The White House asked news outlets to hold their stories on the prisoner swap until Evan Gershkovich and others were in US custody, an embargo Bloomberg broke (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)

Mediagazer: The White House asked news outlets to hold their stories on the prisoner swap until Evan Gershkovich and others were in US custody, an embargo Bloomberg broke (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)

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New York Magazine:

The White House asked news outlets to hold their stories on the prisoner swap until Evan Gershkovich and others were in US custody, an embargo Bloomberg broke— How did Bloomberg beat The Wall Street Journal and the rest of the press corps on one of the most-watched stories in the world …
Discussion: @tbridis, @mediaevan, @oriana0214, @jamesrbuk, @brianmfloyd, @dancow, @maggienyt, @mradamtaylor, New York Post, CBS News, Fox News, The Guardian and The Mirror

Discussion:

Ted Bridis /
@tbridis: Hearing from inside @WSJ - which at moment remains notably silent on this - news was embargoed until Evan was out safely, so that premature reporting wouldn't muck things up. Ecstatic if this happens but such scoops are risky.

Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: As a general rule, embargoes are for losers, but in this specific instance, with lives a stake, unconscionable.

Oriana Pawlyk /
@oriana0214: “The Russian plane was still in the air at the time of publication. That plane could have just turned around and gone back to Moscow, which is why the Journal and other publications had agreed to hold off.”

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: I had wondered when Bloomberg ran this earlier than everyone else - especially when it wasn't clear whether or not Evan was actually out of Russia yet - whether something like this had happened.

Brian Floyd /
@brianmfloyd: breaking a prisoner swap embargo and celebrating it (when it's not even your reporter either!) is unforgivable and says a lot about the editors' judgment [image]

Dan Nguyen /
@dancow: who is the editor whose greatest career honor was to break embargo and endanger the lives of hostages [image]

Maggie Haberman /
@maggienyt: Reporting it before Gershkovich and other prisoners were safe and the deal was completed

Adam Taylor /
@mradamtaylor: Assumed this was a case of one side of newsroom not knowing what the other side was doing, but perhaps not? [image] Fox News: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich released by Russia in prisoner swap; Paul Whelan also being freed

Shaun Walker /
The Guardian: Russia prisoner swap involving US journalist Evan Gershkovich under way

RELATED:

Columbia Journalism Review:

RFE/RL says it plans to use the “relationships and expertise” developed in its efforts to free Alsu Kurmasheva to free three non-American RFE/RL journalists— Two weeks ago, Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was jailed last year in Russia …

Discussion:
USAGM, The Atlantic, The Hill and CBS News

Discussion:

Tom Nichols /
The Atlantic: The Kremlin Gets What It Wants

Jeffrey M. McCall /
The Hill: Russia is using American journalists as pawns on its geopolitical chessboard Wall Street Journal: A detailed timeline of Evan Gershkovich's arrest and release and the months of negotiations involving spy agencies, billionaires, politicians, and his mother

Discussion:
Fox Business, Washington Post, Media Nation, Washington Post, Associated Press, New York Times, @davidgura@threads.net, Reuters, New York Daily News, Newser, Metro.co.uk, CNN, @mikeisaac, @bashowicks@threads.net, @efindell, The Information, Fox News, New York Post, New Yorker, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Ben Eisen on LinkedIn, @Nonilex@masto.ai, Mediaite, The Sun, The Hill, Florida Phoenix, Jamie Heller on LinkedIn, The Guardian, Semafor, Politico, NPR, Slate and Talking Biz News

Discussion:
Fox Business: Trump calls US-Russia prisoner swap a ‘win for Putin,’ says detainments 'wouldn't have happened with us'

Robyn Dixon /
Washington Post: Putin's arrest tactics pay off as Russia brings home its own — even a killer

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Your morning reads: The Evan Gershkovich talks, Will Lewis' folly and changes at CBS

Dasha Litvinova /
Associated Press: Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives were among the Russians freed in prisoner swap

Ivan Nechepurenko /
New York Times: Kremlin Confirms Assassin Vadim Krasikov Is an Agent for Russia's FSB

David Gura /
@davidgura@threads.net: The @wsj's piece about the secret negotiations to free Evan Gershkovich ends with an incredible anecdote:

Andrew Osborn /
Reuters: Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Gershkovich Made a Big Final Ask of Russia

Sara Odeen-Isbister /
Metro.co.uk: Putin hugs freed murderer who may know some of his most explosive secrets

Oliver Darcy /
CNN: Champagne and cheers: The Wall Street Journal fought for Evan Gershkovich's release for 16 months. It finally paid off

Bash O Wicks /
@bashowicks@threads.net: This WSJ story is such a good (long) read on the events that went on behind the scenes with Evan Gershkovich since day one. I've been so slammed with traveling today that I had to read it again to fully grasp the details.

