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BuzzFeed News:
The NYT, LAT, and WaPo won't buy Twitter Blue; NYT, LAT, BuzzFeed, and Politico won't reimburse reporters for it, but Semafor and some other small outlets will — BuzzFeed isn't ponying up, but for other outlets, paying might make sense. — Pranav Dixit
Discussion:
@oliverdarcy, @jbenton, Vox, @maxwelltani, @oliverdarcy, @jessespector, @rmac18, @roslyntalusan, @bdherzinger, @thekidskoob, @ryangrim, @claire_goforth, @thomaschattwill, @timfullerton, @skooks, @paleofuture, @boydhilton, @davidclinchnews, @williamshatner, @stevelackmeyer, @ndrew_lawrence, @stevanzetti, @dancow, @moorehn, @andrewmarchand, Boing Boing, @mattnavarra, @roslyntalusan, The Wrap, @katebevan, @studentactivism, @bobmoorenews, @johniadarola, @mikeisaac, @tinu, @helenkennedy, @kt_so_it_goes, @cfidd, @pkafka, @charles_gaba, @dellcam, @hammancheez@c.im, @scottnover, @benjysarlin, @wfkars, @chrismessina, @kimmasters, @bruce_arthur, @scottnover, @scalzi, @ewong, @jacobrubashkin, @nicosgonzalez, @andybcampbell, @joshtpm, @themaxburns, @moorehn, @adrianweckler, @wtfis2bdone, @ryanhanrahan, @lxeagle17, Awful Announcing, Social Media Today and CNN, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The Los Angeles Times also says it will not pay for Twitter Blue, noting “verification no longer establishes authority or credibility.” Here's an internal note from managing editor Sara Yasin that went out to staff. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Wouldn't this mean that all these big publishers will just get the gold check for free? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Elon Musk wants to fill your Twitter feed with paid accounts
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: LAT also won't reimburse: “Verification no longer establishes authority or credibility, instead it will only mean that someone has paid for a Twitter Blue subscription,” @sarayasin told staff. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: POLITICO also tells staff: “In the future, a checkmark will no longer mean you are a verified journalist. Instead, it will simply mean you are paying for benefits such as longer tweets and fewer ads. POLITICO will not pay for you to subscribe to Twitter Blue.”
Jesse Spector / @jessespector: I was once told that my articles did exceptionally well on Twitter, and that meant maybe 10% of my traffic was from here. It's a useless cesspool and I will miss it dearly. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: @dmccabe @kateconger Some other news in this story as the company gets ready to rid legacy verified checkmarks this weekend: Twitter's top 500 advertisers and 10,000 most-followed organizations will not be expected to pay for verification, according to an internal doc. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Roslyn / @roslyntalusan: like i'm sorry but being verified will officially lose its meaning and you'll be lumped in with the likes of MikeHunt06942069 shilling crypto schemes in your mentions. wake up https://twitter.com/...
Blake Herzinger / @bdherzinger: I am told this is what business acumen looks like - trying to charge people to produce the content and data your model requires, then having everyone but neckbeards refuse to pay you. Incredible stuff. https://twitter.com/...
@thekidskoob: This is exactly what I was saying the other day. The new “policy” around verification has completely ruined the authenticity and credibility of its core purpose. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Grim / @ryangrim: Times is not paying for verification, they say, because “verification no longer establishes authority or credibility.” It does seem odd that Musk won't just commit to making verification actually mean real verification, even if he charges. Would it cost too much to do that? https://twitter.com/...
Claire Goforth / @claire_goforth: @oliverdarcy All verification establishes at this point is that you have $8 you're willing to spend on Twitter
Thomas Chatterton Williams / @thomaschattwill: The NYT and I see eye-to-eye on this https://twitter.com/...
Tim Fullerton / @timfullerton: This is the correct answer and I hope all organizations (and individuals) follow the Times lead. https://twitter.com/...
@skooks: Thinking about Twitter's brilliant strategy to deliberately deligitimize itself as a breaking news conduit https://twitter.com/...
Matt Novak / @paleofuture: The Times just sent me an identical statement except for one change: Instead of “verification” they won't pay for “check mark status,” an important distinction because Twitter doesn't verify the identity of Twitter Blue subscribers. https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@boydhilton: No one in their right mind is planning to pay for Twitter verification... https://twitter.com/...
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: I hope many other news orgs follow suit on this. https://twitter.com/...
William Shatner / @williamshatner: Well it looks like this is becoming a #blueless thing.😉 What is CNN going to do Oliver?🤔🤷🏼 https://twitter.com/...
@stevelackmeyer: I wonder at what point do the NYT, Washington Post, CNN, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Gannett and other news organizations agree to pick a replacement social media platform... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: im beginning to think the business model of “give the richest man on the planet $96/yr for nothing in return” isnt especially well thought out https://twitter.com/...
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: Twitter may not generate a ton of traffic but it sure does allow me to bully politicians in public so who is to say what the trade off really is https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: The NYT gets a W here https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: @JoeBelBruno @paulvigna The mass verification of newsrooms is often mocked but I actually think it was helpful in spreading accurate information for years. (I got mine artisanally back in 2011 however). It's basically unwieldy and nothing will fix it.
Andrew Marchand / @andrewmarchand: One down ... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Buzzfeed say they won't pay for Twitter verification
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: The Newsrooms Who Say They'll Pay For Twitter Blue Checkmarks For Their Journalists The New York Times: ❌ Washington Post: Undecided CNN: Undecided The Los Angeles Times: ❌ Semafor: ✅ The Daily Caller: Undecided Insider: ❌ BuzzFeed: ❌ HuffPost: ❌ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Roslyn / @roslyntalusan: for those of you who feel pressured into buying twitter blue for business purposes*, please bear in mind that corporations are resisting this site owner's extortion scheme. *paying ~$8 to the man screwing your business over is not a good business decision. https://twitter.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Sorry, Elon! NY Times, WaPo, LA Times and Other Major Outlets Won't Pay for a Twitter Blue Check
Kate Bevan / @katebevan: Big news orgs saying nope to paying for their reporters to have Elon's blue checks - good. https://twitter.com/...
