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James Bennet resigns as editorial page editor of The New York Times; Katie Kingsbury named as acting editorial page editor through the November election — The New York Times announced today that James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May, 2016, is resigning effective immediately.
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Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: James Bennet has resigned as head of @nytopinion. Here's the note from NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Letter from AG Sulzberger: Bennet has resigned; JIm Dao stepping off masthead and away from opinion; Katie Kingsbury acting editorial page editor thru election. Letter to staff from AG Sulzberger https://twitter.com/...
@nytimespr: The @nytimes announced today that James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May 2016, is resigning effective immediately. Katie Kingsbury, who joined The Times in 2017, has been named as acting Editorial Page Editor through the November election. https://www.nytco.com/...
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: Tom Cotton Laughs, Mocks NY Times on Fox & Friends Over Resignation of Editor James Bennet
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: 2/ As of Friday night, still no indications that anything major was going to happen imminently. That changed over the weekend: A.G. and Bennet had the conversation that made Bennet's departure a fait accompli, + people started picking up smoke signals that something big was afoot
Dan Okrent / @okrent: This is a dark, dark day for the NYTimes. I know no finer journalist than James Bennet.
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Per source close to Tom Cotton: He's quintupled his fundraising since the NYT fracas started. Around $200k. He doesn't even have a Democratic opponent this year. So, where's the money going? Expect Cotton to run an ad against Biden this week.
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: NY Times Editorial Page Editor James Bennet Resigns After Tom Cotton Op-Ed Backlash
Robby Soave / Reason: James Bennet's Resignation Proves the Woke Scolds Are Taking Over The New York Times
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Perhaps more to the point, he embarrassed his boss, which is and has always been the only completely unforgivable journalistic sin. https://twitter.com/...
Lindsay Crouse / @lindsaycrouse: On James Bennet: I'd worked in @nytopinion for years before him. It was like being in a room where you could look but not touch. James invested in younger staff. He let us contribute. I never could have brought female athletes into our report without the environment he fostered.
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: NYT top brass can claim all it wants that the editor's ouster doesn't mark a philosophical shift, but it so obviously does: which is that the NYT, in keeping with wider media trends, has granted institutional primacy to a new generation of coddled babies https://twitter.com/...
Tom Cotton / @tomcottonar: This is false and offensive. I called for using military force as a backup—only if police are overwhelmed—to stop riots, not to be used against protesters. If @nytimes has any decency left, they should retract this smear. https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Per NYT, “James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May, 2016, is resigning effective immediately. The Times also announced that the deputy editorial page editor Jim Dao is stepping off the masthead and being reassigned to the newsroom.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Key graf from AG Sulzberger's memo: “Last week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing processes, not the first we've experienced in recent years. @JBennet and I agreed that it would take a new team to lead the department through a period of considerable change.”
@leahmcelrath: Fwiw, you might want to read the publisher's comments about the purported values of the @nytimes: https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Kurtz is just demonstrating something not uncommon among white men his age who are essentially tenured in media: any accountability feels like oppression. Job loss, which other journos experience all the time, often because of the mismanagement of others, is something he's above. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Then again, it might have been an actual resignation—Bennet not wanting to do it anymore. And I get the impression that he had more managerial ambitions than editorial ambitions, so not sure he liked being the section editor to begin with.
David Weissman / @davidmweissman: Just remember this same person told @KingJames to shut up and dribble, spare me the bullshit. https://twitter.com/...
Javier Panzar / @jpanzar: “Last week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing process, not the first we've experienced in recent years.” https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kibblesmith / @kibblesmith: I have never understood how powerful people are so hard to fire that even when they get fired they “resigned.” Resigning is the white collar prison of getting fired. https://twitter.com/...
Edward-Isaac Dovere / @isaacdovere: In four days, Tom Cotton: -got his thoughts on military crushing Americans in the NYT -caused an internal NYT revolt -ingrated himself to Trump -got a talking pt against the media -upped his position for 2024 GOP race -led to resignation of a top editor https://www.nytco.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: The NYT literally fired their editorial page editor because he dared publish an op-ed that Leftists disagreed with. The totalitarian Left will brook no dissent. To hell with Free Speech—we are Pravda. New York Times: founded as an actual newspaper 9/18/1851. Died: 6/7/2020. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Lots of scalps for the woke & the mob this week. James Bennet of the Times for the Cotton op-ed. Stan Wischnowski of the Philadelphia Inquirer for the “Buildings Matter” piece. This is as a profound threat to journalism & true diversity of thought if this is the new normal. https://twitter.com/...
Diane Tucker / @dianetucker: @Laurie_Garrett Whoa, a little clarification. James Bennet resigned after admitting he didn't bother to read the Cotton op/ed that he commissioned. He had more important things to do, though I can't imagine what they might be.
David Sirota / @davidsirota: In an elite media world with almost no accountability, we now know there is at least a rock bottom. You can be held accountable for publishing a fascist screed that you solicited but didnt even bother to read before blasting out to millions of people https://www.nytco.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Tom cotton is going to try and dine out of this media controversy he created for as long as possible https://twitter.com/...
