Email: Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait says the outlet has taken disciplinary action against those involved in breaking the Russia prisoner swap embargo (Josh Dickey/The Wrap)

Mediagazer: Email: Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait says the outlet has taken disciplinary action against those involved in breaking the Russia prisoner swap embargo (Josh Dickey/The Wrap)

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The Hollywood Reporter:

Crooked Media Workers Union members stage a one day walkout after more than a year of contract negotiations with the network behind Pod Save America— The progressive media company, which is home to the podcast ‘Pod Save America,’ has been in negotiations with the union for more than a year.
Discussion: The Wrap and Writers Guild of America East

Discussion:

Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: Crooked Media Union Stages One-Day Walkout as WGA East Pressure Increases on ‘Pod Save America’ Production Company

Jason Gordon /
Writers Guild of America East: WGA East Members at Crooked Media Walk Out After More Than a Year of Contract Negotiations

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Bloomberg:

A look at tension at Crooked Media, which produces and releases 14 podcasts, amid staff turnover, an unfair labor practice claim, and big pre-election workloads— Some employees feel their progressive ideals aren't reflected in the workplace at one of the most prominent liberal media outlets

Discussion:
@marissabbq, @aherman2006, @max_fisher, @travishelwig and @_eileenie_@threads.net

Discussion:

Marissa /
@marissabbq: Left in 2021, after a return to office plan that wasn't being equally applied to all employees...the union is asking for some pretty simple shit. #keepcrookedprogressive

Alison Herman /
@aherman2006: it is never a recipe for a healthy and functional work environment for a company's entire senior management cadre to be outward facing talent. and that's all I have to say on that!!

Max Fisher /
@max_fisher: As part of @crooked_union fighting for our first contract, we have substantive disagreements with management. But it's just not true the staff is “rebelling” or riven by some grand ideological divide. What I've seen is a company where we're all committed to a shared mission and [image]

Travis Helwig /
@travishelwig: In the past, I've worked good jobs and bad jobs (Ellen DeGeneres made me cry a lot), and I can say without a doubt that Crooked is the best place I've ever worked. I was further left than the hosts on a lot of things too, but I never felt unheard. I genuinely miss working there. @_eileenie_@threads.net: Yeah, pretty hard to take the @podsaveamerica class warriors seriously when the pod bros & their wives buy $10 million homes, and post Insta photos of themselves hobnobbing with celebs and taking exotic, fancy vacations while their employees work 12 days in a row and 12-hour days. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

The Wrap:

Email: Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait says the outlet has taken disciplinary action against those involved in breaking the Russia prisoner swap embargo— The outlet prematurely posted the news last Thursday while the swap, which included Evan Gershkovich, was still underway

Discussion:
@katie_robertson, Fox News, @maxwelltani, @benadida, @jayrosen_nyu, @dan_munz, @bgrueskin, @dnvolz and CBS News

Discussion:

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: NEW: Bloomberg says it has taken disciplinary action against a number of people involved in breaking the prisoner swap embargo last week, email here from EIC John Micklethwait [image]

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Follows an internal review, which we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Ben Adida /
@benadida: I will always applaud those who correct their mistakes and apologize. The willingness to admit a mistake and make amends is the most important skill, and also the one in far too short supply today. Thank you Bloomberg.

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: Bloomberg's editor in chief: “We prematurely published a story on the release of Evan Gershkovich and the other prisoners, which could have endangered the negotiated swap that set them free.” Read the rest: https://x.com/...

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: WSJ Publisher @almarlatour is asked by @JoeNBC about news orgs that reported Evan Gershkovich's release before he cleared Russian airspace. “Embargoes are embargoes. When people's lives are at stake, you take those embargoes even more seriously.”

Dustin Volz /
@dnvolz: I want to thank Bloomberg for this apology. Their premature story on Thursday caused a lot of people to panic and could have led to real harm. It didn't, thankfully, but it's nice to see them own the mistake.

