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Fox Corp and its cable networks agree to pay $787.5M to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the defamation lawsuit over Fox's lies about Dominion's machines — WILMINGTON, Del. - Fox Corp. and its cable networks agreed Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News: Fox News settles Dominion defamation lawsuit
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: FOX News Media, Dominion Voting Systems reach agreement over defamation lawsuit
CNN: Fox News settles with Dominion at the last second, averting defamation trial over its 2020 election lies
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Statement from Smartmatic lawyer Erik Connolly: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest. 1/2
Ankush Khardori / Politico: Why Fox News had to settle the Dominion suit
Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters: Fox's $787.5 million settlement is big win for buyout firm Staple Street
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: A source has confirmed to @Axios that Fox News will not be required to give any apologies or retractions on its air as a part of the settlement deal.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Fox Corp., Dominion Settle Defamation Case
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox to Pay $787 Million in Dominion Defamation Trial Settlement
@therecount: “Lies have consequences. The truth does not know red or blue.” — Dominion Voting Systems lawyer Justin Nelson celebrates Fox News' settlement of $787.5 million over its lies about Dominion in the wake of the 2020 election, sparing Fox News from a potentially damaging trial https://twitter.com/...
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: This is by a factor of more than 3x the largest dollar loss in a media libel case in American history. That is the best measure of both the falsity and Fox's fault in broadcasting it.
Associated Press: Fox, Dominion Voting Systems reach $787 million settlement over false election claims
David Folkenflik / NPR: Fox News averts major defamation trial by settling with Dominion Voting Systems
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Dominion, Fox Settle Massive Defamation Suit For $787.5M
Brian Sullivan / @sullycnbc: The small Wall Street firm that bought Dominion Voting Systems 5 years ago for $39 million just got very, very, very rich on the Fox News settlement. https://www.reuters.com/...
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Fox News Acknowledges ‘False Claims’ in $787.5 Million Defamation Settlement, but Dominion Calls it By Another Name: ‘Telling Lies’
Deadline: Fox News Agrees To Pay $787M To Settle Dominion False-Election Claims Case; “Fox Has Admitted To Telling Lies,” Voting Systems CEO Says
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: The attorneys of former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, whose secret recordings spurred the appointment of a special master, react to the investigation being closed now that Dominion settled with Fox: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Arkin / @d_arkin: Scoop from me: The lawyer appointed as special master in the defamation trial will no longer investigate Fox News now that Dominion and the media giant have settled the case, according to a source familiar with the situation. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Eric Swalwell / @ericswalwell: Fox just gave us 787 million reasons to assume they're lying about everything and everyone ... https://www.cnn.com/...
NBC News: Dominion-Fox defamation trial kicks off in Delaware Superior Court, more than two years after Dominion accused Fox of knowingly airing lies about the company
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast: Jordan Klepper Roasts Fox News After Massive $787 Million Dominion Settlement
Tim Cushing / Techdirt: Fox Agrees To Pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 Million Just After Jury Selection In Defamation Lawsuit
Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: So Dominion got their cash and they're happy about that but the reputation-affirming/redeeming apology, eh whatever https://twitter.com/...
Reed Galen / @reedgalen: Of course they won't. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Fox News to pay Dominion $788 million in settlement, ending defamation trial
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy." 2/2
Moe Davis / @colmorrisdavis: After months and months of preparation and hours of fruitless discussions about a possible settlement, hearing the gavel bang in the courtroom has a way of clarifying the mind. https://twitter.com/...
@pourmecoffee: All I know is Sean Hannity better have to be somebody's butler. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: It never made any sense that Fox would let this go to trial. No one should be surprised. https://twitter.com/...
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times: Fox News settled Dominion's lawsuit for $787 million. Is the public left empty-handed?
@dave_enna: Two hours after #FoxNews settled a defamation suit with a massive payment — a huge news story — its website has finally posted a story ... downpage. You can't see it here, but that TikTok challenge is up there ... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Rispoli / @rispolimike: It's sadly normalized that Fox News spreads lies and fear daily, and is consistently racist, xenophobic, transphobic...all to make money. Settlement or not, the Dominion case shows that our commercial media system continues fails us at every level without any accountability.
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Fox News and Dominion settle election defamation lawsuit, judge says @CNBC. Too bad. The truth will never make it to the audience that is forever being lied to. https://www.cnbc.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 3/3 And, don't worry, the story says absolutely nothing about the size of the settlement, or any admission of error. That will teach 'em! https://www.foxnews.com/...
Norm Eisen / @normeisen: Like everybody else, I wanted to see the likes of Carlson & Murdoch testify But this settlement is good for democracy & there are 6 more cases coming behind it! I'll explain at 6pmET @MarquardtA @CNNSitRoom w/ @GloriaBorger @shanlonwu @sarafischer https://www.cnn.com/...
@dave_enna: One reminder: This $750 million settlement is for MONTHS OF CONTINUED LYING on the air about the 2020 election. Very dangerous lies.
