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Sources: Washington Post editorial staffers had drafted an endorsement of Harris for president, and then Jeff Bezos made the decision not to publish it— Publisher Will Lewis explained the decision as a return to the newspaper's roots. — For the first time in 36 years …
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Discussion:

Dan Froomkin /
Salon: Billionaires have broken media: Washington Post's non-endorsement is a sickening moral collapse

David Folkenflik /
NPR: ‘Washington Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s

Sewell Chan /
Columbia Journalism Review: The Washington Post opinion editor approved a Harris endorsement. A week later, Jeff Bezos killed it.

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher@threads.net: If someone wants to leak the Kamala Harris endorsement that Bezos quashed, it would make for interesting reading. And I, for one, am good at getting such documents, as Bezos knows from the old days. Game fucking on.

Jonathan V. Last /
The Bulwark: The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling

Ahmad Austin Jr /
Mediaite: 'We Aren't Afraid to Take a Stand': Editorial Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer Roasts LA Times And Washington Post For Not Endorsing

Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: ‘The Washington Post’ Blocks Kamala Harris Endorsement

Michael Schaffer /
Politico: The Post's Non-Endorsement: Poor Timing, Worse Message

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Jeff Bezos reportedly killed Washington Post's Kamala Harris endorsement: ‘This is cowardice’

Elizabeth Lopatto /
The Verge: Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post's Kamala Harris endorsement

JD Knapp /
The Wrap: Washington Post Resignations and Cancellations Begin, Guild Says Bezos Axed Endorsement: ‘Management Interfered’

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Bezos made decision to kill Harris endorsement, reports Washington Post

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Scoop: Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan confirms to me that he resigned from the Post following today's decision not to endorse in the presidential race.

Harry Lambert /
The Daily Beast: Top Editors Eviscerate Jeff Bezos' Decision to Kill WaPo Endorsement

Jonathan Chait /
New York Magazine: Trump Has Already Punished Jeff Bezos Over the Washington Post's Independence

Jay Barmann /
SFist: What Happens When Billionaires Own the Media: Two Major US Newspapers Decline to Endorse Harris Over a Fascist

Rich Glover /
Rich Glover on LinkedIn: Washington Post is not endorsing Kamela Harris — Kamela Harris - “He's Hitler” — Washington Post - “Yeah we've thought about it and we're still not going to endorse you over Hitler. …

Alex Howard /
@digiphile: @davidfolkenflik ... This is anticipatory obedience by an oligarch with business before US government: https://www.cjr.org/... As with @latimes not endorsing, the timing left no question. If it had been 6 months ago, fine. @JeffBezos just made a tragic mockery of “Democracy died in darkness.”

Tom Schaffer /
@schaffertom@mastodon.social: “This makes it more clear than ever: You cannot be a truly independent news organization if you are owned by an oligarch.” — https://www.salon.com/...

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Washington Post Staff Is Furious That Bezos Nixed Presidential Endorsement

Will Stancil /
@whstancil: Again: if you work in journalism, and you're horrified at the WaPo decision, the best thing you can do is finally commit yourself to covering Trump's threat to democracy with the vigor it deserves, starting TODAY. Just hours ago he threatened to round up critics. Talk about it.

Ian Bassin /
@ianbassin: If billionaires and newspapers are refusing to endorse against Trump *before* he's even in power, imagine how they'll act when he can direct the federal govt against them. Imagine how the press will act after FOUR years of this. How will voters get accurate information in 2028?

Emily Bell /
@emilybell: Imagine owning a news organisation where one of your journalists was hacked to death by a dictator, and then not doing *everything* in your power to defeat his fans and enablers... @stevenray@sfba.social: “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty. Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post's owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners),” former Post executive editor Martin Baron, who led the paper while Trump was president, said in a text message to The Post. …

Isabel Soisson /
Iowa Starting Line: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters

Janine Vanderburg /
Janine Vanderburg on LinkedIn: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Or, in the light of day, The Washington Post? — #Cowardice — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Derek Powazek /
@fraying@xoxo.zone: If you wanna read something great, just this one time, read the comments on this story. Every one is livid. 10k so far and coming in too fast to keep up with. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Daniel Kibblesmith /
@kibblesmith: I am canceling my subscription to the incognito window I read free Washington Post articles in.

Ted Anthony /
Associated Press: Jeff Bezos blocked the Washington Post's endorsement of Harris after it was written but not yet published

Ross O'Keefe /
Washington Examiner: Washington Post announces it won't endorse presidential candidate for first time since 1988

Kurt Schlosser /
GeekWire: Jeff Bezos blamed for spiking Washington Post's presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris

Oliver Willis /
Daily Kos: Major newspapers ripped to shreds over endorsements backlash @nealcurtis@mas.to: Bezos is a Trump supporter. File with the Pope is Catholic stories. — The Washington Post opinion editor approved a Harris endorsement. A week later, the paper's publisher killed it. - Columbia Journalism Review — https://www.cjr.org/... [image]

Zeb Larson /
@zeblarson@hcommons.social: Whatever else is true (and a lot is true), 2024 is the year where national media in the U.S. revealed how hopelessly inadequate it is, at all levels. I don't fault reporters or individual editorialists: this is an indictment of its leadership and its business structure. …

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: To honor Kagan, read his marvelous 2023 op-ed about Trump as dictator. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Vlada Knowlton /
@vladaknowlton@threads.net: Yes, during this very frightening period, when we are understandably expressing outrage at all the news media cowards bowing down to fascism, this is an important reminder to recognize and thank all the journalists fighting the good fight and reporting the truth about the GOP's fascist candidate. …

Elizabeth Jacobs /
@1elizabeth_jacobs@threads.net: TL;DR of Washington Post non-endorsement announcement: The race is too close and Jeff Bezos may have all the money but he's morally bankrupt.