Elizabeth Findell /
@efindell: How Evan was freed: “The secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mom” https://www.wsj.com/...

Theo Wayt /
The Information: Prime Video Ads Have Yet to Pay Off

Fox News:
Kirby on swap being called ‘success’ for Putin: No one's ‘doing backflips over here’ for Russian assassin

Ronny Reyes /
New York Post: Evan Gershkovich requested one-on-one interview with Putin before historic release deal

Joshua Yaffa /
New Yorker: Evan Gershkovich Is Finally Coming Home Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Moscow Swaps American Journalists, Top Dissidents For Convicted Criminals

Ben Eisen /
Ben Eisen on LinkedIn: Evan Gershkovich is free. A great day for WSJ, journalists everywhere and the world. This is the story of the behind-the-scenes effort to get him released: @Nonilex@masto.ai: #EvanGershkovich is a badass: — “The Russian Federation had a few final items of protocol to tick through w/the man who had become its most famous prisoner. One, he would be allowed to leave w/the papers he'd penned in detention, the letters he'd scrawled out & the makings of a book he'd labored over. …

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: ‘Pretty Badass’: Freed Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Asked Captors For an Interview With Putin

Owen Leonard /
The Sun: Bungling Russian assassin who ‘shot man twice in head in wig-wearing bicycle hit job’ released back to Putin in swap

Tara Suter /
The Hill: Gershkovich requested interview with Putin in Russian form finalizing his release

Jennifer Shutt /
Florida Phoenix: Wall Street Journal reporter, former Marine, Putin critics freed in prisoner swap

Jamie Heller /
Jamie Heller on LinkedIn: We waited to rejoice until he walked off the Russian plane, and thank god he did. This is our story of Evan's plight, and the remarkable efforts that culminated in his release today. …

Helen Sullivan /
The Guardian: Biden says ‘welcome home’ as Americans land in the US - as it happened

Caroline Anders /
Semafor: Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap with US

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: How the Gershkovich negotiations ended

The Canadian Press:

Study: a year after Meta blocked news content in Canada due to the Online News Act, Canadians' total engagement with news content on social media is down 43%— Canadian news struggling after Meta ban: study — MONTREAL - A new study is painting a grim portrait of how local Canadian news outlets …

Discussion:
CBC News, ChrisD.ca, @mediaecosystem, Media Ecosystem Observatory, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Kate McKenna /
CBC News: One year after news ban, Canadian journalism is suffering — but Meta isn't budging @mediaecosystem: Surprisingly, only 22% of Canadians know that news is banned on Facebook and Instagram. And despite the ban, news organization content is still available on #Meta platforms through work-around strategies. [image]

@mediaecosystem:
It's been a year since #Meta decided to block Canadians from viewing/accessing/sharing news article links on its platform! Our new brief shows a dramatic drop in news reach and social media impact with minimal public awareness. https://www.shorturl.at/SYvn0 [image]

@mediaecosystem:
Overall, Canadians are simply seeing less news online - an estimated reduction of 11 million views per day across Instagram and Facebook - due to the ban. Read the full brief by @s_j_parker, @AengusBridgman, Christopher Ross and Zeynep Pehlivan 👉🏽https://www.shorturl. at/ SYvn0

Aengus Bridgman /
Media Ecosystem Observatory: Old News, New Reality: A Year of Meta's News Ban in Canada

New York Times:

Docs and sources: The News Movement, a social media-first outlet, has slashed revenue expectations and is in talks to sell a controlling stake to Antenna Group— The Washington Post is creating a division to find valuable audiences in new places. The C.E.O.'s last company shows that's a tough road.

Discussion:
@ainemacdermot.bsky.social and @benmullin

Washington Post:

Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the journalists released after being held by Russia, wrote some of his Pulitzer-winning WaPo columns from Moscow's detention center— The Russian journalist, author and opposition politician won a Pulitzer Prize for columns written at a Moscow detention center.

Discussion:
The Sun, KPNX, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and NPR

Discussion:

James Halpin /
The Sun: Brit Vladimir Kara-Murza feared he was being EXECUTED when he was hauled from Russian cell for swap as he breaks silence

Christian Caryl /
Washington Post: Putin's narrative on the prisoner exchange? Don't believe a word of it.

