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Fox News says the network and Tucker Carlson “have agreed to part ways”, and that Carlson's last program was on Friday, April 21 — Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host at Fox News, is exiting the network. — The abrupt departure of the controversial prime time figure comes …
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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/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Shocking news from Fox: Tucker Carlson is out at the network. 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/...
Sofie Watson / Fox News: FOX NEWS MEDIA AND TUCKER CARLSON PART WAYS
Max Tani / Semafor: Rupert Murdoch's management grows erratic
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: It's sort of amazing that @chrislhayes outlasted both Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson in the 8pm time slot https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, effective immediately. This is an earth-shaking moment in cable news.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times: What Tucker Carlson's Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network
@bonchieredstate: Carlson is not going to The Blaze or any other conservative outlet. He's going to do what Megyn Kelly did, rule his own life, and become more popular than ever. He has Joe Rogan potential as a podcaster.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I'm told that both Tucker Carlson AND Don Lemon have retained the famously aggressive entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman. I have reached out to Freedman; no response yet.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: #BREAK: Fox News: “ FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways” 🚨
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.
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/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America: Tucker Carlson's departure is great news for America (and terrible news for Fox)
Sarah Mimms / @mimms: There he is. That's dad. 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/...
@harrymccracken: It's like Cronkite and Huntley/Brinkley abruptly departing on the same day, except it's nothing whatsoever like that. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy: “For a while Fox News has been moving to become establishment media and Tucker Carlson's removal is a big milestone in that effort. Millions of viewers who liked the old Fox News have made the switch to Newsmax and Tucker's departure will only fuel that.”
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.
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
@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/
@morganisawizard: cnn covering tucker but ignoring lemon while fox news covers lemon and ignores tucker is just 🤌chef's kiss 🤌 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Recently, Tucker's A-block was often more extreme than the front page of InfoWars, and I'm not exaggerating. The path forward here is awfully grim. But at least his Great Replacement lies won't be aired in America's waiting rooms or included in basic cable packages anymore. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: Will Tucker Carlson Become Alex Jones?
David Folkenflik / NPR: Tucker Carlson ousted at Fox News following network's $787 million settlement
@projectlincoln: So many lies, so little time. In memoriam of Tucker Carlson & Fox News, 2009-2023. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Nikki Mccann Ramírez / @nikkimcr: LA Times really burying the lede with this whole thread https://twitter.com/... 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.
Nicholas Reimann / Forbes: Don Lemon Fired By CNN—Minutes After Tucker Carlson Out At Fox News
@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/
Brendan Karet / @bad_takes: i'm sure whoever gets his timeslot will be a Great Replacement https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: White supremacists across America are in mourning https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: it rules that this is the last frame from his last fox broadcast https://twitter.com/...
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/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Re; Tucker - It is likely that this has more to do with pending litigation - Abby Grossberg's lawsuit alleging sexism and harassment at Carlson's show - than the defamation lawsuit that just settled for $778M. Yet the suits are linked... / MORE
Sam Levine / @srl: Per @samwolfson, Fox was still previewing Tucker Carlson's show this morning, teasing an interview with Vivek Ramasaway
Charlie Kirk / @charliekirk11: The left is celebrating because they think that Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News eliminates his voice. Wrong.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The studio audience at @TheView broke out in applause when Tucker Carlson's ouster was announced. Then the co-hosts did a wave and led the crowd in singing “GOODBYE.” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Fox News' sudden firing of Tucker Carlson may have come down to one simple calculation
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: To give the devil his due, Tucker Carlson was an excellent print journalist: funny, sharp, stylish. But all the money and cultural cachet fled that kind of journalism.
Michael Edison Hayden / @michaelehayden: Tucker Carlson guests like Glenn Greenwald, Gays Against Groomers, and Andy Ngo are melting down about his exit because it threatens to push them further into the margins. Carlson and his producers gave a lot of airtime to cranks and they lost today too.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I hear that Brian Kilmeade will host the 8 p.m. hour on Fox News this week. Kilmeade was a reliable fill-in host for Carlson. I have asked Fox to comment/confirm and haven't heard back. If this tweet is wrong, I'm sure they will let everyone know! 😉
Nidhi Razdan / @nidhi: “The network made the announcement less than a week after it agreed to pay $787.5 million in a defamation lawsuit in which Mr. Carlson's show, one of the highest rated on Fox, figured prominently for its role in spreading misinformation after the 2020 election. ” https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: If you had “Rupert is a stickler for facts and won't tolerate hosts touting ridiculous conspiracy theories, no matter how big their audience is” on your bingo card, congrats. That's like filling in all 25 squares of your card with just one tile. https://twitter.com/...