Meg James / Los Angeles Times: New York Times opinion editor resigns following ‘Send in the Troops’ controversy
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Wow. He admitted not reading the send-in-the-troops op-ed that has caused massive grief this week, and was a contender for the next executive editor. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: So. As of now, it's a one-person competition to replace Dean Baquet as top editor of NYT: Joe Kahn (@nycscribe but don't look for him to use this site much). https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: “Last week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing processes, not the first we've experienced in recent years. James and I agreed that it would take a new team to lead the department through a period of considerable change.” https://twitter.com/...
Alistair Gray / Financial Times: New York Times comment editor quits after staff backlash
Laura Ingraham / @ingrahamangle: Full-on frontal assault on free speech in America. We're all back in college again with coercive speech codes and non-stop sensitivity workshops. https://twitter.com/...
Antifa Innovation Tsar / @profjeffjarviss: Excited to stand in as the acting editor of the New York Times op-ed section. Looking for two pieces ASAP: “Why Rowling Did Not Go Far Enough” and “Jesus Loved Martial Law”. Get at me, email in bio.
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: 1/ A bit of color, via my initial reporting, on how the Bennet defenestration went down: Friday's town hall perceived as having gone very bad/very negatively received. And AG's autopsy of how the Cotton op-ed got through revealed too few eyes on the thing before it pubbed. But...
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Direct action gets the goods James
Antonio Garca Martnez / @antoniogm: “Anyone who sees ‘any piece of Opinion journalism — including headlines or social posts or photos or you name it — that gives you the slightest pause, please call or text me immediately.’” We're all living on a college campus now. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr. Steven W. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: This is surprising. It is unusual to see consequences up the ladder in cases like these. https://www.nytco.com/...
Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: I don't know him, and don't wish him ill. But this is manifestly the right thing to do. And not just because of the Cotton piece. Bad judgments have permeated both the editorial and op-ed page, including the failure to endorse a sole candidate in the Dem presidential primary. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Vilkomerson / @rvilkomerson: WOOOW. And worth noting that it was the Black writers, editors and staff of the NYT who spoke out, at no little risk, to make this happen. https://twitter.com/...
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: Read the note. This was a defenestration, and not a gentle one. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: I'm actually surprised about the Bennet resignation. The usual NYT response to big screw ups by people high up in the hierarchy is to double down. It took them forever to acknowledge Judy Miller's screw ups. (Lower-level people like Jayson Blair get the front page treatment tho)
Rishika Dugyala / Politico: NYT opinion editor resigns after outrage over Tom Cotton op-ed
P Nielsen Hayden / @pnh: Again. The core fact about @nytimes is that its owners are vicious authoritarians who want to (1) promulgate vicious authoritarianism and (2) be welcome in polite society anyway. James Bennet failed to divert attention from this—his most important task. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tess wears a mask / @tess_townsend: NYT editorial page editor James Bennet has resigned. Deputy editorial page editor Jim Dao is being reassigned to newsroom. Dao took responsibility on Twitter for overseeing approval of Cotton op-ed after a junior staffer was cited as the piece's editor. https://www.nytco.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: imagine the collection of absolute psychos texting bennet right now to comiserate over his persecution by the woke mob
Kaivan Shroff / @kaivanshroff: NEW: The New York Times Opinion Editor has resigned. Good. He made incredibly irresponsible decisions and used the platform to elevate bigoted and anti-science voices. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Benner / @ktbenner: James Bennet has resigned as NYT opinion editor
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: Really interested to see how things will be executed. I like the idea that the NYT will explain why they chose a specific argument and where it fits in national discourse. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News: ‘Dark day’ at the New York Times after James Bennet departure, says former public editor
@tbogg: Fun fact: When Laura was editor of the conservative Dartmouth Review she sent a reporter to secretly record a support group for LGBTQ students. Just beacause she was, and has remained, an asshole. https://twitter.com/...
NBC News: New York Times opinion editor resigns amid fallout over op-ed calling on military to quell protests
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: Ms. Kingsbury, new editor at NYTimes, told staff “Anyone who sees any piece of Opinion journalism, headlines,social posts,photos—you name it—that gives you the slightest pause, please call or text me immediately.” It's all about staff sensitivities now. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Still processing but @katiekings is brilliant and has done an enormous amount to diversify the editorial board, which is turning out beautiful work. 100% believe things will run much better with her in charge. What a development! https://www.nytco.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: 3/ Full reaction/feelings from Opinion staffers still not entirely clear, but I am told that “people are stunned.” I'll have more in a story at some point tomorrow.
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: Seumas Milne published a speech by Osama bin Laden in the @guardian's comment section in 2004. He not only kept his job, he then went on to become the communications director for Jeremy Corbyn, who once upon a time was leader of the Labour Party. https://www.nytimes.com/....
Laurie Garrett / @laurie_garrett: OP-Ed editor James Bennett forced to resign, after running a piece by Sen. Tom Cotton calling for use of U.S. military forces to suppress #GeorgeFloydProtests . Good, or bad, for Journalism? Chime in. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rick Petree / @rickpetree: There is some satisfaction in this, wrt to the specific episode of the Tom Cotton OpEd. As to the broader problems of the Times' journalism, we shall see. They need to step up; 2020 is an important year, for us all. https://twitter.com/...
@kfury: Hopefully the new acting Editorial page editor will read all editorials before printing them. https://twitter.com/...
Eli Clifton / @eliclifton: Bennet's legacy includes bringing in neoconservative pundits Bret Stephens, who had made racist statements about “disease of the Arab mind,” and Bari Weiss, whose qualifications included leading a campaign smearing Arab professors. https://twitter.com/...