Eric Schmeltzer /
@ericschmeltzer@threads.net: There is nothing - nothing - keeping the editorial boards of the LA Times and Washington Post from publishing their endorsements online, on Substack or elsewhere, and explaining in blunt terms why they were silenced by their own newspaper. In fact, I would very highly urge them to do so, immediately.

Phil Nelson /
@philnelson@xoxo.zone: The guy who owns Amazon is such a big Trump supporter he ordered the newspaper he also owns to not publish their already-written editorial endorsement for Harris. When I talk about the wealthy protecting class interests at the expense of all else this is exactly what I mean https://www.cjr.org/...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Opinion staff at WaPo are furious about the paper's endorsement decision. Several are contemplating what action to take, ranging from resigning, quitting the board, or a statement. “If you don't have the balls to own a newspaper, don't,” one Post opinion employee tells me.

Dave Winer /
@davew@threads.net: Do not obey in advance.

Michael Hobbes /
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social: People are going to spin this as “I can't believe you rubes think the WaPo endorsement would have moved any votes” but it's not about the poll results, it's about elite institutions doing the bare minimum to stave off authoritarianism. @ycombinator@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.co m: Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presidential endorsement — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... #ycombinator @Nonilex@masto.ai: And straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak: — “An #endorsement of #KamalaHarris had been drafted by The #WashingtonPost editorial page staffers but had yet to be published, acc/to 2 sources briefed on the sequence of events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. …

Aaron Schaffer /
@aaronschaffer.com: A statement from Post Guild leadership on the Washington Post's decision to not endorse a presidential candidate [image]

Heidi Li Feldman /
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: Here's former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron saying what needs to be said about the Post's decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate: “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty. ... …

Jamelle Bouie /
@jbouie@threads.net: unbelievable to me that institutions like the washington post are rolling over in advance for an addled old man who is visibly falling apart before our eyes. disgraceful

Marisa Kabas /
@marisakabas.bsky.social: let me make something perfectly clear: the endorsements are a secondary issue. this is about billionaires exerting control over the editorial process. freedom of the press is under direct threat. [embedded post]

Dave Weigel /
@daveweigel.bsky.social: “The decision not to publish was made by The Post's owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.” — I worked at the paper for seven years and Bezos never interfered with a thing. This is five-alarm fire stuff. — www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/ ...

Gregg Gonsalves /
@gregggonsalves@med-mastodon.com: A non-endorsement in this election with the seriousness of what is at stake is an implicit endorsement of Donald J. Trump. This is complicity, cravenness and cowardice. https://www.cjr.org/...

Kimberly Atkins Stohr /
@kimberlyeatkins@threads.net: If this was really about “returning to our roots” y'all would have made this call before the election season started. We see you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Cameron MacLeod /
@c_9@mstdn.ca: Jeff Bezos in 2013: “I understand the critical role the Post plays in Washington, D.C., and our nation and the Post's values will not change. Our duty to readers will continue to be the heart of the Post, and I am very optimistic about the future,” Bezos said in a statement. https://www.pcmag.com/... …

Robson Fletcher /
@robsonfletcher@mas.to: “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said. — “Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post's owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). …

Harry McCracken /
@harrymccracken@mastodon.social: Not a great sign that it's the CEO writing this note to readers. He shouldn't be involved in this decision. https://www.npr.org/... @pwnallthethings.bsky.social: for folks cancelling their WaPo subscriptions, I get it, but consider also cancelling your Amazon Prime membership or deciding to buy things later this year from another retailer

Brooke /
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social: I've never liked the “benevolent billionaire” model of journalism and feel pretty validated in that dislike now [embedded post]

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Kudos to the @washingtonpost media reporting team today (and every day!)

Mike Davis /
@bymikedavis: I don't have much of an issue with newspapers not endorsing candidates. In 2024, they aren't moving the needle one bit. But to decline to do so two weeks be for an election simply in an act of fence-sitting, so you can curry favor with whoever wins? That's cowardice.

Eric Ginsburg /
@eric_ginsburg@threads.net: A reminder who controls mainstream media. https://www.cnbc.com/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: UPDATE: Robert Kagan confirms to NPR that he has resigned from WaPost editorial board after disclosure it would not make an announcement. Kagan has been a persistent conservative critic of Trump, tying him to an autocratic tradition. Uniformly outraged response from staff.

Dovi Frances /
Dovi Frances on LinkedIn: Shocking - One of the most left wing publication in the Americas The Washington Post, with 11 days left for the elections …

Sophie Perry /
PinkNews: Beyoncé set to join Kamala Harris at Texas rally

Karen Attiah /
@karenattiah@threads.net: Today has been an absolute stab in the back. What an insult to those of us who have literally put our careers and lives on the line to call out threats to human rights and democracy.

@pwnallthethings.bsky.social:
WaPo losing subscriptions won't impact Bezos much; he won't care. Amazon losing a bunch of prime subscribers and their black friday sales being lower than expected will cause more alarm at the meetings he attends

Aaron Parnas /
MeidasTouch News: Washington Post Editor At Large Resigns Over Newspaper's Non-Endorsement: Report @steinkobbe: That's crazy can't believe one of the good liberal billionaires would do that. The ultra rich have historically been so good at fighting fascism

Sarah Jeong /
@sarahjeong.bsky.social: i will defend anyone's right to cancel a subscription as an act of conscience. that said, this may be relevant to those thinking about it: — wapo news desk was the first to publish that bezos had a direct hand in killing the endorsement, and that's *fucking wild as shit*

David Badash /
Alternet.org: ‘Cowardice’: Washington Post faces backlash after refusing to endorse in presidential race

