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 (David Folkenflik/NPR)
Mediagazer: 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 (David Folkenflik/NPR)
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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 …
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Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Kamala Harris Endorsement | Exclusive
David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Three LA Times Editorial Staffers Quit In Protest After Owner Vetoed Kamala Harris Endorsement
Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Two more LA Times editors quit after owner calls off Kamala Harris endorsement
Oliver Darcy /
Status: Turbulence at the Times — The Los Angeles Times name remains visible on the former LA Times downtown building.
Lois Beckett /
The Guardian: Los Angeles Times sees resignations and loss of subscriptions after owner blocks Harris endorsement Fox News: LA Times union begs readers not to cancel the subscriptions that pay their salaries after blasting owner
Ben Smith /
@semaforben: More fallout at the LA Times, @maxwelltani scoops https://www.semafor.com/...
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_...
Jim Hᴏft /
The Gateway Pundit: LA Times Owner Exposes Editorial Board's Bias After Refusing to Draft Balanced Analysis of Trump and Kamala Harris Policies — Opts for Silence Instead of Informing Voters
Leah Barkoukis /
Townhall: Here's What the LA Times' Editorials Editor Did After Owner Decided Not to Run Presidential Endorsement
Juliann Ventura /
The Hill: L.A. Times editorial editor quits after owner blocks plans to endorse Harris
Katie Kilkenny /
The Hollywood Reporter: Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns Following Paper's Decision Not to Endorse Presidential Candidate
Farley Elliott /
SFGATE: LA Times editor quits after billionaire owner blocked paper's presidential endorsement
Josh Marcus /
The Independent: LA Times editorials editor quits after billionaire owner reportedly blocked paper from endorsing Harris
Victor Morton /
Washington Times: Los Angeles Times editor resigns over owner's refusal to endorse Kamala Harris
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 The San Francisco Standard: L.A. Times opinion editor quits after billionaire owner kills endorsement
Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Los Angeles Times Editorials Editor Resigns Over Owner's Decision Not To Endorse In Presidential Race
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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 …
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William Lewis /
Washington Post: On political endorsement — A note from the publisher: — William Lewis is publisher …
Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Washington Post Won't Endorse a Presidential Candidate for First Time in 36 Years
Hadas Gold /
CNN: Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in 2024 presidential election, breaking decades of tradition
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Washington Post not endorsing presidential candidate for first time in decades
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.”
Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Marty Baron, famed former Washington Post editor of the Democracy Dies in Darkness era, weighs in >
Jonn Elledge /
@jonnelledge: well this feels fucking stupid
Jane Mayer /
@janemayernyer: When Bezos brought in Lewis, a Murdoch guy, the handwriting was in the wall.
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.
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”
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
Ben Smith /
@semaforben: Just... impossible timing for this announcement to be read as a statement of principal
Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: new: Washington Post publisher Will Lewis explains why The Post won't be endorsing for president: [image]
Sherrod Brown Dem /
@statindy: Insane actually. WaPo endorses all the time for Virginia/Maryland/DC elections
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.
Brianna Sacks /
@bri_sacks: We won a Pulitzer for public service for our coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection @drewsav: These newspapers are making strange decisions given that their subscriber base is overwhelmingly Democrats.
Kevin Kinkead /
@kevin_kinkead: find me one person under the age of 30 who cares about newspaper political endorsements
Noah Kulwin /
@nkulw: “We” has never meant Jeff Bezos this much @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.
Marty Swant /
@martyswant: For context, here is @oliverdarcy's report from this week: https://www.status.news/... [image]
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”
Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Harris Endorsement
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.
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— Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage …
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The Hollywood Reporter, Newser, Deadline, Raw Story, @maxwelltani, TVNewsCheck, CNN, Media Nation, @jbrand07, @pattmlatimes, @mattdpearce, The Wrap, @_hamilton_matt, @sbasspersonal, @azi, @bgrueskin, @davidfolkenflik, The Gateway Pundit, Matt Pearce, Vanity Fair, Blaze Media, New York Post, Washington Times, Poynter, Breitbart, MediaPost, HuffPost, acecomments.mu.nu, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, Fox News, Associated Press, Axios, The Guardian, UPI, Semafor, New York Times and Bloomberg
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Zoe G. Phillips /
The Hollywood Reporter: More Editors Exit Los Angeles Times Amid Paper's Presidential Endorsement Scandal
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
Tom Boggioni /
Raw Story: ‘Anticipatory obedience’: Major media outlets accused of withholding fire on Trump
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.
