Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment apps for mobile devices worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B on short video apps (Janko Roettgers/Lowpass)

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NPR:

Top WaPo editors are “looking into” Taylor Lorenz's private Instagram story that sources say labeled Biden a “war criminal” in a photo taken at the White House— Senior editors at the Washington Post are reviewing a prominent tech columnist's private story on social media …
Discussion: The Wrap, @levinejonathan, @hashtaggriswold, @rottenindenmark, @brandyzadrozny, @atrachelgilmore, Talking Biz News, @asilbwrites, @jeremiahdjohns, @bendreyfuss, @tombevanrcp, @adamjohnsonchi, @natesilver538, @frankluntz, @matthewkeyslive, @davidfolkenflik, Fox News, @palmerluckey, @jules_su, @epic_boyle, @shamebyjames, @wtflanksteak, @adamjohnsonchi, @metzgov, @jarvis_best, @schneider_cm, @bethbourdon, @bengoldey, @ultrapurwater, @demvoter@threads.net, @sarahselip, @austinahlman, @noahmanskar, @richardhanania, @the_Effekt@universeodon.com, @palmerluckey, @focusfronting and @kilgoretrout.bsky.social

Discussion:

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Washington Post Reviews Taylor Lorenz's Social Media After Instagram Story Labels Biden ‘War Criminal’

Jon Levine /
@levinejonathan: Taylor Lorenz of the Washington Post calls President Biden a “war criminal” 👀👀 [image]

Alex Griswold /
@hashtaggriswold: In other news, Taylor Lorenz has retreated to the position that when she accused another reporter of “fall[ing] for” a “dumbass edit someone makes,” she never meant to imply the screenshot was fake. [image]

Michael Hobbes /
@rottenindenmark: I hope the Post's editors know this is basically a meme, something people have been doing online since last summer https://www.foxnews.com/... [image]

Brandy Zadrozny /
@brandyzadrozny: Here's the thing. There is a whole industry of people including certain folks at Fox News and LibsofTiktok that have staked an entire career on stalking Taylor and fomenting fake outrage every time she posts — from over a decade ago, “criticizing” her avocado toast lunch to this

Rachel Gilmore /
@atrachelgilmore: This is a pathetic display of so-called journalism. Caving to misogynistic, bad-faith, inorganic harassment campaigns and framing it as a genuine outcry with your mainstream stamp of approval. This is the gamergate model, and you're falling for it.

Amanda Silberling /
@asilbwrites: finding out via npr that you're not on taylor's cf list

Jeremiah Johnson /
@jeremiahdjohns: The Taylor Lorenz situation is incredible. She might fumble one of the best gigs in media because she couldn't stop poasting and called Biden a war criminal while literally on the clock, at the White House, in her professional capacity, documented on social media.

Ben Dreyfuss /
@bendreyfuss: Biden isn't a war criminal and anyone who thinks Biden is a war criminal should be droned BUT this is a meme and does not actually mean she thinks he's a war criminal (which he obviously isn't)

Tom Bevan /
@tombevanrcp: So she lied. https://www.npr.org/... [image]

Adam Johnson /
@adamjohnsonchi: My favorite media news cycles are the ones where perfectly grown adults fake like they're indignant and offended until they move on to the next phony outrage. Anyway US bombs and military support have helped Israel kill over 120 journalists in Gaza, many deliberately

Nate Silver /
@natesilver538: I know I'm hard on “misinformation” reporters like Lorenz, but it's for a good reason. This is really bad. Not the anti-Biden message, which, whatever. But lying about it and trying to pass it off as misinformation, according to these several sources. https://www.npr.org/... [image]

Frank Luntz /
@frankluntz: @LevineJonathan “NPR has obtained a screengrab of Lorenz's actual post, which contained that caption.” https://www.npr.org/...

