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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will pay $1B to creators by the end of 2022; creators can earn money using Instagram or Facebook tools or by hitting milestones — Facebook is setting up a program to pay $1 billion to creators through the end of 2022, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive …
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@mosseri: Some news: by the end of 2022, we'll invest over $1B in programs that give creators new ways to earn money - including bonuses that pay them for their content. Look out for a new Bonuses section in-app this summer and stay tuned for more info. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Facebook, Instagram to Pay Out $1 Billion to ‘Reward’ Creators Through 2022, Mark Zuckerberg Says
Scott Stein / @jetscott: This makes me think of VR and AR...future platforms that aren't anything without creators and content https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Jo Peltier / @melissajpeltier: Zuckerberg trying to buy power & public goodwill. https://twitter.com/...
José Adorno / 9to5Mac: TikTok is the first non-Facebook mobile app to surpass 3 billion downloads globally
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: TikTok is (rightfully) scaring the shit out of Facebook https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: EXCLUSIVE: Facebook plans to pay creators $1 billion to use its products. The payouts are part of a broader effort to woo influencers onto its platforms https://www.nytimes.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: Facebook, Instagram Plan to Pay $1 Billion In Creator Incentives
@facebook: From artists to style experts and budding entertainers, we want to help creators succeed. That's why we're investing over $1 billion in new ways to earn money for creating great content on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about our bonus programs 👇https://about.fb.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: @MikeIsaac Facebook's $1bn bonus program has begun rolling out today, here's what it looks like to some IG users 👇🏻 (it's still invite only but the company said they're inviting creators of all sizes to participate, not just the biggest ppl) https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: $1 billion sounds big but it's peanuts for FB and a fraction of what YouTube and others pay creators. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Facebook to pay creators $1 billion through 2022
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: The $1 billion will be allocated among creators of all types, giving influencers an incentive for creating and posting original content to Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/...
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter: Facebook, Instagram To Incentivize Creators With $1 Billion In Bonus Programs, Seed Funding Through 2022
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: A year ago, I did a bit of rough napkin math and I said if I were running Facebook I'd spend $1b to recruit creators. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced they'll be spending $1b to recruit creators 🤯 Pretty wild!! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ms. Young Professional / @msyoungprofess: Tell me one more time my IG post is worth a $0.99 bag of potato chips. I DARE YOU https://twitter.com/...
Ilyse Liffreing / Ad Age: Facebook commits $1 billion to pay creators
Kashmir Hill / @kashhill: it seems like all the new technology just keeps curving back toward creating new forms of television https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Maxwell / Input: Facebook will pay creators $1 billion to stay off TikTok
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Facebook to Pay Content Creators More Than $1 Billion Through 2022
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Facebook will pay $1 billion to creators through 2022
@dennishegstad: @TaylorLorenz @MikeIsaac they @facebook take a 20-25% fee too, my $1 badge (cost to the consumer) net me a $.77c payout @twitch takes 50% of these earnings
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: In November, Snapchat began giving away $1 million a day to creators who posted to the app's “Spotlight” feature, which functions similarly to TikTok. But in the past months payments from Snap have dried up, making FB's bonus program potentially enticing https://www.nytimes.com/...
@coopercooperco: I wonder what facebook's numbers look like these days. I haven't used it in so long but still have it on my phone so it's constantly sending me friend suggestions on what feels like an attempt to make me open it. Hasn't worked. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Creators can earn money by using specific Facebook and Instagram features or by hitting certain milestones/metrics. If a creator live streams on a regular basis, for instance, they can earn cash. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@gatamchun: Welcome to the new studio system, last seen in full swing about a century ago https://twitter.com/...
Zaid Admani / @admaniexplains: Youtube paid $30 Billion to creators over the last 3 years Good start for FB but Zuck needs to bring a bigger bag https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: And right on cue: Here's an email from Facebook PR detailing what the $1 billion investment to “reward creators” is being put toward “Our new bonus programs will reward creators for sharing great content that people enjoy.” https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: 👀 Zuck says Facebook will invest more than $1 billion in “new programs” that will “reward creators” Nice big number but really curious what that actually means https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: In the past year, an arms race has emerged among tech companies seeking to court online content creators who can generate enormous engagement and bring their young fans and cultural relevance to a platform. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Collette / @matt_pc: yes fine for $1 billion i will sign back up and use facebook https://twitter.com/...
@emmalbriant: Already a huge industry, influencers are the future of propaganda, as new measures try to make state-funded media and campaigns more transparent it's much easier for opaque interests to stay hidden behind individual influencers. https://twitter.com/...
