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Jennifer Barnett / Medium:
Former managing editor at The Atlantic describes a toxic workplace that drove her out, under a boss “who went on to be next in line to run the paper of record” — I had the plum job. The top of the masthead of one of the most prestigious and respected publications with more than a 150-year-old history.
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Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Former Managing Editor of The Atlantic Accuses James Bennet of Running Abusive Workplace
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: This is a disturbing set of allegations about The Atlantic by @jenzerb: https://jenzerb.medium.com/... I have asked the Atlantic for a response.
Erin B. Logan / @erinblogan: this is a horrifying must-read. especially for young journalists. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: For every man at the top who acts this way and gets away with it, there are another dozen men propping him up out of base ambition, and a whole host of women and people of color keeping his secrets out of fear of losing their livelihoods. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: These are disturbing allegations against James Bennet. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: I just finished reading this essay @jenzerb wrote about her time at The Atlantic working under James Bennett. It's raw, disturbing, and explains so, so much about what is wrong with media these days. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
@petersterne: Former Atlantic managing editor writes about abusive workplace under her boss, James Bennet (who later went on to run the NYT opinion page, until being pushed out after publishing Tom Cotton's “send in the troops” op-ed) https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: Every damn word of this. This is also the same factor as to why Andy Mills didn't feel any shame or remorse after his screw ups. There will always be room at the top for the people who were on top. https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: “He's going to land on his feet. At the top. Why does it matter? Because the same men who continually fuck up are still in charge of the media.” https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Emily Alford / Jezebel: New York Times Editor Who ‘Resigned’ After Publishing the Tom Cotton Op-Ed Is Unsurprisingly Awful in Other Ways
John Warner / @biblioracle: Just sitting here reflecting on the number and types of folks who tended to go to the mat for the subject of this piece after he got fired for what was flagrant incompetence at his job, and now things are making sense. Brave work from @jenzerb https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Sulome / @sulomeanderson: Former @TheAtlantic managing editor @jenzerb writes about the environment of toxic masculinity there under previous EIC James Bennet, who was replaced by @JeffreyGoldberg. This piece validates so many of my problems with the way legacy media treats women. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Celeste Headlee / @celesteheadlee: But sure, keep complaining about “cancel culture,” which succeeds in making some people feel bad but can't seem to keep bad actors from getting an endless stream of great jobs in management.
Elon Green / @elongreen: As horrible as this piece makes Jim Bennet out to be, it doesn't even scratch the surface of the damage this overpraised goon has inflicted on the media and the country.
Anya Zoledziowski / @anyazoledz: another massive takeaway here is that, as usual, HR exists to protect companies, which is why unions and independent, grassroots D&I groups are so important. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: If you think news media is like this, wait until the truth casts the proper light on the true bastion of abuse of power - stay tuned. https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Jonathan Blanks / @blanksslate: If you're gonna rail against “cancel culture” in prestige media, you may want to avoid using James Bennet as an avatar of victimization. Just FYI. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Mona Eltahawy / @monaeltahawy: This essay about James Bennett is a necessary reminder of the misogyny & boys club undergirding US media and how white men protect each other. Bennett - who left the NYT after publishing a fascist senator's oped - has predictably landed on his feet. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Celeste Headlee / @celesteheadlee: Part of the problem is lack of accountability/transparency. These issues are handled “discreetly” which allows mgmt to do what they want and not be called out. The opacity of leadership decisions must end. They have lives in their hands and have no right to blanket privacy.
Angela Lashbrook / @lemonsand: Do the bosses who act like this... see themselves reflected in these stories? Or are they completely unaware that they're abusive and awful? This is actually a q I wish I had the answer to https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: This is a must-read piece about how women are (commonly) treated in prestige newsrooms. Women being kept out of meetings, locked out of decisions, having their work under minded and visibility hurt, male rage without consequences — all common. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
John Warner / @biblioracle: Thinking more on this, I figure that a publication ostensibly committed to journalism and the capital-T, Truth, would release women from any existing NDA's to talk freely if they so choose.
