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Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Vox Media is in advanced merger talks with Group Nine in an all-stock deal that would give Vox 75% ownership of the combined company led by Jim Bankoff — Stock deal would unite two of the biggest digital-media companies; Vox Media would get 75% ownership
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Kerry Flynn / CNN: Vox Media is nearing an acquisition of conglomerate that owns NowThis and Thrillist
Alex Sherman / CNBC: Vox Media in advanced talks to acquire Group Nine, according to internal company memos
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: SCOOP w/@asharma: Vox Media is in advanced talks to merge with Group Nine Media, a deal that will create one of the biggest digital-media companies: https://www.wsj.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Internal memo: Vox Media plans to acquire Group Nine Media
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Vox Media is planning to merge with Group Nine, publisher of PopSugar and Thrillist.
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Vox Nears Merger With Thrillist, NowThis Owner Group Nine Media
Todd Spangler / Variety: Vox Media in Advanced Talks to Acquire Group Nine
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Jim Bankoff emails employees about our story: “Due to a leak, this news is breaking prematurely...” w/@asharma https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Vox has let its employees know that internal operations at its various cos. won't change after it agrees to buy Group Nine. There is no price associated with the Group Nine deal because it's a private all stock deal. So price is irrelevant (for now). https://www.cnbc.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Jim Bankoff's Vox Media quietly appears to be forging a viable path forward as BuzzFeed stock value sputters. Comcast's NBCU is major investor in each. Group 9's Ben Lerer would join Vox board - his father Ken was BuzzFeed chair. https://twitter.com/...
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter: Vox And Group Nine Are In Advanced Talks To Merge
Sean Griffey / @seangriffey: Vox and Group 9 in advanced merger talks. Combined company would have $700 in revenue with $100 in “profit.” (Unclear if that is EBITDA, some adjusted number, or Net income) The profit number could separate it from Buzzfeed to public markets. https://www.wsj.com/...
Aanu Adeoye / @aanuadeoye: The future of digital media is going to be everyone buying everyone until there are only Vox, Vice and BuzzFeed left. https://www.wsj.com/...
Joshingtonson Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Which digital media companies aren't getting gobbled up by Bankoff? Truly impressive watching him replicate his AOL model (building community-based content) over the last decade. https://www.wsj.com/...
Michael Roston / @michaelroston: Can't wait until @Choire has bylines in The Dodo https://www.wsj.com/...
James Temple / @jtemple: I only see the first two letters in the hed, so will assume Vox is being acquired by Groupon. Get Ready for Exclusive News Deals Near You. https://www.wsj.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Vox's acquisition of Group Nine would be the latest move to combine two digital media conglomerates as industry players seek to consolidate or raise new capital amid increasing competition. https://www.cnn.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: With Chris Wallace gone, a rotation of “Fox News Sunday” hosts begins: Bret Baier will helm the program this coming weekend, per a source.
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Dodo Nation The Thrill NowThisVox https://twitter.com/...
Samit Sarkar / @samitsarkar: update: our CEO just sent an all-staff email confirming this story! https://twitter.com/...
Mike Epstein / @bombur: Independent of the obvious media consolidation woes, does this not seem like an odd pair to anybody else? https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: another SPAC dream up in smoke? https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: As I wrote this weekend, BuzzFeed's poor early share performance may lead to more private-to-private consolidation (like Group Nine/Vox), because the lesson could be that digital media companies need real heft before trying to go public. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Another note: Group Nine plans on doing an all-hands company-wide meeting later today or early tomorrow to discuss the deal. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Vox Media/Group Nine have informed their employees of an impending merger between the companies. I can add Group Nine's SPAC, intended to take Group Nine public when/if it merged, isn't being used for this but remains a possibility for later. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: A combined @voxmedia @GroupNineMedia expected to generate $700mm revs / $100mm ebitda. Compare to $BZFD (coupled w/Complex) is projected to generate $520mm in revs and $57mm in ebitda. $BZFD is trading at around 14 times ebitda. *This deal would peg new Vox at $1.4 billion* https://twitter.com/...
Amol Sharma / @asharma: Exclusive: Vox Media is in advanced talks to merge with Group Nine in an all-stock deal. The combined company would expect over $700 million in revenue and more than $100 million in profit in 2022, sources say. Story w/ @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Long-time Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace leaves the network after 18 years, says “I feel we've built a community here” — Long-time “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace is leaving the network after nearly two decades to “try something new,” he announced Sunday.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Chris Wallace to Join CNN Plus After Fox News Channel Departure
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Update: Chris Wallace is headed to be a signature player for CNN plus, according to a person with direct knowledge.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: Chris Wallace Leaves Fox News as Right-Wing Hosts Hold Sway
Guy Benson / @guypbenson: Wallace gets an ovation as he enters the news room after the show. This was a very well-kept secret.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The part in blue is a magic phrase in American journalism. Almost impossible to overstate its prestige. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Context for Chris Wallace's departure from Fox News: He and Bret Baier had recently objected to the Tucker Carlson documentary “Patriot Purge.” https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@latimes: The surprising departure makes Chris Wallace the latest in a series of high-profile cable news stars to leave their long-standing posts. https://www.latimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “Mr. Wallace's move to CNN+ is one of the biggest signs yet that CNN is investing heavily in its pivot to direct-to-consumer streaming...” https://www.wsj.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: 🤣🤣🤣 where Wallace, who has been a public face of Fox News for 18 yrs, is described as a “down-the-middle” journalist; https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Fox's thinly staffed DC bureau was gutted by Chris Wallace's departure yesterday. A Fox source said his exit felt “like a death in the family...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Steven Rattner / @steverattner: Really sad. Chris was a fine journalist and truly fair and balanced. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Huseman / @jessicahuseman: It was only a matter of time I guess https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Chris Wallace is hosting a new interview show on CNN+ — and he'll work on the streaming network's political & conventions coverage as well, per a source briefed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: And welcome, Chris, to @CNN! https://twitter.com/...