Sara Fischer /
TVNewsCheck: Meta Strikes Multi-Year Deal With Reuters
Jon Passantino /
CNN: Two more Los Angeles Times editorial board members resign amid turmoil over blocked Harris endorsement
Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: More fallout from the LA Times; plus, the Sun shines in Colorado, and news deserts spread
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.
Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Is Washington Post Another LA Times? Speculation Grows Without Presidential Endorsement 10 Days From Election
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.
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/...
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
Chris Enloe /
Blaze Media: LA Times owner tells the truth about Kamala Harris non-endorsement fiasco — and it exposes the rot in journalism
Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Washington Post staffers suspect owner Jeff Bezos holding up Kamala Harris endorsement: report
Mallory Wilson /
Washington Times: L.A. Times owner says editorial board was given choice, ‘chose to remain silent’ on endorsement
Tom Jones /
Poynter: The Los Angeles Times won't endorse a candidate for president. Its owner offers a nonsensical explanation
Paul Bois /
Breitbart: Los Angeles Times Editor Resigns After Owner Blocks Kamala Harris Endorsement
Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: Editorials Editor Of ‘The Los Angeles Times’ Resigns Over Blocked Endorsement
Marita Vlachou /
HuffPost: Los Angeles Times Editor Resigns After Owner Blocks Presidential Endorsement
Jenny Goldsberry /
Washington Examiner: Los Angeles Times editorials editor quits when owner won't endorse Harris
Germania Rodriguez Poleo /
Daily Mail: LA Times boss says editors were asked to come up with ‘fair’ analysis of Trump AND Kamala - but chose not to
Fox News:
LA Times editor resigns over the paper not endorsing Harris for president: ‘Not okay with us being silent’ Associated Press: ‘Los Angeles Times’ editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement
Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: LA Times editor resigns after owner blocks Harris endorsement plans
Sheri Walsh /
UPI: L.A. Times editorials editor quits over decision to withhold presidential endorsement
Katie Robertson /
New York Times: L. A. Times Editorial Chief Quits After Owner Blocks Harris Endorsement
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 …
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The Verge, The Wrap, The Information, Talking Biz News, Engadget and @sarafischer, more at Techmeme »
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Mia Sato /
The Verge: Meta signs its first big AI deal for news
Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan /
The Information: Meta Strikes AI Deal With Reuters
Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Reuters strikes AI deal with Facebook
Sarah Fielding /
Engadget: Meta AI gains access to Reuters news content in multi-year deal
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/...
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.
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Josh Dickey /
The Wrap: Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Hezbollah-Aligned Journalists as They Sleep in Lebanon Guest House
Ramy Inocencio /
CBS News: Israel accused of killing journalists in Lebanon strike and children as troops storm Gaza hospital Committee to Protect Journalists: 3 killed, 3 hurt in Israeli strike on journalists' compound in Lebanon National Union of Journalists (NUJ): NUJ condemns killing of three Lebanese journalists by Israeli air strike
David MacRedmond /
TheJournal.ie: Israel kills three journalists in ‘deliberately targeted’ strike in south Lebanon
Raya Jalabi /
Financial Times: Three journalists among those killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon
USA Today:
A poll of 1,000 likely US voters finds 72% had not seen Kamala Harris on a podcast and 77.5% had not seen a Trump podcast appearance— An exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll asked respondents whether they caught campaign appearances by Harris and Trump on podcasts.
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@brianstelter, @danielstrauss4, Inside Radio, Reuters, Poynter, The Texas Tribune, Austin American-Statesman and Fox News
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Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: A new USA TODAY/Suffolk U poll finds that 1 in 4 American adults have heard Kamala Harris on a podcast and 1 in 5 have heard Donald Trump - impressively high totals if you ask me https://www.usatoday.com/...
