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Max Tani / Semafor:
Internal AP messages show how a less-than-10-minute conversation led to the retracted report inaccurately suggesting Russia launched a missile strike on Poland — Your Email addressSign Up — A 10-minute miscommunication on Slack between journalists at the Associated Press resulted …
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Here are the messages showing the chaotic editorial process that resulted in last week's erroneous AP story about missiles hitting Poland. The AP fired @JimLaPorta, but these messages show a rushed process with misunderstandings by multiple parties: https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: . @maxwelltani got the internal slack messages from AP and .. certainly seems like the responsibility for this debacle isn't confined to the fired reporter https://www.semafor.com/...
Robert Smith / @bondhack: obviously it's absolutely crackers that Jim LaPorta has been fired after viewing these messages, but this also shows the tyranny of making very important decisions on groupchat. get on the phone and clarify things! the nuance is important and there'll be fewer misunderstandings https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Those editors almost triggered World War 3 and kept their jobs https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Man, in my opinion, the AP really did LaPorta dirty here. This was on the editors — and the AP has suggested they'll face no discipline. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: This shows, again, that punishing one reporter is not a remotely sufficient response from the AP — and is, on its face, unjust. https://twitter.com/...
Izabella Kaminska / @izakaminska: As I told @ErikSTownsend in our podcast, the three under appreciated factors playing a huge role in the demise of quality journalism are: 1) the rise of journalism by WhatsApp/slack groups - both internal and external. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Posobiec / @jackposobiec: The process was...there was no process. There's no sausage being made here other than a bunch of bluecheck randos in a group chat. That's how the entire media works https://twitter.com/...
Brian Floyd / @brianmfloyd: the editors were in the wrong. i don't know what else the reporter could've done in this situation and the editors were aggressively pushing https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Palmisciano / @ranger_up: Hey @AP how exactly is this miscommunication @JimLaPorta 's fault when he very obviously says he cannot confirm it? Why aren't these editors culpable? https://www.semafor.com/...
Ralph Henson / @ralphhhenson: @BGrueskin @semaforben . You forgot the rest. “What I passed is all I know at the moment.” Kinda changes the context of being at a doctor's appointment, yes? .
Moshe Schwartz / @ywnreporter: Leaked screenshots via Semafor show the conversations at the AP before the alert that cited a senior intelligence official that Russia was at fault for a missile that killed 2 inside Poland. I still don't see why @JimLaPorta was fired from the @AP. https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@novelsci: Wow. Out of everyone in that convo, the person who was fired was among the least responsible. He wasn't even supposed to be working. This is another poor decision from AP. They fired another journalist who was targeted by far-right groups. Unreal. https://www.semafor.com/...
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: When the stakes = WW3, maybe check a little more carefully, AP editors? Archduke Ferdinand has thoughts https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Fowler / @stphnfwlr: 🧐"But the fact that a story that theoretically could've triggered armed conflict... required less than ten minutes, one anonymous source, and just over a dozen Slack messages for the wire service to publish suggests a systemic editorial failure, not one reporter's blunder." https://twitter.com/...
@anoushasakoui: having been a reporter that published to the wire directly when at Dow Jones Newswires, you needed two sources generally for anonymous reporting and a second pair of eyes when you “flashed” your headline. And you always wanted to be sure! https://twitter.com/...
Paul Szoldra / @paulszoldra: I'm really sad for my colleague @JimLaPorta, who shared a tip in a Slack message, deferred to his editors, and was hung out to dry. Everyone makes mistakes, but the mistake here seems to be with @AP editors, in Jim's words, “above my pay grade.” https://www.semafor.com/...
Charlotte Raab / @craabdem: Important story on the responsibility of major news agencies, AP in this case, but also AFP, Reuters and other media with a hard earned reputation for accuracy https://twitter.com/...
Gina Rushton / @ginarush: The screenshots are making me break out in hives 🙈"I can't imagine a US intelligence official being wrong on this" https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Not reassuring to see an AP reporter say, “I can't imagine a US intelligence official would be wrong on this” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: Revealing look at how the real-time sausage/news is made. From what's been leaked here, seems like a broken process, rather than the (now fired) reporter is at fault https://twitter.com/...
Jim Vertuno / @jimvertuno: Ok, I've got 26 years at AP. Here's an AP story about AP firing an AP reporter over AP's anonymous sourcing policy. Based on .... Anonymous sources. https://twitter.com/...
Anthony L. Fisher / @anthonylfisher: If there's one thing the AP fiasco should teach us, it's that World War 3 will start because of Slack. https://www.semafor.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Well, it certainly looks like AP management threw @JimLaPorta under the bus for errors made by editors. https://twitter.com/...
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: Journalists make mistakes. Sources lie and/or get things wrong. That's why there are editorial processes, like multiple sources. It happens. I'm not sure what “(vetted)” means here. If it wasn't vetted by senior editor, and he claimed it was, that's a problem.
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: Final thought: I recognize that my daily journalism job is much lower stakes and in less sensitive. I come to all of this with some humility because I can't imagine handling these kind of publication decisions. I also can't imagine not wanting more editorial support.
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: I've worked with @JimLaPorta and found him to be an incredibly thorough and careful reporter. Seems wild to place the blame for this foul up solely on him and damage his reputation like this. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @ralphhhenson @semaforben Not really. This seems like a pretty chaotic set of messages that required more oversight and more direct communication
Ed Morrissey / @edmorrissey: Semafor's @maxwelltani also doesn't think the AP's story on firing its reporter over the Russian missile story adds up either, although he adds a bit more to the earlier reporting. Even that is vague, as Tani points out. https://www.semafor.com/...
Daniel Marans / @danielmarans: Good @maxwelltani piece on the Slack conversation that led to an AP reporter getting fired. It seems like the reporter got a raw deal from editors, but also, don't try to report world-shaping news from a doctor's appointment. https://www.semafor.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Eye-opening look at what led to an AP story that put the entire world on red alert very, very quickly via @maxwelltani and @semafor https://www.semafor.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: absolutely phenomenal https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Badash / @davidbadash: “That call is above my pay grade.” “I'm actually at a doctor's appointment. What I passed along is all I know at the moment.” AP reporter who gave his bosses a tip that turned out to be false fired even though he made clear he did not know enough. https://www.semafor.com/...