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: diversity and tolerance have been under attack for years....the demand from the left is that everyone think a certain way. It's a dangerous path. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: bret stephens fucking terrified right now
Daniel Politi / Slate: James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor After Backlash Over Tom Cotton Op-Ed
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: The right move. The only move. https://twitter.com/...
Ruben Bolling / @rubenbolling: Well it's hard to both defiantly defend the decision to run an Op-Ed and claim you never read it before it ran. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: But. A month ago, NYT would have gotten a modicum of grief for a bake-off (for the most prestigious job in journalism) between two white guys. Now it's a clear path for a lone white guy, and I don't know if that will fly.
Karen K. Ho / @karenkho: Hundreds of current and former Times staff put their careers on the line and spoke up. Howard Kurtz is equating Bennet losing a high-profile job to a violent act of several genocides and during a week when millions of people are protesting *actual deaths* from police brutality.
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast: Embattled NY Times Opinion Editor James Bennet Resigns After Staff Revolt
Marina Fang / HuffPost: New York Times Opinion Chief James Bennet Out After ‘Send In The Troops’ Op-Ed
Neal Colgrass / Newser: ‘Send in the Troops’ Op-Ed Sparks Major NYT Shakeup
Tony Lee / Breitbart: George Floyd protests continue on Sunday.
Ursula Perano / Axios: James Bennet resigns as editor of New York Times editorial page
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: New York Times opinion editor out
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside the revolts erupting in the biggest US newsrooms, as some staff have pushed back on approaches to covering racism and Trump — Staff members' demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: James Bennet and a moment of truth
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic: Tom Cotton and the Elite Media's Dalliance With Illiberalism
Ben Smith / @benyt: I started this week looking at the origins of this journalistic moment in Ferguson, which took me into a story about @WesleyLowery & @washingtonpost , which led me right back to James Bennet & @nytimes. Here it is: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The controversy at The New York Times is over more than just one op-ed. The future of the Times could be at stake.
Eric Deggans At Npr / @deggans: Powerful column on tension between non-white reporters calling out systemic racism and old school bosses. But I think it underplays how GOP, not just Trump, has gotten more extreme, making racism more overt, challenging non-white journalists even more. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: One iconic story of newsroom tensions in this moment ins @WesleyLowery & Martin Baron. The full story, and blunt internal memos, are here: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Atkin / HEATED: My apartment flooded
@thomaschattwill: This from @benyt's excellent column unnerves me: “American view-from-nowhere, 'objectivity'-obsessed, both-sides journalism is a failed experiment,” [Loury tweeted]. “We need to rebuild our industry as one that operates from a place of moral clarity.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: I also strongly agree that all opinion sections should include a broad spectrum of views. I'm merely questioning why the WSJ's top “recommended” article for three straight days is a flimsy argument that racist policing is figment of our imagination.
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Everytime someone uses this tired line to my face I respond that I'm pretty sure the Pulitzer on my bookshelf is for reporting https://twitter.com/...
Deanna Pan / @ddpan: Absolutely this. When I was a reporter in SC, I felt like we had to walk this tightrope between reporting accurately on racism and not offending our majority white readership. Coverage was riddled with euphemisms like “racially tinged/charged/offensive” at the behest of editors. https://twitter.com/...
Aditi Juneja / @aditijuneja3: This is a great piece. @WesleyLowery and Black journalists across America deserve better from their employers. And Americans need the truth from the media. Even if it makes White folks uncomfortable. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson: “Walking in circles and then realizing later on that it was simply an unconstitutional rule, it changed the way I thought about reporting — it made me think I have to question everything, including the rules of our reporting,” https://www.nytimes.com/... @benyt @Yamiche
Mike Hixenbaugh / @mike_hixenbaugh: My take after reading this: The future of journalism is bright. @WesleyLowery, @Yamiche, @byjoelanderson, @trymainelee, @AdamSerwer https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sara David / @saraqdavid: “American view-from-nowhere, 'objectivity'-obsessed, both-sides journalism is a failed experiment. We need to rebuild our industry as one that operates from a place of moral clarity.” -this from @WesleyLowery needs to be a conversation in every newsroom rn https://www.nytimes.com/...
@isaacfitzgerald: I once had the privilege of watching 👑@byjoelanderson give a talk about his experiences covering Ferguson at the @BellHouseNY in Brooklyn. Given the incredible tweet this man gave us earlier this week, this big, beautiful portrait of him in the @nytimes seems even more deserved. https://twitter.com/...
Jarell Cardoza / Sunday Plug: Baldwin on the American Dream, Coates on the moment, not so civil newspaper wars
@mairavz: Studying political science prepares you well for journalism: the first thing you learn is there is no such thing as objectivity https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Fantastic @benyt column about the cohort of journalists who flew to Ferguson and came back to transform journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Fresca Cowboy / @presidentwil: Really appreciate journalists who are acknowledging that objectively witnessing suffering is condoning it. It's complicated and messy but journalists who acknowledge the power dynamic are the truth tellers https://twitter.com/...
