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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
At the WHCD, President Biden called for the release of Evan Gershkovich and Austin Tice, offered support to their families, and said “journalism is not a crime” — “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” …
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C-SPAN on YouTube: President Biden complete remarks at 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN)
C-SPAN on YouTube: Roy Wood, Jr. COMPLETE REMARKS at 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN)
David Shepardson / Reuters: Biden aims darts at Fox News, Donald Trump at correspondents' dinner
Darren Jordan / @misterzook: In addition to the MTG digs @ the WH Correspondents diner, Pres. Biden got other digs on Tuckems, DeSantis & even himself. Could you even imagine egomaniac Trump poking fun at himself? BTW, TFG refused to attend these events during his reign of terror. https://www.youtube.com/...
@cspan: WATCH: Roy Wood, Jr. (@roywoodjr) COMPLETE REMARKS at 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner —> https://www.youtube.com/... #WHCD #NerdProm https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Biden: My administration is “here to send a message to the country and quite frankly to the world: A free press is a pillar, maybe THE pillar, of a free society — not the enemy.” https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Chamlee / People.com: The Funniest Moments from President Joe Biden's 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech
@rollingstone: Roy Wood Jr. at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: “To Tucker [Carlson]'s staff, I want you to know that I know what you're feeling. I work at The Daily Show, so I too have been blindsided by the sudden departure of the host of a fake-news-program.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Justin Klawans / The Week: Biden, Roy Wood Jr. serve up laughs at White House Correspondents' Dinner
@cspan: Watch President Biden's complete #WHCD remarks here: https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Neukam / The Hill: Top highlights from White House correspondents' dinner
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap: Roy Wood Jr.'s Best White House Correspondents' Dinner Jokes: From Santos and Carlson to DeSantis and Biden (Video)
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Roy Wood Jr. Roasts Media Scandals at White House Correspondents Dinner, But Has Soft Spot for Local Journalism
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: Biden at the White House Correspondents' dinner >> “Hell, I'd call Fox honest, fair and truthful. But then I could be sued for defamation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rollingstone: Roy Wood Jr.: “Don Lemon released a statement saying he got fired from CNN, then CNN released a statement saying that they offered Don a meeting. They had to part ways, because Don Lemon can't even accurately report a story about Don Lemon.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... #WHCD
Jeff Zymeri / National Review: Biden Jokes About His Age, Fox News at White House Correspondents' Dinner
David Smith / The Guardian: 'They say I'm ancient': Biden speech to White House media proves to be one for the ages
Carl Campanile / New York Post: Roy Wood Jr. goes after Biden's age, Trump's controversies, Santos' fibs at White House Correspondents' Dinner
@lebergerdavid: President Biden at the White House correspondents dinner. “I'll cede the podium to Roy Wood Jr. I can take his jokes but I don't know if Dark Brandon would.” as he put on his shades 😎😂
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast: Roy Wood Jr's Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents' Dinner Roast
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: Roy Wood Jr. at the #WHCD: “The untouchable Tucker Carlson is out of a job... Tucker got caught up. Got caught up like that dude from Vanderpump Rules.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend: Serious Moments For The Media Give Way To Satire And Mirth
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: A light evening with Dark Brandon
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times: Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon blasted at White House Correspondents' dinner
@people: Roy Wood Jr. Takes Aim at Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon at 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner https://people.com/...
@rollingstone: Joe Biden on @ElonMusk at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: “The best way to make NPR go away is for Elon Musk to buy it.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... #WHCD
Graham Russell / The Guardian: Joe Biden hails ‘absolute courage’ of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton / Breitbart: Elites Mock Tucker Carlson at Nerd Prom White House Correspondents' Dinner
Farnoush Amiri / ABC13: Known for laughs, White House Correspondents' Dinner spotlights risks of journalism
Caleb Howe / Mediaite: President Biden Dunks On Pair Who Lost Their Jobs In His Economy During WHCD Speech
Evan Rosen / New York Daily News: President Biden, Roy Wood Jr. offer barbs as Chrissy Teigen, Julia Fox and other celebs attend White House Correspondents' Dinner
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: Here Are Roy Wood Jr.'s 3 Best Jokes From The WHCD
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine: White House Correspondents Dinner: President Biden and Host Roy Wood Jr. Lob Jokes at Fox News, POTUS' Age
The Hollywood Reporter: Joe Biden Calls for Release of Wrongfully Detained Americans Abroad at White House Correspondents' Dinner: “Journalism Is Not a Crime”
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal: Biden Calls for Release of Jailed Journalist Evan Gershkovich, Other Detainees
Julia Shapero / The Hill: Biden vows to fight for Americans ‘wrongly detained’ abroad at correspondents' dinner
Kelly Garrity / Politico: ‘Journalism is not a crime’: Biden salutes press, stresses freedoms at WHCD
William Hughes / The A.V. Club: Here are the best bits—including Danny DeVito—from the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk claims that Twitter plans to let media publishers charge users on a per-article basis, with one click, starting in May 2023 — Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.... https://twitter.com/...
