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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter reactivates some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now” compared to 41.3% “in 7 days” — (The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.) Out of the two poll options, “now” …
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Jon Lamont / terminally jonline: A big week to wrap the year
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: 'I'm Not Rationalizing It, But I Am': Fox & Friends Backs Their Twitter-Banned Colleague, While Also Lauding Elon Musk Giving Left a ‘Dose of Its Own Medicine’
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social: I don't think journalists (in general) — and certainly not the organizations they work for …
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Musk has also banned Fox Business Network's @SusanLiTV. She said Saturday morning that the ban came Friday around 5-6pm: “After a full day of reporting on these Twitter account suspensions, I find myself in the same suspension.” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Musk has restored several of the journalists he banned. But there is an apparent condition to their return. A notice on @donie's account said he'd been suspended for violating Twitter rules. It required him to delete a tweet before he'd be allowed to post, with option to appeal.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Just for context: This isn't necessarily a new Twitter feature. In the past, if people broke the rules, they'd be required to delete the tweet to resume posting again. The issue here is, of course, that the journalists all dispute they broke the rules with their tweets.
Patrick Gaspard / @patrickgaspard: This change of direction by Musk changes nothing at all in the reality that we have vital press freedoms hanging on the capricious whims of one reckless man-child. https://www.theverge.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Of note: Insider's @lopezlinette and @keitholbermann still remain totally banned. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Elon Musk Restores Some Suspended Journalists' Twitter Accounts but Keeps Others in the Dark
Jon Levine / New York Post: Suspended journalists bring appeal to Twitter
Roger Sollenberger / @sollenbergerrc: Of the journalists suspended last night, @atrupar would be hit particularly hard as an independent operation who depends on Twitter for his livelihood (and he's got a kid!) Unclear whether or if he'll be back, but you can support Aaron Rupar via substack https://aaronrupar.substack.com/ ...
Kelly Rissman / Vanity Fair: In a Dramatic Pivot, Elon Musk Restores Suspended Accounts of Journalists
Todd Spangler / Variety: Elon Musk Reinstates Accounts of Several Journalists He Had Banned Over Claim They ‘Doxxed’ Him
Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Twitter's tipping point
Natalie Ching Mun Choy / Bloomberg: Twitter Will Reinstate More Accounts Weekly Over Next 30 Days
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice: Yes, my Twitter account was permanently suspended
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Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Twitter reactivates Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz's account; Elon Musk says it was a temporary suspension due to “prior doxxing” — 😵💫😵💫😵💫 — Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account.
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@elonmusk, Mediaite, Fox News, @nodreamsoflabor, @nicoleperlroth, Variety, Talking Biz News, Deadline, Bloomberg, @mayawiley, @sharkyl, @juddlegum@journa.host, @mcuban, Breitbart, WHDH-TV, The Information, @reedalbergotti, @elilake, @jsrailton, Boing Boing, @marlownyc, @willoremus, @palafo, @ericrweinstein, @temurdur, @joshtpm, @oliverdarcy, @ezranbc, @anthony@journa.host, @jsrailton, @juddlegum, @elonmusk, @coffeytimenews, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, @jessicalessin, @yashar, HuffPost, @attorneynora, @iansherr, @farwent, Reclaim The Net, @jordanuhl, @willoremus, @attorneynora, @ggreeneva, @mattbinder, Ars Technica, The Techtualist, The Hill and Reuters
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @EricRWeinstein Temp suspension due to prior doxxing action by this account. Will be lifted shortly.
Fox News: WaPo's Taylor Lorenz turns to Tiktok, Substack amid Twitter suspension: ‘Banned Twitterland’
Taylor Lorenz / @nodreamsoflabor: I reached out to Elon for comment for a story @DrewHarwell and I are working on. Here's what I tweeted (below), @ElonMusk banned me for it lmaoo https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: Taylor Lorenz only had 3 tweets up at the time of her suspension. Two were her profiles on other social media platforms. The last one sought comment from @elonmusk for a story she is doing for @washingtonpost. This is the opposite of free speech. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Elon Musk Temporarily Suspended Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz for ‘Prior Doxxing Action’
Deadline: Washington Post Journalist Taylor Lorenz Suspended From Twitter, Other Social Media Sites Banned From Promotion
Maya Wiley / @mayawiley: Look. Freedom of speech and the press are constitutional civil rights. And the link between #TayorLorenz asking @elonmusk a legit question & her suspension should be cause for great concern for our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Sharky Laguana / @sharkyl: What is the point of a suspension if people don't know what they are being suspended for? https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum@journa.host: UPDATE: Musk admits he's making up the rules as he goes. He decided to “temporarily suspend” …
Mark Cuban / @mcuban: Retroactive Doxxing Suspensions ? How far back do you look? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Simon Kent / Breitbart: Elon Musk: Taylor Lorenz Temporarily Suspended from Twitter Due to ‘Prior Doxxing Action’
Reed Albergotti / @reedalbergotti: @doctorcherokee Fair. I am not aware of Twitter disabling a journalists' account for something like asking Twitter for comment on an article. But If there are example like that, I would like to hear about them. Being totally serious.
Eli Lake / @elilake: This is why journalists who made their reputations on demanding the censorship of others were fashioning a rod for their own backs. https://twitter.com/...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: There's a chance I get suspended on a pretext. I don't like that thought. But I can't be silent. I feel morally bound to call out what Musk is doing.
