Meta Strips End-to-End Encryption From Instagram DMs
A terrible step back for privacy and it's crazy that Meta announced this by updating a support page https://www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is-getting-rid-of-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/
Thrilled for Jon's Perfect Fit as Editor
To say I'm excited for Jon would be the understatement of the millennium. An exquisite pairing of editor and publication — and a job so richly deserved.
Keith Lee Launches Family Business Podcast with Vox Media
Food Influencer Keith Lee to Launch Video Podcast With Vox Media Delving Into How His Family Does Business Together https://t.co/roBxFgOhPe via @variety
Amazon Raises Prime Video Ad‑free Tier to $5 per Month
Amazon to Hike Fee for Prime Video Ad-Free Tier to $5 per Month in U.S. https://t.co/FVjZZ5ziiF via @variety
Nellie Bowles: Mainstream Media Narrative Still Alive
Fantastic TGIF from Nellie Bowles. In case you thought the "mainstream media narrative" was a thing of the past. https://t.co/DhRozd7OVl
Beehiiv Launches On-Demand Ads Marketplace for Instant Sponsorship
Beehiiv rolled out On-Demand Ads, a new feature in its Ad Network. It lets creators access sponsorship opportunities instantly through a marketplace and insert ad slots directly in newsletters, monetizing based on CPM and CPC performance. On-Demand Ads come months...
NYC Iconic News Anchor Ernie Anastos Dies at 82
RIP to one of those NYC media faces that felt like he would be there with great hair forever. Ernie Anastos, Longtime New York City TV News Anchor, Dies at 82 https://t.co/HK5BZUwnfe via @thr
Peacock's AI Andy Cohen Signals NBCU's Entertainment Platform Shift
Peacock's AI Andy Cohen is part of NBCU's strategy to add new experiences tied to its IP to keep fans on its own platform: “Don’t think of it as a streaming platform — think of it as an entertainment platform,”...
Peacock Debuts AI Andy Cohen for Personalized Bravo Gossip
Peacock Is Launching an AI-Generated Andy Cohen That Dishes Personalized Bravo Hot Goss and Vertical Video Clips https://t.co/B1zYs5YfF6 via @variety
Criteo CEO Discusses AI‑Powered RecSys, Automation, OpenAI Deal
This week on the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I interview Criteo’s CEO about the company’s RecSys system for retail use cases, its Criteo GO automation platform, and its recently-announced partnership with OpenAI. https://t.co/Tuy7wrnLJg
Hegseth Urges Immediate David Ellison Takeover of Network
"The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better." - Hegseth on CNN. There are no more quiet parts. It's all said aloud. (And I'll bet he wouldn't like this shot.) https://t.co/f913T1zNVN
Social Media Reveals Iran FM on Streets, Not in Bunkers
Social Media changed the game… Imagine if we were relying on BBC & CNN for information, we would be totally in the dark Here is Iran’s Foreign Minister on the streets of Tehran today… While other are in bunkers, he is...
Time Hides Coauthor’s EA‑funded AI Fellowship Ties
Breaker reports Time did not disclose that a coauthor of its cover story on Anthropic was a Tarbell fellow, funded by effective altruism AI cultists. I've been cautioning young people tempted by its journalism fellowship to research the funders. #TESCREAL https://t.co/kh7Lz6zPVr
Elegant Constraints Spark New Cultural Habits
This is really good. I do admire Dom Hofmann as a protocol artist, in the sense he creates constrained and elegant rules for others to create with With both Vine and Loot, those constraints created new cultural habits downstream, despite being...
Fox News Correspondent Highlights Press Corps Protest, Journalist Safety
In remarks accepting the RTDNA First Amendment Award tonight, Fox News nat-sec correspondent @JenGriffinFNC spoke about the Pentagon press corps walking out in protest, the importance of Voice of America, and the safety risks for journalists — including fallen colleagues....
Court Prioritizes Press Access Over Pentagon's Security Claims
This is the right kicker. I was in the courtroom Friday. There was no good argument it’s a national security threat. And then Defense Dept argument it’s an especially sensitive time went nowhere with the Court who flipped it around...
