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New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.— “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the spokesperson said.
Discussion: New York Magazine, HuffPost, New York Times, Fox News, Axios, CNN, Mediaite, Variety, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, New York Post, @emarktaylor@mastodon.online, @kenandpapernm@threads.net, @tcarmody.bsky.social, @film_girl, @atrupar, @benmullin, @kath_krueger, @dbrauer.bsky.social, @susanrinkunas.com, @mattdpearce, @gbrockell@threads.net, @mollytaft, @film_girl, @susanrinkunas.com, @davelevitan.bsky.social, @thetomzone, @davidfolkenflik, @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social, @nunesalt, @maxwelltani, @askhalid, @mollyknight.bsky.social, @thebrianskinner@threads.net, @susanrinkunas.com, @aswinn@threads.net, @melissadderosa, @alexrkonrad, @brendan_duke, @ecmclaughlin@threads.net, @kalihays1@threads.net, @brianstelter@threads.net, @danmitchell.bsky.social, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @ali_sivi, @makenakellyx@threads.net, @brianstelter, @matthdonovan, @celestepewter.bsky.social, @brianvastag@sciencemastodon …, @yonetteajoseph@threads.net, @atherton.bsky.social, @brianstelter, @walkerbragman@threads.net, @GrimmReality@beige.party, @tcarmody, @markjacob16, @johndilillo, @joekatz45.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline

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New York Magazine: A Note to Our Readers — Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged …

Nick Visser /
HuffPost: Olivia Nuzzi On Leave After Relationship With Former Subject, Reportedly RFK Jr.

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi, New York Magazine Writer, Put on Leave Over R.F.K. Jr. Relationship Fox News: New York mag puts reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave for alleged ‘personal relationship’ with RFK Jr.

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: N.Y. Magazine reporter on leave after alleged relationship with RFK

Brian Stelter /
CNN: New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi placed on leave after disclosing RFK relationship

Michael Luciano /
Mediaite: Olivia Nuzzi on Leave from New York Magazine After Romantic Relationship with RFK Jr. Variety: New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi on Leave for Alleged ‘Personal Relationship’ With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: New York Mag's Olivia Nuzzi on Leave After Romantic Relationship With RFK Jr

Patrick Reilly /
New York Post: Star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York Magazine over alleged romantic relationship with RFK Jr.

Mark Taylor /
@emarktaylor@mastodon.online: #USPol — Via ‪The Farmer Jones‬ ‪@thefarmerjones.bsky.social̷ 6; — · — 7m — “Romantic affair” is such good phrasing. Clandestine meetings. They shared wine (organic from unvaxxed plants.) He brought her gifts, mostly roadkill. — https://www.status.news/... …

Ken Robert /
@kenandpapernm@threads.net: “New York magazine on Thursday said its Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after learning the star journalist had allegedly engaged in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” Oliver Darcy I feel like the writers of As the World Burns are doing way too much this season.

Tim Carmody /
@tcarmody.bsky.social: It is hard enough to enforce the rule that journalists — heck, everyone — should not enable and indulge the worst people; can we at least, starting now, no crossed fingers and no backsies, agree not to sleep with the worst people

Christina Warren /
@film_girl: Ok. So it's to look at this old tweet and laugh cos Kate Mara played the murdered journalist in House of Cards. But Kate Mara also played the drowned Kennedy date in Chappaquiddick. So what I'm saying is Kate Mara has to play Olivia in the Netflix series. [image]

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from @NYMag after disclosing a relationship with RFK Jr., @oliverdarcy reports: “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign.” https://www.status.news/...

Katherine Krueger /
@kath_krueger: guess she could always get a job at the free press ❤️

David Brauer /
@dbrauer.bsky.social: For new arrivals [image]

Susan Rinkunas /
@susanrinkunas.com: This is gross and ethically wrong *AND* Nuzzi's Biden article alone didn't cause him to drop out. That was a decision that was obviously correct as he was clearly diminished and was going to lose to Trump. Thank u.

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: the PR is PRing when the phrase “in nature” shows up alongside some vague adjectives

Gillian Brockell /
@gbrockell@threads.net: Left: NY Mag tonight. Right: Olivia Nuzzi in March

Molly Taft /
@mollytaft: ok sexting rfk jr is somehow even crazier

Christina Warren /
@film_girl: The original Olivia Nuzzi lore c/o @hunterw from 2013. Morgan was wrong, but she was also maybe hilariously right? https://talkingpointsmemo.com/ ... read the whole thing. It's still the most iconic accidental on-record convo of all time. [image]

Christina Warren /
@film_girl: @brianstelter @oliverdarcy If this is true, this is the most Olivia Nuzzi story of all time.