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Laura Love / @panopticonomy: Elon is now revolutionizing the news and how you participate in society online. Marshall McLuhan would be proud of him. https://twitter.com/...
Joey Politano / @josephpolitano: Someone tries a version of this idea every six months and it never works for the simple fact that one-time payments massively reduce the number of paid subscriptions (just one of which can be worth $300+) and so result in a net revenue loss for basically any news organization. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Friend / @ryanatdust2: people complain when my articles don't reveal the whole story in the headline/tweet they're not clicking on my shit even when it's free https://twitter.com/...
Magdalena Osumi / @jt_mag_os: What does Elon Musk know about journalism? What interests me is what kind of research this idea'a based on, which publishers with what circulation have been interviewed, what were their responses, (assuming none), whom would this model benefit? So many Qs, 1 most likely answer. https://twitter.com/...
@electroniceggs: You can imagine the retro gaming grifting ‘influencers’ now. “Pay to find out why Mario was a plumber and how I found Terranigma, boxed, in my Nan's old fridge 🤯🤯💪💪” https://twitter.com/...
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Elon Musk and Spotify's CEO team up against Apple's ‘absurd’ App Store rules
Jacob Hale / @jakehaleee: In the politest way possible, this is not a good idea. People don't click on links through Twitter for free, let alone pushing publishers to charge for it? https://twitter.com/...
Aphelele Jody / @aphelelejody: Basically twitter is becoming onlyfans where we must subscribe to watch the content 💀💀 https://twitter.com/...
Ido Vock / @idvck: Because it's Elmo it goes without saying, but pay per article is a stupid idea and there's a reason it doesn't exist yet. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Agut / @apagut: The way this will play out: 1. Elon adds micropayments to Twitter 2. Apple demands 30% 3. Elon refuses 4. Elon launches phone / PWA marketplace https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Everyone who has never tried to make a living as a writer thinks micropayments are a good idea. https://twitter.com/...
Mahir Zeynalov / @mahirzeynalov: Media long asked social media companies share profits they make through news media journalism. Elon “solves” this but through readers' money. It is a joke. https://twitter.com/...
David Hobby / @strobist: This idea is so great, we're not even allowed to click through to read the 4,000+ quote tweets saying how great it is. Because we would be blinded by its greatness. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeroen Blokland / @jsblokland: Would the possibility of ‘per article’ purchases be of value to you, and would you use it? https://twitter.com/...
James Locke / @arctechinc: The commercialization of free information 🤦♂️ It used to be about removing barriers to sharing knowledge and connecting with people, now it has come to this. Sad day. https://twitter.com/...
Dr Darren Saunders / @whereisdaz: Did Elon just re-invent a key pillar of for-profit academic publishing? https://twitter.com/...
Dean Rosario / @deanrosario: This bloke doesn't seem to know a thing about Twitter users. Assuming he's not intentionally trying to destroy his asset. I've been a daily Twitter user since 2010. Not one initiative driven by Elon has been attractive to me. https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: https://www.mediagazer.com/... 1/2 This may or may not work*, but given users' apprehension to give Twitter their financial info, this will incentivize some to do so... and that will be a trojan horse for @elonmusk to morph @twitter into his everything app.
Alex Agut / @apagut: Distribution matters. Been trying to convince newspapers to do this for a while and they were slow to react, they could have started this years ago and own the market. Now Elon will. Power is Power. https://twitter.com/...
@catale7a: Better read my tweets amd threads, I read publishers' articles and summarise for easy reading FREE OF COST👌 https://twitter.com/...
@icodrops: .@elonmusk tweeted that @Twitter plans to launch a pay-to-read feature for individual articles next month, allowing media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Pericles ‘Perry’ Abbasi / @electionlegal: The push for twitter blue isn't just about the $8 a month. It's also about getting people to have their credit card linked to their twitter account so they can do more one click microtransactions https://twitter.com/...
@hacksultan: For someone who used to champion web monetisation years ago under @GrantForTheWeb with the full support of @mozilla + @Coil + @creativecommons . We've implemented an even cheaper and flexible model that cuts across several industries. I'll tell you @elonmusk Don't do THIS!!! https://twitter.com/...
Given Edward / @givenality: It's not a bad idea, just wondering how pricing per article is gonna work when the monthly sub is often like $1. https://twitter.com/...
Anugraha Sundaravelu / Metro.co.uk: I will never get my Twitter blue tick and that's okay
Mustapha Hamoui / @beirutspring: This would be great. I can't count the times I really wanted to read an article from the FT, the Washington Post or Bloomberg only to be stymied by the paywall. I'm not paying for a monthly subscription just to read one article. https://twitter.com/...
Evan Rosen / New York Daily News: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey strongly criticizes Elon Musk's handling of the app
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: The short term thinking inherent to the “micro-payment” model effectively guarantees it will not be a sustainable way to fund journalism. Good investigative reporting requires time and planning. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: it's so funny to see him try everything the industry has already tried over the last decade again https://twitter.com/...