Frank Rich / @frankrichny: If you want full, objective context for what erupted at @nytimes - and not just the Times - this is it. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Pacilio / @nickpacilio: “The central vein for reporters, producers, activists and a vast national audience was Twitter, which had already begun subtly shifting the power dynamic in news. ... Twitter 'did make it feel like you're more accountable to a broader audience and a more diverse audience.'” https://twitter.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: @JBFlint @realrobcopeland @WSJ Nah. My main point was the op-ed was pretty garbage. And actually, I don't think it's typically appropriate for reporters to weigh in on their papers' opinion pieces. The Tom Cotton piece was an unusual case. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Good by @benyt. Lord there is so much work to do and there is so much time lost likely too much. https://twitter.com/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: It's wrong to characterize the current media debates as about journalism that's more “personal” or partisan. Disproportionately white newsrooms failed to cover racism objectively. What is happening now is a course correction towards...the facts. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: This is a very good piece. It documents how one of the big failings of newspapers rn is that the “view from nowhere” is in fact a “view from white male comfort zone.” https://twitter.com/...
Justin George / @justingeorge: Wes is one of the most important journalistic voices on race post-Ferguson. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: @jacknicas @realrobcopeland @WSJ Either you're a) trying to say WSJ reporters know there's a difference between news and opinion pages and thus don't freak out every time there is something there they don't agree with or b) you're trying to drag us into your fight.
Greg Dworkin / @demfromct: this is great, if it happens what a story https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mat Honan / @mat: “Perhaps most tellingly, reporters I spoke to at The Post said they wished Mr. Lowery was still there, breaking news from Minneapolis for the paper.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: “Minutes after Mr. Sulzberger told the staff in an email that Mr. Bennet had resigned, he told me not to interpret the move as a philosophical shift. ” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: The Times op-ed sparked unusual backlash among reporters here. But there probably won't be any such reaction at the WSJ. I was a reporter there for seven years, and my former colleagues are sadly quite inured to the opinion pages contradicting what they report in the news pages.
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: Some really great photography in this fascinating @benyt piece. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tricia Romano / @tromano: Damning assessment of the “objective” stance by newspapers. It's bs. You can't be objective. You are a person. You can be fair and factual. https://twitter.com/...
Asher Moses / @ashermoses: Civilisation is doomed unless journalists take a stand on values. “American view-from-nowhere, 'objectivity'-obsessed, both-sides journalism is a failed experiment. We need to rebuild our industry as one that operates from a place of moral clarity.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Amazing that this bit of analysis @benyt links to was written just a few short years ago. “YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Did not know any of @WesleyLowery's story. Glad I do now. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: And let me be very clear: The Wall Street Journal's news reporters and editors are world class and always have been. This op-ed has nothing to do with them. The WSJ's Opinion pages have sometimes produced important work. They've also often contradicted facts in the news pages.
@mattnegrin: It's weird that this depthy autopsy of the Bennet fuckup as a prism into how the NYT and WP neuter themselves so they can't truthfully cover race doesn't even mention the NYT's wild headline on Trump's racist tone-deaf speech, “Trump Vows To ‘End It Now’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / @mukhtaryare: Washington Post reporters told @benyt that they wished @WesleyLowery was still there, breaking news from Minneapolis for the paper. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@newrepublic: Times' readers will be exposed to arguments from figures like Tom Cotton whether or not the Times publishes them. And any benefits of representing them must be weighed against the risk that doing so might normalize and facilitate their spread. https://newrepublic.com/...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: We need more reporters like @WesleyLowery, not fewer. His voice in our newsroom and his work in our pages are missed now more than ever. An important column by @benyt: https://twitter.com/...
Mickey Kaus / @kausmickey: Treading verrry carefully. But informative. This can't be the only thing he writes on Topic A ... https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: @AaronBlake @benyt the Playbook piece also spelled my name wrong and got my age wrong. YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP
Jeff Stein / @spytalker: ‘When an organization loses a journalist as talented and as fiercely committed to the truth as Wesley Lowery, its leaders need to ask themselves why,’ said Felicia Sonmez...who clashed with Mr. Baron over a different tweet. ‘We need more reporters like him, not fewer.’ https://twitter.com/...
Ricardo Lopez / @rljourno: .@WesleyLowery paved the way. The bravery it takes to speak truth to power, especially when doing so carries such great professional risk should not be understated. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “American view-from-nowhere, 'objectivity'-obsessed, both-sides journalism is a failed experiment. We need to rebuild our industry as one that operates from a place of moral clarity.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elana Zak / @elanazak: Both @Sulliview and @benyt's columns today focus on an argument gaining a lot of traction: newsrooms' “core value needs to be the truth, not the perception of objectivity.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Irin Carmon / @irin: Seeing so much accountability today that I never thought I'd see. https://twitter.com/...
Cara Fitzpatrick / @fitz_ly: Hard to see @WesleyLowery leaving WaPo as anything other than a huge loss for the newspaper. They lost an immensely talented young reporter who could have spent a career there. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Copeland / @realrobcopeland: As my friend @jacknicas knows, news is separate from opinion @WSJ. We are inured to nothing. Reporters here are laser focused on what is printed in the news pages, and are encouraged to speak freely and frequently about it with the top levels of the masthead. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Kupferer / @kkupferer: “The new way of covering civil rights protests...coalesced on the streets of Ferguson.” As a journalist and Missourian, I've been thinking about just how much we owe the people of Ferguson and the young Black reporters who were (and still are) on the ground there. https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: “Walking in circles and then realizing later on that it was simply an unconstitutional rule, it changed the way I thought about reporting — it made me think I have to question everything, including the rules of our reporting.” @yamiche to @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Big new @benyt column: “The shift in mainstream American media — driven by a journalism that is more personal, and reporters more willing to speak what they see as the truth without worrying about alienating conservatives — now feels irreversible.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nick Tuths / @nicktuths: When I was at Maddow during Ferguson, there were people at that network who said we shouldn't put @WesleyLowery on because “he's an activist, not a reporter.” We didn't listen, because the coda on our show was you SHOULD be passionate about the topic you report on. https://twitter.com/...