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: if Fox is not required under this settlement to tell viewers that its programs and personalities willfully fed them lies, that will be a huge missed opportunity for our country https://twitter.com/...
Piyush Mittal / @piyushmittal: I'm glad Fox “News” had to pay Dominion $787.5 million. I wish one of the conditions of the settlement was for Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and the rest to admit to their audiences they lied and continue to lie. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ted Kemp / @tedkempcnbc: Dominion CEO John Poulos told reporters outside court that “Fox admits to telling lies” as part of the settlement. Lawyers for Fox said nothing as they left court when asked for comment. - @_DanMangan @KevinWilliamB @Lilliannnn https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ben de Pear / @bendepear: What a shame; it wasn't just @FoxNews on trial it was ultimately journalism and the truth in the dock Murdoch and everyone else should have been forced to take the stand; Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Two sentences in Fox's statement worth lingering on. An admission: “We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” ...and defiance: “This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: We will see. https://twitter.com/...
David French / @davidafrench: You do not agree to pay $787 million when you're confident you're going to win at trial *or* on appeal. Fox was cooked, even under New York Times v. Sullivan. This is a degree of accountability for one of the worst and most consequential media scandals of my lifetime. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg@mstdn.social: The settlement: a $787.5 million payment from Fox, according to Dominion's lawyers. — That's the cost of lying to America. Fox made $4.61 BILLION last quarter.
Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin: Dominion is hardly the end of trouble for Fox News. They now face a $2.6 billion defamation lawsuit from another election tech company, Smartmatic https://twitter.com/...
Michael Shermer / @michaelshermer: I am often asked “what's the harm in promoting false conspiracy theories?” We now have a number: $787.5 million. Will this harm Fox's viewership numbers? Nope. In fact, I predict ratings will increase along with ad revenue, making this a rational choice: https://www.reuters.com/...
Gabriel Sterling / @gabrielsterling: @FoxNews pays @dominionvoting $787.5 million. Fox admits lying about Dominion & the ‘stolen’ election. The truth is important. The 2020 election wasn't stolen. It is all simply a lie. Hope this helps put that lie to rest. I'm not sure I'm optimistic. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 1/3 Fox has really learned its lesson! Look at the contrition on its home page right now. Oh, wait ... https://twitter.com/...
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411: Fox News Caves on $1.6 Bil Defamation Suit, Settles with Dominion, Murdoch Avoids Trial, Will Pay $787.5 Million
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: Fox-Dominion settlement — “one of the ugliest & most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” @jaketapper 💯
Nazir Afzal / @nazirafzal: 1. Who pays $800m damages to a company valued at $80m? FOX NEWS does 2. Why would they do that? Because they lied about the 2020 election being stolen 3. Will the Trump Cult accept that? What do you think? https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Dzanashvili / @rachel_dz: Reminder: Fox News is not out of the woods reg. defamation lawsuits: Smartmatic spokesman said in a statement: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: congrats to tucker carlson and maria bartiromo who cost their company a months worth of revenue and will face zero repercussions for it
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: Imagine buying stock in a voting-tech company that goes nowhere, only to see it make windfall profits from suing a conservative cable news channel
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: 🤔 @FoxNews, which spent months pushing false claims about the 2016 election to appease its viewers, now says it agreed to pay $787.5M to settle a resulting defamation lawsuit because it wants to help “the country to move forward from these issues.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rob Quinn / Newser: Dominion Says Fox Settled Case for $787.5M
David Amoyal / @davidamoyal: A massive let down https://twitter.com/...
@bestforbritain: Reports of a $787.5 million dollar settlement. With legal fees and reputational hit in the markets, this will have cost Fox not far from a billion dollars. ~AA https://twitter.com/...
Leah McElrath / @leahmcelrath: Next case against Fox News is a defamation case brought by Smartmatic: “Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable FOR UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY.” [Emphasis added.] https://twitter.com/...
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News: Fox pays $787M to settle defamation case with Dominion over pro-Trump voting machine lies
@adriennelaw: Fox News also is facing a shareholder lawsuit for all of this litigation due to rampant on-air lies. With legal fees and settlements, the company will pay at least $2.5 billion. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Cheiffetz / @jcheiffetz: From the jacket copy of @brianstelter's 2020 book HOAX: “We don't really believe all this stuff,” a producer says. “We just tell other people to believe it.” https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Fox News and Dominion Settle Defamation Case for $787 Million
@adriennelaw: Less than 2 weeks ago, Fox settled a $250million suit for an undisclosed amount in connection with the election fraud lies. (We'll likely know the amount of the settlement after annual disclosures or at least this impending shareholder suit.) https://www.youtube.com/...
