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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend — With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising.
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Dalvin Brown / USA Today: Facebook plans to spend $100 million on aid for news outlets affected by the coronavirus
Jon Porter / The Verge: Facebook invests $100M in journalism as COVID-19 makes it more vital than ever
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal: Facebook Pledges $100 Million for News Outlets Hit by Coronavirus Outbreak
Campbell Brown / @campbell_brown: Journalists are working around the clock to bring us vital information about the coronavirus outbreak. Today, Facebook is announcing a $100 million investment to support news organizations and reporters as they navigate the economic impact of the crisis. https://www.facebook.com/...
Reuters: Facebook says it will spend $100 million to help local news outlets survive the economic impact of coronavirus
Rat King / @mikeisaac: $75 million in Facebook ad spend subsidized for newspaper SMBs basically this is a user acquisition campaign to drive local news subs cf. every startup spending millions in venture dollars on app-install ads https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mohamed Omar / @mohamedomar: Facebook is investing an additional $100 million to support journalism during the coronavirus pandemic. We know news organizations everywhere are struggling and want to help. We are grateful for their critical work of keeping communities informed and safe. #ThankYouJournalists
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: Facebook commits $100 million to struggling news outlets during coronavirus crisis
Laurie Voss / @seldo: I don't know who needs to hear this but Facebook giving away $75m worth of free ads on Facebook when demand for ads has tanked anyway is not “investing $75m”. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jesper Doub / @sofus_d: These challenging times require strong and independent journalism! We are expanding our efforts to support the News Industry with additional $100 million. https://www.facebook.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Facebook is buying $75 million worth of ads and is presenting this as some sort of altruistic activity to save journalism https://www.facebook.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: donating ad space to small businesses — who account for the vast majority of Facebook's ad revenue — is noteworthy. Would be good to get a final accounting when that money is spent. Which newspapers got the money? And how much? https://twitter.com/...
Adam Mosseri / @mosseri: Happy to see us help the news industry navigate this crisis. https://twitter.com/...
Jonah Peretti / @peretti: Facebook Aims $100 Million at Media Hit by the Coronavirus — Quality, publicly accessible journalism is essential to public heath, the Coronavirus crisis is hitting publications hard, this support is timely and needed 👏👏👏 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Facebook pledges $25m in grants in local news, $75m in marketing spend to news orgs in acknowledgement of ad shortfall hurting media industry https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gaven Morris / @gavmorris: Let's say-as an extraordinary measure in these #coronavirus days-@Facebook committed 10 percent of annual profit (equivalent to the gdp commitment of some governments) to recovery, supporting journalism and content creators that make the stuff it sells: that'd be $700 million: https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Glad to see Facebook doing this, it's good PR and the grants are helpful. But spending $75mil buying ads for Facebook isn't an act of charity — it's just a welcome business transaction https://www.facebook.com/...
Hern / @alexhern: pleased to announce, by the logic of this post, that I have set up a £100 fund to help the board games industry in this trying time https://www.facebook.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Just announced by Facebook: $100 million in new funding to “support news industry during the coronavirus crisis.” $25 million in direct grant funding, $75 million in marketing $$ since other advertisers are pulling ads https://www.facebook.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Facebook is smartly finding its big ‘friend of media’ opening amid #coronavirus and tripling down https://www.axios.com/...? via @axios. Meanwhile: https://twitter.com/...
Rachel England / Engadget: Facebook pledges $100 million to support journalism during coronavirus crisis
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: Facebook commits $100 million to support news media hurt by virus crisis
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: Facebook Pledged $100 Million To Help News Outlets Hit By The Coronavirus Crisis
Naman Ramachandran / Variety: Facebook Invests Additional $100 Million to Support News Industry During Coronavirus
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Facebook pledges $100 million to support news industry during COVID-19 pandemic
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump has turned his coronavirus briefings into create-your-own-reality TV with the structure, intrigue, drama, rhythm, and characters of a weekly reality show — The coronavirus briefings have given Donald Trump a regularly scheduled reality show again — or, rather, a create-your-own-reality show.