Al Franken / @alfranken: They probably got rid of him because he was too biased. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: I'm very curious about how Tucker Carlson's private messages — which were redacted in court filings “became known” to executives at Fox News. Private messages don't just “become known” — someone leaked them. Question is, who? And more importantly, why? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Wash Post: “Dozens of communications from Carlson and other Fox personnel remain out of public view, redacted at the request of Fox attorneys, but they have been seen by top Fox executives...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: As of now, the only time that Fox has mentioned Tucker's departure on air was during Harris Faulkner's 11 am show. Here's her on-air announcement: https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: And @besslevin on the celebrations https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Rashida Tlaib / @rashidatlaib: Racism....*crickets* Misogyny....*crickets* Fascism....*crickets* Costing the company $800 million....*fired* Fox News priorities are loud and clear. https://www.npr.org/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: Megyn is right... Tucker Carlson will make way more money outside Fox News and while he was given a lot of freedom with his programming, he still had some limits (I know, hard to believe). Tucker will setup his own thing and never work for anyone again. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Epps' lawyer hailed Fox for parting ways with Tucker, but said: “Fox's decision may shield them from responsibility for Carlson's future lies, but FOX remains liable for Carlson's past lies.” The lawyer told me he took note of the Dominion settlement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@maddowblog: “What does seem to have changed was the rate at which Rupert Murdoch is making aggressive moves on the fly.” https://www.semafor.com/...
@catturd2: Listen very carefully ... Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News is wonderful news. He can now say what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants. It's going to be glorious to watch.
Dr Jordan B Peterson / @jordanbpeterson: The climate doom-saying faux-apocalypse wielding communism-denying elitist-intellectual working-class-hating pot calling the kettle black @nytimes @TuckerCarlson https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Tucker's show was uniquely toxic — a composite 4chan in a tie with the occasional $5 word. He targeted low-level pariahs he knew couldn't fight back so people who looked like them were afraid to speak out. He sat atop a pipeline of lies. Its absence will be very noticeable.
@garbageape: Fox News has sadly gone woke. The only trustworthy conservative news source remaining is powerpoints consisting of nothing but John McNaughton art prints.
David Weigel / @daveweigel: Politico, eight years ago this month: “'All In with Chris Hayes,' a ratings suck that currently occupies the 8 p.m. time slot, will almost certainly be replaced.” https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Pope Francis / @profjeffjarviss: Fox needs to broaden its appeal. In a host like Santos, it has not only white nationalism, but also Hispanic and Black nationalism. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Carlson will be paid out for the remainder of his contract. His annual salary is about $20 million, a person familiar with pact said. Carlson has retained Hollywood legal eagle Bryan Freedman.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Left-liberals don't mind Hannity because he's a standard-issue Republican: they're comfortable with those who stay in their partisan lane. Tucker was uniquely threatening because he vocally opposed US militarism while left-liberal heroes voted to fund Biden's proxy wars. And: https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Dear media reporters: please don't do with Tucker stories today what a lot of political reporters did with Trump stories in the past. Don't call his statements ‘provocative’ etc. Call them racist. Call them bigoted. Call them what they *actually* were. Don't sanitize them please.
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: Sources say Tucker Carlson was fired for his comments about top management, which included comments like: “Do the executives understand how much credibility and trust we've lost with our audience?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: That - along with unprecedented popularity - is the real reason for the particular hated for Tucker by left-liberals. Over and over, he was a mirror showing the failures of their leaders, like condemning FBI's prosecution of black left radicals while AOC & co wouldn't touch it. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Hobbes / @rottenindenmark: has anyone checked on glenn
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Maybe Tucker Was a Blood Sacrifice?
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Whether Fox loses viewers after the sudden exit of Tucker Carlson, the most popular figure in conservative media, may finally answer the question of whether it's Fox or the hosts who have the hold on the audience. Recent departures suggest the former, but this is Tucker...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This should be fun. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: “There is other ugliness. A lower-profile lawsuit, filed in March by Abby Grossberg, a former Fox News employee who worked on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” alleged violations of pay-equity laws, gender discrimination and retaliation, among other issues.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Is the implication here that Murdoch missed the previous two years of Carlson doing this and suddenly noticed? https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Per our Tucker reporting: -He found out this morning -EP Justin Wells also out -Thought inside to be connected to Grossberg suit -Her lawyer says Carlson and Wells are “squarely in the center of her SDNY complaints for sex discrimination” etc https://www.semafor.com/...
@edmundlee: Within a span of a week, @rupertmurdoch: • paid $787 million to settle a defamation case • fired his top-rated @FoxNews anchor, who generates over $100mm a year in ad revenue What costs more than $1 billion that he had to fire Tucker?
@murderxbryan: Glenn Greenwald plans to get to the bottom of this Tucker Carlson thing, it's an important free speech issue for him because nobody else will have him on their tv show
Ellise Shafer / Variety: Brian Kilmeade Fills Tucker Carlson's Fox News Slot in First Show After Shocking Exit: ‘I Wish Tucker the Best’
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: Maybe it was the incessant lies and the racist stuff that Tucker Carlson kept spewing. Or maybe Fox News no longer wanted to subsidize a host who was so toxic to most Americans that the only major advertiser for the show was a maker of mediocre pillows. https://twitter.com/...
