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Reality bites: NOBODY wants

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 09:10:49 +0000

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Reality bites: NOBODY wants to pay for reporting it seems - not the readers, not corporate and charity sponsors, not advertisers, not taxpayers -

Huh.

NPR freezes hiring, expecting a $20 million budget shortfall : NPR https://t.co/gBqNV04HXn
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) November 30, 2022

excerpt:

[....] Other media outlets have announced cuts that include layoffs.

On Wednesday, CNN Chairman Chris Licht told the network's staff that long-planned cuts are starting. On-air contributors and full-time employees will be among those who will lose their jobs, he confirmed.

The Washington Post also said today it would cease publishing its Sunday magazine on Dec. 25, affecting a staff of 10. Executive Editor Sally Buzbee told staffers in a memo that it would shift some of the most popular content to its Style section. She pointed to the paper's efforts at digital transformation, though the Post reported that she also invoked "economic headwinds" in speaking to the magazine's staff about the decision.

Shani George, the Post's vice president for communications, said the paper eliminated one position outside the magazine and ended contracts for several people working there [....]

NPR needs to cut $10 million due to a sharp decline in projected revenue in sponsorship — at least $20 million. Some of those losses were offset by new revenues from new agreements to license NPR content on Facebook, YouTube and Amazon and from fund-raising efforts. [....]

One thing I learned from

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:27:20 +0000

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One thing I learned from Twitter is that lots of liberal activists despise Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell; one or the other, or both of them trend as regular as rain via trending bitchfests. Must be good for their ratings, keeps them on the broadcast screen.

she's throwing in the towel,

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:42:24 +0000

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she's throwing in the towel, sees no role anymore for 'journalism' as far as politics is concerned:

ICYMI — @abbyliv817's farewell essay: "Some of the most brilliant, thoughtful people I have ever met are members of Congress. But this is a degraded profession... Becoming internet famous was now the entire point of serving in Congress." https://t.co/SpZVO9NtoM
— Melissa Chan (@melissakchan) October 28, 2022

On Wednesday

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:55:31 +0000

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On Wednesday

With so much uncertainty swirling over the deal, some of Twitter’s 7,500 employees have been jittery. Last week, the company sought to quell employee concerns after reports that Mr. Musk planned to lay off as many as 75 percent of them. Twitter told workers that the current management had no plans for layoffs but could make no promises about what Mr. Musk might do.

Except "current management", at least the CEO + CFO & 1 other high-up, were let go, so it appears that that 75% anecdote is back in Elon's lap, true or false.

Hard to tell with new gadfly

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:37:37 +0000

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Hard to tell with new gadfly Elon- he can flip positions or whatever. Or maybe he didn't. Hard to know what.

Not true. Read a couple days

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 03:39:14 +0000

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Not true. Read a couple days ago that it wasn't true, but I waited too long to counter this and now I can't find that. In any case, link now is he has said directly to employees that it isn't true.

#boycottadidas

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 22:57:04 +0000

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#boycottadidas
Donald Trump and Truth Social welcome Kanye West. The owner of Parler announced this week that West, who now calls himself Ye, had agreed to buy the platform, which was used by Capitol Hill rioters to gather support.https://t.co/zcCU3DeNFi
— Osirian11 (@Osirian111) October 22, 2022

Elon Musk told prospective

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 02:20:29 +0000

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Elon Musk told prospective investors that he planned to get rid of nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s 7,500 workers, whittling it down to a skeleton staff of just over 2,000

The impact of such layoffs would likely be immediately felt by millions of usershttps://t.co/mkPdOM8mc1
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 20, 2022

For those paywalled, here’s

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:50:25 +0000

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For those paywalled, here’s the gist: April raid of longtime journalist James Gordon Meek’s apt in Arlington; no charges; and Meek resigned from ABC and has since disappeared. pic.twitter.com/K2KbFIXIKO
— Chris “Subscribe to Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 19, 2022

after FBI raided for

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:59:27 +0000

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after FBI raided for classified info. on his computer, ABC News producer resigned and disappeared?! very strange! can't access story on RS, but there's this tweet thread

Meek has been charged with no crime. But independent observers believe the raid is among the first — and quite possibly, the first — to be carried out on a journalist by the Biden administration. https://t.co/JUFHulFFxZ
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 19, 2022