Tom Zeller Jr / @tomzellerjr: The behaviors alleged here by @jenzerb, regarding former @NYTimes editorial editor and her former boss @TheAtlantic, @JBennet, are chilling. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Helen Ubias / @notesfromhel: Here's the thing: even if/when they fall, it's never too far down or for too long because the other members of the Golden Parachute Journobros Club save them with the expressed expectation that they will return the favor. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
@niemanlab: “During our next meeting, my boss threatened me privately in his office. He chastened me on my ‘tone’. He peered over his glasses and told me to ‘be very careful’ and that he was ‘in this for the long game.’” https://jenzerb.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lainna Fader / @lainnafader: “Not only are these guys shitty at their jobs, they keep each other and themselves in power so they can continue to be shitty at their jobs.” https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Cindy Gallop / @cindygallop: ‘Just to underscore that point, I found myself in a position of having to recommend my abusive boss for a promotion at the height of his abuse after having followed the chain of command available to me to report his abuse & being left in the cold’ @jenzerb https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Sabrina Imbler / @aznfusion: I signed a lot of NDAs as an intern/fellow and I regret them all! anyway read this brave, maddening piece by @jenzerb https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Katie Worth / @katieworth: This essay, which is about former editor James Bennett, is gutting and it is 🔥🔥. Thank you @jenzerb — I'm sure it took courage to revisit this painful past and to put it out into the world, but it is a service to journalism. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
@kerrymflynn: ^ “I Left My Career in Prestige Media Because of the Shitty Men in Charge and They Are Still In Charge and Still Fucking Up” Read this, by @jenzerb https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Lainna Fader / @lainnafader: “Just so you know, your relationships are the key to your success here.” The meaning of such statements is crystal clear https://jenzerb.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: You will recognize who this particular piece is about. He got fired for sloppily publishing a certain op-ed. Make sure that he doesn't come back and that HR departments in media stop protecting men like this — because they do.
Andrew Beaujon / @abeaujon: My wife has worked with @jenzerb at two different publications. She's a good person and a good journalist. I believe her. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Cindy Gallop / @cindygallop: 'A junior editor was promoted & given a pay raise but a man on the digital side wanted one too and my bosses didn't want to give him one. Instead of denying the man the promotion, they retracted the woman's. After they had already given it to her' @jenzerb https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: There are a lot of people, who are very quiet, who are very scared of James Bennett, maybe Jeffrey Goldberg too, and are worried about some future bylines (or being denied them) at The Atlantic or elsewhere. Which is exactly the story this piece tells: https://jenzerb.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Celeste Headlee / @celesteheadlee: This right here! Read this piece. This is not an unusual or uncommon story. This is why the news business is overdue for oversight and reform. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Marisa Kabas / @marisakabas: “The same men who continually fuck up are still in charge of the media...Despite even major public failings, they keep coming back because they work behind the scenes to protect themselves and each other...And it's happening at the expense of women.” https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Serena Dai / @ssdai: To all the media men who say they're improving the system: Read every word of this https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Shaking as I read this, at its truth, its lack of hope. So much of what has gotten me through my career was a mantra I made up: Do not mistake my ability to be among you for being one of you. I hope that helps some of you get through, too. https://jenzerb.medium.com/...
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Facebook says it expects to face “more significant advertising headwinds” in 2021, due to changes in iOS 14 and “the evolving regulatory landscape” — While Facebook's fourth quarter earnings report included solid user and revenue numbers, the company sounded a note of caution for 2021.
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Elaine Low / Variety: Facebook Beats Q4 Earnings, Revenue Forecasts But Sees Ad-Targeting Headwinds in 2021
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Facebook earnings beat but the company warns of impact from Apple privacy changes
Sara Fischer / Axios: Facebook stock whipsaws amid ad targeting concerns
Christopher Zara / Fast Company: Facebook's daily active users decline for a second quarter in the United States and Canada
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
US political campaigns say that bans by Facebook and Google on political ads have hamstrung them during a crucial fundraising window ahead of the 2022 midterms — Facebook and Google's on-again, off-again bans on political ads are hitting campaigns during a crucial fundraising window …
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Kegan R Beran / @kegan_r: “This is an industry that built itself around Facebook and Google, and that rug has been pulled out from underneath them,” said @TimCameron , a Republican digital strategist https://www.politico.com/...
Acronym / @anotheracronym: “Right now, if you're a campaign, you're really, really worried about how you're going to raise money online at the same rate you were able to do it when you had access to Facebook ads.” - @TatendaCheryl https://www.politico.com/...
Shia Kapos / @shiakapos: Campaign was already rough, now the ‘rug has been pulled out’ amid Facebook, Google ad bans https://www.politico.com/... via @politico
Carrie Budoff Brown / @cbudoffbrown: Smart piece via @ec_schneider —> Reminds me of how publishers put lots of eggs in the Facebook and Google basket, and then had to scramble for survival once the algorithms changed. https://twitter.com/...
Elena Schneider / @ec_schneider: NEW - Facebook, Google's on-again, off-again bans on political ads are disrupting fundraising & freezing digital hiring. Campaigns are more & more online, now key tools are gone. “They're breadcrumbing us...giving us a little bit, then disappearing.” https://www.politico.com/...
@opensecretsdc: The 2020 elections are over, but digital ad bans persist. This presents a challenge for low-profile campaigns looking to gain followers and donors for the 2021 and 2022 races. https://www.politico.com/...