Carl Beijer / @carlbeijer: TUCKER: haha I am blatantly lying to these suckers and they're eating it up. I hope no one ever finds this text message lol GREENWALD: Tucker was fired because he dared to speak heterodoxly to the powerful (DSA)
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: The spot-on Succession simulation continues. “It was Carlson's comments about Fox management, as revealed in the Dominion case, that played a role in his departure from Fox, a person familiar with the company's thinking told The Post.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mike Drucker / @mikedrucker: Lighting a candle for Glenn Greenwald today. Keeping him in my thoughts during this difficult time of losing the one place he could get on TV.
@mediaite: Megyn Kelly Slams Fox News for ‘Terrible Move’ Parting Ways With Tucker Carlson: ‘Why is Suzanne Scott Still There?’ https://www.mediaite.com/...
Katie Benner / @ktbenner: How important was Tucker Carlson to Fox's business? This is what the stock did when the news hit https://twitter.com/...
Nemanja / @nemanjayvr: These days you can't even cost your employer $787 million without being canceled , due to wokeness
Nick Barrett / @thefootballnick: @ggreenwald Joe Rogan is about to get some competition as the number 1 podcaster on Spotify
Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin: News: Justin Wells, Tucker Carlson's executive producer, is also leaving Fox News https://www.mediaite.com/...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Tucker's EP, Jason Wells, was also out https://www.semafor.com/... @maxwelltani @jdcapelouto
Kendall Brown / @kendallybrown: The impact of Tucker Carlson no longer having a direct line into every US military base in the nation cannot be overstated. Every. Single. Military DFAC and commissary plays Fox News 24/7. Tucker not being a part of that lineup is **huge**. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Moulton / @sethmoulton: Crazy thought, but maybe it's time to face some consequences after blatantly lying to millions of Americans and actively eroding democracy for years. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Maxwell / @tomaxwell: back to daily caller https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: As big as Tucker Carlson has become, it would be hard for him to maintain his star power outside of Fox. Think of how the careers of Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly Fox, Glenn Beck, etc. went after they left. The real power is in Fox's platform.
Max Burns / @themaxburns: It appears tonight's guest was slated to be Vivek Ramaswamy. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Of fucking course, he eats sausage and pineapple on his pizza. Tasteless and uncouth in every way.... https://twitter.com/...
Tim Hogan / @timinhonolulu: My take: Two possible reasons: He's a special counsel target or the insurers who have to shell out for Fox in suits refused to cover future claims related to his lies. Watch if he goes quiet. Fox News Parts Ways With Tucker Carlson https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: @TuckerCarlson Per @sarafischer: Firing was NOT part of Dominion settlement. “Instead related to material uncovered during pre-trial discovery and the company is concerned that more information exists that could be legally damaging...” https://www.axios.com/...
@businessinsider: Fox Corporation sheds $930 million in market value after announcing Tucker Carlson is leaving the news network https://markets.businessinsider.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: While there's no official explanation for Tucker's departure, he was very critical of Fox leaders in the Dominion documents. “A combination of incompetent liberals and top leadership with too much pride to back down is what's happening,” he said in one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@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?
Colin Young / @colinyovng: this is 9/11 for old grandpas that forgot about 9/11 (dementia) https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...
@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.
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/...
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/ ...
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.”
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/...
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/...
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/...
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.
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: 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.”
Madison Czopek / PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods.
Rachyl Jones / Observer: What About Tucker Carlson's 3 Million Fox News Fans?
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Tucker Carlson's exit deals blow to Fox News
Dell Cameron / @dell@journa.host: The suit brought by Grossberg is primary aimed at people who worked on Carlson's show. It accuses him personally of creating and condoning a misogynistic workplace environment …
Candice Ortiz / Mediaite: Megyn Kelly Slams Fox News for ‘Terrible Move’ Parting Ways With Tucker Carlson: ‘Why is Suzanne Scott Still There?’
Mark Joyella / Forbes: Tucker Carlson Is Out At Fox News
Ana Faguy / Forbes: Tucker Carlson Suddenly Out At Fox News
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News Channel, network says
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Tucker Carlson Has Left Fox News
David Bauder / Associated Press: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, network confirms
Samantha Bergeson / IndieWire: Tucker Carlson and Fox News Part Ways — Host's Last Show Already Aired
Barry Kahn / @bkahn@mstdn.science: @Mediagazer RIP Tucker Carlson you horrible POS. Remember when the next pandemic starts, do not get vaccinated.
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap: Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News, Effective Immediately
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: the decision to fire Tucker Carlson came straight from Rupert Murdoch and is related to former Carlson producer Abby Grossberg's discrimination lawsuit — Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News. — The network announced the departure of its top-rated and most provocative conservative prime-time host Monday with no explanation.