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New York Magazine:
The White House asked news outlets to hold their stories on the prisoner swap until Evan Gershkovich and others were in US custody, an embargo Bloomberg broke

Discussion:
Talking Biz News, @djmatthewdalton, @biettetimmons, @sdkstl, @megankstack, @tbridis, @mediaevan, @dancow, @maggienyt, @oriana0214, @jamesrbuk, @brianmfloyd, @mradamtaylor, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Sarah Krouse on LinkedIn, Mediaite, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social and @ishaantharoor

Discussion:

Matthew Dalton /
@djmatthewdalton: Fantastic story by ⁦@bopanc⁩, including this fascinating nugget: Germany “saw an opening when their Russian counterparts said they wanted to wrap up the deal before the U.S. election in November.” https://www.wsj.com/...

Nora Biette-Timmons /
@biettetimmons: I *need* to know more about how & why this happened, especially re: the tweet this story mentions... 👀

Staci D Kramer /
@sdkstl: >>With a prisoner swap, you don't know if it's going to happen until it happens. (As one Journal reporter put it: “We literally had Yaroslav Trofimov on the ground with binoculars waiting to see Evan come off the plane, and we pubbed as soon as that happened.")<<

Megan K. Stack /
@megankstack: Not usually impressed by pearl clutching stories about reporters breaking “the rules,” but reporting these prisoners were free when they were still aboard a Russian plane/in Russian custody is indeed pretty awful.

Ted Bridis /
@tbridis: Hearing from inside @WSJ - which at moment remains notably silent on this - news was embargoed until Evan was out safely, so that premature reporting wouldn't muck things up. Ecstatic if this happens but such scoops are risky.

Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: As a general rule, embargoes are for losers, but in this specific instance, with lives a stake, unconscionable.

Dan Nguyen /
@dancow: who is the editor whose greatest career honor was to break embargo and endanger the lives of hostages [image]

Maggie Haberman /
@maggienyt: Reporting it before Gershkovich and other prisoners were safe and the deal was completed

Oriana Pawlyk /
@oriana0214: “The Russian plane was still in the air at the time of publication. That plane could have just turned around and gone back to Moscow, which is why the Journal and other publications had agreed to hold off.”

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: I had wondered when Bloomberg ran this earlier than everyone else - especially when it wasn't clear whether or not Evan was actually out of Russia yet - whether something like this had happened.

Brian Floyd /
@brianmfloyd: breaking a prisoner swap embargo and celebrating it (when it's not even your reporter either!) is unforgivable and says a lot about the editors' judgment [image]

Adam Taylor /
@mradamtaylor: Assumed this was a case of one side of newsroom not knowing what the other side was doing, but perhaps not? [image]

Bojan Pancevski /
Wall Street Journal: How Germany Enabled a Historic Hostage Swap With Russia

Sarah Krouse /
Sarah Krouse on LinkedIn: What a day for Evan and his family, WSJ and anyone who believes in the importance of a free press. If you read one thing today …

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Bloomberg Under Fire for Breaking Embargo To Seize Russia Prisoner Exchange Scoop

Warner Crocker /
@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social: Inside media embargo-ball — Everybody Is Mad at Bloomberg for Its Embargo-Breaking Gershkovich Scoop — #journalism — https://nymag.com/... [image]

Ishaan Tharoor /
@ishaantharoor: The Post respected a embargo imposed by US officials who didn't want this to be derailed last minute, so other outlets (and Ankara) got ahead of us Live updates: Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish government says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Financial Times:

How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting creators to cover the Paris Olympics, to fill in storytelling gaps and captivate a younger generation— NBC and Eurosport among those using ‘creators’ to spur interest and reach wider audiences — Sandra Kwon's life …

Discussion:
MediaPost and Rob Pilgrim on LinkedIn

Awful Announcing:

The Boston Globe issues a correction and apologizes for incorrectly calling Olympic boxer Imane Khelif “transgender” in a headline in its Friday print edition— “The editing lapse is regretful and unacceptable” — Paris, France; Imane Khelif (ALG) reacts after defeating Anna Luca Hamori …