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Donald J. Trump / @realdonaldtrump: “President Trump is a ratings hit. Since reviving the daily White House briefing Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘The Bachelor.’ Numbers are continuing to rise...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: I wrote about the coronavirus briefings, Trump's daily create-your-own-reality show. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: There is so much intelligence in this column by @poniewozik. It's about what is really going on in the briefings. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Dr. Fauci told me today that the coronavirus could kill anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, and infect millions more. Americans. The president is tweeting about TV ratings for press conferences. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: Don't fall for Trump's effort to recast himself as the benevolent leader of a unified country
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “For Mr. Trump, the briefings allow him to turn his pandemic response from a serial narrative, in which he's held accountable for his cumulative action or inaction over time, into an episodic production, in which all that matters is what happened in the latest installment.” https://twitter.com/...
Eric Schultz / @ericschultz: “But it's the president who's able to seize prime time, abetted by networks who — knowing that his briefings have made objectively false claims — fall back on the easy answer that when the president speaks during an emergency, that is by definition news.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: “There is no greater asset to a salesman or a politician than an audience that wants to believe.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: The “reality show” metaphor is not just a metaphor anymore, it's reality. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: “Every episode, in this production, wipes the slate clean, like a sitcom restoring the status quo. All those comments about how the coronavirus is like the flu... That's last season.” Donald Trump brings you TV's first situation tragedy. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Now, the coronavirus briefings have given him a new, live and unfiltered daily platform before a captive national audience,” @poniewozik writes. “True to his résumé, he has conducted them as a kind of reality TV, or rather, create-your-own-reality TV.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kristin Roberts / @klr_editor: I've thought a lot about @benyt's take. Here's what I say: Go ahead and hate the business model, but until there is another functional, effective, proven business model to replace it, we cannot afford to allow journalism to fail https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: I read acres of Trump media analysis, and @poniewozik is consistently the best, because he speaks tv. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason: In Dramatic Shift, Trump Tells Nation To Stay at Home Until the End of April
James Fallows / The Atlantic: 2020 Time Capsule #9: ‘The Woman in Michigan’
Gregg Re / Fox News: Trump says coronavirus ‘peak in death rate’ likely in 2 weeks, extends social-distancing guidelines through April 30
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox: Trump is bragging on Twitter about his coronavirus briefings getting lots of viewers
William Cummings / Yahoo News: ‘This is not a reality TV show’: Trump criticized for tweets on TV ratings as coronavirus death toll rises
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: on an internal call, Jeff Zucker defended airing Trump briefings live, arguing that viewers need to hear Trump answer tough questions from journalists
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David Kaye / @davidakaye: there's nothing in jeff zucker's purported arguments for @CNN staying live that's convincing (to me) - or that cannot be addressed through robust post-presser coverage. it's just giving in to the circus & politics-as-entertainment hustle. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: CNN's Zucker did more to make Trump president than any other person in any medium. This defense of putting Trump's daily exercise in deceitful propaganda on live TV is blatant BS. And the honest journalists at CNN know it. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Joshua Holland / @joshuahol: This asshole wants us to believe it's a news decision based on some sort of principle when it's obviously all about ratings and he's fine with people drinking pool cleaner. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Luke Brussel / @lukebrussel: CNN Chief Zucker “comfortable” airing Trump pressers live. Zucker was also comfortable airing every Trump (hate) rally live in 2015-2016. Why? They get high ratings and that means CNN makes more money from ads. But leaving a camera on isn't journalism. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Fine. Air them. But dear god, do some journalism! https://presswatchers.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: I, for one, am shocked that the man who locked himself in a room with Trump and Mark Burnett because he was so desperate to bring The Apprentice to NBC has no spine https://twitter.com/...
Yohana Desta / Vanity Fair: Trump Thrilled That Coronavirus Is Boosting His Press Conference Ratings
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: CNN's boss, Jeff Zucker, said today his network will continue to carry the briefings live. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... He also said he's “probably spent more time on this topic than anything else.”
Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: The fact that there was even a debate around whether the President of the United States should be carried live in the middle of a global crisis by a NEWS organization says quite a bit https://twitter.com/...
@thedailybeast: “It's a very difficult decision,” Zucker remarked. “As of now, we are going to continue to carry those briefings.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
David Dennis Jr / @daviddtss: he quite literally told the American public to take a drug and people took it and died. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Not shocked. Ratings, guys. https://twitter.com/...