Tony Webster / @webster: Kinda looking like The AP threw this reporter under the bus for organization-level screw-ups. https://twitter.com/...
Shivam Vij / @dillidurast: AP fired reporter James LaPorta after a dangerous blunder. Slack messages reveal a chaotic process. https://www.semafor.com/...
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: But maybe the most shocking thing is the idea that a U.S. intelligence official wouldn't be wrong about something like this ! That deference to the people who brought us great hits like WMDs in Iraq is a huge problem. And surprising cause AP has great reporters. https://twitter.com/...
M White / @pjmatt: and the ‘tip’ was good! there WAS a missile strike people DID die there WAS a russian missiles attack, which these WERE defending against the biggest news org on earth needed to send like 2 texts for a sanity check and they'd have been fine. i don't know. Jim's a great guy, end
Mitchell Prothero / @mitchprothero: So @semafor got the receipts on @JimLaPorta sacking by @AP and the entire process shows the reporter did his job, didn't even push to publish and AP's editors were incompetent. So naturally they fire Jim and cover their own asses https://www.semafor.com/...
M White / @pjmatt: I see this circulating. Firing seems like a preposterous reaction to this set of facts, but who knows. as i said earlier, @JimLaPorta takes his job both immensely seriously and deeply to heart. would be happy to publish his stuff anytime. https://www.semafor.com/...
Paul Szoldra / @paulszoldra: @JimLaPorta @AP “I can't imagine a US intelligence official would be wrong on this.” https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis / @armscontrolwonk: There are several people in this Slack convo whose judgment seems poor but @JimLaPorta isn't one them. https://www.semafor.com/...
Paul Rieckhoff / @paulrieckhoff: .@JimLaPorta is a very good reporter. @AP is absolutely hanging him out to dry. While the higher ups face no consequences. We vets have seen this story too many times before. https://twitter.com/...
Jan Wolfe / @jannwolfe: Notably, the AP doesn't anticipate disciplining the editors, per WaPo https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Editor, seeing claim that Russia hit Poland with a missile: “Are you in a position to work up an urgent?” Reporter: “No, I'm actually at a doctor's appointment.” Jeezus. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Roston / @michaelroston: Fellow editors I am urging you to Use The Phone https://www.semafor.com/...
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: the AP fires James LaPorta, the reporter behind a retracted Nov. 15 story based on one unnamed source that alleged Russian missiles crossed into Poland
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Associated Press reporter fired over erroneous story on Russian attack
Fox News: Associated Press blunder: Leaked internal messages show what led to erroneous Russian missile report
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony: The AP fired James LaPorta, the investigative reporter responsible for the retracted story claiming Russian missiles crossed into Poland that relied upon a single unnamed government source https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Kevin Gosztola / @kgosztola: If you work in the US news media and want to know if you function more like a professional journalist or a professional PR person, just consider if you've ever thought: “I can't imagine a US intelligence official would be wrong on this” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mac William Bishop / @macwbishop: “I can't imagine a US intelligence official would be wrong on this.” JFC if you are an editor for a major news org you should be fired just for saying something this gullible and idiotic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew / @iamthewarax: editors at the associated press made a mistake when they rushed to publish based on information from a single source, then hung jim laporta out to dry to cover their own asses despicable behavior https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Dan Bishop / @repdanbishop: Which “anonymous official” told the AP that Russia launched a missile strike on Poland? The story led Zelensky to call for NATO retaliation, which would mean world war. We need to know who made and spread this assessment. I will do all that I can to figure it out. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Greg Price / @greg_price11: An AP reporter sent his Slack channel a message that a source told him Russia fired missiles into Poland. They sent out the alert 10 minutes later. It was false and WW3 almost began. https://www.semafor.com/...
Derek Davison / @dwdavison: The AP fired the reporter but not the editor who, apparently, will literally believe and publish anything a US intelligence official tells her. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Bishop / @jdanbishop: What is going on at the @AP? The lack of journalistic standards here is telling - and highly concerning. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Siraj Hashmi / @sirajahashmi: fire the AP editors who issued the alert of the false Russian missile attack on Poland, and then find the source who provided the tip to James LaPorta and make sure they never work in the intelligence community again. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Robb / @johnrobb: US intelligence leak/tip led to the erroneous story, but they leave out the context. What isn't mentioned is that Zelensky and his team repeatedly pulsed the network with this misinformation in order to provoke NATO action. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Idrees Ali / @idreesali114: What's going to happen to all those NATO ministers who publicly and wrongly said it was a Russian missile without actually verifying it at the time? https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: This is ridiculous. @JimLaPorta is a fantastic investigative reporter who appears to have gotten misleading information about whose missile landed in Poland. Maybe suspend him for a week or something but fire him? Pathetic. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Hooboy the James LaPorta firing really looks like some ass-covering bullshit from the AP based on these slacks. https://www.semafor.com/...
Ted Bridis / @tbridis: ‘Organization did not anticipate any discipline for the editors involved.’ Editors enforce standards. When we fail at this, we should share accountability. Disciplining only reporter ignores systemwide breakdown that led to journalism debacle. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: I've worked with and reported out stories with @JimLaPorta. I've known him to be a thoroughly kind and generous colleague and a tough, very talented reporter. I'm always open to be shown something that proves me wrong, but from what we've seen, it REALLY seems like the AP... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: The reporter miscommunication part of this seems far less significant than the editor's failure to check more before firing off a breaking news alert https://www.semafor.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times: The reporter behind the report of a Russian missile in Poland is no longer at The A.P.