Susan Rinkunas /
@susanrinkunas.com: Reminder that she appeared to be friendly with Milo and professed deep admiration for Ann Coulter — deadspin.com/boy-do-i-fee... [embedded post]

Dave Levitan /
@davelevitan.bsky.social: I know it's maybe a bit perpendicular to this... news... but thinking again about the thousands of journalists capable of avoiding obvious ethical violations laid off the last couple years

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: NY Mag says star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave after it learned of a romantic involvement with a subject of her reporting ⁦@oliverdarcy⁩ reports it's RFK Jr https://nymag.com/...

Joshua Holland /
@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: Did this affair with a candidate whose campaign was based largely on Biden's ostensible unfitness for office coincide with her big splashy NYMag piece about Biden's ostensible unfitness for office? — https://www.status.news/... #media #rfkjr #OliviaNuzzi #Election2024

Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom /
@nunesalt: BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Statement from @Olivianuzzi [image]

Amrita Khalid /
@askhalid: So happy I left this weird little town.

Molly Knight /
@mollyknight.bsky.social: Never forget. [image]

Brian Skinner /
@thebrianskinner@threads.net: Oh come on

Susan Rinkunas /
@susanrinkunas.com: Also this is Olivia Nuzzi's fiancé www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/b...

Allison Winn /
@aswinn@threads.net: All I know is I'd thought that a certain reporter had totally gone off the rails in her recent TV coverage of Biden and Harris, and tonight's news now puts a lot of that in context.

Melissa DeRosa /
@melissadderosa: The conflicts of interest that run rampant throughout the press and go un(under)reported are truly astounding and validate the lack of trust that exists in the mainstream media

Alex Konrad /
@alexrkonrad: an all time night for media group chats, the likes of which we may have never seen [image]

Brendan Duke /
@brendan_duke: Too god damn perfect. [image]

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin /
@ecmclaughlin …: Agree. It explains a lot. The most recent Trump piece was so wildly sycophantic I only made it through the first few paragraphs.

Kali Hays /
@kalihays1@threads.net: Lit-er-ally shrieked

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter@threads.net: Statement from @olivianuzzix: “Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal. During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source. The relationship was never physical but should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict. …

Elrond Hubbard /
@danmitchell.bsky.social: Yes, very much so. It started around the beginning of the year. I love how both NY mag's unnamed spokesweasel and (ahem) “a source close to Nuzzi” tried to soften it by saying he was never a source for any of her stories after that, as if that were in some way a mitigating factor. [embedded post]

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: Another wtf moment in the saga of the bear-eating whale-decapitating brainworm-having antivax crank on the Trump Transition Team... 👀

Bald Ann Dowd /
@ali_sivi: olivia nuzzi doing challengers with rfk and his brain worm

Makena Kelly /
@makenakellyx@threads.net: this RFK JR. affair story would make a crazy essay in The Cut

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: A person with direct knowledge of the matter says the relationship between Nuzzi and RFK Jr. was emotional and digital in nature, not physical. Both sides have also said on the record that it was never physical in nature. https://www.cnn.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “New York magazine on Thursday said its Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after learning the star journalist had allegedly engaged in a romantic relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,” @OliverDarcy reports for STATUS https://www.status.news/...

Matthew J Donovan /
@matthdonovan: @kath_krueger lol h/t @devahaz [image]

Celeste Pewter /
@celestepewter.bsky.social: ... the absolute grossness aside, it's worth pointing out that Nuzzi's July story about Biden now deserves greater scrutiny. — I think we're all pleased and thankful for the shift to the Harris campaign, but it's now important we revisit her reporting and motivations.

Brian Vastag /
@brianvastag@sciencemastodon.com: lololololololololol — there are not enough lols in the world for this — https://www.status.news/... #journalism #journamism #eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Yonette Joseph /
@yonetteajoseph@threads.net: Kennedy, who is married to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines, is alleged to have boasted privately about the alleged relationship with the reporter. At times this year, Nuzzi staked out certain pro-Kennedy positions. …

Kelsey Atherton /
@atherton.bsky.social: Thrilled to learn whatever nightmare publication she'll land up at next. I'm guessing a pseudo-blog run through Substack which says it isn't a substack and is backed by the worst media cast-offs whose careers failed to survive contact with a functioning HR department.

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: >> @NYMag has published this note - expressing regret for “this violation of our readers' trust” - on its web site https://nymag.com/...