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: Honestly this is a no-brainer on multiple levels. The blue check is about to become a tool for impersonation, so it makes sense to stay away completely. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Moore / @bobmoorenews: Same with @elpasomatters. Sticking it to The Man. https://twitter.com/...
John Iadarola / @johniadarola: We need to see more major outlets signing on to this. https://twitter.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this is a no-brainer imo forget any feelings one might have about mgmt or the company — the way they are handling bluechecks now is punitive rather than value-adding and there's no actual safeguard against impersonation whether you buy it or not, which is the major concern https://twitter.com/...
@tinu: I do t even LIKE the nyt but it's not to be denied. Twitter is destroying itself with this pay for verification shit. It's not gonna die, it's just gonna become Digg or Friendster. Google Plus. https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: Same, she declared airily. https://twitter.com/...
@kt_so_it_goes: this is that scene in every burglar comedy where they've kidnapped a hostage nobody likes enough to pay the ransom https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: I would pay $96 to watch this meeting, or at least $8 to read Elon's mash notes to Lina. https://twitter.com/...
Charles Gaba / @charles_gaba: This whole thread is giving me serious Star-Bellied Sneeches vibes. Going forward, any account claiming to be a legitimate news source which *has* a “verified” checkmark will by definition be deemed illegitimate. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: Twitter does not generate traffic. I've been in countless meetings at multiple outlets where this fact has been repeated to me over and over. https://twitter.com/...
@hammancheez@c.im: @Mediagazer lol MM+ a year for a 1700 member org, those prices are derived from meth
Scott Nover / @scottnover: Twitter needs the New York Times WAY more than the New York Times needs Twitter. And it's not particularly close. https://twitter.com/...
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: Would be tens of thousands per month for “real” branded verification ($1k per brand, $50 per affiliated account). If brands don't pay, this whole model falls apart pretty quickly revenue-wise. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Summers / @wfkars: It would be inane for anyone who got “legacy” verification for the sake of, y'know, actually being verified as who they said they were, to pay for the same symbol when it lacks all value whatsoever. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: Ah, well, that's fair! The rich get richer under Elon's watch. https://www.nytimes.com/... #DeadTwitter #LegacyVerified #ToadiesBackslider https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Forge ahead, Elon. https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: That's the key: it's now worthless to anyone with credibility https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: It's very funny that newsrooms have to put out statements about whether they plan to get extorted by Elon Musk or not. https://twitter.com/...
John Scalzi / @scalzi: The Twitter blue check no longer verifies identity, it just confirms you're spending money, so from a journalistic point of view it makes no sense to pay. Have the outlet post a list on its site of its reporter's accounts and have the accounts link to it. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jacob Rubashkin / @jacobrubashkin: What's the over/under on how many organizations actually pay $1,000/month for institutional verification? 10? 50? https://twitter.com/...
Nicolas Gonzalez / @nicosgonzalez: Comms guy here. Yes—no one really clicks links here compared to other platforms that drive way more traffic. This place is/was great in order to be part of a specific “discourse” and to elevate and/or engage with specific subject-matter experts. Also breaking news. Alas... https://twitter.com/...
Andy Campbell / @andybcampbell: Even if this was a good deal for companies, and even if newsrooms got high traffic from twitter (we don't), there's zero incentive to pay for any feature announced by a CEO who rips up his own rule book each week. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Seriously why would any outlet pay for it. It now just identifies the account as a troll account with fewer than 200 followers. https://twitter.com/...
Max Burns / @themaxburns: Can't wait to introduce my new Twitter account, @NYTlMES https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: My hot take (possible wish fulfillment fantasy) is Elno is just running a huge troll with these threats to delete checkmarks, and he'll back down at the 11th hour. https://twitter.com/...
Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler: Why on earth would it? Market will decide whether NYT or paid-for blue ticks are more credible sources of info on Twitter. (Don't think it'll be the $8 ticks) https://twitter.com/...
@wtfis2bdone: Lmao. NYT, WAPO, POLITICO, LA Times, Vox, BuzzFeed won't pay for Twitter Blue. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Hanrahan / @ryanhanrahan: Making a blue checkmark meaningless makes absolutely no sense to me. Will make vetting information that much harder and make this platform even less useful than it already is. https://twitter.com/...
Lakshya Jain / @lxeagle17: Twitter really doesn't drive a lot of traffic. Not sure how many news organizations are going to pay the astronomical fees for verification ($1K/mo per brand, and then $50/mo for each affiliate). Imagine a bill of >$10K a month for the minimal traffic you get from Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Dixon / Awful Announcing: ESPN will not reimburse talent for new Twitter Blue verification system
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: Should You Pay for a Checkmark on Twitter, for Yourself or Your Business?
RELATED:
New York Times:
Document: Twitter plans to exempt its top 500 advertisers and 10K most-followed, previously verified organizations from paying $1,000 per month for a checkmark — Mr. Musk requested a meeting with Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., which has been investigating Twitter's privacy and data practices.
Discussion:
Variety, Insider, @brynstole, The Information, @jeffjarvis, @catrambo, @melaynalokosky, @matthewkeyslive, @cagoldberglaw, The Hill, Search Engine Land, CNN and @oliverdarcy, more at Techmeme »
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter Will Exempt 10,000 Most-Followed Companies and Organizations From $1,000 Monthly Verified-Status Charge: Report
Kate Duffy / Insider: Celebrities are irritated by Elon Musk's plans to take away their blue checkmark on Twitter unless they pay at least $8 a month
Bryn Stole / @brynstole: didn't realize twitter brought back nuzzel's features (rip) as part of paid twitter blue. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “Mr. Musk, Ms. Wilson and a spokesman for the F.T.C. did not respond to requests for comment. A press request sent to Twitter triggered an autoreply email with a poop emoji.” Elon Musk Tried to Meet With F.T.C. Chair About Twitter but Was Rebuffed https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cat Rambo / @catrambo: I don't usually tweet the NYT bc they are complicit in so much bullshit, but I absofuckinglutely love the dryness of the line, “A press request sent to Twitter triggered an autoreply email with a poop emoji.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@melaynalokosky: Seeing a lot of business accounts in your feed that you don't follow? Or that your followers don't like or retweet? Elon Musk is clogging everyone's feed with PAID, non-disclosed, advertising & wanted the @FTC's blessing on his latest illegal activity. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: Elon Musk before: Everyone will have to pay for verification. Elon Musk now: Well, okay, not everyone. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Carrie Goldberg / @cagoldberglaw: Lol. Khan pwned Musk https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Fung / CNN: The FTC should investigate OpenAI and block GPT over ‘deceptive’ behavior, AI policy group claims
Alyssa Boyle / AdExchanger:
A new bipartisan Senate bill, almost identical to a 2022 bill, would force companies with $20B+ in annual digital ad revenue to sell part of their business — Say hello to the US government's latest attempt to force antitrust regulations on the digital advertising industry. — It might sound familiar.