@dave_enna: The story #FoxNews finally posted is eight paragraphs long. One long paragraph is the Fox statement, which includes this whopper: “This settlement reflects FOX's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
Robert Picardo / @robertpicardo: #Dominion accepted $787.5M for the damage caused by the lies of @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson , @seanhannity , @IngrahamAngle and @JudgeJeanine . Time now for #RupertMurdoch to cough up a few trillion for damage to our democracy. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “The settlement appears to have less to do with other media outlets than it does with the particularly outrageous facts and circumstances surrounding the conduct of Fox... This was a stunning case of media malpractice, and Fox is now paying for it.” https://www.politico.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: To put things in a different perspective, the $787.5 million settlement is about 87.5% of Dominion owner Staple Street Capital's $900 million AUM as reported last year.
@ijbailey: This is true. But it's also fair to say that if they said this on air, it would change nothing for Fox News viewers. They'll just see it as a business decision. Remember when Fox lawyers said no reasonable person would believe what Tucker Carlson says? https://twitter.com/...
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems settle defamation lawsuit
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine: Fox News Settles With Dominion at the Very Last Minute
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Fox, Dominion Voting agree to settlement in defamation case
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News said its court settlement reflects a “commitment to the highest journalistic standards”, showing that not even a ton of evidence of deceit can shame it — When news of a possible settlement between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News surfaced on Sunday night …
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Emily St. Martin / Los Angeles Times: How Fox News covered its own huge Dominion defamation settlement
Joshua Vinson / The Wrap: Fox News Ignores Dominion, Mentions Goose Rescue and Biden Taxes on Website After Settlement
Oliver Darcy / CNN: With historic settlement, Rupert Murdoch is paying the price for Trump's election lies
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Fox News Settlement With Dominion Does Not Require On-Air Retraction Or Apology
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Fox News and Dominion reach last-minute $787 million settlement
Arianna Ciccone / @_arianna: “...while Fox doled out an unprecedented sum, they were able to avoid something priceless: the public humiliation of a trial and an apology”. Dominion wins but the public loses': Fox settlement avoids paying the highest price https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mr Denmore / @mrdenmore: No apology. No retraction. The out-of-court settlement in the Dominion case requires a great deal of something that Fox News has in wheelbarrows (money) and very little of something it has in teaspoons (editorial integrity). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: Kimmel Criticizes Dominion for Sparing Fox News From Public Reckoning
Tom Jones / Poynter: Fox News and Dominion settle their case
Charlotte Clymer / @cmclymer: Dominion took an easy payday instead of standing on principle. Fox will not have to air an apology or admission of their fraudulent claims about the 2020 election. Fox gets to put this behind them. Dominion gets a settlement 10x their worth. How nice to be rich and carefree.
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Two incredible quotes: “This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.” “Money is accountability and we got that today.”
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Jake Tapper Loses It Over Fox News' Spin After Dominion Settlement
Brittany Bernstein / National Review: Fox News, Dominion Reach Settlement in Defamation Case
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: Dominion's billion-dollar brawl against Fox News suddenly ends with shocking settlement moments before openings
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Fox News and Dominion Reach Shocking Settlement on First Day of Bombshell Trial
Francisca Sinn / @fsinn@mas.to: Some journalists appear to be really mixing up civil cases and criminal trials. — Dominion was seeking compensation for the harm caused to it by Fox. It won a settlement because it could prove that harm. …
Scott Jones / FTVLive: Did Something Happen? — If you went to FoxNews.com to get the news on the biggest settlement …
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The Fox-Dominion deal is the largest publicly disclosed settlement in a US defamation case; sources: Fox does not have to issue an on-air correction or apology — The agreement brings an abrupt end to one of the most significant media cases in recent decades, one that hinged on false claims about a presidential election
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Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Murdoch's history of settling scandalous claims —$139 million in 2013 over phone hacking by London tabloid —$90 million in 2017 over sexual harassment by Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly. —$787.5 million to avoid being found guilty of “actual malice” today https://www.nytimes.com/...
Clare Malone / New Yorker: The Stunning End of Dominion's Case Against Fox News
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “I'm sorry. This is going to be difficult to say with a straight face.” Jake Tapper can't help but laugh at Fox News' statement after reaching a $787 million settlement with Dominion. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Not really a surprise that Dominion Voting Systems, owned by a private equity firm, let Fox News buy its way out of a defamation trial: “One terrible limb of American capitalism was always unlikely to save us from another terrible limb.” https://theintercept.com/...
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: Opening Day of Fox-Dominion Trial Is Finally Here
Stephen Collinson / CNN: The $787 million check that Fox must cut won't restore damage to US democracy
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: One way to look at the Fox settlement: Dominion's owners just got 10x what the company was worth when they bought a majority interest in 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Astonishing anecdote from the NYT's Fox story, one that showcases the groveling obeisance that Murdoch's lieutenants must pay to their boss, even when Rupert himself knows better https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alexander Panetta / CBC News: Will a $787M US hit change Fox News? Don't bet a dime on it
Sam Levine / The Guardian: ‘Dominion wins but the public loses’: Fox settlement avoids paying the highest price
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Bill O'Reilly, deciding to weigh in, cites Fox's “foolish coverage of the 2020 election.” “This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information.” (O'Reilly, of course, cost Fox a pretty penny himself before he was fired.) https://twitter.com/...
