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Semafor:

The Washington Post's choices with respect to covering the flag outside Justice Alito's house illustrate how deferential the coverage of SCOTUS was before Dobbs— In January 2021, the Washington Post's Supreme Court reporter and his editors agreed: The upside-down American flag seen flying …
Discussion: HuffPost, @markjacob16, @semaforben, @markjacob16, @chrisgeidner, @jaywillis, @edmundlee, @jeffjarvis, Media Nation, @senderowiczj, @bgrueskin, @mlcalderone, @semaforben, @dvaughanci and New York Post

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Paige Lavender /
HuffPost: Washington Post Reveals Previously Unpublished Reporting On Alito Flag Controversy

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: @semaforben Don't get me wrong: I'm glad you interviewed the WaPo editor. Did you ask if any editor above him was part of the “consensus”? Did you ask why WaPo didn't consider working the Alito flag thing into one of the many stories it wrote about Clarence Thomas and his wife's activism?

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: @MarkJacob16 Yeah, answers to both of those are in thr story. Both quite unsatisfying, as is often true in reality

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: Semafor is building quite a brand for itself by running cover for mainstream journalists who fail to meet this dangerous political moment. First NYT's Joe Kahn and now this WaPo editor who helped keep Justice Alito's upside-down flag secret for 3 years. @chrisgeidner: Ben gets a still-unsatisfying-but-more- complete answer as to the Post's decision not to publish in January 2021, but his piece doesn't really get into the point that he cites me about: All of the other key times since then when the Post still didn't publish it (before Saturday).

Jay Willis /
@jaywillis: Should journalists do their jobs, or instead, not do their jobs? Stay tuned for the scintillating debate! https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: .@semafor did the reporting and talked to the @washingtonpost editor who spiked the Alito upside down flag story. reporting > sensibility https://www.semafor.com/... @jeffjarvis: Former WaPo editor Cameron Barr tells Semafor burying the Alito flag story was a matter of “consensus” (as so many bad decisions are). Baron says he was unaware. Ben Smith lets them skate, saying things were different pre-Dobbs. Well, if coverage had been different, maybe there @senderowiczj: This paragraph by @semaforben is not an explanation, but rather a confession. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: .@semaforben talks to the former Washpost managing editor who helped spike the Alito flag story 3 years before the NYT reported it. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Michael Calderone /
@mlcalderone: Even in a pre-Dobbs world, it's hard to fathom editors passing on the Alitos story https://www.semafor.com/...

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: @jeffjarvis lol “let's them skate”? I should have .. ritually denounced? I reported stuff that many of us were curious about and got answers to questions, I find the idea that this then required a denunciation perplexing. There are lots of people doing Twitter denunciations! Reporting is in

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: I spoke to Cameron Barr about what actually happened with the Washington Post's Alito story https://www.semafor.com/...

Daniel Vaughan /
@dvaughanci: What this Semafor piece actually reveals is that Dobbs is a fig leaf excuse to cover the court in a partisan manner. It reveals more about lowered standards of journalists than it does the Court https://www.semafor.com/...

Hanna Panreck /
New York Post: Sitting federal judge hits Justice Alito for eroding ‘trust,’ taking ‘sides’ after upside-down flag controversy

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The Washington Post says it knew about the upside-down US flag at Justice Alito's house in 2021 but did not report it as it didn't seem related to politics— In January 2021, Martha-Ann Alito said the flag, a symbol embraced by election deniers, was raised outside her home in response to a neighborhood dispute.

Discussion:
The Wrap, New York Post, @parkermolloy@threads.net, Media Nation, Why Evolution Is True, @bgrueskin, @davidrlurie, @unmanageable22, @jerrymberger, @jaywillis, @jackmjenkins, @carlquintanilla, @newsjennifer, @muellershewrote, @reevesjw, @brianstelter, @elienyc, @mikiebarb, @keitholbermann, WSVN-TV, @bespacific@newsie.social, The Hill, @tokyosreckoning.bsky.social, Fox News, @4thstringer.bsky.social, @phostetlerart.bsky.social, @mikekeating.bsky.social, @mstbrooks.bsky.social, @paulconstant.com, @Greengordon@spore.social, @ronhogan.bsky.social, @gwynnion.bsky.social, @beardedstoner.bsky.social, @tiny.baby, @ckupf.bsky.social, @wendycortiz.bsky.social, @mhageraus@threads.net, @markjacobnews@threads.net, @chuckgraef@threads.net, @mickeleh@threads.net, @jeffjarvis@threads.net, @markjacobnews@threads.net, @ahmed.baba_@threads.net, @nycsouthpaw@threads.net, @perednialynne@threads.net, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, @mirandayaver@threads.net, Mediaite, @spocko@mastodon.online, @JamesWNeal@mstdn.social, @kcivey@mastodon.social, @KimPerales@toad.social, @joshuafoust@appdot.net and New York Times

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Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Former Washington Post Editor Admits He Should've ‘Pushed Harder’ to Publish Alito Flag Story in 2021

Hanna Panreck /
New York Post: Washington Post reveals it passed on Samuel Alito upside-down flag story after confrontation with justice's wife

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy@threads.net: What I don't understand is how this didn't come up during the reporting on Ginni Thomas. Even if you buy the argument that Alito himself didn't know (I don't), the Ginni Thomas stories from 2022 would have made the Martha Alito stuff relevant then.

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Thinking through what's next following The Washington Post's Alito debacle

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: The Washpost knew about the Alito flag as early as Biden's Inauguration Day in 2021, and even got a statement from him. But WP editors chose not to publish a word about it until the NYT beat them on their own story, a few days ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] @davidrlurie: The Post's belatedly disclosed decision to drop this story is inexplicable. The scene outside the Alito house recounted in this story is so bizarre that it should have led to more reporting, not dropping the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Bent /
@unmanageable22: The @washingtonpost is my favorite outlet. I read it like a religion daily. This is the most dispiriting, disturbing thing I've read in the Post over the past 10 years. That it was a group decision makes it so much worse. What a fucking travesty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @jerrymberger: How did ⁦@WashPost⁩ fail to recognize this wasn't simply a political dispute with a neighbor with an admission she recognized the symbolism? Martha-Ann Alito told The Post in 2021 that flag was ‘signal of distress’ - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Jay Willis /
@jaywillis: When I say legacy Supreme Court journalism is broken, this is what I mean. Credulous and embarrassing. “It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics,” brother what would you say your “job” is https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Jack Jenkins /
@jackmjenkins: Oh wow: Looks like the Washington Post has known about Alito's upside-down U.S. flag for *years* — and even had on-the-record comments from his wife, Martha-Ann Alito — but decided not to publish. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Carl Quintanilla /
@carlquintanilla: “.. The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a @washingtonpost spokeswoman said ..” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Jennifer Schulze /
@newsjennifer: A massive journalism fail by the @washingtonpost to hide the Alito flag story. Everyone involved should hang their heads in shame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] @muellershewrote: NEW: The Washington Post sat on this story for over three years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

John Reeves /
@reevesjw: It's incredible to me how gullible our media can be sometimes. “We're just flying the Stop-the-Steal flag after the insurrection attempt cuz one of our neighbors was mean to us. It's really nothing more than that!” “No worries, Mr and Mrs Alito!” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: The WaPo for real used a Saturday-of-Memorial-Day-Weekend newsdump to explain why they've been covering up for Alito for *three years.* They think people are this stupid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Michael Barbaro /
@mikiebarb: A fascinating journalistic admission from WaPo. They knew about Alito flag but didn't report on it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Keith Olbermann /
@keitholbermann: Breaking: @washingtonpost admits it covered up Alito Flag story in real time in January 2021 Look, if Mrs Alito has anger management or psychological or some other problems, that's not an excuse to suppress the news #DemocracyDiesInCoverUps https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Rubén Rosario /
WSVN-TV: Washington Post: Justice Samuel Alito's wife said upside-down American flag was ‘an international signal of distress’ in 2021 @bespacific@newsie.social: Law Dork - https://www.lawdork.com/... - In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, #WashingtonPost acknowledged on Saturday they hid #Alito article for 3 yrs and dropped it in the middle this holiday week … @tokyosreckoning.bsky.social: You gotta be kidding me — Endless deference to a broken institution [embedded post] Fox News: Conservatives scoff at attempt to take colonial-era flag and connect Justice Alito to ‘MAGA battle flag’ @4thstringer.bsky.social: I feel like we had just last week a “the Washington Post is hemorrhaging money as people cancel their subscriptions” story. Weird. Can't imagine why. [embedded post]

Paul Hostetler /
@phostetlerart.bsky.social: I'll be honest: I don't think reporting this 3 years ago would have changed anything that's happened since. [embedded post]

Tracy Brooks /
@mstbrooks.bsky.social: I freakin hate it here [embedded post]

Paul Constant /
@paulconstant.com: To truly impartial and objective journalists, it's only politics if a Democrat does it. [embedded post] @Greengordon@spore.social: @Mediagazer — Example #23943 why the MSM cannot be considered a reliable source, and why they are in the bag for Trump and the Republicans. Just pathetically awful ‘journalism.’ — “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito …

Ron Hogan /
@ronhogan.bsky.social: Genuine question: Are the editors of the Washington Post stupid? [embedded post] @gwynnion.bsky.social: The NYT and WaPo could cease to exist tomorrow and nothing of value would be lost. [embedded post]

Bearded Stoner /
@beardedstoner.bsky.social: “Yea we heard about some yahoos breaking into that DC hotel, but didn't seem like a big deal.” [embedded post] @ckupf.bsky.social: “Democracy Dies in Darkness” says paper that keeps relevant information related to said democracy in darkness. [embedded post]

Wendy C. Ortiz /
@wendycortiz.bsky.social: 🙄🙄🙄 [embedded post]

Mark /
@mhageraus@threads.net: I'm usually someone who steps in to defend the MSM, but this is fairly egregious from the @washingtonpost I mean, to have the spokeswoman say, “this didn't appear to be related to politics.” Really? In the DC metro area and a SC justice? This was a reporter protecting his SC sources — even though he was confronted by a shrieking Mrs Alito. …

Mark Jacob /
@markjacobnews@threads.net: The Washington Post ran many stories about Clarence Thomas' refusal to recuse in Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's coup involvement. But WaPo knew there was a problem with Alito in a similar vein but kept it secret.

Chuck Graef /
@chuckgraef@threads.net: So the Washington Post decided to take at face value the pathetic “dog ate my homework” excuse Alito offered for flying a “Stop The Steal” flag at his home after January 6, while apparently neglecting to ask whether that excuse were almost worse …

Michael Markman /
@mickeleh@threads.net: Democracy dies in a newspaper that fails to understand current politics. Here's why WaPo says they ignored the Alito flag story in 2021 “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. …

Michael Markman /
@mickeleh@threads.net: A reporter for the goddam Washington Post knew about the Alito flag THREE YEARS AGO. (This post is a signal of my distress.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@threads.net: Good Lord. The Washington Post blew this, choosing not to report on the Alitos' (plural) flag at the time, dredging it up now, masking the failure amid background paragraphs. Democracy dies in terrible, irresponsible, credulous, complicit news judgment. Shame. …

Mark Jacob /
@markjacobnews@threads.net: The Washington Post admits that it has known about the upside-down American flag at Alito's house for THREE YEARS but decided not to publish the fact. WaPo claims it was unclear if the flag display was related to politics. Stunning. And lame. (Gift link) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Ahmed Baba /
@ahmed.baba_@threads.net: The Washington Post admits they had the Alito flag story in January 2021, but decided not to publish it. We can only wonder how much of an impact this would have had if it was published during the immediate aftermath of January 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @nycsouthpaw@threads.net: Mrs. Alito flew her freak flag in the face of a WaPo supreme court reporter, and the paper decided it wasn't a story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Lynne Perednia /
@perednialynne@threads.net: The Washington Post sat on the Alito story for three years after his wife screamed at the reporter. I don't think I'll ever get over the paper that once was Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee doing this.

Brittany /
@ravishinginplaid@threads.net: I saw a handful of large accounts defending the Washington Post when the Alito flag story “broke.” Most to the effect of “they didn't hold the story!” Welp, turns out the Washington Post DID hold the story. For THREE YEARS. And if you were one of these larger accounts, defending them...it's time to eat some major crow.

Walt Mossberg /
@mossbergwalt@threads.net: This is journalistic malfeasance, plain and simple. They could have reported it and still included all the caveats and alternate explanations. Episodes like this are crucial to report as soon as they are confirmed. That's because we are not just in a normal argument between two parties who both support and defend our democracy but have different policies. …

Miranda Yaver /
@mirandayaver@threads.net: I know nothing matters anymore, but I'm fucking livid that The Washington Post sat on the Alito insurrectionist flag issue for three years. So about that “democracy dies in darkness” line...

Jennifer Bowers Bahney /
Mediaite: New: Wapo Reporter Got in Screaming Confrontation with Alito's Wife Over Flag - But Didn't Report It @spocko@mastodon.online: The Washington Post knew about Alito distress flag in January 2021, interviewed Martha-Ann Alito about it, and didn't think there was a story worth publishing. — And they decided to sit on this information since the New York Times story dropped on May 16. — #Alito #AlitoFlags — Gift link. …

JamesWNeal /
@JamesWNeal@mstdn.social: (Epic #Journalism Fail) “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics, the spokeswoman said.” …

Keith Ivey /
@kcivey@mastodon.social: “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said.” …

Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: The Washington Post knew about Alito's flying of the upside down🇺🇸flag in Jan 2021, but squelched the story. The reporter who interviewed his wife said it signaled a sign of distress,& the flag had already been taken down when the reporter interviewed her. …

Joshua Foust /
@joshuafoust@appdot.net: The Washington Post asking us to believe a seasoned reporter with 17 years of experience didn't think a Supreme Court justice flying an upside down flag was “political” is so corrupt and insulting it is deal-breaking for the entire paper. Utterly cratered ethics, total source capture. It's just embarrassing. …

Michael Ponsor /
New York Times: A Federal Judge Wonders: How Could Alito Have Been So Foolish?

Law Dork:

The Washington Post's decision not to report on the Alito flag story multiple times since 2021, even as SCOTUS ethics stories came out, raises many questions— Last week, many of us learned from The New York Times that an upside-down American flag had been temporarily raised over the Alito household in the days after January 6, 2021.

Discussion:

Jennifer Rubin /
Washington Post: What more need Alito do before Durbin gets off the stick?

Kelcie Moseley-Morris /
@kelciemmorris: This makes the reporting Maggie Haberman saved for her book look quaint @lawdorknews: NEW LAW DORK: Washington Post bombshell: Washington Post buried Alito flag story for three years. This raises many questions, several relating to the fact that the Post, at least passively, made the decision not to reveal this news many times since 2021. https://www.lawdork.com/... @mad_democracy: Strong and valid criticism of WaPo's SCOTUS coverage. @chrisgeidner is right. WaPo suppressed the Alito story — fundamentally a political story, about supporting Trump — while Alito was the 5th vote for the majority in the Trump 14thA/Colorado ballot case. That's Bad News. @jallepap: In 2017 @washingtonpost adopted the phrase “democracy dies in darkness” In 2019, WaPo ran a Super Bowl ad to this effect If this is your brand, then you ought to understand how disappointing it is to see tangible proof that you sat on a story for 3+ years

Robert Gumpert /
@robertgumpert: Guess they didn't think it was either a conflict or news Washington Post bombshell: Washington Post buried Alito flag story for three years, by @chrisgeidner https://www.lawdork.com/...

@chrisgeidner:
I cannot get over how many times in recent years the Washington Post had to decide *not* to share that they knew the Alito household flew an upside-down flag in the immediate aftermath of Jan 6 before reporting it today. https://www.lawdork.com/...