Caitlin Mitchell / @k8thegr8est: a good piece on FB and Google's stop-and-go ad bans, including some thoughts from me. These bans are hugely disruptive for national orgs, and even more troubling for small orgs and first-time candidates who are building supporter lists from scratch. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: WaPo is considering National Editor Steven Ginsberg, former managing editor Kevin Merida, and National Geographic EIC Susan Goldberg, to replace Baron — The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, HuffPost and Wired are all looking for new editors. Soon, The New York Times will be too.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: “It's a Black Box”: As Marty Baron Retires, the Washington Post Rumor Mill Kicks Into Overdrive and Kevin Merida's Stock Soars
P. Kim Bui / @kimbui: On the need for new media bosses, from @Axios, with a small edit from me. “Candidates, particularly women and minorities, as well as technologists, that were for years overlooked for these types of roles, may now be more a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶ l̶i̶n̶g̶ necessary. ” https://www.axios.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Key detail: publisher Fred Ryan “has told people that there won't be pressure to lock things down by February 28, and that he's looking for someone who could lead the newsroom for at least a decade.”
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Lot of WaPo buzz is centered around Kevin Merida to succeed Baron, though other names flooding the rumor mill, per @joepompeo https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Federica Cherubini / @fedecherubini: The new hires will reflect a new generation — one that's addicted to technology, demands accountability and expects diversity to be a priority. The bottom line: Change is coming to America's biggest newsrooms. https://www.axios.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: Jan. 27, 2021 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Yesterday Washington …
Christina Kristofic / @ckristofic: Except that many of these newsrooms are probably going to just promote managing editors they already have, who are of the same mindset, experience, and skill level as the departing executive editors... thus leading to no change at all. https://twitter.com/...
Amy O'Leary / @amyoleary: “Candidates that would've been considered overly qualified years ago might no longer be equipped to lead a modern newsroom.” https://twitter.com/...
Melanie Sill / @melaniesill: Taking inspiration from @emmacarew's thread yesterday: have been happy to mentor emerging leaders in past couple of jobs and post-executive life, my DMs are open, look me up if I can help https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, HuffPost and Wired are all looking for new editors. Soon, The New York Times will be too.” https://www.axios.com/... I keep thinking about what Norm Pearlstine said: “consent of the governed” has to be taken more seriously now.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: New editors “must be willing to approach journalism in a new way.” @sarafischer writes. “Candidates, particularly women and minorities, as well as technologists, that were for years overlooked for these types of roles, may now be more appealing.” https://www.axios.com/...
Enrique Acevedo / @enrique_acevedo: “This trend extends beyond print. TV newsrooms are also facing a reckoning.” https://www.axios.com/...
Alexander / @alexanderrusso: A bit of this shift in leadership is happening among education outlets and on education teams. Chalkbeat just hired a new leader. EdSource is looking for one. The WSJ and the NYT added education editors not too long ago. There may be others. https://ow.ly/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: A major opportunity for new, diverse leadership of America's newsrooms. Will they step up? Odds? The search for the next generation of newsroom leaders https://www.axios.com/...
Rob Williams / MediaPost: ‘Washington Post’ Editor Marty Baron Will Retire Next Month
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Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron is retiring on February 28 after eight years at the paper and nearly 45 years in journalism
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Paul Farhi / @farhip: Breaking: @washingtonpost editor Marty Baron announces his retirement. Note to staff: https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Martin Baron, executive editor who oversaw dramatic Washington Post expansion, announces retirement
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: In an interview, Marty Baron says the biggest challenge facing media is the “level of conspiracy thinking that has become entrenched with a substantial portion of the American public” https://www.nytimes.com/... w/ @marcatracy
Wolfgang Blau / @wblau: Marty Baron has just announced his resignation as editor of the Washington Post. What an incredible, genre-defining career and achievement. Thank you for everything, @PostBaron. And, as always.... can NOT wait what he will do next.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire: There Is No Newspaperman I Admire More Than Marty Baron
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Marty Baron will retire from the Washington Post on February 28, per memo to staff. Read more about potential successors here: https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: The revival of the @washingtonpost over the last decade is one of the really great stories in US journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Stenberg / Medialyte: So much news, so little gumption
Arelis R. Hernndez / @arelisrhdz: Marty made sure to have pescao' frito w/me in the lone Puerto Rican restaurant in DC after I was hired, to chat in Spanish about the future. He later sent me to my homeland to tell our story. I will forever be grateful to el Baron for believing in me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: Marty Baron was my editor when I first started writing about polls a long time ago. He was smart, decent, humane and meticulous then- and he never changed. Congrats on a truly great career- everywhere he went he made everyone around him better. https://twitter.com/...