Discussion:
AdExchanger, @senmikelee, Reuters, @swodinsky, Mike Lee US Senator for Utah, Marketing Brew, Digiday, NetChoice, @dcnorg, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @digiphile and @berinszoka
Discussion:
AdExchanger: The AMERICA Act May Finally Bring Much-Needed Common Sense Rules To Digital Advertising
Mike Lee / @senmikelee: Today, I introduced the AMERICA Act to restore and protect competition in digital advertising. The lack of competition in digital advertising means that monopoly rents are being extracted from across the economy. https://www.lee.senate.gov/...
@swodinsky: i'm floored (in a good way) that this bill was invented but floored (in the other way) over this name https://www.lee.senate.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Lee US Senator for Utah: The AMERICA Act: Lee Introduces Bill to Protect Digital Advertising Competition
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew: Senators introduce a new bill aimed at big ad tech
Krista Chavez / NetChoice: NetChoice Opposes the AMERICA Act: Raising the Costs for Small Businesses to Advertise
@dcnorg: DCN has enthusiastically endorsed this bill. Here is a 2-minute explainer: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Tip of the hat to @SenMikeLee @SenAmyKlobuchar @SenTedCruz @SenBlumenthal @SenMarcoRubio @SenWarren @SenEricSchmitt @HawleyMO @SenJohnKennedy @LindseyGrahamSC @JDVance1 for all signing on to commonsense rules. Here is a 2-min explainer why it matters. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Smart bipartisan bill. High-speed trades, exchanges, brokers, auctions, floors, ceilings...language of Wall Street, but also adtech. Seems obvious that dominant companies shouldn't be able to broker for the buying and selling at the same time. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Futurism:
BuzzFeed quietly started publishing fully AI-generated SEO-driven travel posts by non-editorial staff on March 14; a spokesperson calls the posts an experiment — Earlier this year, when BuzzFeed announced plans to start publishing AI-assisted content, its CEO Jonah Peretti promised the tech would be held to a high standard.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, The Wrap, @jjvincent, @maxwelltani, The Verge, Search Engine Land, @jon_christian, The Information, @paldhous, @charliebeckett, @aleyda, @bruce_arthur, @caleweissman, @rmc031, @resnikoff, @rafat, @caleweissman, @dcbigjohn, @ryanbeckwith, @rachelmetz, @awzurcher, @glenngabe, @jeff__benjamin, @jimpethokoukis, @mattbraynard, @redsteeze, @tomgara, @tylercoates, @durvidimel, @caleweissman, @caleweissman, @dancow, @byrnehobart, @jbenton, @helenkennedy and @comfortablysmug, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: Are BuzzFeed's AI-generated travel articles bad in a scary new way — or a familiar old way?
James Vincent / @jjvincent: Now, I know what you're thinking — Buzzfeed? Using AI to generate SEO-bait stories when CEO Jonah Peretti promised the company wouldn't? That doesn't sound right!! But check out this hidden gem of an article https://futurism.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: BuzzFeed is publishing AI-generated travel articles. On the one hand, they're terrible. On the other, they're just reflecting back the fact that most travel writing online is truly awful. https://futurism.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / The Verge: Why the AI industry could stand to slow down a little
Danny Goodwin / Search Engine Land: These 44 hilariously terrible BuzzFeed travel articles were AI-assisted
Jon Christian / @jon_christian: Me and @nooralsibai wrote about how BuzzFeed is quietly publishing a bunch of AI-generated travel guide articles that feel WAY more cynical than what Jonah Peretti was describing when he announced BuzzFeed's use of AI https://futurism.com/...
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: Google, OpenAI and the Coming Copyright Storm
Peter Aldhous / @paldhous: Very formulaic picture-driven travel listicles. But this experiment shows that the writing is on the wall for anyone currently making a living from generating that type of content. https://futurism.com/...
Charlie Beckett / @charliebeckett: How NOT to use AI in journalism. Sad case study from a former pioneer of new formats. https://futurism.com/...
Aleyda Solis / @aleyda: BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles 👀 “The 40 or so articles, all of which appear to be SEO-driven travel guides, are comically bland and similar to one another.” 👇 https://futurism.com/... /ht @jakubmotyka 🙈 Don't do this! This won't end well.
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: The article is more depressing than the headline alone https://twitter.com/...
Cale G Weissman / @caleweissman: it was bc there was the need for more and constant content stream. so writers would scour the internet for what's been written before and essentially just rewrite it, maybe give it a new placement. but it was all the same, very random pool. same terminology, etc.
Rachel Cohen / @rmc031: this is very concerning https://futurism.com/...
Ned Resnikoff / @resnikoff: Fondly recalling the time Jonah Peretti told Buzzfeed writers that they didn't need a union because they're not factory workers https://futurism.com/...
@rafat: Most of *every* kind of writing is awful. Travel is worst off because all the good writers that used to write about it in consumer press have been laid off, and their outlets have been shuttered or shell of themselves. https://twitter.com/...
Cale G Weissman / @caleweissman: anyway, now AI is actually doing this and it's worse in a different but funnier way: https://futurism.com/...