Carla Sinclair / Boing Boing: Cute dog learns how to fetch water, then over-does it with non-stop water deliveries (video)
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: the last tweet @taylorlorenz sent before elon musk kicked her off twitter: asking for comment for a story https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Elon now just using Twitter's banhammer as his personal block button https://twitter.com/...
Patrick LaForge / @palafo: Must be a hell of a story https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: You know that glee...that positively elated childlike glee...that the Woke experience when folks who they claim to be horrible cruel sociopaths are cancelled or banned or suspended? You've seen that? Well...Oddly. I'm not having that right now. In fact, I'm getting a bit concerned. https://twitter.com/...
Temur Durrani / @temurdur: Not only is Elon Musk arbitrarily suspending the Twitter accounts for journalists, he is also lying about the length of the suspensions. In a tweet, Mr. Musk claims Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post is suspended temporarily. But Twitter e-mailed Ms. Lorenz this is permanent. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Got mad because she was preparing a story about him. So he suspended her account. Now he's saying it was because of stuff that happened in the past. Stuff you wouldn't know about, stuff in Canada, because even his cheerleaders are getting uneasy. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Statement from The Washington Post's executive editor, @SallyBuzbee, on Musk banning @TaylorLorenz from Twitter: “Post journalists should be reinstated immediately, without arbitrary conditions.” https://twitter.com/...
Ezra Kaplan / @ezranbc: Twitter has rejected Washington Post Reporter Taylor Lorenz's appeal to her suspension. The company says she “has been permanently suspended” and that the “decision will not be reversed.” https://twitter.com/...
Anthony DeRosa / @anthony@journa.host: The real reason he suspended her is that his plan for Twitter requires a constant cycle of drama https://anthony.substack.com/ ...
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: Latest journalist suspension: Taylor Lorenz. It's vindictive. Shortsighted. And it's also just incredibly small.
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Without warning or explanation, Musk has suspended @washingtonpost journalist Taylor Lorenz. Lorenz did not link to accounts tracking private jets or publish Musk's location She reached out for comment for a story https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
@coffeytimenews: This is Taylor Lorenz's substack column on why @elonmusk banned her from Twitter She must have some serious dirt on Elon I can't wait to find out what she has been investigating Elon Musk banned me from Twitter https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal …
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: Anyone still on twitter please tell people to follow me here!! 🙏🏻🙏 …
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: .@elonmusk Can you please explain why you blocked the accounts of multiple journalists without explanation? Journalists aren't asking for special treatment. They are asking for an explanation.
@yashar: Taylor Lorenz happens to be with New York Times reporter Ryan Mac right now. He was also suspended on Twitter just two days ago! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost: Washington Post Tech Journalist Taylor Lorenz Bounced Off Twitter, Then Reinstated
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: Now Taylor Lorenz has been suspended. Hear what I told @NBCNews about Musk's dangerous actions & their impact on free speech: https://twitter.com/...
Ian Sherr / @iansherr: Hi @elonmusk, in the interest of transparency, can you please share all internal Twitter communications around @taylorlorenz's suspension? Thanks https://twitter.com/...
@farwent: Taylor Lorenz's main account got banned after she tweeted at Elom about talking to him for a story, and hoo-boy, check out the quote-tweets on this post from her alt account for a masterclass on how to be a bunch of weaselly Nazi snitches. https://twitter.com/...
Cindy Harper / Reclaim The Net: Twitter temporarily suspends WaPo reporter Taylor Lorenz for “prior doxxing”
@jordanuhl: Taylor Lorenz just published this on Substack about her suspension. In short, her & a colleague were working on a story involving Musk, and she was suspended in the process of their reporting. Her colleague, @drewharwell, was temp. suspended this week. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: at this point it feels like Elon is just using Twitter's banhammer as his personal block button https://twitter.com/...
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: Now Taylor Lorenz has been suspended after approaching Musk with questions. Seems his reinstatement of previously banned reporters & love of equitable speech hasn't held for even a full 24 hours.
Greg Greene / @ggreeneva: Look, the rules here seem clear: if someone does journalism that upsets or mildly peeves Elmo, he'll banish that person from the piece of global journalism infrastructure that he bought. Every journalist who remains here, in other words, is Elmo's hostage. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: i just realized i'm still banned from Twitter Spaces lol after i got suspended, i found a glitch where my account could still use Spaces right before Elon Musk joined the Space, i got booted. i assume they put a secondary ban on me to block Spaces too i'm still blocked on that https://twitter.com/...
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Musk suspends NYT and WaPo reporters from Twitter, claims they doxxed him
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists' Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies reveal themselves as hypocrites who lack principles — Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It's how it always goes. — Remember Parler?
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Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Elon Musk offers journalists he banned from Twitter ability to return under certain condition
Peter Kafka / Vox: Angry, irrational, erratic: This is Elon Musk's Twitter
Meg Conley / homeculture: I've been banned by Elon Musk
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: Musk says the suspended journalists can have their accounts back if they delete the tweets that shared his “exact real-time” location—it's going to be hard to comply with that condition, though, seeing as these aforementioned tweets do not actually exist https://www.cnn.com/...