Adi Joseph / @adijoseph: This column is very good and makes a lot of great points, particularly the quick note about reader loyalty increasingly outweighing clicks. But I think it bypasses (intentionally?) the greater discussion of how Twitter has elevated what once were considered special interests. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: lol we have been politely asking that they like...hire one (1) additional black person for....50 years....but go off king https://twitter.com/...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “Seeing police in armored vehicles in riot gear with semiautomatic weapons in a residential neighborhood in America — and seeing them viewing black people not as citizens and taxpayers and people worthy of protection ... was surreal,” @emarvelous https://www.nytimes.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: This is similar to how journalists like @eisingerj and @RanaForoohar were radicalized by the financial crisis. When you discover that the sources you've been trusting have just straight-up been lying to you, that changes your view profoundly. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Craig R. McCoy / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Philadelphia Inquirer Executive Editor Stan Wischnowski announces his resignation, days after uproar over the newspaper's “Buildings Matter, Too” headline — Stan Wischnowski, the top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, has announced his resignation, days after discontent among …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times: Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline
CNN: The executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer has stepped down after publishing ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ headline
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: In which @Sulliview rescues the idea notion of journalism as an independent politics of accountability, and rights, from the fear of “partisanship” that has hobbled its practice so badly https://twitter.com/...
Shai Franklin / @shaifranklin: Every once in a while, we still get to see someone take full responsibility and actually mean it. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: After the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a headline they found offensive, “some journalists could be seen in tears in their Zoom frames.” They then released an open letter announcing “We are tired.” Within days, the longtime top editor is forced to resign https://www.inquirer.com/...
Erica L. Green / @ericalg: To be clear: This RT is an endorsement. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Carman / @timcarman: “As these difficult moments continue to arise — and they will — journalists and their newsroom bosses shouldn't be trying to make their work inoffensive. They should concentrate on how they can best serve their mission.” Please read 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: The Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor, Stan Wischnowski, has resigned days after an article headlined “Buildings Matter, Too” led dozens of staff members to walk out https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: Always on point. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Arceneaux / @youngsinick: Much as I worry about the decline of local media (more folks should be lashing out about the telecommunications act of 1996, but I digress), I'm also reminded that many of these publications have failed their communities by not being inclusive in thought or hiring and management. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Here's an easy task: ask to see photos of the executive team. Not the on-camera folks, not the cleaning staff. The team that makes the decisions. That will tell you everything you need to know. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Steven W. Thrasher / @thrasherxy: All these white men being held accountable, I don't know what to do. What's happening? Now do the editor(s) who took the Black journalists off protest reporting at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ernest Owens / @mrernestowens: .@nytimes spoke with me about latest @PhillyInquirer news: “The conversations and concerns we have are beyond just the headline. This is a majority of color city, and The Inquirer has fallen short when it comes to engaging the community at large.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Byron York / @byronyork: Philadelphia Inquirer top editor forced to resign after publishing piece with ‘Buildings Matter’ headline. Was with paper 20 years; led team to Pulitzer; doubled minority staff. Apologized for ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ headline. ‘Deeply offensive.’ https://ow.ly/...
Walter Olson / @walterolson: It's so typical that the other top-editor-driven-out story is getting much less attention than it deserves because it's from Philadelphia https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bob Cronin / Newser: Editor Resigns Over ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline
Alex Migdal / @alexem: “We're tired of shouldering the burden of dragging this 200-year-old institution kicking and screaming into a more equitable age.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kurt Schlichter / @kurtschlichter: The Mensheviks are having an awful week https://twitter.com/...
Chris Strub / @chrisstrub: Story reveals more to it than just the bad headline; I wanted to see if he claimed he hadn't seen it. I know from experience during crises, top editors *always* sign off on lede heds. || Stan Wischnowski resigns as @PhillyInquirer's top editor https://www.inquirer.com/...
Kontra / @counternotions: Meanwhile at Philadelphia Inquirer: “We're tired of being told to show both sides of issues there are no two sides of.” (We're all tired!) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rebekah L. Sanders / @rebekahlsanders: The 20-year veteran of the paper stepped down days after dozens of Inquirer journalists walked out. https://www.nytimes.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Wow. This time really is different. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Scott / @dylanlscott: this reflects the kind of journalistic ethics I learned at @scrippsjschool and have internalized through my career — it's a good framework and one that I think safeguards against politicking without trying to maintain an unachievable “objectivity” https://twitter.com/...
Diane Mastrull / @dmastrull: A week of anguish-filled demonstration across the country ended with a profound action @PhillyInquirer meant to signal that the pain of my colleagues of color has finally been recognized. Addressing pay, hiring, & promotion inequity must follow. https://www.inquirer.com/...