Washington Post Confronts Bezos over Amazon’s ‘Melania’ Documentary Deal
WaPo staffers pressed Jeff Bezos about Amazon picking up the “Melania” documentary at an off the record meeting hosted at the billionaire’s DC residence. All the details from inside the meeting via @nataliekorach in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos-washington-post-meeting-layoffs-melania
Double Standard: Journalists Scolded, Business Manipulates Freely
the idea that journalists hold themselves to a moral standard and therefore should be constantly maligned for trying while everyone in business should just talk their book and manipulate the public is just so bankrupt.
Anchors' Redundant Phrases and Graphic Misreads Reveal Sloppiness
Add “talk to me about” … Also, how many times have you seen anchors totally misread a graphic on the screen next to their head?
Universal Extends Theatrical Windows, Studios Refuse to Back Off
Word that Universal will be expanding its theatrical exclusivity windows starting today (just before what should be a very big year at the box office) is hopefully a signal that major studios with a greater vested interest in multiplex revenues...
Trump Nominates Sarah Rogers to Replace Kari Lake at USAGM
NEWS: USAGM's @KariLake is to have a new boss. Trump nominated State Dept official Sarah Rogers as CEO of Voice of America's parent USAGM. If confirmed she'd hold both roles. Lake had been leading agency but US judge ruled she did...
Court Strikes Down Most California Online Speech Code
One of these is not like the other. NetChoice is either smoking crack or trying to outdo CCIA in pleasing its funders Google and Meta. 1/2 https://t.co/PF9UwLb7z3
Paramount Pushes Theater Attendance to Outpace Streaming Giants
Paramount Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim says "we want customers in theaters" and to compete most effectively against "highly scaled" streaming competitors.
Israel Blocks Military Damage Footage, Permits Civilian Destruction Coverage
Israel doesn’t not allow filming of damage to military infrastructure, they allow journalists to film damage to civilian infrastructure. He is a CNN Reporter showcasing the damage done by a Hezbollah Rocket to a home…. u can imagine what you...
Google Halves Search Referrals, Still Leverages Publisher Content
Is Google taking news publishers' traffic away? Sweet mother of media, are they ever. From 2023-2025, referrals from search dropped by almost HALF. Brutal. Insulting. Infuriating. And ironic given that Google is certainly training its AI answers on publishers' work. 🙄
Guest Posts Require Far More Effort than They Seem
Today, an exec says to me, "Must be easy to have a newsletter that's all guest posts." I hope Lenny Rachitsky doesn't mind, but I told him this story: Early last December, Lenny reached out to me about something, and...
California AG Warns Nexstar‑Tegna Merger Harms Competition
California AG Rob Bonta blasts proposed Nexstar-Tegna deal, saying if deal goes through a "a single massive company will have outsized influence" and consumers will suffer higher prices and less access to news and sports.
AI Drives Earned Media Budgets to Double by 2027
This why media companies need to tax PR. Want to send your “earned media” pitch, pay a toll. No idea why the value should be entirely skimmed by middlemen.
Reporter Discusses Pete Hegseth's Photo Ban on MSNOW
I will be on @MSNOWNews with @ChrisJansing around 1:20 p.m. discussing my reporting for @washingtonpost about Pete Hegseth banning photographers from briefings for publishing “unflattering” photos of him. Tune in! https://t.co/4EbXGWkVHt
Netflix M&A Aims to Fuel Engagement Through Games, Podcasts
What should be the business objectives behind any future M&A deal by Netflix $NFLX? @Adweek s Mark Stenberg (@MarkStenberg3) asked me for specific deal predictions. A few of my answers are in the On Background newsletter below, alongside some other smart...
Danes Revel in Noma Founder Scandal, Media Glee
There's nothing the Danes love more than a good fall-from-grace story, so now that Noma's founder has been speared on decade-old accusations, the sanctimonious journalists at Politiken can hardly contain their glee and excitement. Yuck. https://t.co/01Bx0fKkHJ
Money and Relevance Fuel Endless Problem‑agitating Content
Spot on about clicks and views. That has been the conclusion I've reached after being closely involved in that space for almost a decade. The incentives are money and social relevance, which means that their content CAN'T actually solve the problem—it has...