@jakeadelstein: And that's a wrap. Rupert Murdoch learns that lying out your ass can cost you $787 million but that's chump change for the man. The settlement would only bother him if he had a conscience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Historic Fox-Dominion trial off to a slow start
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Dominion's pretrial strategy — pushing out a lot of damning excerpts from Fox's internal emails/texts, or from depositions — was brilliant https://twitter.com/...
Matt Weil / @mattiweil: For some perspective, this settlement from Fox News to a voting system vendor is more the 10x the amount of funding Congress appropriated to the states for elections in the FY23 budget @FoxNews is now a bigger funder of elections than the U.S. government https://twitter.com/...
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: If the public reports of Fox's financial health are correct, no plausible amount of compensatory damages sought by #Dominion would likely deter #Fox from broadcasting false, defamatory statements again, so long as doing so favors the company's bottom line. …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Fox News reaches $787-million settlement in Dominion defamation suit
Charles R. Davis / Insider: Fox News' settlement with Dominion doesn't mean the risk of embarrassment is over, with Smartmatic saying it ‘remains committed’ to its own defamation case against the network
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: We are sorry to inform you that private-equity firms do not share the same zeal for disclosure of Murdoch misdeeds that many others do. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: One obvious takeaway from the Fox settlement was that it was predictable. Why? Yes, Fox had a weak case. But it's also because this is what Rupert Murdoch routinely does when his companies are faced with allegations of misconduct. More.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: Yeah, this is the issue. Fox reporters try to hide behind the “we're on the news side!” excuse, but their salaries are paid by revenues generated by hosts who knowingly lie night after night to their audiences in ways that severely damage democracy. Can't get away from that. https://twitter.com/...
Lindy Li / @lindyli: Even Fox's statement about the settlement was punctuated with lies, half-truths, and egregious euphemisms https://twitter.com/...
Al Franken / @alfranken: $787.5 million payment seems like an admission of guilt, doesn't it? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hal Davis / @haldavis3: .@ErikWemple: the resolution requires a great deal of something that Fox News has in wheelbarrows (money) and very little of something it has in teaspoons (editorial integrity). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rob Quinn / Newser: Fox Settlement Among Biggest in History
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Question to the legal beagles here: Is it a judge's role to push for settlement? Could that not be seen as justice detoured?
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Fox News Lost the Lawsuit but Won the War
@erikwemple: Don't want to close the books on Dominion v. Fox News without thanking @SeanGOSullivan of the Delaware courts for his assistance with courthouse access/acclimation and answers to endless questions about timelines and schedules and so on. Great work.
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: So in just one week we've had two supposedly unbuyable things priced: knowingly and systematically causing many millions of Americans to believe a profoundly consequential and dangerous lie ($787.5M), and having Harvard rename half of itself after you ($300M). https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Holland / @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: NYT: “Under the terms of the settlement, Fox News will not have to apologize or admit to spreading false claims on network programming, according to a person familiar with the details of the agreement.” — What absolute bullshit. …
@erikwemple: One thing: Lots of folks who care about honest media in America will curse Dominion for settling. But consider: This litigation, even tho it didn't got all the way to a jury verdict, exposed Fox News to a strong dose of transparency and accountability.
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Fox To Pay Dominion $787.5M To Settle Defamation Suit
Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Journalism reality check: At any mainstream newsroom in the country, TV or print, the revelation that top talent knowingly lied to protect a POTUS, and that top execs condoned it to “respect” the audience while firing actual reporters, would have led to mass resignations. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Before the Dominion case, Murdoch had paid out about $750 million in lawsuit settlements to various parties. And that's just the lawsuits that became public.
Benjamin Johns / @Theoreticalb@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis Judges much prefer a settlement. Trials are expensive and a huge ask of jurors, especially long ones like this, and most judges are extremely protective of juror time. …
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis A lot depends on what you mean by “push.” There is nothing unjust about a judge encouraging parties to focus on both the strengths and weaknesses of their respective cases and to assess whether …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: How Much Did Fox's Election Lies Cost? The Largest Media Settlement in US History
Jim Pickard / @pickardje: “one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” https://twitter.com/...
