A former colleague and records indicate WaPo's Will Lewis and Robert Winnett used fraudulently obtained records in Sunday Times articles in the early 2000s (New York Times)

Mediagazer: A former colleague and records indicate WaPo's Will Lewis and Robert Winnett used fraudulently obtained records in Sunday Times articles in the early 2000s (New York Times)

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New York Times:

A former colleague and records indicate WaPo's Will Lewis and Robert Winnett used fraudulently obtained records in Sunday Times articles in the early 2000s— Years before becoming the Post's publisher, Will Lewis assigned an article based on stolen phone records, a former reporter said.
Discussion: @smyth_jeannette, @froomkin, @brianstelter, @jbenton, @kelsoscorner, @jackshafer, @Guinnessy@mastodon.world, @newsguyusa@threads.net, @gbbranstetter.bsky.social, @markharris.bsky.social, @djrothkopf, @brianmmunoz, @nbj914, @katrinanation, @benmullin, @barbaraslavin1, @kairyssdal, @wolfe321, @mikiebarb, @freddydeknatel, @silvermanjacob and @fusoya.bsky.social

Discussion:

Jeannette Smyth /
@smyth_jeannette: He's straight up lying now about his checkbook journalism. #WaPo #SirWillLewis https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: Dirty rotten scoundrels. Will Lewis and Rob Winnett must go. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: The NYT has an on the record source: “The publisher and incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: As a Post reporter said to me earlier this week: “We're gone from a financial crisis to a culture and ethics crisis — while we're still in a financial crisis.”

Joshua Benton /
@jbenton: I suspect this goose is cooked. The norms of U.K. journalism are foreign enough to the U.S. eye that things like this will keep drip, drip, dripping out. https://www.nytimes.com/... @kelsoscorner: Props to @nytimes⁩ for keeping heat on ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ leadership and owner Bezos — trust has to start at the top and not thru “hacking”. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jack Shafer /
@jackshafer: It's going to be another heavy week for Will Lewis. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Paul Guinnessy /
@Guinnessy@mastodon.world: So there was a joke against #LizTruss when she was UK Prime Minister, that her reign wouldn't last as long as a #lettuce in a refrigerator (it did not). Starting to think we should be doing the same for Will Lewis at this point. #media — https://www.nytimes.com/...

Steven L Herman /
@newsguyusa@threads.net: NY Times - The publisher and incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London, according to a former colleague, the published account of a private investigator and an analysis of newspaper archives. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Gillian Branstetter /
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social: Wow I had assumed he fired the managing editor working on this story and tried to pressure a separate outlet away from covering this story because he's entirely innocent [embedded post]

Mark Harris /
@markharris.bsky.social: This is now a test of whether Jeff Bezos would rather destroy one of the country's only remaining national newspapers or correct a mistake. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/w...

David Rothkopf /
@djrothkopf: They must resign or be fired. Keeping them will profoundly and lastingly damage the crediblity of the Post and it's ownership: Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain https://www.nytimes.com/...

Brian Munoz /
@brianmmunoz: Yikes, this was not a great move from the @washingtonpost's publisher and incoming top editor. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Nick Jackson /
@nbj914: “His ambition outran his ethics.” https://www.nytimes.com/... @katrinanation: “BLAGGING-gate”? Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Scoop from @ScheckNYTimes and @Jo_Becker: “The publisher and incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Barbara Slavin /
@barbaraslavin1: @BenMullin ... The last thing American journalism needs is Fleet St sleaze.

Kai Ryssdal /
@kairyssdal: No one. Should be. Surprised to hear this. Again, this one's on @JeffBezos

Lauren Wolfe /
@wolfe321: NYT is coming for WaPo [image]

Michael Barbaro /
@mikiebarb: Some very damning revelations about the people who just took over The Washington Post. https://www.nytimes.com/... @freddydeknatel: Maybe don't hire British editors implicated in phone hacking to run your newspaper. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jacob Silverman /
@silvermanjacob: WaPo needs to get rid of this guy asap and dispense with that ridiculous three silo company reorganization https://www.nytimes.com/...