Jacqui Banaszynski / Storyboard Posts: “We start with more questions than answers...”
Howard Dean / @govhowarddean: I agree. We may dislike the antics of Amazon but Bezos has done a great job bringing this paper back to life as the leading mainstream media organization in the country. WAPO hasn't been this good since Ben Bradlee https://twitter.com/...
@rosental: Washington Post exec editor Marty Baron announces his retirement. He's been one of the best (if not the very best) newspaper editor in the US, an outspoken advocate a free press. Over the past 8 years, under Marty, The Post won 10 Pulitzer Prizes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@axios: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, HuffPost and Wired are all looking for new editors. Soon, The New York Times will be too. https://www.axios.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: Having led The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald to numerous Pulitzer Prizes, Martin Baron said he would retire on Feb. 28 after eight years as The Post's executive editor. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@genepark: Boy what to say. Marty really turned this place around. He empowered digital journalists in ways that is still rare in this industry. Thanks for believing in me 6 years ago Marty. Changed my life too. https://twitter.com/...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: One of the truly great news editors of our time. https://twitter.com/...
Carol Leonnig / @carolleonnig: One of the best in the biz and we got to work for him for 8 years. In that time, Washington Post's @PostBaron expanded our coverage areas, managed a digital transformation, set readership records, grew staff 580 to 1,000 journalists, won 10 Pulitzers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Marty Baron, the editor who transformed the Washington Post into an international powerhouse and led the news organization to win 10 Pulitzer Prizes, is retiring next month. https://www.cnn.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Seems fitting to end my Twitter siesta a bit early than planned and say that @PostBaron was a big reason I was proud to write for the @washingtonpost. Congrats on a great tenure and leaving the place in better shape than when he arrived. https://twitter.com/...
David Rothkopf / @djrothkopf: If you took what @PostBaron achieved in either Boston or DC his would have been one of the great editorial success stories of our time, that he did both and, in particular, the magnitude of the success of the turn around at The Washington Post, put him in a league of his own. https://twitter.com/...
@howardfineman: #MartyBaron, pure and simple, is one of the great newspaper editors of modern times in America. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Rusbridger / @arusbridger: Such a great editor. He understood what the job was and never buckled. Here's to a long and happy retirement... https://twitter.com/...
@poynter: Baron, who has been at the Post since 2012, will retire next month. During his time there, the newsroom has won 10 Pulitzer Prizes. https://www.poynter.org/...
Fernand R. Amandi / @amandionair: Bummer, bummer news. @PostBaron is the best newspaper editor in America and is amongst the best to ever hold the title and responsibility. Major loss for the @washingtonpost, and for American journalism today. Hope Marty Baron reconsiders and postpones his retirement for later. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: I'd argue the Post beat its bigger Manhattan rival in the great newspaper war of the last half-decade — no easy feat, and the capstone to @PostBaron's amazing career. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Barnicle / @mikebarnicle: All true...especially changing Boston and the world. https://twitter.com/...
@jrubinblogger: Devastated by @PostBaron news. When other publications lost their way, fell into false balance and shied from unflinching reporting of a congenital liar in the White House, the Post did not. That is what made us different during the Trump years.
@allenststephens: @JohnAvlon ...and not many members in that Hall of Fame can match my pals character. Ethics never for sale or barter or at risk of compromise.
Len Krauze / @leonkrauze: A courageous man and great role model. #ThankYouMarty https://twitter.com/...
Ken Burns / @kenburns: History will remember our time as one when journalism was on the frontline of protecting democracy. Marty Baron will be remembered for leading the way and for a career that is an inspiration for all who value what a free press means. https://twitter.com/...
John Avlon / @johnavlon: Hall of Fame. https://twitter.com/...
@gumby4christ: When faced with a petition requesting that the Washington Post regularly disclose its sole owner's massive ties to the CIA ($600M Amazon contract) in all stories it publishes about the Agency, Marty Baron refused on the grounds that doing so wasn't normal. https://www.rootsaction.org/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: During the Trump era, he turned the Post into a more essential read than the much larger New York Times. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Kruse / @michaelkruse: “Baron did great work wherever he went, notably at the Miami Herald and the Boston Globe, where he was the top editor before arriving at the Post, but nobody figured out how the taciturn wizard performed his magic,” says @jackshafer. https://www.politico.com/...