Casey Lewis / After School: Murder Mystery and Hard Seltzer
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook staff detail the fight over CrowdTangle, which notes top-engaging posts, often showing right-wing sources dominating; in April, its team was reassigned — Executives at the social network have clashed over CrowdTangle, a Facebook-owned data tool that revealed users' high engagement levels with right-wing media sources.
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Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: I wrote about the behind-the-scenes fights at Facebook over CrowdTangle, data access, and what happened when a Twitter account showed a side of the platform execs didn't like. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: “At first, Facebook was happy that I and other journalists were finding its tool useful...but the mood shifted”
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: “several executives, including the head of Facebook's news feed, were dispatched to argue with me on Twitter” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: You may not understand why this @kevinroose piece is a big deal. Think of every big story about disinfo you've read in the last few years. Most all relied on CrowdTangle in some way. Now it seems like Facebook wants to cut off that transparency. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Molly McKew / @mollymckew: FB has used control of their data to control what research can be done. That has come with more and more limitations and requirements, even as it dries up. It's pretty clear they believe that can effectively manage/sculpt the entire spectrum of “independent” research on FB https://twitter.com/...
OsoMe / @osome_iu: Like other disinformation researchers, we at the Observatory on Social Media use CrowdTangle data to study online abuse and manipulation. This report is troubling. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Morrison / @saramorrison: Facebook's transparency ends when the bad press begins. This is what self-regulation gets you. https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: All of this is even funnier when you consider Facebook *bought* CrowdTangle and spent tons of effort trying to get media people to use it so we'd make more stuff that would trend on Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eli Pariser / @elipariser: Lots in this @kevinroose writeup on Crowdtangle. But boy, the part where Facebook's CMO writes that more data transparency will mean more negative stories — and instead FB should basically curate data in its favor — sure doesn't sound great. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Moira Whelan / @moira: .@kevinroose's piece is one take. But I can say categorically that a reduction of effort on Crowdtangle would hurt democracy around the world. I hope @Facebook hears that message.
Moira Whelan / @moira: .@NDItech uses Crowdtangle as one of our tools to look at disinformation around the world. This is just a snapshot. https://www.ndi.org/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Most chaotic thing I've read about FB in long time. Journalists have been told over & over that Crowdtangle data is misleading because doesn't show reach. To read that reach metrics may have showed same patterns internally feels problematic, via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv: “the tool fell out of favor with influential Facebook executives around the time of last year's presidential election, when journalists and researchers used it to show that pro-Trump commentators were spreading misinformation and hyperpartisan commentary with stunning success.” https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: CrowdTangle, a Facebook-owned data tool that reveals user engagement levels with right-wing media, was the cause of a yearlong battle among Facebook executives over data transparency, and how much the social network should reveal about its inner workings. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Moira Whelan / @moira: Starving it of resources is the absolute opposite of what should happen if we have any hope of addressing disinformation. The tool has helped civil society identify patterns, find out who's leading attacks, and empower them to identify changes @Facebook needs to make.
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: For years, Facebook's been able to hand a certain class of reporter a press release saying stuff like “Facebook bans Nazis,” and it's next day's front page. Routinely, about six months later, we find out that enforcement effort is going very poorly. And the cycle repeats.
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: This story, unfortunately, reflects a growing pattern at Facebook. When researchers/journalists use the transparency tools and find bad trends or tidbits, the company restricts the transparency rather than grapple with the core issues https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Russo / @billr: Been laughing all morning about the fact that the Integrity Team is where transparency projects go to die. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Mccann / @mccanner: “... Facebook's executives were more worried about fixing the perception that Facebook was amplifying harmful content than figuring out whether it actually was amplifying harmful content.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Kaplan / @alkapdc: “Several executives proposed making [Facebook] reach data public on CrowdTangle, in hopes that reporters would cite that data instead of the engagement data ... One issue was that false and misleading news stories also rose to the top of those lists.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@baybarsorsek: All verified signatories to @factchecknet has been provided with access to @crowdtangle and the service is essential to their work in detecting mis/disinformation in 60+ countries. I wholeheartedly hope that the service will remain up and running. https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan / @bostonjoan: Great new story from @kevinroose about the tribulations of Crowdtangle and the receding tide of transparency. “blaming a data tool for these revelations makes no more sense than blaming a thermometer for bad weather.” (I love this analogy.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: “One of the main reasons that I left Facebook is that the most senior leadership in the company does not want to invest in understanding the impact of its core products” —an important story from @kevinroose https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: What's awesome here is that because we don't take @Facebook's money over at @erumors, we are free to point out that they have done this all along and should never have been considered to be acting in good faith for any reason. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Must-read from @kevinroose. Bottom line, per his sources, “Facebook's executives were more worried about fixing the perception that Facebook was amplifying harmful content than figuring out whether it actually was amplifying harmful content...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Incredible @kevinroose story about how Facebook sidelined and gutted CrowdTangle after he consistently used it to show how conservative outrage-bait got more engagement than other pages https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Statt / @nickstatt: This excellent @kevinroose feature on Crowdtangle is among the most damning Indictments of FB leadership I've ever read. Just repeated, nonstop refusal from execs to acknowledge that the worst stuff on the site rises to the top no matter the metric. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jesse Thorn / @jessethorn: This is really important: instead of moving toward transparency and fighting disinformation, Facebook is trying to hide the ways its platform distorts the truth. Read this. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman: “Facebook would love full transparency if there was a guarantee of positive stories and outcomes,” Mr. Boland said. “But when transparency creates uncomfortable moments, their reaction is often to shut down the transparency.” Excellent story here. https://twitter.com/...