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: I have been waiting six years for karma to catch up to Taylor Lorenz. In 2019, she falsely accused me of harassment, then deleted her tweets. Her editor, @NoahShachtman, lied in her defense. More: https://matthewkeys.net/... @davidfolkenflik @LevineJonathan [image]

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Top Wash Post editors are reviewing Taylor Lorenz's private Instagram story which appeared to label President Biden a “war criminal” in a photo she took at White House event. She argues it was just a joke off a real social media meme My story for NPR: https://www.npr.org/... Fox News: Washington Post looking into allegations Taylor Lorenz published Instagram post calling Biden a ‘war criminal’

Palmer Luckey /
@palmerluckey: Just sharing this again so WaPo can't pretend Taylor Lorenz telling lies in a professional capacity is some sort of one-time deal. tl;dr, she lied, she lied, she lied, and then she blocked me.

Jules Suzdaltsev /
@jules_su: .@davidfolkenflik why would you not include in your reporting that the source of this claim comes from someone who has been waging a right-wing harassment campaign against Taylor for literally years? That's not relevant in your reporting, but her wearing a mask is?

Steve M. Boyle /
@epic_boyle: @ShamebyJames I know you said “no notes,” but there does appear to be one note here: this never happened. [image]

James Drippens /
@shamebyjames: This is art. Wants to show off that she got invited to the White House, but needs to establish that's she in tune with the youth so calls her host a war criminal, manages to trivialize that accusation with a frowny face, while wearing her mask in 2024. 10/10 no notes

Ali B /
@wtflanksteak: Why is someone's close friends Instagram story the subject of a news article?!

Adam Johnson /
@adamjohnsonchi: Oh no, reach for the smelling salts! Another news cycle where Serious Media People fake like they're offended by a perfectly sensible and empirically justified political opinion from a reporter

Bryan Metzger /
@metzgov: “Four people with direct knowledge of the private Instagram story.” imagine someone snitching on your Close Friends story to NPR https://www.npr.org/...

Christian Schneider /
@schneider_cm: It's always the people you most expect

Ben Goldey /
@bengoldey: Almost 27K people have seen a false community note on @LevineJonathan's post that NPR has confirmed the authenticity of. [image] @ultrapurwater: Recap Taylor Lorenz attends White House event, labels Biden War Criminal in insta post. Jon Levine @nypost posts about it. Taylor says its a fake. NPR says nope and 4 other people in private group saw it. Washington Post editors reviewing. Taylor got snitched on😆 [image] @demvoter@threads.net: “Four people with direct knowledge of the private Instagram story confirmed its authenticity to NPR. They spoke to NPR on condition they not be identified due to the professional sensitivity of the situation for Lorenz.” Aww, she got caught. She should be fired.

Sarah Selip /
@sarahselip: white house priorities —> inviting one of the most unethical “journalists” to a content conference at the white house (then being surprised when this happens).

Austin Ahlman /
@austinahlman: critical support to any journalist—and in this case a columnist for crying out loud—facing a witch hunt over a joke, especially one that is rooted in fact

Noah Manskar /
@noahmanskar: IMO we're getting into very dangerous territory if journalists can't even express themselves to a private audience. Absurd

Richard Hanania /
@richardhanania: Taylor Lorenz claimed that a photo of Biden with the caption “war criminal” was digitally altered and not from her account. It turns out she was lying, and is now being investigated by the Washington Post. This woman truly is a stain on the credibility of that paper. [image] @the_Effekt@universeodon.com: @Mediagazer — I would change the caption just a bit. Complicit to and Provider for a War Criminal.

