Sources: Sony is working with another investor to buy Queen's music catalog, including merchandising and other businesses, in a deal potentially worth ~$1B (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer: Sources: Sony is working with another investor to buy Queen's music catalog, including merchandising and other businesses, in a deal potentially worth ~$1B (Bloomberg)

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Reuters Institute:

A survey in six countries shows 32% of respondents think human editors check AI outputs before publishing them; many haven't made up their minds yet about AI— Based on an online survey focused on understanding if and how people use generative artificial intelligence (AI) …
Discussion:

Claes de Vreese /
Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn: This report from Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism shows the big differences in public knowledge about and usage of generative AI. …

Tom Singleton /
BBC: AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says

Federica Cherubini /
Federica Cherubini on LinkedIn: How do people think about the use of generative AI in news and society? — The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism published today a new report that looks at this question. … @risj_oxford: How do people think #generativeAI will transform journalism and society as a whole? This is the question at the heart of a new report based on survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰 🇫🇷🇯🇵 🇬🇧🇺🇸 🧵10 findings in thread 📱Full report by @richrdfletcher & @rasmus_kleis #WNMC24 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Simon Willison /
@simonw: @edzitron 18% of the 2,012 survey respondents in the USA said they were using ChatGPT on a daily or weekly basis - that's actually higher than I would have expected! https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Trevor Mogg /
Digital Trends: Few people are using ChatGPT and other AI tools regularly, study suggests

Robert Scoble /
@scobleizer: “47% of Americans say they have never even heard of ChatGPT” When @stevewoz started Apple with Steve Jobs they offered their ideas to their bosses at existing technology companies who, Woz told me, turned them down because no one thought Americans would buy a personal computer.

Richard Fletcher /
@richrdfletcher: New @risj_oxford report on generative AI and news in 6 countries 3 key findings 1. ChatGPT is by far the most widely recognised product. ~50% have heard of it (chart). It is also by far the most widely used, but frequent use is rare. ~10% use it weekly. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Mitali Mukherjee /
Mitali Mukherjee on LinkedIn: How do people think #generativeAI will transform journalism and society as a whole? Our latest work at Reuters Institute for the Study …

Ethan Mollick /
@emollick: You are both early (47% of Americans say they have never even heard of ChatGPT) and also surprisingly on time (I would not have expected that 7% of Americans are already using ChatGPT daily, and almost 1 in 5 Americans use an LLM at least weekly) Survey: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Florent Daudens /
@fdaudens: 4 takeaways from the latest @risj_oxford survey on the use of Generative AI, with a focus on journalism: - B/w 20% and 30% of the online population in the six countries surveyed - have not heard of any of the most popular AI tools. - Younger people are much more likely to use

Charlesarthur /
The Overspill: Start Up No.2232: Google search algorithm leaks, the AI disinformation problem, spying on the ICC, Chinese GPT spam?, and more @trf: ✍️ What does the public think of #GenerativeAI in news? With our support, @risj_oxford's new survey looks at how people believe AI is going to transform journalism and society as a whole. Here are some of the key findings. 🧵 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

The Guardian:

News Corp Australia reorganizes its mastheads into free, subscription-based tabloids, and prestige titles, and lets go of news.com.au EIC Lisa Muxworthy— Staff told some people will ‘regrettably leave our business’ as media empire is reorganised into three divisions

Discussion:

Gina Rushton /
@ginarush: “To dump an accomplished woman who's better at her job than anyone else in this country... is disgusting.” News Corp sources not happy Lisa Muxworthy — editor in chief of the nation's most read news site — is a casualty in restructure. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Marcus Kelson /
@marcuskelson: An unnamed source said: “Replacing a digital media giant of Lisa's exceptional talent with the guy who runs a newspaper fewer and fewer people read, with its shitty website no-one reads, tells you everything you need to know about News Corp. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Mark Di Stefano /
@markdistef: Kim Williams is laughing somewhere. @crikey_news: “Disgusting”: Incensed News Corp staff have teed off after the company's major restructure saw the departure of much-loved editorial leads. @daanysaeed reports. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Amanda Meade /
@meadea: Updated: Rupert Murdoch's Australian media empire has been reorganised into mastheads which are free, tabloids which are subscription-based and so-called prestige titles the Australian newspaper and Vogue magazine. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Daanyal Saeed /
Crikey: ‘Outrageous and stupid’: First major redundancies revealed as News Corp swings axe

Malcolm Farr /
@farrm51: From SMH on News Corp overhaul. In effect, Australia's largest employer of journalists has adopted a national model, which it hopes will enable it to complete the transition from a print to a fully digital media company.