Carrie Brown / @brizzyc: “CrowdTangle's data made this echo chamber easier for outsiders to see and quantify. But it didn't create it, or give it the tools it needed to grow — Facebook did — and blaming a data tool for these revelations makes no more sense than blaming a thermometer for bad weather.” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: If internal data shows far-right content is the most engaging (Cf @FacebooksTop10) & false news & misinfo is most popular, @Facebook has more than a comms or image problem: its growth & huge profits are correlated with rage & lies that erode democracies. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Moira Whelan / @moira: Crowdtangle in the US political context is one thing. But what is disturbing is how much this drives decision-making in what is a global company.
@gizmodo: Facebook Knifes Its Own Analytics Tool to Hide Its Ben Shapiro Problem https://gizmodo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: This is not good. I do have problems with the methodology of the top 10 lists (we have no idea how many people see them) but more transparency with better analysis is necessary. Inside Facebook's Data Wars https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Brian Boland, a former VP in charge of partnerships strategy at FB, says “one of the main reasons that I left Facebook is that the most senior leadership in the company does not want to invest in understanding the impact of its core products.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier: “Facebook's executives were more worried about fixing the perception that Facebook was amplifying harmful content than figuring out whether it actually was amplifying harmful content.” this is such a theme within FB. Looking in the mirror and blaming the mirror for what they see. https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: Civil rights groups I've been speaking w/ for years - who've had direct access to Mark, Sheryl & other top officials - consistently say Facebook is impeding transparency around enforcement of new policies, which nevertheless earn it big PR-positive headlines at major publications https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Gilbert / Insider: Facebook execs weren't happy when their own data showed it perpetuates a right-wing echo chamber
Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon: It's not surprising that there are Facebook execs who don't like CrowdTangle, one of the only tools that brings a modicum of transparency to engagement metrics on an otherwise opaque platform, but it's fascinating to read about it @kevinroose https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bloomberg:
Netflix says it has hired Mike Verdu, Facebook's VP of AR/VR content, to lead its expansion into video games — Netflix Inc., marking its first big move beyond TV shows and films, is planning an expansion into video games and has hired a former Electronic Arts Inc. and Facebook Inc. executive …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Netflix Hires Former EA and Facebook Exec Mike Verdu to Lead Gaming Expansion
Brianna Provenzano / Gizmodo: Netflix Is Expanding Into Video Games
Thomas Kalinske / @thomastkalinske: Smart move,Video Game industry is now $152 Billion, larger than movie & music industries combined. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Lacy / @chrismlacy: Two current day fights that will age extremely poorly: 1. App stores defining software as “games” or “apps”. The lines between the two will crumble as the Metaverse expands. 2. Apps requiring 1st party payments for digital goods. This is entirely untenable with on-chain payments.
Matt T.M. Kim / IGN: Netflix Eyes Video Games After Hiring Ex-EA and Facebook Executive to Lead Game Development
Tyler Wilde / PC Gamer: Netflix is reportedly getting into game development
David Wildgoose / @davidwildgoose: Mike Verdu worked on a whole bunch of text and graphic adventures during the '90s (Gateway! Mission Critical! Callahan's Crosstime Saloon!) so hopefully this heralds a Netflix-driven point & click FMV revival. https://twitter.com/...
Benji-Sales / @benjisales: I was never really bullish on Google or Amazon breaking out in a big way in the video game industry That said Netflix is a lot different. Already a MASSIVE subscriber base focused on entertainment. If they get big 3rd party support it could be interesting https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Stephen Totilo / @stephentotilo: Netflix has hired Oculus/EA/Zynga vet Mike Verdu to run their gaming operation, as first reported by Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/... Netflix wants to offer games as an incentive for subscribers. Last I heard, think downloadable games, not game-streaming https://www.axios.com/...
@faris: Much interesting Now Amazon/Google has shown has money isn't enough - games is hard, really hard - but maybe Netflix has tech + creator friendly? https://twitter.com/...