McKinley Franklin / Variety: Twitter Will Introduce Per-Article Charging Option to Publishers in May, Says Elon Musk
Benedict Evans / @benedictevans: 1: does Twitter drive enough traffic to care? 2: would you build on something that might be cancelled on a whim tomorrow? 3: Twitter doesn't have any payment cards on file to process payments. https://twitter.com/...
Ezra Levant / @ezralevant: This one small move by Twitter does more good for Canadian content creators than the bureaucratic mess called C-11, or the entire CRTC, come to think of it. But C-11 gives censorship power to Trudeau, and this doesn't. https://twitter.com/...
Preston Byrne / @prestonjbyrne: *many* journalism entrepreneurs have been trying to roll out the pay per click model for years but nobody could figure out how to get everyone onboarded onto a single platform. Musk just did it. https://twitter.com/...
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: Twitter to Allow Media Publishers to Charge Per Article
Brian Mbunde / @brianmbunde: Reminds me of Nation pulling this off then later on guys stopped purchasing and used to ask one person to buy and share with everyone😂😂😂. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: This won't work. Publishers won't buy into this https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Here's why media organisations don't use this model. (From 2020): https://www.cjr.org/... Spoiler: it's a *huge* loss of revenue for them. It's one of those things that's obvious to anyone not on the commercial side of the industry, and a terrible idea to those on it. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Bohn / @realtombohn: Very good moove. This has been missing for a long time. 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Steven Asarch / @iamasarch: Imo this fundamentally misunderstands journalism on Twitter. The click-through rate on articles is already abysmally low because people hate it when you put barriers in front of content (just put the info straight to their eyes). Some people might pay, but most won't. https://twitter.com/...
@martinsfp: Ah, ‘publishers should charge spot payments for articles’ comes around earlier every year. https://twitter.com/...
Sung Ho Choi / @choisungho: One of those things that sound good in theory, but never works well in practice. We'll see if Twitter can ever make micropayments work. https://twitter.com/...
Chad DePue / @chaddepue: @DanielleFong I've always felt like Twitter was the only platform that could really pull off micropayments at scale. First idea that seems genuinely interesting...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Babe wake up we're doing micropayments in media for the 87th time https://twitter.com/...
Phil Duan / @philduan: This is the way to do pay wall correctly. It will also hopefully incentivize publishers to create more high quality content: consistently satisfactory pay-per-view will naturally converts to subscription. https://twitter.com/...
Brett Meiselas / @bmeiselas: The problem Elon has backed himself into is that he is so toxic and reviled now, he could have the best idea in the world and it won't be adopted by the masses. He has proven himself to be untrustworthy. He attacked those who'd use it: potential writers, readers and publications. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Sullivan / @sullycnbc: This is fantastic. Media needs easy-to-pay revenue streams that don't involve pricey or long-term subscriptions which can scare people off. Kudos. https://twitter.com/...
Roy Price / @royprice: I don't think individual transactions — sub to tweeters, pay for articles — is the endgame. Better: one big subscription w access to all articles and tweets. And video? Cf. at AMZN customers didn't love movie rentals, they loved subscription video. https://twitter.com/...
Tony Yates / @t0nyyates: This seems like a good feature to me. Mainstream newspapers or similar may not want to do payment per article but a bit of encouragement/coercion from Musk is ok. Presumably they take a cut. idk sole bloggers qualify as a ‘media org’. https://twitter.com/...
That Goan Guy / @schmmuck: This will be great for The Ken etc https://twitter.com/...
Devon A Thompson / @truedevonthomps: This is a smart move. Could allow him to go around coming Canadian legislation. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Vinson / The Wrap: Elon Musk to Roll Out Twitter Feature That Allows Media Publishers to Charge Per-Article
Armando Tinoco / Deadline: Elon Musk Rolling Out Twitter Feature For Media Publishers To “Charge Users On A Per-Article Basis”
Jared Gans / The Hill: Twitter to soon allow publishers, media companies to charge users per click on articles
Aaron McDade / Insider: Elon Musk says Twitter will soon let publishers charge to read content on a ‘per article basis with one click’
Steve Mollman / Fortune: Elon Musk not ‘singular solution’ for Twitter after all, says Jack Dorsey in reversal of earlier support
John Herrman / New York Magazine: Can Bluesky Be Twitter Without Twitter?