Karen Tumulty / @ktumulty: We knew this day was coming, but it doesn't make it any easier. Thank you @PostBaron for all you have done. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Viser / @mviser: I'll always be grateful for Marty's fearlessness as an editor and attention to details large and small. And for him taking a chance on a recent college grad wanting to freelance in the Boston suburbs. Here's hoping he uses retirement to steal a few roles from Liev Schreiber. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Paulson / @michaelpaulson: Marty Baron is a truly great editor — wise, fearless, inspiring, with unparalleled judgment and, beneath a tough exterior, fundamental decency at every moment when it matters. I will forever be grateful to have worked with him. https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “I think he is a truly outstanding editor and that American citizens owe him a standing ovation for the work he's done as editor of The Washington Post and for the work he's done in the past,” said @sulliview. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Gammons / @pgammo: Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron announces his retirement. from Tom Winship to Martin Baron, we for whom The Globe meant so much- and still do—realize how remarkable those two editors meant to the journalism world https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: Crushing news. @PostBaron, a monumental force in American journalism who led the Post's renaissance, is retiring. Marty made us all smarter journalists and pushed us collectively to exciting new heights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chiqui Esteban / @chiquiesteban: I first came to the U.S. to join Marty's Boston Globe. I'll always remember the years I've worked with Marty leading the newsroom and all I've learned from him. Thanks for believing in me. https://twitter.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: Legitimately bummed. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Schuessler / @jennyschuessler: Seriously underrated moment in Marty Baron's career, strangely left out of “Spotlight,” was when he walked up to my desk at the Globe and said “No more stories about semiotics” 👍🏼 https://twitter.com/...
@carolynryan: I was at @BostonGlobe when Marty Baron arrived. First “outsider” to be editor. We had no idea what was coming. He was driven, demanding, brilliant and an amazing role model. He changed Boston and the world. Congratulations Marty on amazing run. 👏 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Papscun / @papscun: I very clearly remember meeting him at the restaurant I worked at in Mass. I was the only person who knew who he was and went over (absolutely terrified) to quietly introduce myself and thank him. The first thing he said? “I'm not as handsome as Liev Schreiber, am I?” https://twitter.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: One of the most legendary newspaper careers in history. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cillizza / @chriscillizza: The epitome of a great journalist https://twitter.com/...
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: Well done, boss. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: It's such a disconnect to read this after watching what happened at The Post over the last few years. https://twitter.com/...
Sebastian Payne / @sebastianepayne: .@PostBaron was kind enough to allow me into his newsroom in 2014 for one of the happiest periods of my life. He was a brilliant editor and will be sorely missed https://twitter.com/...
David Skok / @dskok: Marty's contributions to journalism and democracy are well-documented and profound. On a personal note, I would not be where I am today were it not for @PostBaron who saw something in me that I barely saw in myself. Thank you for mentoring a generation of editors. 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
@freedomofpress: Washington Post editor Marty Baron will retire next month. Under his leadership, WaPo was an early adopter of @SecureDrop and a strong advocate for press freedom https://www.cnn.com/...
Rick Klein / @rickklein: Huge journalism news - one of my first (and best) bosses, and a true legend of the industry https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: The end of an era. I still remember the day I had a job interview in Marty's office. Terrifying experience. But I'm so grateful he took a chance on me. https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Pogrund / @gabriel_pogrund: One of the greats of modern journalism. Shortly after arriving in DC for the @sternfellowship I got a text from Marty asking if I wanted to go for an impromptu curry/dinner. He had the time and curiosity to get to know his reporters, even the most junior. Thank you @PostBaron https://twitter.com/...
Arturo Sarukhan / @arturo_sarukhan: Kudos on a stellar run, @PostBaron, and all the best with whatever may come next! https://twitter.com/...
David Beard / @dabeard: Me, soccer coach dad, ex-foreign correspondent, given additional job of running a hip, super-local weekly city edition for the @BostonGlobe, to my editor: “Are you sure?” .@PostBaron to me: “Stretch.” It worked out. Congrats, Marty, on your next phase. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Hats off to a legend. The resurgence of @washingtonpost has been exhilarating to watch and American democracy is stronger for it. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jackman / @tomjackmanwp: Super sad. We knew it was coming, but still. There's no overstating Marty Baron's role in turning around The Post (with Bezos's checkbook). We were on a long, steady decline for many years. Marty reversed that, and made The Post an important player in journalism worldwide. https://twitter.com/...
Ziad Ramley / @ziadramley: With Marty Baron AND Stephen Adler announcing their retirements, 2021 is shaping up to be quite a changing of the guards for journalism https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NEWS: Marty Baron announces he's stepping down as executive editor of Washington Post after more than 8 years. Effective 2/28 Under Baron, paper surged journalistically & financially footing. With Bezos as owner, met the Trump moment. Incredible legacy at Post & Boston Globe.
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: Owner of the Washington Post Jeff Bezos gives a send-off to Marty Baron on his personal Instagram: “You are both swashbuckling and careful. You are disciplined and empathetic...” https://twitter.com/...