Discussion:
@bostonglobe, New York Post, @luckytran@threads.net, @jayrosen_nyu, The Boston Globe, Media Nation, @theerougarou, @metraux_julia, @gregbeacham, @ebharrington, @brooklynmarie, @parkermolloy, @esqueer_, @erininthemorn, The Guardian, Axios, @underthedesknews@threads.net, @joanwestenberg@threads.net, @qasimrashid@threads.net, BBC

Discussion:

Christian Arnold /
New York Post: Boston Globe offers lengthy correction to factually inaccurate Imane Khelif headline amid Olympic gender controversy

Dr. Lucky Tran /
@luckytran@threads.net: This was a horrible error, but it's important to note that this isn't an isolated incident. Headlines being chosen by editors without input from writers or adequate factchecking has been a continuing source of misinformation spread by major media outlets. The Boston Globe: Editor's note — A significant error was made in a headline on a story in Friday's print sports section … @theerougarou: The Imane Khelif disinformation regarding her being a man was started by Putin's pal Umar Kremlev. It's Russian propaganda and a lot of media organizations helped spread it far and wide. #IStandWithImaneKhelif [video]

Julia Métraux /
@metraux_julia: @brooklynmarie side note, wondering if Boston Globe uses AI to assist in writing headlines

Greg Beacham /
@gregbeacham: @BrianHolidae That's not my headline. That word isn't in my story. My stories are syndicated worldwide, and customers are allowed to write their own headlines.

Brooke Harrington /
@ebharrington: @brooklynmarie “This editing lapse is regretful” WTF? The staff of one of the world's major metropolitan newspapers don't know the difference btw “regretful” (an emotion which only a living being can have) & “regrettable?” They need to hire a copy editor while they're at it. @thomasastewart

Brooke Binkowski /
@brooklynmarie: Haha. Hey newsrooms, are you ready to start hiring disinformation experts again? Because boy howdy, you sure need us.

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy: @BostonGlobe You did this on purpose. Shame on you.

Alejandra Caraballo /
@esqueer_: Hey @BostonGlobe, what the hell is this?! This is a flat out lie in print. [image]

Erin Reed /
@erininthemorn: 1. Yesterday, the Boston Globe printed a news article on Imane Khelif, a cisgender boxer, titled: “Transgender boxer Advances” Khelif is not trans. This isn't even asserted by the IAB. It is an egregiously false headline. Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in. [image]

Alexandra Topping /
The Guardian: Algerian boxer at centre of gender row sheds tears after quarter-final victory

V Spehar /
@underthedesknews@threads.net: The Algerian boxer was DQed by a corrupt Russian boxing organization called the IBA. She was never “gender tested” she's not trans or intersex. She was DQed and slandered after Algeria (a long time ally of Russia) voted to recognize Russian agression against Ukraine. …

Joan Westenberg /
@joanwestenberg@threads.net: Well, congratulations everyone. You did it again. You let them turn some shit that had nothing to do with trans people - fucking nothing at all, because none of us were even fucking involved - into a 48 hour news cycle of shitting on trans people to the point that it made following the fucking olympics - that, again, we weren't even involved with - fucking traumatic. …

Qasim Rashid /
@qasimrashid@threads.net: As Boston Globe now tries to walk back their racism & Islamophobia against Imane Khelif, know that this is just a show to try to prevent a major lawsuit. Their shtick is racism. Just last week they framed Trump's grotesque racism against Kamala Harris as “Harris faces pivotal moment.” 🙄

Qasim Rashid /
@qasimrashid@threads.net: Left: A white woman Ilona Maher is body shamed & @BostonGlobe praises her for “growing the game and helping women see themselves.” Right: An Arab Muslim woman Imane Khelif is body shamed & Boston Globe piles on the reckless misinformation Pay close attention—this is how legacy media normalizes & advances white supremacy

The Wrap:

CBS News names Adrienne Roark as president of editorial and newsgathering and Jennifer Mitchell as president of stations and digital, as part of a restructuring— Jennifer Mitchell will become president of stations and digital as part of the shift — CBS News and Stations is naming Adrienne Roark …

Discussion:
Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter

Advanced Television:

Parks Associates: 46% of US households own at least one streaming media player, while 68% own a CTV; Roku makes the most popular player, followed by Amazon— Parks Associates' has released its Tech Ecosystem Dashboard revealing Roku is the most popular brand of streaming media players in the US, followed by Amazon.

