How Russia uses criticism of the US and the West to spread propaganda through RT and related networks in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa (Neil MacFarquhar/New York Times)

Mediagazer: How Russia uses criticism of the US and the West to spread propaganda through RT and related networks in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa (Neil MacFarquhar/New York Times)

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Semafor:

A look at Tim Miller's “Never Trump” outlet The Bulwark's surging popularity on YouTube, with subscribers up from 50,000 in September 2023 to 631,000 now— The Scoop — Tim Miller doesn't enjoy making the MrBeast face, the wide-eyed, open-mouthed smile of a million YouTube thumbnail images.
Discussion: @workinwithwords, @billkristol, @risj_oxford, @peterhamby, @aaron_renn, @timodc, @kanew and @samstein

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John Ettorre /
@workinwithwords: “The Bulwark is currently the 4th-most popular news publication on Substack, behind Bari Weiss' Free Press, Heather Cox Richardson's long running history newsletter, & Nate Silver's polling/media analysis project, the Silver Bulletin.” Wow. https://www.semafor.com/...

Bill Kristol /
@billkristol: “It's mission-driven. So we're always going to be looking for how to reach more people...Because my bigger political ambition is: How do you build a new center in the country? And so I want to build as big a community as possible.” https://www.semafor.com/... @risj_oxford: Centre-right US news outlet the @BulwarkOnline has grown rapidly this year, evolving from “an anti-Trump refuge into a promising media business,” writes @maxwelltani who looks at the delicate line it's treading between political and business success. https://www.semafor.com/...

Peter Hamby /
@peterhamby: The Bulwark — a real media company! Great @maxwelltani piece, starring a lot of @Timodc face https://www.semafor.com/...

Aaron M. Renn /
@aaron_renn: Love them or hate them, there's no denying that there's a big market for Never Trump takes, and both the Bulwark and Dispatch have done extremely well. https://www.semafor.com/...

Tim Miller /
@timodc: “Since Biden dropped out, The Bulwark has netted 88 million views on YouTube (the prior 5 years were 64.2 mil)...It has been averaging 296k views per video...making it one of the most-viewed-per-video producers in all of English-language news media.” https://www.semafor.com/...

Justin Kanew /
@kanew: Good stuff here. Grateful for @Timodc and the Bulwark crew's voices as (former) Republicans who saw Trumpism for what it was early on. https://www.semafor.com/...

Associated Press:

Al Jazeera says Israeli forces raided its Ramallah bureau in the West Bank early September 22 with a military order to immediately close the office for 45 days— Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday …

Discussion:
Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, Sverre Haanæs on LinkedIn, Deadline, @mkpetkova@mastodon.world, @fkamiah17@syzito.xyz, Sandra Rasheed on LinkedIn, Rolling Stone, Broadband TV News, Raw Story, The Guardian, Committee to Protect …, Adweek, @afp, Reuters, @biesanak, @sahouraxo, @gazanotice, @mariambarghouti, New York Times, Associated Press, @Amputado@mastodon.cc, ABC, The Times of Israel, NDTV, @attackerman.bsky.social and National Union of Journalists …

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Jacqueline Howard /
BBC: Israel orders 45-day closure of Al Jazeera West Bank office

Sverre Haanæs /
Sverre Haanæs on LinkedIn: Jonathan Cook: Having destroyed Al Jazeera's office in Gaza, and killed much of its staff there, — having outlawed Al Jazeera from broadcasting in Israel, …

Max Goldbart /
Deadline: Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera Bureau In West Bank

Mariya /
@mkpetkova@mastodon.world: After assassinating several colleagues in #Gaza (and in 2022 Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin), Israel closed AJ in the West Bank: — “Al Jazeera's Jivara Budeiri said Israeli forces fired tear gas in the vicinity of the Al Jazeera bureau and the Manara Roundabout in the heart of the occupied West Bank city... Israeli soldiers confiscated their cameras. … @fkamiah17@syzito.xyz: The “only democracy in the Middle East” shuts down the news agencies who say things they don't like. — #IsraelIsATerroristState #Aljazeera — https://www.aljazeera.com/...

Sandra Rasheed /
Sandra Rasheed on LinkedIn: Freedom of the press is a fundamental right that serves as the backbone of any democratic society. It ensures that information flows freely …

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera base in Gaza Committee to Protect Journalists: Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera's West Bank office, issue 45 day ban on its journalism @afp: #UPDATE Al Jazeera says Israeli forces have raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. “There is a court ruling for closing down Al Jazeera for 45 days,” an Israeli soldier told an Al Jazeera journalist, the Qatari network reported, citing a conversation aired live

Muhammad Al Gebaly /
Reuters: Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order

Biesan Abu-Kwaik /
@biesanak: Breaking: The Israeli army just stormed the Al Jazeera office in the Ramallah in the West Bank and they are handing a military order to close the office for 45 days without providing an explanation. [video]

Sarah /
@sahouraxo: HAPPENING NOW: Israeli soldiers are raiding Al Jazeera's office in Ramallah and forcing it to stop broadcasting in the West Bank for 45 days. Israel is planning something terrifying across the West Bank, and doesn't want the world to see. [video] @gazanotice: Al Jazeera journalists are now on the street, all their TV gear has been confiscated, they are not allowed to go get their cars from the parking. It is 3.52am in Ramallah. The area is fully surrounded by Israeli forces. The number of soldiers involved in this operation is quite [video]

Mariam Barghouti /
@mariambarghouti: BREAKING: The Israeli military is raiding downtown Ramallah, broke into Al-Jazeera offices and ordered its closure for 45 days by military order. This is around 3:20 a.m. local. [video]

Associated Press:
Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel @Amputado@mastodon.cc: Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by #Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the #Gaza Strip. … The Times of Israel: Report: Israeli forces storm Al Jazeera's Ramallah bureau with military order to close it for 45 days

Pushkar Tiwari /
NDTV: “Take All Cameras And Leave”: Israel Raids Al Jazeera's West Bank Office

Spencer Ackerman /
@attackerman.bsky.social: Al Jazeera reports that the IDF is raiding its West Bank bureau. [image]

New York Times:

A look at Racquet, a tennis magazine whose co-founders, David Shaftel and Caitlin Thompson, are in a legal dispute over their differing visions for the magazine— The indie magazine Racquet aims to become a major player in the business of tennis — after a messy dispute between its two founders.

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@jtes

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Vanity Fair:

The relationship between Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. casts renewed scrutiny on the ethical line between all journalists and subjects— An allegedly inappropriate relationship between the New York reporter and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has rocked the media world

Discussion:
New York Post, Business Insider, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Jeremy Fassler, Adweek, Page Six, SheKnows, @lxeagle17, @will_bunch, @j_fassler, @bethfertig, @drmarinaarcher, HuffPost, @clayranck@threads.net, Us Weekly, @dankennedy_nu@threads.net, New York Times, The Wrap, Arizona Republic, Know Your Meme, 6abc, Slate, Defector, Hollywood Life, Business Insider, New York Daily News, NPR, ComingSoon.net, The Guardian, The Hill, Politico, Breitbart, Newser and TMZ.com

Discussion:

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Semafor's Ben Smith slammed for defending NY mag reporter Olivia Nuzzi: 'Who hasn't had an inappropriate relationship with a source?'

Madeline Berg /
Business Insider: The RFK Jr.-Nuzzi relationship had reportedly become an open secret in some circles before the news broke Fox News: ‘The View’ calls out ‘conflict of interest’ in NY Mag reporter's ‘personal relationship’ with RFK Jr.

Lily Mae Lazarus /
The Daily Beast: RFK Jr.'s Friends Whine Olivia Nuzzi ‘Set Him Up’ Using Nude Pics

Vanessa Serna /
Page Six: Married RFK Jr. bragged about ‘intimate’ photos he had of reporter Olivia Nuzzi amid sexting scandal: report

Delilah Gray /
SheKnows: RFK Jr. Once Had 43 ‘Mistresses’ in His Cellphone, Insiders Allege Amid Cheating Scandal

Lakshya Jain /
@lxeagle17: It is extremely funny that 90% of the male journalists on Twitter have been simping for Olivia Nuzzi, while all of the female journalists are beyond livid for her committing an incredibly serious and obvious breach of ethics.

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: 1. Re: the Olivia Nuzzi thing. I was surprised that she's only 31 so I read her bio. Dropped out of Fordham to cover the 2016 election for Daily Beast. My generation, no one did this — you worked at a smaller paper or 2 and covered zoning meetings and learned from your dumb...

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: 2...mistakes by the time you were ready to work in a major-league newsroom. Maybe there was some wisdom in that system, no?

Jeremy Fassler /
@j_fassler: Olivia Nuzzi's behavior with RFK Jr. is an indictment on journalism itself, but the fact that she's been allowed to rise to the top despite being so awful at her job, and that she's been defended so often, should also cause self-reflection. My latest: https://jeremyfassler.medium.com/ ...

Beth Fertig /
@bethfertig: “As the American media faces a whole new level of distrust and attacks, the ethical line between journalist and subject could not be more important to keep clear.” Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Dr. Marina Archer /
@drmarinaarcher: The entire access journalism issue matters. DC's press/politics “commingling” matters. Giuliani had Ken Vogel. Michael Cohen had Haberman. There are others. This isn't @ sex - it's @ politicians and media figures “using” each other for personal benefit. https://www.vanityfair.com/... @clayranck@threads.net: I really feel like the journalists telling us how great Nuzzi is are actually just telling on themselves.

Kaitlin Simpson /
Us Weekly: RFK Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi's Relationship Was ‘Emotional and Digital’ But Not ‘Physical’: Report

Dan Kennedy /
@dankennedy_nu@threads.net: This July 4 Olivia Nuzzi piece on a fading Biden was influential in how some of us thought about his future in politics. Obviously it wasn't the sole reason that he ended his campaign. But @nymag's claim that Nuzzi's relationship with RFK Jr. didn't affect her journalism is as wrong as can be. …

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi, New York Magazine Writer, Put on Leave Over R.F.K. Jr. Relationship The Wrap: DC Journalists Defending Olivia Nuzzi Draw Ridicule From Peers: It's ‘Journalism Malpractice Full Stop’

Bill Goodykoontz /
Arizona Republic: Yes, the RFK Jr.-Olivia Nuzzi mess matters. Here's why

Adam Downer /
Know Your Meme: Journalist Implies RFK Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi's 70-31 Age Gap Is Problematic, Recalling The Halcyon Days Of Twitter Hot Takes

Will McDuffie /
6abc: New York Magazine places reporter on leave after alleged relationship with RFK Jr.

Patrick Redford /
Defector: ‘New York’ Suspends Olivia Nuzzi Over “Inappropriate Relationship” With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Elisabeth McGowan /
Hollywood Life: Is Olivia Nuzzi Married? Meet Her Fiance Ryan Lizza Amid RFK Jr. Rumors

Peter Kafka /
Business Insider: Q&A with ex-CNN reporter Oliver Darcy, who launched his one-man independent newsletter about media in August and who uncovered the RFK Jr./Olivia Nuzzi story

Muri Assunção /
New York Daily News: NY Mag places Olivia Nuzzi on leave over alleged RFK Jr. relationship

Rachel Treisman /
NPR: Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is on leave over an alleged relationship with RFK Jr.

Anubhav Chaudhry /
ComingSoon.net: What Happened to Olivia Nuzzi? RFK Jr. Affair Rumors Explained The Guardian: Reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave after alleged personal relationship with RFK Jr revealed

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: New York Magazine puts Olivia Nuzzi on leave after report of relationship with RFK Jr.

Variety:

Interview with Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood on plans to make The Daily Beast “an intelligent tabloid” with 30+ new contributors like Tina Brown, Kara Swisher— If the media industry is burning, Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood aren't afraid to play close to the flames.

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LateNighter, @variety, The Daily Beast and @bristei

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Nick Riccardo /
LateNighter: Samantha Bee is Launching a New Podcast for The Daily Beast @variety: Samantha Bee will co-host a new podcast on The Daily Beast, and the publication is tapping more than 30 prominent journalists, comedians and thought leaders to help revitalize the site. Among the list are Kara Swisher, Larry Wilmore and Phoebe Robinson. https://variety.com/...

TechCrunch:

TikTok rolls out its redesigned Subscription feature, which lets creators offer three tiers, to eligible creators in select regions, including the UK and the US— TikTok announced on Monday that its redesigned “Subscription” monetization offering is rolling out to eligible creators in select regions …

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TikTok, MediaPost, ZDNET, @zachbussey, @tiktokcomms, @wildtiktokss and @liahaberman, more at Techmeme »

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TikTok: Subscription Expansion: Enabling More Creators to Enhance Relationships With Their Communities

Cesar Cadenas /
ZDNET: TikTok rolls out expanded Subscription packages letting fans unlock exclusive content

Zach Bussey /
@zachbussey: TikTok is expanding Subscriptions with new features. - Open to All eligible Creators, not just LIVE. - Three Tiers New Perks: - Private Comm Channels - Exclusive Content - Unique Stickers + Evolving Badges - Custom Perks (Discord Role, Shoutouts) #StreamerNews #TOSgg [image] @tiktokcomms: Our newly expanded Subscription feature launches today in select regions, with more to come. The redesigned feature will enable more creators to offer their followers exclusive perks, unique experiences, and access to a members-only community. Read more: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... [image] @wildtiktokss: subscriptions are now available on my page! they're only $1 subscribers will get daily exclusive posts and other memes/shitposts. I will also do giveaways and frequent shoutouts to the main feed for subscribers and talk about life i will also follow back all subs and feel free [image]

Lia Haberman /
@liahaberman: TikTok announced its updated “Subscription” feature is rolling out to more eligible creators in select markets Creators will be able offer followers exclusive access to premium perks, unique experiences, and a members-only community for a monthly fee https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... [image]

BBC:

Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC and the Times, presenter of ITV's Weekend World, and launch chairman of TV-am, dies at age 87— Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC, has died aged 87. — At various times, Jay was also economics editor of the Times newspaper …

Discussion:
The Guardian, @adamboultontabb, @markesutherland, @stefanstern, @lookoutwales2, @oliverkamm, @faisalislam and @dsmitheconomics

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Stephen Bates /
The Guardian: Peter Jay obituary

Adam Boulton /
@adamboultontabb: Peter Jay - always a man worth listening to and founding chairman of TVam among other accolades

Mark Sutherland /
@markesutherland: RIP Peter Jay. Such an astonishing career. Economics Editor of The Times & later the BBC. Founder presenter of Weekend World. British Ambassador to Washington. Founder Chairman & Chief Executive of TV-am. [image]

Gareth Joy /
@lookoutwales2: Peter Jay has died. In broadcasting circles, his notorious ‘mission to explain’ (to tackle the 'bias against understanding') gave rise to LWT's Weekend World yet almost strangled @TV_am at birth. https://www.bbc.com/...

Oliver Kamm /
@oliverkamm: Sad news of the death of Peter Jay, an immensely influential commentator & distinguished figure at @thetimes. I once debated Europe with him (like his father, Douglas Jay, he was an inveterate opponent of UK membership of EEC/EU) and found him fascinating. https://www.bbc.com/...

Faisal Islam /
@faisalislam: Sad to say my predecessor Peter Jay has passed away... Famously told colleague one of his complex pieces was written for an audience of 3, & he wasn't one of them... in room with LBJ and Okun when they came up with the definition of recession. Criticised the “bias against

New York Magazine:

An interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates on his new nonfiction book The Message, how US journalistic institutions failed about the Israeli-Hamas conflict, and more— A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.

Discussion:
@yacobg42, @coopercooperco, @hofrench, @bwdbwdbwd, @strawburriez, @zschrieber, @wireracing, @achingkneejoint, @damonlinker, @jackmirkinson, @seywarddarby, @jackmirkinson, @jazzedloon, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @dwallacewells, @dbattistella@mstdn.ca, @longreads@mastodon.world, @ryuspaeth, @brianstelter and Longreads

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Jacob Geller /
@yacobg42: My god [image] @coopercooperco: Coates spending the last decade in comics, movies, and fiction, and coming back to no fiction ready to burn all his Obama-era won bridges by unequivocally calling Palestine an occupation and ongoing genocide really underscores the general cowardice of that media class.

Howard French /
@hofrench: On American journalism during the Israel-Gaza conflict, from a long piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates. https://nymag.com/... [image]

Bradford William Davis /
@bwdbwdbwd: A woman shouted down Ta-Nehisi Coates over a how passage in his The Case for Reparations framed Israel, and it changed his life. Bullying works! [image]

Roxanna Asgarian /
@strawburriez: Something that struck me about the Ta-Nehisi profile is that even he has a hard time getting his work and ideas past the editors. [image] @zschrieber: Ta-Nehisi Coates is a once in a generation writer who transformed the way we view race in America. And it would be a shame if he tried to superimpose those uniquely American issues on to a completely unrelated conflict in the Middle East @wireracing: Looks like Ta-Nehisi Coates's time as a liberal darling is about to come to an end [image] @achingkneejoint: the most telling paragraph from the Ta-Nehisi Coates profile — i get the sense he's still overly forgiving towards the establishment media that embraced him, but it's incredibly rare for a figure like him to realise his complicity and deliberately turn against it. Props to him [image]

Damon Linker /
@damonlinker: I see Ta-Nehisi Coates has come down from Mt. Sinai to pronounce on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, declaring one side wicked & the other righteous & dismissing all efforts to acknowledge moral ambiguity. Such relief to be unburdened of complexity and difficulty.

Jack Mirkinson /
@jackmirkinson: apparently vox guy was actually subtweeting ta-nehisi coates which, have a good time with that

Seyward Darby /
@seywarddarby: This paragraph (entirely a quote) in @RyuSpaeth's profile of Ta-Nehisi Coates, my god. https://nymag.com/... [image]

Jack Mirkinson /
@jackmirkinson: it's kind of crazy that a profile of ta-nehisi coates that spends so much time talking about the erasure of palestinians from the us media...contains almost no palestinian voices in it

Jazmine Hughes /
@jazzedloon: “What I suspect,” he told me, “is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don't think that's true.” on our moral responsibility: https://nymag.com/...

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Coates: “What I suspect is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don't think that's true.” — https://archive.ph/...

David Wallace-Wells /
@dwallacewells: “'The fact of the matter is,' he said, 'that kid up at Columbia, whatever dumb shit they're saying, whatever slogan I would not say that they would use, they are more morally correct than some motherfuckers that have won Pulitzer Prizes...'” https://nymag.com/... @dbattistella@mstdn.ca: “The Israeli occupation is a moral crime, one that has been all but covered up by the West. I don't think I ever, in my life, felt the glare of racism burn stranger and more intense than in Israel.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates https://nymag.com/... [images] @longreads@mastodon.world: “'I have a deep-seated fear,' he told me, 'that the Black struggle will ultimately, at its root, really just be about narrow Black interest. And I don't think that is in the tradition of what our most celebrated thinkers have told the world.'” — A #NewYorkMagazine profile of Ta-Nehisi Coates by Ryu Spaeth: https://nymag.com/... …

Ryu Spaeth /
@ryuspaeth: For the latest issue of @NYMag I profiled Ta-Nehisi Coates, who talked to me about Israel and Palestine, the failures of the media, and what Gaza means for the civil rights movement https://nymag.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Ta-Nehisi Coates: “What I suspect is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don't think that's true.” https://nymag.com/...

Seyward Darby /
Longreads: The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates

Press Gazette:

DMG Media CEO Rich Caccappolo discusses how UK tech regulation and Google lawsuits may benefit news publishers, Mail Online's partial paywall success, and more— Revenue and profit up for DMG Media this year after Mail Online partial paywall move. — DMG Media chief executive Rich Caccappolo …

New York Times:

How Russia uses criticism of the US and the West to spread propaganda through RT and related networks in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa— Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster. But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary …

TechCrunch:

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is a “cancer to WordPress” and profits off the confusion between the WordPress project and WP Engine's paid services— Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.”

Discussion:
Nate Hoffelder, WordPress News, @michaelbishop.me, @varunkrish and Matt Mullenweg, more at Techmeme »

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Matt Mullenweg /
WordPress News: WP Engine is not WordPress

Michael Bishop /
@michaelbishop.me: lol. lmaof even [embedded post]

Varun Krishnan /
@varunkrish: Why is @photomatt suddenly worked up? Saw this and his recent tweets against WP Engine. What's happening ? https://wordpress.org/... Matt Mullenweg: On WP Engine — I wrote a bit more on Lee Wittlinger / Silver Lake and WP Engine over on WordPress.org …

Android Police:

Reddit users say YouTube has raised the prices of individual and family YouTube Premium plans outside the US, with hikes of 30% to 50% based on the region— - YouTube is increasing subscription prices outside the US, affecting both individual and family plans.

Discussion:
The Desk, The Verge, @MylesRyden@social.vivaldi.net, How-To Geek and 9to5Google

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Matthew Keys /
The Desk: YouTube increases price for YouTube Premium in Europe

MylesRyden /
@MylesRyden@social.vivaldi.net: @Mediagazer — And in the meantime has cranked up the number of ads with a “reminder” after every ad block that you can stop the pain by subscribing. — I wonder if advertisers are aware that their ads are being used as punishment for non-subscribers.

Christian Zibreg /
How-To Geek: YouTube Premium Raises Global Prices and Tests a Cheaper Plan

Damien Wilde /