Trigaux / @venturetampabay: Heading to CNN. All this coverage and press release of his departing are too PC to state the obvious. Wallace finally leaving cult-first, reality-last Fox with one thought: “Enough of these loonbags!” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Clint Watts / @selectedwisdom: I completely understand & yet sad about this “Chris Wallace said he is leaving Fox News, ending an 18-year-run as host of “Fox News Sunday,” the network's flagship weekend show”. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jeff Kemp / @jkempcpa: If CNN is setting a new course - and I hope they are - couldn't think of a better first move. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Emanuel / @mikeemanuelfox: I am still stunned by the news. It has been a real pleasure working with Chris over the years. Wishing Chris and his family great health, success and happiness always! It is the end of an era. https://www.wsj.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: The pandemic shift to digital has expedited the shift of cable news talent to streaming, but no network is going to stop seriously investing in linear news programs until sports move out of the cable bundle, and that won't be for another few years. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 🚨More on @axios: CNN hires Chris Wallace away from Fox News — Wallace will anchor a new weekday show and will contribute to CNN+'s live programming — 👀Vacancies at major cable nets piling up as more companies begin to invest in streaming alternatives https://www.axios.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: That's a good point. Think about all the damage—and death—Fox has caused just over the last couple years, as Wallace gave them cover. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Stelter just announced on CNN that Chris Wallace is joining CNN via its new streaming network, CNN+. He will be on five days a week with an interview show.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This is exactly how to frame this news, from @brianstelter and @oliverdarcy https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: I'm told by multiple sources inside Fox News that this was a shock to journalists at the DC bureau, where Wallace has been based https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: big hit for ATN https://twitter.com/...
John Dickerson / @jdickerson: A first rate journalist who was very good at what he did because he worked very hard, prepared, had a sense of context, and he listened. https://twitter.com/...
@wwmtnews: Wallace said he was leaving Fox after 18 years because “I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I'm interested in. I'm ready for a new adventure and I hope you'll check it out.” https://wwmt.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: in the late 90s and early 00s Fox needed to at least have the superficial veneer of a real news outlet. now Americans are so blanketly misinformed and ignorant, and pushback to Rupert's propaganda so repeatedly feckless, the pretense isn't even necessary https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: Had some bracing sessions with @FoxNewsSunday during my WH/campaign days but always appreciated them. A straight shooter on a network that too often is not, you could rely on Chris Wallace to be tough but fair. All you can ask! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim Young / @timrunshismouth: My joke is now confirmed as accurate. Variety is reporting that Chris Wallace is probably joining CNN. https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@news_maker: A person familiar with the matter suggested Wallace may be jumping to CNN Plus https://variety.com/...
Jeffrey Goldberg / @jeffreygoldberg: One of the best interviewers in television news is leaving Fox: https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Chris Wallace announced Sunday he is leaving Fox News Channel and is said to be joining CNN+. CNN spokespersons could not be reached for immediate comment https://variety.com/...
Rochelle Riley / @rochelleriley: Thus declaring #FoxEntertainment and entertainment channel for real. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: He worked for the devil incarnate for 18 years. Chris Wallace to Leave Fox News https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story: Chris Wallace abandoning Fox News to take job at CNN+
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots: Your Sunday Morning BFDs
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: Chris Wallace leaves Fox News after 18 years to join CNN's streaming service
Sam Raskin / New York Post: Chris Wallace leaving Fox News for ‘new adventure’ at CNN streaming service
Megan Ziegler / FOX 10 Phoenix: Chris Wallace announces departure from FOX News
Caroline Downey / National Review: Chris Wallace Leaving Fox News after 18 Years
Jason Lynch / TVNewser: Chris Wallace Leaving Fox News After 18 Years
Connor Perrett / Insider: Chris Wallace is leaving Fox News after 18 years to join CNN+
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CNN:
Chris Wallace will join CNN as an anchor for CNN+, the streaming subscription service set to debut in Q1 2022 — Chris Wallace is joining CNN as an anchor for CNN+, the much-anticipated streaming subscription service that will debut in Q1 2022. — “I am thrilled to join CNN+.
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@cnnpr: We're thrilled to welcome Chris Wallace to CNN as an anchor for @CNNPlus. His new weekday show will feature interviews with newsmakers across politics, business, sports and culture & will contribute to CNN+'s slate of live programming available at launch. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: Chris Wallace to Depart Fox News, Join CNN+ Streaming Service
Washington Post: Chris Wallace leaves Fox News for a CNN streaming show: 'I'm ready for a new adventure'
Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR: Chris Wallace announces abrupt departure from Fox News to join CNN streaming service
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: Coverage of Chris Wallace's split downplayed Fox's function as a vector for disinformation and death
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Chris Wallace's Exit Leaves a Gaping Hole in Fox's News Division
Kasie Hunt / @kasie: I could not be more excited to have Chris Wallace as a colleague — it's going to be an honor to be part of the lineup alongside him @CNNplus https://twitter.com/...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “Chris Wallace was the face of Fox's news coverage, whose talents as a skeptical and probing newsman the network brass frequently pointed to as proof of its journalistic bona fides when it came under fire in recent years ...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kelly O'Connell / @kellymoconnell: Huge loss for Fox. I will miss his professionalism, perspective and passion for journalism. Can't wait to see what he does next. #chriswallace https://twitter.com/...