Matthew Bennett / The Spain Report: Some more notes on Twitter and Musk
Michael J. Stern / @michaeljstern1: Musk banned Twitter accounts of journalists whom he falsely accused of tweeting his “real time locations.” Then, he made them promise to remove their tweets. This is Musk's way of breaking the press & making them fear writing about him negatively. https://www.cnn.com/...
Fox News: Taylor Lorenz suspended from Twitter, claims Elon Musk personally removed her from platform
Vittoria Elliott / Wired: Trump's Twitter Ban Was Unfair, but Not for the Reason You Think
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: No. This takes Musk entirely too seriously. He is not a “press baron.” He is an insane, little man. In Suspending Journalists on Twitter, Musk Flexes His Media Muscle https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Life Among the Twitter Damned
Liz Wheeler / @liz_wheeler: Hahahaha wait you're kidding right? James O'Keefe, Project Veritas, the New York Post, Alex Berenson, plus citizen journalists from Peter McCullough to Robert Malone to Laura Loomer and literally dozens of others. https://twitter.com/...
Madeline Earp / Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ calls for Twitter to restore accounts of suspended journalists, commit to media freedom
Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku: “The account bans were labeled ‘direction of Ella’ in Twitter's internal systems...Ella Irwin, Twitter's Trust and Safety head who has carried out many of Musk's orders...A prior suspension was marked ‘direction of Elon.’” https://twitter.com/...
John Panzer / @jpanzer: @mmasnick has written a comprehensive take-down of Elon's last 48 hours and demonstrated Elon's total intellectual bankruptcy. (And @Jason, this sycophancy is just embarrassing for you.) https://www.techdirt.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / @rumpfshaker: solid analysis as usual by @mmasnick Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
Judy Woodruff / @judywoodruff: .@karaswisher to @IAmAmnaNawaz “it's not a very big platform..that's the one of the big problems with Twitter. It's never been a very good business and it's never been very big.” https://twitter.com/...
@channel4news: “It's Elon Musk's playground and if he wants to kick people out of it, that's his prerogative.” Journalist Aaron Rupar was one of the accounts suspended by Twitter and discusses the future of the platform with @krishgm. https://www.channel4.com/...
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Yeah this isn't accurate https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: Jacked directly into the feed
Mike Dunford / @questauthority: Takeaways: 1: Content moderation is hard. 2: Content moderation requires making difficult and controversial decisions about lawful-but-awful content. 3: This includes deciding what's “lawful-but-awful.” 4: Not admitting that is, at this point, hypocrisy. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: Elon Musk didn't ban journalists for doxxing. He did it because he can. https://www.vox.com/...
Adam Serwer / @adamserwer: A great piece from @mmasnick on the new rules of “free speech” twitter, which are: you get banned if you say something the owner doesn't like. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Stephen Miller / @stephenm: There is a lot of preposterous virtue signaling today over twitter's temporary suspension of accounts for doxxing. This is not a free speech issue. The sole purpose of doxxing is to silence speech. It is a thuggish tactic of intimidation that has no place in a free society. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: New from me: “The the only thing that matters in the Elon Musk Twitter era is what Musk believes and does at any given moment. So if you think the future of Twitter is important, you need to come to grips with that now.” https://twitter.com/...
Rob Schneider / @robschneider: I admire @bariweiss and subscribe to her writings, but for her to equate suspensions for personal safety doxxing with those that censored people because they disagreed with their political orthodoxy is disingenuous at best, at worst proof of the long COVID of MSM indoctrination. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Vlamis / Insider: Elon Musk reinstates journalists who were suspended from Twitter after conducting a poll about how to handle accounts that ‘doxxed’ his location
Martin Fowler / @martinfowler: As usual, near definitive coverage of this from @mmasnick (who hasn't been banned... yet) https://www.techdirt.com/...
@csmap_nyu: A good rundown from @mmasnick on the Musk banning journalists saga https://www.techdirt.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This is the only “principle” that most Democrats and corporate journalists have as well, which is why you see them doing a complete 180 reversal over Big Tech censorship today. I just wish they would be as honest about their craven partisan emptiness as this person is: https://twitter.com/...
@lessig: A brilliant unpacking of the insanity raging around @elonmusk. Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: If liberal journalists had the capacity to reason with principles, the world would be a better place. But most lack that capacity. They can only see the world through the childish dichotomy of good (them) v. evil (their opponents), and thus have no ability to reason this way:👇 https://twitter.com/...
Tim Karr / Free Press: After Musk's Unprovoked Banning of Journalists, the Only Way to Restore Trust at Twitter …
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell@mastodon.social: One point I do want to make clear: Twitter is Elon Musk's website. He paid all that money and can ban whoever he wants.
Dylan Martin / @dylanljmartin@journa.host: As @mmasnick@mastodon.social points out, it's crazy that in a matter of two weeks Elon Musk went …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Elon Musk Blasts Crony Bari Weiss for Disagreeing With Journalist Ban
Sara Guaglione / Digiday: Journalist Aaron Rupar on the ‘chilling effect’ of being suspended by Twitter
Mathewi / mathewingram.com/work: Has Twitter reached a turning point now that Elon has banned several journalists?
Michael A. Cohen / Truth and Consequences: The Thursday Night Massacre
John Dietrich / Thoughtless Opinions: Ban, Baby! Ban!
Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post: Elon Musk abruptly ditches Twitter voice chat when questioned by banned reporters
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Europe wastes no time warning Musk over ‘arbitrary suspension of journalists’
Sara Fischer / Axios: Twitter press suspensions become media flashpoint
Jordan Pearson / VICE: Twitter Purges Several Journalists Who Cover Elon Musk
Gabe Hoffman / @gabehoff:
Twitter suspends Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez, who covers Tesla and who has documented the times when Elon Musk has “tracked and doxxed” his critics — Elon Musk just suspended Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez for documenting the times Elon had his enemies tracked and doxxed She did not post anything related to Elon's jet She has done amazing investigative reporting on Tesla https://twitter.com/...
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Semafor, The Daily Beast, @bgrueskin, @elonmusk, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Politico, The Daily Beast, @friendinmiami, Insider, @melissajpeltier, @donmoyn, @bgrueskin, @nachristakis, @lthomasnews, @gchampeau, @ahcastor, @ashtonpittman, @noah_kirsch, @bgrueskin, @anthonylfisher, @m_c_klein, @gabehoff, The Guardian, @drewharwell@mastodon.social, @maxschleiffer@mastodon.social, Rolling Stone, Fox News, Talking Biz News and Observer
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Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast: Elon Musk's Twitter Suspends Reporter Who Has Investigated Him for Years
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: The bad blood between Musk and Lopez goes back years. Here's a @felixsalmon piece from 2018, back when Tesla was “ a $50 billion corporation” (which, at this rate, it might become again). https://slate.com/...
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Tesla's Third Largest Investor and Elon ‘Fanboy’ Calls for Musk to Step Down as CEO
Rebecca Kern / Politico: Musk reinstates majority of suspended journalist accounts
@friendinmiami: @mediagazer @GabeHoff EL MU has acquired all data for YEARS of people in countries who've been using Twitter to educate, protest, locally organize - whose information is now available to autocrats, complete with AI systems to bring out associations. So Saudis can target critics & families. .@amnesty
Carla Mozée / Insider: Elon Musk is fueling the Twitter fire and using Tesla as his personal ATM, experts say. Here are 5 criticisms of the CEO from the past week alone
@melissajpeltier: We are seeing here how fascism works, in real time. He's following Putin's playbook for taking over free(ish) media. As a saying goes, once they come for all the journalists, you won't know what happened next. Fortunately we have alternatives. This ain't the only game in town. https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: “Is it reasonable for Musk to ban people doxxing him?” is a very different question from “Is it reasonable for Musk to ban tech reporters covering him?” but the latter question better reflects what is happening. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “Lopez told The Daily Beast she received no explanation for her suspension, nor information about how long the ban will last. She said she hadn't tweeted details about the location of Musk's private jet.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: “It increasingly looks like self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk is suspending Twitter users based on personal grudges instead of concrete principles. The latest victim: columnist Linette Lopez, who has spent years aggressively covering Musk.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Luke Thomas / @lthomasnews: Truly, you have to be the most gullible person on the internet to believe purging of journalists under the flimsiest of ad hoc rationales is about ‘safety’ and that Musk's takeover of this platform is about some sort of restoration of ‘free speech’. https://twitter.com/...
Guillaume Champeau / @gchampeau: Blatant abuse of power. He must be stopped. The US should enact their own DSA to better protect their citizens right to online speech. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Castor / @ahcastor: This ship is sinking https://twitter.com/...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: Petty tyrant Elon Musk has suspended yet another reporter who has dared to report critically on him. And it has nothing to do with ElonJet. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kirsch / @noah_kirsch: Just spoke to @lopezlinette, the Insider columnist who has aggressively reported on Musk for years, including on alleged safety lapses at Tesla. Her account was suspended today without explanation, she said. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Whatever you do, don't retweet this archive list of tweets from Linette Lopez, an @Insider reporter who was just suspended from Twitter after many months of reporting about Tesla's problems. https://web.archive.org/...
Anthony L. Fisher / @anthonylfisher: Absolutely outrageous for Elon Musk to suspend @linettelopez, who has spent years doing legitimate and revelatory reporting on his primary business. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew C. Klein / @m_c_klein: She was also an early and consistent tracker of his PRC connections https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Hoffman / @gabehoff: Read the viral thread Linette Lopez assembled, which had over 35k RTs and 100k likes, of her investigative reporting on Tesla for the past several years, which Elon Musk banned her for posting: https://web.archive.org/...
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian: Elon Musk's brand suffers after the Twitter chaos, says venture capitalist Danny Moses
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell@mastodon.social: New statement from Sen. Ron Wyden: “Reporters are a big part of Twitter's value.
Max Schleiffer / @maxschleiffer@mastodon.social: Elon Musk's purge of journalists on Twitter continues. Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez …
Nikkimccannramirez / Rolling Stone: Tesla Stock Plunges to Two-Year Low After Musk Bans Journalists From Twitter
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions — The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.