Nathan Jolly /
Mumbrella: ‘People will regrettably leave our business’: News Corp dumps editors, restructures publishing teams

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: News Corp unveils major restructure, with editors shown the door

John Buckley /
@johnbuckley_: NEW: News Corp stalwart Nicholas Gray a winner in restructure as union awaits details of job cuts via @CapitalBrief https://www.capitalbrief.com/ ...

Financial Times:

Letter: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for BuzzFeed to axe staff, focus on video, and hire new voices, like Tucker Carlson, after raising his stake in BuzzFeed to 8.3%— Former US Republican presidential candidate urges media group to hire from ‘across the political spectrum’

Discussion:
Poynter, Vivek Ramaswamy, @pkafka, @edmundlee, @kenbensinger, @jamesrbuk, @willystaley, @chrisgeidner, @mattzeitlin, @tomgara, @mattgertz, @benmullin, @briannachesser, @rafat, City A.M., The Guardian, Axios, The Wrap, The Information, @james.tartarus.org, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter and Fox Business

Discussion:
Vivek Ramaswamy: To the Board of Directors of BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed has lost its way. The company was a pioneer …

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: So Vivek Ramaswamy has a long list of BuzzFeed demands (tldr: turn it into Elon Twitter 2.0, which...) but no explanation of how he wrenches Jonah Peretti's control of the company away so 🤷 ♂️. [image]

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: Ramaswamy can buy every available share of BuzzFeed and still not get his way: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ken Bensinger /
@kenbensinger: Strange that Vivek makes zero mention of HuffPost in his activist letter to the BF board, instead focusing on BuzzFeed News, which doesn't even exist anymore.

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Suspect Ramaswamy doesn't really realise all of the BuzzFeed journalistic operation and most of the HuffPost ones were jettisoned long ago. Does he know what he's actually bought into?

Willy /
@willystaley: That's cool. I bought 9 percent of BuzzFeed and I'm going to call for it to become Skate Grantland. @chrisgeidner: Having to choose sides here is both easy and depressing. Fuck Vivek. (But also, get that Pulitzer out of your mouth, Jonah. You gutted the newsroom after using hundreds of us to gain value/credibility/prestige for your company.)

Matthew Zeitlin /
@mattzeitlin: Seems pretty clear Vivek is trying to do elon twitter to what remains of BuzzFeed

Tom Gara /
@tomgara: Vivek to BuzzFeed: “The silver lining is that your competitors' records are equally bad”

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: Also don't sleep on wealthy right-wingers doing hostile takeovers of media outlets, perhaps with the feds pressuring companies to sell to them. https://x.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Here's Jonah Peretti's response to Vivek Ramaswamy: “Based on your letter, you have some fundamental misunderstandings about the drivers of our business...” And Vivek's letter: “BuzzFeed has lost its way.” [image]

Brianna Chesser /
@briannachesser: He realizes that shifting (back) to video is more expensive than listicles, right? Go ruin your own thing.