Erica Hill / @ericarhill: Welcome to the family, Chris Wallace! Thrilled you're joining .@CNNplus https://twitter.com/...
Frida Ghitis / @fridaghitis: Looks like CNNPlus is going to be a very big deal https://twitter.com/...
Rich Edson / @richedsondc: Chris is the best - an absolute pleasure and honor to work with. We, and Sunday mornings, will miss him. https://twitter.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Fantastic news! Welcome, Chris. 👏 https://twitter.com/...
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report: Chris Wallace helped Fox News claim it engaged in “journalism”
Alyssa Farah Griffin / @alyssafarah: Huge get for @CNN https://twitter.com/...
Akela Cooper / @akelacooper: The only person left who could be called a real journalist has jumped ship. https://twitter.com/...
David Kochel / @ddkochel: A terrific newsman and interviewer. Always held the powerful to account, no matter where they stood. Wishing him the best. I hope his replacement continues in his tradition and his approach. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: It remains to be seen what Chris Wallace's new CNN+ show will look like and how it'll balance the broader schedule there, but my first instinct is that his journalistic philosophy, especially around covering Trump, isn't very CNN-ish... /1 https://www.cjr.org/...
Preet Bharara / @preetbharara: Welcome, Chris Wallace https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Gangel / @jamiegangel: Great news - One of my first assignments at NBC was sitting between Chris Wallace and Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports at the White House. Needless to say, I learned a lot. Thrilled to be working with Chris again. Welcome to @CNN + https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Chris Wallace will join CNN+ as an anchor, CNN confirms. “I look forward to the new freedom and flexibility streaming affords in interviewing major figures across the news landscape, and finding new ways to tell stories,” Wallace says in a statement.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Breaking media news during our media program today: Chris Wallace is joining CNN as an anchor for CNN+ https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Wallace is joining @CNNplus. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Roth / The Verge: Chris Wallace leaves Fox News to host weekday show on CNN's new streaming service
Mychael Schnell / The Hill: Politics, media worlds react to Wallace news
Sinéad Baker / Insider: Chris Wallace's Fox News departure was so secret that even his panelists didn't know about it, report says
Bob Cronin / Newser: Chris Wallace Resigns From Fox News
Daniel Politi / Slate: Chris Wallace Leaves Fox News for CNN's New Streaming Service
Emlyn Travis / E! Online: Chris Wallace Leaves Fox News After 18 Years
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
With Chris Wallace's departure, Fox News takes another step toward its destiny as The Tucker Carlson Channel, which has no room for journalists
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Los Angeles Times, CNN, Fox News, @oliverdarcy, Friedman of the Plains, UPROXX, Gay Anon, MediaPost and The Week
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Chris Wallace exits Fox News Channel for CNN's upcoming streaming service
Brian Stelter / CNN: What Chris Wallace's big move says about streaming at CNN and Fox
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Every day, in other words, Fox News takes another step toward its destiny as The Tucker Carlson Channel,” @ErikWemple writes. “And in that future, there's no room for journalists.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Barry Friedman / Friedman of the Plains: Courage — As you all know, both Brian Williams of The 11th Hour on MSBC and Chris Wallace …
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Chris Wallace Is Leaving Fox News After 18 Years Of Being One Of Its Most Independent-Minded Figures
Gay Anon: A Strange Tonic — I have felt melancholy this weekend despite some efforts showing traction in the job search.
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Chris Wallace Leaving Fox News For CNN+
Grayson Quay / The Week: Chris Wallace announces he'll leave Fox News, join CNN+
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix leads the Golden Globes with 27 nominations, after previously saying it won't participate in the event until the HFPA institutes diversity reforms — - Hollywood Foreign Press Association offered nominations Monday — Netflix led all studios with 27 nominations across movies, TV
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Jordan Moreau / Variety: Golden Globes 2022: The Complete Nominations List
Gil Kaufman / Billboard: Golden Globes: HFPA Announces Full List of Nominations Despite Ongoing Boycott
Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter: Golden Globes: HFPA Announces Nominations Despite Ongoing Boycott
Scott Feinberg / @scottfeinberg: BELFAST and THE POWER OF THE DOG led the film nominations with 7 each, while SUCCESSION was the field leader for TV programs with 5. But what happens *next* will be interesting: will talent, studios and networks tout their nominations or run from them? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Wall Street Journal:
Sirius XM hires Disney's Joe Inzerillo, who played a key role in creating and launching Disney+, as its chief product and technology officer — Satellite radio company bets on one of streaming tech's key designers to help attract listeners beyond the car — Satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Media research company MoffettNathanson will be acquired by Silicon Valley Bank parent SVB Financial Group — - Technology, media and telecom equity research firm MoffettNathanson has agreed to sell to SVB Financial. — The deal allows SVB's investment banking unit, SVB Leerink, to expand its research coverage.