Robby Soave / @robbysoave: Good for Zucker. This is the right call. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@rolandsmartin: Of course Zucker will stick with the live news conferences. This is no shock https://twitter.com/...
Tony David / @atlanticmovpic: @mediagazer @maxwelltani Unfortunately Trump is taking these reporters “to the cleaners” which is why his ratings are going up and up and up and up!!
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Jeff Zucker was asked on a call today about the network's decision to carry the WH press briefings live. He defended CNN's decision to air them live, but also said the network has considered other options, including not airing parts of them. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Nick Stella / MediaFile: Networks Weigh Airing Trump's Coronavirus Briefings
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Gannett CEO announces furloughs and pay cuts across the company, says other execs will take a 25% pay cut and he won't take a salary until the cuts are reversed — The mass-media company, which owns many large newspapers including USA Today, announced Monday that the coronavirus downturn has forced the company to make deep cuts.
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@gregholmannl, Poynter, Awful Announcing, @rachelacrosby, @aprilehrlich, @pkafka, @lpolgreen, @thrasherxy, @brynstole, @jemelehill, @gerryconway, @thesarahkelly, New Jersey Globe, @maxwelltani, @emdrums, @craftypanda, @markferenchik, @brianduggan, @tednesi, @ryanchittum, @reporterdavidj, @dicktofel, Florida Politics, @reporteramber, @rickedmonds, The Hill, @maxwelltani and The Wrap
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@gregholmannl: New today: @Gannett announced unpaid newsroom furloughs of 1 week per month during April, May and June. We're told journalists earning more than $38K are subject to the plan. This is prompted by COVID-19
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: Gannett, responding to the coronavirus-related downturn, announces a series of cuts
Rachel Crosby / @rachelacrosby: I'm especially thinking of the @rgj. Nevada has a small press corps. COVID-19 already struck a blow to our rural papers. @TheNVIndy cut its budget in half. @reviewjournal & @LasVegasSun reduced pages. Now this. Our state needs its journalists. Consider supporting them if you can. https://twitter.com/...
April Ehrlich / @aprilehrlich: We need a better system for funding local news. We can tell people to support local news all day every day, like we have been for years, but that's not going to change a system that's clearly not working. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Gannett, which publishes USA Today and many other large local papers, says staff will be furloughed one week a month w/out pay through June. That is, a 25% pay cut. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: People don't realize how little money most journalists make, and how stagnant those wages have been. For context, I earned just a couple thousand dollars less than this in my first newspaper job at a Hearst daily *20 years ago*. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Steven W. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: Why is it OK to dock people's pay (for a week, for months) and make it impossible for them to work, but not OK to tell landlords, “Hey, you can't collect rent one week a month or for a few months”? Why is not OK to tell insurance companies, “Sorry, no premiums in 2020”? https://twitter.com/...
Bryn Stole / @brynstole: Major cuts at country's biggest newspaper chain in response to COVID19's massive impact on revenue. https://twitter.com/...
Jemele Hill / @jemelehill: This is why I'm proud of my friend @LarryLage for raising money for freelance sports writers —> https://twitter.com/... Also, a reminder that a vast majority of journalists make working class money. Journalists on television make up a SMALL percentage of working journals. https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Conway / @gerryconway: For those who somehow think journalists are part of the “elite” https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kelly / @thesarahkelly: Of note: Gannett is still paying some journalists less than $38k. In 2020. https://twitter.com/...
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe: Gannett announces furloughs
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: In an email to staff, CEO Paul Bascobert said Gannett is in a similar predicament as many publishers: Traffic, online subscriptions are up, but the company expects “revenue to decline considerably” as direct advertising slows. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Emily Bloch / @emdrums: Gannett is just the latest in a long line of publications making massive slashes. I'm proud to lead a group doing our part to keep reporters afloat. Last wk, we launched the Hand Up Fund, a small grant program to help reporters affected. You can donate or apply by visiting ⬇️ https://twitter.com/...