Cassandra MacDonald /
The Gateway Pundit: New York Post Endorses Trump — ‘the Clear Choice for a Better Future’

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Harris Endorsement r/Journalism: Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper

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NPR:

The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, “nor in any future election,” writes CEO Will Lewis in a note to readers— Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remains neck and neck …

Discussion:
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William Lewis /
Washington Post: On political endorsement — A note from the publisher: — William Lewis is publisher …

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Washington Post Surprise: Paper Now Won't Endorse Presidential Candidates

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Washington Post reels from Bezos decision to not endorse Fox News: Washington Post editor at large quits after paper declines to endorse presidential candidate

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Washington Post's announcement: “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

Anna Betts /
The Guardian: Washington Post says it will not endorse candidate for first time in 30 years

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: Jeff Bezos is the most consequential entrepreneur of his generation. And if *he* has to preemptively accommodate Trump, then *everyone* at every level of business and industry will notice it. If you run some widget factory in MA that makes parts for the DoD, you're taking note of this. …

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: And that's the take-away from the Washington Post's refusal to endorse Kamala Harris. It's not about the paper or the journalists. It's about every wealthy executive and business owner in America being shown that if *Jeff Bezos* fears retribution from Trump, they should, too. …

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: The thing to understand about the WaPo's Friday afternoon news dump about scuttling their endorsement is that the endorsement doesn't matter at all. Even the media angle doesn't matter at all. This story is *entirely* about the relationship of the business community to the prospect of a second Trump administration. …

Betty Cracker /
Balloon Juice: Cowardice At The Post — The Washington Post announced today that the paper isn't endorsing …

Tommy Vietor /
@tvietor08: The WaPo endorsing Harris would move exactly zero voters her way, but still lol at this cowardly shit from the crew that brought us “democracy dies in darkness”

Ed Kilgore /
New York Magazine: Before Harris Snub, Washington Post Refused to Endorse Doomed Dukakis

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Jeff Bezos, too, shows Trump ‘anticipatory obedience’; plus, death for sale, and Billy Penn at 10

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Opinion staff at WaPo are furious about the paper's endorsement decision. Several are contemplating what action to take, ranging from resigning, quitting the board, or a statement. “If you doin't have the balls to own a newspaper, don't,” one Post opinion employee tells me.

Sebastian Smith /
Agence France-Presse: Washington Post announces it will not endorse Harris or Trump in US election

Jeff Mordock /
Washington Times: Washington Post won't endorse presidential candidate for first time in decades

Natalie Korach /
Vanity Fair: “Cowardice”: Washington Post Blasted for Not Endorsing in 2024

Wendell Husebø /
Breitbart: Washington Post Snubs Kamala Harris with Non-Endorsement

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani /
New Republic: Gutless Jeff Bezos Kills The Washington Post's Harris Endorsement

Sara Boboltz /
HuffPost: Washington Post Declines To Make Presidential Endorsement For First Time In Decades

Joe Cooper /
@swelljoe@mas.to: The billionaires who own the largest media are putting their thumbs on the scale with more enthusiasm of late. I guess there's no point in owning the media, if you can't use it to lower your taxes at the expense of literally every other human on earth. https://www.npr.org/...

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Here's the thing about these LAT/WPost non-endorsements. They're unimportant politically; few votes would be swayed. But the billionaire owners are (intentionally or not) sending a signal to the newsrooms: Prepare to accommodate your coverage to a Trump regime. [image]

Rat King /
@mikeisaac: the throughline is tech corporate stewardship and bracing for a trump presidency big tech moguls who dont own media companies doing the same even if you believe editorial board influence is waning in the internet age, i cant see how this does anything but neuter them further

Marty Swant /
@martyswant: For context, here is @oliverdarcy's report from this week: https://www.status.news/... [image] @ilvestoomas: When major newspapers begin pre-emptively to self-censor you can no longer trust their content. My parents saw this when the Sovs occupied Estonia. Friends from a number of once liberal democracies have seen it. We always see it in the dimming crepuscular light before a @drewsav: These newspapers are making strange decisions given that their subscriber base is overwhelmingly Democrats.

Noah Kulwin /
@nkulw: “We” has never meant Jeff Bezos this much

Daniel Feldman /
@dfeldman.bsky.social: I've been speculating for a while that the media wasn't going gloves-off on Trump because they feared retaliation if he wins. I never expected them to just come out and say it though! [embedded post]

Jonn Elledge /
@jonnelledge: well this feels fucking stupid @deggans: The Washington Post makes it official: It has published a statement from its publisher saying that, for the first time in many years, it will not endorse a candidate in the presidential race, though it has endorsed candidates in other races. https://www.cnn.com/...

Jessica Lessin /
@jessicalessin: A person could make interesting arguments on both sides of whether today, a newspaper should endorse a political candidate or whether readers should care. But you cannot argue changes in policy at washpo and Latimes within two weeks of an election— as the polls tip slightly more @mlbellar@universeodon.com: “Fascism comes to America” - the silence of bent knees — If we the people survive this election, Never Forget, Never Forgive. — https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Cristina Laila /
The Gateway Pundit: IT'S OVER: In Huge Blow to Kamala Harris, the Washington Post Won't Endorse a Presidential Candidate For First Time Since 1980s After Tense Meeting with Editor

Abby McDonald /
@abbymcdonald: Democracy dies in darkness, except when 43% of our potential customer base prefers the darkness, in which case it's a valid viewpoint that must be respected by keeping the lights off for everyone. Post-Texas Stress Disorder: Washington Post Says Jeff Bezos Banned it From Endorsing Kamala Harris DIES IN DARKNESS... …

Michael Barbaro /
@mikiebarb: A WaPo endorsement for president had been written and was ready to publish before Jeff Bezos decided the paper would not endorse. [image]

Robert McCartney /
@mccartneywp: There are reports that The Washington Post may decline to endorse anyone for president. It would be first time that's happened since 1988. There's speculation in newsroom that owner Jeff Bezos may want to avoid risk of endangering Amazon's government contracts if Trump wins.