Clare Malone / @claremalone: Scenes from a Wilmington courtroom—and from cornering lawyers on elevators—my writeup of today's Dominion/Fox settlement. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Actually, if I do something really bad and you penalize me by taking 20 percent of my walking around money, it's not a “sizable hit” on my overall financials (especially if insurance covers some of my loss). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Lindy Li / @lindyli: As always, Murdoch got off easy The line items below are nothing more than the cost of doing business, already baked in and negligible for a company with a market cap of $17 billion Investors don't care and continue to be bullish on Fox Corp and Murdoch's “leadership” https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum@journa.host: Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers. — Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News …
Jared Gans / The Hill: Tapper laughs reading Fox News settlement statement: ‘Difficult to say with a straight face’
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Bill O'Reilly, No Stranger to Settlements, Bashes Fox for Dominion Debacle
Tom Tapp / Deadline: CNN's Jake Tapper Has Hard Time Keeping Straight Face When Reading Fox News' Statement About $787M Dominion Settlement
Sofie Watson / Fox News: FOX NEWS AND DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS REACH SETTLEMENT
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Erin Griffith / @eringriffith: netflix news today https://www.wsj.com/... aol dial-up count (from 2021 to be clear!) https://www.cnbc.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Fortune: Netflix's shares tumble as much as 12% as it struggles to attract new subscribers and stokes concerns that its big growth days are over
Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix Is Shutting Down Its DVD Business
@hankschulman: I never returned my CD of “Porky's Revenge.” I now consider my late fees off the books. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Rosen / GoldDerby: Netflix shuts down DVD business after 25 years
@netflix: After an incredible 25 year run, we've decided to wind down https://dvd.com/ later this year. To everyone who ever added a DVD to their queue or waited by the mailbox for a red envelope to arrive: Thank you! https://about.netflix.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Netflix upgrades ad plan features, will wind down DVD biz this fall
Dominic Rushe / The Guardian: Netflix to end mailing of DVDs of movies to subscribers after 25 years
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: They never got that Rashomon DVD back from me and they never will. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: In 2022, the DVD business generated $145.7 million (down 20% from the year prior), which represented just 0.5% of its total revenue. https://variety.com/... via @variety
Ben Rudolph / @benthepcguy: Netflix shutting down its DVD-by-mail service actually makes me a little sad. I used the heck out of it back in the day. https://about.netflix.com/...
Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Netflix will finally stop mailing DVDs. These people will miss them.
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: Netflix Exiting Disc Rental Business After 25 Years
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans a “broad rollout” of its paid sharing plan in Q2 2023, including to the US, after its Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain launch in February — Netflix said it would stage a “broad rollout” of its paid-sharing plan in the second quarter of 2023, including in the U.S.
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Nathan Graham-Lowery / Screen Rant: Netflix To Roll Out Password-Sharing Crackdown Measures To The US Soon
Insider: You may have about 2 more months left to let your mom, brother, or anyone else outside your home use your Netflix login for free
Spencer Perry / Comic Book: Netflix Will Force Password-Sharing Users to Pay Extra Soon
@tvgrimreaper: Interested to see if any real data on Netflix's “password sharing” program ever escapes into the public. https://twitter.com/...
Clare Duffy / CNN: The Netflix password crackdown may finally be happening
Shane Romanchick / Collider: Netflix to Launch Paid Password Sharing in the US Soon
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Confirmed: Netflix to Introduce New Password-Sharing Rules in the United States This Quarter
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Netflix grows subscribers, misses on revenue
Reuters:
Netflix Q1: revenue up 4% YoY to $8.16B, 1.8M paid net additions, vs. 2.06M est. and -0.2M in Q1 2022, and global streaming paid memberships up 5% YoY to 232.5M — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings roughly in line with Wall Street expectations …
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Irina Ivanova / CBS News: Netflix reveals new timeline for its password-sharing crackdown
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report: Despite Lower Subscriber Numbers, Netflix Grows In Q1
David Satin / The Streamable: Netflix Adds 1.75 Million Customers in Q1 2023; Grows to 232.5M Globally
Joshua Jake / @itzjoshuajake: Jokes aside, they missed expectations by a mile. 👇👇👇 https://www.reuters.com/...
Derek Saul / Forbes: Netflix Earnings: Stock Slides As Profit Outlook Weakens—Despite Subscriber Growth
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Oklahoma's governor calls for four officials to resign after a newspaper released audio of the group talking about killing journalists and lynching Black people — Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the resignation of four state officials after a local newspaper released …
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Ken Miller / HuffPost: Oklahoma Sheriff Says Recording Of Officials Discussing Killing Reporters Was Illegal
Nate Chute / The Oklahoman: Transcript of McCurtain County Sheriff, Commissioners discussing lynching, hiring hit men
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: An Oklahoma sheriff's office says the recording in which the sheriff & others are reportedly heard discussing killing journalists and hanging Black people was illegal They predict felony charges will be filed against the man who recorded https://www.huffpost.com/...