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: It boggles my mind that the Washington Post knew about the insurrectionist flag at the residence of a Supreme Court “Justice” at the time it was flown — but didn't tell the public what it knew until years later, the NY Times did report it. — Journalistic malpractice is putting it mildly. …

Joshua Holland /
@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: I've heard somewhere that democracy dies in darkness. — “In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, the Post acknowledged on Saturday — dropped in the middle of the holiday weekend, more than a week after the Times's report … @wdlindsy@toad.social: As Chris Geidner reports, Washington Post knew three years ago about Alito's wife flying the insurrectionist flag of white Christian nationalism, and buried the story. — “As Alito provided an essential fifth vote hollowing out the Fourteenth Amendment's bar to insurrectionists' holding office, the Post sat silent.” …

Reuters:

Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta's plan to shut down the tool in August 2024— Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections …

Discussion:
@mathver, @clothildegouj, @orestepollicino, @rajiinio and @bravebosom

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Mathias Vermeulen /
@mathver: Crowdtangle live displays have been switched on again at 18:00 CEST in 27 EU member states 1/2 [image]

Clothilde Goujard /
@clothildegouj: About a month after the European Commission opened a probe into Meta under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the company has opened up to external scrutiny ahead of the EU elections. https://www.politico.eu/...

Oreste Pollicino /
@orestepollicino: @MetaNewsEMEA The collaboration path is always the best one, as the code of practice shows

Deb Raji /
@rajiinio: Nice to see the DSA in action—CrowdTangle (a platform transparency tool for Facebook) has been re-enabled through 2024 elections in EU member states. @mozilla & @brandonsilverm led a letter calling for this in March, after FB tried to shut the tool down:https://foundation.mozilla.org/ ...

Deadline:

Martine Croxall, one of the four female BBC journalists who brought a tribunal claim against the BBC, returns to screen after being off-air for more than a year— BBC news presenter Martine Croxall has returned to screen after being off-air for more than a year, while her legal battle with her employer still plays out.

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The Guardian

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Nieman Lab:

As traffic from social media drops, nonprofit news outlets are experimenting with in-person outreach to distribute journalism to new and underserved audiences— As social platforms falter for news, a number of nonprofit outlets are rethinking distribution for impact and in-person engagement.

Discussion:

Fazia Rizvi /
@faziarizvi@mastodon.social: Interesting how news organizations are trying new ways to reach people, and turning to the analog. https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Sewell Chan /
Sewell Chan on LinkedIn: I could not be more proud of my colleagues Alejandra Martinez and Maria Mendez for their ground-breaking audience engagement work. …

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: @TexasTribune “We need to be in-person to build trust with audiences who have been historically underserved.” https://www.niemanlab.org/... @gingergorman: Wow - super interesting. Journalists in the US not relying on social media to distribute their work, but moving into really analogue, old school ways to distribute news...like printing their stories and physically handing them out 😍 https://www.niemanlab.org/... @altavoz_lab: The project came out of the Altavoz Lab Environmental Fellowship and also received funding from the @pulitzercenter. It was co-published in March by @TexasTribune @EHNewsroom, and @palabranahj in both English and Spanish." Proud of @wendyselene @alereports https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Matt Adams /
@themattadams: I am very proud of the @TexasTribune audience team. The work of @alereports, @natijomartinez, @anxious_maria, and @wendyselene shows that the future of audience work will involve new ideas, but the goals remain the same: keeping communities informed. https://www.niemanlab.org/... @artsjournalnews: To reach affected audiences, the Tribune printed 500 flyers and 1,000 postcards in English and Spanish. Journalists knocked on doors in the neighborhoods where they'd reported and made additional stops in school pick-up lines, churches, grocery stores, https://www.niemanlab.org/... [image]

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: The @TexasTribune printed postcards and flyers with takeaways from a major environmental reporting project. Reporters spent days in affected communities distributing their work post-publication. https://www.niemanlab.org/... @caddymarketing: This is certainly one way to do it. The Texas Tribune audience team experiments with IRL distribution via bilingual flyers and postcards, and laundromat visits, says @SarahScire in @NiemanLab ➡️ https://www.niemanlab.org/... @gretadgv: Building trust with underserved audiences is crucial for more inclusive journalism. @wendyselene and @alereports did a story and then went back to the community to make sure they got the information they needed. That's commitment! @NiemanLab wrote about it https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Alejandra Martinez /
@alereports: Building trust with audiences, especially those historically underserved, requires more than just publication — it demands a commitment to community. @NiemanLab wrote about the in-person story distribution @wendyselene & I did for a recent investigation: https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Semafor:

OpenAI seems to be uninterested in doing content licensing deals with partisan news sites, like left-leaning HuffPost or right-wing outlets like Breitbart News— The News — The partisan publishers that thrived during the social media age — most of all, high-flying right-wing outlets …