Travis M Andrews / @travismandrews: I'll be forever grateful to Marty for welcoming me to the Post five years ago. The end of an era. Just wish we could all be together to celebrate his time at The Post. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: Some BIG work needs to be done to ensure his successor is a man or woman of color. https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: The end of an era - Marty Baron is very much one of the editors of his generation. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: Who will be the next editor of the @washingtonpost? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: A real end of an era here. Also: As his former downstairs neighbor, I can tell you Liev Schreiber's performance in Spotlight is stunningly accurate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: Rebuilding the car while it's running is probably harder than building a new publication from scratch. I've been so impressed by what everyone at the @washingtonpost has done together under Marty's leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Lim / @davidalim: From Marty Baron's retirement announcement: “The practice of quality journalism requires a sustainable business. And the reverse is equally true: There can be no business without journalism of the highest caliber that the public values and will support.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: @brianstelter Marty Baron rocks. He did an outstanding and fearless job at the Washington Post. Not just the WashPo's readers, but the nation should be thankful for that.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Working at The Washington Post allows each of us to serve a purpose bigger than ourselves” @PostBaron says on stepping down as EiC. “Such is the honor of being a journalist, perhaps nowhere more so than in a newsroom like ours.” Thanks for your work Marty https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Baron's retirement has been expected for a while; Bezos and Ryan have had time to deliberate. Ryan says the EIC search “will be a broad and inclusive one, considering both outstanding internal candidates as well as journalists at other publications.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Nick Turner / Bloomberg: Washington Post Starts ‘Broad’ Search for New Editor
Will Oremus / OneZero:
How the social network Nextdoor is replacing local newspapers as a news and opinion hub, letting governments bypass the media and present a one-sided picture — While Facebook and Twitter get the scrutiny, Nextdoor is reshaping politics one neighborhood at a time
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Will Oremus / @willoremus: Local news is dying. Long live.... Nextdoor? I wrote about why the under-the-radar social network is booming in the pandemic, how it's reshaping local politics, and what happens when it starts to replace local papers as a news and opinion hub. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Because Nextdoor is deeply opaque, I decided to report on it largely through the lens of my own small town of Newark, Del. I wrote about how it played a major role in two local elections that were pivotal to the fate of a struggling school district. https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Lee / @daveleeft: “Nextdoor is quietly replacing the small-town paper,” writes @WillOremus in @ozm. He's right — and funny how Nextdoor communities follow the same instincts as local press heyday: fear of crime, things for sale, fury about parking/bins https://onezero.medium.com/...
Juan Andres Muoz / @jamcnn: “@Nextdoor has gone from being kind of sub-Facebook to actually being the main platform you hear people discussing as a vector for local news and events and discussions”. Really interesting on how Nextdoor is becoming the local news go-to source https://onezero.medium.com/...
Raeshika Campbell / @raej: “There are definitely organizations... that don't feel like they need to answer questions anymore because they feel like they have other platforms to reach people. They'll post it on Nextdoor, post it on Facebook. We can call and call and call and they don't bother to call back.” https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: “While it may serve advertisers well, Nextdoor so far shows few signs that it's capable of replacing the accountability journalism that defined local news at its best, Northwestern's Abernathy told me.” Great long read by @WillOremus on Nextdoor: https://onezero.medium.com/...
Yasmin Tayag / @yeahyeahyasmin: Nextdoor is filling the void left by the demise of local papers by letting folks share local news, but - surprise! - context that actual journalists would include is often absent, leading to misinfo and misunderstanding. @WillOremus's great piece in @ozm: https://onezero.medium.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: One reason you hear less about Nextdoor is it's extremely hard to report on. You have to verify your address at signup and can only see posts from your local area. The company seems to like it that way. I contacted them 4 times over 3 months for this story. They never replied.
Michael Zelenko / @mvzelenks: “Nextdoor has gradually evolved into something bigger and more consequential: In many communities, the platform has begun to step into roles once filled by America's local newspapers.” Nextdoor Is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper https://onezero.medium.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: If you care about the future of news and information and you're not paying attention to Nextdoor, you're not paying attention (via @WillOremus in @OZM) https://onezero.medium.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Excellent and timely piece on the consequences of local platform / news disruption (ironically my own local NextDoor group is incredibly courteous and helpful but the issues highlighted here are important) https://twitter.com/...
Megan Morrone / @meganmorrone: This @WillOremus feature on @ozm is required reading, imho. https://twitter.com/...