Daniel Strauss /
@danielstrauss4: Watch this become the new normal for campaigning 👇
Lori Lewis /
Inside Radio: Candidates Embrace Podcasts, But Is It Working? Here's What One Survey Shows.
Brandi D. Addison /
Austin American-Statesman: Former President Donald Trump is coming to Texas for ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ appearance
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 …
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TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, Music Ally and Music Business Worldwide
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Brian Heater /
TechCrunch: Classic Christmas song gets authorized Spanish reworking thanks to ‘responsible’ AI
Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: AI gives a Brenda Lee Christmas classic a Spanish makeover
TechCrunch:
In a post, Perplexity criticizes media companies that have sued over AI, saying they wish AI tools didn't exist and prefer that corporations own reported facts— Perplexity shot back at media companies skeptical of AI's benefits in a blog post Thursday responding to News Corp's lawsuit filed against the startup earlier this week.
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Todd Spangler /
Variety: AI Startup Perplexity Fires Back After News Corp's Dow Jones Sues: ‘Adversarial’ Media Companies 'Wish This Technology Didn't Exist'
Kevin Mclaughlin /
The Information: Legal Threats, Google Competition Loom Over Perplexity's ‘Newbie CEO’
Ed Zitron /
@edzitron: God damn, I hate Perplexity. There is a huge difference between “sharing a link to a story with a quote” and “wholesale ripping off multiple articles and then presenting their findings as your own in a way that deprives the publisher of any real traffic, credit or revenue” [image]
Lauren Goode /
@laurengoode@threads.net: “They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations, and no one can do anything with those publicly reported facts without paying a toll” is one of the most asinine things I've read in a long time
Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: The big difference between the AI era and Web 2.0 is that the former are quite happy to eat their seed corn. — Why support the business models of the companies your entire product is built around when you can destroy them instead? 🤷🏾 ♂️ — https://techcrunch.com/...
Craig Donaldson /
Pocket-lint: AI search tool in legal trouble (again) since it can't stop plagiarizing
Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Perplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit: “Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room”
Esquire:
How the uncertainty of elections affects the US book publishing industry, as publishers try to schedule relevant nonfiction books in the fall in hopes for a hit— Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome …
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@svershbow, Jane Friedman, @adriennemwest and Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
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Sophie Vershbow /
@svershbow: In my latest for @esquire, I explored how a presidential election year impacts the book publishing industry, from distracted media, to buzzy drop-in titles, to the Hillbilly Elegy of it all. https://www.esquire.com/...
Adrienne Westenfeld /
@adriennemwest: Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome, and how do their decisions influence the national conversation? Insiders take @svershbow behind the scenes for @esquire. https://www.esquire.com/...
Bloomberg:
Filing: Grupo Televisa SAB Executive Chairman Emilio Azcarraga steps down amid a US DOJ probe into the Mexican conglomerate's dealings in international soccer— - Grandson of broadcaster's founder stepping down immediately — Investigation ongoing, company says it's cooperating
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Kylie Madry /
Reuters: Mexico's Televisa swings to profit in third quarter on boost from Univision tie-up
Christine Murray /
Financial Times: Grupo Televisa's chair Emilio Azcárraga steps down amid Fifa probe
Music Business Worldwide:
TikTok strikes a licensing deal with indie music distributor UnitedMasters, a member of Merlin; the current TikTok/Merlin licensing deal ends October 31— TikTok has announced that it has struck a multi-year direct deal with prominent indie artist services and distribution platform UnitedMasters.
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MediaPost, TikTok, Social Media Today, Billboard, Digital Music News and Music Ally
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Andrew Hutchinson /
Social Media Today: TikTok Establishes New Deal with UnitedMasters To Promote Independent Musicians
Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: UnitedMasters Forges Direct Deal With TikTok After Merlin Negotiations Collapse
Ashley King /
Digital Music News: And Just Like That, TikTok Inks a Direct Deal with UnitedMasters — Bypassing Merlin
Stuart Dredge /