James Hookway /
Wall Street Journal: For Vladimir Kara-Murza, Release Could Mean Survival

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Wall Street Journal:
Russia frees Evan Gershkovich, RFE/RL reporter Alsu Kurmasheva, and others as part of a prisoner swap involving 24 prisoners and at least six countries

Discussion:
Mediaite, HuffPost, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, New York Times, ABC7, @katie_robertson, Washington Post, Scotsman, @annielinskey, @ishaantharoor, The Sun, The Mirror, CBS News, The Guardian, UPI, NPR, @billclinton, New York Post, New York Times, ABC News, Adweek, @byrontau, Politico, @paulwsj, @mattdpearce, @brianbeutler, @potus, Fox News, @potus, @terellwright2, @natashabertrand, @paulwsj, @peterbakernyt, @jaketapper, @joannastern, @nicktimiraos, @abarbashin, The White House, Fox Business, Semafor, Reuters, Alistair MacDonald on LinkedIn, @hadas_gold, @silviakillings, @jamesrbuk, @conorsen, @srabil, @samberkhead, @ianbremmer, @noahcrothman, The Hill, New Republic, Amy Dockser Marcus on LinkedIn, Barrett Media, Julie Wernau on LinkedIn, The Desk, New York Daily News, @kaivanshroff@threads.net, Committee to Protect …, Mia Lehmkuhl Libby on LinkedIn, The Atlantic, Melanie Evans on LinkedIn, National Review, The Independent, The Guardian, Financial Times, Sky News, Deutsche Welle, Society of Professional …, The Information, El País, Rebecca Feng on LinkedIn, Vanessa Otero on LinkedIn, Maura Webber Sadovi on LinkedIn, Lisa Barnhart on LinkedIn, The Reporters Committee …, @edmundlee@threads.net, @vp@threads.net, @potus@threads.net, @yonetteajoseph@threads.net, @potus@threads.net, Deadline, @edokeefecbs@threads.net, Hani Durzy on LinkedIn, @benjaminwittes@threads.net, Reporters Without Borders, Emma Tucker on LinkedIn, Voice of America, Elayne Gan on LinkedIn, Poynter, USAGM, WFLA, Mother Jones, ABC Columbia, Boston Herald, Foreign Policy, Associated Press, Forbes, The Guardian, San Diego Union-Tribune, Rolling Stone, Meduza.io, Variety, KUSA-TV, CNN, The i Paper, Telegraph, Agence France-Presse, News/Media Alliance, TVNewsCheck and BBC, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: ‘Absolutely Zero Evidence’ John Kirby Hits Back at JD Vance's Claim That Swapped Prisoners with Russia Thanks to Trump

Nick Visser /
HuffPost: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva Land In U.S. After Russia Prisoner Swap

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Kurmasheva, Gershkovich, Whelan, Kara-Murza Included In Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

New York Times:
Live Updates: Russia Releases Evan Gershkovich in Sweeping Prisoner Swap, Turkish Officials Say

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: NEW: WSJ editor in chief @emmatuckerWSJ emails staff with the good news that Evan Gershkovich is free [image]

Annie Linskey /
@annielinskey: Applause breaks out in WSJ's DC office, as editors here get confirmation that Evan Gershkovich is off a Russian plane. [image]

Ishaan Tharoor /
@ishaantharoor: The Post respected a embargo imposed by US officials who didn't want this to be derailed last minute, so other outlets (and Ankara) got ahead of us Live updates: Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish government says https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Ellie Doughty /
The Sun: Tragic Navalny was meant to be freed in huge prisoner swap until his death in Russian hands threatened to derail mission The Mirror: US journalist Evan Gershkovich greeted by Biden and Harris after major Russia prisoner swap The Guardian: 'It's overwhelming': WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich returns to US in Russia prisoner swap - video

Darryl Coote /
UPI: Americans released by Russia greet Biden, Harris on U.S. soil

Ayana Archie /
NPR: Americans released in Russian prisoner swap are back in the U.S.

Bill Clinton /
@billclinton: I'm deeply grateful that Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva are coming home thanks to the Biden Administration's tremendous diplomatic efforts. There are still far too many journalists and other political prisoners wrongfully detained in Russia and around the New York Post: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan greeted by Biden, Harris before emotional reunion with loved ones after historic prisoner swap with Russia

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: The Wall Street Journal Kept Gershkovich's Detention Front and Center

Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: TV Journalists React to Release of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich and Other Prisoners From Russian Custody

Byron Tau /
@byrontau: It brings me great pleasure to have removed this sign from my window. Welcome home, Evan. [image] Politico: ‘That had to be bittersweet’ — how Biden managed a historic prisoner swap as his campaign was disintegrating

Paul Beckett /
@paulwsj: 1: Smiles of joy, tears of relief: Evan Gershkovich and others held in Russia are on their way home. It has been 16 months of wrongful imprisonment for Evan. We celebrate with his wonderful family and all the families reunited today. #IStandWithEvan #WelcomeHomeEvan

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: Deeply grateful that Evan Gershkovich is free after unjust prosecution by the Russian government. The scores of journalists killed on and after Oct. 7, mostly Palestinian and mostly at the hands of the Israeli military, also deserve justice.