Callum Jones /
The Guardian: Vivek Ramaswamy uses Buzzfeed stake to demand staff cuts, conservative hires

Kerry Flynn /
Axios: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for job cuts at BuzzFeed

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Buzzfeed Board Members, Heavy Cost-Cutting After Major Investment

Martin Peers /
The Information: Politician-Turned-Activist Ramaswamy Pursues BuzzFeed

James Aylett /
@james.tartarus.org: Focus on video, eh? I hadn't realised it was 2015 again. [embedded post]

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Board Members and Cuts at BuzzFeed in Letter to Jonah Peretti

Bradford Betz /
Fox Business: Vivek Ramaswamy pushes for BuzzFeed board seats, says company has lost its way

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New York Times:

Jonah Peretti, who owns a special class of BuzzFeed stock with an effective veto, rejects some of Vivek Ramaswamy's requests, calling them “misunderstandings”— The former G.O.P. presidential candidate, who has invested in BuzzFeed, believes the company needs to pivot.

Discussion:
CNN, The Information, The Verge, Business Insider, The Hill, New York Post, Variety and Deadline

Discussion:

Martin Peers /
The Information: Ramaswamy Plays BuzzFeed For Attention

Elizabeth Lopatto /
The Verge: Vivek Ramaswamy can't even dunk on Buzzfeed right

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Vivek Ramaswamy demands BuzzFeed hire Bill Maher, Tucker Carlson, Charles Barkley and Aaron Rodgers

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Pro-Trump Investor Vivek Ramaswamy Says BuzzFeed Should Make ‘Large-Scale’ Layoffs and Hire Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Aaron Rodgers

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: New BuzzFeed Investor Vivek Ramaswamy Asks For Big Changes & Apology

The Guardian:

London Evening Standard plans to close its daily paper and launch a weekly, citing £84.5M losses in six years, driven by the Underground adding Wi-Fi and more— Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper's losses - £84.5m in the past six years - not sustainable

Discussion:
Mediaite, Press Gazette, @hugorifkind, Harry Owen on LinkedIn, Bloomberg, @pressgazette, @nickw84, @crankynotions, @aubrey_writes, @profdaveandress, @mrjamesob, @zoenora6, @youngvulgarian, @olifranklin, @chrismsutcliffe, @mattleys, @owenjones84, @mendelpol, @danhancox, @nigelwuk, @nicolelampert, @anthonypainter, @thewritertype, @eduardosuarez, @jimwaterson, @benjaminbutter, @henrycooke, @chrismonk, @jamesrbuk, @josiahmortimer, @stephenpollard, @amarjourno, @sophiasleigh and @ianvisits

Discussion:

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: London's Evening Standard Newspaper Goes Weekly Amid Losses

Hugo Rifkind /
@hugorifkind: This is grim. I wonder what proportion of print journalists today even remember how robust an industry this used to be. Back in the early 2000s a single decent freelance commission from ES magazine would pay my rent for a month.

Harry Owen /
Harry Owen on LinkedIn: As many in our industry will feel, it's disappointing to hear the news of the Evening Standard moving to become a weekly publication. … @pressgazette: Updated with further details: The Evening Standard's chair told staff today that going down to weekly was necessitated by “shorter commuting weeks, widespread Wi-Fi along our commuting routes and the desire for our readers to consume ever-richer content” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Nick Walker /
@nickw84: It just looks so non-urgent for a newspaper and has for ages. Seems like mismanagement to me [image] @crankynotions: It's hard to believe, but the Standard was once a decent paper with excellent coverage of the arts and entertainment. The acerbic Brian Sewell featured there to his very end. My summers were often planned around the culture section. Osborne was no steward, and it got even worse.

Elizabeth Aubrey /
@aubrey_writes: I owe so much of my career to the Evening Standard and my initial work there, so this is sad news. They've always been great with freelancers over the years. Another v worrying development for journalism in a year full of worrying developments.

David Andress /
@profdaveandress: Useful reminder that “the press” is a dying concept, and yet “a newspaper” still seems to provide an agenda-setting national foghorn, heard uncritically by the rest of the media, for any billionaire who wants to buy one.

James O'Brien /
@mrjamesob: What a sad loss. Probably doomed from the moment they let a KGB spy buy it & put George Osborne in charge. But still...

Zoë Crowther /
@zoenora6: As someone who gets the Northern Line every morning: is the “shortage of commuters” in the room with us??

Marie Le Conte /
@youngvulgarian: this sucks so bad! my favourite journalism job was at the Standard! they fucked up a perfectly good paper is what they did!