FuSoYa /
@fusoya.bsky.social: “Together, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Winnett will lead one of the most important news organizations in the United States, one that has a deep history of...holding the powerful accountable...journalists inside and outside The Post have asked whether the new leaders share their ethical foundation.” 🎁 link:

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New York Times:

Sources: Jeff Bezos appears to be standing by Publisher and CEO Will Lewis and has envisioned WaPo growing to reach 100M subscribers from its current 2.5M— The Amazon founder has expressed his support to Will Lewis, the C.E.O., who has faced widespread criticism this month.

Discussion:
@corbinbolies, @danahoule, @tvgrimreaper, @z3dster, @pkafka, Media Nation, @froomkin, The Wrap, @benmullin, @davidclinchnews, Mediaite and The Daily Beast

Discussion:

Corbin Bolies /
@corbinbolies: NEW: Will Lewis sends a late-Friday email to Washington Post staffers outlining more plans about the “Third Newsroom,” which will get put together by a “Build It Squad” led by Matt Murray. [image]

Dana Houle /
@danahoule: There are 130M households in the United States. Somewhere there's a typo, or he's gone batshit crazy. @tvgrimreaper: Will Lewis is a dead CEO walking. The knives are out for him. Bezos will abandon him. WaPo, purchased for $250 million, lost $77 million in 2023. A billionaire owner beats having a working business model! Bezos also comes off as delusional in this piece (100m subs!).

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Classic journalism riddle: Two people have a conversation. Two people are familiar with the conversation those people had. Are those two people different than the two people who had the conversation? [image]

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: An insightful Times report on Jeff Bezos, Will Lewis and The Washington Post

Mike Roe /
The Wrap: Washington Post Publisher Shares More ‘Third Newsroom’ Plans With Concerned Staff

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: new, w/@katie_robertson: How Jeff Bezos is trying to fix The Post. Scoops: -Bezos has lately expressed support to publisher Will Lewis -Lewis missed the Pulitzers in May because he was in NY with Bezos discussing turnaround -"The Kansas City Project" https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Some news in here: Jeff Bezos has told people that The Washington Post can eventually generate 100 million(!) paid subscriptions, which would catapult it far ahead of the competition. w/@katie_robertson https://www.nytimes.com/...

David Clinch /
@davidclinchnews: I'm interested to hear the results of the internal survey on the “third newsroom” idea.

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Former Staffer Margaret Sullivan Calls on Jeff Bezos to ‘Save’ Washington Post By ‘Firing’ CEO Will Lewis

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: WaPo CEO's Apology Tour Was an Answer-Free Snoozefest

Associated Press:

A bankruptcy judge orders the liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets but dismisses for now the bankruptcy case against the company that runs Infowars— A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but dismissed …

Discussion:
NBC News, New York Times, Boing Boing, WHDH-TV, @katiephang@threads.net, Awful Announcing, Reuters, Associated Press, HuffPost, Mediaite, @kenwhite.bsky.social, @cnn@threads.net, @andrewparker.bsky.social, @janus.bsky.social, The Wrap, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, Courthouse News Service, Variety, @pwnallthethings.bsky.social, @joshuajfriedman.com, CNN, KHOU-TV, @VirginiaMurr@mastodon.social, Bloomberg, Newser, New York Post, New Republic, @Green_Footballs …, Axios, CBS News, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Gizmodo and NPR

Discussion:

Erik Ortiz /
NBC News: Alex Jones allowed to liquidate assets to help pay debt in Sandy Hook defamation verdicts, judge rules

Elizabeth Williamson /
New York Times: Judge Orders Sale of Alex Jones's Personal Assets but Keeps Infowars in Business

Rob Beschizza /
Boing Boing: Judge liquidates Alex Jones' assets—except Infowars

Owen Boss /
WHDH-TV: What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets

Katie Phang /
@katiephang@threads.net: “The process of shutting down Infowars could play out quickly. A court-appointed trustee would be tasked with securing the assets and then selling off Jones' media empire, including the website, studio space and broadcasting equipment.”