Chris Lacy / @chrismlacy: I shudder to think how much time lawyers/executives has spent parsing the recent testimony of Apple Executives and ensuring their plans can be defined as “experiences” and not “games”. https://twitter.com/...
Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Netflix is getting into gaming, and a Facebook exec will run it
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Report: Netflix wants to add games ‘within the next year’
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Report: Netflix will join Stadia, Xbox w/ cloud gaming offering ‘in the next year’
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Netflix plans push into gaming, hires former EA and Facebook executive
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Netflix working on its own gaming platform — which may never be available on the App Store
Jordan Novet / CNBC: Netflix hires Facebook gaming executive Mike Verdu as part of a deeper push into entertainment
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: Bloomberg reports that Netflix is going to add video games to its streaming service next year. I guess that means Apple will have to ban Netflix on iOS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: Just gonna repeat myself that the people who spend money on video games aren't the people most folks think. Will Netflix be the one to crack that? Will be watching who they hire for this. https://twitter.com/...
Gavin Purcell / @gavinpurcell: so curious to see what this is. will either have to be a second app or a massively re-tooled main app right? also, how soon until we get xcloud apps for smart TVs? https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Full story: Netflix will start testing games on its service in the next 12 months. If it works, they'll add more in the years to come. Exact details of styles of games, and how much they do in house is TBD. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Richard Lawler / The Verge: Netflix snags former EA, Oculus exec to lead its video game efforts
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Profile of Tucker Carlson, including his elite upbringing, his years-long focus on racial grievance, and his top spot at Fox and the GOP information universe — Tucker Carlson huddled in a low-ceilinged dungeon that had served as a holding pen for Africans bound for enslavement in the United States.
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Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: Tucker needed an origin story so he attacked his first grade teacher—the one who was hired by his wealthy dad to give him extra tutoring when he struggled to read—as a hysterical woman in “Indian skirts"who shirked her duty to teach. WaPo talked to her. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: Here's a deep, disturbing dive by @PostKranish into Tucker Carlson, the ‘very talented demagogue’ who stokes outrage every night on Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Stuffs Fox News' Peter Doocy in Another Locker
Travis Gettys / Raw Story: Tucker Carlson's first grade teacher busts him for lying about her: 'That's the most embellished thing I ever heard'
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: When even your 1st grade teacher thinks you're a putz, talking about a bogus story you made up at 7 years old: “That is the most embellished, crazy thing I ever heard.” How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Warner / Educational Endeavors: Unlike Tucker Carlson, I Learned a lot from my First-Grade Teacher
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: How many commentators does this describe: “What emerges is a portrait of an ambitious television personality who came of age in privilege — having grown up in an upper-class enclave and attended private schools — but who, by his own telling, is a victim.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: What's an “Indian skirt” and did he maybe mean “Native American” https://twitter.com/...
Sam Stein / @samstein: The post tracks down Tucker Carlson's first grade teacher who says he's lying about his origin story involving her. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: frightful account of a personality one can only describe as evil https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Kristol / @billkristol: Carlson has used his fame to fan the “flames of resentment and hatred. It's inciting hatred of other Americans at this point. This is why he is so dangerous, in my opinion. He's a very talented television personality, and he's a very talented demagogue.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Blaming your 1st Grade teacher for your problems. I don't remember my teachers name because I'm not a pyschopath. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Sykes / @sykescharlie: “What emerges is a portrait of an ambitious television personality who came of age in privilege — having grown up in an upper-class enclave and attended private schools — but who, by his own telling, is a victim.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Big new story by @PostKranish: An accounting of Tucker Carlson's “years-long focus on racial grievance, and his rise to the top of the conservative media ecosystem,” and how those two are linked https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: Interesting WashPost story on “How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance.” His denunciation of his first grade teacher, who taught him to read, is a particularly telling glimpse of a demagogue's disregard for truth: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@yottapoint: Every story written about Tucker Carlson could start with “Tucker Carlson is a fraud, here's another story” and that would make for good journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Tucker says his conservative origin story starts at age 7 when a hippy teacher failed to teach him to read and his family had to hire a tutor, but it turns out the tutor was that same teacher. @TuckerCarlson: full of shit and lying since first grade! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mike Jason / @mikejason73: Imagine being born super wealthy, using that wealth to become even more wealthy, with a fan base of millions, and yet being this cruel to your first grade teacher. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: A really thorough piece on Carlson's race baiting by @postkranish - building on what @josephazam foreshadowed in our 2019 interview about his resignation from Murdoch's News Corp over Carlson and others inside the Murdoch media https://twitter.com/...