Oli Franklin-Wallis /
@olifranklin: Pretty devastating news for the UK newspaper industry. Will never forget being on work experience at the Standard, and receiving sage advice from my editor: 'it isn't a story unless you pick up the phone.' Thoughts with all those affected.

Chris Sutcliffe /
@chrismsutcliffe: Question now is whether ES has done enough with its digital offering. It's been diversifying (has done v good work with its flagship podcast) but will it be enough?

Owen Jones /
@owenjones84: The Evening Standard seems to have missed another reason for its failure. London became an ever more progressive and diverse city. The Standard remained a reactionary rag more suited to the Tory Shires which was completely out of touch with modern London.

Jack Mendel /
@mendelpol: I remember when it was a paid-for paper that went free... now it's about to virtually vanish. What a shame.. https://x.com/...

Dan Hancox /
@danhancox: Whatever you think about the Evening Standard's politics, this is sad news — the demise of South Kensington's only daily newspaper

Nigel Whitfield /
@nigelwuk: As a former hack, I hate to see anything go. But the Standard really didn't appear to be in touch with most Londoners for over a decade. It felt like it imagined the whole city to be like some posh western suburb.

Nicole Lampert /
@nicolelampert: Another nail in the coffin of print media. Sad days for all of us who love print and would eagerly anticipate what the Standard splash would be on their way home from work.

Anthony Painter /
@anthonypainter: Or being completely out of touch with the politics of most of London.... https://x.com/...

Paul Bassett Davies /
@thewritertype: Your reminder that the Evening Standard is given away free and is still wildly overpriced.

Eduardo Suárez /
@eduardosuarez: Blaming the spread of wifi in 2024 is incredible as a talking point

Jim Waterson /
@jimwaterson: London Evening Standard has just told staff it'll drop its daily print edition and become a weekly paper, blaming the spread of Wi-Fi on the tube, shortage of commuters due to work from home, and years of massive financial losses.

Benjamin Butterworth /
@benjaminbutter: The sound of “Standard!” will be much missed across London. It has been a great paper at times.

Henry Cooke /
@henrycooke: this is a tragedy! wifi on the tube is still spotty and the standard is the exact right length to consume in like 10 minutes. huge loss.

Chris Monk /
@chrismonk: Never been a particular fan of the Standard, but kind of ridiculous to think that a city of 8 million people will no longer have a daily newspaper

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Feels like there was a missed opportunity to get ahead of some of this during the pandemic - perhaps not helped by the constant boardroom shuffling (and shuffling of editors).

Josiah Mortimer /
@josiahmortimer: Deeply depressing news. The Standard has been driven into the ground. An endless cycle of cuts, alongside the failed attempts to be a ‘national’ rather than a local newspaper, while being completely out of touch with Londoners on politics and WFH

Stephen Pollard /
@stephenpollard: Sad news. My first job in journalism was on the Standard as a leader writer under Max Hastings. It was as close to a dream job as exists. I learned so much and was so proud to be working for such a brilliant paper alongside stellar (and so friendly) colleagues. I really feel for

Amar Singh /
@amarjourno: A sad but inevitable development. I still remember the thrill of seeing my byline in the Standard for the first time. It was the paper my Dad would bring home from his daily commute when I was a child. Newspapers are in decline but proper journalism has never been so important.

Sophia Sleigh /
@sophiasleigh: Devastating news. Thinking of all the brilliant journalists today. The Evening Standard was a journalistic giant for a long time, setting the agenda for London and often the country. Gutting.

Business Insider:

Americans' visits to movie theaters have been falling since the early 2000s, coinciding with broadband internet growth; Hollywood is reacting by raising prices— - Hollywood had a miserable Memorial Day weekend — one of the worst it has had in decades. — But this shouldn't be a surprise …

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper, Los Angeles Times and @bsdtectr.bsky.social

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper: Somebody please check me, but I'm pretty sure that per-capita visits to movie theaters have been falling for closer to a century.