Allison Wrabel / @craftypanda: I was hired here (a non-Gannett paper) in 2015 at $30k and now make $36k. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Ferenchik / @markferenchik: This affects us at The Dispatch, the Akron Beacon Journal, the Canton Repository and the Cincinnati Enquirer, among others in Ohio and across the nation. Please subscribe to your local papers, all working very hard during this time... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Duggan / @brianduggan: Our newsroom is now directly feeling effects of this pandemic as we begin mandatory furloughs for employees starting in April. If you value our work. If you value a local newspaper. Subscribe, please. Your support is more important than ever: http://archive.rgj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ted Nesi / @tednesi: Staffers at Gannett (owner of @projo @TheNewportDaily @HNNow @southcoasttoday locally) got a memo today announcing “a combination of furloughs and pay reductions” are coming “to keep our staff intact.” Says it could start as soon as this week. Local execs are to provide details.
Ryan Chittum / @ryanchittum: those making under 38k would probably make more money from the new unemployment benefits than they would continuing to work https://twitter.com/...
David Jesse / @reporterdavidj: More people reading journalism from @freep and other Gannett owned papers than ever before, yet economy tanking destroying advertising. Company announces all employees have to take one week unpaid furlough each of next three months. https://www.poynter.org/... via @Poynter
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: This effectively cuts newsrooms by 25% during the most challenging story many of these communities have ever faced https://twitter.com/...
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics: Gannett announces furloughs and pay cuts as Black Monday continues for Florida journalism
Amber Hunt / @reporteramber: Support your local journalists. We're *lucky* we're being furloughed and not laid off ... yet. Readership is up but ads are down. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. https://twitter.com/...
Rick Edmonds / @rickedmonds: Gannett, largest chain with 250+ papers, tells staff that furloughs and pay cuts are being put in place because of pandemic-related advertising revenue losses. https://www.poynter.org/...
Joe Concha / The Hill: Gannett newspaper chain to furlough journalists
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Seems like Gannett is still moving forward with its “synergy plan.” An internal Q&A said there will be some “position eliminations as our normal course of business.” But the company says that is “different than a companywide or division-wide layoff.” 🙃 https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Tampa Bay Times:
The Tampa Bay Times to temporarily cut print editions to Sunday and Wednesday, says digital subscription gains are not enough to make up for advertising losses — Chairman and CEO Paul Tash says “extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.” — The Tampa Bay Times …
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Poynter, Tampa Bay Times, Vanity Fair, @markkatches, @langstonitaylor, @clairemcneill, @jbenton, @stevebousquet, @ashleycdye, @sammy_roth, @kathrynvarn, @dohamadani, Florida Politics, @langstonitaylor, @rontimes, @scontorno, Poynter, @newsbysmiley, @marbinmiller, @craigtimes, @mcastimovies, @gabriellecalise, @jbenton, @rickedmonds and @wpjenna
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter: A Q&A with Tampa Bay Times chairman and CEO Paul Tash about the Times' print reduction
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Can The News Industry Survive Coronavirus?
Mark Katches / @markkatches: This will be a profound, and necessary, change in the way our readers consume @TB_Times for now, but it won't alter our newsroom's mission, the scope of our work or the strength of our journalism. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Langston Taylor / @langstonitaylor: It's tough times for so many people right now I'm not even gonna ask for that lol Please consider convincing someone really rich to give newspapers a lot of money with no strings attached. https://twitter.com/...
Claire McNeill / @clairemcneill: “extraordinary times” — the @tb_times will now print and deliver only twice per week, putting out an e-edition daily, because of the hit we've been delivered by coronavirus https://www.tampabay.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: “In the last two weeks, retailers have canceled more than $1 million in advertising they had already scheduled.” https://www.tampabay.com/...
Steve Bousquet / @stevebousquet: ‘A shock to the system’ and to journalism: After more than a century, the Tampa Bay Times suspends print delivery except for Wednesdays and Sundays https://www.poynter.org/...
Ashley Dye / @ashleycdye: this is a difficult time for local journalists across the country. we aren't immune. this shows how our colleagues in depts outside of the newsroom — from the plant to delivery to marketing — are hurting, too. to lose pay in a pandemic is devastating. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: The Tampa Bay Times his cutting back its print edition to two days per week after losing $1 million (!) in previously scheduled ads in the last two weeks alone. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Kathryn Varn / @kathrynvarn: A horrible, horrible day for @TB_Times & more importantly, the Tampa Bay area that relies on us for info & government accountability. I know I sound like a broken record, but these reductions are next level. We need your support. https://tampabay.com/... https://www.tampabay.com/...