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Not my union and don't have all the facts, but solely based on what's here, I would be shocked if @NewsMediaGuild didn't grieve to overturn LaPorta's firing. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew / @iamthewarax: “a story that could've triggered armed conflict between NATO and Russia required less than 10 minutes, 1 anonymous source, and just over a dozen Slack messages for the wire service to publish suggests a systemic editorial failure, not 1 reporter's blunder” https://www.semafor.com/...
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: “That call is above my pay grade,” @JimLaPorta replied, asked if the AP had enough to send a news alert. https://www.semafor.com/...
Gabriel Malor / @gabrielmalor: 'a second editor said she “would vote” for publishing an alert, adding, “I can't imagine a U.S. intelligence official would be wrong on this.' https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Stahlke / @michaelstahlke: This is starting to sound like Jim got railroaded. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@saddamscribe: @iAmTheWarax @coffeeshopjihad This appears to have been a mistake on the part of the source. Unless Jim did something dishonest, it strikes me as a correction and nothing more. There's clear culpability among editors for running with it as quickly as they did, and blaming Jim doesn't change that fact.
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: The Semafor format/style works well in this instance explaining the AP Russian missile news alert error. https://www.semafor.com/...
Jose Pagliery / @jose_pagliery: The AP shouldn't have fired @JimLaPorta. He's a capable and proven reporter. Mistakes happen, and initially intel was wrong. That's not his fault. AP proves itself to be a stupid company. And this editor's quote is so naive it's dangerous. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: So the AP gets a BIG fact wrong in a story based on a confidential source in the US government, and fires the reporter, who relied on a single source. Why not ID the source? Maybe there's a good reason but it should be explained. Also: don't the editors demand multiple sources? https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: Wow https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mitchell Prothero / @mitchprothero: reporters tell editors what they hear and editors decide if it's enough to publish. this is ridiculous, the decision to publish off one anonymous source was made by senior editors at @AP who remain employed. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Samer Al-Atrush / @sameralatrush: Surely also fault of whatever editor put that through? https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Garrahan / @mattgarrahan: if there's a lesson here it's maybe to insist on double sourcing of stories that could potentially lead to WWIII
Zoe Kleinman / @zsk: As a reporter this makes me absolutely shudder. It's so important, in the rush of the moment when you think you have HUGE NEWS and you trust your source... that you remember what you're trained to do. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Garrahan / @mattgarrahan: The AP has fired the reporter responsible for the single sourced story last week that claimed Russia fired a missile into Poland. The story, which made the front pages of several UK newspapers, was completely wrong and eventually retracted by the AP. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Jenn Gidman / Newser: AP Reporter Canned Over Story on Deadly Missile in Poland
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: so the AP has a rule about the number of sources needed to run a story; a reporter filed a story w/o enough sources; they ran the story anyway; and the only person who got in trouble is the reporter? is there something missing here? https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@marykostakidis: “AP scared much of the world last Tuesday when it alerted readers that “a senior U.S. intelligence official” said “Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.” Journos too close to spooks placing fake news is a long tradition https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@thedailybeast: BREAKING: The AP scared much of the world last Tuesday when it reported that “a senior U.S. intelligence official” said “Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.” On Monday, the reporter responsible for that story was fired. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: AP fires reporter behind retracted Russian missiles story
Martin Pfeiffer / @nuclearanthro: that was not a zero-stakes assertion in context. It mattered and the reporter's behavior was at best confusing & enabled conspiracist claims. It was not safe is how I might characterize it. Gently. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Washington / @jessewashington: man listen @AP don't play when it comes to accuracy. i feel for the guy who lost his job but you can't get that wrong. fresh out of college i almost lost my job at AP over a misspelled name. might have even been a comma. i was scared straight. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Brand / @nathanbrandwa: This is crazy, especially when you consider the international ramifications of an error like this... https://twitter.com/...
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies: SCOOP: The @AP has fired reporter Jim LaPorta, one of the two bylines on a retracted report last week alleging Russian missiles landed in NATO member Poland. The report relied a single anonymous source, a violation of AP's policy. w/@LachCartwright: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Eric Young / Fraud and Hubris: Fraudsters of the Week — The Associated Press — In a phenomenal example of how not to report …
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Associated Press fires reporter over Russian missile story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Some White House press corps members objected to lack of access to Naomi Biden's wedding, after Vogue posted a story on the event, with images shot in advance — The White House Press corps is up in arms over a Vogue cover story on the wedding of President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden …
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Ashley Parker / @ashleyrparker: I spent four years covering the Trump WH and two years covering the Biden WH. What's fascinating is that they both lie, albeit in v different ways. Trump team was shameless, whereas Biden team is too cute by half. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: I had reporting in Oct about Vogue being tapped to cover this and I was waved off. Official explanation is that Vogue wasn't there the day of. Loophole = the family staged a “wedding at the WH” shoot beforehand. “Private” per @PressSec = not for the White House press corps. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: We cover the small lies politicians tell because they can give way to bigger ones, for folks wondering why this is news. That's what the press is supposed to do. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Biden White House slammed by liberal journalists for denying access to wedding, called liars
Chloe Malle / Vogue: Exclusive: Naomi Biden On Her White House Wedding
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: “The wedding of Naomi Biden and Peter is a private one. The family — it's a family event. And Naomi and Peter have asked that their wedding be closed to the media, and we are respecting their wishes.” @PressSec, last week https://www.vogue.com/...
Jacqui Heinrich / @jacquiheinrich: Nothing says privacy quite like a full Vogue spread https://twitter.com/...
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: The press also needs to have perspective and provide context. What Ashley Parker's tweet shows is that these are missing way too much. In effect it equates lies about Covid and elections with something that is utterly trivial. This is false equivalence that is truly dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
@czedwards: I stg they're insulted because they thought they were important enough to get an invite to a private, family event, and that illusion has been shattered. So instead of pulling up their big kid pants and processing that “work isn't intimacy”, they're lashing out. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Bates / @andrewjbates46: CLICK on this story: https://www.vogue.com/... And please read the whole thing: “On the Thursday of Vogue's prewedding shoot”
@tommyxtopher: From a close Biden ally: “I am utterly crushed as an American that only one publication was able to get clicks related to a social event that they too were barred from covering directly... Is anyone hosting a prayer vigil?” https://mediaite.com/a/alsne https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@tommyxtopher: This episode is such a clear demonstration of the naked hostility this press corps has for President Biden and his WH for the crime of not being a leaky shitshow like Trump was. https://twitter.com/...