Ben Rhodes /
@brhodes: There is no logic that isn't damning as to why the Washington Post and LA Times feel they can endorse in every local, state and federal election other than a presidential race.

Rex Huppke /
@rexhuppke: These are not good signs. I don't think newspaper endorsements matter much anymore, honestly, but the reluctance to do them suggests timidity and a fear of retribution from Trump. That ain't the way news organizations are supposed to function.

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: Just... impossible timing for this announcement to be read as a statement of principal

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: As fascism rose in America, the Washington Post adopted the slogan “Democracy dies in darkness.” Now WaPo has turned cowardly, skipping a presidential endorsement to appease Trump. Perhaps WaPo will change its slogan to: Democracy dies in our silence. https://www.npr.org/... @davekarpf.bsky.social: This is extraordinary on three levels. (All of them bad. We're talking levels-of-hell here, obviously.) — 1. From a narrow business perspective, news orgs like WaPo benefitted in 2017-21 by branding themselves as courageous journalistic defenders of democracy. — (...) [embedded post]

Anthony Zurcher /
@zurch.bsky.social: Newspaper editorials have been dying for a while. A vestigial organ from a different era, like an appendix. This year is going to speed along their demise.

Jane Mayer /
@janemayernyer: When Bezos brought in Lewis, a Murdoch guy, the handwriting was in the wall.

Robert Balkovich /
@robertbalkovich: Legacy media is facing a red alert crisis. If the paper whose slogan is “Democracy Dies in Darkness” cannot bring itself to endorse the candidate running against someone vowing to destroy press freedom there needs to be some kind of serious intervention and change. @blogoftheirown: It just reeks of integrity for the WaPo to wring their hands over whether to risk Bezos's wrath by endorsing Kamala....while still proudly displaying the “Democracy dies in darkness” slogan they added after the 2016 election.

Benjamin Wittes /
@benjaminwittes@thecooltable.wtf: As a longtime member of the Washington Post editorial page staff, this genuinely shocks me. My thoughts are with my former colleagues. And I'm just going to say out loud that this would never have happened under Fred Hiatt or Meg Greenfield. Never. — https://www.npr.org/...

Charles Gasparino /
@cgasparino: woke reporters over there are losing their minds

Sarah J. Jackson /
@sjjphd.bsky.social: It's almost like there's an argument to be made that billionaires shouldn't control newspapers or universities

@davekarpf.bsky.social:
(2) This decision is obviously some mix of “we would like access if Trump wins,” “we would like Trump not to attack our business if Trump wins, and “we would like Trump not to punish our owner's other companies if Trump wins. All of those reasons are semi-rational, but extraordinarily cowardly.

Kathy Gill /
The Moderate Voice: Washington Post joins LA Times in journalistic malpractice: neither paper will issue presidential endorsement

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Marty Baron, famed former Washington Post editor of the Democracy Dies in Darkness era, weighs in >

Brian Tatosky /
@virtualbri@mastodon.online: https://www.npr.org/... MSM is not on your side, example #12313141 — #USPol #WashingtonPost @jimstewartson: I cannot imagine a more disgraceful move by a newspaper I grew up with—whose motto is “Democracy dies in darkness.” Just devastating to see once great institutions be laid so low. However, and this is important, now you will get to really see who is who. Never let them forget.

Daniel Feldman /
@dfeldman.bsky.social: (Keep in mind Bezos' own marriage was blown up due to retaliation during the first Trump campaign. So he has some experience with this.)

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Washington Post Won't Endorse a Presidential Candidate for First Time in 36 Years

Michael Learmonth /
Michael Learmonth on LinkedIn: What's unconscionable about this is the timing: fine to say you're getting out of the presidential endorsements business …

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: new: Washington Post publisher Will Lewis explains why The Post won't be endorsing for president: [image]

Radley Balko /
@radleybalko.bsky.social: I don't know how this ends, but it's now abundantly clear that It Could Happen Here. — I'll never get over the craven blind-eyeing and preemptive supplication from people, groups, and institutions who ought to know better. — I hope voters bail us out. But we've been tested. And too many have failed.

Hadas Gold /
CNN: Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in 2024 presidential election, breaking decades of tradition @jesseltaylor.bsky.social: democracy dies in darkness, but we exhibited massive moral cowardice at noon eastern when the sun was out, so

Kevin Kinkead /
@kevin_kinkead: find me one person under the age of 30 who cares about newspaper political endorsements

Leah McElrath /
@leahmcelrath: To be fair, the @washingtonpost said, “Democracy dies in darkness.” They never said they wouldn't participate in killing it in broad daylight.

Dan Pfeiffer /
@danpfeiffer: The @washingtonpost endorsement moves less than zero votes in a presidential race, but announcing this with 10 days to go right after Trump's COS says he's a fascist is so dumb. Proving once again there is no one worse at PR than media companies

David Ulevitch /
@davidu: Incredible to see the major cracks appearing as a result of the constant media lies (on Kamala, on Trump, on Biden, on Israel, on Europe, etc.). They can't say the truth about Kamala nor can they endorse a man they compare to Hitler, so WaPo now, and LA Times endorse nobody—Wild! [image]

Greg Greene /
@greene.haus: WaPo leadership then: “Democracy dies in darkness.” — now: (*hits the dimmer switch, sets mood lighting*) [embedded post]

Jamelle /
@jamellebouie.net: a free press is essential to democracy but these specific institutions are not www.npr.org/2024/10/25/n...

