One major issue in 𝕏’s new regional silencing policy 🧵👇is that it will destroy many of the professional communities on 𝕏. Here is a relevant example for @nikitabier and @elonmusk - the BioTech community on 𝕏 includes many scientists, investors, industry leaders and media professionals from all over the world. Silencing an entire region would mean that I won’t be able to see them and practically destroy the community and my ability to be exposed and to learn from other people.

Be sure to check out Dr. Tour on the @ReviveOurHearts radio program on March 18–19. You can listen by going to https://t.co/sId2dCw6Dm https://t.co/HhBKlIdeso

Trump troll Matt Gertz, senior fellow at the hard left Media Matters for America @mmfa: “Any broadcaster now has to question if anything they put out could end up getting them in a heap of legal trouble with the @FCC.”...

Policyband Quote of the Day: “@BrendanCarrFCC critics pretend he said something radical. However, the Communications Act in Section 309(a) has long required broadcasters that use public spectrum to operate in the ‘public interest.’ That principle is the foundation of...

In which The Times reveals that it hires a company to alter its own Wikipedia entry. 1/ Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online https://t.co/TloRZagrQU https://t.co/eBZnCsL2sQ

@AnthropicAI what happened to Opus 3’s substack? There were never any posts after the big fanfare announcing it. https://t.co/by55bhhHnx
The conversations I have on Patreon I could never replicate here because the algorithm doesn't encourage any level of mindfulness or introspection. It encourages contribution ... any and all and sometimes chaotic. Sometimes people comment in ways that...
IMHO distorted crime perceptions are driven by how media dissolves distance. The human brain didn't evolve to consume graphic news stories about people we'd never meet. We process a TV or social media news story of a murder as if...
Amazing how many people are triggered by my dumping on Oscar ratings yet this viewership chart says it all 1996 - 45 million 2006 - 36 million 2016 - 34 million 2026 - 18 million
Scoop: MS NOW boss Rebecca Kutler is on the precipice of announcing some major dayside programming changes. Details on what is in store for the network in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/ms-now-programming-changes-alicia-menendez-rebecca-kutler

influencers are launching stunt accounts to tease new products. those accounts are then typically converted into the brand account, with built in audience and intrigue for day one of the announcement.
Ugh. Lots of rumbling about editor layoffs in publishing, and oh my god, if you keep letting go of the people who make the books happen, you won’t have the books. I want to scream.

Community notes is such a good feature. Only shows up when people who usually disagree with each other agree on a note. Imagine legacy media had the guts to implement a system like this. https://t.co/5oYLqZt1iS
In rebuke to @KariLake, US judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work My story for NPR: https://t.co/NGgPfXNWOu
Spotify has added an “Exclusive Mode” audiophile feature for Windows PCs. Spotify Premium users can now get bit-perfect playback on the Windows app, with Mac support coming later https://t.co/nJB9g10ZYU
Fear porn also dominates local TV news. Past studies have found a correlation: The more local TV news you watch, the more you believe crime is rising. Social media amplifies this, bu the problem is old and is all about...
Suddenly, “CBS Evening News” is back where executives at the news division behind the show hoped never to return --- the show captured under 4M viewers last week, a level that spurred alarm when the program was under John Dickerson...
The China Show's @Laowhy86 reveals how millions of Chinese citizens disguise dissent as puns, memes, and mythical creatures to dodge censors. Notes https://jordanharbinger.com/1299 Apple https://buff.ly/Yc7PvW7 Spotify https://buff.ly/9mf3sB3 Overcast https://buff.ly/tzFoDAn
Inbox: Andy Lack, former chairman of NBC News and MSNBC and cofounder of Deep South Today, has made a new $7 million gift to expand investigative reporting and digital video journalism, building on more than $5 million contribution over past decade.
🍔 NEW: The legendary food critic @tomsietsema is joining Beehiiv and is cooking up something special for subscribers https://t.co/m6ACgUY6lj #axiosmediatrends
It's not just that people are bad at this. It's that news media have consistently highlighted crime stories because they're profitable. That affects people. The news incentives are broken and toxic to democracy.
Journalists have been ankling TV-news operations for their own indie ventures. NBC News' new pact with tech reporter Joanna Stern shows a mainstream news outlet trying to keep 'creators' under its umbrella https://t.co/yAMZBwVYTh via @variety