Daniel Kaplan /
Awful Announcing: Diamond Sports Group asks for emergency hearing over league demands in bankruptcy case

Dietrich Knauth /
Reuters: Alex Jones' assets to be liquidated as his company exits bankruptcy

Sebastian Murdock /
HuffPost: Judge Clears Way For Alex Jones To Liquidate Personal Assets To Pay Sandy Hook Families

Jamie Frevele /
Mediaite: JUST IN: Judge Orders Alex Jones's Personal Assets Liquidated to Pay Sandy Hook Victims @kenwhite.bsky.social: People angry over how they believe criminal law should work take break to be angry over how they believe bankruptcy law should work @cnn@threads.net: A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected a proposed liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' company Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, saying that a denial of the bankruptcy plan was, in his opinion, in the best interest of the creditors. …

Andrew Parker /
@andrewparker.bsky.social: Since “make him stop broadcasting” isn't the kind of relief a tort lawsuit can lead to, their interests would be measured in the amount of the judgment they can recover. — Can't get water from a rock, even if the reality is you'd rather see the rock crushed than get any water. @janus.bsky.social: feels extremely american to be like “we need you to keep running your stochastic terrorism business so you can pay back the victims of your stochastic terrorism” [embedded post]

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Alex Jones Ordered to Liquidate Assets to Pay $1.5 Billion Sandy Hook Settlement @themountaingoats.bsky.social: the thing about Alex Jones is he has enough dumbasses in the quiver to gofundme his house when it goes up to auction and then give it back to him. the court ought to have ordered a pair of concrete socks and a sailing excursion off Galveston

Cameron Thompson /
Courthouse News Service: Judge green lights liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Judge Orders Alex Jones' Personal Assets Liquidated to Pay Sandy Hook Families but Dismisses Infowars Bankruptcy Case @pwnallthethings.bsky.social: this is an Olympic gold medallist dubious construction of “best interest”, ngl

Joshua J. Friedman /
@joshuajfriedman.com: NEW: Alex Jones gets to keep broadcasting on Infowars, with the judge finding it is “in the best interest” of Sandy Hook families for the company to avoid bankruptcy so Jones would be better able to repay his massive debt (via Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman) KHOU-TV: Who is Alex Jones? How the ring-wing conspiracy theorist built a multi-million-dollar empire

Virginia Murr /
@VirginiaMurr@mastodon.social: Some good news! — “Alex Jones' personal assets will be sold to help pay Sandy Hook debt as judge decides Infowars' fate” — “A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but was still deciding on his company's separate bankruptcy case …

Evan Ochsner /
Bloomberg: Alex Jones Estate to Be Liquidated to Pay Sandy Hook Debt

Priscilla DeGregory /
New York Post: Alex Jones ordered to liquidate assets to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook judgment with Infowars' future in limbo

Edith Olmsted /
New Republic: It's All Over for Alex Jones With New Sandy Hook Ruling

Charles Johnson /
@Green_Footballs@mastodon.social: We shouldn't forget that Donald Trump proudly boasted about his friendship with this vile monster, and often echoed Jones's lies during his campaign. — But I worry that he'll still come back from this somehow. — Alex Jones' assets to be sold to help pay Sandy Hook lawsuit debt | AP News …

Jacob Knutson /
Axios: Alex Jones' personal assets will be liquidated to pay Sandy Hook families, judge rules

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Judge Orders Alex Jones to Liquidate Assets to Pay for Sandy Hook Lies

New York Times:

The movie The Apprentice has yet to find a US distributor, suggesting that some media companies may have already been intimidated by Trump and his supporters— This week I finally got to see “The Apprentice,” an absorbing, disturbing movie about the relationship between the red-baiting mob lawyer Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump.