Jeet Heer /
@heerjeet: Billionaires know that Trump will exact revenge if they endorse Harris and he wins but that Harris will not exact revenge if she wins and they didn't endorse anyone. That's what these non-endorsements are about.

Sherrod Brown Dem /
@statindy: Insane actually. WaPo endorses all the time for Virginia/Maryland/DC elections

Greg Greene /
@greene.haus: Exactly. More nonprofit news co-ops, please, and more policy at the federal level to nurture and subsidize them. Enough waiting for billionaires or Godot to save us; we'll have to do it ourselves. [embedded post]

Tom Coates /
@tomcoates: Genuinely cannot imagine a scenario where a serious journalistic organization ought to be rising to the occasion and articulating the clarity of the choice. They're like, “Hannibal Lecter vs. Clarice Starling - reasonable people can come to different positions about who is best”

Brianna Sacks /
@bri_sacks: We won a Pulitzer for public service for our coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection

Mike Tougeron /
@touge@hachyderm.io: What the actual $*&?!? With all of their editorial posts, criticisms of #Trump, warnings about what his presidency would entail, etc, they decide not to endorse #Harris?!? What a spineless, weak, pitiful decision. How can they make all of those claims yet not endorse her? … @tomtomorrow.bsky.social: With all respect to many talented and thoughtful journos within the system, big media has failed spectacularly.

@davekarpf.bsky.social:
(3) the only POSSIBLE defense of this decision is “eh, our editorial statements don't really matter anyway.” — And y'know what? That's semi-true. The election outcome isn't going to hinge on Will Lewis possessing a spine or a conscience. — But you cannot run a newsroom if you don't think it matters. acecomments.mu.nu: Confirmed: Washington Post Will Not Endorse Kamala; Leftwing Activists Pretending to be Journalists Cope and Seethe

Geoff Weiss /
Business Insider: Washington Post reports that owner Jeff Bezos stopped it from endorsing Kamala Harris

Susie Moore /
RedState: YUGE: WaPo Declares It Will Not Endorse a Presidential Candidate This Election

Nicole Silverio /
The Daily Caller: Washington Post Won't Endorse 2024 Presidential Candidate Barrett Media: News Media Reacts to Washington Post Failing to Endorse Candidate in 2024 Presidential Election

Semafor:

WaPo editor-at-large Robert Kagan quits after the late move to not endorse in the presidential race; source: subscription cancellations are unusually high— The Scoop — The Washington Post's leadership recently sought meetings with the Democratic and Republican nominees for president …

Discussion:

Lucia Moses /
Business Insider: ‘People are furious’: Bezos faces a Washington Post revolt after he reportedly blocked the paper from endorsing Harris

Anna Betts /
The Guardian: Furor over Washington Post's decision to not endorse presidential candidate: ‘Stab in the back’, ‘dying in darkness’

Isaac Schorr /
Mediaite: Washington Post Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan Resigns Over Paper's Decision Not to Endorse Kamala Harris

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Mini update: The furor at the WaPo is such that its chief tech officer is getting engineers to block Qs about its decision to not make an endorsement pm the Post's own AI site search, This according to internal WP correspondence I've reviewed

Sharon Knolle /
The Wrap: Washington Post Had Kamala Harris Endorsement Ready to Go Before Jeff Bezos Nixed It

John Patrick Pullen /
@jppullen@threads.net: It's kind of wild that The Washington Post had the courage to publish the Pentagon Papers (after NYT, but still) in 1971, exposing Vietnam decisions and military operations — but now in 2024, it's former military generals with the courage to speak out about what they saw in the Trump administration, and the Post is silent on its editorial page.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: As I reported on the air tonight, the Washington Post registered 1600+ cancelations of digital subscriptions in the first three hours after my story broke, according to internal WP correspondence I've reviewed. That's bananas.

William Upton /
The National Pulse: WaPo Columnist Resigns After Paper Refuses to Endorse Kamala. Guess Who He's Married To!

Benjamin Wittes /
The Bulwark: The Washington Post Bends the Knee to Trump

Ed Driscoll /
Instapundit: COCKBURN: Jennifer Rubin's resignation from the Washington Post is surely imminent. …

Robert McGreevy /
The Daily Caller: Pro-Harris Journos Resign En Masse After Major Papers Refuse To Endorse Kamala Harris @postguild: Are you a Washington Post reader concerned with today's decision for the Editorial Board to not endorse a candidate this election cycle? Send a letter to CEO and Publisher Will Lewis and Editorial Page Editor David Shipley: https://actionnetwork.org/... [image]

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: I'm getting sick of people saying “cancelling subscriptions hurts the writers not the owners.” It's an objectively true statement that lacks the context of: A. Well if we're being real about NOTHING *hurts* billionaires. Being a billionaire literally buys you out of consequences

David Strom /
HotAir: Jennifer Rubin to Resign From Washington Post?

Rebecca Downs /
Townhall: Another Major Newspaper Won't Make an Endorsement for President

@postbaron:

Ex-WaPo editor Martin Baron calls the paper's lack of an endorsement “cowardice” and says Trump will see it as “an invitation to further intimidate” Jeff Bezos— On political endorsement https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.

Discussion:
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Discussion:

Peter Kafka /
Business Insider: The Washington Post and LA Times just stepped into a bigger political mess than the one they tried to avoid

Ashleigh Fields /
The Hill: Marty Baron on Post endorsement choice: ‘This is cowardice’

Charles R. Davis /
Salon: “This is cowardice”: Ex-editor blasts Washington Post after Jeff Bezos blocks Harris endorsement

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Washington Post Readers Revolt Over ‘Shameful’ Decision to Not Endorse Kamala Harris

Oliver Darcy /
Status: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Diana Falzone /
Mediaite: ‘This is Cowardice’: Ex-Washington Post Editor Marty Baron Slams Paper For Declining Presidential Endorsement

Anna Bower /
@annabower: Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes, who wrote for the Washington Post's editorial page for nearly a decade, on the decision by the paper's ownership not to endorse a presidential candidate: “The Washington Post Bends the Knee to Trump.” https://www.thebulwark.com/...