Discussion:
Garbage Day, @semaforben, @maxwelltani and The Atlantic

Discussion:

Ryan Broderick /
Garbage Day: Excuse the navel-gazing — Today's Memorial Day in the US, so instead of the usual email …

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: AI companies freeze out partisan media @maxwelltani https://www.semafor.com/...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Reported this out for @semafor's media newsletter: Partisan media thrived in the social news era. AI could tip the scales back in favor of establishment media outlets, which are signing partnership deals and training AI on less sensational news content. https://www.semafor.com/...

Jessica Lessin /
The Atlantic: Media Companies Are Making a Huge Mistake With AI

New York Times:

Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more— Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you're anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.

Discussion:
Variety, IndieWire, @pmathew814, Business Insider, @enigmamfilms, The Verge, @nick_field90, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Michaela Zee /
Variety: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Would've Been ‘Just as Big’ on Netflix, Says Ted Sarandos: 'There's No Reason to Believe That the Movie Itself Is Better in Any Size of Screen'

Harrison Richlin /
IndieWire: Ted Sarandos to Creatives: AI Won't ‘Take Your Job,’ but a ‘Person Who Uses AI Well Might’

Priya Mathew /
@pmathew814: Netflix programs for about 650M people around the world. Meet the man who pioneered the “binge watch.” @netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks with @lourdesgnavarro this week for “The Interview” from @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan /
Business Insider: Netflix chief doesn't think AI programs are going to replace writers, actors, and directors @enigmamfilms: Just because I watch a film or show all the way through doesn't mean i “love” it. I rarely do but I watch a lot. If that is the measure of critical analysis of an audience, no wonder we're swimming in middle of the road crap. Why algorithms suck https://www.nytimes.com/...

Nick Field /
@nick_field90: Ted Sarandos' son can't afford a TV? https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Hilary Lewis /
The Hollywood Reporter: Ted Sarandos Indicates Netflix Won't Add “Breaking News,” Credits Algorithm for ‘Baby Reindeer’ Success

Armando Tinoco /
Deadline: Ted Sarandos Says ‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’ Would Be Just As Big On Netflix; Credits Algorithm For 'Baby Reindeer's Success

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Regrets Comparing Netflix to HBO, Wishes He'd Said They Also Want to Be CBS

The Guardian:

A look at efforts to revive the community newspaper The Black Lens in Spokane, WA, as a printed monthly distributed by the Spokesman-Review for now— The Spokane community revived the paper to capture the nuance of the Black community - beyond the ‘feel-good stories’

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@andrewbuncombe and

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Andrew Buncombe /
@andrewbuncombe: A rare good news story about media: ‘Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life’: Super chuffed to have this in @Guardian Thanks @IAmJustinMadden + @elinegordts @blacklensnews https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

The Hollywood Reporter:

Payroll provider Cast & Crew says California is disputing the common Hollywood practice of paying workers through loan-out companies instead of directly— The California state department charged with disbursing unemployment benefits has disputed the practice of paying compensation …

Discussion:
Doug Smith on LinkedIn, @sagaftranews, SAG-AFTRA, Deadline and Variety

Discussion:

Doug Smith /
Doug Smith on LinkedIn: The action taken by the California EDD is a huge blow to an industry still largely in recovery. — If you're not familiar with it … @sagaftranews: SAG-AFTRA is aware of recent communication issued by the California Employment Development Department regarding loan out corporations. We are in contact with Cast & Crew and the other entertainment unions about this matter. 1/2 https://www.sagaftra.org/...

Katie Campione /
Deadline: Loan Out Corporations Could End, IATSE Tells Members

Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Radio Ambulante's cofounders on the launch of Radio Ambulante Records, the podcast company's label, which they see as a community building exercise— “So much of podcast music is background, feels like filler sometimes, but with our composers, it never is.”

The Guardian:

Australia's Nine commissions an independent review after complaints against former TV news boss Darren Wick and acknowledges “cultural issues” in its newsrooms— Chief executive Mike Sneesby acknowledges ‘very tough time’ for staff and ‘distress and frustration’ reports on allegations had caused

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