CNN: Oklahoma governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks
Joe Hernandez / NPR: Oklahoma governor wants officials who made violent, racist remarks on tape to resign
Michael Levenson / New York Times: An Oklahoma Newspaper's Secret Recording Prompts Calls for Officials to Resign
@nytimes: A small newspaper in rural Oklahoma secretly recorded what it said was an illegal public meeting where a county official talked about hanging Black people and several officials spoke of hiring hit men and digging holes for two of the newspaper's reporters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@johnvoelcker: Sheriff Kevin Clardy of McCurtain County, OK, was among several officials recorded saying aggressively racist things—like complaining they can't lynch Black people anymore. Now the sheriff threatens to prosecute the newspaper that exposed his racism. Oh. https://nymag.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: Oklahoma Sheriff and County Officials Caught On Tape Discussing Hiring Assassins to Kill Local Journalists
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News: Oklahoma county leaders caught on audio talking about killing reporters, complaining they can no longer lynch Black people
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Oklahoma officials recorded making racist and threatening remarks
@DrJackBrown@mstdn.social: There has rarely been a more clear demonstration of the need for local journalism throughout the US than is currently on display in McCurtain County, Oklahoma via The McCurtain Gazette-News. …
@freedomofpress: We told @VOANews that McCurtain County officials' abhorrent comments “raise questions about how many other public officials across the United States hold similar contempt for the press and how those sentiments influence their actions and policies.” https://www.voanews.com/...
Yuh-Line Niou / @yuhline: “Don't spy on my racist murder plans. That's illegal!” https://twitter.com/...
David Matthews / New York Daily News: Oklahoma officials suspended after getting caught on tape making racist comments, threats to journalists
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_: Of course. Again, the only laws that should be enforced are the ones against my political enemies. https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: It would be entirely believable that the only charges in Oklahoma would be against the guy who taped the cops talking about murdering reporters and longing for the days of lynchings. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: A local OK sheriff and others “were recorded talking about “beating, killing and burying” a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a “damned rope.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Michael Scherer / @michaelscherer: Quite the AP Lede here: “A southeastern Oklahoma sheriff's office says the recording in which the sheriff and others are reportedly heard discussing killing two journalists was illegal and predicted felony charges will be filed.” https://www.huffpost.com/...
@profblacktruth: Officials in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, including the sheriff, were recorded complaining that they wished it was like “back in the day” when they could brutalize black men and how awful it is that they can't lynch black people anymore. #BackTheBlue https://www.cnn.com/...
Robert Maguire / @RobertMaguire@journa.host: The sheriff who was caught having a conversation about wanting to lynch black people and kill reporters says the past 72 hours were “amongst the most difficult and disruptive in recent memory” and says the recording was altered and involves many victims. https://apnews.com/...
Lina de Florias / @linadeflorias: Think of the damage they've already caused with this mindset and a badge https://twitter.com/...
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post: Oklahoma sheriff, county officials under fire over leaked ‘lynching’ recording
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Oklahoma Sheriff Says Recording About Lynching Black People Is ‘Complex’
Stephen Neukam / The Hill: Sheriff's office: Recordings of alleged discussions about killing reporters, hanging Black people were altered
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Moscow court rejects WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's appeal and upholds his pretrial detention at the prison where he's been held since his March 2023 arrest — Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison — A Moscow court upheld the detention …
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Max Seddon / @maxseddon: The first proper picture of Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter arrested in Russia on absurd charges, in court ahead of his appeal against his jailing today. So surreal to see Evan, who's covered so many Kafkaesque hearings as a reporter, in the cage https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Roth / @andrew__roth: Our friend and colleague Evan in a Moscow courtroom as he is investigated on bogus espionage charges. Maximum sentence 20 years. We can see the marks from the handcuffs on his wrists. But he is still smiling. #FreeEvan https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich makes court appearance
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: Next hearing for WSJ's Gershkovich is in May
Sally Goldenberg / @sallygold: “Russian authorities haven't publicly presented evidence to support the allegations against the reporter.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: A farce, not a court😢 “Russian court upheld the detention of Evan Gershkovich at Moscow's Lefortovo prison.Gershkovich will remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison until May 29, Russian authorities can extend that period.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Good to see the US ambassador to Russia attending a detention hearing for @evangershkovich https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Maria Korchagina, a lawyer for @FreeGershkovich, says he's “ready to fight [...] He's hanging in there and thanks everyone for their support.” He's reading War and Peace, exercising, replying to letters, and “apparently very fond of some TV show about cooking in monasteries.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Michaels / @danmichaelswsj: It's sad, surreal and painful to see our colleage #EvanGershkovich caged in a Moscow courtroom and ordered to remain in prison just for doing his job. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Matthew Luxmoore / @mjluxmoore: Our friend & colleague @evangershkovich appeared in a Moscow court today with deep handcuff marks and an occasional smile on his face. His lawyers say he remains upbeat despite facing a prison term of 20 years for doing his job. #IStandWithEvan https://www.wsj.com/...
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Kirsten Grind / @kirstengrind: This is really amazing bravery - I would not be looking this chill if this were happening to me #istandwithevan https://www.wsj.com/...
Jeremy Berke / @jfberke: While it's great to see Evan smiling, you can't escape the gnawing feeling that your absolutely innocent friend is locked in a cage. https://www.wsj.com/...
Caitlin Ostroff / @ceostroff: Evan is caged simply for being a reporter. He's a friend, a brother and a son (of two parents who fled the Soviet Union). We're not shutting up, and making noise about his unfair detainment is essential. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan How to Help: https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cpj_eurasia: Today, during a closed-door hearing, a court in Moscow upheld the arrest of @WSJ reporter @evangershkovich. CPJ condemns this decision and calls on the #Russian authorities to immediately release #EvanGershkovich. #FreeThePress #IStandWithEvan https://www.wsj.com/...