Bezos Hosts Washington Post Masthead at Kalorama
tidbit: Jeff Bezos is planning to meet with the Washington Post masthead and some highly sought after reporters at his Kalorama mansion this morning/afternoon
Agency Client Lands on Bestseller List, Celebration!
It was so exciting yesterday to see an agency client hit the bestseller list. ❤️❤️❤️
Inside the CNN‑CBS Merger: Power Shifts and Trump’s Influence
NEW: The CNN–CBS Marriage Plot: • Will Bari Weiss expand her remit? • Who will actually run the network? • How much will David Ellison cut, and how will he cut? • And where does Trump factor in? https://t.co/BuiVS0srnq @PuckNews
WeChat Cracks Down on Feminist, LGBTQ, Mental Health Accounts
“In what is becoming an annual event, a spate of bans on the eve of March 8 International Women’s Day has struck numerous WeChat public accounts focused on feminism, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights…and promoting mental health.” @CDT https://t.co/PUc2VIdUO1
Radio DJs Once Recorded Bumpers on Sony Minidiscs
When I was an on-air radio DJ in the early 2010s, all of our bumper spots were recorded on Sony minidiscs. The technology of a forgotten future, and the sort of thing that's everywhere in Japan. https://t.co/3ITnIGzgW1
Accusing Omidyar of Disclosure Lies May Constitute Fraud
Lying on this disclosure would be financial fraud. Ur claiming Pierre Omidyar is lying on this disclosure so that he, a billionaire known for funding journalism projects, can secretly accept outside $ to fund a non-partisan investigative journalism fellowship w...
Creators Demand Fixes for Threads Editing Tool Shortcomings
As a content creator, I use Edits. Here’s what I would love to have @mosseri help fix: 1) Captions. They constantly fail, especially when trying to edit them (edits don’t stick, can’t add missing captions, etc) 2) Sound boosting and...
Gayle King's CBS Deal Only One-Year, No 2027 Lock
Scoop: Gayle King's new deal, which CBS News triumphantly announced last week, is only a one-year renewal, I've learned. It does not lock King into the network past 2027.
Podcasters Aren’t All Alike – Celebrate Differences
Podcasters: we are not all the same Also: (@MatthewBerman and I keeping our man @dylan522p on message 🤝) https://t.co/o6kr36PccQ
Subscriber Counts Are Vanity; Track Open Rates Instead
Newletter subscribers is the perfect vanity metric, especially for people with no opt-in or catchpa. What’s your open rate? How many people are actually reading it every week?
Canada’s Top Media Outlets Hiring Journalists Now
Looking for your next journalism job? From CBC/Radio-Canada and Rogers to Postmedia and Torstar, here are current reporting, video journalist, and newsroom roles across Canada. Browse the latest opportunities and apply. https://t.co/mpT9nBkOgy
Dwarkesh and TBPN Deliver Top‑Tier Media Ad Reads
sizzling hot take: dwarkesh and @tbpn do the best ad reads in media. like all of media.
Pentagon Bars Photographers After Unflattering Briefing Images
The National Press Club’s statement on our story in The Washington Post on the Pentagon banning photographers from briefings after they published “unflattering” photos. https://t.co/4EbXGWkVHt https://t.co/yWQniBhU0i
ACOTAR 6 Hits Bestseller List Before Release, Fans Confused
I’m really confused about ACOTAR 6 being on the USA Today Bestseller list months before pub day. I thought pre-sales counted towards first week sales?
Outdated Intel Led to School Strike, NYT Masks as Mistake
Nah, this is the NYT laundering evil US crimes as “mistakes” since it got so much public attention. Nobody should buy this shit. They’ve tried this over and over to cover themselves. Zero excuses for targeting schools, which they are...
Stop Using “Mr. President” In Modern Headlines
I recognize this is not the most important thing in the world but it is critically necessary that we have national moratorium on pleading "Mr. President" headlines. Something so tiresomely 1957 about "Mr. President, I Beseech You That the Time...
Ellison Empire Threatens Media Plurality with Massive Consolidation
Aren’t a lot of these media assets just melting ice cubes that can’t cut it outside the (withering) cable bundle?
Discussed Launching “The Town” On YouTube Video
Had a nice chat with the official @YouTube blog about launching The Town on video. ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/Zj2sG7EZNv