Walker Bragman /
@walkerbragman@threads.net: Why even become a journalist, honestly? Like, what did you want to do in that role? Because from where I'm standing, RFK Jr.—a member of one of the most influential families in America—is one of the nation's most dangerous, amoral cranks. … @GrimmReality@beige.party: It's been a while since I've been in the trade but, even putting rudimentary conflict-of-interest criteria aside for a second, I'm pretty sure a big unwritten rule is “don't fuck fascists.” — https://www.status.news/...

Tim Carmody /
@tcarmody: Who was the insult comedian who had the punchline “you BOTH could do better”?

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: Here's Olivia Nuzzi puffing up RFK Jr. in the New York Times in March. It has now been revealed that Nuzzi had a romantic relationship with RFK Jr. and New York magazine put her on leave after finding out. [image]

John DiLillo /
@johndilillo: if you have read her profile of RFK jr this is quite literally the most insane news of all time [image]

Joe Katz /
@joekatz45.bsky.social: So did Olivia Nuzzi write this article suggesting Joe Biden was mentally incapable of being president while in a romantic relationship with one of his opponents who was also making the case that Joe Biden was mentally incapable of being president? [embedded post] The Hollywood Reporter: Olivia Nuzzi on Leave From New York Magazine Due to Alleged Relationship With RFK Jr.

New York Times:

A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information— Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.

Discussion:
Federal Trade Commission, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, MediaPost, GovInfoSecurity.com, @mulvihill79, The Register, The Verge, @ftc, @chesterj1, @wendyndavis, NBC News, TechCrunch, @senmarkey, @mattdpearce, @BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, How-To Geek, BleepingComputer, ZDNET, The Guardian, @ftc, Reuters, Engadget, Federal Trade Commission, @brucelawson@social …, @stefan@stefanbohacek.online, AdExchanger and @aram@aoir.social, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Adamya Sharma /
Android Authority: All your paranoia about social media sites surveilling you is probably spot-on

Maria Deutscher /
SiliconANGLE: FTC finds that social media, streaming giants engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ of users

Michael Mulvihill /
@mulvihill79: A blistering new FTC report out this morning details long-standing practices of consumer surveillance and privacy abuses by streamers and social media companies. Essential reading and long overdue.

Brandon Vigliarolo /
The Register: No way? Big Tech's ‘lucrative surveillance’ of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom

Gaby Del Valle /
The Verge: The FTC says social media companies can't be trusted to regulate themselves @ftc: Report recommends limiting data retention and sharing, restricting targeted advertising, and strengthening protections for teens 2/

Jeffrey Chester /
@chesterj1: Again & again, @linakhanFTC led FTC, with its on-point consumer protection division, peels back the commercial surveillance marketing apparatus which structures platforms & other US & global digital media. https://www.ftc.gov/...

Wendy Davis /
@wendyndavis: @linakhanFTC blasts behavioral advertising, says it “helped drive the creation of a multi-billion dollar industry specializing in tracking and collecting vast amounts of Americans' personal data.” https://www.ftc.gov/... [image]

Daysia Tolentino /
NBC News: Social media companies engaged in ‘vast surveillance,’ FTC finds, calling status quo ‘unacceptable’

Devin Coldewey /
TechCrunch: FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations

Ed Markey /
@senmarkey: The @FTC's expert report makes clear: Big Tech companies “bury their heads in the sand when it comes to children using their services.” COPPA 2.0 will stop this willful blindness. Let's pass this critical legislation.

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce:

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. /
@BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io: #FTC Finds ‘Vast #Surveillance’ of #SocialMedia Users, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than users realized — Report is based on an investigation into #Meta, #YouTube, #TikTok data collection methods, how they track personal and demographic information, and the impact of these practices on minors from 2019 to 2020. …

Kate Gibson /
CBS News: Social media companies, video streaming services engage in “vast surveillance” of users, FTC says

Queenie Wong /
Los Angeles Times: Social media platforms engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ and failed to protect young people, FTC finds

Christian Zibreg /
How-To Geek: FTC Agrees Social Media and Streaming Services Surveil People

Sergiu Gatlan /
BleepingComputer: FTC exposes massive surveillance of kids, teens by social media giants

Cesar Cadenas /
ZDNET: FTC report exposes massive data collection by social media brands - how to protect yourself

Johana Bhuiyan /
The Guardian: Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds

@ftc:
FTC staff report finds large social media and video streaming companies have engaged in vast surveillance of users with lax privacy controls and inadequate safeguards for kids and teens 1/ https://www.ftc.gov/...