OneZero / @ozm: NEW: While Facebook and Twitter get the scrutiny, hyperlocal social networking service Nextdoor is reshaping politics one neighborhood at a time, writes @WillOremus. https://read.medium.com/V7DI6hn
Sarah Kessler / @sarahfkessler: While Facebook and Twitter get the scrutiny, Nextdoor is reshaping politics one neighborhood at a time @WillOremus looks at what happens when the app replaces small-town newspapers as a go-to information source https://onezero.medium.com/... cc @Longreads
Sarah Emerson / @sarahnemerson: “For local reporters, the rise of Nextdoor and other social platforms also presents a more subtle, long-term problem. ‘The biggest frustration I have is the power it gives the government,’ Shannon said.” https://onezero.medium.com/...
Damon Beres / @dlberes: Many of us fixate on the power of major social networks like Facebook, disinfo-infested startups like Parler, and the influencing potential of publishing platforms like Substack... But a revolution tying all three together has already happened on Nextdoor: https://onezero.medium.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T Q4: HBO/HBO Max US subscribers grew 20% YoY to 41.5M, two years faster than its forecast, and HBO Max activations doubled to 17.2M since end of Q3 — But a 21% decline in Warner Bros. revenue for Q4, as well as other COVID-related impacts, pulled the down company's revenue down and earnings for the quarter.
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: AT&T Q4: HBO Max Activations Doubled, But Warner Bros. Revenue Fell 21%
Junghoon Han / Junghoon's Media Newsletter: 통신사 AT&T, 스트리밍 서비스 HBO MAX에 미래를 걸다 …
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The good: HBO Max ended the year with 17.1 million activated accounts. The bad: Cable networks struggling. The ugly: AT&T booked a $15.5 billion charge on its pay-TV business for the fourth quarter. From @DrewFitzGerald https://www.wsj.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Stankey: “HBO Max is the key here” to growing “long lasting emotional connections” and keeping AT&T customers inside people's homes. “Despite COVID-19 challenges, we're seeing growth where we want to see growth.”
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: I'm specifically interested. In how many of these are retail sign ups compared to eligible activations. Did roughly 8.6 million people start paying $15 a month for Max, or did 8.2 million people upgrade their HBO accounts to HBO Max? https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: AT&T had a net loss of 617,000 DirecTV and AT&T TV premium video subscribers in Q4, while AT&T TV Now (which is being phased out) dropped 27,000. At the end of 2020, AT&T reported 17.2 million video connections — down 16% from 20.4 million a year earlier https://variety.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Stankey on HBO Max's streaming Warner Bros. '21 film slate: “We're not going to see the kind of subscriber spikes we saw in December and early January every time we put a movie out... I want to stress: This is a unique year” https://variety.com/...
Brandon Katz / Observer: Slow Growth Is the HBO Max Strategy Now, For Better or Worse
Pedro Strazza / @pedrosazevedo: “Of the 37.7 million HBO Max-eligible subs, 30.785 million came through wholesalers and 6.88 million were through retail. That means almost half (46%) of HBO subscribers who were eligible to get HBO Max had not signed up yet.” Os caras não conseguem. https://variety.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: About 3,000 mentions of churn already in this AT&T call by both John Stankey and John Stephens. Not one ARPU mention. :(
Laysa Zanetti / Guerra do Streaming: Explicando a WarnerMedia como se tivéssemos 5 anos
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Yep! How many people activated through Roku, how many people had free eligibility through AT&T and other providers and finally signed up for Max? How many are suckers like me and paid $15 a month outright for the service? 😭 https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Almost half (46%) of HBO subscribers who were eligible to get HBO Max had not signed up yet as of the end of 2020 https://variety.com/...
Sarah Whitten / CNBC: HBO Max activations double to 17.2 million in fourth quarter
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T says it took a $15.5B charge in Q4 related to its “domestic video business,” led by DirecTV
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap: AT&T Earnings: Warner Bros Revenue Falls 21% With Hybrid ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Release
Cynthia Littleton / Variety: AT&T Chief: HBO Max-Warner Bros. Movie Decision Was ‘Bold and Aggressive Swing’
Natalie Jarvey / @natjarv: But the pandemic continues to rage, and AT&T acknowledged that its hybrid film distribution model was a money loser for WarnerMedia — to the tune of $520 million https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Charles Barfield / The Playlist: AT&T CEO Calls WB/HBO Max Release Strategy “A Bold And Aggressive Swing”
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: AT&T Books $15.5 Billion Charge on DirecTV Unit
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: AT&T takes $15.5B charge on struggling DirecTV business
Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
As Reddit's r/WallStreetBets pushes GameStop's stock to a record, other stocks mentioned in the subreddit surge, like AMC Entertainment, which closed up 300%+ — - Shares of AMC Entertainment jumped more than 300% at the opening bell on Wednesday. — In addition to GameStop …
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Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Just guessing here, but I think AMC Networks - the cable programmer that brings you Better Call Saul - is spiking bc Redditors are confusing it with AMC Entertainment - the theater company they are trying to manipulate, which has no connection to the TV company. https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Dailey / Business Insider: Here's how short-selling works, and how Reddit's day-trader army spoiled the strategy for GameStop bears
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: I don't know if any laws were broken this time, but Reddit now has a problem: it is the home for a community of hundreds of thousands of people who have demonstrated the ability to move billions of dollars based upon the urging of, at most, a couple dozen anonymous accounts.