John R Stanton / @dcbigjohn: “We're continuing to experiment with AI to ‘enhance human creativity’” is straight up some shit a sweat shop floor manager would say after laying off a rack of kids https://futurism.com/...
Ryan Teague Beckwith / @ryanbeckwith: OK, but “Cape May? What is that, some kind of mayonnaise?” is unintentional genius https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Metz / @rachelmetz: Last night I thought, “huh, I wonder who else is publishing entirely AI-generated pieces?” And now I know the answer. BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes https://futurism.com/...
Anthony Zurcher / @awzurcher: The AI algorithm really wants to emphasize that it “knows what you're thinking.” I find that concerning. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe: Here we go. Articles written by ‘Buzzy the Robot’ -> BuzzFeed has quietly started publishing AI-generated travel posts produced by non-editorial staff this month; a spokesperson calls the posts an experiment They say it's “powered by human ideas”: https://futurism.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Benjamin / @jeff__benjamin: This is so bleak—and a very different situation than when Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti said AI wouldn't replace their writers and that the tech would be held to higher standards More at @futurism: https://futurism.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Pethokoukis / @jimpethokoukis: Remember, kids, Genovia, Khandaq, and Metropolis are not real places, whatever ChatGPT may tell you! https://twitter.com/...
Matt Braynard / @mattbraynard: How can we even tell? https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: How can anyone tell? https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: I want to see BF take this to its logical conclusion: 21 Images That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity, but the images are all AI generated. Have the AI figure out what images will most restore our faith in humanity, let's see where this goes. https://futurism.com/...
David ImeI / @durvidimel: Here comes the recursive GPT Ouroboros in search. Photocopy of a ᴾʰᵒᵗᵒᶜᵒᵖʸ ᵒᶠ ᵃ ₚₕₒₜₒ𝒸ₒₚᵧ ₒ𝒻 ₐ What happens when something is eventually trained on itself? https://futurism.com/...
Cale G Weissman / @caleweissman: this is essentially the computer version of hundreds of blogs saying some random egg sandwich in howard beach is the best sandwich in nyc bc the daily news wrote an article about it in 2007 https://twitter.com/...
Cale G Weissman / @caleweissman: ok this thought is going to be hard to distill into a tweet, but ive always thought early 2010s food/travel writing/lists was essentially human-made AI with no clear referent. they all regurgitated the same places for lists, they all decided 1 random place was the best bagel shop
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: Now i know what you're thinking bf, but it's time to visit the farm upstate 😭 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Byrne Hobart / @byrnehobart: I'm surprised it repeats itself that much; ChatGPT tends to give me more varied results. This looks like the older generation of text-spinner articles (turning an original piece into a mad-lib while retaining the structure, sometimes about as entertaining as real mad-libs). https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Just once, can't something be “a completely unhidden gem — like, we just found it on a bench in the park, sitting there, being a gem” https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: Also they are bad. https://twitter.com/...
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds Shorts data to its Total Reach metric for artists and says fan-created Shorts increased the average artist's unique viewers by 80%+ in January 2023 — YouTube announced today that it is expanding its Analytics for Artists tool by adding YouTube Shorts related data to the ‘Total Reach’ metric …
Discussion:
YouTube Official Blog, Complete Music Update, @nealmohan, Communicate Online, @mattnavarra, Tubefilter, Music Ally, Billboard and Forbes
Discussion:
Neal Mohan / @nealmohan: Fan-created #YouTubeShorts increased the average artist's audience of unique viewers by more than 80% in January! To help artists see how their music reaches people across formats on YouTube, today we announced new ways to think about reach... https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: YouTube is also launching a NEW “Songs” section in its Analytics tool The new Songs section will show artists their top songs from the past 28 days and what songs are being most used in Shorts. https://techcrunch.com/...
Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter: A new analytics tool helps musical artists harness YouTube Shorts and its 50 billion daily views
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: YouTube reveals new Shorts music stats: views, artist reach and subscriptions growth
Elias Leight / Billboard: With TikTok's Future Uncertain, Artists Test YouTube Shorts
Cathy Applefeld Olson / Forbes: YouTube Shorts Doubled Some Artists' Total Reach On The Platform In January
Rebekah Valentine / IGN:
ESA cancels E3 2023, after Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Ubisoft announced they would not attend the event originally scheduled for June 13 to June 16 — The show “did not garner the sustained interest necessary” — Almost a year after announcing its return, the Entertainment Software …
Discussion:
The Verge, Engadget, G2G News, Eurogamer.net, The Verge, @garfep, @omgitsfirefoxx, @henereyg, @seitz_unseen, @maximilian_, @frankcatalano, @antdude92, @prabbitholes, @jinkiesjerrica, Gadgets 360, @goldenboyftw, @evanfilarca, @harada_tekken, @genospapa, @bobservo, @joehernandezvo, @skywardwing, @ign, @tostspender, @minnmaxshow, @livingichigo, @xaviersonline, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Boing Boing, Forbes, The Guardian, CNET, ClutchPoints, Digital Trends, Dot Esports, VentureBeat, Screen Rant, Variety and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Jay Peters / The Verge: E3 isn't coming back — The gaming industry has changed, and it doesn't need E3 anymore.
Sean Buckley / Engadget: E3 2023 has been canceled — The ESA has confirmed neither a digital or physical show is happening this year .
Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: Looking back at E3's most memorable moments
The Verge: E3 2023 has been canceled … Gaming's big summer show was set to return in person in Los Angeles …
Andrew Goldfarb / @garfep: i attended my first E3 in high school and it directly led to me pursuing a career in games. and years later at IGN, running news at E3 was usually the highlight of my year & among my proudest moments working with the team. i'm sad to see it struggle and hope it can return someday https://twitter.com/...
Sonja / @omgitsfirefoxx: Seriously though what a bummer. Almost 10 years of E3 under my belt, so many amazing announcements at gamer Christmas.. was stoked to be back - it's so sad to see this cancelled. Hoping they can find their roots again & come back one day https://twitter.com/...