Doha Madani / @dohamadani: This is so so tough to see. The Tampa Bay Times is one of the best local newspapers in the country and I constantly fear for its future. https://twitter.com/...
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics: Tampa Bay Times to furlough employees, cut print distribution to twice weekly
Langston Taylor / @langstonitaylor: Worth at least being aware... the industry that is informing you of the biggest pandemic of your lifetime is so flimsy that one of the biggest newspapers in the country now has to furlough staff and cut benefits, just weeks after layoffs and paycuts https://www.tampabay.com/...
Ron Brackett / @rontimes: Florida's largest newspaper, @TB_Times, to offer print edition on Wednesdays and Sundays only. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Steve Contorno / @scontorno: The demand for our coverage throughout this crisis has never been higher. Our web traffic is 3x the norm. And we won't stop working, no matter how difficult it becomes. But we need your help. Please subscribe. https://tampabay.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Smiley / @newsbysmiley: If you believe it's important to be informed, pls consider subscribing to the @TB_Times, or @MiamiHerald, or @WLRN, or any news outlet that you trust or value, regardless of the medium. https://twitter.com/...
Carol Marbin Miller / @marbinmiller: This is terrible news, not just for the good people who work at the @TB_Times, but especially for the community — which has only one print outlet. The Times has been one of the premier newspapers in America for decades. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Pittman / @craigtimes: #Florida's largest newspaper cuts print edition to 2 days a week, Sunday & Wednesday, citing steep drop in advertising due to #coronavirus economic crash. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Monica Castillo / @mcastimovies: One of Florida's largest metropolitan areas will only have a local newspaper twice a week. My heart aches for my hometown. https://twitter.com/...
Gabrielle Calise / @gabriellecalise: This isn't in the article, but for the next two months no one in our company will be able to take paid personal leave days or paid vacation. https://www.tampabay.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: I have been predicting that more and more local daily newspapers would cut printing down to 1, 2, or 3 days a week for several years now. I've been almost completely wrong. Coronavirus is finally gonna make me right, I'm afraid https://www.tampabay.com/...
The Guardian:
Hungary passes a draconian coronavirus law that allows PM Orbán to rule by decree and includes jail terms of up to five years for spreading “misinformation” — Fears over coronavirus legislation that gives no time limit for state of emergency
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@balazscseko, Yahoo News, @michaeldweiss, @melissajpeltier, @shaunwalker7, @davidfrum and The Week
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@balazscseko: Hungarian Parliament passes bill that gives PM Orbán unlimited power & proclaims: - State of emergency w/o time limit - Rule by decree - Parliament suspended - No elections - Spreading fake news + rumors: up to 5 yrs in prison - Leaving quarantine: up to 8 yrs in prison #COVID19 https://twitter.com/...
Yahoo News: Hungary's prime minister has been handed the power to rule by decree indefinitely because of the coronavirus outbreak
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: “The bill introduces jail terms of up to five years for intentionally spreading misinformation that hinders the government response to the pandemic, leading to fears that it could be used to censor or self-censor criticism of the government response.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Melissa Jo Peltier / @melissajpeltier: Don't let this become America. https://twitter.com/...
Shaun Walker / @shaunwalker7: On today's new legislation in Hungary “From the beginning, they didn't want an agreement, because they have used the whole thing for political communication,” said one opposition MP who said she would have voted for the package if there was a time limit. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
It's time for a painful shift that means abandoning most for-profit local papers with poor business models for a national network of nimble new online newsrooms — The coronavirus is likely to hasten the end of advertising-driven media, our columnist writes. And government should not rescue it.