Brian Beutler /
@brianbeutler: Truly fucked up that Trump tried to keep Gershkovich imprisoned, but since he did that, claiming only he could secure Gershkovich's release, shouldn't campaign headlines read “U.S. journalist freed from wrongful Russian imprisonment in major setback for Trump?”

President Biden /
@potus: The deal that secured the freedom of Paul, Evan, Alsu, and Vladimir was a feat of diplomacy. All told, we've negotiated the release of 16 people from Russia - some of whom were unjustly held for years. All have endured unimaginable suffering. Today, their agony is over.

President Biden /
@potus: Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza are coming home. [image]

Terell /
@terellwright2: Tears of joy at the @WSJ newsroom, as Evan Gershkovich has been freed. Paul Beckett, former DC bureau chief, has ensued all the interns have champagne. [video]

Natasha Bertrand /
@natashabertrand: Biden: “Today, three American citizens and one American green-card holder who were unjustly imprisoned in Russia are finally coming home: Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza.” [image]

Paul Beckett /
@paulwsj: @WSJ newsroom on the news Evan is free. ⁦@emmatuckerWSJ⁩ addresses the troops. “This is a historical day for The Wall Street Journal.” [image]

Peter Baker /
@peterbakernyt: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Also Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza are freed from Russian custody in the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War. BIden to address the nation at 12 noon. @antontroian @MarkMazzettiNYT @NYTBen https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jake Tapper /
@jaketapper: PAUL WHELAN IS FREE!!!! It's Thursday, August 1, 2024 Former US Marine Paul Whelan has been held hostage by Russia since December 28, 2018 — 2,043 days ago. Paul was released earlier today in a prisoner swap. PAUL IS NOW FREE!

Joanna Stern /
@joannastern: A historic @wsj push alert. Emma Tucker confirms to all of us in the Wall Street Journal newsroom that Evan is in fact free. #evanisfree [image]

Nick Timiraos /
@nicktimiraos: Evan Gershkovish is free. This is profoundly good news. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]

Anton Barbashin /
@abarbashin: This is the most Cold War moment since after the USSR. Russia - West prisoner exchange. The very fact of exchange indicates that diplomacy is alive and well though one should treat this as indicator of much larger successful negotiations. 1/ The White House: Statement by President Joe Biden on Securing the Release of Americans Detained in Russia

Fox Business:
Russian swapped in Evan Gershkovich prisoner exchange smuggled US tech and ammo to Russian military

Caroline Anders /
Semafor: US-Russia prisoner swap could encourage hostage-taking, critics caution

Alistair MacDonald /
Alistair MacDonald on LinkedIn: Evan, finally free after 491 days of being unjustly imprisoned. #journalismisnotacrime

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: For month the @WSJ has continued its campaign #FreeEvan - regular updates, pins at major events, social media campaigns, advertisements and even colleagues shaving their heads to look like him after prison authorities shaved his hair. What a wonderful day this could be.

Silvia Killingsworth /
@silviakillings: It is one of the greatest honors of my career to have helped break this news. I love my job and my colleagues. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Absolutely fantastic news, if long-long overdue. Credit to his friends and colleagues for their relentless campaigning.

Conor Sen /
@conorsen: It was really admirable how the WSJ and its reporters, through articles and Twitter avatar changes, kept Evan front-of-mind for the past 17 months.

Sarah Rabil /
@srabil: 70 WEEKS. Evan Gershkovich, a WSJ reporter, has been imprisoned in Russia for 70 weeks. It's hard to fathom. Take a moment to think about all that you have done in that time. Join us in calling for his immediate release #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #Journalismisnotacrime [image]

Samantha Berkhead /
@samberkhead: SCOOP: Between 20 to 30 people may be released from Russian prison in a matter of hours, incl. Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin and many others, a source familiar with planning for the exchange says. Surreal to think about https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...

Ian Bremmer /
@ianbremmer: have heard illegally detained wsj reporter evan gershkovich was released by russia in prisoner exchange and flying to nyc tomorrow. most excellent news if true.