Louise Radnofsky / @louiseradnofsky: Maria Korchagina of the ZKS law firm, which is representing Mr. Gershkovic, told reporters outside the courthouse that Dow Jones was willing to guarantee bail of 50 million rubles, or about $600,000, she said. The court refused to grant the appeal https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt: As former Secretary of State @MikePompeo said on my radio show last week, the U.S. should have begun PNG'ing Russians here immediately after kidnapping of Gershkovich. He also suggested that , while not saying so publicly, the U.S. should be disintermediating some of Putin's... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: Mr. Gershkovich spends his time watching culinary programs, exercising during the hour he is allowed to leave his cell + reading Russian classics. “His mood is combative,” Ms. Nozhkina said. “He is ready to defend his innocence...as well as press freedom.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Vicky Ward / @vickypjward: First sighting of @WSJ reporter @evangershkovich since March 30. Russian court upholds his detention #IStandWithEvan https://www.wsj.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: @FreeGershkovich Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal's parent company, had offered Rbs50mn in bail to release the reporter on his own recognizance or keep him under house arrest, Korchagina says. But the court, surprise surprise, said no.
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: “I can only say how troubling it was to see Evan, an innocent journalist, held in these circumstances,” US ambassador Lynne Tracy said. She called on Russia to release @FreeGershkovich and Paul Whelan, who's been held on similar charges since 2018. https://twitter.com/...
Jennie Eng / @jennieeng: It was tough to see @evangershkovich this way, but it was also kind of a relief. Journalism isn't a crime. #FreeEvanNow #IStandWithEvan https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Wall Street Journal Reporter Held in Russia on Spying Charges Denied Bail by Moscow Court
Isabel Keane / New York Post: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich seen in Russian court for first time since arrest
Jessica Schladebeck / New York Daily News: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed in Russia
Charles Maynes / NPR: A Moscow court has rejected ‘WSJ’ reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention appeal
Jenna Moon / Semafor: US journalist Evan Gershkovich denied bail in Russia
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich Appears in Russian Court to Appeal Charges of Espionage
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A look at the decline of late-night TV as linear audiences wane; Vivvix: seven late-night shows drew $412.7M in 2022 advertising, down ~41% from $698M+ in 2018 — People from all over the world on most weekdays eagerly line up across New York City — ready to do something they'd likely never do at home.
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Brian Steinberg / @bristei: The job of late-night host is influential and lucrative, and these masters of midnight can still laugh all the way to the bank... Unfortunately, the networks that broadcast them cannot.... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: LATE NIGHT HORROR STORY: Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel — and the networks that broadcast their shows — must grapple with hard-to-ignore erosion of linear TV audiences and the advertising that usually goes with them...... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: Crazy under-appreciated media story: “In the first quarter of 2023, “Gutfeld!” captured more viewers on average than either NBC's “Tonight” or ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel” https://variety.com/... @bristei
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Ad spending on seven late night programs — NBC's “Tonight” and “Late Night,” CBS' “Late Show” and “Late Late Show,” ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Comedy Central's “Daily Show” and NBC's “Saturday Night Live” — has dropped 41% between 2018 and 2022... https://variety.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: NBCU tells Variety it is considering moving its late night shows to earlier time slots in the 2024-2025 season as it considers whether it should keep putting original dramas at 10 pm https://variety.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: When's the last time you watched a late night TV show when it aired? Reminder that ad dollars - down 40% in 5 years - are a trailing indicator: https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: ABC -and rivals - want to see if Jimmy Kimmel will renew after his current 3-year deal comes to an end. 'I don't think he's going to stay for another 40 years, but I certainly am praying he's going to stay beyond these three, says Disney exec Rob Mills https://variety.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
How 34-year-old Bellingcat researcher Aric Toler helped the NYT find Jack Teixeira, charged with leaking Pentagon documents related to the Ukraine war — The Times publicly identified the man believed to have leaked intelligence documents before law enforcement did.
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Aric Toler / @arictoler: This should have been obvious, but no, our story naming the Pentagon/Discord leaker didn't help the feds find him. They already knew at least a day before we identified him. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Aric Toler / @arictoler: One of the more boneheaded parts of this is that it's trivially easy to make a new Discord account (and switch between your alt accounts), and Jack decided to post these docs from his long-standing account with his billing information saved on the Discord servers.
Aric Toler / @arictoler: When folks from the NYT got to Jack's parents' house, it was already under surveillance, including a plane circling overhead. Check the next tweet in Christiaan's thread for a video of it. https://twitter.com/...
Christiaan Triebert / @trbrtc: About 30 minutes later, a twin-prop surveillance plane not visible on flight tracking services began orbiting around the mother's property. Several vehicles were seen loitering outside, driving slowly back and forth. Clearly, arrest was imminent when we broke the story.
Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter changed the label on Canada's CBC account to “69% Government-funded Media” as the broadcaster said it's “less than 70% government-funded” — Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Twitter account was on Monday labeled as …
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@cbcradiocanada: Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter. | Notre journalisme est impartial et indépendant. Prétendre le contraire est faux. C'est pourquoi nous suspendons nos activités sur @Twitter.
Vinay Menon / Toronto Star: CBC shouldn't just hit pause on Elon Musk's Twitter — it should quit and so should other media
Matthew Keys / The Desk: CBC quits Twitter over errant profile label
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they're “less than 70% government-funded”, so we corrected the label https://twitter.com/...
@cbcradiocanada: (1/3) Twitter's own policy defines government-funded media as cases where the government “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content,” which is clearly not the case with CBC/Radio-Canada. → https://help.twitter.com/...
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Musk labels CBC “69% Government-funded” as more news outlets quit Twitter
Rob / @robrousseau: Me knowing that CBC is indeed state media but seeing that point get made in the cringiest possible way by the world's most unfunny loser https://twitter.com/...
@chetfaliszek: Musk changed the CBC label to... 69. Get it?!?? like OMG! THAT IS HILARIOUS The frog boils slowly for a reason. This is the behavior of an abusive, petty, child and y'all accept openly attacking and belittling a news agency like this. For Tesla bros... 420!! Woo! Get it?!? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael MacKay / @mhmck: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been a force for good for 87 years. Without it, Canadians would only have oligarch-owned and foreign-owned media. It's a shame Elon Musk's nihilism is destroying Twitter and taking away the value as an information platform it once had. https://twitter.com/...
Dr Jordan B Peterson / @jordanbpeterson: :) :) :) so utterly and richly deserved @cbc pathetic cringing whiney milksop minions of the worst of the @wef sock-puppets and narcissistic virtue-signallers @justintrudeau and his miraculously incompetent henchthing @theJagmeetSingh https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Gilmore / @atrachelgilmore: This is beyond disturbing. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling a national Canadian news organization “propaganda” and “not news.” This is an craven attack on the truth, democracy and accountability. Is the pursuit of power worth it? https://twitter.com/...
Murtaza Hussain / @mazmhussain: This guy is both unfunny and has the mind of a child. Shameful that many people simped for him so hard. https://twitter.com/...
@reuters: Trudeau, rival clash over Twitter labeling CBC ‘government funded’ https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cbcnews: Twitter has put a “government-funded media” label on CBC's account in what is the latest move by the social media company to stamp public broadcasters with designations. https://www.cbc.ca/...
Mickey Djuric / @mickeydjuric: CBC/Radio-Canada is the first major Canadian news outlet to announce it is pausing their use of Twitter after its @CBC account was labelled “government-funded media” a definition CBC says doesn't make clear their editorial independence CBC follows in the steps of NPR & PBS https://twitter.com/...
Candice Malcolm / @candicemalcolm: Twitter labels CBC's account “Government-funded Media” https://tnc.news/... via @truenorthcentre
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: It's just a simple fact that the CBC gets Canadian government funding. If they're embarrassed by it, they should reject it. Google has place similar labels on BBC, NPR and CBC on their YouTube channels but they're afraid to complain to Google the way they do for Twitter. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: That was the political goal - to remove CBC from certain conversations. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Morris / Fortune: Another news outlet is dumping Twitter after it is labeled “government-funded”
Tim Bray / @timbray@cosocial.ca: CBC bails on Twitter.
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Canada's public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets
Kirsty Frame / RNZ: RNZ considers unliking Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label
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Sweden's Sveriges Radio plans to “deactivate or delete” its Twitter accounts, becoming the first big European public broadcaster to do so after PBS and CBC quit
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Swedish Radio announced on Tuesday it was quitting Twitter, the first major European public broadcaster to join three from North America that abandoned the social media platform in the past week.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: The @CBC paused tweeting after @Twitter added its new “Government-funded” label, which falsely implies the outlet is not editorially independent. https://www.cbc.ca/... Like @BBC, CBC is a publicly funded, public broadcaster — not a state media organ: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Boston Globe Media Group:
Boston Globe Media and New England Sports Network launch Boston Globe Today, a weekday news and sports show, available on NESN, Globe.com and their apps — Weekday program jointly produced by Boston Globe Media and NESN to debut today at 5pm ET on NESN, the NESN 360 app, Globe app and Globe.com
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
A survey of 2,261 authors who self-publish in English finds the median income grew 53% YoY in 2022 to $12,749 and the average income grew 34% YoY to $82,600 — A survey commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) found that income from self-published authors increased substantially …
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Victoria Strauss / @victoriastrauss: New survey of self-publishers by @IndieAuthorALLI looks at author income among other issues One takeaway: respondents' median income is higher than trad-pubbed authors...but still not enough to make a living #WritingCommunity #selfpublishing #BookTwitter https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
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