Discussion:
Puck, @davidfolkenflik, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Nieman Lab, Adweek, Inside Radio, Talking Points Memo, The Nation, Poynter, The Hill, Semafor, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Associated Press, @rgoodlaw, @deggans, @saracarterdc, Rolling Stone, @sarahellison, @amonck, The Daily Beast, @kylenabecker, @kylegriffin1, Insider, HuffPost, @miafarrow, @brianstelter, The Wrap, Newser, @bgrueskin, @four4thefire, @oliver_drk, @heerjeet, New Republic, New York Times and Mediaite
Discussion:
Dylan Byers / Puck: Black Monday: Inside the Carlson-Lemon Double Shocker
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Update: I have spoken with three people with knowledge of Fox's ouster of Tucker Carlson They say Carlson's digital exchanges captured by the Dominion legal team echo the suite of concerns alleged by his ex producer - that his show's workplace was defined by sexism and bigotry.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine: Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon's Same-Day Demise
Justin Peters / Slate: What It Took to Topple Tucker
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and what matters is why
A.J. Katz / Adweek: Fox News, Tucker Carlson Part Ways
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: All These Carlson Canning Explanations Look Like BS
Ben Smith / Semafor: Tucker is gone. It's the Murdoch show now.
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: Tucker Carlson's Fox News Exit Wipes Out $690 Million in Value
David Bauder / Associated Press: Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, ‘agreed to part ways,’ network says
Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw: 2. From @60Minutes: “Carlson has focused on Epps more than 20 times on his top-rated show ... a half-dozen times so far this year.” Masterful 60 Minutes piece letting the facts speak for themselves. @BillWhitakerCBS @grahammessick Full transcript: https://www.cbsnews.com/...
@deggans: LATimes reporting Tucker Carlson was fired on orders of News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, inspired by the lawsuit filed by former producer Abby Grossberg, who accused Carlson's show of sexism and harassment. https://www.latimes.com/...
Sara A. Carter / @saracarterdc: Ray Epps tells people to go into the Capital on Jan 6, he brags about it - doesn't get arrested like everyone else - isn't taken by the FBI for “orchestrating” but the bureau uses Jan 6 to collect data on any American they can that attended the protest or spent time in the area... https://twitter.com/...
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Fox Anchors Struggle to Fill Tucker Carlson-Shaped Hole
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: 👇👇👇 for comments from former Fox host Bill O'Reilly, whose departure from Fox (amid sexual harassment allegations) paved the way for Tucker's rise at the network. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast: ‘Daily Show’ Host Desi Lydic Can't Believe Fox News ‘Cut Off Its Own Dick’
Kyle Becker / @kylenabecker: Dan Bongino & Tucker Carlson are out at Fox News. Fox News just got rid of two of its most-watched conservative commentators. It is hard to believe this is about business and not about politics. This strikes me as the beginning of a purge of conservatives on cable news.
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: LA Times: Tucker Carlson's exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer Fox fired last month. Carlson's senior executive producer Justin Wells has also been terminated, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.latimes.com/...
David Moye / HuffPost: Fox News Viewers Aren't Happy Brian Kilmeade Is Hosting Tucker Carlson's Show Tonight
Mia Farrow / @miafarrow: Tucker Carlson was ousted by Rupert Murdoch. Producer Abby Grossberg “alleged she was bullied & subjected to antisemitic comments” She said she was coerced by Fox lawyers to give misleading answers in Dominion defamation case. https://www.latimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Puck: The redacted filings “contained far more damaging exchanges, utterances hidden far from public view but visible to the Murdochs & their lawyers... in which Carlson further disparaged his colleagues and his bosses and said presumably unseemly things.” https://puck.news/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Tucker Carlson Has ‘No Clue Why They Canceled the Show,’ Says Insider (Exclusive)
Evann Gastaldo / Newser: Trump, Trump Jr. Weigh In on Carlson's Fox Exit
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Abby Grossberg's lawyer had “no comment on reports” that her lawsuit was related to Carlson's ouster, “other than to say that timing is a matter of physics, and as such is undeniable.” https://www.semafor.com/...
Andrew Donaldson / @four4thefire: Turns out legal liability is the one thing that will trump ratings https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darko / @oliver_drk: 6th January 2021 was more than two years ago... $787.5 million Dominion Voting Machine settlement was less than one week ago... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: Already an improvement over Tucker Carlson's white nationalism show! https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times: In Lawsuit, Tucker Carlson Accused of Promoting Hostile Work Environment
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite: ‘Great For America!’ Tucker Carlson's Former Producer Abby Grossberg Thrilled That He Got The Boot
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Source: Tucker Carlson's Fox News exit was “a firing” and he's “totally surprised”; sources: the newsroom is in “shock” and found out when the news broke online — Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News was not voluntary, multiple sources told Mediaite.
Discussion:
@phil_lewis_, @jimrosicafl, The Atlantic, New York Times, Insider, @tedlieu, @semafor, @nycsouthpaw, Newser, Mediaite and Forbes
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Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: Tucker Carlson ‘found out he was being let go about 10 minutes before Fox News announced his departure,’ WSJ reports https://www.wsj.com/...