Insider: Reporters are seething over being shut out of Naomi Biden's wedding, which drew inspiration from Time magazine images of past White House nuptials
Ian Millhiser / @imillhiser: I disagree with this political viewpoint. I believe that Trump lying about the winner of the 2020 election is substantive much worse than the Biden White House only inviting select reporters to Naomi Biden's wedding, and that it is irresponsible for reporters to compare the two. https://twitter.com/...
@voguemagazine: “We're so close to our families, so we always knew we'd get married in someone's backyard,” shares Naomi Biden in Vogue's special digital cover story. Here, read the full profile to learn about all of the exclusive details from her White House wedding: https://vogue.cm/827Fphr https://twitter.com/...
@tommyxtopher: One reporter - Ashley Parker - compared this true thing that the WH said with Trump's lies. Maggie Haberman also called it a lie. There was no media at the wedding - not Vogue, not anyone. https://mediaite.com/a/alsne https://twitter.com/...
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: Can someone explain to me, a dummy, why this is so terrible? The Bidens didn't want the press at Naomi and Peter's wedding. They did allow a Vogue photographer to take some pretty photos. Seems... fine? https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: When I tell you that political journalists are failing you, this is a good example. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: This was a family event. The press is not entitled to attend. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Largey / @mattlargey: I really don't think anyone outside of WH reporters give a shit about this. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander S. Vindman / @avindman: A bit of a false equivalency, don't you think? There's a difference between slight of hand, being to cute..., omissions—typical politics—and attempting to bring down the republic. https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: Who died because Vogue got a story about a White House wedding before mainstream media? https://twitter.com/...
@goldietaylor: The actual wedding was closed to press. Vogue snagged an exclusive photo shoot the on the eve of a private wedding. Shame on any member of the WH press corps calling this a lie in any degree. https://twitter.com/...
Leslie Streeter / @lesliestreeter: Amen. No one is entitled to a wedding invite, or to coverage. I'm shocked at how some people have taken this so personally. They weren't lying. You just weren't invited. https://twitter.com/...
Martina Navratilova / @martina: Yup. This kind of whataboutism is what got #TFG elected in 16 https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: Ashley Parker wins the 2022 Both Sides Sweepstakes
Brandon Gage / Alternet.org: White House reporters rebuked for complaining about not being invited to Naomi Biden's wedding
Amina Ayoud / Footwear News: Jill Biden Sparkles for Vogue Digital Cover in Glitter Pumps With Naomi Biden in Fairytale Wedding Gown
Emily Crane / New York Post: Naomi, Jill Biden get Vogue spread after locking press out of White House wedding
Melissa Minton / Page Six: All the details of Naomi Biden's three wedding dresses
Heather Schwedel / Slate: Every Question We Have About Naomi Biden's White House Wedding
Washington Post:
Sources detail Elon Musk's rapid dismantling of Twitter's safety work, narrowing its scope to whatever he deems violent, threatening “sticks and stones” talk — Amid the wider turmoil since his takeover last month, Musk has moved rapidly to undermine Twitter's deliberative content moderation system
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Insider, @esqueer_, @jordanbpeterson, @jsrailton, New Republic, @goldman, @willoremus, Fox News and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
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Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: Twitter's trust and safety team held a one-day sickout to protest against Elon Musk's policies, report says
Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer_: Elon Musk's most pressing concern on his first day at Twitter was bringing back the Babylon Bee and Jordan Peterson. Transphobia has been driving this chaos. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dr Jordan B Peterson / @jordanbpeterson: “. Known for examining every question from every angle before taking action” pre-Musk Twitter censorship commissars as described by the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: This ends badly. h/t @nicoleperlroth By @Cat_Zakrzewski @faizsays & @josephmenn https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic: Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Twitter Regime
Jason Goldman / @goldman: Good detail in this well reported story. Elon's content moderation interest seemingly stops at the water's edge. He is focused on tipping the balance in these domestic culture wars to match his taste and beliefs. So critical civil rights issues around the world will be ignored. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: “Hours after Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, the Trust and Safety team responsible for combating hate speech on the site received an urgent directive: Bring back the Babylon Bee.” An inside look at Musk's approach to content moderation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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Washington Post:
Pathmatics: over a third of Twitter's top 100 clients, including Mars and Jeep, as well as 14 of the top 50, haven't advertised on Twitter in the past two weeks — More than a third of Twitter's top 100 clients have not advertised on the platform in the past two weeks, data shows
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MediaNama, Media Matters for America, @jbenton, @jay_jaffe, @davezatz, Gizmodo, @wongmjane, @kantrowitz and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
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Akshit Chawla / MediaNama: One-third Of Top 100 Twitter Advertisers Pause Advertising: The Washington Post Report
Media Matters for America: In less than a month, Elon Musk has driven away half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: tired: promising “half the ads” to Twitter Blue subscribers wired: giving “2/3 the ads” to everyone https://twitter.com/...
Jay Jaffe / @jay_jaffe: It's going great https://twitter.com/...
Dave Zatz / @davezatz: @mediagazer But Elon hasn't even started terraforming Mars yet. Damn these woke planets. https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: Civil Rights Groups Renew Calls for Advertisers to Drop Twitter After Elon Reinstates Trump
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: This is great! Ads are annoying and detrimental to the user experience Thank you Elon for getting rid of the ads 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Cheap ad inventory available on Twitter if you're interested https://twitter.com/...