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson became the far right's standard-bearer in the culture wars, as his dark influence on US politics is set to continue after his Fox News ouster — For the quarter-century-plus that the Fox News Channel has been coming into America's living rooms, it has operated according …
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Next TV, @kausmickey, @jayrosen_nyu, @nandoodles, @andrew_levidis, @curtishebert, @notjessewalker, The Desk, The Hill, TMZ.com, Sydney Morning Herald and Deadline
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Daniel Frankel / Next TV: Is Newsmax Really Offering the House to Tucker Carlson? Yeah, That Makes Sense (Frankel)
Mickey Kaus / @kausmickey: Prediction [piggybacking on linked piece]: @FoxNews will have trouble replacing Carlson that it didn't have when he replaced O'Reilly. No “Tucker Carlson type” waiting in wings. Ratings down for a while. The firing might even be recognized as a...mistake https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I have been reading a lot of reporting and commentary about Tucker Carlson lately. This is probably the best thing I have come across since he was fired. The author @zengerle is writing a book on the subject. [Gift link, no paywall.] https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: One detail I keep coming back to is @nickconfessore's reporting on Tucker Carlson last year, which claims that: 1. His show brought in more ad $$ than “any other show” 2. Tucker had half the advertisers but 2x the revenue Is that really true or did Fox PR make that up? https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Levidis / @andrew_levidis: This is a perceptive piece. One that takes Tucker Carlson and his ideological journey through post-Cold War conservative circles seriously. I have the sneaking suspicion the importance of his years as a writer at the Weekly Standard are unappreciated. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Curtis Hebert / @curtishebert: Newsmax is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come on board — including floating the idea of letting him program the whole channel, not just his own show. https://www.tmz.com/...
Jesse Walker / @notjessewalker: “If Mr. Ailes was always goading disgruntled hosts to quit, telling them they would be nothing without Fox, Mr. Carlson seemed to be daring his bosses to fire him.” https://nytimes.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Could Tucker Carlson wind up at Newsmax?
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
The death of BuzzFeed News and the pivots to nowhere by bloated social media giants show the absurdity of the news media marrying a speculative tech industry — The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake? — BuzzFeed, the archetypal new media company of the 2010s …
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Digiday, @semaforben, @rafat, @amelscript, @chr1sa, CNBC, @lisatozzi, NPR, BuzzFeed, @brianroemmele, @localmediarocks, @bobbyallyn, @ckrewson, @mattvella, @marcissist, @jwherrman, Wired and Press Gazette
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday: Why BuzzFeed News couldn't replicate HuffPost's business model
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Thoughtful piece by @jwherrman, for a time the in house skeptic at BuzzFeed, on being proven mostly right https://nymag.com/...
@rafat: Sorry not buying this. Even in 2013, much less 2023, the recurring industry delusion was apparent, some of us were pointing it out, right here in these channels, that there was no savior of media coming, neither tech nor benevolent billionaires. https://nymag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Amel / @amelscript: “This shift from large social media platforms to smaller and smaller communities is going to continue, and with it, the big Web 2.0 companies will cede power...” In Peretti's goodbye note he wrote, “our industry is hurting and ready to be reborn.” https://www.npr.org/...
Chris Anderson / @chr1sa: Is Brooklyn ground zero of the forever war against “creatives”? What keeps paying the rent? Reading this, I can't help but think that “news”, “writing”, “advertising copy”, “marketing” and dare I say “journalism” are on the wrong side of history https://nymag.com/...
Alex Sherman / CNBC: It might be Jonah Peretti's last chance to turn BuzzFeed around
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: “News is great at destroying value for people in power. It's what makes it valuable to the rest of us, and what ultimately dooms plans, like BuzzFeed's, that, for all their entrepreneurial zeal, depend on their continued cooperation.” https://nymag.com/...
Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed: 5 Predictions for the Future of Digital Media
Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele: “Hard times are here for news sites and social media. Is this the end of Web 2.0?”— NPR In the post AI world there are over 50 ways for the existing news and information sites to become 10x more valuable. The same is true for journalists. Master just 3. https://www.npr.org/...
Nancy Lane / @localmediarocks: 5 Predictions for the Future of Digital Media by @peretti I would add one more - legacy media companies, with large audiences & well established brands, finally transform into digital media powerhouses https://www.buzzfeed.com/... via @buzzfeed
Bobby Allyn / @bobbyallyn: “I think the current moment is the product of both a huge shift away from social media, and a tough economy,” says @semaforben https://www.npr.org/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: This is really smart, and depressing as all get out. https://nymag.com/...
Matt Vella / @mattvella: This piece by @jwherrman is the best thing on the media I've read in a very very long time https://nymag.com/...
Tabata Viapiana / Brazil Reports:
Brazil's “fake news bill” to regulate social media is set for a vote next week, as platforms argue for self-regulation and critics raise free speech concerns — São Paulo, Brazil - Backed by the federal government and a majority of Supreme Court judges …
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Christian K. Caruzo / Breitbart: Brazil: Communist Lawmaker Introduces ‘Anti-Fake News’ Censorship Bill
Pesha Magid / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Jeff German, a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter murdered in September 2022 after a career covering the city's mob violence and the men behind it — In 1978, forty-four years before Jeff German was murdered, he left Milwaukee for a job at The Las Vegas Sun.
Brian Stelter / Los Angeles Magazine:
A look at the diminished state of late-night TV as James Corden departs; sources: his show cost $60M to $65M per year to produce but brought in less than $45M — James Corden Bows Out — The Late Late Show host is leaving the airwaves—and Los Angeles—as the late-night format struggles to stay awake.