Discussion:
@elonmusk, @katienotopoulos, MSNBC, The Guardian, @katienotopoulos, Hot Pod News, @chipgoines, @benhoffmannyt, @ashtonpittman, The Wrap, Wired, @journalistslike, HuffPost, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Hill, @lookner, Washington Post, @juddlegum, New York Times, Semafor, Gizmodo, @dappergander, @ashleyfeinberg, @artistsmakers, @lookner, @jonbradyphoto, @pranavdixit, Fortune, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo Australia, Fortune, Fox News, New York Post, Insider, Breitbart, Boing Boing, CNET, Fast Company, KRON4, TechCrunch, The Information, Axios, Al Jazeera and Associated Press
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @micsolana They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Sorry it appears the Space cut out, screen went suddenly blank on my end and everyone got booted. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: I've been kicked off a lot of platforms: Friendster, MySpace (a few times), FourSquare, Tinder, and been suspended here at least twice in the past. But it still brings me a smile to have completely destroyed the entire Spaces functionality
Chip Goines / @chipgoines: Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) is one of the best reporters on the Hellsite Beat and was in the twitter space last night when Elon Musk popped in. For NBC News to ice him during one of the biggest stories of the year is disheartening. I can't believe they're doing Musk's bidding. https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Hoffman / @benhoffmannyt: Taylor apparently getting suspended for asking for a comment on a story is probably the worst of the suspensions so far? But hey, Taibbi revealed the shocking secrets that the FBI reads our public tweets so the Elon era is going great. https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/ ...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: NBC execs suspended Ben Collins for speaking the truth about what Elon Musk—a powerful billionaire—is doing as he censors journalists on Twitter. We need MORE truth-to-power journalism, not less. Ben is one of the best. Shame on NBC. #FreeBen https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Hoover / Wired: No One on Twitter Is Safe From Elon Musk
@journalistslike: Why would any publisher, marketer or advertiser commit any resources to a site run by a CEO who adds, deletes features, rules, users at a whim based on how he's feeling at the moment? https://www.theverge.com/...
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost: CNN's Jim Acosta Slams Elon Musk's Fascination With Location-Sharing ‘Fantasy’
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: Elon Musk temporarily suspends Twitter Spaces after being confronted by banned journalist
Steve Lookner / @lookner: The journalist who hosted the Twitter Space last night in which several suspended journalists participated and in which Elon Musk briefly made an appearance has been banned from hosting or joining Twitter Spaces (unclear if temporary or permanent) https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: 1. ABOUT LAST NIGHT I participated in a Twitter space hosted by @katienotopoulos w/a lot of journalists When I joined @jason, one of Musk's apparatchiks, was badgering @drewharwell, a suspended reporter, and Jack Sweeney, the guy behind the accounts that tracked jets 🧵
Bernhard Warner / New York Times: Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists
Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Elon Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Literal Nazis [Updated]
@dappergander: People *in* the Space were nervously joking that he was going to do this exact thing, because of course he was https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: simply incredible pivot to go into minutes after abruptly leaving a space because he couldn't answer basic questions before pulling the plug on the entire thing, truly feeling blessed to bear witness https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Thompson / @artistsmakers: Real cancel culture. Musk starts banning journalists from Twitter. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Steve Lookner / @lookner: Twitter Spaces has been temporarily deactivated. Elon Musk claims Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug.” Earlier tonight a Twitter Space that included several of the journalists who had been suspended (and which Elon Musk briefly stopped by) had a large audience. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Brady / @jonbradyphoto: Elon Musk tells journalists in a Twitter Space “You dox, you get suspended, that's it”, in response to criticism of his blocking of the @elonjet account - and then immediately runs away before anyone can respond. If we thought Trump had thin skin, boy oh boy... https://twitter.com/...
@pranavdixit: 🚨 Breaking: Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After Journalists He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why They Were Banned https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Fortune: Elon Musk joined a Twitter space to defend suspending multiple tech journalists then left after they started asking questions
Matt Novak / Gizmodo Australia: Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
Chris Morris / Fortune: Elon Musk wants people to stop tracking his private plane. Reddit has different ideas.
Fox News: Elon Musk polls users on reinstating suspended journalists, defends himself in Twitter Spaces chat
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: CNN journalist Donie O'Sullivan banned from Twitter by Elon Musk
Sarah Jackson / Insider: Elon Musk argued with reporters on Twitter Spaces about suspending multiple high-profile journalists' accounts — hear the full exchange, including the moment he abruptly left
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Twitter Tantrum: Elon Musk Quits ‘Spaces’ Discussion of His Suspension Spree, Shuts Down Feature
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: Musk ragequits Twitter Space meeting after journalist asks difficult question about ElonJet, then shuts down the Twitter Space, then shuts down Twitter Spaces entirely
Steven Musil / CNET: Elon Musk Suspends Journalists on Twitter Who Report on Him
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Twitter's latest chaos: Journalists purged, Spaces yanked, rival social network suspended
@twittersupport:
Twitter will remove accounts made to “promote other social platforms” and content that has links or usernames to Facebook, Mastodon, and others — We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.
Discussion:
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@twittersupport: Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.
Emma Roth / The Verge: Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
Noam Bardin / @noam: Just wanted to assure everyone that you can post any link you want on https://post.news/. We make it easy to add all your social media links to your profile since none of us only use one platform. Freedom = Choice https://twitter.com/...
Steven Musil / CNET: Twitter Bans Accounts Promoting Other Social Networks
Paul Graham / @paulg: This is the last straw. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site. https://help.twitter.com/...
@twittersupport: More information on this policy, as well as how we will take action on violations, can be found here: https://help.twitter.com/...
Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Twitter blocks user links to other social platforms, except for paid ads
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter bans links and username mentions relating to Facebook, Instagram and other rivals
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on “promotion” of other social platforms
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: Twitter Bans Linking to Mastodon, Facebook, Truth Social and Other Competitors
@elivalley: Using the word “mastodon” is now more likely to get you banned than calling for the extermination of entire communities https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: We have never seen a company this good at making money https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: Trying to keep people from finding the exits? What is this, IKEA? https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: This is the clearest declaration of weakness I've ever seen from a major US tech platform, and a transparent declaration of anticompetitive intent that a GC would set themselves on fire to prevent (if somebody had that job at Twitter). https://twitter.com/...
Mae / @mmbrussell: Can we please drop this “free speech” thing? We know he's an authoritarian and a chaos actor. Stop playing by his rules. Stop playing to his game. Binary traps, Overton window, crazy - it is an arena of behaviour. Ours. Not theirs. Start explaining the Big Pictures. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: *Obviously - it was always obvious but now it's super-duper obvious and we don't have to pretend anymore (https://t.co/...) - whatever new TOS/justifications Elon and his flunkies introduce today could be gone by tonight or never implemented so who knows.
@yashar: You can no longer promote your other social media accounts on Twitter. You can't tweet “follow me on Instagram” with the link to your Instagram account or even the @ of your account. You also can't use linktree anymore. Only exception is if you pay to promote your tweet. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Musk bans linking to Twitter's competitors. If you link to them, that content will be removed. He loves free speech. https://twitter.com/...
@ericfreyss: Any attempt to remove my tweets that link to my other social media accounts, not violating any law, would actually make #twitter an editorial media, and no longer a social media platform, with civil and criminal liability for *any* illegal content therein. https://help.twitter.com/...
Tony Webster / @webster: Effective immediately, you are violating Twitter policy by providing URLs or handles of your other social profiles. Telling others about your Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Post, or Linktree are banned. If you tweet “follow me [@ __] on Instagram,” your account will be suspended. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Twitter is trying to lock people on this platform https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: they're dropping this on a Sunday during the World Cup final https://twitter.com/...
Susanne Barton / Bloomberg: Twitter Will Remove Accounts That Link to Other Social Media
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how Bob Iger undermined Bob Chapek before returning as Disney's CEO, in a bruising, yearslong power struggle worthy of the storyteller company — The former Walt Disney Co. chief executive undermined and then succeeded the man he had handpicked to lead the entertainment giant
Discussion:
Alex Sherman / CNBC: What's next for Netflix, Disney and the NFL? 12 media executives predict 2023's big moves
Jyoti Mann / Insider: Reinstated Disney CEO Bob Iger spent months undermining his now-ousted successor Bob Chapek by keeping an office and criticizing his leadership, report says
Joe Flint / @jbflint: The board room battles. The secret call between Christine McCarthy and Bob Iger. Chapek and McCarthy's fighting. The behind-the-headlines tale of the battle for Disney. Lots of nuggets in here. W/@RWhelanWSJ @erichschwartzel @EmilyGlazer @jtoonkel https://www.wsj.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Fantastic reporting from the WSJ team, including some terrific insight into the frayed McCarthy-Chapek relationship, and the crucial, pivotal, and clearly consequential McCarthy-Iger one. https://twitter.com/...
James Pethokoukis / @jimpethokoukis: “He also told them he was frustrated with the idleness of his post-Disney life. ... Mr. Iger had taken a trip aboard the Aquarius, his 150-foot yacht, around the Fijian islands and complained to friends that his wife, Willow Bay, couldn't join him.” https://www.wsj.com/...
@rationalwalk: Man in his sixties loves his job, is very good at it, but retirement seems to be expected of him, so after hesitating, he picks someone to turn over the company to, but never really leaves. Two years later, after much needless turmoil and drama, he's back https://www.wsj.com/...
Karol Markowicz / @karol: Interesting piece. This seems like a company in trouble, and not just because of the wokeness, though that does play a big role. https://twitter.com/...
Edwin Dorsey / @stockjabber: Outstanding and infuriating reporting on Bob Chapek's terrible two years running Disney CFO Christine McCarthy comes out looking awesome https://www.wsj.com/...
Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth: this is a good tick-tock on the bob iger vs bob chapek saga over at Disney, with iger returning as CEO last month https://www.wsj.com/...
Alex Perry / @whoisalexperry: pieces like these are my business reporting guilty pleasure https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Cadelago / @ccadelago: Very subtle. Bob Iger said the Disney character he would most like to be was Thor, the Norse god who is coaxed out of retirement to help the superheroes conquer the villain Thanos in “Avengers: Endgame.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bill Brewster / @billbrewstertbb: “Mr. Iger, then still under contract as exec chairman...called strategy meeting with Mr. Chapek's underlings without inviting the new CEO.” 😂 Was always obvious Iger was undermining but that's something special. https://www.wsj.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: This is the most detailed recap of what happened at Disney over the past two years. The battle over furloughing parks employees, the secret Iger phone call, and how rumblings about ousting Chapek started in March https://www.wsj.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: No food. No filler. The definitive opus of Bob vs Bob. The secret phone call to Bob Iger. The text Jim Cramer sent Disney's CFO. The disastrous board meeting that sank Bob Chapek. This is the full account of Disney's epic power struggle. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Emily Glazer / @emilyglazer: The secret phone call to Bob Iger. The text Jim Cramer sent Disney's CFO. The disastrous board meeting that sank Bob Chapek. This is the full account of Disney's epic power struggle (from a rockstar team of WSJ reporters + editors) https://www.wsj.com/...