Lawrence Bonk /
Engadget: Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users Federal Trade Commission: FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens

Bruce Lawson /
@brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net: FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens https://www.ftc.gov/... Report recommends limiting data retention and sharing, restricting targeted advertising, and strengthening protections for teens

Stefan Bohacek /
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online: “The F.T.C. said it began its study nearly four years ago to offer the first holistic look into the opaque business practices of some of the biggest online platforms that have created multibillion-dollar ad businesses using consumer data. …

Allison Schiff /
AdExchanger: FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak Decries The Term ‘Surveillance Advertising’

Aram Sinnreich /
@aram@aoir.social: Kudos to the FTC for highlighting the prevalence and costs of surveillance capitalism but it would be even better if the federal government would acknowledge its own role as a top customer for consumer data. https://www.nytimes.com/...

New York Times:

Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD— The Motion Picture Association has been wooing the company for years. The addition gives the group a lot more muscle.

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The Hollywood Reporter, Advanced Television, Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Wrap and Deadline

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Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios Join Motion Picture Association

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: Prime, MGM Studios join MPA

Christi Carras /
Los Angeles Times: Amazon MGM Studios is joining the Motion Picture Assn.

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Amazon Joins Motion Picture Association

VentureBeat:

Amazon's Twitch is launching The Glitch, a “brand-customizable” game world in Fortnite, on September 20, with two brand partners having their own in-game worlds— Twitch has teamed up with Halo co-creator Alex Seropian's Look North World to create The Glitch, a brand-customizable game world in Fortnite.

Discussion:

Brandon Doerrer /
Ad Age: How Twitch will work with brands on ‘The Glitch’

Chris Melissinos /
Chris Melissinos on LinkedIn: I am SO EXCITED to finally be able to talk about this! — Watching this go from concept to deployment has been so exciting! …

Patrick Moran /
Patrick Moran on LinkedIn: As a former Amazonian, it's a very personal and heartfelt moment of gratitude and accomplishment to have my start-up hired to develop …

Colin Kirkland /
MediaPost: Twitch, Amazon Ads Launch Brand-Customizable Game In Fortnite

Alexander Seropian /
Alexander Seropian on LinkedIn: This is something to pay attention to. When we started Look North World the promise was creating a new way to make games and build community. …

Jennifer Maas /
Variety: Twitch, Amazon Ads Launch Fortnite Game ‘The Glitch’ as New Marketing Opportunity for Brands Including Domino's, Peloton

New York Times:

For marketers, ensuring brand safety on YouTube and other platforms has become difficult during the US election, as their ads appear next to inflammatory videos— Large organizations and brands saw their advertising dollars funneled to videos amplifying inflammatory narratives …

Discussion:
@tchambers@indieweb.social, TVNewsCheck and @lauren@mastodon …

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Tim Chambers /
@tchambers@indieweb.social: Not great look for YouTube: — https://www.nytimes.com/... TVNewsCheck: On YouTube, Major Brands' Ads Appear Alongside Racist Falsehoods About Haitian Immigrants

Lauren Weinstein /
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org:

Bloomberg:

How Hot Ones host Sean Evans grew the YouTube show into one of the most popular talk shows in the world, using empathy, deep research, and an approachable style— Watching a celebrity ingest hot sauce is the hook, but it's Sean Evans' skill as an interviewer that keeps audiences coming back.

Press Gazette:

The Economist introduces AI translations into French, German, Mandarin, and Spanish for Espresso, its budget-friendly, “snack-sized” journalism app— The Economist has deployed AI-translated content on its budget-friendly “snack-sized” app Espresso after deciding the technology had reached the “good enough” mark.

Discussion:
Publishers Weekly and Ludwig Siegele on LinkedIn

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Emma Kantor /
Publishers Weekly: Here, There, and Everywhere: Conversations with Children's Book Translators

Variety:

Netflix's most-watched licensed content in H1 2024: CoComelon led in TV series with 124M+ views and The Super Mario Bros. Movie led movies with 80M+ views— Not surprisingly, kids content continues to fare well — extremely well. No. 1 on the TV side is perennial preschool favorite …

Discussion:
About Netflix, Business Insider, Deadline, Advanced Television, The Streamable, The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap

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About Netflix: What We Watched the First Half of 2024 — Today, we're sharing our latest Engagement Report …

Jason Guerrasio /
Business Insider: The secret to a Netflix movie's success? Don't promote it.