John Robinson /
John Robinson on LinkedIn: It never occurred to me that the Washington “Democracy Dies in Darkness” Post would be afraid to endorse a presidential candidate.

David Folkenflik /
NPR: Washington Post won't endorse a presidential candidate

Deb HolleyNC /
@debholleync@threads.net: My final reader comment ever at @washingtonpost below. It was posted in response to the ridiculous statement by the owner. My subscription expires at the end of November and will not be renewed. I've now deleted the app from my phone and my iPad.

John Burns /
@johnburnsnc@threads.net: Democracy Dies in Darkness, indeed. The @washingtonpost just burned its own reputation to the ground. Utter cowardice.

Jacob Heilbrunn /
nationalinterest.org: The Capitulation of The Washington Post

Don Winslow /
@donwinslow: Dear @washingtonpost You have done more damage with this failure than you can possibly imagine and you have managed at one of the most critical moments in our history to fail not only your readers but also this country. It's pathetic and nothing can explain or justify it away.

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: When I was an editor at the Chicago Tribune, I'd tell colleagues that our product wasn't ink on paper or words on an iPhone. It was credibility. That's what we were selling. Credibility. To see the Washington Post flush away its credibility by kowtowing to Trumpism is crushing.

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Gotta love how the Washpost started endorsing candidates in 1952 LEST ADLAI STEVENSON BECOME PRESIDENT. [image] @jeffjarvis: Sometime ago, I asked someone who had been at the Post—not who you think—whether the Post could be saved. The answer was immediately and unequivocal No. #BrokenPost

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: A member of the Wash Post editorial department tells me: Bezos's decision not to endorse is “an outrageous abdication of responsibility. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies when people anticipatorily consent to a fascist's whims.”

Piers Morgan /
@piersmorgan: Journalists enraged because their newspaper wishes to remain impartial are revealing their true colours.. and confirming the shockingly partisan liberal bias in US mainstream media.

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: After Jeff Bezos bought the WashPost in 2013, the Post twice endorsed Trump's opponents: they endorsed Hillary in 2016 and Biden in 2020. Both times, Bezos ended up OK. Believing he fears Trump's wrath is an expression of liberal elite insanity from discouraging polls.

Glenn Greenwald /
@ggreenwald: This is collective paranoia and group think mania. Liberal elites have really convinced themselves that - for the first time ever - they're engaged in an act of courage, taking risks, by opposing Trump. Because if he wins, he'll put them into camps. Look at their madness:👇

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: In Surprise, Washington Post Won't Endorse

Wajahat Ali /
@wajahatali: “Don't obey in advance” was the first warning by Timothy Snyder, an authoritarianist expert, on how to fight tyranny. Washington Post bent both knees.

Dr. Ellen Greaves /
@ecgreaves: @WajahatAli @IAmPoliticsGirl Ignoring its vaunted history of publishing the Pentagon Papers despite a court's temporary restraining order after Nixon went after the NY Times. Ben Bradlee & Kathryn Graham knew that if they caved to Nixon the reputation of the Post would be irreparably harmed. Blaze Media: Nuclear meltdown ensues after Washington Post refuses to endorse in presidential election: ‘You feckless cowards’

Ben Kew /
The Gateway Pundit: Mayhem at Washington Post After Bezos Kills Harris Endorsement - Staff Threatening to Quit and Denounce Company

Tim Dickinson /
Rolling Stone: ‘Death Wish’: Trump Menaces the Free Press in Dark Rallies

Tom Boggioni /
Raw Story: ‘Plain old cowardice’: WaPo publisher facing wave of outrage over endorsement snub

Semafor:

Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned over the paper's decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election— The Scoop — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board resigned on Thursday over the paper's decision …

Discussion:
The Wrap, Status, The Guardian, freebeacon.com, New York Post, New York Times, Mediaite, @semaforben, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, @maxwelltani@threads.net, @marisakabas.bsky.social, @margarita.bsky.social, Raw Story and Columbia Journalism Review, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Kamala Harris Endorsement | Exclusive

Oliver Darcy /
Status: Turbulence at the Times — Amid the current upheaval, the Los Angeles Times has notably refrained …

Andrew Stiles /
freebeacon.com: Barred From Endorsing Kamala Harris, Journalists Freak Out and Quit Their Jobs

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Two more LA Times editors quit after owner calls off Kamala Harris endorsement

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Three LA Times Editorial Staffers Quit In Protest After Owner Vetoed Kamala Harris Endorsement

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: More fallout at the LA Times, @maxwelltani scoops https://www.semafor.com/...

Fox News:
LA Times union begs readers not to cancel the subscriptions that pay their salaries after blasting owner

Mary Chastain /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Los Angeles Times Editorial Editor Resigns After Owner Didn't Allow Presidential Endorsement

Maxwell Tani /
@maxwelltani@threads.net: Karin Klein, another LA Times editorial board member, tells me she has also resigned https://www.semafor.com/...

Maxwell Tani /
@maxwelltani@threads.net: NEW: LA Times editorial board member Robert Greene tells me he has also resigned from the paper over the decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race, as well as the statement yesterday from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Marisa Kabas /
@marisakabas.bsky.social: masterful gambit, pat. [image]

Margarita Noriega /
@margarita.bsky.social: Los Angeles expects more from the LA Times than silence. www.cjr.org/business_of_...