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Major advertisers are fleeing Twitter, says Washington Post
Austin Carr / Bloomberg:
As Elon Musk throws around the phrase “citizen journalism” like a clueless media baron, his Twitter plan sounds like Forbes' infamous unpaid contributor network
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Max Chafkin / @chafkin: great little piece by @austincarr explaining why new Twitter is basically Tronc https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Michael Tobin / @tobin_tweets: Taking on loads of debt to buy an advertising-based business, imposing massive job cuts and comparing monthly subscription costs to a cup of coffee? That's the newspaper biz and now Twitter. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
Amanda Kolson Hurley / @amandakhurley: “Here in the news business, this is all perfectly normal ... These are the hallmarks of a classic leveraged buyout.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Austin Carr / @austincarr: Billionaires LOVE to buy media brands and run them like old-school press barons. But I've realized @ElonMusk is running @Twitter like @Forbes' unpaid contributor network. Which makes Elon the Lewis D'Vorkin of tech media: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Without professional oversight & a robust, ideologically diverse, & strong community, @birdwatch can & will go wrong, resulting in public notes with lies, conspiracies, slander, & BS on the tweets of public figures, like @Wikipedia entries without editors: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
WBTV-TV:
Meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag were killed in the crash of a helicopter owned by Charlotte TV station WBTV, next to Interstate 77 — The two people were killed in a helicopter crash. — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - WBTV Meteorologist Jason Myers and Sky3 pilot Chip Tayag …
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@wbtv_news, The Charlotte Observer, NBC News, WCNC-TV, @vilyles, @markrobinsonnc, @ericawsoc9, @grcastleberry, @jeremydehart53d, @nliddle16, @charlottefire, @carolinaweekunc, @storytellersbm, @wsoctv, @jimlaporta, @judigatson, @dashawnwsoc9, @danielletrotta, @joebrunowsoc9, @smorrisontv, @dawndavenporttn, @kbtxrusty, @mecklenburgems, @joebrunowsoc9, @imcourtneyjcole, @edpiotrowski, @wx_cruz, Newser, @wxgarrett, @axioscharlotte, @cltmotorspdwy, @sarahdillingham, @panthers, @sarahsfrench, @kelseyriggs, @natemorabito, @_jasonhuber, @joshstein_, @kylebaileyclub, New York Post, The Wrap, @graytelevision, @maddie_gardner, @nc_governor, @ncbroadcasters, @hunt_saenz, @nliddle16, Next TV, Deadline, E! Online, Fox News, CBS News, The Desk and New York Daily News
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Andrew Dys / The Charlotte Observer: Two people have died in the crash of a helicopter owned by Charlotte TV station WBTV next to Interstate 77
Mayor Vi Lyles / @vilyles: Our deepest condolences to Jason and Chip's families and the entire WBTV team on the loss of these wonderful members of our community.
Mark Robinson / @markrobinsonnc: Our prayers are with the families of those involved in this tragedy. We also pray for their colleagues at WBTV who lost members of their work family today. https://www.wbtv.com/...
Erica Bryant / @ericawsoc9: Sending my deepest condolences to the Myers and Tayag families and the @WBTV_News family . WBTV mourning the loss of meteorologist Jason Myers, pilot Chip Tayag https://www.wbtv.com/...
Grant R. Castleberry / @grcastleberry: Very saddened to hear of the loss today of @JMyersWeather in a helicopter crash. He and his wife Jillian were at Buck Run Baptist the same time GraceAnna and I were. He was a godly man. Good natured & kind toward all. Please pray for his wife & children. https://www.wbtv.com/...
Jeremy DeHart / @jeremydehart53d: Jason was a class ahead of me at NC State. He clearly had a profound impact seeing so many of my friends & colleagues share your stories today. Just a tragic loss for the wx community. May God draw near to his family as they grieve this unimaginable loss. https://www.wbtv.com/...
Nicholas Liddle / @nliddle16: Beautiful to see other journalists and media coming to help during this. Prayers for safe travels, @wx_cruz.💙🙏 https://twitter.com/...
@charlottefire: Charlotte Fire sends heartfelt condolences to the families, friends & @WBTV_News employees for the loss of Jason Myers & Chip Tayag. Our thoughts & prayers are with you during this difficult time. https://twitter.com/...
@carolinaweekunc: The team at CW would like to honor the life and legacy of Jason Myers. As a meteorology student at NCSU, he was a weather forecaster for our award-winning student newscast at UNC between '02-'03. Our thoughts and prayers go to his family and friends during this difficult time. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Blake Morgan / @storytellersbm: No words. Not a single one. Just sending all the love I can to my @WBTV_News family on this horrific day. https://twitter.com/...
@wsoctv: We are heartbroken for the families of Chip Tayag and Jason Myers. We join our colleagues at WBTV in mourning them tonight. https://twitter.com/...
James LaPorta / @jimlaporta: I have a couple of friends over at @WBTV_News - I'm sad to hear this news out of their station. Terrible loss. https://twitter.com/...
Judi Gatson / @judigatson: A heartbreaking 💔 loss for our friends & colleagues at our sister station, @WBTV_News. Please keep them, their families and everyone who knows and loves Chip & Jason lifted in prayer. 🙏🏽 https://twitter.com/...
DaShawn Brown / @dashawnwsoc9: Lifting up both the Myers and Tayag families in prayer, along with my journalism colleagues at @WBTV_News. At the beginning and end of the day, the world just lost two humans who'd dedicated themselves to serving this community. This is heartbreaking.💔 https://www.wbtv.com/...
Danielle Trotta / @danielletrotta: Tragic day, tremendous & sudden loss. My thoughts & prayers are with Jason & Chip's families & my entire WBTV family. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Bruno / @joebrunowsoc9: Incredibly devastated over the loss of @WBTV_News employees Jason Myers and Chip Tayag. My prayers are with their families and the entire Channel 3 team.