Noah Rothman /
@noahcrothman: Very heartening to hear US captives in Russia — Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Gordon Black - are released. They were bargaining chips for Moscow but yet to see what the Kremlin got in return. Putin traded a notorious arms dealer and a convicted hitman for Brittney Griner.

Amy Dockser Marcus /
Amy Dockser Marcus on LinkedIn: BEST HEADLINE! Our WSJ colleague and friend Evan Gershkovich is finally free! Barrett Media: NAB After Release of Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich: ‘No Journalist Should Face Violence, Fear, Intimidation, or Detainment’

Julie Wernau /
Julie Wernau on LinkedIn: Evan is free! Spontaneous sobbing and hugs all around the newsroom. This is a tremendous day.

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Prisoner swap frees Evan Gershkovich from Russian detention

John Annese /
New York Daily News: Suspected Russian spy locked up in Brooklyn freed in prisoner swap for Evan Gershovich, Paul Whelan

Kaivan Shroff /
@kaivanshroff@threads.net: Contrast. Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ: Release of Gershkovich, Kurmasheva welcome, but Russia must stop stifling reporting

Mia Lehmkuhl Libby /
Mia Lehmkuhl Libby on LinkedIn: Today is a momentous day for Evan, his family and everyone who worked tirelessly for his release. #istandwithevan — https://lnkd.in/...

Anna Nemtsova /
The Atlantic: The Real Trade-Off With Russia

Melanie Evans /
Melanie Evans on LinkedIn: I can't adequately reflect the joy and relief in the newsroom today. I know many people elsewhere share the feeling. Evan is free. #IStandWithEvan

Alexander Butler /
The Independent: Russia and West ‘prepare for prisoner swap’

The Guardian:
How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia's prison system

Michael Drummond /
Sky News: British citizen among high-profile prisoners released in massive swap between Russia and the West Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ celebrates the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich El País: Russia frees reporter Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap with the West in decades

Rebecca Feng /
Rebecca Feng on LinkedIn: After 491 days, Evan is free. — His ordeal reminds all of us that freedom is not free and motivates his colleagues like me to carry on what we are doing.

Vanessa Otero /
Vanessa Otero on LinkedIn: Wow. I got goosebumps reading this great news today. Clearly this took a ton of work in the background to release Evan, Paul Whelan, and so many others. …

Maura Webber Sadovi /
Maura Webber Sadovi on LinkedIn: Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since March 29, 2023, has been freed, the WSJ reported …

Lisa Barnhart /
Lisa Barnhart on LinkedIn: Evan Gershkovich is free! Evan and his family have shown such resilience and strength during this ordeal. … The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Reporters Committee statement on the release of Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: that's fucking badass ... a reporter through and through — RE: https://www.threads.net/...

Vice President Kamala Harris /
@vp@threads.net: Today, we celebrate the release of Paul, Evan, Alsu, Vladimir, and others who were unjustly held in Russia. It gives me great comfort to know that their horrible ordeal is over and that they will soon be reunited with their families. @POTUS and I will not stop working until every American who is wrongfully detained or held hostage is brought home.

President Joe Biden /
@potus@threads.net: Today, I stood beside the families of Paul, Evan, Alsu, and Vladimir in the Oval Office as they spoke to their loved ones for the first time since they regained freedom. These families never lost hope. And today, they'll each be reunited with the missing piece of their soul.

Yonette Joseph /
@yonetteajoseph@threads.net: Paul Whelan's family celebrated his release and thanked dozens of U.S. officials and others for their help while denouncing Russia for its “blighted initiative to use humans as pawns to extract concessions.” The Whelans said they had been discouraged from speaking out about his case. …

President Joe Biden /
@potus@threads.net: The deal that secured the freedom of Paul, Evan, Alsu, and Vladimir was a feat of diplomacy. All told, we've negotiated the release of 16 people from Russia - some of whom were unjustly held for years. All have endured unimaginable suffering. Today, their agony is over.

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Joe Biden Celebrates Release Of Evan Gershkovich And Other Americans Held In Russia As “A Feat Of Diplomacy And Friendship”

Ed O'Keefe /
@edokeefecbs@threads.net: “Their brutal ordeal is over and they're free.” @POTUS Biden heralds the release of Americans detained in Russia, surrounded by their families at the White House.