Palmer Luckey /
@palmerluckey: Thread The Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post correction scandal isn't the isolated incident apologists claim. When I was fired, her story said I had announced I was leaving Oculus. This was false - it wasn't my choice nor my announcement. Her only source: Facebook PR. WaPo later

Katie /
@focusfronting: this story is a nothingburger except for the incredibly funny revelation that not one, not two, not three, but FOUR of her close friends ratted her out

New York Times:

The Onion relaunches a monthly print edition for online subscribers, a perk alongside live events, and others; it stopped running ads from Taboola in July— This week, The Onion began distributing a print edition for the first time in more than a decade. — The funniest writers …

Discussion:

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: The Onion to resume print publication

Jason Lefkowitz /
@jalefkowit@vmst.io: “This week, The Onion began distributing a print edition for the first time in more than a decade and will soon deliver it monthly to everyone who subscribes to its site. The move is a throwback to the publication's roots as a campus weekly in the late 1980s. …

Katie Notopoulos /
@katienotopoulos@threads.net: gotta admit as soon as i just saw that there is a monthly print edition of the Onion, I smashed subscribe as fast as possible. Can't think of anything that will delight me as much in my mailbox

Denise M. Gustavson /
Denise M. Gustavson on LinkedIn: It's so awesome to see the words “Print is the Future of Media” in this headline. — According to Jordan LaFlure, The Onion's executive editor …

Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: Why do legacy media outlets keep relaunching their print publications? Not because it'll drive direct revenue, but instead to elevate the brand in a crowded media market. This has become especially important as these outlets have focused more and more on generating reader revenue. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Tim Onion /
@oneunderscore__: The Onion is also launching our brand new website today. It's part of our mission to keep The Onion free for all, since it's a public service. We hope you check it out. https://theonion.com/ [image]

Brandy Zadrozny /
@brandyzadrozny@threads.net: The thing I can say about working in corporate news for a long time and working with @oneunderscore__ for a long time is that this business doesn't always appreciate people with big ideas & Ben has always had big ideas. …

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Last week, I sat in on an editorial meeting at @TheOnion, America's Finest News Source™️, for one of the strangest stories I've written in a long time: https://www.nytimes.com/... Visuals by the brilliant @J_KelterDavis!

Tim Onion /
@oneunderscore__: I have some very, very good news: The Onion is bringing back its monthly print newspaper, starting today. We'll ship it to your door for $5 a month if you sign up today. It is made of the stuff of madness. We couldn't be any more excited about it. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Associated Press:

VP candidates Vance and Walz plan to debate on CBS on October 1, with Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderating; Vance says he wants to debate on CNN too— Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents …

Discussion:
@jdvance, @tim_walz, @brianstelter@threads.net, New York Post, The Desk, Black America Web, Forbes, Barrett Media, The Daily Beast, The Hill, CNN, CNBC, HuffPost, Politico, Showbiz411, New Republic, TVLine, Mediaite, The Wrap, CBS News, ABC7, New York Daily News, Deadline, Adweek, UPI, Fox News, Rolling Stone and Los Angeles Times

Discussion:

JD Vance /
@jdvance: The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has challenged Kamala to three of them already. Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I accept the CNN debate on September 18th as well. I look forward to seeing you at both!

Tim Walz /
@tim_walz: See you on October 1, JD.

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter@threads.net: CBS is announcing details for the Oct. 1 debate now that Walz and Vance have both agreed: @norahodonnell and @marg_brennan will moderate the face-off in NYC. All major networks will be able to simulcast the CBS production, the same way CNN provided the June debate to all.

Diana Glebova /
New York Post: JD Vance reveals Trump campaign's plans for him, his strategy against Walz in exclusive interview

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: J.D. Vance, Tim Walz agree to VP debate on CBS News

Nick Cottongim /
Black America Web: 2024 Vice Presidential Debate Set For October 1st

Molly Bohannon /
Forbes: Harris Offers 2 Debates With Trump: ‘The Debate About Debates Is Over’ Barrett Media: CBS News Tabs Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan to Moderate October Vice Presidential Debate

Lauren Sforza /
The Hill: 12:30 Report — VP nominees Walz, Vance set date to debate

Kevin Breuninger /
CNBC: JD Vance accepts VP debate with Tim Walz on Oct. 1, challenges him to accept another

Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: JD Vance Agrees To 2 Debates Against Democratic Rival Tim Walz

Jared Mitovich /
Politico: Vance agrees to debate Walz in October

Roger Friedman /
Showbiz411: CBS Veep Debate with Tim Walz, JD Vance Set for October 1 in NYC: Will it Matter?