Shamarria Morrison / @smorrisontv: I am here with reporters from @WBTV_News and they are reporting side by side as a team. They're in shock, saddened and you can tell devastated—but still are persevering. My heart is with our colleagues at their station. https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Davenport / @dawndavenporttn: 💔 Had the opportunity to work with Jason in Richmond years ago at @8NEWS The absolute nicest human being in the world and a joy to work with. Thinking of his wife and 4 children as they deal with the loss of a phenomenal Dad and husband 😢 https://twitter.com/...
Rusty Surette / @kbtxrusty: Sending prayers to our sister station in Charlotte, NC. @WBTV_News's helicopter went down today and two employees were killed. https://www.wbtv.com/...
Joe Bruno / @joebrunowsoc9: Chip was a hero and his actions today saved lives. Jason was an incredibly engaging and gifted meteorologist. As expected, the WBTV team has handled today with incredible grace, poise and professionalism.
@imcourtneyjcole: I just can't wrap my head around this..Jason was one of the last people I spoke to on Friday. We talked about the holidays and he wished me well on my new journey. I waved to Chip just last week - I didn't see him often but he was always kind.
Ed Piotrowski / @edpiotrowski: This is incredibly heartbreaking. Jason was a kind person and very talented meteorologist. I always enjoyed conversations with him. My thoughts and prayers are with Jason and Chip's family. Rest in Peace. https://twitter.com/...
Cruz Medina / @wx_cruz: I'm about to catch my flight to CLT to help the @WBTV_News family filling in during such a sad time. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Jason and Chip. May they both rest in heaven 🕊️ https://twitter.com/...
Garrett Bedenbaugh / @wxgarrett: The meteorology community mourns this loss. Prayers to the families. — WBTV mourning the loss of meteorologist Jason Myers, pilot Chip Tayag https://www.wbtv.com/...
@axioscharlotte: We at Axios Charlotte wish to send our condolences to the friends and family of WBTV's Jason Myers and Chip Tayag, who died in a helicopter crash today. WBTV is our news partner, and the people who work there are among the best humans in the business. We are devastated for them.
@cltmotorspdwy: Our ❤️ is with our friends at WBTV and those affected by today's accident. 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Dillingham / @sarahdillingham: Terrible loss for these families, local networks, and the area Charlotte communities they serve. Sending prayers for all involved. Just a tragic day 💔 https://twitter.com/...
Carolina Panthers / @panthers: Our thoughts are with our friends at WBTV on the loss of Jason Myers and Chip Tayag. We will have a moment of silence at tonight's Tree Lighting in their honor 💙
Sarah French / @sarahsfrench: Praying for all those who knew and loved Pilot Chip Tayag & @JMyersWeather. Please pray for the @WBTV_News family. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Riggs / @kelseyriggs: This is so heartbreaking. Praying for the Charlotte news family, and especially everyone at @WBTV_News 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Nate Morabito / @natemorabito: The poise @WBTV_News has shown in the face of unthinkable tragedy is incredible. They are reporting the devastating news of the deaths of their colleagues and grieving at the same time. When the cameras are off, let's continue to remember them and the families of Chip and Jason. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Huber / @_jasonhuber: A great photo of the joy Jason and Chip brought to all of us. 💔 https://twitter.com/...
Josh Stein / @joshstein_: My deepest condolences to Jason and Chip's families and loved ones and the @WBTV_News family over this heartbreaking news. Remarkably, Chip's last actions may have saved even more people from harm. May their memories be a blessing. https://twitter.com/...
Big Foot Bailey / @kylebaileyclub: @WBTV_News Pure professionalism and strength from @MollyGrantham, @JamieBollWBTV, @abbytheodros, @JohnCarterWBTV, et al right now. They're covering a story that has left them personally devastated. Keep these folks in your hearts today.
Katherine Donlevy / New York Post: North Carolina meteorologist, pilot killed after helicopter crashes
@graytelevision: This is one of the hardest days we've experienced. We lost two members of our @WBTV_News and Gray Television family today. We are leaning against each other during this time. Please keep Chip Tayag and Jason Myers in your hearts. https://www.wbtv.com/...
Maddie Gardner / @maddie_gardner: Tonight every member of the @WBTV_News family, both past and present, is grieving the loss of Jason Myers and Chip Tayag. This hurts. (Thread) https://twitter.com/...
Governor Roy Cooper / @nc_governor: This is a terrible tragedy for the WBTV family and we are praying for them and all of those in the media who work so hard to keep the public informed. - RC https://twitter.com/...
@ncbroadcasters: We join the NC broadcasting community today in mourning the tragic loss of @WBTV_News meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayagh who lost their lives in today's crash. Our hearts go out to their families, friends, and their WBTV family. https://twitter.com/...
Hunter Sáenz / @hunt_saenz: My deepest condolences, comfort and love is with our friends @WBTV_News and the families who lost their loved ones. Thinking of y'all while admiring y'all's strength in covering this. ❤️ https://www.wbtv.com/...
Nicholas Liddle / @nliddle16: I can't imagine how their families and their colleagues are feeling right now. Sending up many prayers and healing energy up to our community at @WBTV_News.💙🙏 https://twitter.com/...