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Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, @rasmus_kleis, @sulliview, @cfelsenthal, @sammy_roth, @elilake, @nytimes, @klr_editor, @dangillmor, @klr_editor, @klr_editor, @kimbui, @tonyromm, @vwpickard, The Wrap, @nytimesbusiness, @elizwgreen, Poynter, @amyalex63, @mattlargey, @dkahanerules, @scmitchp, @journalismproj, @wyeates, @dankennedy_nu and @pdbeth
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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Bail Out Journalists. Let Newspaper Chains Die” @benyt says 3 thoughts 1) news is an institution, not just profession 2) with their imperfections, for-profit media remain backbone in that institution 3) non-profits, while valuable, often cater to elite https://www.nytimes.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: A lot of fine journalists work for chains like McClatchy, Gannett, Lee & others. And their work matters. Let's support these newsrooms while simultaneously looking forward to newer models. Writing them off is writing off their communities. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Carol Felsenthal / @cfelsenthal: Ben Smith @benyt, @nytimes argues that it's the journalists, & their nonprofit news organs, that are the future of journalism. Only complaint is he misses the action in Chgo. Also, here's to @WBEZ which is full of great reporting—& investigative scoops.https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: Is it just me, or kind of bizarre that @benyt advises throwing out all the legacy newspapers in favor of nonprofits without grappling even a little with the question of how many cities/small towns/rural counties could support a robust nonprofit newsroom? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eli Lake / @elilake: .@benyt says letting the big newspaper chains fail is a step towards saving local journalism. I'm not sure I agree, but worth reading the argument. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: “It's a moment of deep crisis for the local news business, which could have been blown over by a light breeze and is now facing a hurricane. But it's also a moment of great promise for a new generation of largely nonprofit local publications.” —@benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kristin Roberts / @klr_editor: So please, yes, save journalists. While very smart people are searching for a different business model (I'm rooting for you!), we are going to keep busy over here in our corner, fighting every day to keep local news alive. #readlocal #subscribelocal
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” https://twitter.com/...
Kristin Roberts / @klr_editor: There is no guarantee — and little evidence — that something will come in to replace these news organizations if they do fail. Only a handful have moved to a not-for-profit model or one owned by a philanthropic foundation, and those have been among the first to teeter
Kristin Roberts / @klr_editor: Expecting that allowing chains to fail will clear the path for some new model is without evidentiary support. It has taken Tech to come in and partner with a for-profit company (us) to *even experiment* with filling a void https://medium.com/...
P. Kim Bui / @kimbui: I get this headline, but seriously, tropes like this hurt individual journalists who happen to work at a chain. Many are early in their career, or are dedicated to their communities and a big paper is where the impact is for now. Not a time to punish us. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: this is interesting, but nothing here contains an actual, sustainable solution for information-starved communities outside major cities. digital is great, but we forget a large portion of the US isn't digitally inclined or cant get online. what of them? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Victor Pickard / @vwpickard: This by @Benyt is worth a serious read. The ad revenue model for journalism has long been doomed, but it's taken a pandemic to drive it home. I've often advocated gov support for struggling newspapers-but only after they first become low- or nonprofit orgs https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: The only thing worth saving about America's gutted, largely mismanaged local newspaper companies are the journalists, says @benyt, The Times media columnist. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elizabeth Green / @elizwgreen: In 2008 a guy named Ben inspired me to take the first big risk of my career (it became @Chalkbeat). Today he writes up the next big one better than I ever could. #savelocalnews https://www.nytimes.com/... @benyt
Kristen Hare / Poynter: People are dying alone because of the coronavirus. …
Amy Alexander / @amyalex63: Hire more Black, Latino, and working class practitioners from all parts of the country and give them the resource support and time they need to mature into Kick-Ass Journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Largey / @mattlargey: OK, one more thing on this thing: Public media is one of the the few truly *local* nonprofit journalism endeavors. We thrive because we cover what is happening on the ground in our communities every day. Not just once in a while. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael Walsh / @dkahanerules: The @nytimes advocates the death of its competitors. Because of course it does. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mitch Pugh / @scmitchp: And not to mention the devastating ripple effect letting chains die would have on non-chain organizations. McClatchy, Gannett & Lee die suddenly and that is unquestionably bad news for @postandcourier, @dallasnews, @seattletimes and other indies. https://twitter.com/...
@journalismproj: And we're thrilled to be helping the amazing team of @Kenwardjr and @gregmoorewv get their “not-yet-named new outlet” off the ground in West Virginia as a nonprofit, alongside @propublica and @report4america https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Yeates / @wyeates: ‘The advertising collapse is knee-buckling’. “If it's a couple of months, we'll make it through. If it's six months, all bets are off.” Consider subscribing to the news orgs you read regularly folks!? https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News, which “parted ways” with Trish Regan, should now let go of Sean Hannity who spouted the same harmful nonsense as Regan but to a much bigger audience — Recent personnel actions at Fox just happen to have fallen when people turn away from their phones and laptops.
