MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski face criticism after revealing they went to Mar-a-Lago to meet President-elect Donald Trump (Brian Stelter/CNN)
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Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission— Carr can assume control of the agency once Trump takes office in January. — President-elect Donald Trump …
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Cecilia Kang /
New York Times: Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C.
Brendan Carr /
@brendancarrfcc: Thank you, President Trump! I am humbled and honored to serve as Chairman of the FCC. Now we get to work. 🇺🇸 [image]
Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: Nexstar CEO Calls Brendan Carr an ‘Outstanding Choice’ for FCC Chairman as Company Seeks Deregulation
Brendan Carr /
@brendancarrfcc: Broadcast media have had the privilege of using a scarce and valuable public resource—our airwaves. In turn, they are required by law to operate in the public interest. When the transition is complete, the FCC will enforce this public interest obligation.
Shiva Stella /
Public Knowledge: Public Knowledge Concerned Carr Chairmanship Threatens Free Speech, Proposes Arbitrary Authority
Jon Brodkin /
Ars Technica: Trump's FCC chair is Brendan Carr, who wants to regulate everyone except ISPs
Don Lemon /
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social: Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in Project 2025 is now Trump's pick as FCC Chair. Read this WAPO report 👇🏾. Thoughts?
David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Trump's designer to become the new FCC chair below. Trump says he'll go after the major tv broadcast networks; Musk has had tough words for public broadcasting as well. Carr is an FCC veteran who has embraced Trump's rhetoric. What's ahead?
Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Carr has affirmed support to impose cable-like carriage rules on streaming services like Fubo and YouTube TV. This will cause higher fees and programming-related blackouts on these services, which are already common on cable and satellite platforms. Remember this tweet. $FUBO
Neil Chilson /
@neil_chilson: Congrats, @BrendanCarrFCC! Carr had a persuasive dissent on the FCC's ill-advised proposed “Disclosure Rules for the Use of AI in Political Ads.” I look forward to having that intellectual firepower setting the FCC agenda.
Austin B Yo /
@yeoldmudbutt.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t... Project 2025 was a joke right? Good thing because Trump is appointing the guy that wrote the section on the F.C.C to F.C.C chairman...
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Trump Appoints a New Head of The FCC With Plans to Tighten Regulations On Big Tech
David JW Bailey /
@davidjwbailey.bsky.social: This is almost certainly a precursor to giving Musk / Thiel / Bannon the ability to surveill all internet traffic, and then introduce a social credit system. Slavery with digital collars. — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
Peter M. Shane /
@petermshane.bsky.social: For those too young to remember how a second Trump Administration was pledged to exclude the Project 2025 crowd. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
Elon Musk /
@elonmusk: @shaunmmaguire Great choice
Jim Haigh /
@jmhaigh: @jeffjarvis Carr is awful news for everyone not on payroll of heavily consolidated, for-profit media and telecommunications corporations. Counter to the federal watchdog's statutory mission, he believes — and pledges to act — as the champion for industry against we pesky citizen-consumers🚨
McKenzie Wark /
@mckenziewark.bsky.social: Social media companies created a cesspit of disinformation, a not insignificant factor in the election, and now they get this guy as a regulator whose goal is to up the shit-content. The poetic justice of it— www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
Matthew Loh /
Business Insider: Trump picked a Project 2025 coauthor to run the FCC. Here's what it means for Big Tech.
Jonathan Cohn /
@jonathancohn.bsky.social: Funny how Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025 but keeps staffing his administration with Projection 2025 authors. Funny indeed. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...
Karl Bode /
@karlbode.bsky.social: The New York Times story, like the WAPO story, simply doesn't mention that a key component of a Carr FCC will be dismantling the entirety of the agency's broadband consumer protection efforts — just apparently not worth a mention
Daniel Anstandig /
Inside Radio: President-Elect Trump Names Brendan Carr Chairman Of The FCC.
Linda Yaccarino /
@lindayax: Great American. Awesome human ! 🇺🇸 @jeffjarvis: Meanwhile this is terrible news for the internet and freedom of expression. Carr is already trying to force platforms to carry right-wing propaganda. Compelled speech is not free speech. Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... The Independent: Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead FCC as treasury secretary candidates to visit Mar-a-Lago: Live
Richard Speed /
The Register: Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair
Margaret Flavin /
The Gateway Pundit: President Trump Announces Brendan Carr as Chairman of the FCC
Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: Trump chooses FCC commissioner Brendan Carr to lead agency
John Oyewale /
The Daily Caller: Trump Taps Brendan Carr For FCC Chair, Calls Him ‘Warrior For Free Speech’
Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: NAB, Nexstar Cheer President-Elect's FCC Carr Call
Sarah Arnold /
Townhall: Trump Announces His FCC Pick
Craig Silverman /
@craigsilverman.bsky.social: As expected, Trump named Brendan Carr to chair the FCC. Carr is a big fan of Starlink and is vocal about the need to reform the protections that Section 230 gives big tech. — Here's his recent thread about big tech, the “censorship cartel,” and his concerns about NewsGuard and fact checkers. …
David Propper /
New York Post: Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead FCC — calls him ‘warrior for Free Speech’
Lauren Irwin /
The Hill: Trump taps FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency
Becca Lower /
RedState: NEW: Trump Announces Who Will Become Chairman of the FCC
Ahmed Baba /
@ahmed.baba_@threads.net: Brendan Carr successfully auditioned to be Trump's FCC Chairman. Was clear as day after his Fox News appearance where he indicated he would be willing to target broadcast licenses of networks Trump doesn't like.
Mike Masnick /
@mmasnick.bsky.social: Not that this is surprising, but... [images]
Anan Ashraf /
Benzinga: Trump Names Pro-Starlink FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr As Chairperson, Says He Will ‘End The Regulatory Onslaught’
Megan Lebowitz /
NBC Bay Area: Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission
Amy Kroin /
Free Press: FCC Pick Willing to Do Trump's Bidding, Reward Billionaires and Attack Newsrooms Amy Kroin November 17, 2024 …
Michaela Zee /
Variety: Donald Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead FCC
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Status:
Q&A with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel on a likely FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Elon Musk's alliance with Donald Trump and how it threatens the First Amendment, and more— “All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created.”
Discussion:
The Wrap, @joshtpm.bsky.social, @ryanlcooper.com, @chaykak.bsky.social, @jjvincent.bsky.social, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @iainmartin.bsky.social, @marklittle.bsky.social, @Dhmspector@mastodon.social, @Privacymatters@mastodon …, @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec …, @carlquintanilla.bsky.social, @jackjenkins.me, @jperlow.bsky.social, @seanokane.bsky.social, @pkafka, @katie-drummond.bsky.social, @sokane1@threads.net, @chcktylr.bsky.social, @passantino.bsky.social, @AkaSci@fosstodon.org and @larakate.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
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Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Elon Musk Is an ‘Unelected Defense Contractor ... Doing Ketamine’ While Directing Trump, Says The Verge EIC
Josh Marshall /
@joshtpm.bsky.social: “To be as clear as I can be, the second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience.” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Ryan Cooper /
@ryanlcooper.com: “I don't think there's a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there's a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that's led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump.” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Kyle Chayka /
@chaykak.bsky.social: “Building a real audience is the media skill; figure that out and you'll have a career. We might even get to have an industry.” always listen to @reckless.bsky.social, good interview from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social // www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
James Vincent /
@jjvincent.bsky.social: “I don't think there's a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there's a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that's led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump.” - astute as ever from @reckless.bsky.social www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen.bsky.social: From Oliver Darcy's newsletter @oliverdarcy.bsky.social — The speaker is The Verge's Editor-In-Chief, Nilay Patel. — Both are writers who know where to look in understanding what's likely to happen in the media industry. www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... (likely to be paywalled) [image]
Iain Martin /
@iainmartin.bsky.social: “America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo chamber...” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Mark Little /
@marklittle.bsky.social: “Building a real audience is the media skill; figure that out and you'll have a career. We might even get to have an industry” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Dave Spector /
@Dhmspector@mastodon.social: “America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo chamber while fulminating against traditional standards-based journalism, threatening to revoke network broadcast licenses, and suing advertisers who don't want to spend their money on his dwindling user base. … @Privacymatters@mastodon.social: America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo chamber while fulminating against traditional standards-based journalism, threatening to revoke network broadcast licenses, and suing advertisers who don't want to spend their money on his dwindling user base. … @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange: Q: “Do you think it is ethical for so many news organizations and journalists to remain on X, given how Musk has transformed it into an outright MAGA megaphone? Why do you think so many insist on staying there?” — A: “Why is anyone working for Elon Musk for free? …
Carl Quintanilla /
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social: NILAY: “.. All of these men .. have to manipulate Trump's narcissism .. they have no choice. Tim Cook had been quietly setting the stage to retire — but he's stuck kissing the ring and hosting fake factory openings for another four years ..” — @reckless.bsky.social — www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Jack Jenkins /
@jackjenkins.me: Well this, via @reckless.bsky.social — who, in addition to running influential tech site The Verge, has a JD — is pretty dang chilling. www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... [image]
Jason Perlow /
@jperlow.bsky.social: “All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created.” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... @theverge.com @reckless.bsky.social
Sean O'Kane /
@seanokane.bsky.social: “If you're a media executive or editorial leader and you haven't met with your legal team to understand the current landscape of First Amendment threats, let alone the ones to come, you're already behind. Get on it.” — @reckless.bsky.social to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social — www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Sorry had to wipe last one for dumb reason. Anyway this a very good conversation between @oliverdarcy and @reckless about what could be coming. https://www.status.news/...
Katie Drummond /
@katie-drummond.bsky.social: This is completely right from @reckless.bsky.social and more should be saying it. The *worst possible outcome* is that you over-prepare for a nightmare scenario that never comes to pass. The most realistic outcome, unfortunately, is that it does. — www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... [image]
Sean O'Kane /
@sokane1@threads.net: “If you're a media executive or editorial leader and you haven't met with your legal team to understand the current landscape of First Amendment threats, let alone the ones to come, you're already behind. Get on it.” — lotta great stuff from @reckless1280 here — https://www.status.news/...
Chuck Taylor /
@chcktylr.bsky.social: Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel: “[T]he second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience.”
Jon Passantino /
@passantino.bsky.social: “To be as clear as I can be, the second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience” — @reckless.bsky.social www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
AkaSci /
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org: Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel on news organizations and journalists still remaining on X: — “Why is anyone working for Elon Musk for free? Get off that shit, it's all fake anyway and he's getting more out of it than you are. Building a real audience is the media skill; figure that out and you'll have a career. …
Lara Cohen /
@larakate.bsky.social: Wow this article made me an @reckless.bsky.social superfan. A clear and spot on take on the Silicon Valley sycophant culture desperate to suck up to Trump. Look forward to hanging w him in the gulag I guess! www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... CNN:
Brendan Carr promises to “enforce” broadcast media's “public interest obligation” as FCC chair and has recently singled out NewsGuard for “censorship”— New York CNN — — President-elect Donald Trump's pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …
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Nieman Lab, Mediaite, MediaPost, Fast Company, Quartz, New York Post, Business Insider, Advanced Television, Digital Music News, Newsbusters, Axios, NPR, RedState, Townhall, Breitbart, Reclaim The Net, Trending Politics …, Deadline, Daily Mail, Barrett Media and The Gateway Pundit, more at Techmeme »
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Joshua Benton /
Nieman Lab: Trump's new FCC nominee promises to bring Project 2025-style governance to media
Alex Griffing /
Mediaite: Trump's FCC Pick Threatens Broadcast Media, Promises to ‘Enforce’ Their ‘Public Interest Obligation’
Wendy Davis /
MediaPost: Trump Taps Project 2025 Author To Head FCC
Jessica Bursztynsky /
Fast Company: Everything you need to know about Trump FCC pick Brendan Carr
William Gavin /
Quartz: Trump's latest hire is a boon for Elon Musk's SpaceX — and a hit to Big Tech
Thomas Barrabi /
New York Post: Incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr vows to ‘dismantle’ Big Tech's ‘censorship cartel’
Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Trump Taps Brendan Carr to Lead the Federal Communications Commission
Catherine Salgado /
Newsbusters: Donald Trump Picks MRC-Endorsed Free Speech Champion Brendan Carr for FCC Chairman
David Folkenflik /
NPR: Trump taps FCC's Brendan Carr to lead the agency
Streiff /
RedState: Trump's Incoming FCC Chairman Warns the Censorship Industry That Their Grift Is Ending
Katie Pavlich /
Townhall: Trump's FCC Nominee Vows to Bulldoze Censorship
Dan Frieth /
Reclaim The Net: Brendan Carr Set To Take the Helm at FCC as Trump's Free Speech Champion
Cullen McCue /
Trending Politics Conservative Breaking: NEW: Media Outlets Panic After Trump's Pick For FCC Chair Vows To Dismantle ‘The Censorship Cartel’
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Donald Trump Picks Brendan Carr, Who Has Attacked Tech Platforms For Content Moderation Practices, As Next FCC Chair
James Gordon /
Daily Mail: Trump names FCC chief to target Big Tech ‘censorship cartel’ and police Orwellian ‘fact-checking’ organizations
Jim Hoft /
The Gateway Pundit: FCC Commissioner Sends Letter to Tech Giants on Their Improper Role in the Unprecedented Surge in Censorship
New York Times:
How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023— The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.
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@jtes, @rob_abiera, @simonowens, @anecdotal, @bigmeaninternet, @eugene_scott, @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social, @dannygroner.bsky.social, @heathenqueen76.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, @sapna.bsky.social, @venkat.bsky.social, @ernie.tedium.co, @kateconger.bsky.social and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Jessica Testa /
@jtes: there are now 30+ publishers earning more than $1 million annually in Substack's politics category that and much more here, w/ @BenMullin: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rob Abiera /
@rob_abiera: The best marketing that Substack could have is that it's an effective platform for creators to build an audience and make money - and not just for conservatives! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Simon Owens /
@simonowens: Substack now has 4 million paid subscribers across its entire platform. That means it's probably generating somewhere around $336 million in subscription revenue for creators, and through its 10% cut it's probably taking in somewhere around $36 million. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hollis Robbins /
@anecdotal: We're in The Great Rearrangement as everyone makes new nests in new trees. @SubstackInc is one of my homes. It is a good time to be a reader & a writer. @BenMullin @jtes @hamishmckenzie https://www.nytimes.com/... @hamishmckenzie
Malcolm Harris /
@bigmeaninternet: Wait how did they talk the VCs out of making them take the Musk deal? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eugene Scott /
@eugene_scott: “There's a desperate need for a quality platform w trusted voices, where honest-to-God political discussion, debate, disagreement can happen without it either disappearing into the ether or taking place on a platform where there's constant knife fights ...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rima I Anabtawi /
@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social: Elon tried to acquire Substack — Substack's Great, Big, Messy Political Experiment — The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive. — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Danny Groner /
@dannygroner.bsky.social: “The value of Substack, according to the dozen Substack publishers interviewed for this article, lies in the company's personalized support offerings and recommendation abilities. Substack said its internal referral network drove more than 30 percent of new paid subscriptions.” [embedded post]
Sam Stein /
@samsteindc.bsky.social: Well shit. I could have been working for Elon — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b... via @benmullin.bsky.social
Sapna Maheshwari /
@sapna.bsky.social: scoop from my colleagues @benmullin.bsky.social & Jess Testa: Elon Musk tried and failed to buy Substack. There are also more than 30 newsletters in politics and news bringing in at least $1 mln/year www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Venkat Ananth /
@venkat.bsky.social: whoa. — elon musk wanted to buy substack in april 2023. chris best/substack “declined to entertain the proposal” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Ernie Smith /
@ernie.tedium.co: Elon tried buying Substack. To their credit, they immediately said no. — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Kate Conger /
@kateconger.bsky.social: Before hiring Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk tried to buy Substack and offered the CEO role to Chris Best, the CEO of the newsletter platform www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Pew Research Center:
News influencers survey: 20% of US adults say they get news from social media influencers, 85% of influencers are on X and 27% identify as right-wing, and more— The creators and consumers in the world of news and information on social media — Table of Contents Table of Contents
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, The Desk, Engadget, Axios, Erika Marzano on LinkedIn, @samfbiddle, The Hill, @hannahcov.bsky.social, @csmapnyu.org, Business Insider, Press Gazette, @philipmai.com, CNBC, @danahull.bsky.social, @cingraham.bsky.social, @cbdawson.bsky.social, @socialmedialab.ca, @oclairouin.bsky.social, @karissabe.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @rainesford.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social and @danielavis.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
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Sarah Scire /
Nieman Lab: Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Pew: Americans turn to social media influencers for news
Eleanor Hawkins /
Axios: News influencers lean right
Erika Marzano /
Erika Marzano on LinkedIn: The latest Pew Research Center report paints a stark picture of our online news ecosystem, shares Taylor Lorenz - and the challenges we face as media professionals. …
Sam Biddle /
@samfbiddle: I'm sorry but I refuse to take “news influencer” seriously as a concept or a term. These are just guys! We're talking about just a bunch of guys who are posting about the news. They may get a ton of attention but that doesn't mean they aren't, underneath it all, just some guys.
Joanne Haner /
The Hill: 1 in 5 get news from social media influencers: Pew poll
Hannah Covington /
@hannahcov.bsky.social: Some really interesting findings here from Pew study on news influencers. Check out the gender divide: Men outnumber women roughly 2 to 1 except on TikTok www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... [image] @csmapnyu.org: New report on America's news influencers from @pewresearch.org & @knightfdn.bsky.social offers some interesting insights: — 21% of adults get news from influencers (more for young ppl) — More influencers lean to the right (27 to 21%) — More are men (63 to 30%) — www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... …
Dan Whateley /
Business Insider: There's a gender gap among news influencers on social media, new data shows
Philip Mai /
@philipmai.com: Imploring younger news consumers that factual news is good for them is like telling kids that vegies are good for them. “About one-in-five Americans - incl. a much higher share of adults under 30 (37%) - say they regularly get news from influencers on socmed.” www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... …
Kristian Burt /
CNBC: 1 in 5 Americans get their news from social media influencers
Dana Hull /
@danahull.bsky.social: NEW from PEW: About one-in-five Americans - including a much higher share of adults under 30 (37%) - say they regularly get news from influencers on social media. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2...
Chris Ingraham /
@cingraham.bsky.social: News influencers who worked for an actual news organization are more than twice as likely to identify as right-leaning than as left-leaning, per new Pew study www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... [image] @cbdawson.bsky.social: New Pew Report on news influencers on social media. Worth the read in an increasingly anti-science media world. — 21% of US adults regularly get news from these folks; younger adults even more so — Among news influencers: — 63% men, 30% women — more explicitly politically right-leaning vs left-leaning @socialmedialab.ca: TikTok has the smallest gender gap: 50% of news influencers on TikTok are men, while 45% are women. On all other sites, men outnumber women by a roughly two-to-one margin or more. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... [image]
Olivier Clairouin /
@oclairouin.bsky.social: @pewresearch.org just released a new study on the news influencer landscape in the US. And the results are striking : — they are usually men (63 %) — they tend to identify themselves as conservative rather than liberal (27% vs 21%) — www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2...
Karissa Bell /
@karissabe.bsky.social: For anyone trying to better understand how people are using creator/influencers as a news wource, Pew has a long (and fascinating) report on “news influencers” out today. There's a lot to pull out but Pew did find that there is a slight skew toward the right on all platforms other than TikTok
Kate Starbird /
@katestarbird.bsky.social: Additional support for this information ecosystem argument: About 20% of Americans (much higher for younger audiences) get their news from online “news influencers” who skew young, male, and conservative, and are typically not affiliated with a news organization. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2...
Rainesford Stauffer /
@rainesford.bsky.social: From Pew Research Center, published this AM: “About one-in-five Americans - including a much higher share of adults under 30 (37%) - say they regularly get news from influencers on social media.”
Kate Starbird /
@katestarbird.bsky.social: Additional support for this information ecosystem argument: About 20% of Americans (much more for younger audiences) get their news from online “news influencers” who skew young, male, and conservative, and are typically not affiliated with a news organization. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2... …
Daniel Avis /
@danielavis.bsky.social: New Pew study finds that around one-in-five Americans said they regularly get news from influencers on social media, rising to 37% for adults under the age of 30. — Close to 80% of news influencers have “no affiliation or background” with a news organization. — www.pewresearch.org/journalism/ 2...
RELATED:
Bloomberg: Pew: 77% of news influencers have no links or background with news outlets, 63% of news influencers are men, and 37% of adults under 30 rely on news influencers
Discussion:
The Wrap, MediaPost, Radio & Television …, Associated Press, User Mag, @maraleia.bsky.social, @ali_lev and The Independent
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Joe Mandese /
MediaPost: The Influence Of ‘News Influencers’
Haleluya Hadero /
Associated Press: About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says
Alexandra S. Levine /
@ali_lev: New: 40% of young adults rely on social media influencers to get their news, per new data from @PewResearch. Most “news influencers” have no formal journalism training, with TikTok and YouTube being home to the largest share who've never worked in news: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Haleluya Hadero /
The Independent: 20% of Americans are now getting their news from influencers on X
CNN:
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski face criticism after revealing they went to Mar-a-Lago to meet President-elect Donald Trump— New York CNN — — The news was so shocking that some “Morning Joe” viewers probably spit out their coffee.
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Fox News: Trump says media is ‘vital’ to making America ‘great again,’ vows to work with ‘free, fair and open’ press
Michael M. Grynbaum /
New York Times: ‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump
Jennifer Bowers Bahney /
Mediaite: The View Has Tense Debate Over Joe and Mika's Controversial Trip to See Trump: Everyone Has to Look ‘In the Mirror’
Andrew Howard /
Politico: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts visited Mar-a-Lago for Trump meeting
Nick Caruso /
TVLine: The View's Sunny Hostin Takes Swipe at Morning Joe Co-Hosts for ‘Kissing the Ring’ After Their Meeting With Trump — Watch
Brian Steinberg /
Variety: 'Morning Joe's' Scarborough and Brzezinski Visit President-Elect Trump: 'It's Time to Do Something Different'
Katie Phang /
@katiephang: Normalizing Trump is a bad idea. Period.
Etan Vlessing /
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘The View’ Co-Host Sunny Hostin Criticizes Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski for Meeting Donald Trump to “Kiss the Ring”
Julianne McShane /
Mother Jones: Trump, Who Is Fine With Journalists Getting Shot, Now Claims a Free Press Is “Vital”
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “Morning Joe” fans are telling Scarborough how they feel about his Trump detente:
Joe Scarborough /
@joenbc: Trump said the meeting was “extremely cordial.” “Many things were discussed, and I very much appreciated the fact that they wanted to have open communication,” he said. “In many ways, it's too bad that it wasn't done long ago.” https://www.foxnews.com/...
Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: HuffPost: [image]
Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: The best headline I've seen so far re: the Morning Joe disclosure this AM is ‘MORNING NO’
Charlotte Phillipp /
People: Morning Joe Hosts to ‘Restart Communications’ with Donald Trump After Revealing They Visited the President-Elect
Chris Powell /
Trending Politics Conservative Breaking: ‘The View’ Hosts Turn On Joe Scarborough And Mika Brzezinski For Meeting With Trump
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: MSNBC host seemingly reacting to Joe and Mika's meeting at Mar a Lago:
Nick Field /
@nick_field90: Scarborough is 100% calling every NBC exec he knows complaining about this so make sure we all have Katie's back https://x.com/...
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Loyal “Morning Joe” viewers are furious about the Trump meeting. @jeffjarvis called it a “betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It is a disgusting show of obeisance in advance.” Some fans are vowing not to watch the show anymore. https://www.cnn.com/...
WendySpirit /
@wendyday5013: This 🧵is exactly why the outrage at #MorningJoe was so strong this morning. A slap in the face of viewers and a waste of any goodwill they had from the pivot to covering Trump as a threat to democracy.
Jeremy Fassler /
@j_fassler: Well, there goes my ever taking Joe and Mika seriously again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...well, you don't get fooled again. @thetnholler: This @Morning_Joe @JoeNBC headline sounds a lot like what @ianbassin warned us about. 🫤 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... [image]
@jeffjarvis:
To those of you waking up at this hour and thinking of watching the rerun of the first hour of @Morning_Joe, this is what you are in for: @JoeNBC's and @morningmika's betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It is a disgusting show of obeisance in advance.
Kathleen Culliton /
Raw Story: ‘Bent the knee’: Morning Joe watchers outraged by hosts' Mar-a-Lago meeting with Trump
Debra Heine /
American Greatness: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Travel to Mar-a-Lago to ‘Bend the Knee’ After Years of Viciously Bashing Trump
Doug P. /
Twitchy: Pass the Popcorn! ‘Morning Joe’ Regulars Furious MSNBC Hosts Bent a Knee to Literally Hitler
Alex Henderson /
Alternet.org: ‘Bend the knee’: MSNBC hosts set off shockwaves after meeting with Trump at a Mar-a-Lago
Wendell Husebo /
Breitbart: Morning Joe Cohosts, Who Likened Trump to Hitler, Open Dialogue with Him at Mar-a-Lago
Susie Moore /
RedState: An Upbeat Trump Reveals His Forward-Looking Media Strategy, Including Third (but Not Fourth!) Chances
Leah Barkoukis /
Townhall: MSNBC Hosts Met With Trump for First Time in 7 Years. They Explained Why, But There's More to the Story.
Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Visit Trump to ‘Restart Communications’ | Video
Emily Crane /
New York Post: ‘Shameless’ MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski blasted for hypocrisy over Trump visit: ‘Bending the knee’
Kevin Manahan /
al.com: MSNBC hosts try to ‘restart communications’ with Trump, get dragged on social media
Katelyn Caralle Senior /
Daily Mail: Trump news live: Morning Joe hosts accused of ‘bending the knee’ with secret Mar-a-Lago meeting
@jeffjarvis:
Oh, Lord. Joe and Mika went to Mar-a-lago. “What we did agree on,” Mika said, “was to restart communications.” Access. “He seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats.” Credulity. They revert to their mean. [image]
Kelly Rissman /
The Independent: MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ hosts traveled to Florida to meet with Trump and ‘restart communications’
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: ‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough, Brzezinski say they traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump
Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Joe and Mika went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend. First face-to-face meeting in seven years. “We didn't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so,” @JoeNBC says. “What we did agree on - was to restart communications,” @morningmika says. [video]
Mark Finkelstein /
Newsbusters: Friendly with ‘Fascists’? Joe and Mika Meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago!
Tom Howell Jr /
Washington Times: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal shock visit to patch things up with Trump
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Joe Scarborough And Mika Brzezinski Say They Met With Donald Trump In “Restart” Of Communications
Carla Sinclair /
Boing Boing: In stunning turnaround, MSNBC's Mika and Joe meet with Donald Trump to kiss the ring (video)
The Guardian:
Sunday Express Editor David Wooding becomes the latest top Reach executive to leave, as the Express moves to create a seven-day operation amid Reach layoffs— Wooding left as part of a move to dismantle the remaining dedicated Sunday Express editorial team to create a seven-day operation
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Gemma Aldridge, the editor of Reach tabloids Sunday Mirror and Sunday People since early 2021, says she is leaving the publisher “for pastures new”
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@gemmajourno,
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Gemma Aldridge /
@gemmajourno: NEWS: After 12 years - 4 editing the Sunday Mirror &The People - I've made the tough but exciting decision to leave @DailyMirror Towers for pastures new. More on that soon... For now, huge thanks to my colleagues, contacts &freelancers for coming on the journey. It's been a blast!
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@gemmajourno: Becoming an editor towards the end of the pandemic in 2021 was a whirlwind. 4 PMs, 2 Monarchs, 2 World Cups, 2 horrific wars, an Olympic Games, a Jubilee, 2 royal funerals, a coronation, the fall of the BBC's anchor & ITV's golden boy & the General Election of a generation.
Gemma Aldridge /
@gemmajourno: I'll be forever proud of the work we've done - pedophiles, con-artists & witch doctors jailed. Rot, wrongdoing & racism at the heart of government exposed. Voices of so many extraordinary & marginalised real people amplified...& a whole load of juicy showbiz scoops in between.
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Q&A with Emily Sundberg, whose Feed Me newsletter on business and culture has over 50K subscribers and ranks sixth on Substack's paid leaderboard— The News — One of the most talked-about writers in business and culture journalism last year wasn't employed by The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal or Bloomberg.
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404 Media:
HarperCollins confirms it has an agreement with an AI company to train AI models on some nonfiction books, giving authors the choice to opt in— HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made a deal with an “artificial intelligence technology company” …
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@parodius.bsky.social: Quite an honour to train the next generation of AI, moreso now that it is optional though :)
Amy Kristin Sanders /
@amykristinsanders.bsky.social: Buckle up, academics and journalists. — Just when you thought the book publishers and journals couldn't exploit your free labor anymore than they already were. [embedded post]
Joseph Cox /
@josephcox.bsky.social: New: HarperCollins confirms it has a deal to sell authors' work to AI company. The Big Five publisher made a deal with an unnamed “artificial intelligence technology company” and is allowing authors to opt-in if they want to join the agreement. — www.404media.co/harpercollin...
Jason Koebler /
@jasonkoebler.mastodon.social …: New: HarperCollins confirms that it has a deal in place to sell authors' work to an AI company. Won't say which. Will be opt-in — https://www.404media.co/...
NPR:
An interview with Andrew Morse, the publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on his plans to revive the ailing newspaper, its culture coverage, and more— Dashed hopes and slashed jobs define the local news industry in far too many corners of the country.
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Jennifer George on LinkedIn: Local news is borrowing from corporate playbooks to survive. — For all of us who care about informed communities, local news is THE backbone of civic engagement and decision making. …
Greg Bluestein /
@bluestein.bsky.social: “I did not come here to manage decline.” The AJC's Andrew Morse to the NPR's @davidfolkenflik on a $150M plan, which continues today with our move to a new HQ in the heart of Atlanta. #gapol www.npr.org/2024/11/17/n...
Stephanie Smith /
Stephanie Smith on LinkedIn: Local news has been in crisis for a decade or more and the news industry has often seemed flummoxed as to how to weather economic shifts. …
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Sharif Durhams on LinkedIn: This story gives me a great opportunity to reflect on the past 18 months as we move into our new headquarters Monday. …
Adweek:
IAC documents show OpenAI is paying Dotdash Meredith at least ~$16M per year to license its content— The figure is a minimum and does not include payment for the ‘variable’ component — The artificial intelligence firm OpenAI is paying the digital media company Dotdash Meredith a minimum …
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Mark Stenberg /
@markstenberg3: Scoop: OpenAI is paying the digital media publisher Dotdash Meredith a minimum of around $16 million to license its content. OpenAI has signed partnerships with a handful of publishers, but the finances of the deals have largely been secret. For @ADWEEK: https://www.adweek.com/...
Bloomberg:
Netflix says Beyoncé will headline the halftime show during its maiden foray into live NFL games this Christmas alongside unspecified “special guests”— - The pop star will perform at half-time in big win for Netflix — Netflix is spending billions on live sports and major events
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The Verge: Netflix's live entertainment juggernaut adds Beyoncé
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Netflix Tudum: Beyoncé to Perform at Halftime During NFL Christmas Gameday Live on Netflix
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Fast Company: Beyoncé will give Netflix a high-stakes chance to redeem itself after that glitchy Tyson vs. Paul livestreamed fight
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Glamour: Beyoncé's NFL Halftime Show: How to Watch
Joe Flint /
@jbflint: “We feel very ready and excited for the NFL on Christmas,” says Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria. She says what NFL Commish Roger Goodell likes to see is that Netflix “can bring a gigantic audience” to an event.
Richard Deitsch /
New York Times: Netflix's Jake Paul-Mike Tyson streaming issues raise Christmas concerns for NFL
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Variety: Beyoncé to Play NFL Halftime Show on Netflix During Ravens-Texans Christmas Game
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The Hollywood Reporter: Beyoncé Set to Perform At Halftime Of Ravens-Texans During NFL Christmas Gameday Live On Netflix
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Teen Vogue: Beyoncé's NFL Christmas Gameday Halftime Show on Netflix: Setlist, Suprise Guests, and Everything You Need to Know
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The Mirror: Beyonce reveals she's performing halftime-show for Netflix's Christmas Day NFL game
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Deadline: Beyoncé To Perform During Texans-Ravens NFL Christmas Game On Netflix
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Barron's Online: Netflix Stock Falls After Boxing Fight Hit By Glitches. Why Investors Are Worried.
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Deseret News: After a controversial fight night, Netflix prepares for the NFL spotlight
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TVNewsCheck: Beyoncé To Perform During Texans-Ravens NFL Christmas Game On Netflix
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The Sun: Is Beyonce's NFL Christmas Gameday show free to watch on Netflix or do I need to buy a Texans-Ravens pay-per-view?
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Bossip: BeyHive Blessings: Beyoncé Performing ‘Cowboy Carter’ Cuts At Halftime During NFL Christmas Gameday Live On Netflix
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Awful Announcing: Netflix announces Beyoncé will perform halftime show for Ravens-Texans game on Christmas Day
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The Wrap: Netflix Streaming Glitches on Tyson-Fury Fight Spark Concerns on NFL Christmas Day Games
Fox News:
NFL fans worried about Christmas games streamed on Netflix after Paul-Tyson fight buffering debacle
New York Times:
Australian police arrest retired controversial talk radio host Alan Jones and charge him with nearly 24 counts of sexual abuse between 2001 and 2019— The retired radio host, who was granted bail after being arrested, was accused of abusing eight victims over nearly 20 years.
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