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Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Craig Moffett and Michael Nathanson agree to sell the thing they built together in 2013. Big news in the equity research world. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: MoffettNathanson, Leading Independent Wall Street Media Research Firm, Acquired By SVB Financial
A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Sources: the NYT has re-emerged as a contender to buy The Athletic after previous talks ended in June; at least 15 employees have left The Athletic since April — - The Times and Axios were interested in acquiring The Athletic before talks stalled. — The Athletic tapped LionTree to help facilitate a sale in September.
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A.J. Perez / @byajperez: NEW: The New York Times has a renewed interest in acquiring The Athletic, sources tell @FOS. Details on why talks over the summer broke down and the NYT's latest pursuit. (via @MMcCarthyREV and ✋🏽) https://frontofficesports.com/ ...
Ian Casselberry / Awful Announcing: The Athletic is once again talking to the New York Times about a potential sale
Ian McLaren / @iancmclaren: Wow just yesterday Liontree was working on GoJo + Waystar. Busy times. https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Perez / @byajperez: Talks between The Times and The Athletic broke off in June. A source with knowledge of the negotiations told @FOS that the stumbling blocks included stock/cash split and how long the sale would take to complete. Both companies declined comment. https://frontofficesports.com/ ...
Michael McCarthy / @mmccarthyrev: The New York Times Co. has re-emerged as a contender to buy @TheAthletic, sources tell @FOS. The corporate union would marry NYT's 7.6 million digital subscribers with The Athletic's 1.2 million. NYT wants 10 million by 2025. @byajperez with the story. https://frontofficesports.com/ ...
Reice Shipley / Barrett Media: The New York Times Exploring Deal For The Athletic Again
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
A deep dive into a secretive US CBP unit that investigated as many as 20 journalists, including NYT's Ali Watkins and AP investigative reporter Martha Mendoza — It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger.
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Daniel Schuman / First Branch Forecast: First Branch Forecast: ModCom, PODA, PACER, + USCP 12/13/2021
Byron Tau / @byrontau: An outstanding piece of journalism from @janawinter about how the CBP had a secretive unit called the Counter Network Division that was tasked in part with surveillance of journalists during the Trump years. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@ap: @AP The revelations raised alarm in news organizations and prompted a demand for a full explanation from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “We are deeply concerned about this apparent abuse of power,” said Lauren Easton, AP's director of media relations. https://apne.ws/fm8GDSr
Jana Winter / @janawinter: This is a real important point. I am not saying what Rambo did was great but it was absolutely, at every step of the way, authorized, ordered and rewarded by every (including highest levels) of @CBP management. He shouldn't be fall guy here. This is bigger than him. Much bigger. https://twitter.com/...
Aki Peritz / @akiperitz: I keep thinking back to this crazy @janawinter article about these dime-store CBP James Bond-wannabes who operate w few rules and apparently no oversight. This is civil liberties nightmare fuel, run by the Reno911! crew https://news.yahoo.com/...
Shahid Buttar / @shahidforchange: DOJ prosecuting Assange, like DHS investigating journalists, threatens more than freedom of the press. At stake is your right to know about government secrets, crimes, and cover ups (many of which continue), and the constitutional role of the press as a 4th branch of government. https://twitter.com/...
@marshallproj: A secretive unit operated by Customs and Border Protection used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, @YahooNews reports. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@nixonron: Reupping this incredible investigation by @janawinter and @YahooNews from yesterday. Federal agents should not be rummaging around in travel, financial and terrorist watchlist databases ‘vetting’ journalists to see if there are ‘reputable’ https://news.yahoo.com/...
Ben Norton / @benjaminnorton: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a shadowy division that uses secret databases to surveil journalists, government officials, congressional members and their staff, NGO workers, and more. Another form of US authoritarianism and mass surveillance https://news.yahoo.com/...
George Joseph / @georgejoseph94: This reporting would have been great already based on the exclusive govt documents, but @janawinter went a step further— finding amazing characters + weaving together a thrilling plot helping us see how far federal surveillance powers have gone: https://twitter.com/...
Laila Al-Arian / @lailaalarian: This terrifying baseless, invasive investigation into a journalist was allowed to happen because the surveillance state is massive, powerful and unaccountable, and seemingly operates with no mandate, no rules and only to justify its ever-growing budgets. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Mitchell Prothero / @mitchprothero: inside look at how the feds spy on me and my colleagues is quite an infuriating read tbh https://news.yahoo.com/...
Martha Mendoza / @mendozamartha: When I learned the federal government reviewed my travel, banking, email, phone information without cause, my greatest concern was for our democracy. Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans https://news.yahoo.com/...
@bethanykhan: Wow this is so wild, chilling, but not shocking - CPB investigating journalists and us citizens? Yea, not shocked. Someone write this screenplay and green light this as a HBO miniseries or movie immediately. Title: Operation Whistle Pig https://twitter.com/...
Under No Pretext / @grahamvsworld: This looks like a secret police unit because it is a secret police unit, with all that that entails. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Benacci / The Cavalry: Operation Whistle Pig
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: One thing we struggled with is what to call what CPB was doing to journalists, others. CBP called these invasive database searches “vetting.” Yet checking travel records to see who's sleeping with whom seems like more. Surveillance? Investigating? Spying? https://news.yahoo.com/...
Shashank Joshi / @shashj: Takeaway from this excellent story is that one unknown and apparently unaccountable department of CBP has free run of US government databases to conduct invasive surveillance on the travel patterns of anyone they deem vaguely or potentially useful to an investigation. https://twitter.com/...