Mike Allen / Axios: Four fiascos for mainstream media
Hayley Miller / HuffPost: Philadelphia Inquirer's Top Editor Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ Headline
Justin Wise / The Hill: Top Philadelphia Inquirer editor resigns after ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ headline
Lorrie Goldstein / @sunlorrie: Stan Wischnowski resigns as The Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor over a headline “Buildings Matter Too” about vandalism during protests against racism and police brutality in the city: Here's the column: https://inquirer.com/... Here's the story: https://www.inquirer.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Stan Wischnowski, the top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, has announced his resignation, days after discontent among the newspaper's staff erupted over a headline...” https://www.inquirer.com/... ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ ...was the headline.
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: Compare the groping for a scapegoat at the NYT to how the Philly paper handled a much smaller fuckup this week https://www.inquirer.com/...
Mike Rispoli / @rispolimike: What must follow next from @PhillyInquirer & @lenfestinst is meaningful reform, incld. advancing race equity inside newsroom, bringing communities into editorial process, & promoting coverage, esp. of the criminal legal system, that lifts up community concerns, voices, and needs https://twitter.com/...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: It would be great to see a person of color who is committed to diversity take this job. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Wiggins / @paulwiggins: “Stan Wischnowski, a 20-year veteran of the paper, stepped down days after the publication of an article that led to a walkout by dozens of Inquirer journalists.” https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Stassen-Berger / @rachelsb: Stan Wischnowski, top editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, announced his resignation, days after discontent among the newspaper's staff erupted over a headline on a column about the impact of the civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd. https://www.inquirer.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: After an indefensible “Buildings Matter, Too” headline rubbed salt in old wounds, top editor Stan Wischnowski is out at the @PhillyInquirer, reports @marcatracy. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: Hey @jbennet wanted to make sure you saw this https://twitter.com/...
Claire Smith / @mzcsmith: I enjoyed working with Stan. I understand his decision. I wish this didn't have to be, but sometimes mistakes are so grievous they cannot be outrun. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In this polarized moment, the choice for journalists is not to become activists or stenographers but decide how to best serve their mission of telling the truth — With the country in turmoil over racial injustice, a public health crisis and devastating job losses, it should be no surprise that journalists are caught up in the tumult.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN: Journalists of color are fed up and speaking out
David Montgomery / @dmontyjr: “But it's the kind of mess that American journalism could come out of stronger and better if they — and the American people they serve — grapple with some difficult questions.” Good one by @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Osman Faruqi / @oz_f: This is really sharp piece that gently, but very effectively, dismantled the “boths sides” journalistic model that dominates Australian media and underpins stuff like the Bannon interview. WaPo isn't some leftist rag, this should be a wake up call. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ana Graciela Mndez / @amendezpty: “Every piece of reporting — written or spoken, told in text or in images — is the product of choices. Every article approaches its subject from somebody's perspective.” https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / @myhlee: We've been asking what the role of journalists should be during this polarized and dangerous time. @Sulliview challenges us to reframe coverage with this question at the forefront: What journalism best serves the real interests of American citizens? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: American journalism needs to grapple with tough questions about our role in the nation's crises over race, public health and inequality. I have some ideas about how to approach it — and how not to. My column: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “... journalists and their newsroom bosses shouldn't be trying to make their work inoffensive. They should concentrate on how they can best serve their mission.” It's impressive that @sulliview can write with such calm grace when her keyboard is on fire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Esther Honig / @estherhonig: What's a journalist supposed to be now? When the country's leaders accuse us of a liberal bias for trying to present the facts, how do we stay relevant and accountable to our readers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mike Ananny / @ananny: A better idea for journalists: Talk to those who study how journalists *make* publics. There is no single “public” but *different* publics. Know which publics you're making & not making. Understand the value of alternatives. Yes, this is abstract & hard. It's supposed to be. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: 👏👏👏 Perspective | What's a journalist supposed to be now — an activist? A stenographer? You're asking the wrong question. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... 👏👏👏
Julia Pyper / @jmpyper: “The core question is this: In this polarized, dangerous moment, what are journalists supposed to be? ... The real answer is to make better, wiser choices — ones that best serve our important mission to find and tell the truth.” Reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Thornton / @thorntonaustin: @sulliview asks all the right questions. All I know for sure is that “the market” doesn't have any of the answers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: This column, I believe, shows my continuing responsiveness to my Twitter assignment editors. :) https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Green / @elizwgreen: required reading. “Using that lens, Cotton's views should be known, but not amplified and normalized within the prized real estate that is the op-ed page of the New York Times.” https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Trump's fact-free presidency has antiquated the idea of newspapers uncritically presenting both sides; “view-from-nowhere” journalism is no longer an option — Dean Baquet has a phrase for it: We are not the resistance. But if that were entirely true, James Bennet would still have a job.
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I had to stay up half the night to finish this. My post on last week's rebellion at the New York Times. It's called “Battleship Newspaper.” My interpretation of this event. https://pressthink.org/... I hope you will read it.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter: New York Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns Amid Uproar, Staff Backlash
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review: NYT Opinion Editor Resigns following Cotton Op-Ed Fallout
Ryan Deto / Pittsburgh City Paper:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is accused of barring two Black reporters from covering protests, retaliating against reporters who supported them by censoring stories — Late in the evening on June 5, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette removed two stories from its website that were shared earlier in the day on the paper's social media platform.