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Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Sean Hannity is again talking up the benefits of hydroxychloroquine on his radio show, citing a friend who took it and was able to leave the hospital. But, he says, “I'm not a doctor.”
Rabbi Rami / @rabbirami: Trish Regan didn't have Hannity's ratings. If she did she would still be in her time slot. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Erik Wemple writes today that Sean Hannity “must go,” arguing that he “spouts harmful nonsense to a relatively huge audience” — compared to the now-vanquished Trish Regan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says senior executives will take temporary pay cuts with Bob Iger forgoing his entire salary and recently named CEO Bob Chapek taking a 50% pay cut — CEO Bob Chapek will take a 50 percent pay cut. — The Walt Disney Co. said on Monday that executive chairman Robert Iger will forgo …
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Anthony Robinson / @antoniusrex: Aside from all the typical haters who missed the point: he's literally giving up his huge salary to help fund workers salary. They are taking pay cuts to keep things and people going clearly! They know they'll make money later and that's the point. PR or no it's the right thing. https://twitter.com/...
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: Early this morning, Disney joined other companies in making deep cuts in salaries for executives. Iger will forego all of his salary. From the company-wide email: https://twitter.com/...
Marc Dylan / @marc_dylan: It's a nice gesture but salary is often a tiny portion of most executive compensation packages. Iger earned almost $50 million last year and only 3.5 million was considered salary. We don't know what, if any performance based compensation these magnanimous execs will get https://twitter.com/...
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: Bob Iger Forgoes His Salary As Disney Execs Take Massive Pay Reductions During COVID-19 Pandemic
John Gary / @johngary: Iger's 3m salary is 6% of his total compensation. Half of Chapek's salary is 5% of his total compensation. https://twitter.com/...
@bevysmith: I'm glad these billionaires are doing it but if I was the newly named CEO I would be like “damn, I barely got my job id badge & y'all cutting my salary in half” 😂🤷🏾 ♀️ https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Parker / @theryanparker: Disney's Bob Iger is forgoing his entire salary and CEO Bob Chapek will take a 50 percent pay cut amid the coronavirus pandemic https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Daniel Roberts / @readdanwrite: Bob Iger taking zero salary, Bob Chapek taking 50% salary cut. All Disney parks are closed right now due to #coronavirus. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: Hollywood Studios, Stars Rally to Raise Funds and Help Workers and “Worst Off” in Coronavirus Pandemic
Ina Fried / Axios:
After changing its rules, Twitter is cracking down on COVID-19 misinformation from prominent accounts, including Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Rudy Giuliani — It's notable that Twitter, like other social networks, has announced stricter rules on virus-related misinformation than other types of false posts.
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Kim Lyons / The Verge: Twitter removes tweets by Brazil, Venezuela presidents for violating COVID-19 content rules
Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook deletes Brazil President's coronavirus misinfo post
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: Twitter Deleted Two Tweets From Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro For Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation
Tim Stephens / @proftimstephens: Good. Once we are through this crisis let's make sure they do the same with climate. https://twitter.com/...
Hadas Gold / @hadas_gold: Twitter took down 2 tweets from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday for violating its rules on COVID-19. This is what users are seeing instead.... https://twitter.com/...
Owen Williams / @ow: This is meaningless until Twitter actually provides a way to report tweets for misinformation - which *still* isn't possible https://www.axios.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Well now. Precedent has been set for deleting a head of state's tweets. Let's see how this proceeds. https://twitter.com/...
Queenie Wong / CNET: Twitter pulls down two coronavirus tweets from Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro
@kfile: Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Kirk, and now Laura Ingraham have been forced to delete tweets by Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Cristiano Lima / Politico: Twitter: Laura Ingraham tweet broke rules against coronavirus misinformation
Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier: And earlier today, Twitter deleted Bolsonaro tweets. This is a defining moment: companies willing to shut down disinfo from world leaders if they have the World Health Organization to back them up on what counts as harmful https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@ali: Anyone on the Left? Anyone using fake Chinese numbers? Anyone pushing the fake Hoax meme? Anyone falsely suggesting US has more cases than China? Any Media outlet that said not to take it seriously in February? cRaCkDoWn What a “coincidence” https://twitter.com/...