Jim Rosica / @jimrosicafl: .@TuckerCarlson's departure from @FoxNews was not voluntary, multiple sources told Mediaite. https://mediaite.com/a/bjhxq by @rumpfshaker via @Mediaite
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Tucker's Successor Will Be Worse
Cheryl Teh / Insider: Trump expresses shock over Tucker Carlson's ouster: 'Especially over the last year or so, he's been terrific to me'
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: Tucker Carlson repeatedly advocated the racist theory known as replacement theory. He has now been replaced. More evidence that karma is real. https://twitter.com/...
@semafor: NEW: Tucker Carlson learned this morning that he was out, according to a person close to Fox leadership. “This is just classic Murdoch assassination — you're their closest friend, their favorite child and now you're dead,” the source told @semaforben. https://www.semafor.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: Just speaking for myself, I'd love to find out that the federal investigation of Fox News that ‘expanded’ in 2017 and then instantly vanished without a trace has reappeared in the land of the living. https://money.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Colby Hall / Mediaite: Lachlan Murdoch and Suzanne Scott Decided to Fire Tucker Carlson on Friday Night
Siladitya Ray / Forbes: Trump ‘Shocked’ And ‘Surprised’ By Tucker Carlson's Exit From Fox
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Source: Tucker Carlson was in the midst of negotiating the renewal of his Fox News contract through 2029 and told people last week he expected it to be renewed — The prime-time star, who was recently negotiating his contract renewal through 2029, learned Monday that his top-rated 8 p.m. show was being taken off the air.
Discussion:
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Sean Hannity Totally Blindsided by Tucker Carlson Exit From Fox: 'I Don't Have a Clue'
Bernard Goldberg / The Hill: Has the media's ‘big purge’ begun?
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Tucker Carlson parts from Fox News in wake of Dominion court case
David Jolly / @davidjollyfl: “Carlson has told people he believes his controversial show is being taken off the air because the Murdoch children intend to sell Fox News at some point.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / @repmtg: Cable news is about to be taught a powerful lesson after Fox News caved to the woke mob and fired Tucker Carlson. Americans no longer blindly watch the news like they did decades ago, they only watch the ones who have courage to tell the truth. Americans are about to quit... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Tucker Carlson learned of his ouster from Fox News on Monday morning, I'm told. Inside the right-wing network, some of Carlson's critics rejoiced upon learning of it. More in our story here: https://www.cnn.com/...
@calltoactivism: FUN FACT: Tucker Carlson has been FIRED from ALL three of the biggest networks: CNN cut ties with Carlson in 2005. MSNBC canceled his show in 2008. Fox News pushed him out in 2023. “Congrats to Tucker Carlson upon becoming the first tv host in history to be fired by CNN,... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@palmerreport: Fox News lost more than half a billion dollars in stock market value today as a result of firing Tucker Carlson. He was that good for ratings and revenue. Fox knew it would take this kind of market hit by firing him. Just how ugly must his scandals be, that they fired him anyway?
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Carlson has told people he doesn't know why he was terminated,” @gabrielsherman reports. And “Carlson has told people he believes his controversial show is being taken off the air because the Murdoch children intend to sell Fox News at some point.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The reason for Tucker Carlson's termination can be found somewhere in the REDACTED portions of the emails and texts that Dominion obtained during the discovery process in its lawsuit against Fox. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic: The Trump-Biden Rematch Is Inevitable
New York Times:
CNN parts ways with Don Lemon, who had been under scrutiny since making on-air remarks about women and aging in February 2023; Lemon says he was terminated — Mr. Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air remarks he made about women and aging in February.
Discussion:
@donlemon, @oliverdarcy, @cnnpr, @atrupar, Semafor, NBC News, The Hill, @cnnpr, Insider, Vanity Fair, @justinbaragona, Variety, Adweek, New York Post, @brianstelter, @shortformernie, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, @vanityfair, @jemelehill, @ggreenwald, @fmanjoo, Fox News, @thedailyshow, @mrernestowens, @mattbinder, @vabvox, @joepompeo, @joepompeo, @jayceekessel, @nycsouthpaw, @hasanthehun, @lindseyboylan, @lindseyboylan, @deggans, The Wrap, Forbes, @samsanders, @scottnover, Washington Post, @pkafka, @dylanbyers, @sherman4949, @petersterne, @hadas_gold, @mediaite, @grynbaum, @danprimack, @delia_cai, @jeffjarvis, @cerra__, @dorseyshaw, @shannonrwatts, @joshkraushaar, @wutangkids, Cablefax, The Wrap and Insider
Discussion:
Don Lemon / @donlemon: https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Don Lemon OUT at CNN. Here is the note from Chris Licht. https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: Don Lemon's statement about this morning's events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: according to the NYT this interview that Don Lemon conducted last week with Vivek Ramaswamy played a role in his firing. Note co-host Poppy Harlow sitting silently while Lemon goes after Vivek. https://twitter.com/...
Shelby Talcott / Semafor: Vivek Ramaswamy, the best man at cable's Red Wedding
Doha Madani / NBC News: Don Lemon says he has been fired from CNN
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Don Lemon's CNN co-anchors address his firing
@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.