Mike McIntire / @mmcintire: Carslon's 1st-grade teacher, now 77 yrs old: “Oh my God,” she said, when informed of Carlson's attack against her. “That is the most embellished, crazy thing I ever heard.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter says it will retire Fleets, its stories-like service, on August 3 after low adoption — A fleeting moment for Fleets — Say goodbye to Fleets, the row of fullscreen tweets at the top of the Twitter timeline that expire after 24 hours. The ephemeral tweet format is shutting …
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@twitter: we're removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff we're sorry or you're welcome
Ilya Brown / Twitter: Goodbye, Fleets — We built Fleets as a lower-pressure, ephemeral way for people to share their fleeting thoughts.
Anna Macdonald / Mumbrella: Twitter to shut down Fleets function
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its Stories clone that was released just last November. Why? Because people weren't using it enough. https://www.theverge.com/...
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Daily Crunch: Citing data storage violations, India blocks Mastercard from onboarding new customers
Dieter Bohn / @backlon: I mean they said the whole time that Fleets were ephemeral https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Gluck / @jeff_gluck: Good job everyone on not using this feature. I refused to click on it but it was annoying and now it's going away. Proud of you all. https://twitter.com/...
Ernie Smith / @shortformernie: That was F L E E T I N G https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Tenreyro / The A.V. Club: Twitter Fleets is dead—but you probably don't use it anyway
@ow: rip, fleets was a good idea but didn't feel like twitter cared about it much https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Monroy / @gabrtv: Kudos to the Twitter product team for taking a big risk and then making a big pivot when the hypothesis doesn't pan out. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year
Kevin Kwok / @kevinakwok: This makes me super bullish. Hard to kill products internally—but knowing which ones aren't working and being willing to cull them is great. And fleets definitely was not net additive https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: I'm pretty sure Twitter would see 200% growth if it implemented an edit button ... ;) https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: sometimes it's right there https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Once again, they should just allow regular tweets to expire! https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Maring / ScreenRant: Twitter Axes Fleets - Why It Was Doomed From The Start
Tanay Jaipuria / @tanayj: Impressed by the decisiveness here. Twitter is better off focusing on Spaces. https://twitter.com/...
@twittersupport: Taking big chances helps us make the best product possible for you, but it doesn't always work out like we planned. It's not always easy to say goodbye to a feature like Fleets, but we're excited to get back to work on what we've got planned next: https://blog.twitter.com/... (4/4)
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: I'll be writing more about this today, but the main thing about Fleets is: you should just be able to set your tweets to expire after a certain point. Or even by default https://blog.twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: NEW: Twitter is killing fleets, its Stories clone, after just 8 months because the only people using it were Twitter power users. Twitter had hoped the ephemeral tweets would encourage more people to post, but that didn't happen https://blog.twitter.com/...
Scott Lincicome / @scottlincicome: The market works: “Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature” https://www.theverge.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: The next hot trend in tech will be NOT having a stories feature. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Easy to dunk on Twitter for not succeeding at the story format when everyone else has made it work. But! Top of the Twitter timeline is very very valuable real estate. Good call to bail on something that used that space and didn't work. https://twitter.com/...
Robbie Fox / @robbiebarstool: I've never posted or clicked on a single Fleet and I never will https://twitter.com/...
Owen Williams / @ow: It's admirable twitter is actually killing fleets off so quickly and publicly to be honest. Rare for a product team to try something so bold and admit it didn't work vs letting it rot. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: well that didn't last long... Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its Instagram-like stories feature https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Love the transparency from @twitter here. I didn't use Fleets after the first day or so, so this decision matches my experience, but I love how willing the company was to both experiment and pivot when it didn't work out as expected. https://blog.twitter.com/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: 'Twas Only Fleeting: Twitter Ends ‘Fleets’ Feature After Launching Just Last Year
Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog: Fleets were fleeting, and there's a lesson in that
Delia Cai / @delia_cai: brb making “we're sorry or you're welcome” my new email sign off https://twitter.com/...
Tom Maxwell / Input: Twitter flushes Fleets
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Twitter's disappearing tweets feature is disappearing
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT has posted its second recent editor's note about a conflict of interest: Karen Crouse wrote a story about Michael Phelps, with whom she is writing a book — In the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, New York Times sports reporter Karen Crouse last month wrote a story on the enduring influence …
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Sean Keeley / Awful Announcing: New York Times adds editor's note to article over reporter's upcoming book with Michael Phelps
Andrew Marchand / @andrewmarchand: Yeah, this seems like a conflict. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
In an internal memo, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro addresses the controversy involving Maria Taylor and Rachel Nichols, calling it a “complicated personnel” matter — Jimmy Pitaro also addressed a controversy involving reporters Maria Taylor and Rachel Nichols and noted that he's planning …
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Michael McCarthy / Front Office Sports: ESPN's Maria Taylor At ‘Half-Yard Line’ of Deal with Rival NBC
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: Maria Taylor is reportedly close to leaving ESPN and signing a deal with NBC: “The deal's at the half-yard line.”