Henry Gilbert / @henereyg: My strongest memories about E3 are regrets that I was a big nerd loser who wasted nights in hotel rooms on shitty WiFi posting hastily written previews instead of drinking free booze at parties. Those articles were meaningless to managers who might be too hungover to even read https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Seitz / @seitz_unseen: If E3's gone for good, it feels hauntingly appropriate that I spent most of my final morning at one standing in line to play the Skull & Bones demo. ☠️ https://twitter.com/...
Maximilian Dood / @maximilian_: Legit bummed. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Catalano / @frankcatalano: I covered several of the original E3s (when it was formally known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo) before it downsized in 2007, then bulked back up and admitted the public in 2017. This cancellation might portend that E3 will go the way of COMDEX before it. https://twitter.com/...
@antdude92: On one hand, I'm upset I'll likely never get to experience E3 in person. On the other, E3 has felt unnecessary for years, and with their failure to adapt and become exciting again, this is no surprise. Just dedicate a week to digital events in June and we're golden. https://twitter.com/...
@prabbitholes: Always loved the fervor around E3, dreamed of revealing a game on an E3 stage myself. The dream will live on, there are still plenty of big cool events out there, but sad to see the OG finally kick the bucket. RIP https://twitter.com/...
@jinkiesjerrica: i'm not surprised E3 is as outdated an informational format as magazines like GamePro, Nintendo Power, and Game Informer in a world where Nintendo and Sony can showcase games year round with a Nintendo Direct or State of Play, a once a year E3 is literally old news https://twitter.com/...
Reed Pop / Gadgets 360: E3 2023 has been cancelled — it's not happening in any form, in-person or digital, this year. …
@goldenboyftw: As one of the hosts of what could be the last E3 this is sad. All I've ever wanted to do was get into the broader games industry because I have such a passion for the business. Between this and the death of G4 I can't help but feel torn by this news 😞 https://www.ign.com/...
Evan Filarca / @evanfilarca: Well, looks like E3 is dead for real. It upsets me that the gaming industry has become much more secretive & less communicative in recent years, because E3 was the one time where everyone came together to celebrate games, the devs that make them, & the fans that play them. 🎮💖 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katsuhiro Harada / @harada_tekken: Yeah I knew it... and sad. https://twitter.com/...
PapaGenos / @genospapa: Wow not surprising after everything we knew about companies pulling out but still sad to see after this was suppose to be the year it would return. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Mackey / @bobservo: my best and most productive E3s were the ones where i worked from home. it's fun to attend once, then you realize you're working 60+ hour weeks and not being paid overtime at a job with zero security https://twitter.com/...
Joe Hernandez / @joehernandezvo: Major bummer. But after so many companies pulling out, how could this not have happened? https://twitter.com/...
Sky / @skywardwing: I remember when E3 doxed all their attendees personal information back in 2019. See ya ✌🏽 https://twitter.com/...
@ign: The ESA announced today that this year's E3 has been canceled. The event was supposed to be held from June 13-16 at the LA Convention Center and would have been the first in-person E3 event since 2019. For more info: https://www.ign.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Miles Tost / @tostspender: End of an era. E3 will always have a special place in my heart both as a consumer, but also as a professional attending it. While it doesn't feel like a surprise, it sure is sad to see it go. 😓 https://twitter.com/...
@minnmaxshow: Holy cow. Okay, well... you all supported us on Patreon so we'll be heading to LA anyway to tour Super Nintendo World! https://twitter.com/...
@livingichigo: Damn. The times I attended E3 many years ago were pretty damn fun. Shame it's fully dying off now. https://twitter.com/...
@xaviersonline: It's sad that we won't be able to watch all the big publishers put on a show together, probably ever again. But... the ESA totally had it coming, I don't think they really deserved to have E3 with the amount of mismanagement and money-grubbing bullshit they inflicted on it. https://twitter.com/...
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter: E3 Canceled for 2023 — The news comes after major several major game developers and companies …
Todd Martens / Los Angeles Times: E3 cancels 2023 event, leaving Los Angeles without a major gaming convention
Grant St. Clair / Boing Boing: E3 is dead. Now what? — Hot off the heels of news that E3 2023's last remaining big names …
Keza MacDonald / The Guardian: E3 2023: video game industry's biggest expo cancelled
Oscar Gonzalez / CNET: E3 2023 Is Canceled Again After Weeks of Speculation
Franz Christian Irorita / ClutchPoints: E3 2023 is canceled - finally
Tomas Franzese / Digital Trends: E3 2023 has officially been canceled by the ESA and ReedPop
Christian Harrison / Dot Esports: The rumors were true: E3 is canceled
Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: E3 2023 is canceled — The Electronic Software Association and ReedPop announced today …
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety: E3 Gaming Expo Cancels 2023 Event
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: crypto outlet The Block has laid off roughly one-third of staff, including interim CEO Bobby Moran, and promoted head of research Larry Cermak to CEO — The Block, a crypto media company that got caught up in a funding scandal related to disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried …
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report finds that among 2022's top 100 original streaming films, 64% had casts with at least 30% POC vs. 57% for theatrical films — The share of women and people of color in key positions on theatrical releases slide back to 2019 levels in latest annual report
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@indiewire: For the first time in its 10-year history, the annual UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report separated streaming from theatrical releases for analysis. https://www.indiewire.com/...
@dranachristina: To learn more about our findings regarding the top theatrical and top streaming releases in 2022, DOWNLOAD the full UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2023, Part 1: Film HERE. https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/ ... End of thread/ https://twitter.com/...
Janine Granda / @beingjanine: Read through this and some of my biggest takeaways are... 1) We've got a long way to go. 2) Latins are the biggest minority yet we continue to be underrepresented. 3) White audiences, you need to be more supportive of diverse stories. I mean, yikes. How embarrassing for y'all. https://twitter.com/...
Rick Ellis / AllYourScreens.com: Should Most Streaming Original Movies Receive A Theatrical Release?