Matthew Loh / Insider: Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson are hiring the same powerhouse lawyer — who's helped TV hosts secure multimillion-dollar payouts from their old networks
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: Inside CNN's Defenestration of Don Lemon
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: CNN anchor John King reacts to the sudden news that his longtime colleague Don Lemon is out: “I don't know the details happening while I'm sitting in the chair here, but I work here. I love this place. Certainly wish Don the best. He's always been good to me as a colleague.” https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Don Lemon Terminated by CNN After 17 Years
A.J. Katz / Adweek: Don Lemon Out at CNN
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: CNN anchors Kaitlan Collins, Poppy Harlow wish ousted Don Lemon ‘the best’
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/...
@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/...
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: ‘CNN This Morning’ Co-Anchors Wish Don Lemon the “Best” After Firing, Promise Viewers Remain “Priority”
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Poppy Harlow And Kaitlan Collins Address Don Lemon's Exit On ‘CNN This Morning’
@vanityfair: CNN wanted to go public about the news in a joint message, but Don Lemon preempted that with a tweet announcing his exit, one source tells VF's @joepompeo. https://vntyfr.com/ZopEXIY
Jemele Hill / @jemelehill: So Don Lemon got fired for ... doing his job? A ✌🏾presidential candidate✌🏾that says the NRA helped Black people secure their rights deserved to be called out for lying. Not to mention that asinine characterization of the Civil War. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: CNN accusing Don Lemon of lying. The lawsuit that he brings against them - the one he's already implying he will - is going to be awesome. https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: So lemon's last interview was with Ramaswamy and Tucker's next interview was supposed to be with Ramaswamy? https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Don Lemon became ‘embarrassing distraction’ for CNN, lost newsroom with endless antics: Insiders
Ernest Owens / @mrernestowens: I'm beginning to think that the Gayle King and Charles Barkley announcement was a way for CNN to soften Don Lemon getting the boot. It's not going to work given how they did it. You can't just switch Black people out... especially a rare Black gay voice in mainstream media.
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: this is actually good (and it's just plain good TV too!) and is extremely telling on the direction CNN is continuing to head https://twitter.com/...
Victoria Brownworth / @vabvox: 🧵 “Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air remarks he made about women and aging in February.” Don Lemon Ousted From CNN in Move That Left Him ‘Stunned’ 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: Sources who know how things went down with Don told me it all played out within the last 48 hours, which is the timeframe when Kaitlin Collins and Poppy Harlow were informed of the decision: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: Sources who know how things went down with Don told me it all played out within the last 48 hours, which is the timeframe when Kaitlin Collins and Poppy Harlow were informed of the decision: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jaycee Kessel / @jayceekessel: @CNNPR Wait what's happening? So is @donlemon still forever part of the @CNN family? Do you still wish him well? Will you still cheer for him on his future endeavors? https://twitter.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: Sad day. We wish him well. He'll always be part of the family. *40 minutes passes* That phony fkn liar has been talkin shit. https://twitter.com/...
@hasanthehun: this was clear since the “women aren't prime after a certain age” comment https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Boylan / @lindseyboylan: Maybe he couldn't find a good PR person to finesse this because he thought they were all past their prime. https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Boylan / @lindseyboylan: All the former women colleagues Don Lemon told to be quiet: https://twitter.com/...
@deggans: Don Lemon has also been fired at CNN. He was on air TODAY and says no one said anything. Between him, Tucker Carlson, Jeff Shell and the layoffs at Disney, this is looking like housecleaning day for major media companies. His statement, released on Twitter, is attached. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap: Don Lemon Clapbacks During Interview With Right-Wing Candidate Played Part in CNN Firing: ‘Whatever Ethnicity You Are’ (Video)
Nicholas Reimann / Forbes: Who Is Bryan Freedman? Don Lemon And Tucker Carlson Hire Same Lawyer After Ousters.
Sam Sanders / @samsanders: I'm always against corporations using words like “family” to describe their relationships to employees. It's especially stupid when they use it for someone the just fired 🙃🙃🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I think MSNBC should fire someone just for the bit.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Decent chance you haven't read this April 5 story from @TatianaSiegel27 but once you do you'll feel astonished that Don Lemon was still working at CNN until today. https://variety.com/...
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/...
Dorsey Shaw / @dorseyshaw: CNN: “Do it NOW while everyone's talking about Tucker” lol https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: Don't worry - for a man, you're in your prime! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @joshkraushaar: Day of cable news sackings. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Winegardner / Cablefax: Breaking News: Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon Out in Major Shakeups
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: Don Lemon Fired by CNN, Anchor Says He's ‘Stunned’
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
CNN rebukes Don Lemon for saying his agent “informed” him that CNN terminated him, saying Lemon “was offered an opportunity to meet” but instead took to Twitter
CNN rebukes Don Lemon for saying his agent “informed” him that CNN terminated him, saying Lemon “was offered an opportunity to meet” but instead took to Twitter
Discussion:
Matthew Keys / The Desk: CNN fires morning show host Don Lemon
David Goldman / CNN: Don Lemon and CNN part ways
@nycsouthpaw: My best guess about the format of this is he took a screenshot of an email reply and then cropped it so close so that it wouldn't be apparent it was tabbed over. https://twitter.com/...