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Miriam Berger / Washington Post: Pittsburgh paper accused of barring black reporters from covering protests, censoring stories
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: It seems like if you're a “journalist of color” all you have to do is say “IM. SO. FUCKING. TIRED” and every media institution will immediately cave to your insane, incoherent demands
Steadman / @asteadwesley: Not only did the Pittsburgh Post Gazette remove a black journalist from reporting on the protests when she pointed out that white people riot also, but the paper has now killed links to previous stories after the guild denounced them. Shameful https://www.pghcitypaper.com/ ...
Andrew Dalton / Associated Press: Post-Gazette reporters denounce black colleague's removal from protest coverage
Tracy Jan / @tracyjan: “With the country gripped by an anti-racism uprising, what's been unfolding inside the Pittsburgh newspaper has underscored one of the fundamental challenges American media faces with its coverage: a lack of diverse voices, including of black journalists, in newsrooms.” https://twitter.com/...
Tony Fratto / @tonyfratto: The managers of the @PittsburghPG are truly a despicable group. I know there are some excellent reporters and editors there, so not calling for anyone to cancel subs at this existential time for newspapers, but they need to be pressured. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Karp / @bobkarpdr: So white journalists have the gift of objectivity but the African American journalists are intrinsically biased...? #BLM #Blackjournalistsmatter https://twitter.com/...
Moriah Balingit / @bymoriah: When I worked @PittsburghPG I did a newsroom diversity study showing I was the only reporter of color on the news desk. The city is one-quarter black. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kaplan / @sarahkaplan48: This is egregious. But in so many newsrooms, managers still view some voices as unreliable, some identities as drawbacks. I hope this makes all journalists question what is meant by “objective” and who gets to decide. We need Black reporters' eyes and insights, now and always. https://twitter.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette apparently thinks only white people should cover the protests. 🤔 Lend your support to @alexisjreports and @msantiagophotos! https://twitter.com/...
Michael A. Fuoco / @michaelafuoco: Our two aggrieved coworkers and fellow @PGNewsGuild members— @alexisjreports and @msantiagophotos—will appear on the @JoyAnnReid show on MSNBC this morning to discuss their mistreatment and the company's retaliation against their @PittsburghPG supporters. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Faces Blowback After Barring Black Reporters From Protest Coverage
Marianne Williamson / @marwilliamson: Good citizens of Pittsburgh, I assume you're on this... https://twitter.com/...
Kelley Willis / @kelleywillis: Does that mean they won't send white folks on the police beat? https://twitter.com/...
Susan J. Demas / @sjdemas: I have had some male journalists argue I shouldn't cover abortion or lgbtq rights as a bisexual woman. Too often in newsrooms, the subconscious ethos is that only straight white men can be “objective” about politics. You'd be amazed how many smart people buy into this. https://twitter.com/...
Jessie Gmez / @jessiereport: @mtracey Who are you? This doesn't happen at all. Have you talked to a journalist of color ? A black journalist ? I suggest you do so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Joy Reid / @joyannreid: Show edit: we'll be addressing this on this morning's #amjoy - thankfully @TiffanyDCross (author of Say it Louder, which addresses black voters and media) and @rashadrobinson were already booked! @msantiagophotos and @alexisjreports, our bookers are reaching out. https://twitter.com/...
@chelseybcoombs: How many times do I have to say THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM AND “OBJECTIVE” JOURNALISM IS BS ANYWAY https://twitter.com/...
@kimcrayton1: This is what white supremacy looks like because “news” and journalism for Black folx, if not from our own media outlets, has always been the mouthpiece of false narratives that promote the oppression, harm, and violence in our communities https://twitter.com/...
Marina Fang / @marinafang: What's happening at the Post-Gazette is just the latest shameful episode in years of the paper's management undermining the vital, dogged, Pulitzer Prize-winning work of its staff. Solidarity with @PGNewsGuild #IStandWithAlexis #IStandWithMichael https://www.pghcitypaper.com/ ...
Will Graves / @willgravesap: Uhh, not the way you wanna make the wire @PittsburghPG https://apnews.com/...
@nazkebab77: The racism just keeps jumping out. This idea that only white people can be neutral is white supremacy (& it's horseshit). I fought it tooth and nail in my last job, actually in every job. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Hamlin / @itskelseyhamlin: .@Seattletimes did this to someone I know, too, except regarding immigration. Wouldn't surprise me if they've had similar thoughts and actions in the past for their Black reporters either. https://twitter.com/...
Njaimeh Njie / @en_jay_me: Management of the @PittsburghPG was so rooted in their racism they violated the fundamental code of their profession to mute Black journalists' voices. Did they think no one would notice or care? https://twitter.com/...
@taniel: The climax of acting like demands for racial justice are identity politics, while Trump's politics of white grievance are speaking for “real America” & “ordinary Americans” https://twitter.com/...
Maggio / @kylemaggio: This is what we mean by systematic racism. It's beyond police brutality, it's workplaces, it's schools telling black kids they can't wear their hair certain way, etc. It's 2020 and these are still problems, they have always been problems https://twitter.com/...
Spork / @strivingally: So members of the clergy have been gassed off the streets while protesting, and now members of the press have been censored when trying to point out the shortcomings of the government ... Is there any part of the First Amendment that hasn't been spat upon by MAGAts this year? https://twitter.com/...
Emily Atkin / @emorwee: In my unbiased assessment of the facts presented here, whoever runs the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a racist piece of shit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: My jaw is still on the floor over this story on what's happening at the @PittsburghPG this weekend, including the management's refusal to explain their actions https://twitter.com/...