Discussion:
The Wrap, Deadline, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, Mediaite, @lkimmasters@threads.net, @lucas_shaw@threads.net, Tom Donahue on LinkedIn, @dinajay17@threads.net, @brianstelter@threads.net, @jakelahut@threads.net, @cdarwin@c.im, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @brianstelter@threads.net and @jschauma@mstdn.social

Discussion:

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: Why ‘The Apprentice’ Filmmakers Have Not Yet Secured a US Distribution Deal

Bruce Haring /
Deadline: Poet Jorie Graham Calls On Hollywood To Resist Censorship And Distribute ‘The Apprentice’ Film

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: Two op-eds in the NY Times today illustrate the growing threat Trump world poses to journalism. — https://www.nytimes.com/... and — https://www.nytimes.com/... If the NY Times NEWS pages understood the threat, or cared more about it, maybe they'd do their jobs better. …

Alex Griffing /
Mediaite: 'It's Frightening': Michelle Goldberg Warns Trump Threats Already Intimidating Media Companies To Avoid Critical Film

Kim Masters /
@lkimmasters@threads.net: What sort of evidence would you expect to find other than the fact that there is no deal? An email saying hell no, I am scared? 

Luca Shaw /
@lucas_shaw@threads.net: I've seen a lot of people write about this. Has anyone provided evidence that distributors are scared?

Tom Donahue /
Tom Donahue on LinkedIn: It is every citizen's and every company's civic duty to make sure Tr*mp does not return to power. — “It's common to read about movies …

Dina Jay /
@dinajay17@threads.net: They can release it on line. Set up a website. Put it behind a paywall. This is 2024. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter@threads.net: 👆🏼 The film's writer, gabrielsherman, shared this column on Instagram today and commented, “Hollywood is terrified of Trump and he's not even elected yet. Imagine what artists will go through if he actually wins.”

Jake Lahut /
@jakelahut@threads.net: Some real free country stuff here..

Chuck Darwin /
@cdarwin@c.im: The Chilling Reason You May Never See the New Trump Movie — Negotiations are ongoing, and domestic distribution could still come together. — Yet the possibility that American audiences won't be able to see “The Apprentice” — isn't just frustrating. — It's frightening, — because it suggests that …

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Frightening how the GOP's authoritarian intimidation works, at Stanford (Internet Observatory) and Hollywood. Too much fascism, too little courage. — The Chilling Reason You May Never See the New Trump Movie https://www.nytimes.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter@threads.net: The Trump biopic “The Apprentice” is struggling to land a U.S. distribution deal. “It's frightening,” @michelleinbklyn writes, “because it suggests that Trump and his supporters have already intimidated some media companies, which seem to be pre-emptively capitulating to him.” …

Wired:

Q&A with HuffPost editor Phil Lewis on aggregating news on X, being a “newsfluencer”, Black media and Black newsrooms, the future of news, and more— Editor and news aggregator Phil Lewis isn't afraid of YouTubers or TikTokkers. He says the real threat is misinformation.

Discussion:
@nonlinearnotes

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Adweek:

The Trade Desk threatens to demonetize Yahoo video ad inventory, saying Yahoo had misrepresented inventory as “in-stream”; Yahoo says it's working on changes— The DSP is accusing the publisher of misrepresenting its inventory — The Trade Desk alerted buyers earlier this week …

Discussion:
@davemorgannyc, @catherineperlo1, Catherine Perloff on LinkedIn and Digiday

Discussion:

Dave Morgan /
@davemorgannyc: Smart move by @TheTradeDesk to force @Yahoo to stop labeling its outstream web video as CTV, a growing industry problem, and one of the reasons TTD is shifting to a curated, premium platform strategy in CTV ... @catherineperlo1 https://www.adweek.com/...

Catherine Perloff /
@catherineperlo1: Scoop: The Trade Desk is threatening to demonetize Yahoo's video inventory, accusing the publisher of misdeclaring its video as the more lucrative in-stream type. I promise it's worth reading on a Friday afternoon ☕️☕️☕️ https://www.adweek.com/...

Catherine Perloff /
Catherine Perloff on LinkedIn: SCOOP: The Trade Desk is threatening to demonetize Yahoo's video, over allegations that Yahoo is falsely declaring its video as in-stream. …

Reuters Institute:

How news outlets Newslaundry, The News Minute, The Wire, The Caravan, and Scroll, joined forces to report on India's elections with the help of audience funding— Our contributor Raksha Kumar spent the day with them — At 7:30 on 4 June, a regular bungalow in South Delhi was swarming …

Discussion:
@risj_oxford, @sushubh@mastodon.social and @basuashis

Discussion:
@risj_oxford: NEW on our website How @newslaundry @thenewsminute, @thewire_in , @thecaravanindia and @scroll_in joined forces to broadcast the Indian elections' result with the help of audience funding ✍️ Our contributor Raksha Kumar spent this crucial day with them https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... @sushubh@mastodon.social: How five news outlets joined forces to broadcast the Indian elections' result with the help of audience funding | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism — https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...

Defector:

The Longform podcast, featuring weekly interviews with nonfiction writers, is planning to end production after 12 years— Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from the Longform podcast: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer at The New Yorker, was the guest on for their 583rd episode. I perked up.

Discussion:
@hannahmc_carthy, @nbj914, @susie_c, @iamstevenhale, @pjmaciak, @kavahnmansouri, @askanyone and @benmullin

Discussion:

Hannah McCarthy /
@hannahmc_carthy: Sad to hear the @longform podcast is wrapping up. https://defector.com/...

Nick Jackson /
@nbj914: 📖 The ‘Longform’ Podcast Told the Story of an Industry: “More so than any individual interview or moment, Longform's greatest gift will be its archive. Its 12-year run chronicles the media landscape in a more defined way, perhaps, than any other outlet.” https://defector.com/... [image]

Susie Cagle /
@susie_c: Being a guest on Longform back in 2016 felt like Making It in the realest marginal way, at least to whatever extent one can Make It in journalism. Can't help but read too far into its end and what it says about this desiccated industry. https://defector.com/...

Steven Hale /
@iamstevenhale: I am immensely bummed that the @longformpodcast is ending but also immensely grateful for the 12 years of shows. It's been an inspiration and a lifeline to me as I've tried to be a writer. Hell of a run.

Phillip Maciak /
@pjmaciak: I have learned so much from listening to the interviews on @longform podcast over the years. For something in this ephemeral media universe to feel like an institution is a huge deal. Dive in if you haven't. One of your favorite writers is probably in there.

Kavahn Mansouri /
@kavahnmansouri: I've been driving all day but finally have a second to properly mourn the @longform podcast. I have a vivid memory of listening to their interview with Gay Talese while working at a pipe factory during my college years. It came at a point where I really didn't believe I could...

Kavahn Mansouri /
@kavahnmansouri: make it in journalism. That episode and so many others kept me going, kept me inspired and gave me an idea of what it was like to be a working writer. If you haven't listened, get to it. It's a huge resource for growing writers. And we should always be growing.

Sloane Crosley /
@askanyone: Ah, double damn, @longform is ending. Thanks to these gems for having me on twice, including a couple of months ago...this is probably the best interview I did for this book: https://longform.org/...

Axios:

Workweek, a publishing platform for creators serving business professionals, raised a $12.5M Series A to expand from its eight newsletters and 500K+ subscribers— The company raised $1.5 million in seed round funding in a round led by LightShed Ventures. — The company provides publishing …

Discussion:
@sarafischer, @adamry_n, @rameeztase and Talking Biz News

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Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: .@AdamRy_n's B2B newsletter company @workweekinc raises $12.5M Series A https://www.axios.com/...

Adam Ryan /
@adamry_n: I'm proud to make two big announcements today for Workweek: We've launched a Professional Network Platform and to help accelerate our success, we've raised a $12.5M Series A financing round. [video]

Rameez /
@rameeztase: Huge news for the @workweekinc team. I've long been obsessed with the B2B creator thesis - taking the best professionals in the world, making them content creators, and helping them monetize in every which way possible - and @AdamRy_n is making it happen in front of our eyes.