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Oh vey - this is nuts 🤦♂️ https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Reddit has some thoughtful policy people thinking through these issues, but I'm not sure they have a dedicated influence-ops-focused investigation team like TWTR/FB. If they leave WSB up, they will need one.
Alex Kruglov / @akruglov: @pkafka Looks like it's because of $AMC but $AMCX might make sense in its own right. Just watch out for the Tootsie Roll https://twitter.com/...
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: In their defense, the media biz has had lots of companies with similar-sounding names: Time Warner and Time Warner Cable, Tribune Publishing and Tribune Media, EW Scripps and Scripps Networks, and a bunch starting with “Liberty.” https://twitter.com/...
JP Mangalindan / dot.LA:
Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, and Sling all rolled out virtual watch party features in 2020; Hulu says users held 1.5M sessions since the feature launched in May — One brisk Friday evening in January at around 9:30 p.m., 15-year-old Ella rushed down the stairs of her home in Stevenson Ranch …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
TV station group Tegna acquires Locked On Podcast Network, which has raised $750,000 and produces ~160 daily shows for US pro and college sports teams — Tegna wants a bigger piece of the podcast action: The TV station group announced the acquisition of Locked On Podcast Network …
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TEGNA, @codyroarknfl, @adamostrow, @lockedonsports, Radio & Television …, Podcast Business Journal and @deryspeaks
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Cody Roark / @codyroarknfl: This is massive news. All of us at the Locked On Podcast Network are thrilled to take the next step forward and @TEGNA is the perfect platform to elevate everyone's amazing work. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Ostrow / @adamostrow: Today @TEGNA is announcing that we've acquired Locked On Podcast Network, the leading publisher of local sports podcasts. They publish daily podcasts for every team across NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL, 30+ collegiate teams and several regional + national shows. (1/5) https://variety.com/...
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
SimilarWeb: between Dec. 2019 and Dec. 2020, traffic to The Epoch Times grew 421% to 53.4M visits/month, The Gateway Pundit grew 284%, and BitChute grew 216% — Right-wing outlets remained the fastest-growing news websites globally in December, according to Press Gazette's latest analysis of the most popular news websites.
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
California man charged with sending threatening text messages to relatives of a journalist, source says George Stephanopoulos, as rioters stormed the Capitol — Relatives of Hakeem Jeffries and George Stephanopoulos received threatening text messages as rioters stormed the Capitol, federal prosecutors said.
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Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The man allegedly wrote that George's words “are putting you and your family at risk. We are nearby armed and ready.” https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Choi / Politico: California man charged with sending threatening texts to Hakeem Jeffries' family
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Hakeem Jeffries Says Trump Responsible for Threats to His Family During Capitol Insurrection: He Was ‘Radicalized’ By Trump
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
CBS places Peter Dunn, president of CBS TV, and David Friend, senior VP of news for TV stations, on leave, following accusations of racist and sexist conduct — The executives, Peter Dunn and David Friend, were placed on leave after a report in The Los Angeles Times in which they were accused of creating a hostile work environment.
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Mediaite, CBS News, @nytimes, @wajahatali, @nytmedia, NABJ, TVSpy, Newsbusters, New York Post and Newser
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Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Suspended CBS Execs Now Face Additional Racism Allegations From Local Reporter
Graham Kates / CBS News: CBS executives placed on leave after reports of “racist” and “sexist” comments
@nytimes: CBS has suspended two top TV executives, Peter Dunn and David Friend, after a Los Angeles Times report in which they were accused of creating a hostile work environment, including making disparaging remarks about female and Black employees. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: The suspensions came after The Los Angeles Times published a report on Sunday in which employees accused the executives of “bullying female managers and blocking efforts to hire and retain Black journalists.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytmedia: Two top CBS executives have been placed on administrative leave after being accused of racist and sexist behavior. The National Association of Black Journalists wants the executives fired. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel / TVSpy: Philadelphia Anchor Speaks Out About Facing Alleged Racist Abuse From CBS Executives
Scott Whitlock / Newsbusters: CBS's Gayle King: 'CBS Hasn't Handled' Sex Allegations Very Well
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: CBS suspends two TV execs amid complaints of racist, sexist conduct
Bob Cronin / Newser: 2 CBS Execs on Leave After Newspaper Exposé
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