David McBride / @murdochcadell: Read this, especially if you are a journalist. Australia is no different. Except I imagine the blackmail threats often succeed at first instance. Of course the US are the ‘good guys’. ‘Investigating forced labour’. Africa.. China, those bad guys. https://twitter.com/...
Jana Winter / @janawinter: Similarly we tend to focus on things like inside threats by say, russian or Chinese spies, but this story is one of gov officials authorized to do this work, to query these databases and genuinely thought they were doing nothing wrong. And technically they weren't. Which is worse https://twitter.com/...
Leila Fadel / @leilafadel: I would read every word of this investigative piece by @janawinter. It's terrifying, as she notes, this is happening now. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 2/ Cause for concern: the secretive CBP unit with wide powers, an oversight problem, and a blemished track record... is apparently still operational👇 I wonder how much has changed? https://twitter.com/...
Jana Winter / @janawinter: *has*. @DHS and @cbp still *HAS* a secretive unit called Counter Network Division currently run by literally same people doing same exact thing (despite referrals for criminal prosecution). CND still targeting US citizens not suspected of any crime—under BIDEN administration. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 3/ After the last scandal like this... AG Garland formally prohibited @TheJusticeDept from seizing reporters' records in leak investigations (there are exceptions). Sounds like @CBP & @DHSgov may be overdue for urgent policy overhaul. https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 4/ Broad powers to surveil and muck about with the free press are a key precondition for authoritarianism. The stakes could not be higher right now. America 🇺🇸 must circumscribe & reform this unchecked authority before it's too late. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: One of the craziest things I've read in 2021. And that's saying something... https://twitter.com/...
@spaceyg: This is cray! A CBP unit existed to investigate forced labor. If Operation Whistle Pig was tasked with THAT, then why were they hanging around DC speakeasies spooking journalists? And what about Operation Blooming Onion, the recent slave-labor bust in GA? https://news.yahoo.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: NIGHTMARE: no-oversight unit at CBP fished around in private lives of journalists, congressional staffers, possibly congresspeople. Had an agent cooking up psyops. @Deloitte even makes an appearance, helping to track a reporter through social media. https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth C. McLaughlin / @ecmclaughlin: Now imagine what they're going to do with data scraping and collection if/when this Republican party is returned to power. Because it won't be confined to undocumented folks or a handful of reporters, I'll tell you that. https://twitter.com/...
@ap: BREAKING: A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate up to 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporter, according to a federal watchdog. https://apne.ws/gD4NxsZ
Joaquin Castro / @joaquincastrotx: The abuse of government databases by this @DHSgov unit to surveil and act against American citizens, the press and elected officials is detestable and must be stopped. @DHSgov must disband this unit; anyone who perpetrated this abuse should be fired and prosecuted. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold: The 500+ documents that formed the basis of the Yahoo News report on the CBP unit targeting journalists and others can be found here, pried loose via #FOIA a couple months ago by @rcfp https://www.rcfp.org/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: Lots of troubling details in this story about a government surveillance program targeting journalists. Perhaps most troubling: one of the most aggressive agents was repeatedly praised by @CBP for his efforts, which included monitoring reporters' families. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: CBP abused intelligence databases to trawl through the private lives of 15-20 American journalists in a manner that the Inspector General reported it to the Justice Department as a criminal conspiracy. But the government refused to prosecute. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: The secret government unit that spies on journalists (and other Americans), by @janawinter https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jana Winter / @janawinter: I have many things to say about this story but first a huge thanks to my editor @weinbergersa for helping me tell this is a digestible compelling way, to everyone at @YahooNews for help & guidance & to Rambo for risking his job to talk https://news.yahoo.com/...
Mattathias Schwartz / @schwartzesque: When it comes to mass surveillance, we tend to focus on the threat of top-down totalitarianism and underestimate the threat of data-empowered loons conducting search-and-destroy missions as they root through our private lives. @janawinter has the goods... https://news.yahoo.com/...
Zach Dorfman / @zachsdorfman: “The AP demands an immediate explanation from CBP as to why journalists including AP investigative reporter Martha Mendoza were run through databases used to track terrorists,” an AP spokesperson told Yahoo News in a statement. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Ashe Short / @asheschow: LOL at them trying to make it seem like she was in danger because she met a source at The Sheppard. It's one of the most popular “speakeasies” in DC. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Hettena / @seth_hettena: Lots of revelations in this terrific @janawinter story about a CBP investigation that targeted journalists. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Kathy Gannon / @kathygannon: Breathtakingly outrageous https://twitter.com/...
@nixonron: Great and disturbing investigation by @janawinter and @YahooNews. It is simply outrageous that a government agency was ‘vetting’ journalists by running them through databases used to track terrorists. https://news.yahoo.com/...
@nixonron: I can't empathize enough how disturbing this is and to see that my colleague @mendozamartha, one of the most accomplished investigative journalist on the planet, was supposedly ‘vetted’ by @CBP personal rummaging though government databases. https://twitter.com/...