Louisa Thomas / New Yorker:
A profile of sportswriter Grant Wahl, who helped elevate soccer, particularly women's soccer, in the US through his work spanning over two decades — The indefatigable sportswriter from Kansas knew that the power of the global game extended far beyond the field of play.
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@celinegounder: Thank you, @NewYorker @louisahthomas for this lovely tribute to @GrantWahl. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Kevin Roderick / @laobserved: “He knew that the big story S.I. had been missing was the story of soccer, the global game—and the women's game. This was not an easy argument to make, at the time, in mainstream American sports media. SI had published its share of essays suggesting that soccer was for sissies.” https://twitter.com/...
Ed Lavandera / @edlavacnn: There have been a lot of wonderful pieces written about soccer journalist @GrantWahl since he died but this piece is beyond words. Extraordinary details and majestic in its scope capturing the influence of Grant's work. https://twitter.com/...
@newyorker: .@louisahthomas remembers Grant Wahl, who died this month while reporting on the World Cup, as “synonymous with soccer journalism” in the United States. https://nyer.cm/GdfMTtK
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Much has been written about @grantwahl, but this new piece by @louisahthomas had me teary-eyed. Read abt his special connection to Argentina, the class he took w/ Remnick, memories from @celinegounder @JulieFoudy @jon_wertheim. May we cherish his memory. https://www.newyorker.com/...
The Guardian:
The UK, Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations raise concerns over Twitter suspending US journalists, which the UN calls a “dangerous precedent” — Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions
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Reuters, Voice of America, Fox News, Newser, @ibjiyongi, Grid News, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, @loisbeckett, @loisbeckett, @texasobserver, BBC, Scroll.in, The Hill, Mediaite, Reuters, Reclaim The Net, The Week, Breitbart, PRWeek, The Wrap, Common Dreams, Insider, CNN, Bloomberg, Deadline and KRON4
Discussion:
Fox News: Liberal networks previously unbothered by Twitter censorship cry foul over Musk suspending journalists
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein / @ibjiyongi: 'The United Nations is “very disturbed” by Twitter's abrupt suspension of a group of US journalists, a spokesperson has said, warning that the move sets a “dangerous precedent"' https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Benjamin Powers / Grid News: Musk bans journalists, breaks Twitter Spaces and suspends competitors — all in one day
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: Officials in Europe warned that Twitter's current treatment of journalists could fall foul of forthcoming digital regulations that require platforms to respect media freedom: https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: “There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.” Officials in Europe are warning Elon Musk that Twitter's sudden suspension of multiple US journalists who reported on Musk could have broader consequences for the platform: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@texasobserver: Elon Musk's temper tantrum is so extreme, the United Nations got involved, and the EU is likely to follow: https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #ElonMusk #democracy
Scroll.in: United Nations, European Union say they are worried as Twitter suspends journalists' accounts
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: ‘Dangerous Precedent’: UN Slams Musk's Suspensions at a Time ‘When Journalists All Over The World Are Facing Censorship’
Christina Maas / Reclaim The Net: United Nations condemns Twitter's banning of journalists, EU threatens sanctions
Brigid Kennedy / The Week: EU threatens Musk with sanctions after Twitter suspends journalists
Kurt Zindulka / Breitbart: EU Threatens to Sanction Musk's Twitter over Temporary Suspension of Establishment Media Journalists
Diana Bradley / PRWeek: PRSA condemns Twitter suspensions: ‘Journalists should not be penalized for sharing accurate reporting’
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Twitter Threatened With EU Sanctions Following Elon Musk's Journalist Purge
Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams: ‘Red Line’ Crossed: EU Official Threatens Sanctions After Musk Suspends Journalists
Beatrice Nolan / Insider: Germany heavily criticizes Elon Musk's Twitter for suspending journalists, saying the free press ‘must not be switched on and off at will’
Julia Horowitz / CNN: ‘There are red lines’: Europe warns of sanctions after Twitter bans journalists
Phil Mayer / KRON4: Journalists who cover Elon Musk banned from Twitter
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Puck co-founder Jon Kelly says the outlet paused advertising on Twitter, the first news organization to do so, after Elon Musk banned high-profile journalists
Puck co-founder Jon Kelly says the outlet paused advertising on Twitter, the first news organization to do so, after Elon Musk banned high-profile journalists
Discussion:
Lucy Purdon / Al Jazeera: Advertisers should fear more than the chaos at Twitter
Jesse Lehrich / @jesselehrich: big. it's past time for both advertisers & publishers to take a real stand here. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Bucholtz / @andrewbucholtz: Good for Puck. They're doing interesting work. And this service is becoming less and less the place to be. https://twitter.com/...
Kathryn VanArendonk / Vulture:
TV has no consumer-facing content preservation organization, like Criterion, making the disappearance of shows from streaming services an even greater loss — Recently, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun quietly and not so quietly removing titles from its streaming platform HBO Max.
Discussion:
@kvanaren, @ultra_kitsch, @mattzollerseitz, @jivemasterj, @hshaban, @vulture, @chaneyj, @laurpuckett, @claireeshaffer, @samitsarkar, UPROXX, @812filmreviews, @nightafternight and @superwiki
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Kathryn VanArendonk / @kvanaren: this is a piece about the feeling of tv shows disappearing, but it is also an attempt to will my desire for a tv version of criterion into existence https://www.vulture.com/...