Bloomberg:
Russia's Federal Security Service detains Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on suspicion of “espionage in the interests of the American government” — Russia's Federal Security Service said it detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk: Russia detains American reporter on ‘espionage’ charges
Polina Ivanova / @polinaivanovva: Our best friend and completely professional journalist Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for doing his job and must be released immediately. Journalism is not a crime. The allegations are ridiculous. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
Fox News: Nikki Haley calls for release of detained WSJ reporter, says it was brought on by ‘weakness’ of Biden admin
Jack Forrest / CNN: Trevor Reed says he wants US to take ‘definite action’ after WSJ reporter arrested in Russia
Ivana Saric / Axios: Russia detains WSJ reporter in first spy charges against U.S. journalist since Cold War
Rep. Jim McGovern / @repmcgovern: I am demanding the immediate & unconditional release of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist arrested by the Russian Government today. Journalism is not a crime & his arrest is further proof of Putin's assault on freedom—in Russia & around the world. https://apnews.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: This fine reporter and ethical journalist was my editorial assistant at @nytimes during the last part of my public editor stint. I'm disgusted by the charges against him and proud to know @evangershkovich. My column on him will post tomorrow morning in @GuardianUS https://twitter.com/...
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi / @congressmanraja: Vladimir Putin's decades-long assault on the freedom of the press in Russia has continued with the detainment of American journalist, Evan Gershkovich. Journalism is not a crime. Russia must release him at once. https://apnews.com/...
@nytimes: Evan Gershkovich is believed to be the first American reporter to be held as an accused spy in Russia since the Soviet Union's collapse. It marks an escalation in Moscow's tensions with the U.S. since the start of the war in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Francesca Ebel / @francescaebel: Our friend & colleague @evangershkovich has been detained in Russia. The FSB has accused him of spying. He was fully accredited as a reporter by MFA. Evan is an excellent thoughtful journalist who cares deeply about his work & these allegations are absurd https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: New York Times appears to have removed all reporters from Russia. NYT spokesperson tells me: “We currently have no reporters on the ground in Russia.” https://twitter.com/...
Governor Phil Murphy / @govmurphy: Outraged by the politically-motivated detention of New Jersey native and Princeton High School graduate, @WSJ reporter @evangershkovich. The Putin regime is brazenly targeting American citizens. We will do everything in our power to help bring Evan home. https://www.wsj.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: White House condemns the hostage taking of Wall Street Journal reporter @evangershkovich. It's pretty obvious that Putin wanted to replenish his stock of high value hostages and this is how he's doing it. Makes journalism a blood sport in Russia https://www.wsj.com/...
The Daily Beast: Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained—and Putin's Chef Jokes About Finding Him in a Graveyard
@pressfreedom: “By detaining the #American journalist @evangershkovich, #Russia has crossed the Rubicon and sent a clear message to foreign correspondents that they will not be spared from the ongoing purge of the independent media in the country,” said @CPJEurasia's https://cpj.org/...... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: NEW: New York Times “deeply concerned by the detention of Evan Gershkovich ... Evan is a former Times employee... We urge his immediate release. As we have seen too often, the arrest of journalists anywhere in the world deprives the public of news that is essential to all of us.”
Karine Jean-Pierre / @presssec: We are deeply concerned by the troubling reports that Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, has been detained in Russia. Last night, White House and State Department Officials spoke with Mr. Gershkovich's employer, the Wall Street Journal.
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was “deeply concerned” about the arrest of Evan Gershkovich and condemned the Kremlin's “continued attempts to intimidate, repress, and punish journalists and civil society voices”. https://www.ft.com/...
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC: Ukraine war live updates: Russia detains WSJ reporter, alleging espionage; the Journal demands his release
@dwnews: Russia has detained an American journalist on espionage charges — he was reportedly probing Wagner. https://www.dw.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: @evangershkovich Evan's arrest is yet another troubling sign of the off-the-charts repression, paranoia, and hostility to the US in Russia right now. A moment of which Evan was one of our finest chroniclers: https://www.wsj.com/...
@pressfreedom: Russian Court Orders Wall Street Journal Reporter to Be Held in Custody — @WSJ CPJ President @jodieginsberg: “CPJ is deeply concerned by the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. This is the latest in a long line of attempts by Russia https://www.wsj.com/...... https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Shocked by the horrifying news of Russia's absurd espionage charges against @evangershkovich, an excellent reporter and friend. Evan is accredited by Russia's MFA and was simply doing his job. Journalism is not a crime. Russia should release him at once. https://www.ft.com/...
@pressfreedom: Today, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow-based reporter with @WSJ, in #Yekaterinburg. Later that day, a Moscow court ordered Gershkovich to be placed under arrest until May 29 on charges of spying https://cpj.org/...... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: Keep in the mind the Russians want two of their operatives back: Vadim Krasikov, the Berlin killer of Zelimkhan Kangoshvili, and Sergey Cherkasov, the GRU illegal sitting in jail in Brazil. Hard not to see the kidnapping of Gershkovich as https://www.wsj.com/...... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Rainsford / @sarahrainsford: Terrible news for @evangershkovich and for journalism in Russia https://twitter.com/...
Anna Nemtsova / @annanemtsova: Evan Gershkovich is a very professional journalist. He is not a spy. He wrote about Wagner. FSB had cleared Gershkovich for years; Russian MID had accredited him as a #Moscow correspondent for years. Is it retaliation for several Russians recently accused of espionage? https://twitter.com/...
Simon Shuster / @shustry: Awful to see the FSB has jailed an American journalist, the great @evangershkovich. So many of our colleagues have faced harassment and expulsion over the years in Russia. Now, it seems, Putin wants to turn reporters into hostages. Let Evan go. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
Alec Luhn / @asluhn: Details are sparse but this seems very bad. @evangershkovich has lots of experience in Russia, has official accreditation & is obviously not a spy. This could be a game-changer for foreign media still working there https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
Linda Kinstler / @lindakinstler: Waking up to news that my old friend & colleague @evangershkovich has been detained. We went to college together, I edited him at the school paper & have had the occasional privilege of editing him since. Just sick with horror at this news. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jazmine Hughes / @jazzedloon: Evan — “Gersh” — was one of my first friends at the NYT, and it's been such a treat to watch him grow into a rigorous, intrepid reporter. This is horrifying. We need him home, now. https://twitter.com/...