Zach Dorfman / @zachsdorfman: Incredible investigative reporting from @janawinter on a CBP unit that “routinely used the country's most sensitive databases to obtain the travel records & financial & personal information of journalists, gov officials, congressional members & others.” https://news.yahoo.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: If the question of mass surveillance is: What's the harm? Here it is. Officials looking into a reporter's romantic relationship. Performing records searches on elected member of Congress and their staff and “connecting” them to the terrorism watchlist. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “government officials trawling through government databases, looking at the private lives — and even romantic relationships — of U.S. citizens not suspected of any crime, is precisely what civil liberties experts have warned about for years.”— @JanaWinter https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Klaidman / @dklaidman: New: A unit with the US Customs and Border Patrol, operating with few rules, routinely scoured sensitive government databases for travel, financial and other personal information on journalists, members of Congress and their staff and others. @janawinter https://news.yahoo.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: “he did something that most journalists probably don't expect government officials to do: He ran Watkins through an assortment of databases.” if you're a journalist from certain backgrounds your whole life is knowing you'll be run through databases https://news.yahoo.com/...
Andria Krewson / @underoak: This should be on your weekend reading list. And if you travel internationally, you owe it to your friends and family to travel with an empty phone contact list. https://twitter.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans “We are pushing the limits and so there is no norm, there is no guidelines, we are the ones making the guidelines.” https://news.yahoo.com/...
Daniel Schuman / @danielschuman: So, the CBP in the guise of a leak investigation prompted by something entirely unrelated, used all of the federal databases at its disposal to dig into 20+ journalists, their families, and congressional staff + potentially members — without a warrant. https://www.yahoo.com/...
Jon Ward / @jonward11: dude “sipped WhistlePig old fashioneds”? pull his card https://news.yahoo.com/...
Michael Isikoff / @isikoff: Wow. It doesn't get any more bizarre-or disturbing- than this: A secret DHS/CPB program that investigated journalists, tapping into govt. databases to obtain their phone, travel records & other personal data. @janawinter #OperationWhistlePig https://news.yahoo.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: How many media outlets essentially did this operation's work for it by writing titillating stories pulled from indictments that are for fairly narrowly circumscribed crimes but include a ton of embarrassing narrative detail https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: This morning we published @janawinter's article on a secret CBP unit that investigates journalists, members of Congress and other unsuspecting Americans. In 20 yrs of journalism, it's one of the strangest & most and disturbing stories I've encountered. https://news.yahoo.com/...
Jenn Budd / @buddjenn: The unit w/in @CBP being described as taking orders on who to investigate from the Trump White House is Stasi level secret & illegal investigations. Congress must investigate. Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit https://news.yahoo.com/...
Sharon Weinberger / @weinbergersa: Exclusive: The leak investigation that targeted @nytimes' Ali Watkins wasn't an isolated incident. The CBP unit that sparked the probe also trawled the records of journalists, congressional staffers and lawmakers. @janawinter on Operation Whistle Pig. https://news.yahoo.com/...
New York Times:
A Hong Kong court sentences former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 13 months in prison for his role in last year's Tiananmen vigil — The former media mogul and other prominent pro-democracy activists were previously convicted of inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly.
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Candice Chau / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and 7 other Hong Kong democrats jailed over banned Tiananmen Massacre vigil
Vivian Wang / @vwang3: Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for trying to commemorate the June 4, 1989 massacre. He didn't even attend the vigil itself — he just lit a candle at a news conference beforehand. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rick Scott / @senrickscott: Jimmy Lai has spent most of this year in jail on bogus charges. This new sentencing is as ludicrous as the first. General Secretary Xi wants those who love freedom & democracy to stay silent or else. Here's a message to him & his communist thugs: We won't ever back down. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Kirchfeld / Bloomberg:
Ad tech company Criteo to acquire UK-based ad infrastructure service Iponweb for $305M in cash plus $75M in stock — - French online ad firm will pay $380 million in cash and stock — Criteo is diversifying revenue away from third-party cookies — French online advertising firm Criteo SA …
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@aripap, @chrisfralic, @davemorgannyc, AdExchanger, @simonjharris, Digiday, PR Newswire and Beet.TV
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Ari Paparo / @aripap: Criteo buying IPonWeb for $380 million. Presumably building bidders for retail media... HT @larakiara https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Chris Fralic / @chrisfralic: One day somebody should write a book about iponweb - working title could be “The Most Important Ad Tech Company You Never Heard Of.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Dave Morgan / @davemorgannyc: Super smart move by @criteo to acquire @IPONWEB and make a big move into the global programmatic architecture @ak_mna https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: Criteo To Acquire IPONWEB For $380 Million
@simonjharris: Wow, Criteo acquiring IPONWEB is huge, but also a little confusing. I say this as Criteo always talk up their supply side tech (integrated with 500+ publishers) & their own bidder on earnings call. So is the $380m buying in expertise, better products or both maybe? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ronan Shields / Digiday: Why Criteo is purchasing the best-kept secret in digital media for $380 million
Financial Times:
Profile of Disney CEO Bob Chapek, whose top priorities include Disney+ and the Disney metaverse, as the “parks guy” brought the company back from pandemic lows — Bob Chapek borrowed billions and sidelined insiders. It's all part of the plan — exclusive — Bob Chapek is in his element.
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Taneth Autumn Evans / @tanethautumn: “It's not about what we love, it's about what the consumer loves. They will be our guide.” AKA smart man listens to customer needs, old guard kick off because change means losing their fat bonuses... https://www.ft.com/...