Hani Durzy /
Hani Durzy on LinkedIn: If you've ever worked in communications — hell, if you've ever picked up a newspaper in the US or another democracy and read a story that makes …

Benjamin Wittes /
@benjaminwittes@threads.net: The Biden administration did good work today getting good people held hostage home. The President and his team deserve credit for an ambitious deal kept quiet and then executed. Please remember, however, that a lot of people are still being held hostage … Reporters Without Borders: Free at last: American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva swapped in Russian prisoner exchange

Emma Tucker /
Emma Tucker on LinkedIn: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is free and heading back to the U.S. This is a day of great joy and relief for Evan, his family, WSJ colleagues …

Liam Scott /
Voice of America: Historic prisoner swap sees Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva freed from Russia

Elayne Gan /
Elayne Gan on LinkedIn: The day we have been waiting for. The countdown is finally over. — Welcome home Evan! — https://lnkd.in/...

Tom Jones /
Poynter: Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia, according to Turkish officials

Julianne McShane /
Mother Jones: After More Than a Year in Russian Detention, Evan Gershkovich Is Finally Released ABC Columbia: Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap

Jessica Schladebeck /
Boston Herald: Gershkovich, Whelan freed with several others in prisoner swap with Russia Associated Press: Prisoner Swap Latest: Americans Gershkovich and Whelan among the 24 freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs /
Forbes: Paul Whelan And Evan Gershkovich Freed From Russia: What To Know About Their Cases

Shaun Walker /
The Guardian: Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war San Diego Union-Tribune: US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

Nikki McCann Ramirez /
Rolling Stone: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan To Be Released in Prisoner Swap Meduza.io: Russia prepares release of Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and other political prisoners in major exchange with West

Ellise Shafer /
Variety: Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich to Be Released From Russia in Prisoner Swap

Kaisa Alliksaar /
Agence France-Presse: Who Has Russia Released In Biggest Prisoner Swap Since Cold War? News/Media Alliance: News/Media Alliance Statement: Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich is Freed

Melanie Goodfellow /
TVNewsCheck: Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Could Be Freed By Russia In Prisoner Swap

Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Editor Emma Tucker thanks the Biden administration, other governments, especially Germany's, and Evan Gershkovich in the effort to release him and others

Discussion:
Poynter, @emmatuckerwsj, Associated Press, The Hill, CBS News, Kerry Kennedy on LinkedIn, MediaPost, The Sun, New York Times, Fox News, Press Gazette, Mediaite, Gordon Friedrich on LinkedIn, Nikhil Deogun on LinkedIn, The Guardian, New York Post, NPR, @jbillinson@threads.net, Reuters, @edmundlee@threads.net, Talking Biz News, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, TMZ.com, Politico, ABC Columbia and Boston Herald

Discussion:

Tom Jones /
Poynter: ‘It is a joyous day’: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia

Emma Tucker /
@emmatuckerwsj: Today is a joyous day. There are many people who played a part in the safe return of our colleague Evan Gershkovich, and today I thank them wholeheartedly. My greatest thanks, though, must go to Evan himself. Read my letter in full https://www.wsj.com/...

Associated Press:
Putin called him a patriot. But who is Vadim Krasikov, a Russian released in the mass prisoner swap?

Tara Suter /
The Hill: Former CIA chief: Prisoner swap a ‘remarkable display’ of ‘successful’ diplomacy by Biden administration CBS News: U.S., Russia agree to prisoner swap to free Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others

Kerry Kennedy /
Kerry Kennedy on LinkedIn: We are encouraged by the news of the ongoing prisoner swap that would result in the release of The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich …

Juliana Cruz Lima /
The Sun: WSJ's Evan Gershkovich's family breaks their silence as journalist is FREED after 491 days in jail

Charlotte Tobitt /
Press Gazette: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is free in Russia prisoner exchange

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: ‘Evan Gershkovich is Free’: WSJ Celebrates Freed Reporter With Backstory of His Stunning Release

Gordon Friedrich /
Gordon Friedrich on LinkedIn: Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on March 29, 2023. For more than 14 months; Evan, Evan's family, his friends and colleagues have thought about this day never knowing if it would come. …

Nikhil Deogun /
Nikhil Deogun on LinkedIn: After almost 500 days since he was wrongfully detained by Russia, The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich is on his way home. …

Martin Pengelly /
The Guardian: ‘Day of great joy’: Wall Street Journal's crusade to free Gershkovich succeeds

Steven Nelson /
New York Post: President Biden speaks on Evan Gershkovich prisoner swap: ‘Their brutal ordeal is over’

Jason Breslow /
NPR: Who's who in the prisoner swap that has freed Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison

Josh Billinson /
@jbillinson@threads.net: WSJ reports President Biden was working on details of the prisoner swap an hour before he dropped out of the presidential race.

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: Emma Tucker thanks Biden: — “We are grateful to President Biden and his administration for working with persistence and determination to bring Evan home rather than see him shipped off to a Russian work camp for a crime he didn't commit.” — RE: https://www.threads.net/...