Rebekah Jones / @georebekah: First they came for the journalists. We don't know what happened after that. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Berke / @jfberke: Ev is one of my best friends in the world. We need to get him home, now. https://www.wsj.com/...
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: Waking up to this very disturbing news and thinking about all the foreign journalists who returned to Russia to continue their work, even amid militarized censorship. https://twitter.com/...
@r__politik: Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for @WSJ - Wall Street Journal - who has been living in Moscow for six years, has been detained in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage. An important Thread 🧵 @evangershkovich
Neil Hauer / @neilphauer: After an exodus following the start of the invasion last year, a number of Western journalists working for major outlets slowly returned to Russia once the expected regime arrests/credentials being revoked didn't materialize. Seems this will be the death knell for that.
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: A regional deputy from Russia's Sverdlovsk oblast says @evangershkovich (the arrested WSJ journalist now charged with espionage) was researching calls in Nizhny Tagil to start recruiting women inmates for Wagner Group mercenary work in Ukraine. https://t.me/...
Neil Hauer / @neilphauer: Extremely worrying news from Russia. Evan is a professional and excellent journalist. It looks like the Kremlin is thinking about making him a hostage. https://twitter.com/...
Felix Light / @felix_light: Monstrous, absurd news. Monstrous, absurd charges. @evangershkovich is a good friend, a kind, open person, and one of the best, most sensitive reporters in Russia today. Journalism is not a crime. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
@leonidragozin: I second that. I know @evangershkovich personally and he is very obviously not a spy, but a very good journalist. The Kremlin has taken him hostage. https://twitter.com/...
Neil Hauer / @neilphauer: Russian officials already mentioning the possibility of ‘exchanging’ Gershkovich, saying here that it hasn't been raised yet (but presumably could be) https://twitter.com/...
@lolgop: And soon, the top-rated show on the cable network of the guy who owns the WSJ will praise Putin as a genius for this, along with the leader of the Republican Party. https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Carr / @brendancarrfcc: One day after publishing a deeply reported story on Russia's economy—and while continuing to do his job as a journalist—Putin's security services arrested @WSJ reporter & U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich This is wrong. This is concerning. Gershkovich's brave journalism is no crime. https://twitter.com/...
@freedomofpress: Outrageous. Wall Street Journal reporter @evangershkovich arrested in Russia for “espionage.” This is a sham charge against a widely respected journalist doing his job. Authorities need to release him immediately. Journalism is not a crime. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Ivan Pavlov, a prominent Russian attorney, said Gershkovich is the first criminal case for espionage against a foreign journalist in post-Soviet Russia. “That unwritten rule not to touch accredited foreign journalists, has stopped working,” he said. https://apnews.com/...
Tim Carney / @tpcarney: It takes true courage to be a reporter in Russia who writes about the reality there. God Bless Even Gershkovich, and let's get it home. https://twitter.com/...
David Rohde / @rohded: Yet another cynical, cruel & cowardly detention of an innocent American by Vladimir Putin. Free Paul Whelan, Marc Fogel & @evangershkovich https://www.wsj.com/...
@newsguild: We strongly condemn Russia's detention of Evan Gershkovich. We call for his immediate release. Journalism is not a crime. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jim Clancy / @clancyreports: The Wall Street Journal doesn't overplay the arrest of one of its journalists in Moscow. https://www.wsj.com/...
Natasha Bertrand / @natashabertrand: “No Western journalist has been tried on espionage charges in Russia in recent years. The arrest of Mr. Gershkovich represented a significant escalation in Moscow's hostilities toward foreign news organizations...Acquittals are virtually unheard-of.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld / @jeffsonnenfeld: This is horrific. Putin has abducted and arrested WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich for merely telling the truth about how Russia's economy is imploding - as my team has been tracking for months now. He must be freed immediately. https://wsj.com/... https://papers.ssrn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Hearden / @followtheh: You'd think the Fox News on air Russian love would have brought another Murdoch owned employee a little more leeway https://twitter.com/...
Bill Pascrell, Jr. / @billpascrell: These charges against a western journalist by Putin's thugs are complete lies. This is more hostage-taking plain and cruelly simple. Putin should end his vicious crackdown on free expression and free Mr. Gershkovich as well as Paul Whelan immediately. https://twitter.com/...
Anatoly Kurmanaev / @akurmanaev: Shocking news out of Russia. Thinking of @evangershkovich, one of the most insightful foreign reporters covering the country. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Bradley / @mattmcbradley: This is very troubling and a clear case of retaliation or intimidation. Journalists should be protected, not punished, for their work. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WSJ statement: “The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich. We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family.” https://twitter.com/...
@domenpresern: 1. Time for other Western outlets to pull out reporters? 2. The real question is - “Who does Russia want to get back?” Who was arrested recently in the West that they want back? The guy trying to get a job at the ICC? “Argentines” arrested in Slovenia? https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: The WSJ has now issued a statement after Russia arrested its reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is a U.S. citizen, for what Russia described as espionage. “The Wall Street Journal is deeply concerned for the safety of Mr. Gershkovich.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: BREAKING: Russian Security Service Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter. This will surely drive out all Western journalists. It's Putin's standard playbook. Pick one and send a message to all. https://www.wsj.com/...
@domenpresern: 😮 It's high time for other Western outlets to pull out their reporters, isn't it? https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Russia is holding a WSJ reporter and falsely accusing him of spying for the U.S. govt. This is an incredibly scary situation for reporters and newsrooms. Hope he is safe and stays safe. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shaun Walker / The Guardian: US condemns arrest of WSJ journalist as Russia accused of ‘hostage taking’
European Federation of Journalists: Russia: EFJ and IFJ demand release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
Snejana Farberov / New York Post: Russian mercenary boss jokes about checking ‘torture cellar’ for detained WSJ reporter
Jessica Schladebeck / New York Daily News: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich arrested in Russia on espionage charges
Jennifer Dunham / Committee to Protect Journalists: Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
How Apple's standalone classical music app fixes the genre's biggest problem of search and discovery with better metadata created by Dutch company Primephonic — Forget the metaverse. The future is metadata. It's how the world's most valuable company built a better way of listening to Mozart and Beethoven.