@ultra_kitsch: Establishing a Criterion Collection for television is my absolute dream bar none atp. if any wealthy benefactors are looking for an archivist w/ design sense to help get something off the ground please holler at ya girl!!!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Matt Zoller Seitz / @mattzollerseitz: Great piece by @kvanaren that serves as another reminder that the streaming era is basically about replacing physical media ownership with pixel renting. The landlords can tear down the buildings without notice to make a slight change on the balance sheet. https://twitter.com/...
@jivemasterj: Corporations are not going to preserve this stuff, start bootlegging what you like if you want to keep it https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: A thoughtful reflection on what it feels like when shows and movies vanish. And an argument that streaming platforms should be seen less as repositories of art and more like unstable catalogues of corporate whims https://twitter.com/...
@vulture: When titles like Westworld can disappear without warning, the whole streaming space starts to seem less stable. @kvanaren writes https://www.vulture.com/...
Jen Chaney / @chaneyj: “There is no getting around the sensation of having and then losing something; it's more frustrating and immediately insulting than the awareness that there are things you never had in the first place.” Great piece by @kvanaren. https://www.vulture.com/...
Lauren Puckett-Pope / @laurpuckett: loved this, and would happily fork over a not insubstantial amount of money for a tv version of criterion https://twitter.com/...
Claire Shaffer / @claireeshaffer: the good-enough answer here is 🏴☠️ but obviously there needs to be more. I don't think most of us have really comprehended how bad streaming is for long-term preservation of movies and television shows. https://twitter.com/...
Samit Sarkar / @samitsarkar: “The biggest loss is that the shows themselves are gone, but eventually, HBO Max may also find its subscribers starting to notice the island is shrinking. When titles disappear without warning, the whole space starts to seem less stable.” https://www.vulture.com/...
Kimberly Ricci / UPROXX: What's Popular On Streaming Now
Robert Daniels / @812filmreviews: I think about this with a series like “The Underground Railroad.” I want to it exist in another place other Prime Video. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Report: Apple has backed out of negotiations for the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket; Amazon and Google are the only parties left, meaning Disney/ESPN exited too — The company once regarded as the frontrunner for NFL Sunday Ticket has opted to take a Sunday drive, instead.
Discussion:
Sports Business Journal, Puck, AppleInsider, @kaplansportsbiz, The Verge, Awful Announcing, Engadget, @jonfriedman, @robtornoe, The Streamable and Sportico
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal: Sports Media: He's back with another round of sports media predictions
Dylan Byers / Puck: Iger Expectations & the ESPN X Factor
Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: Apple leaves the field in NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations
Daniel Kaplan / @kaplansportsbiz: Had source confirm for me Apple indeed has bowed out https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ...
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Apple has reportedly dropped out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations
Jonathan Friedman / @jonfriedman: not shocking after last month's reports, but nonetheless a juicy friday night scoop from @dylanbyers: Apple dropped out of the NFL Sunday Ticket rights bidding. hope some fancy book tells the oral history of these negotiations in a few years https://puck.news/...
Rob Tornoe / @robtornoe: Apple has backed out of negotiations with the NFL for Sunday Ticket, according to Puck's @DylanByers and @loudmouthjulia. “So it's down to Amazon and Google...” https://puck.news/...
Anthony Crupi / Sportico: NFL-Apple Sunday Ticket Talks Threaten to Stretch Into New Year
Alex Cranz / The Verge:
Netflix, HBO Max, and other streaming services scale back on experimental content that caters to smaller audiences, amid rising costs and increased competition — For a few years, there was a boon of content, and we were all wonderfully spoiled. And now that's over. — It's over.
Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper: “they're gonna want to sell your viewership against ads, which now every major streamer offers.” The (appropriate) disrespect not classifying AppleTV+ as a “major streamer”. https://twitter.com/...
@driven2drink: So...fuck you if you're Black, Native, genderqueer, neuroqueer, disabled, trans, and/or otherwise unassimilated and you expect anyone to give an iota of an authentic shit about you. https://twitter.com/...
Vivian / @livelyvivian: “...the next phase of this streaming war won't be about securing your long-term subscription with really cool shows that cater to smaller audiences. It will be about reaching as wide an audience as possible to secure eyeballs for ads.” - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/...
Ben Tseng / @benjamintseng: Cheap capital lifts all boats — but sinks them when it gets more expensive again I find myself sadly agreeing with this piece by @alexhcranz on how the end of the golden age of streaming wars is upon us... https://www.theverge.com/...
Emma Fraser / The Daily Beast: How ‘1899’ Saved Netflix's Very Bad Year in TV
Fergus Halliday / @cvamped: “TV shows suddenly being canceled with entire episodes shelved was relatively common pre-streaming.” I've almost tweeted about this a few times but it really does seem increasingly possible that this period of peak TV gluttony may be winding down. https://www.theverge.com/...
@dubiousca: well, i guess it would not the first time someone used ‘experiment’ as a euphemism for ‘queer’ https://twitter.com/...
@alexhcranz: wrote about how the streaming business is changing which means more gut-punch cancellations like Warrior Nun and the weird sudden removal of cool shows like Westworld. https://twitter.com/...
Hussein Kanji / @hkanji: The era of venture fund my life is over (for now) https://www.theverge.com/...