Sewell Chan /
Columbia Journalism Review: Mariel Garza, editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigns after the outlet's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Harris for president

RELATED:

NPR:
Recent moves at the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, and the lack of a Washington Post presidential endorsement, raise concerns that owners are appeasing Trump

Discussion:
The Wrap, The Guardian, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Advocate, San Francisco Chronicle, @maxwelltani, CNN, Associated Press, Forbes, The Present Age, ZeroHedge News, Raw Story, Newser, Deadline, @mattdpearce, @_hamilton_matt, @jbrand07, @pattmlatimes, Balloon Juice, The Boston Globe, @sbasspersonal, @azi, @bgrueskin, @davidfolkenflik, TVNewsCheck, Media Nation, Crooks and Liars, freebeacon.com, The Gateway Pundit, Matt Pearce, Vanity Fair and Bloomberg

Discussion:

Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive

Margaret Sullivan /
The Guardian: The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why?

Daniel D'Addario /
Variety: As L.A. Times and Washington Post Kill Presidential Endorsements, Do Editorial Pages Still Matter?

Zoe G. Phillips /
The Hollywood Reporter: More Editors Exit Los Angeles Times Amid Paper's Presidential Endorsement Scandal

John Casey /
Advocate: In a critical election, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times endorse fascism

Sara Libby /
San Francisco Chronicle: The real problem with the Washington Post and L.A. Times endorsement decisions

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: NEW: LA Times editorial board member Robert Greene tells me he has also resigned from the paper over the decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race, as well as the statement yesterday from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Jon Passantino /
CNN: Two more Los Angeles Times editorial board members resign amid turmoil over blocked Harris endorsement Associated Press: Two more LA Times editorial board members resign after the paper withholds a Harris endorsement

Conor Murray /
Forbes: Ex-Editor Baron Decries ‘Disturbing Spinelessness’ Of Washington Post Not Endorsing For President

Parker Molloy /
The Present Age: Playing It Safe Is Risking Democracy: Media's Silent Endorsement of Authoritarianism

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: “Dangerous Times” - LATimes Editor Quits After Owner Strikes Down Kamala Endorsement

Tom Boggioni /
Raw Story: ‘Anticipatory obedience’: Major media outlets accused of withholding fire on Trump

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: LAT Loses Subscribers, More Staff After Endorsement Uproar

Zac Ntim /
Deadline: Two More LA Times Editors Exit Over Owner's Decision Not To Endorse In Presidential Race

Matt Hamilton /
@_hamilton_matt: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Greene is smart, deeply knowledgeable about L.A. County, and a decent colleague. His departure is a huge loss.

Jessica Brand /
@jbrand07: It is hard to describe what a loss this is. @robrtgreene was one of the most important, moral columnists in America on the critical issues of our time. @pattmlatimes: .@robrtgreene won a Pulitzer Prize for his wise, informed, invaluable writing about how government at every level works, and doesn't. This is a serious blow to the paper, a serious loss for readers, and for me, a gut-punch loss of a great colleague and friend.

Steve Bass /
@sbasspersonal: I don't know how much endorsements matter. However, if owners are fearful about endorsements, will they stand behind critical reporting? Raises questions for sure.

Azi™ /
@azi: “One of the central media stories in the U.S. right now is the people who run big media companies making accommodations for a second Trump presidency and thinking about how to avoid antagonizing him” — @semaforben

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: This behavior by the Washpost edit page — and the editors' unwillingness to be upfront about it — is bizarre. Smacks of “anticipatory obedience” as @TimothyDSnyder would put it. Via @davidfolkenflik Link below [image]

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Did the L.A. Times and other news outlets pull punches to appease Trump? My story for NPR - (with cameos from @semaforben & @ianbassin) https://www.npr.org/...

Sara Fischer /
TVNewsCheck: Meta Strikes Multi-Year Deal With Reuters

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: More fallout from the LA Times; plus, the Sun shines in Colorado, and news deserts spread

Ed Scarce /
Crooks and Liars: Two More Editorial Writers At The LA Times Quit Over Blocked Endorsement

Matthew Xiao /
freebeacon.com: Washington Post Declines To Endorse a Presidential Candidate For First Time Since 1980s, Angering Editorial Staff

Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: REPORT: Far-Left Washington Post Staffers Furious as Jeff Bezos Allegedly Blocks Kamala Endorsement, Fearing Trump's Inevitable White House Comeback Matt Pearce: That doesn't make any sense, Patrick — An embarrassing and avoidable episode for the owner of the Los Angeles Times.

Natalie Korach /
Vanity Fair: Los Angeles Times Owner's Attempt at 2024 Neutrality Backfires

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: LA Times Editorial Chief Quits After Harris Endorsement Quashed

Axios:

Sources: Meta strikes a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries in Meta AI chatbot, a first for Meta— - Meta has backed away from news content in its platforms' main feeds amid regulatory scrutiny, but news content may prove harder …

Discussion:

Mia Sato /
The Verge: Meta signs its first big AI deal for news

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters

Aditya Soni /
Reuters: Meta Platforms to use Reuters news content in AI chatbot

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Meta Inks an AI-Focused Deal with Reuters — Just Months After Reaching an AI-Related Accord with UMG

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan /
The Information: Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @Meta's first news deal in the AI era... $META has struck a multi-year deal with @Reuters to use its news content for real-time answers to user queries about news in its Meta AI chatbot - Reuters is a fact checking partner but never had news tab deal https://www.axios.com/...

Sarah Fielding /
Engadget: Meta AI gains access to Reuters news content in multi-year deal

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Reuters strikes AI deal with Facebook

BBC:

Three journalists have been killed in Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters, whose courtyard had cars marked “press”— Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, witnesses have told the BBC.