Los Angeles Times:

A look at the growing popularity of Tubi as streaming prices rise; Nielsen: May was Tubi's most-watched month ever, with an average of 1M viewers, up 46% YoY— In the era of “streamflation,” it's a good time to be Tubi. — Subscription prices for Netflix, Disney+, Max and Peacock …

Discussion:

Jesse Hawken /
@jessehawken: The People's Streaming Service ™

David Weigel /
@daveweigel: The movies are BACK @neverleftpod: Omg hahahah! Take that @StreamOnMax #DontStreamOnMax #FireDavidZaslav https://www.latimes.com/... [image] @iamkingwilliams: Fwiw, Tubi is building its * actual * viewership and subscriber base on Black customers While the headlines focus on its growth with licensed movie and tv shows and white Gen Zers using the platform for the first time @imani_barbarin: Bad news for streaming platforms and an indication on the cost of living as Tubi is one of the few movie and tv platforms where you can watch content for free.

Matthew A. Cherry /
@matthewacherry: The Tubi switch up gonna be so Fox and WB/UPN like. Wait and see.

Nina Braca /
UPROXX: Tubi Users Aren't Hesitating To Share Why The Streamer Is Thriving Beyond Expectations

Lauren Townsend /
Lauren Townsend on LinkedIn: This is a BIG deal... “Nielsen data showed that May was Tubi's most-watched month ever, with an average audience of 1 million viewers, up 46% from a year ago. …

Josh Van Houdt /
Josh Van Houdt on LinkedIn: “The streamer edged out Disney+, which averaged 969,000 viewers. Tubi also easily beat NBCUniversal's Peacock, Warner Bros. Discovery's Max …

Anjali Sud /
Anjali Sud on LinkedIn: May = new milestone! — The LA Times reported that May was Tubi's most-watched month to date and that according to Nielsen, we surpassed Disney+ in viewers 👀 …

Mary Kate Carr /
The A.V. Club: Tubi outperformed Disney+, Peacock, and Max last month

Politico:

Sources say the publisher Little, Brown canceled prominent journalist Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson, partly due to Carlson's mainstream absence— A major publisher just canceled a big-budget book on the former Fox News star, cementing his mainstream absence.

Discussion:
@emmalbriant@mastodon.online: Interesting comment. Whether or not Tucker is gaining as much reach, it is problematic if journalists cover him less *because* he's now unaccountable to higher powers. That's like the complete opposite of what journalism is meant to do. https://www.politico.com/... [image]

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: Tucker Carlson Biography Dumped — Politico Columnist Argues Over Tanking Relevance

Justin Baragona /
@justinbaragona: Pretty much the perfect breakdown of Tucker Carlson's fall from mainstream relevance. https://www.politico.com/... [image]

Josh Kraushaar /
@joshkraushaar: “The journey from comfort in the mainstream to aggrievement on the margins is one of the most fascinating evolutions in today's society.” https://www.politico.com/... @nahbabynah: Political News, R&L The Disappearing Tucker Carlson: For Tucker Carlson, it has to be the ultimate good-news, bad-news moment: A major publishing house has canceled a prominent political journalist's upcoming biography of the far-right media... https://www.politico.com/... #Trump2024 [image]

Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: A book about a failed Fox host can not find a publisher @threnody.bsky.social: reposting @katmabu.bsky.social's video because deplatforming works—from the host of the most watched cable “news” show to pedophile accounts on bluesky. — a year & change ago, this man was an inescapable avatar of white nationalist hate. he can't get a book published. even josh hawley can do *that. …

Gillian Branstetter /
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social: That's it's own fascinating story, no? Most influential cable news host and white supremacist propagandist reduced to niche vlogger [embedded post]

New York Times:

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified briefly at the fraud trial for Carlos Watson of Ozy Media, denying Watson's alleged claims that Google sought to buy Ozy— Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, said he never discussed a potential acquisition of the digital media start-up.

Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Courthouse News Service, Associated Press and Bloomberg

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Joshua Benton /
Nieman Lab: Scenes from the trial of Ozy's Carlos Watson

Nika Schoonover /
Courthouse News Service: Ozy Media CEO directed senior management to lie to investors, former exec says

Jennifer Peltz /
Associated Press: Google CEO testifies at trial of collapsed startup Ozy Media and founder Carlos Watson

Avalon Pernell /