Morgan Hines / USA Today: ‘I am stunned’: Don Lemon says he's been fired by CNN, network disputes details
Chloe Xiang / VICE:
A look at AI Hub, a Discord community focused on AI music that released an entire album featuring original songs using AI-generated vocals from famous artists — On Saturday, they released an entire album using an AI-generated copy of Travis Scott's voice, and labels are trying to kill it.
Discussion:
@dadabots: “What I like about AI music is the freedom it gives” “The creators of AI music see their work as less of a way to make money or to steal artists' fame, but to instead simply take their fan appreciation to the next level.” https://www.vice.com/...
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Beatly Music wants to build a takedown-proof home for AI music
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Martine Paris / Forbes:
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music using her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same deal as “with any artist I collab with”
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music using her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same deal as “with any artist I collab with”
Discussion:
@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/...
Dylan Smith / Digital Music News: Grimes Offers a 50% Royalty Split on AI-Generated Songs Featuring Her Voice — And Plans to Issue Payments Through Smart Contracts
Grady Booch / @grady_booch: “I do worry though that AI will outpace us and make musicians obsolete. It's inevitable.” — Grimes Respectfully, AI will make musicians obsolete in the same way that the invention of 3D printers destroyed the livelihood of sculptors. https://www.forbes.com/...
Luca Lush / @lucalush: Grimes splitting royalties on AI generated songs sets such a good precedent for the future & I really hope more artists follow suit imagine the music industry applied same 50/50 royalty split to remixes instead of tryna wack-a-mole takedown everything? Creativity would flourish https://twitter.com/...
Kelly McKernan / @kelly_mckernan: Does Grimes really think she'll see 50% royalties on songs using her voice, or is she a bot too? https://twitter.com/...
Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: ‘Feel free’: Musician Grimes is okay with others using A.I. to create songs in her voice and will split any royalties with them
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 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/...
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/...
Nick St. Pierre / @nickfloats: grimes is a legend and an innovator https://twitter.com/...
Digiday:
How a reliance on social media traffic led to BuzzFeed News' demise; Similarweb: social channels made up 26% of its traffic in Q1 2023, vs. 13% at HuffPost — BuzzFeed News shut down Thursday due to an “over-investment” into the social-first news site, according to an internal memo from BuzzFeed Inc's CEO and founder Jonah Peretti.
Discussion:
Maria Bustillos / The Nation: BuzzFeed's Epic Fail Is Bad News
Jane Singer / @janebsinger: BuzzFeed News relied on social media to steer readers its way. But algorithms changed, platforms shifted focus and referrals slowed. Essentially, says one ex-exec, Buzzfeed News was ‘a social media ecosystem company, and the ecosystem went away’. https://digiday.com/... @Digiday
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Max Tani / Semafor:
With Facebook's pivot away from news and Twitter's decay, media outlets return to digital media's foundational concepts of the early 2000s like homepage traffic
With Facebook's pivot away from news and Twitter's decay, media outlets return to digital media's foundational concepts of the early 2000s like homepage traffic
Discussion:
@azi, @bernstein, @maxwelltani, @maxwelltani, @maxwelltani, @jodyavirgan, @versharma, @kevinokeefe, @chaykak, @rafat, @ericlach, @joeposner, @benjysarlin and @markdistef, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
@azi: “will go down in history as one of the dumbest business decisions of the digital media age, Jonah Peretti's decision in 2014 to turn down a $650 million offer from Disney.” https://www.semafor.com/... cc @petersterne
Joe Bernstein / @bernstein: “The editor-in-chief of the financial news organization dinged a reporter for citing their father-in-law as a source...” https://www.semafor.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: NBC News employee data was exposed in a recent hack, touching on a sore spot with the employee union https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Mother Jones and Reveal also discussed a merger in recent months, I'm told. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: For this week's @semafor media newsletter, I wrote about how some of today's media trends look weirdly like the ones from 15-20 years ago. https://www.semafor.com/...
Jody Avirgan / @jodyavirgan: I gotta say, so much of the chatter about the state of media is reminding me of the reasons I fell in love with audio to begin with. (including the below from @joshtpm) I think making ambitious stuff for a devoted audience is the only path forward. https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Versha Sharma / @versharma: absolutely here for the revival of print (a @TeenVogue team dream - at least a special edition!) https://twitter.com/...
Kevin O'Keefe / @kevinokeefe: Homepage traffic, blogging, niche email newsletters were some of the foundational concepts of digital media in the early 2000s. As digital news media business turns again, they're increasingly the ones media organizations are turning to. - @maxwelltani https://www.semafor.com/...
Kyle Chayka / @chaykak: .@maxwelltani on why digital media is looking very retro https://www.semafor.com/...
@rafat: It is game over for generalist digital media news companies, layoffs & other cutbacks won't help. They may drag along for a bit, but done for. They are victims of oldest sin of digital: caught in middle, neither giant nor focused/vertical enough. https://www.semafor.com/...