Discussion:
New York Times, Agence France-Presse, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, The Wrap, Committee to Protect …, CBS News, Le Monde.fr, National Union of Journalists …, Algemeiner.com, UPI, Washington Post, Deadline, Irish Examiner, Financial Times, TheJournal.ie, Arab News, NBC Bay Area and WAN-IFRA

Discussion:

Neil MacFarquhar /
New York Times: Media Organizations Criticize Israeli Strike That Killed Three Journalists

Tyler Durden /
ZeroHedge News: Lebanon Expresses Outrage After Israeli Warplanes Strike Group Of Journalists: ‘War Crime’

Associated Press:
An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says

Josh Dickey /
The Wrap: Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Hezbollah-Aligned Journalists as They Sleep in Lebanon Guest House Committee to Protect Journalists: 3 killed, 3 hurt in Israeli strike on journalists' compound in Lebanon

Ramy Inocencio /
CBS News: Israel accused of killing journalists in Lebanon strike and children as troops storm Gaza hospital National Union of Journalists (NUJ): NUJ condemns killing of three Lebanese journalists by Israeli air strike Algemeiner.com: Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire Across Lebanon Border, Blinken Calls for Urgent Resolution

Raya Jalabi /
Financial Times: Three journalists among those killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon

David MacRedmond /
TheJournal.ie: Israel kills three journalists in ‘deliberately targeted’ strike in south Lebanon

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Chinese hackers targeting US political figures also unsuccessfully tried to access an account of a WSJ journalist involved in covering the breaches— The major spy operation is said to have attacked dozens of others, including a Journal reporter — WASHINGTON—The Chinese hackers …

Discussion:
Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Politico, Fox News, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Metro.co.uk, Wired, The Hill, Associated Press, Benzinga, The Independent, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Cyber Express, The Guardian, HotAir, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, KDFX-TV, New York Post, The Sun, New York Times, Daily Mail, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: JUST IN: Trump And Vance's Phones Allegedly Hacked By Chinese Ahead of Election

Kawala Xie /
South China Morning Post: Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Vance, as well as Harris election campaign, US reports say

Miranda Nazzaro /
The Hill: US points finger at China amid reports of Trump, Vance phone hacks

Associated Press:
AP sources: Chinese hackers targeted phones of Trump, Vance, people associated with Harris campaign

Mike Bedigan /
The Independent: Chinese hackers reportedly targeted data on phones used by Trump and Vance

Jamie Tarabay /
Bloomberg: US Investigating Breach of Telecoms by China-Linked Hackers The Guardian: Chinese believed to have targeted Trump's and Vance's phones in US telecommunications breach

Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: Chinese Hackers Target Trump and GOP VP Candidate Sen. JD Vance, Attempting to Breach Phones via Compromised US Telecom Systems: Report

Josh Christenson /
New York Post: Chinese hackers tried to break into Donald Trump and JD Vance's cellphones: report

Annabel Bate /
The Sun: Donald Trump and JD Vance's phones ‘HACKED’ as probe launched into potential breach

Mary Chastain /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Report: Chinese Hackers Targeted Phones Belonging to Trump, Vance

The Verge:

The US Copyright Office denies a request from video game preservationists to let libraries, archives, and museums lend games via remote access for study— When video game scholars want to study games that are no longer on sale, they sometimes have to drive many hours to do it legally — and that won't be changing anytime soon.

Discussion:
Gizmodo, Ars Technica and Game Developer, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Kyle Barr /
Gizmodo: Feds Say You Don't Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books

Kyle Orland /
Ars Technica: Video game libraries lose legal appeal to emulate physical game collections online

Justin Carter /
Game Developer: U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation

The Atlantic:

A profile of Mike Solana, a Peter Thiel protégé whose Pirate Wires newsletter and podcast became popular among “anti-woke” tech figures since the “techlash”— Mike solana has opinions. Here are a few of them: Building stuff is good.

Discussion:
@micsolana, @jcbeam, @adriennelaf and @micsolana, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Mike Solana /
@micsolana: my house was only cramped for a little while growing up, and my parents always worked (my dad just moved from drywall to teaching). I don't hate talking “about” peter, I hate talking FOR him, because I don't want to mischaracterize his opinions. I only manned the PR inbox at FF

Chris Beam /
@jcbeam: Spent some time with Mike Solana, the Peter Thiel protégé whose work provides a glimpse into how some of Silicon Valley's most powerful people think: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Adrienne LaFrance /
@adriennelaf: A great profile of Mike Solana, the hilarious and pugnacious mind behind Pirate Wires, the latest anti-media media startup for VCs and VC wannabes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Mike Solana /
@micsolana: a few things in here I would have characterized differently, a few characterizations I disagree with, and a couple points missing context, but this is an essentially honest piece on my history to pirate wires, and I'm happy I participated

Adweek:

Nonprofit Notus names Brad Bosserman as CRO, who says the site will have ads and sponsors; the newsletter has a five-figure subscriber base and ~20 fellows— The nonprofit news organization will have a three-pronged approach to revenue — The nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute …

Reuters:

UMG releases a Spanish version of “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” using Sound Labs' Mic Drop and says it shows how AI use can be respectful of artists— Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) on Friday released a Spanish version of country music star Brenda Lee's 1958 hit song …

Discussion:
ABC7, Billboard, Digital Music News, Rolling Stone, Music Ally, Stereogum, Music Business Worldwide and TechCrunch

Discussion:

Carson Blackwelder /
ABC7: Brenda Lee's ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree' gets Spanish version thanks to AI

Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: Brenda Lee's ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree' Re-Released in Spanish Using AI Technology

Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Nearly 70 Years Later, ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree' Is Available in Spanish Thanks to ‘Responsibly-Trained AI’

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: AI gives a Brenda Lee Christmas classic a Spanish makeover

Chris Deville /
Stereogum: Brenda Lee Releases AI-Generated Spanish Version Of “Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree”

Murray Stassen /