Mary McNamara /
Los Angeles Times: Hollywood's high-pressure expectations game has created a box office doom loop @bsdtectr.bsky.social: Executives always take the wrong lessons in these situations. [embedded post]

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The Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: Memorial Day weekend box office grossed an estimated $128.3M, a 29-year low, excluding 2020 and 2021, and down ~37% YoY; Furiosa led with just $32M

Discussion:
Fast Company, The Wrap, Albert Fong on LinkedIn, Paul Dergarabedian on LinkedIn, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, @patrickbigpix, New York Times, Variety, Steve Siskind on LinkedIn, Washington Post, IGN, JoBlo, NBC News, Associated Press, Screen Rant, CNN, The A.V. Club, The Wrap, Business Insider, Deadline, Screen Rant and ComingSoon.net

Discussion:

Michael Grothaus /
Fast Company: This job will pay you $2,500 to watch movies at the theater this summer

Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: 4 Reasons Why the Memorial Day Box Office Was So Awful and What it Means for a Struggling Theatrical Business

Albert Fong /
Albert Fong on LinkedIn: Like most sequels, this one leaves many wanting. With the lowest box office results in nearly three decades, this Memorial Day weekend could be called “Wasteland”. …

Paul Dergarabedian /
Paul Dergarabedian on LinkedIn: Honored to have our Comscore, Inc. data and comments as part of Brooks Barnes excellent reporting for The New York Times …

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Hollywood suffers rough holiday weekend at box office

Ryan Faughnder /
Los Angeles Times: What the Live Nation suit is really about (Hint: It's not Taylor Swift)

Patrick Goldstein /
@patrickbigpix: Really a stretch to blame Hollywood's Memorial Day weekend box-office fiasco on strike-related delays instead of total lack of audience interest in mediocre movies: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Brooks Barnes /
New York Times: ‘Furiosa’ Is a Box Office Dud, Adding to Hollywood Woes

Rebecca Rubin /
Variety: Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades

Steve Siskind /
Steve Siskind on LinkedIn: Furiosa, the heroine and the movie, both faced long odds in the at times treacherous entertainment landscape of 2024 …

Adam Bankhurst /
IGN: Furiosa Wins the Domestic Weekend Box Office But Has the Worst Memorial Day Opening in 30 Years

Chris Bumbray /
JoBlo: Memorial Day Box Office: Furiosa beats Garfield by under $1 million for the 4-day weekend

Lindsey Bahr /
Associated Press: ‘Furiosa’ sneaks past ‘Garfield’ to claim No. 1 spot over Memorial Day holiday weekend

Lewis Glazebrook /
Screen Rant: Furiosa's Box Office Opening Explained: What The Hell Happened With The Mad Max Prequel?!

Drew Gillis /
The A.V. Club: Furiosa barely ekes out victory over Garfield at the weekend box office

Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: ‘Furiosa’ Leads Worst Memorial Day Box Office Since the '90s With $32 Million Opening

Anthony D'Alessandro /
Deadline: ‘Furiosa’ Wins Awful Memorial Day Frame With $32M+, But ‘Garfield’ Will Bite Back Next Weekend - Tuesday Update

Hannah Gearan /
Screen Rant: Furiosa Box Office Narrowly Beats Garfield In Worst Memorial Day Weekend In Decades

Bloomberg:

Sources: Sony is working with another investor to buy Queen's music catalog, including merchandising and other businesses, in a deal potentially worth ~$1B— - The talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal for songs — Sony Music in talks with another investor about the purchase

Discussion:
Billboard and @lucas_shaw

Axios:

The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multi-year licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI tech— - The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective publishers' current content …

Discussion:
The Hill, Vox Media, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, @tomwarren, VentureBeat, @nkulw, @edmundlee, @chrismvasq.bsky.social and @openai

Discussion:

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Vox Media, The Atlantic ink deals with OpenAI

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Vox Media, The Atlantic Strike Deals With OpenAI

Tom Warren /
@tomwarren: Vox Media just signed a deal with OpenAI that will include content from The Verge showing up in ChatGPT. OpenAI will “enhance its technology,” (sounds like train its models) on Vox Media's archives, too

Noah Kulwin /
@nkulw: Lmfao the Atlantic executive who made this happen is leading the bake-off to replace Remnick at the New Yorker https://www.semafor.com/...