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Amber Neely / AppleInsider: Apple Fifth Avenue celebrates Apple Music Classical with special Today at Apple performance
BBC:
BBC appoints ex-ITN CEO John Hardie to lead an independent review of its social media guidelines for freelance, non-news presenters after the Gary Lineker furor — Former ITN chief executive John Hardie is to lead an independent review of BBC social media guidelines in the wake of the furore over Gary Lineker's tweets.
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety: BBC Appoints Former ITN Chief John Hardie to Conduct Social Media Guidance Review After Gary Lineker Controversy
Bloomberg:
Pathmatics: the top 10 advertisers on Twitter spent just $7.6M on ads in the past two months, down 89% from the $71M spent from September to October 2022 — In the weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter Inc., hundreds of advertisers paused spending on the platform, wary of the changes …
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The Wrap, Numlock News, The Information, @tomcoates, @williamlegate, @williamlegate, @williambibbiani, @davidmweissman, @joshtpm, @rmac18, @goldengateblond, @kenklippenstein, @nataliesurely, @kurtwagner8, @followtheh, @rakeshlobster, @paleofuture, @karlbode, @keithboykin, @leratomannya, Social Media Today and Variety, more at Techmeme »
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Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Twitter Ad Revenue Plunges 89% Since Musk Takeover as Major Brands Stay Away (Report)
Walter Hickey / Numlock News: Numlock News: March 31, 2023 • T-Rex, Adult Swim, Bidets
Isabelle Sarraf / The Information: Gumroad Turns a Profit After Price Hike
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: I keep saying this - any sensible product person working at Twitter knows exactly what would make the company profitable: reliably enforced moderation and Musk apologizing for his behavior and then shutting the fuck up. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
LeGate / @williamlegate: Just the INTEREST on the $11 BILLION+ in loans Elon strapped Twitter with exceeds *all annual advertising revenue* from the top 10 firms which remain advertising on Twitter. I don't see how Elon gets out of this alive. https://twitter.com/...
LeGate / @williamlegate: An 89% reduction in ad revenue... wow, it's worse than even Elon's harshest critics could've imagined 😳🤣 https://twitter.com/...
William Bibbiani / @williambibbiani: And yet some people think he's good at this. https://twitter.com/...
David Weissman / @davidmweissman: When I'm saying Elon Musk is destroying Twitter, I'm not saying it because I don't like the man, the facts speak for itself. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: 🤣🤣🤣 this is why most of the ads you now see in twitter look like they might run on Fox News or late night on a non network local tv station https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: Not saying Twitter hasn't experienced an advertising hit, but the slicing and dicing of numbers here is weird. Why compare two months from Q4 last year to two months of Q1 this year? Ad spending is typically more in the fourth quarter. https://twitter.com/...
Shauna / @goldengateblond: it would appear we've entered the era of finding out https://twitter.com/...
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: “From September to October of last year, the top 10 advertisers on Twitter spent $71 million on ads, according to estimates from Pathmatics. In the past two months, that figure dropped to just $7.6 million, a decline of 89%, the research firm said.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Natalie Shure / @nataliesurely: gonna need a few thousand more knuckleheads to pay $8 a month for nothing https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: Five months after Elon's takeover, and many advertisers and media agencies are still worried about coming back because of Elon's unpredictable antics... w/ @aishacounts https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster: But selling blue check marks will make up for it. My high end estimate for blue check marks is $3.5M *annually*. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: so weird they don't want their brands associated with an erratic egomaniacal pseudo-engineer with an affinity for white supremacists https://twitter.com/...
Keith Boykin / @keithboykin: Twitter's revenue from its top 10 advertisers has dropped 89% since Elon Musk took over last fall. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@leratomannya: Twitter lets advertisers choose up to 1,000 handles that they want their ads kept away from “The irony is the No. 1 or No. 2 account that we're going to look to avoid is the owner of the company” - Media buyer at a large ad agency https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: Meta Provides New Ad Placement Controls to Ensure Brand Safety
Issac J. Bailey / Nieman Reports:
The Dominion lawsuit exposes Fox News as an entertainment network masquerading as a news outlet, as executives approve hosts spreading lies to keep ratings high — The Dominion lawsuit has exposed the network as an entertainment channel — Despite all the complaints about Fox News throughout the years …
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@niemanreports: “Many journalists might reflexively say Fox must still be considered a news outlet, because they know none of us is perfect and many contributed to reporting that also led to great harm,” writes @ijbailey. https://niemanreports.org/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Top Fox News executive worried audience was ‘furious’ after Trump loss
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Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch has a history of settling cases, having paid out ~$750M in the past 13 years, but sources say talks with Dominion in late 2022 broke down quickly
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NBC News: Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg calls the network a ‘big corporate machine that destroys people’
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Rupert Murdoch's media machine offers full-throated defense of Trump after grand jury indictment
Oliver Willis / @owillis: the idea that someone who worked for tucker carlson and maria bartiromo suddenly developed a conscience is absurd https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Rupert Murdoch loves to pay people off to keep problems at bay. We still don't know exactly what happened behind the scenes between Dominion and Fox News. But this piece gets at what we *do* know, and asks, why hasn't this one settled? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Jones / Poynter: What will newsrooms do if TikTok is banned?
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg says caution went out the window at Fox after 2020 election. She cited a text that said something to the effect of, “You can let Maria know there will be no fact checking today. She can do what she wants. ... Go wild.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Former Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg says Fox is “a big corporate machine that destroys people.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Jay Arnold / @jadedcreative: “Another sticking point to a potential settlement: Dominion officials would want to require that Fox make a full-throated apology — probably on air and probably more than once — according to two people familiar with the company's thinking.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