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Forbes, @anylaurie16, @bendreyfuss, @manbearpiggins, @bendreyfuss, @zinoman, @bryancurtis, @subwaysquawkers, @craigha33460047, @greg_jenner, @megbasham, @jenafriedman, @tvgrimreaper, Insider, @ichotiner, @askanyone, @kddroz, @tvnewsnow, @laurencemackin, @davidcayj, @brianstelter, Collider, SlashFilm, Screen Rant, GoldDerby, Newser, New York Times, The Week, TVLine and The Hollywood Reporter
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@anylaurie16: Wow, that is surprising. They had a ton of viral stuff. This business 💀💀💀! https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: jesus. these used to be money printing machines for the networks. https://twitter.com/...
@manbearpiggins: So this loser's show wasn't even making money? Get this talentless bozo OUT OF HERE https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: i am also willing to let CBS lose $15 million dollars a year on me. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Zinoman / @zinoman: “Well-placed sources tell me The Late Late Show was costing $60 million to $65 million a year to produce but was netting less than $45 million.” Very good piece https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Curtis / @bryancurtis: “It was sort of like you ran a restaurant with an exit off I-5,” says one late night producer. “That doesn't exist anymore. There isn't an I-5.” https://www.lamag.com/...
@subwaysquawkers: From the article: “I mean, he was British. What was that about?” Wasn't there Scottish dude Craig Ferguson on CBS late night before James Corden? This piece reads like it is 1963 and Americans just didn't know what to make of someone with a UK accent. https://twitter.com/...
Alter Cocker / @craigha33460047: @mediagazer @brianstelter Jack Parr and a couple chairs for guests. 90 minutes of conversation. Annual cost - a lot less. Why would it hurt to try something casual and apparently effortless.
Greg Jenner / @greg_jenner: Wow, a million dollars per *episode*! But reaching fewer than a million viewers? That's ludicrously expensive TV https://twitter.com/...
Megan Basham / @megbasham: Have to hand it to Stelter, this is phenomenal reporting. In-depth, insightful, FAIR peek behind the curtain. It's amazing to see the journalistic skills these guys have when they're not waging the left's culture war for the camera. Well worth a long read. (I know but trust me) https://twitter.com/...
Jena Friedman / @jenafriedman: Late late night, if you're already losing money, why not take a chance on a woman? You'll at least get to pay her less! https://twitter.com/...
@tvgrimreaper: Getting rid of Corden is a $15-20 million/ year bonus for Paramount shareholders! https://twitter.com/...
Lloyd Lee / Insider: CBS could no longer afford to produce ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ as it raked in less than $45M but cost up to $65M to make, LA Magazine reports
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: “Sources also told me that these numbers did not include the cost to everyone's souls of airing the show.” https://twitter.com/...
Sloane Crosley / @askanyone: Would like to say my goodbyes to this show. I haven't seen a single episode of since Craig Ferguson left. His big expenses were a robot puppet and some notecards. Also I was on five times, which is nuts. This is a brag, but one delivered with love for a good host. 👋🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Ken Droz / @kddroz: Nice piece @brianstelter! What came to mind tho, as the suits ponder late night's future, is how @Nightline keeps trucking along, with a steady flow of stellar journalism. Maybe they created their own lane years ago...? Curious to their Nielsen health? https://www.lamag.com/...
@tvnewsnow: Fox News' @greggutfeld tells @brianstelter that his brand of comedy is giving late-night a new lease on life: “Thanks to our show,” he said, “I predict you're going to see a correction — a healthy, necessary shift back toward comedy and away from the nauseating, pretentious... https://twitter.com/...
Laurence Mackin / @laurencemackin: It's astonishing that James Corden's Late Late is only getting a little over 2x audience of RTE's Late Late. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Smart @brianstelter piece on the economics, demographics, show business realities, and shriveling audiences for late night television. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “The Late Late Show” took its final bow tonight. Why did it end? What's the future of late night? Answers in my cover story (!) for @LAMag: https://www.lamag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Fogerty / Collider: James Corden's ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Reinvigorated Late Night TV
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Christopher Rosen / GoldDerby: James Corden brings together Kimmel, Colbert, Fallon, Meyers, Noah, and even Letterman for ‘Late Late Show’ finale goodbye
Evann Gastaldo / Newser: James Corden Uses Final Show to Send Message to Americans
Trish Bendix / New York Times: Late Night Hosts Fight Over the Best Bits on the Final ‘Late Late Show’
Alexandra Bruell / @alexbruell:
The New York Times is using a new format that breaks down some news articles into sections like “Why It Matters” and has told some reporters to shorten stories — Mini scoop: The New York Times is using a new format that breaks down some news articles into sections, such as “Why It Matters.” Feels very Axios. Here's an example https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Erin Griffith / New York Times: Snap's Sales Fall for First Time as a Public Company
Ian Sherr / @iansherr: Good to see! Earnings & related stories are a great place to experiment because of their fleeting value. The @CNETNews team learned a lot playing with format and style over the years. And we had lots of rewarding wins with readers along the way! https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe: Focus on news SEO? Like Alexandra said, seems very Axios-like. For the SEO community, it's very Search Engine Land-like with the breakdown of their SEO news updates. Sometimes this is just what people want... quick(er) and to the point. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Poole / @stevenpoole: good idea: treat your readers like idiots with the attention span of a goldfish https://twitter.com/...