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: “Please know our commitment is that assignments and opportunities at ESPN are based on merit and any concerns, remarks, or inferences that suggest otherwise have been and will continue to be addressed.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Bobby Burack / Fox News: ESPN to host town hall to address accusations that it mistreats black employees
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: ESPN is planning to host an employee town hall addressing diversity and inclusion efforts later this month, and has “begun a deep dive into the past year of exit interviews to understand any patterns and issues,” per a memo from Jimmy Pitaro: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: ESPN Chief Weighs in on Maria Taylor-Rachel Nichols Dispute
Reuters:
Twitter says governments made 361 demands to remove content from 199 verified accounts of journalists and news outlets in H2 2020, up 26% from H1 — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) saw a surge in demands over the course of last year from governments around the world to take down content posted …
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David Cohen / Adweek: Twitter Removed 3.8M Tweets for Violating Twitter Rules in Second Half of 2020
Dustin Volz / @dnvolz: “Twitter said verified accounts of 199 journalists and news outlets on its platform globally were subject to 361 legal demands from governments to remove content in the second half of 2020, an increase of 26% from the first half of the year.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Christina Maas / Reclaim The Net: Twitter experiences increase in global government demands for censorship and data on users
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: Increasing government scrutiny of digital platforms is often welcome. But sometimes used for self-interested, even troubling purposes, including to silence journalists. Hence importance of platforms+publishers pushing back together against restrictions https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rohini Singh / @rohini_sgh: India is now the largest source of all information requests from the government to Twitter. These requests include information on accounts tweeting and govts asking for content by journalists to be taken down. Vishwaguru indeed. Congratulations to all! https://www.reuters.com/...
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
As very few iOS users opt into tracking, Facebook's many advertisers are noticing a negative impact on tracking campaigns, targeting new customers, and more — People give iOS apps permission to track their behavior just 25% of the time — When users get asked on iPhone devices …
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Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: NEW: 75% of iPhone users are asking apps not to track their behavior. That's been bad news for Facebook advertisers, who are finding that losing access to this data is already having a negative impact on their ads https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@blackamazon: Imagine if they had worked on building good feedback loops , and better ad possibilities in https://twitter.com/...
Ari Paparo / @aripap: Upcoming Facebook Q2 earnings call is going to require 🍿🍿🍿 https://twitter.com/...
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Facebook and its advertisers are ‘panicking’ as the majority of iPhone users opt out of tracking
@draglikepull: Great evidence that many people will in fact *not* consent to data collection when they're given the choice in a straight-forward way (ie. without burying it in legalese or 20 pages of terms). https://www.bloomberg.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Detect an embedded, unchallenged, uncritical narrative in this Bloomberg piece and who was quoted: Those who's salary depends on saying adtech surveillance is absolutely necessary to conduct business. ~Privacy is simply the price the public must pay in order to have nice things.~ https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Picciuto / @epicciuto: Now how I will I get my ads for medical conditions I don't have but mentioned once seven weeks previously in an irl conversation? https://twitter.com/...
Hypervisible Dot Pdf / @hypervisible: Somewhere, a microscopic violin may be playing—but not here. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Mason Walker / Pew Research Center:
US newsroom employment declined by 26% between 2008 and 2020; as the number of newspaper staff fell by 57%, employees at digital-native newsrooms rose 144% — Newsroom employment in the United States has dropped by 26% since 2008. But while newspapers have seen steep job losses during that span …
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Jill Geisler / @jillgeisler: See the changes by industry. Digital up a lot, broadcast TV a little, newspapers off a cliff, radio and cable down. U.S. newsroom employment has fallen 26% since 2008 | Pew Research Center https://pullquote.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@pewresearch: In 2008, newspaper employees made up about six-in-ten newsroom jobs overall (62%). By 2020, the share had dropped to fewer than four-in-ten (36%). https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@pewresearch: Newspaper newsroom employment fell 57% between 2008 and 2020, from roughly 71,000 jobs to about 31,000. At the same time, the number of digital-native newsroom employees rose 144%, from 7,400 workers in 2008 to about 18,000 in 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jane Singer / @janebsinger: Roughly 30K fewer journalists work in US newsrooms today than in 2008, @pewjournalism — a 26% decline. At newspapers, drop is a staggering 57%, from 71K jobs to 31K. Employment in digital-native newsrooms rose 144%, but that translates to only 18K jobs. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