I’ve reported on this topic for a decade for NYT, WaPo, etc. To claim I’m receiving “unknown guidance” from a billionaire I’ve never interacted w is insane. The journalism fellowship I did last year is transparently funded, granted full editorial...
Variety’s 10 Creators to Watch on Going Independent and Why ‘To Make Something and Own Something, You Have to Sell Something’ https://t.co/JLoEWzTTZg via @variety
The Movie Business Has Never Been Harder, So Why Are All These New Distribution Companies Launching? https://t.co/0fH8NhD3Wu via @variety
"there is tremendous power in owning a consumer’s journey from the moment he or she powers up the TV, to the content that’s displayed, to what they end up watching." “If I were David Ellison, I would have bought Roku,” Greenfield...
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Warns EU Regulators: YouTube Isn’t a ‘Bunch of Cat Videos,’ It’s a ‘Straightforward Direct Competitor’ https://t.co/r4CVEqxuMc

🚨🆕 I'm going on 📻 @Y100FM with @ScottNSports 𝐍𝐎𝐖 for 📺 #TVTuesday preview the TV coverage of NCAA #MarchMadness 2026 for the men's and women's college basketball 🏀 championships. 🎧 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐖 🔊 🗣“Play KUYY" or "Play Y100" 📱💻 https://t.co/nlxHQ15JWW https://t.co/v92jFBA6SC
Some small NFL TV news. The first game of the regular season will be on Wednesday night on NBC (vs usual Thursday). The Melbourne game will be on Thursday -- platform TBD. NFL can't do a Friday game this year...
Part of how they want to enact this is by rolling out mass censorship and surveillance online through things like “reforming” section 230 and laws like KIDS Act/KOSA which would remove LGBTQ, abortion content etc from the internet (and “leftists”/liberals...
Spotify’s top 80 artists generated $10M+ each in royalty payouts in 2025. I estimate that these artists generated $2B total, nearly 20% of Spotify’s payout pool. Here’s how I see it:
Work with very smart people, on top of a dataset that reporters would kill for, to tell stories about economic growth and technology, with very high cultural appreciation for craft.
Trump Administration ramps up press pressure over Iran war coverage —Broadcaster license threats —Disparaging rhetoric —Tightening grip over Stars and Stripes —Denying photogs Pentagon press briefing access —Using VOA to urge Iranians to rebel @axios https://t.co/kRuCYUk6Uc
🔥 The most interesting/exciting part of Disney's leadership reorg that is not getting talked about is that former Google/YouTube chief product officer Adam Smith has been elevated to co-head of Disney's DTC businesses. Placing a tech/product person, without legacy...

TV Talk: @masterpiecepbs reimagines #TheForsytes saga yet again. How does it compare to the Damian Lewis version from early aughts? Via @TribLIVE https://t.co/Dnrz8BcYhb https://t.co/ZUKyjiSdbd
Jon Stewart Invites Panel of Trumps to Debate Iran War | The Daily Show https://t.co/IUdEWMOLDC via @YouTube
What's $1 Billion More, if NFL Certainty Through 2033 is of Paramount Importance? Ultimately, each NFL media rights partner will have to decide whether they can envision life without the NFL beginning in 2030 (TLDR: doubt it) https://t.co/sBcrU0H3Og

NEWS: Axios is cutting 11 people across national, local, news desk visuals and social: https://t.co/AI0axckRVT
WaPo: "In a perfect world, liberals would take the same lessons from Carr’s attempted abuses, and a bipartisan coalition would vote to abolish the FCC." Brendan Carr, minister of truth https://t.co/gPDLo5KUFy

Google's top adtech law firm has filed to try to dismiss a number of claims by other adtech companies. Google's argument appears to ignore idea almost no company would want to file an antitrust lawsuit v G until DOJ won...
“None of this is about protecting kids.” So phenomenal to see @KatAbughazaleh speaking out about age verification laws and the efforts to repeal Section 230 https://t.co/F09qjnp3AI
remember when everyone said twitter was done, dead? @elonmusk + @nikitabier + many others saved it. it's amazing.

🚨 That age prediction error rate sounds a tad problematic doesn’t it?? “One issue the company is tackling: its new age-prediction system aimed at keeping minors from having adult-themed chats was at one point misclassifying minors as adults about 12% of...
The New York Times tonight has confirmed our #Cuba scoop from 2.5 weeks ago. https://t.co/BCGfevw3iB
The rise of #FeudalMedia means that Hollywood is no longer the universal arbiter of culture it once was. And why that's not worse, just different. https://t.co/oY1nnEeKLR
New: ABC News Group President Debra OConnell is being elevated to chairman of Disney Entertainment Television… Move is part of Disney restructuring that unites streaming, film, and television businesses with games and digital entertainment under one division.
Has the Guardian ever gotten upset over a shitty op-ed before? They're legendary for having the worst.
cc @brianstelter, this is a new one. gambling/gamblers threatening a free and plural press either with bad intentions to spread disinformation in order to win funds - or just ignorant - but it raises concerns of threats to the press...
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Google News may soon let you read transcripts of its AI-generated audio news briefings ✅ Details and video demo - https://t.co/yDMVhGVGcp https://t.co/Q1sn3R7ioV