@financialtimes: But in his pursuit of digital growth, Disney's CEO angered theatre owners, stars — most notably Scarlett Johansson — and some of his own employees. Releasing major movies on streaming the same day that they debuted in theatres was wildly unpopular https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@financialtimes: With audiences trapped at home during Covid lockdowns, Bob Chapek moved aggressively to promote Disney Plus, the company's primary weapon in the streaming wars against Netflix and Amazon. And it worked: subscriptions soared https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@financialtimes: Executives say streaming is the biggest burst of innovation since the 1930s studio gold rush. But it requires old media groups to dismantle the very business models they've counted on for profits. Will Bob Chapek and Disney win through? https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
CNN hires Alyssa Farah as a political commentator; she served as press secretary for Mike Pence and DOD and was White House communications director in 2020 — Alyssa Farah, previously the White House communications director for former President Donald Trump, will join CNN as a political commentator.
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Politico, @rolandsmartin, @mondairejones, @aaschapiro, @emmavigeland, @markhughesfilms, @tallyannae, @genepark and Barrett Media
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@rolandsmartin: Y'all shocked that @CNN hired serial Donald Trump liar @Alyssafarah? https://twitter.com/...
Mondaire Jones / @mondairejones: History will record that media outlets were complicit in the demise of our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: CNN is hiring Trump's former Communications Director, Alyssa Farah, who spent 3 1/2 years in the Trump admin. Here she is in Oct, 2020 telling the press corps that Trump's COVID-19 test result was his “private medical history.” https://www.youtube.com/... https://www.mediaite.com/...
Emma Vigeland / @emmavigeland: I wish I loved anything as much as cable news loves hiring loathsome Republicans just because they criticized Trump. The woman was literally a WorldNetDaily “correspondent.” https://twitter.com/...
Mark Hughes / @markhughesfilms: .@CNN hiring a bunch of rightwing media folks is a sign it's time to switch channels. Even the “best” of them spent years excluding racism & authoritarianism, questioned climate crisis, promoted misogyny, & cheered wealth inequality. Fuck this whitewashing of reputations. https://twitter.com/...
@tallyannae: This tracks 100%. What used to be @CNN is now Fox-Lite and getting more Fox-like everyday. https://mediaite.com/a/sqykb via @mediaite
Gene Park / @genepark: oh cnn using that leftover Chris Cuomo money to fill their “people our audience shouldn't trust” quota. I do not understand why broadcast news spends hundreds of thousands if not millions to hire political partisans like George stephanopoulos and this one https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The International Fund for Public Interest Media, led by Mark Thompson and Maria Ressa, says it is looking to raise $100M after the US pledges up to $30M — Press freedom is starting to get more attention from world leaders, as new data suggests 2021 was yet another record-breaking year for violations of those rights.
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Colin Crowell / @colincrowell: “The big picture: Journalists have faced record levels of persecution globally during the pandemic, which has empowered autocrats to go after the free press with arbitrary measures like ‘fake news’ laws and internet blackouts.” @mariaressa @FundFreeMedia https://www.axios.com/...
Paul Rosenberg / @paulhrosenberg: How about a domestic effort to fund local public interest news? The democracy you save could be your own. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “The U.S. will invest up to $30 million in a new initiative, led by news veterans, called The International Fund for Public Interest Media, to protect the free press globally.” https://www.axios.com/... Co-chairs: Nobel winner @mariaressa and Mark Thompson, ex CEO, New York Times.
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW @axios: Spoke w Mark Thompson about new Intl media fund he co-chairs w Maria Ressa - Looking to raise $100m - Received $30m commitment from US, $1m from Taiwan, undisclosed amounts from NZ, France - In “serious conversations” w 15 more govs about funds https://www.axios.com/...
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Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
At the Oslo awards ceremony, Nobel Prize winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov call for peace, a renewed commitment to democracy, and support for a free press
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@nobelprize: “Without facts, you can't have truth. Without truth, you can't have trust. Without trust, we have no shared reality, no democracy, and it becomes impossible to deal with our world's existential problems...” Read @mariaressa's full #NobelPrize lecture: https://www.nobelprize.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Victor Pickard / @vwpickard: Key argument by @mariaressa and Mark Thompson on how the market poses an existential threat to journalism alongside state-sponsored oppression: “Independent news companies face a second, more insidious but potentially no less lethal threat: bankruptcy.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steven Hassan, PhD / @cultexpert: A vibrant and well funded independent media is vital to combat authoritarians! Media that depends on advertisers are too easy to exert undue influence and ignore the primacy of the public good! https://www.nytimes.com/...
CCJ / @nastyoldwomyn: I wonder how many @nytimes journalists are taking this to heart? @deanbaquet? https://twitter.com/...
Steven Lee Myers / @stevenleemyers: “Our greatest need today is to transform that hate and violence, the toxic sludge that's coursing through our information ecosystem, prioritized by American internet companies that make more money by spreading that hate...” @mariaressa https://www.nytimes.com/...
@hoybraten: And This: «Now, please, with me, close your eyes. And imagine the world as it should be. A world of peace, trust and empathy, bringing out the best that we can be. Now let's go and make it happen. Let's hold the line. Together.» @mariaressa https://twitter.com/...
Maya / @mayasharona: “Without access to trustworthy independent news, populations are left in the dark, governments grow corrupt and democratic institutions soon become a sham.” Thank you @mariaressa for your courage and vision. @nytimes @nytopinion https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bruna Martins dos Santos / @boomartins: And @mariaressa speech at the Nobel prize ceremony is our mandatory reading of the week! https://twitter.com/...