Noah Chestnut / @noahchestnut: 👀 more publishers are adapting the “FAQ” explainer style format (Vox did this years ago... now Semafor) - What happened - Why it matters - My POV - Alternative POV - What's Next 🤔 I wonder how this will play out with AI driven search (i.e. chatbots)? This feels like new SEO https://twitter.com/...
Morgan Sung / @morgan_sung: consider: split screen article with subway surfers under it https://twitter.com/...
Zachary Keck / @zacharykeck: . @axios has had such a major impact on so much of the media (and elsewhere) just as Politico did. Are there any good business school case studies on @mikeallen and @JimVandeHei's stunningly successful records on innovation? If not there needs to be. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: And @semafor does something similar. Except one of their zones is “David's View” if, say, @daveweigel is the author. I doubt the Times will be doing that. https://twitter.com/...
Angel / @angelmendoza___: this is the format i use when my friends start pulling out their phones while i'm talking https://twitter.com/...
David Marcus / @blueboxdave: “Why it matters” is by definition opinion, not straight news. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Ravenscraft / @lordravenscraft: i guess it's basically impossible for outlets to really build this, but it's been long-past time for news media to build a better way to contextualize stories, and this is kind of the bare minimum that's worth doing https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: i feel like the only really axios-y thing about this is that it feels like a newsletter published on a website https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Bruell / @alexbruell: Parts of the newsroom also have been told to make stories shorter.
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: @alexbruell maybe worth noting how lots of outlets were doing comparable things before axios copied it
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: i hope they incorporate these into the constantly running live story threads just to make them even less useful and more incomprehensible for normal readers https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Eaton / @joshua_eaton: If only “why” was part of a list of questions, all of which alliterate, that the first few paragraphs of a news story already answered ... https://twitter.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: You know who did this before Axios and Semafor and the NYT? Team Curation at BuzzFeed News. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: I'm going to continue with my “just let good writers do their thing” formula https://twitter.com/...
@seungylee14: nope nope nope the Axios format is a horrendous way to present print news information. the lede, the nut, the kicker, gimme now, gimme always. I will die on this grave https://twitter.com/...
Julia Pollak / @juliaonjobs: Newspaper articles increasingly include QR codes that take you to video of the relevant event, and section headers that break the article up into bite-sized chunks. Increasingly, they're appealing to people who watch shorts and reels and read tweets, not blocks of prose https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Metzger / @metzgov: they're just sub-headings, they haven't gone full bullet-point yet https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shawn McCreesh / @shawnmccreesh: My hatred for this is visceral. https://twitter.com/...
Nolan Hicks / @ndhapple: ‘Why it matters’. I'm old enough to remember when that was the nut graf. https://twitter.com/...
Ali Gharib / @ali_gharib: Mini scoop: It's weird that someone would point to a thing on a published page, describe it, and say it is a “mini scoop” to do so. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: in my experience reading and publishing stories, unless you're going full mcphee mode, there's really no amount of signposting that's “too much” https://twitter.com/...
Malcolm Harris / @bigmeaninternet: No shade to the reporter here, who is really good, but this isn't just a “format change” per se. The story seems to have no original quotes or unique reporting. It's an explainer news summary. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Fleisher / @wakeup2politics: Apparently this is now A Thing: https://twitter.com/...
New York Times:
As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek to regulate the use of AI-produced material — As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.
Discussion:
@highbrow_nobrow: 🤖No. ChatGPT is incapable of spontaneous creativity, something that humans excel at naturally. All of ChatGPT's creations are based on prior works, not spontaneity or novelty. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alec Stapp / @alecstapp: Regulation in airlines and medicine can hold off automation for a while, but the entertainment industry seems to competitive/open for a ban to work: https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: In December, Apple introduced a service allowing book publishers to use human-sounding A.I. narrators, an innovation that could displace hundreds of voice actors who make a living performing audiobooks. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Noam Scheiber / @noamscheiber: Hollywood writers are likely to go strike Tuesday over compensation. But the strike may not end until the studios accept guardrails around the use of AI to write scripts. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, the union representing writers has added a distinctly 2023 twist: seeking limits on the use of AI to create entertainment. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Favorito / @joefav: Spent time this AM with my buddy Dan Lauria talking about the real issues actors & voice over artists are dealing with. Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’? #storytelling #Media #chiller https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jack / @jackarking: what a very reassuring and totally comfortable time to pursue a career in the creative industries https://www.nytimes.com/...