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TVNewsCheck, Cord Cutters News and Media Play News

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Mark K. Miller /
TVNewsCheck: Survey: Roku Most Popular Streaming Player In U.S.

Raymond McCain /
Cord Cutters News: Study: Roku is the Most Popular Brand of Streaming Players

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Parks: Roku Most-Used Streaming Media Device

Press Gazette:

BuzzFeed issues a “cease and desist” to Trending Now, which uses AI to aggregate B2B stories, accusing the startup of copyright infringement with its logo— Trending Now accused of copyright infringement with its logo. — Buzzfeed has issued a “cease and desist” …

Bloomberg:

Music streaming has exited its high-growth era, as big streaming services pick up fewer new subscribers, causing revenue shortfalls for music labels— Investors worry the industry has peaked. Label bosses preach patience. — Hollywood is warming up to the promise of artificial intelligence.

Discussion:
Billboard, 9to5Mac and @rezendi, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Glenn Peoples /
Billboard: How AI is Creating a Wave of Innovation and Entrepreneurship That's Reshaping the Music Industry (Guest Column)

Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Slow growth for Apple Music and other services acknowledged by world's biggest music label

Jon Evans /
@rezendi: It was only ever a matter of not-very-much time (from Lucas Shaw's https://www.bloomberg.com/...) [image]

Semafor:

The WSJ's explosive report from January about UNRWA's alleged links to Hamas were based on Israeli intel reports the WSJ has been unable to confirm— In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members …

Discussion:
@maxwelltani

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Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: New: My look at a January WSJ scoop about intelligence claiming that 10% of UNRWA had ties to Hamas. “The fact that the Israeli claims haven't been backed up by solid evidence doesn't mean our reporting was inaccurate,” the WSJ head of standards said. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Reuters:

The EU Commission says TikTok agreed to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite's “Reward programme” in the EU to comply with the DSA and not launch a similar program— ByteDance's TikTok has agreed to permanently withdraw its TikTok Lite rewards programme from the EU to comply …

Discussion:
TechCrunch, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac and @eu_commission, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Natasha Lomas /
TechCrunch: TikTok Lite: EU closes addictive design case after TikTok commits to not bring back rewards mechanism

Lyubov Pronina /
Bloomberg: TikTok Pulls Program EU Warned Could Make Kids App Addicts @eu_commission: We have closed our first case under the Digital Services Act. TikTok has committed to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards from the EU and not to launch any other programme circumventing the withdrawal. Their commitments are legally binding and closely monitored ↓ #DSA

Politico:

Trump withdraws from the September 10 ABC debate, citing his legal conflicts with ABC and Biden ending his campaign, and pitches a September 4 Fox News debate— The Harris campaign said Saturday that it would be “happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to …

Discussion:
Mediaite, MSNBC, Fox News, New Republic, The Hill, @jason_koebler, @bgrueskin, @davidplouffe, @mattmfm, @asfried, @justinbaragona, @sahilkapur, @kamalaharris, @kamalahq, New York Times, Associated Press, @keithedwards@threads.net, @craig.forman@threads.net, NPR, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, Mediaite, NBC News, The Sun, Boing Boing, CNN, The Wrap, New York Daily News, BBC, UPI, Variety, CBS News, HuffPost, TVLine, Boston Herald, Rolling Stone, New York Post and Reuters

Discussion:

Jamie Frevele /
Mediaite: Joe Scarborough Defends Kamala Harris Not Doing a Fox News Debate: ‘They All Deliberately Mispronounce Her Name!’