Michael Malone / Next TV: Two WBTV Charlotte Staffers Die in Helicopter Crash
Emily Mae Czachor / CBS News: Local meteorologist and pilot killed in North Carolina helicopter crash
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Two killed after TV helicopter crashes
David Matthews / New York Daily News: Two die in news helicopter crash in North Carolina
The Guardian:
Australia's Sky News host Peter Gleeson is accused of plagiarism for a third time in a month, using a regional writer's work for ~45% of his Courier-Mail column — Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission sift through journalist's work after two similar cases were revealed
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Bernard Zuel / @bernardzuel: It's almost like, and bear with me here, it might be a pattern. A habit even. Almost. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Iger returns to a more competitive and challenging streaming landscape and should steer Disney+ to profitability without cannibalizing Disney's other units — Incoming CEO championed Disney+, but needs to steer streaming business toward profitability without cannibalizing other Disney units
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Julia Alexander / Puck: The Iger+ Streaming Strategy
Anna Tingley / Variety: Hulu Is Down to $2 per Month With This Epic Black Friday Deal
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
YouTube TV subscribers in four states sue Disney in federal court, saying Disney, which controls Hulu and ESPN, artificially pushed up streaming live TV prices — YouTube TV subscribers in California, Arizona and elsewhere have sued The Walt Disney Co in California federal court …
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Tv Technology, @reuterslegal, The Desk, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Next TV and The Streamable
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@reuterslegal: A proposed class action filed in San Francisco federal court said Disney's control of both Hulu and ESPN allowed the company ‘to set a price floor’ for the market and to ‘inflate prices marketwise by raising the prices of its own products’ https://www.reuters.com/... @MikeScarcella
Matthew Keys / The Desk: YouTube TV users sue Disney over ESPN fees
Erik Pedersen / Deadline: Disney Hit With Antitrust Suit Claiming Hulu & ESPN Deals “Inflate Prices” Of Live Streaming TV
Daniel Frankel / Next TV: YouTube TV Customers Sue Disney for Jacking Up Virtual Pay TV Prices
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
A look at Amazon's approach to moderating books and movies on its marketplace, following uproar over the anti-Semitic movie and book referred to by Kyrie Irving — It's been nearly a month since NBA star Kyrie Irving tweeted a link to an anti-Semitic film he found on Amazon Prime Video.
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Ari Ingel / @ogaride: Amazon has no plans to pull the film or book “Hebrews to N**roes” despite a policy that “the sale of products that promote, incite, or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance or promote organizations w/ such views” are prohibited https://variety.com/...
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sky plans to launch an ad-free kids TV channel in the UK and Ireland in February 2023, available to its Sky Kids package and Now streaming service subscribers — “Home to ad-free 24-hour programming, the new channel will showcase quality Sky originals and big names that kids love and parents can trust …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Athletic plans to double its professional women's sports coverage, from 900 articles a year to 1,800, with support from a multiyear partnership with Google — The Athletic plans to double its coverage of professional women's sports through a multiyear partnership with Google, its chief commercial officer Seb Tomich told Axios.
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@sarafischer, Awful Announcing, @itsmeglinehan, @marisa_ingemi, @jyarow, @tvgrimreaper, @janashortal, @billiejeanking, @danarestia, @raju, @scoutripley and @dsilverman
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: @TheAthletic plans to double its women's sports coverage through a partnership with Google — Over the course of the multiyear deal, it's hoping to double the number of articles written about women's sports from around 900 today to about 1,800 https://www.axios.com/...
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: The Athletic doubling women's sports coverage through partnership with Google
Meg Linehan / @itsmeglinehan: “Facts not feelings.” 🤗 The demand is there, the stories are there, and now: the resources will start to match. Excited to keep working, keep growing and keep getting better @TheAthletic. https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Ingemi / @marisa_ingemi: hire the journalists who have been doing the work in women's sports + i sure hope they dont lay all the women's sports writers off again https://twitter.com/...
Jay Yarow / @jyarow: Media companies relying on big tech companies to fund investment never works in the long run. Hopefully somehow this time is different. https://www.axios.com/...
@tvgrimreaper: The Athletic: “We're not losing nearly as much money as we could.” [apparently] https://twitter.com/...
@janashortal: It's about time - every sports department at every media outlet could do the same. https://twitter.com/...
Billie Jean King / @billiejeanking: Women's sports receive 4% of sports media coverage. This news about @TheAthletic is progress. They plan to double the number of articles written about women's sports from around 900 today to about 1,800. https://www.axios.com/...
Dan Arestia / @danarestia: This is awesome. The initial focus on NWSL and WNBA makes sense given the growth those sports have had recently; I hope the expansion to other sports happens quickly. https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Smart partnership by @nytimes with @google on a sorely needed and also growing space @TheAthletic to double women's sports coverage https://www.axios.com/...
Deutsche Welle:
Six ex-Apple Daily staff, including its EIC and publisher, plead guilty to conspiracy to foreign collusion by calling for sanctions on Beijing and Hong Kong — The staffers of Apple Daily are involved in a landmark case under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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@dcnorg: A group of senior publishers and journalists at Apple Daily — a pro-democracy tabloid in Hong Kong — pleaded guilty to foreign collusion in a landmark case where the China-imposed national security law was used against a news organization and its staff. https://www.dw.com/...
CNBC:
Bob Iger tells employees Disney plans to restructure in the coming weeks, starting with the departure of Kareem Daniel, its head of media and entertainment — - Kareem Daniel, Disney's head of media and entertainment — and right hand to now-departed CEO Bob Chapek — is out at the company.
Discussion:
Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News: Here's what CEO Bob Iger must do to revive Disney's magic
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: Bob Iger ousts ex-Disney CEO's top lieutenant Kareem Daniel in major shakeup
Drew Taylor / The Wrap: Bob Iger's Disney To-Do List: The 7 Biggest Things the Returning CEO Needs to Fix Now
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: Bob Iger Wastes No Time With Reorganization at Disney
@fangirlcantina: “Iger announced Daniel's departure in a memo to employees Monday along with a “new structure that puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalizes costs.” Some Star Wars/Marvel mention in article. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter: Kareem Daniel to Exit Disney as Bob Iger Unwinds Chapek Era Structure
Stuart Rothenberg / @stupolitics: Wow. Again. Still. https://www.cnbc.com/...
David Poland / @davidpoland: How'd it take so long?!?! Disney CEO Bob Iger plans media restructuring, Kareem Daniel to leave https://www.cnbc.com/...