Rebecca Iannucci /
TVLine: Tim Walz, J.D. Vance Agree to October Vice Presidential Debate on CBS

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: BREAKING: JD Vance and Tim Walz Agree to Debate

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: JD Vance Agrees to CBS News Debate With Tim Walz

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: JD Vance accepts Oct. 1 vice presidential debate with Tim Walz on CBS

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: VP Candidates Accept Oct. 1 CBS News Debate; JD Vance Says He'll Also Do Sept. 18 CNN Event

Ethan Alter /
Adweek: Tim Walz and J.D. Vance Agree to CBS News Debate (Updated)

Fox News:
JD Vance says he wants a ‘real’ debate with opponent Tim Walz, not a ‘fake news media garbage’ one

Wall Street Journal:

Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Group will take oversight of 20+ WBD cable networks in 2025 after Kathleen Finch retires— Channing Dungey will take oversight of entertainment networks following the retirement of Kathleen Finch at year's end

Discussion:
Adweek, The Desk, Variety, Advanced Television, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Next TV, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and The Information

Discussion:

Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Channing Dungey to Lead WBD's US Networks as Kathleen Finch Retires

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: WBD studio executive to oversee cable networks

Jennifer Maas /
Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Chairman Kathleen Finch to Retire, Channing Dungey Tapped as Successor

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Channing Dungey to Lead Warner Bros. Discovery US Networks as Kathleen Finch Sets Retirement

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: Warner Bros. Discovery Cable Nets Chief Kathleen Finch Is Leaving

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Channing Dungey to Run Warner Bros. Discovery's TV Networks as Kathleen Finch Retires

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery's Kathleen Finch Retiring At Year's End; Channing Dungey To Lead U.S. Networks

The Hollywood Reporter:

A look at the evolution of Ryan's World, as YouTuber Ryan Kaji ages out of his audience; he has filmed a movie and his family is auditioning on-camera talent— The toy-unboxing star of 'Ryan's World' is YouTube's most famous tween. Now he and his family are putting his appeal to the test …

Discussion:
Rolling Stone

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Next TV:

A NY appeals court rules that Nexstar fraudulently collected $10.5M in retransmission fees from DirecTV by hiding that an NBC affiliate had become independent— Broadcaster concealed loss of NBC affiliation at WHAG — Nexstar Media Group collected $10.5 million in retransmission consent fees …

Discussion:
The Desk, Radio & Television … and Bloomberg Law

Discussion:

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Court says Nexstar wrongly collected fees from DirecTV

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds DirecTV Win In Nexstar Carriage Flap

Lowpass:

Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment apps for mobile devices worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B on short video apps— One unlikely culprit: TikTok — Entertainment continues to be a big money maker for publishers and app stores alike …

Discussion:
9to5Mac and Appfigures, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

A look at San Francisco's local news scene, which boasts 27 news orgs, ranging from hyperlocal nonprofits to legacy survivors to billionaire-backed outlets— The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country?

Discussion:
@rick_paulas, @awinston, @griffgaff@threads.net and TechCrunch

Discussion:

Rick Paulas /
@rick_paulas: Two interesting quotes in this piece: “The Standard is backed by a tech billionaire who is active in local politics” and “Mission Local gets 75 percent of its revenue from reader donations.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ali Winston /
@awinston: Uhhh, what?? The number of reporters employed in SF and the Bay Area at large has plummeted over the past two decades. The LAT ran a 4 part series earlier this summer that documented this precipitous decline thoroughly https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Griff /
@griffgaff@threads.net: Michael Moritz and I started @sfstandard because San Francisco deserves a top-notch publication. And yet our one major publication is run by a lumbering media conglomerate based in New York. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Connie Loizos /
TechCrunch: Ben Horowitz declares war on Michael Moritz