Maria Galli / @davieclan: “The destruction has happened. Now it's time to build - to create the world we want...Now, please, with me, close your eyes. And imagine the world as it should be. A world of peace, trust and empathy, bringing out the best that we can be.” Maria Ressa Nobel Peace Prize 2021 https://twitter.com/...
@fccthai: If you haven't watched @mariaressa speaking at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony yet, here is the link. An important speech for journalism and for anyone who cares about human rights. #HoldTheLine https://www.rappler.com/...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: from Maria Ressa's Nobel prize speech: “Every day, I live with the real threat of spending the rest of my life in jail just because I'm a journalist. When I go home, I have no idea what the future holds, but it's worth the risk.” https://www.nobelprize.org/...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: From Dmitry Muratov's Nobel prize speech: “I want journalists to die old.” https://www.nobelprize.org/...
Jean Vengua / Eulipion Outpost: 12/11/2021 #44 — We've had a dip in temperature (and remember, I'm in central California …
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Journalist Maria Ressa, accepting her Nobel prize, goes off on tech: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists..They are — by design — dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sheelah Kolhatkar / @sheelahk: Stunning of critique of tech platforms from Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists... They are-by design-dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: As the receive their Nobel Peace Prizes, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov seek renewal of our commitment to democracy and media freedom. They also call for greater accountability for hate and violence promoted on social media. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jenniferpreston: Thank you @mariaressa for also using your #Nobel lecture to announce the start of one of the most ambitious philanthropic funds for independent journalism around the world! Congrats to you and former @nytimes ceo Mark Thompson. Details: https://nytimes.com/... #holdtheline 4/4
@nytimes: Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov, the journalists awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, used their acceptance speeches to issue dire warnings about the threats to democracies and call for greater accountability for social media companies. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Natalia Antelava / @antelava: This is @mariaressa 's historic speech in full. If you have any interest in journalism you must read it in full. If you have the vaguest interest in the future of our planet you MUST read it in full https://www.rappler.com/...
Tai Nalon / @tainalon: “We need information ecosystems that live and die by facts. We do this by shifting social priorities to rebuild journalism for the 21st century while regulating and outlawing the surveillance economics that profit from hate and lies.” (@mariaressa) https://twitter.com/...
@doughtystpublic: Journalists @mariaressa & Dmitry Muratov awarded the #NobelPeacePrize today. Ms Ressa is represented by an international legal team jointly led by Amal Clooney & @caoilfhionnanna @DoughtyStIntl, working with @Can_Yeginsu @ClaireOverman @CovingtonLLP. Read Maria's speech here: https://twitter.com/...
Jackie Malton / @thursley: This is brilliant. Shame quite a few people don't understand that without truth you can't have trust... https://twitter.com/...
Sara Wahedi / @sarawahedi: Precisely why I am so passionate about data-driven policy in Afghanistan. Without facts, we've become used to solving problems with metaphorical band-aids, unable to follow patterns and trends to help us find solutions. We have much to learn from you, @mariaressa. https://twitter.com/...
Ziauddin Yousafzai / @ziauddiny: What an incredible and mind-blowing Nobel Prize lecture! Thank you @mariaressa for every word you said. Thank your for your vision and wisdom for a better world.#NobelPeacePrize https://twitter.com/...
Icij / @icijorg: In their @NobelPrize acceptance speeches, @mariaressa and Dmitry Muratov stressed the importance of independent reporting in defending against authoritarian regimes, and held a minute of silence during the ceremony to honor journalists killed on the job. https://www.aljazeera.com/...
Valerie Hopkins / @valeriein140: I spent my afternoon watching the Nobel speeches of Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. Both were impassioned pleas for a better world that they believe is within our grasp — one in which journalists play a crucial role. “We are the antidote against tyranny.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abdi Latif Dahir / @lattif: “These American companies controlling our global information ecosystem are biased against facts, biased against journalists,” @mariaressa said in her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Friday. “They are — by design — dividing us and radicalizing us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: “What are you willing to sacrifice for the Truth?” One for the ages! #HoldTheLine https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “I stand before you, a representative of every journalist around the world who is forced to sacrifice so much to hold the line, to stay true to our values and mission: to bring you the truth and hold power to account.” https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: .@mariaressa + Mark Thompson on @FundFreeMedia supporting independent journalism globally: “We both know that the great political and cultural battles that free media faces everywhere can only be won if we first stabilize and future-proof its economics” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joel Simon / The Guardian: In the battle between truth and lies, we must protect the world's journalists
Colin Crowell / @colincrowell: The co-chairs of @FundFreeMedia, Mark Thompson and @mariaressa, explain how the Fund helps to meet present challenges to independent, trustworthy journalism & safeguards democracy. #IFPIM #SummitForDemocracy https://www.nytimes.com/...
Grant Wyeth / @grantwyeth: “Without access to trustworthy independent news, populations are left in the dark, governments grow corrupt and democratic institutions soon become a sham.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Frank Langfitt / NPR: Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism
Raymund Antonio / Manila Bulletin: Nobel Prize honors Ressa's ‘courage in service of others’, says Robredo
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times: As Muratov Accepts Nobel, Legacy of His Russian Predecessors Recedes
Nerijus Adomaitis / Reuters: Social media platforms jeopardise elections, Nobel Peace laureate Ressa says
Jan M. Olsen / The Independent: Nobel Peace Prize winners say independent journalism can counter tyranny
Mary Fitzgerald / openDemocracy: Journalists' Nobel Peace Prize casts a shadow on failures of our democracy
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