Noam Scheiber / @noamscheiber: As Hollywood writers and studios hurtle toward a strike deadline Monday, AI looms over the negotiation. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Ciulla / @bostonvoiceguy: From the NYTimes today about AI in entertainment, and as performers, our concerns with A.I. I'm quoted, as well as other NAVA advisory board members: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joseph Allen / @j_g_allen: “A terrible case of like, 'Oh, I read through your scripts, I didn't like the scene, so I had ChatGPT rewrite the scene' — that's the nightmare scenario” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Noam Scheiber / @noamscheiber: If you're stressed out about ChatGPT taking your job, consider what it must be like to be an actor and see this in your contract. From our story on how Hollywood folk are pushing back on AI. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jeffjarvis: Did a chatbot write this stupid headline? Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after months of mounting pressure over his role in helping Boris Johnson get a loan and his handling of the Gary Lineker row — Investigation says Sharp broke rules on public appointments, creating ‘potential perceived conflict of interest’
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Robin Wilson / @robinwilson250: Only in today's Britain would anyone think a rentier the best (indeed effectively only) candidate to chair the public broadcaster—rather than, say, a senior media professional—before we even get to the partiality of his brokering a loan for the PM and being a donor to his party https://twitter.com/...
Ashis Basu / @basuashis: Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chair after he breached the rules on public appointments by failing to declare his connection to a secret £800,000 loan made to Boris Johnson. @jimwaterson https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@2015shaggy: Does anyone know whether Bojo has payed back the £800k yet? Gotta be tough with Liz Truss interest rates. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Tariq Ali / @tariqali_news: Shameless so-and-so. Making us wait so long. The appointment was corrupt and he knew it. Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after failing to declare link to Boris Johnson loan https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Marsha de Cordova MP / @marshadecordova: From Raab, to Richard Sharp, the PM has prioritised protecting his cronies over serving the public interest. Sharp should have been sacked long ago. But it took a Labour instigated investigation to make him resign. Tories can't be trusted with our BBC. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@sloughforeu: A lengthy investigation wasn't needed to work this out: An investigation by the UK commissioner of public appointments concluded Richard Sharp had broken the rules by failing to declare his link to Johnson's loan https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Cllr Jack Lenox / @greenpartyjack: Richard Sharp should never have been appointed chair of the BBC. His political ties alone should have ruled him out. His continued presence has done immense damage to the Beeb's reputation. Rishi Sunak needs to end the Trumpification of British politics. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: RE resignation of BBC chair and what comes next, will just say that who the government puts forward will be the truest indication of whether they want the BBC to be-and be credibly seen as-impartial. Clearly partisan figure would say all you'd need to know https://www.ft.com/...
@jneill: All perfectly normal... “investigation also found Johnson had personally approved Sharp's appointment as BBC chair, while individuals running the recruitment process had already been informed Sharp was the only candidate whom the government would support.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Richard Murphy / @richardjmurphy: So when is Simon Case, head of the civil service, joining him in the departure lounge? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@trevorw1953: Praise God! Pity it took Sharp so long to fall on his sword. Tucker Carlson gone, Sharp gone; not a bad week for the media both sides of the pond. @BBC @BBCBreaking https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Terry L / @amocs: The toxic Johnson Legacy of a diminishment of public standards continues apace... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ian Lucas / @ianclucas: The inevitable end of a sordid, sorry tale. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jane Martinson / @janemartinson: Missing the most important lesson from this - the urgent need for a public appointments committee. “He intends to step down in June, enabling a successor to be rapidly appointed by Rishi Sunak's government” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@loxyflo: https://www.theguardian.com/ ... After three in a week can Tories please resign or announce they are standing down in a more orderly manner from now on? Maybe the first Tuesday of every month.
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: Can we have a genuinely open process to choose the next one - without the government signalling in advance who their preferred candidate is ? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Edwin Hayward / @edwinhayward: “Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after months of mounting pressure” Tory influence over the BBC blunted? Well, it's a start at least... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Edwina Currie / @edwina_currie: You could of course apply.. https://twitter.com/...
@cstsher: Gary Lineker walking into the BBC studios for MOTD tomorrow https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joel Morris / @gralefrit: Expect to spend the next year learning the new Chair Of BBC Chairs, Head of Chairs, Chair of BBC Studios Chairs, Chair of Narrative Chairs, Commissioning Chair BBC, and Lovealot Chair from the Chair Bears, as the role splinters in the traditional way. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Sam Bright / @writesbright: Good that Richard Sharp has resigned, but he should never have been appointed in the first place. It's totally incongruous and wrong for a major party donor to be appointed chair of our supposedly impartial national broadcaster.
Lucy Powell MP / @lucympowell: RICHARD SHARP RESIGNS: I have this morning received the report of the investigation into Richard Sharp which Labour instigated. The report is clear: Mr Sharp breached the rules expected of candidates by failing to disclose his involvement in a personal loan to the then PM.
Gabriel Pogrund / @gabriel_pogrund: 🚨 Here are the report's key findings “The successful candidate, Mr Richard Sharp, failed to disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest.” He didn't disclose he: a) spoke to Johnson about applying b) spoke to Johnson and Case about offer of financial support for PM https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Kampfner / @johnkampfner: His resignation should trigger a cold, hard look at BBC processes. Threadbare appointments procedure secures Richard Sharp, mate of Boris Johnson, as Chair. The corporation has always kow-towed to governments, particularly Conservative ones, fearful of licence fee outcomes https://twitter.com/...
