Is it time for journalists to get off Twitter? One of the nation’s leading newspapers has made a presence on the social platform optional. We’ll talk about why, and what effects this could have on the quality of reporting and the safety of reporters.
Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “The New York Times would really like its reporters to stop scrolling and get off Twitter (at least once in a while)”
Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill: “New York Times updates Twitter policy for reporters”
Choire Sicha, New York Magazine: “Journalism’s Twitter problem is the journalists”
Warner Bros. Discovery merger complete
Brent Lang & Jennifer Maas, Variety: “What David Zaslav has planned for first week leading Warner Bros. Discovery”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Discovery takes control of HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros., creating new media giant”
Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg: “The phone company didn’t destroy HBO. Will the cable guy?”
Brooks Barnes, New York Times: “New era begins at Warner Bros., tinged with nostalgia”
Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter: “John Oliver gives former parent company AT&T two-middle-finger sendoff”
Sara Fischer & Tim Baysinger, Axios: “A new era for entertainment”
Alex Sherman, CNBC: “CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users”
Black News Channel bankruptcy
Juwan Holmes, Mediaite: “What happened at the Black News Channel? How toxic content, lawsuits, and low ratings led to a promising network’s collapse”
Robbie R. Morganfield, Diverse Issues in Higher Education: “The Black News Channel died suddenly: We should be ashamed”
Joe Ripley, WXIA-TV: “’I could tell there was something going on’ | Workers go unpaid after Black News Channel files for bankruptcy”
Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin: “Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan letting Black News Channel shut down was peak Shad Kahn behavior”
USA Today’s free graphic novel
Sarah Scire, Nieman Lab: “Alongside a subscriber-only investigation on eviction, USA Today publishes a free graphic novel”
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena & Ariana Torrey, USA Today: “An eviction crisis for Black women”
The next generation of new journalists
Jon Marcus, AARP: “Older adults are stepping up to help cover local news”