Financial Times:

A German court's injunction suspending a ban on far-right magazine Compact highlights the tension between limiting extremist views and protecting rights— Before being prohibited last month, few Germans had heard of Compact. Now it claims ‘everyone wants a copy’

Discussion:
Reclaim The Net, @frasermatthew, @stevewbeales and Reuters

Discussion:

Didi Rankovic /
Reclaim The Net: German Federal Court Temporarily Suspends Prohibition of Compact Magazine

Matthew Fraser /
@frasermatthew: A German twist on the “Streisand effect” — a far-right magazine is banned, now its readership is soaring. https://www.ft.com/...

Steven Wilson-Beales /
@stevewbeales: The was a fascinating read on how the German government is tripping up on its own free speech laws when attempting to ban right-wing media outlets. https://www.ft.com/...

Reuters:

Court filing: TikTok says the US DOJ misstated its China ties, made factual errors in the case, and the divestment law would strip TikTok of free speech rights— TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app's ties to China …

Discussion:
Associated Press, The Information, NPR, @bobbyallyn@threads.net, 9to5Mac and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Associated Press:
TikTok fights the DOJ on the First Amendment, compares itself to these American news outlets

Bobby Allyn /
NPR: TikTok fights for survival in latest filing as ban approaches @bobbyallyn@threads.net: In new filing in TikTok suit over the future of the app in the U.S., it says a nationwide ban would be “the most sweeping speech restriction in the country's history.” https://www.npr.org/...

Sam Gutelle /
Tubefilter: TikTok wants users to express themselves with in-app group chats (and stickers)

Bloomberg:

Some publishers say they can't block the Googlebot crawler that covers AI Overviews without hampering their discoverability, as the crawler also covers Search— Publishers say blocking the company's AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search

Discussion:

Lauren Milligan /
Lauren Milligan on LinkedIn: Google's AI search is giving online publishers 2 bad options: — “Either.. you drop out and die immediately, or you partner with them and you probably …

Martin /
@mart_e@mamot.fr: Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die — https://www.bloomberg.com/... “These are two bad options. You drop out and you die immediately, or you partner with them and you probably just die slowly, because eventually they're not going to need you either.” …

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: Publishers are upset that there is no way to opt out of showing up in Google's AI overviews in search without opting out of showing up in search results. — As a search user, I'm happy Google is doing this but many websites are freaking out about the potential lost traffic. …

Nitish Pahwa /
@pahwa_nitish: like, come on, this is just blatant monopolist behavior: “publishers face a choice between offering up their content for use by AI models that could make their sites obsolete and disappearing from Google search, a top source of traffic.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: Publishers report ‘negligible’ traffic impact of Google AI Overviews @metacurity@infosec.exchange: What was the motto again? Oh, yeah, don't be evil. — Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die — https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Ian Betteridge /
@ianb@mastodon.well.com: I've been talking for quite a while about the existential threat to publishers represented by Google's move into AI, and this is one of the reasons why: no publisher can actually opt out of having their data scraped, which, as Joe Raggazzo says, represents a choice: “You drop out and you die immediately, or you partner with them and you probably just die slowly” …

Julia Love /
Julia Love on LinkedIn: Google's AI Overviews come at steep cost to sites that users would otherwise visit. But publishers say they can't afford to block Google's AI …

TechCrunch:

The European Commission asks Meta for more information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle— The Commission is seeking more information from Meta following its decision to deprecate its CrowdTangle transparency tool.

Discussion:
European Commission, Agence France-Presse, MediaPost, Bloomberg and NPR, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
European Commission: Commission sends request for information to Meta under the Digital Services Act Agence France-Presse: Meta pulled its disinformation tracker from Facebook months before America heads to the polls, and the EU isn't happy

Dara Kerr /