Lewis Goodall / @lewis_goodall: NEW: Lib Dem leader @EdwardJDavey first out of the tracks on Sharp: “The BBC is being dragged through the mud by the Conservative party after yet another sleazed scandal...Boris Johnson should never have been allowed to appoint Richard Sharp in the first place.”
@life_disrupted: Richard Sharp takes the Dominic Raab strategy: It's everyone else's fault for talking about this.
@grouse_beater: BREAKING Today's Tory Corruption Richard Sharp resigns: as BBC chairman after conceding (and having no discernable ethics) an official report points out the obvious, he breached rules for public appointments. He says he's quitting to “prioritise the interests” of the BBC. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Oliver / @craigoliver100: Richard Sharp's resignation is the right decision for the BBC. The mere suggestion of cronyism and helping an inappropriate loan proved toxic. Going forward, the Government should seriously consider stopping the role being a direct political appointment. https://twitter.com/...
@wowestminster: BREAKING: BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns after a report finds he did fail to disclose his involvement in arranging a personal loan of £800,000 to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Despite the conclusion of a conflict of interest, he has said that he “acted in good faith”.
Kevin Maguire / @kevin_maguire: Goodbye and good riddance. The BBC and British public deserve better than this Johnson crony. “Richard Sharp quits as BBC chairman after arranging Boris Johnson loan” https://www.mirror.co.uk/...
@bbcbreaking: BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigns, after report finds he breached appointment rules by not fully disclosing role in loan given to former UK PM Boris Johnson https://www.bbc.com/...
BladeoftheSun / @bladeofthes: Richard Sharp has quit. But that is not good enough, he and Johnson need to be investigated by the Police. RT if you agree. https://twitter.com/...
@itvnewspolitics: BREAKING: BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigns following an investigation into his appointment to the role after he helped facilitate a loan guarantee for Boris Johnson https://twitter.com/...
David Benedict / @eggsbened: What took him so long? Good grief, the sense of entitlement... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Pippa Crerar / @pippacrerar: BREAKING: Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after months of mounting pressure over helping secure a £800k loan facility for Boris Johnson. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@thenewsagents: 🚨 BREAKING Richard Sharp is resigning as Chair of the BBC Board. He will stay on as interim Chair until the end of June. We'll be publishing a special episode of The News Agents later today 🚨
Jake Kanter / Deadline: Richard Sharp's Resignation Proves Divisive At The BBC As Thoughts Turn To His Successor
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: BBC Chairman Richard Sharp Resigns Over Boris Johnson Loan Scandal
Lauren Frayer / NPR: BBC chair quits over links to loans for Boris Johnson — the man who appointed him
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chairman
Kirsten Robertson / Metro.co.uk: BBC chairman quits after report finds he breached rules over Boris loan help
Matthew Keys / The Desk: BBC Chairman Richard Sharp to resign over Boris Johnson loan
BBC:
Wikimedia won't comply with the Online Safety Bill's age checks of its UK readers or contributors, citing the foundation's “commitment to collect minimal data” — Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says.
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@pgildersleve, @carnage4life, @tonyajoriley, Derry Journal, Verdict, The Guardian and Light Reading, more at Techmeme »
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Patrick Gildersleve / @pgildersleve: Wikipedia having to age verify in UK is an unlikely outcome of the #OnlineSafetyBill. But the fact this story needs running illustrates the OSB's various missteps. Only platforms with dedicated carve-outs, compliance capacity, or cowboy attitudes can cope with the consequences 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: It's ironic that governments complain about privacy practices of big tech only to make privacy violations the law by mandating sites must verify the ages of users. Wikipedia has said it won't comply with such laws. After encryption this is the next battle https://www.bbc.com/...
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: .@Wikimedia's @rmack says that new UK Online Safety Bill age checks would “violate our commitment to collect minimal data about readers and contributors.'” Wikipedia is the eighth most-visited site in the UK. https://www.bbc.com/...
Rahmah Ghazali / Derry Journal: Wikipedia may no longer be available in UK because of online safety bill
Lara Williams / Verdict: Wikipedia becomes latest critic of UK's online safety bill
Reuters:
EU lawmakers push forward an AI Act draft, which includes requiring companies deploying generative AI tools to disclose copyrighted material used for training — Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems …
Discussion:
@bnox: EU lawmakers have passed a draft of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which will be the first comprehensive set of laws related to AI regulation. How does this relate to the 2018 https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/ ? https://www.reuters.com/...
Dr. Cristina Vanberghen / @vanbergheneu: EU wants stringent rules to #AI #algorithms, to ensure transparency & fairness, protect copyrighted content & citizens from problematic applications such as biometric recognition/predictive police. #EU proposes new copyright rules 4 generative AI! https://www.reuters.com/...
@drnicka: Yeah, that's basically impossible. Good luck disclosing the copyright state of all the data they've scraped (all text created by humans). They'd have to re-train it all again. https://twitter.com/...
Tony Roberts / @phat_controller: Under the European AI Act tools will be classified according to their risk level. Areas of concern expected to include biometric surveillance, spreading misinformation or discriminatory language. https://www.reuters.com/...
Shivam Mishra / Verdict: EU proposes new regulations for generative AI