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: WSJ's Tucker, Latour statement on Gershkovich

Don Mangan /
TVNewsCheck: WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Ex-Marine Whelan Released In U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

Josh Dickey /
The Wrap: Russia Frees American Prisoners Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan in Multi-Country Swap

Animation Magazine:

WBD plans to shut down Boomerang, its standalone streaming service for classic cartoon brands, on September 30, and move both content and subscribers to Max— Warner Bros. Discovery announced today that the standalone video streaming app and website for its Boomerang service …

Discussion:
Advanced Television, The Hollywood Reporter, TVNewsCheck, Cartoon Brew, Next TV and Cord Cutters News

Discussion:
Advanced Television: Boomerang not coming back — Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) will shut down its Boomerang streaming service …

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Discovery Shutting Down Boomerang Streaming Service

Gene Maddaus /
TVNewsCheck: Teamsters, Basic Crafts Unions Ratify Contracts

Amid Amidi /
Cartoon Brew: Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shutting Down Its Classic Cartoon Streaming Platform Boomerang

R. Thomas Umstead /
Next TV: That's All Folks: Warner Bros. Discovery to Shut Down Boomerang Streaming Service

Axios:

NABJ President Ken Lemon says Trump's Q&A was delayed because he threatened not to take the stage if he was going to be fact-checked— - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems.

Discussion:
Mediaite, New Republic, @sophiacai99, @phil_lewis_, Boing Boing, HuffPost, Poynter and CBS News

Discussion:

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Trump Refused to Take NABJ Stage Unless They Called Off Live Fact Check, Per NABJ President

Edith Olmsted /
New Republic: Now We Know Why That Disastrous Trump Event Started So Late

Sophia Cai /
@sophiacai99: SCOOP: Trump didn't want to be fact-checked live at NABJ, refusing to go onstage, a stalemate so prolonged NABJ leaders were prepping a statement to say why Trump wouldn't show. As Ken Lemon was preparing it, Trump walked onstage, Lemon told @DelanoMassey https://www.axios.com/...

Philip Lewis /
@phil_lewis_: Axios confirming my reporting that Trump did not want to be fact-checked live and was refusing to go on stage, according to the NABJ president https://www.axios.com/...

Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: Trump whined about delays he caused at the NBJA conference

Ben Blanchet /
HuffPost: Fox News Host Trashes Trump's NABJ Interview With ‘Complete’ On-Air Takedown

Nieman Lab:

How three journalists used tools including the Wayback Machine, Airtable lists, Dropbox links, and scrapers to save their work, as news sites shut down— From loading up the Wayback Machine to meticulous AirTables to 72 hours of scraping, journalists are doing whatever they can to keep their clips when websites go dark.

Discussion:
@internetarchive and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:
@internetarchive: Since corporations are bad archivists (see: MTV News 🕳️), where do journalists turn to preserve their own work? First stop: The Internet Archive's @waybackmachine. And then? Well, it gets complicated, as @HanaaTameez highlights for @NiemanLab 👉 https://www.niemanlab.org/... [image]

Variety:

About 500 actors and other SAG-AFTRA members picketed outside WB Games in Burbank over contract protections for workers amid the growth of AI— In a replay of last year's strike, hundreds of actors picketed Thursday outside WB Games in Burbank, demanding protection from artificial intelligence.

Discussion:
The Sun, Deadline, Associated Press, Reuters, BBC and Los Angeles Times

Discussion:

Georgina Young /
The Sun: Over 500 actors ambush Warner Bros. demanding protection from misuse of AI in massive strike action

Danielle Broadway /
Reuters: Striking U.S. video game actors say AI threatens their jobs

Marc Cieslak /
BBC: Video games strike rumbles on in row over AI

Variety:

A US district court judge throws out a jury verdict ordering the NFL to pay $4.7B+ to Sunday Ticket subscribers, finding the verdict was unsupported by evidence— The NFL got a major call overturned: A federal judge Thursday threw out a jury's $4.7 billion award to subscribers …

Discussion:
Associated Press, Cord Cutters News, Barrett Media, @adamschefter, @joepompliano, @eriqgardner, @mccannsportslaw, CBSSports.com, New York Times, Reuters, Fox Business, Sportico, New York Post, Next TV, CNN, Bloomberg, Front Office Sports, Sports Media Watch, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Sportico, Awful Announcing and The Streamable

Discussion:

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: The NFL Get Its $4.7 Billion NFL Sunday Ticket Lawsuit Judgment Thrown Out

Adam Schefter /
@adamschefter: NFL statement on a federal district judge overturning the jury verdict in the Sunday Ticket case: “We are grateful for today's ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. We believe that the NFL's media distribution model provides our fans with an array of options to follow

Joe Pompliano /
@joepompliano: BREAKING: A federal judge in the NFL's Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit has overturned the jury's $4.7 billion verdict. The judge says the jury did not follow instructions and miscalculated damages. A huge turn of events. [image]

Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: Wow, the judge just threw out the jury's $4.7 billion “NFL Sunday Ticket” verdict. Finds the plaintiff's economics experts to be unreliable and the jury's award to be based not on the “evidence and reasonable inferences” but instead “guesswork or speculation.”