The Daily Beast:
Sources: Shep Smith's plunging ratings at CNBC, averaging just 197,000 viewers in June, have fostered internal turmoil, including “regular tantrums” from Smith — The ex-Fox anchor's much-hyped new show has failed to bring in viewers and, per insiders, it has struggled …
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani: CNBC in recent months has considered moving Jim Cramer out of the 6 p.m. time slot and replacing him with a different lead-in to help Shep Smith's struggling ratings. My story with @LachCartwright on Shep at CNBC: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: What's your new show about, Shep? — News News of what? — Important news What's the focus? — News, not talk Any particular lens? — The lens is news Who's it for? — Everyone who wants news Why would I watch? — Because we're good at doing news https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Good stuff here. The Shepard Smith experiment, is, as 99/100 “industry insider” types predicted, not going to well https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Karam / The National:
DOJ charges 4 Iranian intelligence officials with conspiracy to kidnap a US journalist, citizen, and activist of Iranian origin and forcibly take her to Tehran — Accused men monitored and planned to kidnap US citizen of Iranian origin and take her to Iran, officials say
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Justice News: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges Against An Iranian Intelligence Officer And Members Of An Iranian Intelligence Network
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times: Iranian Operatives Planned to Kidnap a Brooklyn Author, Prosecutors Say
Joel Schectman / Reuters: U.S. charges four with plot to kidnap New York journalist critical of Iran
@alinejadmasih: I am grateful to FBI for foiling the Islamic Republic of Iran's Intelligence Ministry's plot to kidnap me. This plot was orchestrated under Rouhani. This is the regime that kidnapped & executed Ruhollah Zam. They've also kidnapped and jailed Jamshid Sharmahd and many others https://twitter.com/...
@abc: “It was like shocking because I left my beloved homeland to be safe here,” Masih Alinejad says following an announcement by federal prosecutors that she was a target of a kidnapping plot by Iran's intelligence network. https://abcnews.go.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charles Creitz / Fox News: Iranian-born journalist targeted in kidnap plot tells Fox Tehran regime cannot ‘break me’
@dojnatsec: Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges Iranian Intelligence Services Allegedly Plotted to Kidnap a U.S. Journalist and Human Rights Activist from New York City for Rendition to Iran https://www.justice.gov/...
Rasha Al Aqeedi / @rashaalaqeedi: Hardly surprising from the IRI. Let's not forget that @AlinejadMasih has been subjected to vicious slandering campaigns accusing her of being a State Department employee to discredit her as a journalist and activist. Same people have gone silent today.Others locked their accounts https://twitter.com/...
Joel Schectman / @joel_schectman: “I can't believe I'm not even safe in America,” Masih Alinejad said to me of Iran's plot to kidnap her in Brooklyn. https://www.reuters.com/...
Carlos Vecchio / @carlosvecchio: We stand in solidarity w/ @AlinejadMasih, a brave journalist & freedom activist who was to be abducted in NY & taken to #Venezuela by Iran's regime w/ the help & complicity of Maduro's dictatorship. No one is safe as long as these evil regimes continue to oppress their people. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Journalist Iran Sought to Kidnap from Brooklyn Hits Biden for His Handling of Regime: ‘Be Strong’ Instead of ‘Having a Deal’
Arash Azizi / @arash_tehran: Standing with my friend @AlinejadMasih whose tireless advocacy against the Iranian regime and championing of rights for millions of Iranian women has led the cowards of the regime to target her. Stay strong, Masih! You are not alone! https://twitter.com/...
Jason Rezaian / @jrezaian: The plot to abduct @AlinejadMasih is further evidence that when it comes to dissent, the Islamic Republic has zero regard for international law. Their increasingly audacious plans, whether realized or not, are intended to terrorize. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Lipin / Voice of America: VOA Persian TV Host Says Iran Kidnap Plot Sought to Stop Her Social Media Activism
Zaina Erhaim / @zainaerhaim: It's not enough for the criminal regimes to kidnap millions living under their rule! They invest their resources to abduct the dissidents speaking out against their crimes! So grateful that #Iran|ian regime failed to kidnap @AlinejadMasih .Sending you love sister ✊🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Middle East Eye / @middleeasteye: Masih Alinejad, the target of an alleged kidnapping plot by Iranian intelligence agents, said she is “disappointed” by the lack of an official response from the Biden administration https://ow.ly/...
Mike Pompeo / @mikepompeo: .@AlinejadMasih is a freedom loving Iranian American. Iranian thugs plotted to abduct her in America to send her to the Iranian regime, the world's leading state sponsor of terror. Any deal with Iran must stop their spread of terrorism. https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Negar Mortazavi / @negarmortazavi: Very disturbing and appalling. https://twitter.com/...
@alinejadmasih: Thank you for the outpouring of support from friends and followers. By attempting to kidnap me, the Islamic Republic of Iran wanted to silence me. But I'm not scared. As long as I'm alive, I'll keep being a voice for Iran's mourning mothers, women, minorities and dissidents.
Luna Safwan / @lunasafwan: I can't express how happy and relieved I feel to see your face @AlinejadMasih. Trying to get to you physically, to pressure you, where does that audacity come from? https://twitter.com/...
Alan Eyre / @alaneyre1: Awful. If they are found guilty, lock 'me up @AlinejadMasih is a patriot and a hero. https://twitter.com/...
Saman Arbabi / @samanarbabi: FYI: Hassan Rohani (moderate president of Iran) is the head of supreme national security council. He knew and approved of what the Islamic regime was cooking up inside US for more than a year. https://twitter.com/...
Juliet Moses / @julietmosesnz: This is terrifying. Imagine escaping an authoritarian regime for a liberal democracy like the US, or for that matter NZ, speaking out against that regime, and realising that you haven't really escaped it because its minions are there doing its bidding. https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Weiser / @benweisernyt: NEW: Iranian government operatives planned to kidnap Brooklyn author and activist Masih Alinejad, federal authorities say. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@baldingsworld: I've met @AlinejadMasih at a Human Rights Foundation event and she is a true inspiration. It is appalling that anyone would continue to push for appeasement of terrorists that plan to kidnap people off the streets of America https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: Iranian officials allegedly plotted to kidnap @AlinejadMasih, an Iranian-American human rights advocate living in New York. Astonishing and outrageous. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Truly disturbing if true https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniel Di Martino / @danieldimartino: Disturbing. Still believe that Venezuela isn't a problem? https://twitter.com/...
Ezra A. Cohen / @ezraacohen: Should not come as a surprise - CCP and Russian thugs have engaged in kidnapping of dissidents off US streets for years. FBI must refocus on foreign CI mission. https://www.justice.gov/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: So scary https://www.nytimes.com/...
Omid Memarian / @omid_m: Iran has a long history of silencing its critics outside of its borders. This one, in particular, is outrageous. For years, they used their propaganda machine to defame her. They failed. Because she had a loader voice, then they planned to kidnap her. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Insanity. Journalists should be safer in America. A lot safer. Period. https://twitter.com/...
Karim Sadjadpour / @ksadjadpour: The details of this story are most disturbing: Iranian agents allegedly spent over $445k plotting to kidnap @AlinejadMasih in Brooklyn, transport her via military-style speedboat from NYC to Venezuela, and rendition her to Iran, where she'd likely be executed (like Rouhallah Zam) https://twitter.com/...
Julian Borger / The Guardian: Four alleged Iranian spies charged in plot to kidnap US-based journalist and critic
Rayhan E. Asat / @rayhanasat: I'm glad that @AlinejadMasih is safe. It's shocking and appalling that human rights activists are still at risk even in a free world. We must fight against translational repression. Looking away will only embolden autocrats in other parts of the world. https://www.thenationalnews.com/ ...
@yasmohammedxx: Thank goodness @AlinejadMasih is safe. How terrifying. And they arrested her brother too. All this because she supports women's bodily autonomy. That's how much they fear a woman raising her head and standing on her own two legs. #WhiteWednesdays #FreeFromHijab https://twitter.com/...
Ellie Cohanim / @elliecohanim: What an absolute embarrassment for the Biden Administration. They are well overdue to walk away from #ViennaTalks #Iran https://twitter.com/...
Kambiz Foroohar / @kambizf: A plot by #Iran Intelligence Ministry to kidnap @AlinejadMasih means @HassanRouhani knew and approved. https://twitter.com/...
dyIan / @dy1anonymous: The United States should not be conducting privileged nuclear diplomacy with a regime that tries to kidnap American citizens. https://twitter.com/...
Congresswoman Tenney / @reptenney: Journalist @AlinejadMasih is a strong & powerful voice for the Iranian people. The brutal regime in Iran must answer for this heinous plot. The Biden Admin needs to make it clear: ZERO sanctions relief for a regime that continues to engage in terrorism at home & abroad. https://twitter.com/...
@smohyeddin: Important to note @AlinejadMasih 's brother Ali was also kidnapped & has been detained for over a year. The Islamic Republic of Iran has also tried to use Ali to lure his sister to Turkey & kidnap her from there. Iran has repeatedly kidnapped & murdered journalists & activists. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Snodgrass / Insider: Iranian intelligence officials charged with plotting to kidnap a US journalist and activist who was critical of the country's regime, feds say
Kelly Hooper / Politico: Iranian intelligence officials indicted in attempted kidnapping of U.S.-based journalist
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: Feds say Iran backed plot to kidnap US-based journalist
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