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: .@theatlantic cut a deal with @openai, following other news orgs, but I have questions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Christian Vasquez /
@chrismvasq.bsky.social: am convinced journo execs don't actually pay attention/read the stories their reporters publish. not sure what else explains falling for this again [embedded post]

Robb Report:

Elle plans its first branded residences in Miami, with a 25-story tower featuring 180 units built in partnership with French publisher Lagardère News and others— The 25-story tower will feature 180 turnkey homes ranging from one-bedroom units to penthouses.

Discussion:
@thestalwart and @tomgara

Discussion:

Joe Weisenthal /
@thestalwart: The future of media. Elle Magazine is opening up a branded condo tower in Miami https://robbreport.com/... [image]

Fast Company:

The MoviePass documentary, called MoviePass, MovieCrash, highlights founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt, who are Black and often omitted from MoviePass stories— Business stories involving a meteoric rise followed by a spectacular collapse naturally lend themselves to movies …

Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Streamable, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Verge, IndieWire, @brianstorms@mastodon.social, New York Times and HBO

Discussion:

Lauren Forristal /
TechCrunch: MoviePass co-founders speak their truth in HBO's new documentary

Aubrey Chorpenning /
The Streamable: How to Watch ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ on Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku & Mobile

Charles Bramesco /
The Guardian: ‘This sounded a little fishy’: the dramatic rise and fall of MoviePass

Charles Pulliam-Moore /
The Verge: HBO's MoviePass doc is a snapshot of how C-suites kill companies

Brian Welk /
IndieWire: How MoviePass Went from ‘MovieCrash’ to Profitability: ‘All the Kinks Have Been Worked Out’

Brian Dear /
@brianstorms@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer — Sadly the idiot VCs invested in MoviePass and let MovieGoer, which would have thrived if given a chance, die without even an A round.

Alissa Wilkinson /
New York Times: ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ Review: When They Take Your Company Away

Press Gazette:

PINF study: the UK's 300 to 400 independent publishers make between £18.6M and £24.8M in annual revenue combined, down from £30M to £40M in the previous year— There has been a dramatic reduction in revenue, audience and staff sizes across the small independent …

Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage

Discussion:

Vanity Fair:

A profile of Lisa Rubin, a corporate lawyer turned MSNBC legal correspondent, who has covered Trump's NY trial and has been on air 275+ times since January— The corporate lawyer turned correspondent is having a moment on the cable news channel, relaying all the daily drama from the camera-free courtroom.

Discussion:
@brianstelter, @richardhudock, @steve_vladeck, @lawofruby and @jayshams

Discussion:

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “We have to bring all of those vivid details to people's living rooms. Everything that our eyes can ingest and our ears can hear, we have to recast for the audience at home. Because without it, all they have is, at best, a transcript and court sketches.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: You've probably been following @LawOfRuby's coverage of the Trump trial. You probably don't know how she ended up on @MSNBC. So I profiled her for @VanityFair: https://www.vanityfair.com/... [image]

Richard Hudock /
@richardhudock: .@lawofruby has appeared on @MSNBC 275+ times since January. She has quickly become a go-to trusted and steady voice for breaking down the daily happenings inside 100 Centre Street. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Steve Vladeck /
@steve_vladeck: Love this @brianstelter story about @lawofruby—who, as anyone in our law school class could've told you, was always going to be phenomenally successful at something different.

Lisa Rubin /
@lawofruby: Life and careers don't always move in a straight line. Thanks to @brianstelter for sharing my very wavy path to @msnbc: https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Local News Initiative:

A survey of 1,004 Chicago-area residents: 62% frequently use a smartphone to consume local news, just 9% read printed newspapers and magazines often, and more— An examination of the public's interest in and reliance on local news, as well as consumption habits

Discussion: