Jennifer Jacobs, the Bloomberg News reporter fired for allegedly breaking Russian prisoner swap story embargo, suggests she didn't decide to publish prematurely (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)
Mediagazer: Jennifer Jacobs, the Bloomberg News reporter fired for allegedly breaking Russian prisoner swap story embargo, suggests she didn't decide to publish prematurely (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)
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Mediaite:
Jennifer Jacobs, the Bloomberg News reporter fired for allegedly breaking Russian prisoner swap story embargo, suggests she didn't decide to publish prematurely— Bloomberg News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs shot back at the news outlet on Monday after she was fired …
Discussion: Associated Press: Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap, disciplines journalists involved
Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Bloomberg Disciplines Journalists Over Prisoner Swap Article
Jennifer Jacobs /
@jenniferjjacobs:
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Bloomberg fires reporter who broke prisoner swap story
Mark Toth /
@mctothstl: @JenniferJJacobs To be sure, as I can personally attest, journalists do not decide when stories are published or what headlines are used. Sometimes, not even the presiding editors make those choices. In some online publications, timing & headlines are determined by the web admins — and long
Sarah Reese Jones /
@politicussarah: @JenniferJJacobs I've always learned something from your questions on WH calls and deeply respect your work. Rather horrified that you are being blamed for the publication timing. No one worth anything thinks you would jeopardize a fellow journalist. I'm so sorry for what you're going
A.J. Perez /
@byajperez: @JenniferJJacobs This is maddening. I'm sorry you had to take the fall for your bosses.
Heidi N. Moore /
@moorehn: @JenniferJJacobs it's awful that they threw you under the bus. Hoping you land somewhere good 🙏
CeCe Q /
@arrowofartemis: @JenniferJJacobs Then who exactly was responsible for publishing the article in violation of the embargo which is what Bloomberg did?
John McQuaid /
@johnmcquaid@threads.net: Would be useful to know how/why such a major editorial breakdown took place, and how staffers high-fiving each other on social media could have been unaware of the problem ... over to you, Bloomberg ombudsman https://www.thewrap.com/...
John McQuaid /
@johnmcquaid@threads.net: Jennifer Jacobs, who was fired over Bloomberg's embargo breaking, implies that she did not make the decision to publish prematurely https://www.huffpost.com/... https://x.com/... Fox News: Bloomberg admits it ‘prematurely published’ story on historic prisoner swap, disciplines journalists
Paige Skinner /
HuffPost: Bloomberg Reporter Fired Over Breaking Embargo On Evan Gershkovich's Release: Reports
Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Bloomberg broke Gershkovich embargo
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Mediaite:
Bloomberg EIC says he has apologized to the freed prisoners and to WSJ EIC; report: one of the two Bloomberg reporters who bylined the story has been fired— John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, announced this week that several members of his newsroom have faced …
Discussion:
@charlottetklein, New York Post, @ericnewcomer, @warondumb, Talking Biz News and New York Magazine
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Charlotte Klein /
@charlottetklein: Jennifer Jacobs—one of the two Bloomberg reporters who bylined the embargo-breaking Gershkovich piece—has been fired, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Bloomberg reportedly fires White House reporter for breaking embargo on Evan Gershkovich deal
Eric Newcomer /
@ericnewcomer: bloomberg really should explain what happened here. given the power of editors at bloomberg, there needs to be more transparency about what played out exactly. unfair to put all the blame with a respected reporter.
Kyle Whitmire /
@warondumb: I had wondered why Bloomberg was so far out front without corroborating reports from other outlets.
Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Bloomberg White House reporter Jacobs departs
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, CNN, @jayrosen_nyu, @dan_munz, Fox News, @dnvolz, @maxwelltani, @bgrueskin, Newser, @benadida, The Hill, Deadline and TVNewsCheck
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]
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/...
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.
Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Follows an internal review, which we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter https://www.semafor.com/... [image]
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.”
Rob Quinn /
Newser: Bloomberg Broke Embargo on Reporting Prisoner Swap
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.
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Bloomberg disciplines multiple staff over premature prisoner swap story
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Bloomberg Takes Disciplinary Action Against Staffers For Breaking Embargo On Prisoner Swap Plan To Release Evan Gershkovich And Others
404 Media:
Sources: Nvidia scraped sources like Netflix and YouTube to train an unreleased foundational model; concerned staff were told they had full clearance to do so— Nvidia scraped videos from Youtube and several other sources to compile training data for its AI products, internal Slack chats …
Discussion:
Futurism, Engadget, @ernie@writing.exchange, @timnitGebru@dair …, @samleecole, @mkbhd, @josephfcox, @paco@infosec.exchange, @paul@oldfriends.live, @noondlyt@mastodon.social, @minimaxir, Digital Trends, @KimPerales@toad.social, @lilithsaintcrow …, @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net, @minimaxir, @simonw, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social and @simonw, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Maggie Harrison Dupré /
Futurism: Nvidia Caught Stealing Mind-Boggling Quantity of YouTube Videos to Train AI
Will Shanklin /
Engadget: NVIDIA's AI team reportedly scraped YouTube, Netflix videos without permission
Ernie Smith /
@ernie@writing.exchange: Nvidia's comments on copyright in this are really something. https://www.404media.co/...
Timnit Gebru /
@timnitGebru@dair-community.social: Now let's do Google and OpenAI. — https://www.404media.co/...
Samantha Cole /
@samleecole: Internal Nvidia emails, conversations and documents leaked to 404 Media show how the company built a yet-to-be released video foundation model by scraping copyrighted content and academic datasets https://www.404media.co/...
Marques Brownlee /
@mkbhd: cool cool cool cool cool cool now leaked NVIDIA slack messages discussing which YouTube channels to scrape videos from. MKBHD videos? Yeah grab those too.
Joseph Cox /
@josephfcox: The leak also shows Nvidia scraping Netflix to make its model. Netflix says it does not have a deal with Nvidia, and that it does not allow scraping under its terms of service https://www.404media.co/... [image] @paco@infosec.exchange: So this is bad. I'm sure #YouTube was a little annoyed that individuals could download videos with #ytdlp, but now that #nvidia has been caught doing it at scale, this is going to accelerate their hostility. Kudos to @404mediaco for the great reporting as always. …
Paul Chambers /
@paul@oldfriends.live: This is wild, regardless of if you are pro, con, or indifferent regarding AI. #OpenAI #AI #IPTheft #Pirating — 🔗 Leaked Documents Show #Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI — They are getting most if not all of #YouTube and other sites. …
Lauren /
@noondlyt@mastodon.social: They made Huang a king and he believed it. — Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI https://www.404media.co/...
Max Woolf /
@minimaxir: I don't even know logistically how you would scrape Netflix. Torrent all the shows? https://x.com/...
Andrew Tarantola /
Digital Trends: Nvidia reportedly caught scraping AI data from Netflix and YouTube (again)
Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: #AI is built on fraud & theft: — “We got a massive leak from inside #Nvidia (emails, Slack chats, documents) which show how it created a yet-to-be-released AI model. The leak shows that Nvidia scraped YouTube en masse, had clearance from highest levels of the company.” …
Lili Saintcrow /
@lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com: “Questions from employees working on the project about legal issues were often dismissed by project managers, who said the decision to scrape videos without permission was an “executive decision” that they need not worry about...” https://www.404media.co/...
Simon Willison /
@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net: Fascinating report from 404 Media's Samantha Cole on a trove of leaked NVIDIA Slack messages and emails about how they're scraping millions of YouTube videos to train their own new foundation video generation model: https://www.404media.co/... Posted a few of my own notes here: https://simonwillison.net/... …
Simon Willison /
@simonw: A few weeks ago there was a big response to a story about companies training just on captions scraped from YouTube - captions only, not the video. This NVIDIA story involves the full video content. https://x.com/...
Jason Koebler /
@jasonkoebler@mastodon.social: SCOOP from @samleecole: Leaked Slacks and documents show the incredible scale of NVidia's AI scraping: 80 years — “a human lifetime” of videos every day. Had approval from highest levels of company despite staff legal/ethical concerns: — https://www.404media.co/...
Simon Willison /
@simonw: Not surprising to see NVIDIA doing this - practically the industry standard right now - but interesting to see details of what they're collecting and why: “Movies are actually a good source of data to get gaming-like 3D consistency and fictional content but much higher quality”
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— Roark will be president of editorial and newsgathering, and Mitchell will be president of stations and digital
Discussion:
The Desk, CBS News, Radio & Television …, New York Post, Deadline, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter and Barrett Media
Discussion:
Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: CBS News boss Wendy McMahon revamps management team after exit of controversial executive
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: CBS News And Stations Taps Adrienne Roark And Jennifer Mitchell For Expanded Roles As Part Of New Leadership Structure
Ted Johnson /
TVNewsCheck: CBS Taps Adrienne Roark And Jennifer Mitchell For Expanded Roles As Part Of News Leadership Structure
Reuters:
The European Commission says TikTok agreed to permanently withdraw and not replace TikTok Lite's “Task and Reward Programme” in the EU to comply with the DSA— ByteDance's TikTok has agreed to permanently withdraw its TikTok Lite rewards programme from the EU to comply …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Information, 9to5Mac, UPI, @carnage4life, Sourcing Journal, @eu_commission and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Natasha Lomas /
TechCrunch: TikTok Lite: EU closes addictive design case after TikTok commits to not bring back rewards mechanism
Kaya Yurieff /
The Information: TikTok Shutters Rewards Program for TikTok Lite in EU
Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life: TikTok will be shutting down its program which rewarded users with points convertible to Amazon gift cards for watching videos and referring friends. They were under investigation under the EU's DSA for an overly addictive feature aimed at minors. This is the first major DSA win [image]
Meghan Hall /
Sourcing Journal: European Commission Closes DSA Case After TikTok Promises to Nix Lite App @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
Lyubov Pronina /
Bloomberg: TikTok Pulls Program EU Warned Could Make Kids App Addicts
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:
Reuters, Fox News, @maxwelltani and New York Post
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David Brunnstrom /
Reuters: Nine UNRWA staff members were possibly involved in attack on Israel, UN says
Fox News:
UN forced to fire 9 employees over likely involvement in Hamas massacre: ‘Tip of the iceberg’
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]
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, Writers Guild of America East and Deadline
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
Katie Campione /
Deadline: Crooked Media Union Stages Walkout After More Than A Year Of Contract Negotiations
RELATED:
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
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 Verge:
WBD says it has seen a “meaningful lift” in how long viewers watch content on Max after rolling out a new “whole page optimization” system in the US last month— If you've been on Max lately, you might've noticed more personalized rows of content across your entire homepage.
Discussion:
Variety, The Streamable, @tvgrimreaper and Cord Cutters News
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Jennifer Maas /
Variety: Max Launches New Homepage Personalization System: Here's How It Works and What Changes Are Next
David Satin /
The Streamable: Max Revamps Home Screen to Help Viewers Find Better Content Recommendations @tvgrimreaper: Will Max see a meaningful rise in its stagnant tiny measured use? Or is this just PR fluff? [image]
Adweek:
After redesigning its website in June 2024, the AP says monthly page views rose 17%, unique visitors rose 16%, video views rose 89%, digital ad revenue rose 20%— A site redesign helped yield a 20% increase in ad revenue — Last June, The Associated Press began a concerted effort to expand …
Discussion:
Casey Silvestri on LinkedIn and Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn
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Casey Silvestri /
Casey Silvestri on LinkedIn: “On the video front, views are up 89%, view time is up 300% and the publisher added 750,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel, putting it north of 3 million total. …
Nieman Lab:
A Louisiana law that went into effect last week makes it a misdemeanor for reporters or anyone to be within 25 feet of a police officer after being ordered back— “You can't even get an officer's badge number at 25 feet. So there's no way to hold anyone accountable."
Discussion:
@richardawebster and Boing Boing
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Richard A. Webster /
@richardawebster: Today a Louisiana law goes into effect making it illegal to come within 25 feet of police, when warned to stay back. Opponents say it is designed to prevent people, including reporters, from filming and exposing police abuses. @veritenewsnola @propublica https://www.shorturl.at/7E1MV
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:
@lucas_shaw, Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn, 9to5Mac, Billboard and @rezendi
Discussion:
Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: After a decade of streaming growth, investors are worried the music industry has peaked. I explored whether their thinking — and what the music industry is doing to prove them wrong: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw /
Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn: After a decade of strong growth, the music business is slowing down; investors are worried that record labels have peaked. …
Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Slow growth for Apple Music and other services acknowledged by world's biggest music label
Glenn Peoples /
Billboard: How AI is Creating a Wave of Innovation and Entrepreneurship That's Reshaping the Music Industry (Guest Column)
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:
GBH, @bostonglobe, Mother Jones, HuffPost, Verite News, The Boston Globe, @jayrosen_nyu, New York Post, @luckytran@threads.net, 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:
Verite News: LSU president shares anti-transgender misinformation, breaking his own neutrality policy The Boston Globe: Editor's note — A significant error was made in a headline on a story in Friday's print sports section …
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. @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
Mediaite:
The Washington Post says a viral image of a column implying that the paper will endorse whoever Kamala Harris chooses as her running mate is fake— The Washington Post was forced to clarify on Monday that an image of a column pre-made to endorse whoever Vice President Kamala Harris chose as her running mate was “fake.”
Discussion:
@andrewstilesusa, @washpostpr, @politicussarah and @colbyhall
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Andrew Stiles /
@andrewstilesusa: oops [image]
Sarah Reese Jones /