@ivanthek: It's gonna take a lot to convince me Iger hasn't been thinking about this for months. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Bob Iger just sent a memo to employees — confirming two things we expected. Kareem Daniel is leaving the company and DMED will be reorganized. Read the full memo here. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: The most inevitable move in the Game of Bobs. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Yarow / @jyarow: Iger moving quickly. Big re-org coming. Full memo here soon: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Kareem Daniel Exits Disney As Bob Iger Sets Restructuring Of Media And Entertainment Distribution Division
Brian Welk / IndieWire: Kareem Daniel to Exit Disney as Bob Iger Returns
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CNBC:
Sources: Disney board rehired Bob Iger after complaints from senior leadership, including CFO Christine McCarthy, about Bob Chapek's management of the company
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Joe Flint / @jbflint: Financial bookkeeping nugget in this story regarding Disney+ and a “reverse windows” programming strategy in effort to make bottom line of streamer look better. One more thing that concerned Disney CFO Christine McCarthy about Chapek regime. https://www.wsj.com/...
@kimmasters: Here it is. Some board members were ready to fire Chapek in June... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Latest details with how Disney's surprise exec swap went down this weekend. Chapek and his inner circle were totally surprised and continue to be, I'm told. Can also confirm some senior leadership expressed no confidence in him recently. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Sunny McSunnyface / @sunnyright: It sounds like Chapek was finally fired after he gave an upbeat phone briefing to investors despite awful earnings reports. He had also managed to alienate the company's animation divisions and the CFO https://www.wsj.com/...
Tim Peterson / Digiday: Future of TV Briefing: How CTV ad spending grew in Q3 2022
@richlightshed: @espn quite a nugget @JBFlint @WSJ wonder how many legacy media companies pull similar financial engineering tactics #notgood https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Klawans / The Week: Disney shares hit 2-year high following Bob Iger's return
Matt Donnelly / Variety: ‘Disney Adults,’ Grown-Up Fans of Magic Kingdom, Are Rapturous Over Bob Iger's Return as CEO
Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune: How a Disney senior staff rebellion put the final nail in Bob Chapek's CEO coffin
Eric Jackson / @ericjackson: They called [Chapek] and said, 'You're out. Our lawyers will call your lawyers.' No statement from him, no comment from him, no grace. It's fucking insane." Incredible tick tock from @kimmasters https://twitter.com/...
Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh: “Bob Iger messed up succession at Disney for 15 years. When he finally did it, it was a colossal mess-up. It's extraordinary that [Iger] is the guy they chose to come back. It speaks to his reputation and the board's lack of options and ineptitude.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@hedgeyecomm: Yup... $DIS “He is said to have warned at a board meeting in December 2021 in New York, just before he left the company, that the culture of Disney could be transformed negatively and rapidly. It was the last time he spoke to Chapek.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... via @thr
Carl Quintanilla / @carlquintanilla: “.. Bob Iger messed up succession at $DIS for 15 years. When he finally did it, it was a colossal mess-up. It's extraordinary that [Iger] is the guy they chose to come back.” (via @THR @kimmasters @alexweprin) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Great report on what happened within the board between Bob 2 and OG Bob. Notably, one other name was floated as interim CEO: Nike Chairman Mark Parker. Fascinating new details from @kimmasters https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Samit Sarkar / @samitsarkar: this is wild https://www.cnbc.com/... like, was the board just taking a shot in the dark on Friday? “hm, you think Iger would say yes? nahhhhh... aw, what the hell, let's give it a shot” “holy shit, he agreed?! quick, let's put out a press release before he changes his mind!”
@yashar: NEWS The Disney board reached out to Bob Iger on Friday and Chapek was out by Sunday. Chapek and his allies were blindsided. @sherman4949 @Lilliannnn report https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jordie Poblete / @jordiepoblete: TLDR; Disney CFO Christine McCarthy not only led the charge to get Chapek fired, but did so because he was going to blame her for the poor Q4 financial results that Disney reported a few weeks ago. He previously did the same thing to Catherine Powell (now exec at Airbnb) in 2019. https://twitter.com/...
Robert McLaws / @robertmclaws: I mean, the dumb-ass head of an animation company said that animation was only for adults. Walt Disney was spinning in his grave. Last night, TikTok was filled with employees dancing in the parks, celebrating his banishment. Tells you everything you need to know. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Atkinson / @claireatki: New @lmoses + @Reedalexander Bob Iger's return to Disney is fueling concern over future CEO succession plan: ‘People would struggle to write down three names inside Disney’ who could step up. $DIS https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @businessinsider
Madeline Berg / Insider: Disney CEO Bob Iger's pay package is valued at $27 million a year
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal: SBJ Media: Iger's ESPN questions
@pucknews: A Sunday night dagger of a press release thanked Chapek for his service and promised Iger would lead #Disney for two years to “set the strategic direction for renewed growth.” “That's the C-suite version of death by firing squad,” writes @MattBelloni. https://puck.news/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Highly recommend reading @MattBelloni piece for a great breakdown of what was, what is, and what the board would like to become. https://puck.news/... Going to thread some additional quick takes below now that I've slept on it. But more to come tomorrow once I think some more!
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: An update here: Disney CFO Christine McCarthy was one of the executives that went to the board expressing no confidence in CEO Bob Chapek, sources say. McCarthy was Iger's CFO. She's held the position since 2015 and has a relationship with the board, I'm told. https://twitter.com/...
Allie Griffin / New York Post: Disney CFO said she lacked confidence in CEO Bob Chapek before his ouster
Matthew Belloni / Puck: The Iger Shocker — Notes, intrigues, and analysis from across Hollywood on Iger's un-retirement …
Francesca Friday / Financial Times: The Disney coup that brought down Bob Chapek
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Iger's Disney Plan: Decentralize Creative Decision-Making — And Cut Back On Sports Rights?
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg: When Disney Decided to Dump its CEO, the Change Happened Fast
Deadline: Did Someone Save Disney's Life Last Night? Behind Bob Iger's Stunning CEO Return & What's Next For Media Giant
Alison Herman / The Ringer: Bob Iger Is Back at Disney
Associated Press: Even Bob Iger is surprised by his return as Disney CEO: ‘I must admit, a bit of amazement’
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Housing Reporter, OK — 
Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — 
Writer/Editor, Remote — 
Political Reporter, TX — 
Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Staff Writer, MA/Remote — 
State Worker Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, NM — 
Reporter, NC — 