Michael McCann /
@mccannsportslaw: I read the NFL Sunday Ticket ruling and why the NFL won despite the jury finding NFL liable. Although the judge allowed certain expert testimony, he now concludes he was wrong to do so since it was too speculative and confused the jury. Here's my article: https://www.sportico.com/....

John Breech /
CBSSports.com: NFL scores huge victory in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case after judge overturns $4.7 billion verdict against league

Mike Scarcella /
Reuters: US judge throws out $4.7 bln verdict against NFL in ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit

Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Scores Sunday Ticket Win on Stunning Judicial Reversal

Ryan Glasspiegel /
New York Post: $4.7 billion NFL Sunday Ticket decision overturned in bombshell

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: Judge Tosses $4.7 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Verdict Against the NFL

Ramishah Maruf /
CNN: Judge throws out the $4.7 billion NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ verdict

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Judge Tosses Out $4.7 Billion Jury Verdict Against NFL In Class Action Lawsuit

Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Sunday Ticket $4.7B Verdict Faces Key Court Hearing

Reice Shipley /
Awful Announcing: Judge in NFL Sunday Ticket case indicates massive verdict will likely be overturned

The Logic:

Email: Google is adding a 2.5% “Canada DST fee” for ads served in Canada starting October 1 to cover “part of the costs” of new digital services tax legislation— The search giant will start taking an additional 2.5 per cent “Canada DST fee” beginning in October …

Discussion:
@muradhem, Chris Krewson on LinkedIn, All The Way Up Media, Chuck Lapointe on LinkedIn and r/PPC

Discussion:

Murad Hemmadi /
@muradhem: Google will start adding a 2.5 per cent “Canada DST fee” to Canadian ad sales from October, passing on the bulk of the Liberal government's recently-enacted digital services tax. https://thelogic.co/...

Chris Krewson /
Chris Krewson on LinkedIn: Also instructive as California's bill from Sen. Glazer — which passed the state Senate and is active in the Assembly — would most likely end the same way.

Chuck Lapointe /
Chuck Lapointe on LinkedIn: Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦 — Where our Government time and again underestimates Big Tech's stronghold on the advertising market. …

Billboard:

Court filings: AI startups Suno and Udio respond to copyright lawsuits from major music labels, saying their use of proprietary music to train AI is fair use— In their first responses to the sweeping copyright lawsuits that could define AI music, lawyers for Suno and Udio don't exactly hold back.

Discussion:
The Ankler, The Verge, Suno, Music Ally, @suno_ai_, Engadget, 404 Media, TechCrunch, TorrentFreak, Deadline, Reuters, Axios, CMU and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Sean McNulty /
The Ankler: ☀️ROKU Rules U.S. Streaming, but Can't Find a Profit

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: AI music startups say copyright violation is just rock and roll

Mikey Shulman /
Suno: The Future of Music — An update on the recent legal action from the RIAA and what is at stake

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Suno and Udio slam label lawsuits... but the RIAA hits back

Suno /
@suno_ai_: Suno's mission is to make it possible for everyone to make music. We imagine a future where music is a bigger, more valuable, and more meaningful part of people's lives than it even is today. Technology enables a future where the whole world can explore, create, and be active [video]

Jason Koebler /
404 Media: AI Music Generator Suno Admits It Was Trained on ‘Essentially All Music Files on the Internet’

Lauren Forristal /
TechCrunch: AI music startup Suno claims training model on copyrighted music is ‘fair use’

Andy Maxwell /
TorrentFreak: Suno & Udio to RIAA: Your Music is Copyrighted, You Can't Copyright Styles

Bruce Haring /
Deadline: AI Startup Suno Claims “Fair Use” Copyright Doctrine Allows Training On Major Recordings

Blake Brittain /
Reuters: Music AI startups Suno and Udio slam record label lawsuits in court filings

Hope King /
Axios: AI music startup Suno hits back at record labels

Chris Cooke /
CMU: Suno admits it trained on major-owned music, accuses labels of misusing copyright

Brian Hiatt /