Katie Campione /
Deadline: How Showtime's ‘Dexter’ & ‘Your Honor’ Performed After Landing On Netflix In The First Half Of 2024

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: British Empire: U.K.-Produced Shows Rule Netflix in Latest Data Dump

Variety:

Study: revenue from premium VOD in India grew 38% YoY to $1.04B in H1 2024, driven by cricket; YouTube still makes up 92% of all online video consumption— Local content, especially live sports, were the dominant programming categories, across the country's ad-supported (AVOD) …

Discussion:
WORLD SCREEN and Deadline

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Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Indian Premium VOD Sector Tops $1 Billion In First Half

Wall Street Journal:

Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July— The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year

Discussion:

Jameson Hardy /
Jameson Hardy on LinkedIn: Disney is making a strategic move by dropping Slack over data integrity concerns. While the decision seems significant, questions arise about the extent of its usage and the financial implications. …

Sarah Whitten /
NBC New York: Disney to ditch Slack following July data breach

Robbie Whelan /
Robbie Whelan on LinkedIn: Disney is breaking up with Slack, the popular workplace communications and project management software. … Business Insider: Disney is ditching Slack after hackers gained access, and some employees aren't happy. Read the CFO's memo.

Martin Peers /
The Information: KKR Grabs the Best of Axel Springer

Sal Rodriguez /
@sal19: Disney abandoning Slack, as reported by @RWhelanWSJ, is particularly notable to me considering Microsoft didn't start taking Slack seriously until learning in 2015 that Disney basically stopped using email bc of Slack, which I reported for Reuters. How times have changed!

Nick Percoco /
@c7five: Confused by the @Disney transition away from Slack to something else. If the reports online are accurate regarding what happened, it seems the root cause of the problem wasn't Slack but rather a security culture where installing games and game mods on a corporate computer is

Robbie Whelan /
@rwhelanwsj: Disney to stop using Slack, according to internal memo from CFO Hugh Johnston. The move comes after a hacking attack exposed huge trove of private company information in millions of Slack messages: https://www.wsj.com/...

The Guardian:

A look at Intelligencer Today, a pro-Russian, anti-vaccine website with editorial board members tied to Trump and contributors tied to Kremlin state media— George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles

Discussion:

Matt Bernardini /
@mattbernardini7: NEW: Ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, a Pennsylvania fake elector, a woman linked to the GRU, and others, are helping to grow a Pro-Russia misinformation website https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Brian Whitaker /
@brian_whit: @MattBernardini7 More background here about Papadopoulos and his Russian connections during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. https://brian-whit.medium.com/ ...

Travis Gettys /
Raw Story: Bevy of Trump allies now working to promote Kremlin propaganda to U.S. conservatives

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: Trump's Surprising Ties to Another Russian Disinfo Scheme

Sue Stone /
@knittingknots2@mstdn.social: Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation | Donald Trump | The Guardian — https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Wendy Siegelman /
@wendysiegelman@mastodon.social: Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation — George Papadopoulos, his wife Simona Mangiante and others are editorial board directors of Intelligencer, a growing source of news in rightwing circles …

Laffy /
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social: Ex-#Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation — George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @rvps2001@mastodon.social: 🇺🇸 Amid the recent crackdown on #Russian influence in American media, a group of former #Trump advisers and operatives have quietly helped build a pro-Russian website that frequently spreads debunked conspiracy theories about the war in #Ukraine, election fraud and vaccines. …

Adweek:

A look at Erika Badan's plans as CEO of Food52: pivoting from mass retail, rebuilding content infrastructure, and launching a fresh slate of video programming— The two publishers share a business model but have vastly different cultures and commercial circumstances — Erika Badan understands the skepticism.

Discussion:

Sean Griffey /
@seangriffey: Really great piece on Food52 which has become a shell of its past self. I'm encouraged for the first time in years because it sounds like they recognize again that content is critical in a content-to-commerce story. https://www.adweek.com/...

Mark Stenberg /
Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn: Exclusive: Food52 saw massive growth during the pandemic, but a downturn in demand, lack of clear strategy and unsustainable commerce model undid its gains. …

Simon Owens /
Simon Owens on LinkedIn: Many sites that made big bets on driving commerce revenue via product recommendations are now struggling to grow and even seeing a decline in sales. …

Mark Stenberg /
@markstenberg3: Exclusive: Food52 saw massive growth during the pandemic, but a downturn in demand, lack of strategy and poor commerce model undid its gains. Now, former Barstool Sports CEO Erika Badan is at the helm, aiming to find improbable success—again. For @ADWEEK:https://www.adweek.com/ ...

Simon Owens /