jacobs as the new Editor in Chief of TIME, effective immediately.
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Sam Jacobs / @sampjacobs: Giddy up! I could not be more excited to be named Editor in Chief of @TIME. So lucky to work with @TeamTime. Immensely grateful to @jsibo for her trust, Marc and Lynne @Benioff for their commitment, and @efelsenthal for his years of support. https://time.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: 🎉🎉 Wohoo! Congratulations Sam! https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix accounts for between 7% and 8% of TV viewing in the US every month and between 70% to 80% of the top 10 shows in the US every week — Good afternoon from Ojai, California, where I am celebrating my girlfriend's birthday. Lunch was interrupted by huge news …
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Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Netflix has started to release certain shows in batches (vs all at once). It seems to work. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@markets: Netflix still dominates other streaming services in viewing and new hits, but it is showing weakness in two key areas. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Despite intense competition, Netflix still accounts for 2-5X more viewing than any of its direct competitors. It also accounts for about 70% of the most-viewed streaming titles every week. https://twitter.com/...
@tvgrimreaper: Pick your headline: Nobody watches any Hulu original show except #HandmaidsTale. Almost all original streaming shows are lightly watched compared to successful broadcast TV shows. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This Bloomberg chart illustrates Netflix's continued dominance: Netflix accounts “for between 70% and 80% of the 10 most-watched shows in the US every week.” https://twitter.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: The fact that Netflix spends as much as any traditional TV company on commissioning content seems to me as much a sign of weakness as strength - it has to spend what any other media company spends, and tech doesn't give it a different path. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: In other news, we crunched some numbers to reveal the most popular streaming shows in the US/world — and how streaming services stack up against one another. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Jon / @jontypesthings: Imagine spending *billions* to kill your legacy TV business only to get effortlessly bodied by Netflix month after month https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A reminder from @Lucas_Shaw: “Netflix accounts for between 7% and 8% of TV viewing every month, according to Nielsen. No other service, besides YouTube, tops 4%. People spend more time watching Netflix every month than Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max combined.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The most popular rerun on streaming is NCIS. It has spent more than 100 weeks in the Nielsen top 10. https://twitter.com/...
Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler: Netflix's lead over other streamers is gigantic. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: Putting that another way - Netflix changes cable but doesn't change TV. Youtube (and Tiktok) changes TV
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Big media companies surrendered billions of dollars by refusing to license old hits to Netflix, and keeping them for their one services instead. That worked...to a point. The one area where Netflix has lost a lot of ground to competitors is in acquired shows. https://twitter.com/...