Clarissa-Jan Lim /
MSNBC: Harris campaign says Trump is ‘running scared’ after he floats Fox News debate with new rules Fox News: James Carville claims Trump is 's—ing- his pants, afraid to ‘debate a girl’ in bizarre rant

Jason Koebler /
@jason_koebler: No update or correction notes on radically different headlines for the same story is not something that passes editorial or ethical muster at any place I've ever worked including the independently owned website we now run

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: First try: Trump Agrees to a Fox News Debate Second try: Trump Proposes a Fox News Debate Third try: Trump Backs Out of ABC Debate and Proposes One on Fox (That's why Philip Graham called journalism “the first rough draft of history,” folks) [image]

David Plouffe /
@davidplouffe: Donald Trump is cowardly backing out of the debate he agreed to. One just like the debate he did in June. Now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking his happy place Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate. Maybe he can only handle debating someone his own age.

Matt McDermott /
@mattmfm: Keep seeing a talking point from Trump supporters that Trump agreed to “debate Biden” on ABC. That's not accurate: Trump agreed to debate terms that invite any and all candidates who meet a polling and ballot access threshold. The terms did not specify Biden.

Amy Fried /
@asfried: Trump backs out of the planned debate on September 10 on ABC. He then unilaterally sets a new date, changes the hosts to Fox and says that, instead of no audience, it will be in an arena. And this is how the NY Times headline reads: @DougJBalloon [image]

Justin Baragona /
@justinbaragona: Here's Drudge Report's headline on Trump backing out of the ABC News debate with Harris: [image]

Sahil Kapur /
@sahilkapur: Donald Trump backs out of a previously scheduled presidential debate on ABC after Kamala Harris replaces Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket. Now he says he'll agree to debate Harris if it's hosted by Fox News in a “full arena audience.” [image]

Kamala Harris /
@kamalaharris: It's interesting how “any time, any place” becomes “one specific time, one specific safe space.” I'll be there on September 10th, like he agreed to. I hope to see him there. New York Times: Trump Cancels a Debate With Harris on ABC News and Pitches One With Fox News Instead Associated Press: Trump says he'll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News

Keith Edwards /
@keithedwards@threads.net: Doing a “debate” on a network that had to payout $700M+ because they lied about the 2020 election is a nonstarter

Craig Forman /
@craig.forman@threads.net: Newsroom internal discussions of headlines are often like trading-room floor discussions of long positions: very closely held. But @nytimes headline ‘evolution’ on today's Harris-Trump ‘Debate’ story raises more questions than answers. What actually happened here? In order from (L to R 'current headline')

Willem Marx /
NPR: Trump posts about a new debate plan, and Harris pushes back

Christy Piña /
The Hollywood Reporter: Trump Backs Out of Harris Debate on ABC News, Agrees to One on Fox News

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: Trump Rages If He Doesn't See Kamala Harris In Fox Debate He 'Won't See Her At All!'

Sophie Gable /
The Sun: Trump agrees to Fox News debate against Kamala Harris in front of ‘full arena audience’ & reveals ‘conflict of interest’

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Kamala Harris Sticks to Previously Agreed ABC Debate, Campaign Calls Donald Trump ‘Scared’ for Demanding Fox News ‘Bail Him Out’

Muri Assunção /
New York Daily News: Harris campaign says Trump is ‘running scared’ as he backs out of ABC debate, pushes for Fox News

Tom Bennett /
BBC: Trump and Harris at odds over presidential debate

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Trump Pulls Out of ABC Debate With Harris, Makes Pitch for Fox News

Ben Blanchet /
HuffPost: Trump Says He's Agreed To Fox News Debate, In Apparent Attempt To Avoid Harris On ABC

Matt Webb Mitovich /
TVLine: Kamala Harris Calls Out Donald Trump for Backing Out of Sept. 10 Debate on ABC

Joe Dwinell /
Boston Herald: Trump agrees to debate Harris Sept. 4 on Fox, she's sticking with ABC offer

Daniel Kreps /
Rolling Stone: Kamala Harris' Campaign Blasts ‘Scared’ Trump for Proposing Fox News Debate

Patrick Reilly /
New York Post: Trump says he's agreed to Fox News offer to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4

Jarrett Renshaw /