Mike Madden / @mikemadden: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette allegedly has decided black journalists can't cover these protests because being black makes them biased https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: What's been unfolding at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “has underscored one of the fundamental challenges American media faces with its coverage: a lack of diverse voices, including of black journalists, in newsrooms...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marc Carig / @marccarig: The assault on the free press from power-hungry authorities is awful yet predictable. Assault from within is unconscionable. Here's an example of speaking up when an important local institution has been compromised. https://twitter.com/...
Theresa Clift / @tclift: This is absolutely appalling. We will never get more black journalists, which we desperately need in this industry, if this is the way they are treated. #IStandWithAlexis @PGNewsGuild https://apnews.com/...
Dorey Scheimer / @doreyscheimer: Pulitzer winning photojournalist @msantiagophotos, another prominant black journalist at the PG, also barred from protest coverage https://twitter.com/...
@will_bunch: 1. This is a shocking report and it appears to be true: A check of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website right now shows no stories about Friday's protests or police brutality. The P-G has completely abdicated its responsibility to its community. Some background... https://twitter.com/...
Kat Stafford / @kat__stafford: “We feel taking a black woman off the most monumental national story about civil rights in the last 50 years is punishment. We have very few black journalists. Someone who has the contacts and the insights for this story, that is what you want.” https://apnews.com/...
Sean Gentille / @seangentille: Truly disgusting and shameful stuff going on at the Post-Gazette, a great newspaper owned and run by toxic, racist losers. Solidarity to the many, many, many good and talented people who work there. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/ ...
Steadman / @asteadwesley: The papers management is also scrubbing bylines and changing lead photos, according to reporters. “Instead of a shot showing protest signs, the new lead photo is now of Pittsburgh Police kneeling with marchers at a different march than Lee covered.” https://www.pghcitypaper.com/ ...
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: at all-hands meeting, Maven announced 15% salary cuts across the org, while some staffers called for shutdown of its pro-police blog Blue Lives Matter — During a series of tense all-hands meetings, employees called upon Maven to cut ties with a “disgraceful” pro-police blog.
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani: During a meeting on Friday, staffers told Maven higher-ups that the site (which lives under the “Defense Maven” url) was embarrassing, racist, and filled with dangerous comments https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: This is Max's 45th good media story this week. @AndrewKirell, please let Max take the weekend off https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Maven CEO James Heckman said the original reason they signed the site was to have “both sides” of the debate, but after hearing employee concerns, he is going to ask the company board to deplatform Blue Lives Matter https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News apologizes for displaying a graphic depicting market rallies after the killings of Martin Luther King, Michael Brown, and George Floyd — Fox News Channel on Saturday apologized after the display of an on-screen chart showing stock-market gains in the wake of infamous killings …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Fox News Graphic of Stock Performance After Killings of Black Men, Rodney King Verdict Sparks Outrage
Rebecca Burns / @rebeccaburns: I assumed the first 10 times I saw this pop up that it was an Onion story .... It's just so stunningly awful. https://twitter.com/...
Marshall Shepherd / @drshepherd2013: Mouth wide open.... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Study of kids aged 4 to 15 in the US, UK, and Spain finds they spent an average of 85 min/day on YouTube and 80 min/day on TikTok from February 2019-April 2020 — A new study on kids' app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube's dominance, as kids now split …
Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Hollywood should immediately halt production of cop shows and movies, which too often whitewash and glamorize, in solidary with people of color — Like many other industries, entertainment companies have issued statements of support for the protests against racism and police brutality now filling America's streets.
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@postopinions: Given what policing in America has too often become, Hollywood's version of it looks less like fantasy and more like complicity, @AlyssaRosenberg writes https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
Profile of Al Jaffee, the longest-working comic artist ever, as he retires from Mad magazine at age 99 — Mad magazine's iconic back-page Fold-In is about to fold it in. Finito after 56 years. Because Al Jaffee, officially the longest-working comic artist ever, has decided to retire at age 99.
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Janelle Hessig / Boing Boing: MAD Magazine legend Al Jaffee retires at age 99
@cartoonbrew: Cartoonist Al Jaffee, best known for creating the MAD magazine “fold-in” interior back cover, is retiring from the comic industry at age 99. He started his pro career at Timely Comics in 1942, a mere 78 years ago. WashPost piece about his retirement: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Chatfield / @jason_chatfield: A true legend of the cartooning world, and Guinness World Record holder for longest career as a comic artist. The inventor of the MAD fold-in among a slew of other achievements. MAD legend Al Jaffee retires at age 99 after a record-breaking career https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marc Hogan / Pitchfork:
Dissatisfied with meagre Spotify earnings, some smaller musicians are finding solace on Bandcamp, which has recently started waiving its fees for a day — You won't find 75 Dollar Bill anywhere on the Billboard charts, but the New York act's latest studio album nabbed the No. 1 spot …
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@pitchfork: After a recent @Bandcamp Day, D.C. punk vet Chad Clark says his label sent him “the most I've been paid for recorded music in one payment ever in my life” https://p4k.in/G6lFzVf
@pitchfork: 75 Dollar Bill recently made $4,200 on @Bandcamp in two days—more than they've earned on streaming services like Spotify over the last six years https://p4k.in/yHfQfwU
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