TheStreet:
Maven anticipates revenue to drop by $30M in 2020 and will lay off some staff, with Sports Illustrated journalists representing 6% of the overall cost reduction — Maven Media Brands (MVEN) said Monday it will be laying off employees and senior management will see a 30% reduction …
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B. W. Carlin / @baileycarlin: Wish I could say I was surprised, but I am not. James Heckman is probably one of the least qualified people in the world in the powerful position he is in to navigate this crisis from a business standpoint. Deeply saddened for my former SI coworkers who were laid off. https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: More media cuts, now from Maven Media Brands (owns Sports Illustrated, The Street) - Laying off 31 people (9% of 332 staff) - Management + “high-salaried leaders” taking 30% pay cuts for 2020 comp - $12 million line of credit from B. Riley Financial https://www.thestreet.com/...
Jarrett Seidler / @jaseidler: there are going to be a lot of layoffs coming and it's going to be devastating to the sportswriting world and we shouldn't forget who pillaged and overextended in the name of profits https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Maven, the group that runs Sports Illustrated, owns The https://t.co/..., says it will lay off 9% of staff. https://www.thestreet.com/...
Kevin Draper / @kevinmdraper: “SI journalists represent 6% of the overall cost reduction” https://twitter.com/...
Maven / @mavencoalition: We made some difficult changes today to help weather the storm of these unprecedented times and ensure Maven's long-term success. https://www.thestreet.com/...
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian:
Interview with Mehdi Hasan, whose hard-hitting interviews on Al Jazeera English become regular viral hits, on why US media is almost “irredeemable” and more — Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' — The political interviewer on how he made it in the US …
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Tara McKelvey / @tara_mckelvey: When @NesrineMalik asks @mehdirhasan what motivates him as a journalist, he is eloquent. “It's about one thing,” he says: “It's about avoiding the dehumanisation of other people.” His words are especially important in the age of Covid-19. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
New York Times:
Sources: Facebook's security team had disinfo concerns about The Daily Wire's sites in 2019, clashing with the policy team, which prevented action being taken — After spending billions to avoid a repeat of 2016, the tech giants are careening from crisis to crisis as their foes change tactics.
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Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Important report. Only thing it appears to miss is Facebook's lone decision to refuse to ban microtargeting of political ads despite pressure from employees, former employees and regulators with WSJ reporting that board member Thiel is behind this (along w FB $ interests). https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “The most divisive content this year may not come from Russian trolls or Macedonian teenagers peddling fake news for clicks, but from American politicians using many of the same tactics to push their own agendas. One chief perpetrator? The White House.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: “Some (Facebook) security team members wanted to investigate hyperpartisan networks based in the U.S., the people said. But the policy team discouraged them and made it clear that foreign influence operations took priority over domestic ones, they said.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Happy to be quoted in this important story by three great disinfo/cyber reporters. To expand on my quote: there will be plenty of domestic disinfo in 2020, but what foreign adversaries can add to the mix is offensive network operations to seed propaganda with truth. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: If only there were people who were serious, trained professionals willing to work to help solve this crisis in an industry that was recently decimated by tech's antics, who desperately need work, and who desperately want to help https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: New by me, @sheeraf and @nicoleperlroth: a deep dive into how Facebook, Twitter, and Google are preparing for the 2020 election. (Remember the 2020 election?) Complete with Emirati spies, improv sketches, Daily Wire drama, and more. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Fitton / @tomfitton: .@NYtimes, a leftist advocacy group, pushes more censorship and suppression by social media titans of @realDonaldTrump, conservatives, and market competitors. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: In interviews with 2 dozen executives and employees at Facebook, Google and Twitter over the past few months, many described a tense atmosphere of careening from crisis to crisis to handle the newest tactics being used to sow discord and influence votes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlie Wood / Business Insider: Facebook reportedly failed to investigate misinformation tactics from the right-wing Daily Wire …
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Is social media an ever evolving weapon? Yep! Read this you must by @kevinroose @nicoleperlroth and @sheeraf via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Ben Shapiro's the Daily Wire behaves like foreign disinformation networks. Even after Facebook security officials flagged it, they were told not to investigate it to avoid the appearance of bias against conservatives. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytnational: Facebook, Google and Twitter are more than ready to handle the election interference threats of 2016. But not of 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Micah Zenko / @micahzenko: Critical report on how domestic-based misinformation campaigns are proliferating. key passage from @alexstamos https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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