Eric Lach / @ericlach: kids, if a stranger asks you to get in their van and work for their iPad newspaper, tell an adult https://twitter.com/...
Joe Posner / @joeposner: fun thing about semafor is that when you say “your take is totally wrong” ... sometimes that ends up in the piece. thanks @semaforben and @maxwelltani! you can read their wrong opinion, too, here: https://twitter.com/...
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: who wants to go to a blog meetup https://twitter.com/...
Lee Haye-ah / Yonhap News Agency:
Netflix plans to invest $2.5B in South Korea for Korean TV series, movies, and scripted shows over the next four years — Netflix said Monday it will invest US$2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and scripted shows.
Discussion:
Variety, Semafor, Broadband TV News, Insider, Financial Times, Japan Times, CNN, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, The Wrap and Al Jazeera
Discussion:
Patrick Frater / Variety: Netflix Commits to $2.5 Billion Production Spend on Korean Content
Jenna Moon / Semafor: Netflix to invest $2.5B in South Korean entertainment
Reena Koh / Insider: Netflix plans to invest an additional $2.5 billion in Korean entertainment following the success of ‘Squid Game,’ ‘The Glory,’ and ‘Physical: 100’
Song Jung-a / Financial Times: South Korea's entertainment wave grows with $2.5bn Netflix investment
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix to Spend $2.5B on Korean Content Over Next Four Years
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Netflix Plans to Spend $2.5 Billion on Korean Content Through 2027
Deadline:
CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble filed the inappropriate conduct complaint against NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell; source: Gamble had a previous relationship with Shell — EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources tell Deadline that the woman who filed the complaint against NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: CNBC Anchor Alleged NBCUniversal Boss Jeff Shell Sexually Harassed Her, Prompting His Exit
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: NBCUniversal's C.E.O. Was Fired After Harassment Complaint
Daniel Arkin / NBC News: CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble accused NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell of sexual harassment, her lawyer says
A.J. Katz / Adweek: CNBC Anchor Files Sexual Harassment Complaint Against NBCU CEO Jeff Shell, Leads to His Firing
CNN: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell was ousted after a CNBC anchor filed a sexual harassment complaint against him, sources say
Lisa Richwine / Reuters: Comcast says NBCU head Shell fired for sexual harassment
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost: NBCUniversal CEO's Ouster Came After CNBC Anchor Alleged Sexual Harassment, Lawyer Says
Johnny Dollar / @johnnydollar01: Multiple sources tell Deadline that the woman who filed the complaint against NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell for inappropriate conduct was CNBC anchor and Senior International Correspondent Hadley Gamble. https://deadline.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Shell wasn't just extra-marital intra-company...it was TALENT 🪓 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Departs Following Misconduct Investigation
Wall Street Journal:
Overwhelmed by streaming services and their content, some US viewers are turning to Pluto TV, Tubi, and other free offerings that show classic TV shows with ads — Free streaming services Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and others show classic TV shows with ads, easing decisions for those overwhelmed with options
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Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse: Overwhelmed with TV options, some viewers are simply flipping on new free streaming channels to watch old shows like “Three's Company.” “There's something about that that's comforting to me.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Michael Mulvihill / @mulvihill79: Don't know if this is about nostalgia per se, but I definitely think free, easy and familiar are undervalued qualities in our business. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: I'm convinced one reason tiktok is popular is because it's the closest thing to what “watching tv” used to be https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Toonkel / @jtoonkel: Millennials, sick of the choice paralysis involved with finding a show on subscription streaming services are turning to FAST channels for nostalgia Tv like ‘Baywatch,’ and 'Three's Company' on a loop. W/@bysarahkrouse https://www.wsj.com/...
Ted Nesi / @tednesi: “With streaming, I can watch anything, but I often don't know what to watch.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Jason Colavito / @jasoncolavito: Every show in this graphic was a broadcast TV show, not a cable TV show. The “experience” of watching old sitcoms is still available over the air on MeTV, Antenna TV, Decades, COZI, and many others. You don't need Pluto or Tubi for that. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Danny Groom, the editor of Mail Online in the UK, on expanding royal coverage to royal families around the world, including Monaco and Morocco — Mail Online boss Danny Groom said the royal growth has “huge editorial and commercial possibilities”.
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@pressgazette: “..I think more than ever we are now very much a global publisher and everything that we do whether it's this kind of thing or any kind of collaboration on big stories or big projects the first question is how do we make it work on an international level?” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to €3B, ad revenue up 17% YoY to €329M, MAUs up 22% YoY to 515M, Premium Subscribers up 15% YoY to 210M, and a €225M loss — Audiostreaming giant posted lower-than-expected revenue gains as ad spending cooled
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify Tops Q1 Subscriber Targets to Hit 210 Million Paying Users, Revenue Misses
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: Spotify added 5m Premium subscribers in Q1, taking its total global paying subs audience to 210m
Sara Fischer / Axios: Spotify reports strong user gains as margins improve