Kate Conger, New York Times: “Elon Musk brings conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X”
Ivan Mehta, TechCrunch: “Elon Musk brings Alex Jones and Infowars back on X after user poll”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “Opinion: Elon Musk and X welcome back conspiracy theorist Alex Jones”
Kierra Frazier, POLITICO: “Civil rights lawyer quits X after Alex Jones’ return to platform”
Sarah Al_Arshani, USA Today: “Elon Musk reinstates Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ X account”
Timothy Bella, Washington Post: “How Tucker Carlson helped persuade Elon Musk to reinstate Alex Jones on X”
Piers Morgan, New York Post: “Elon Musk couldn’t be more wrong about Alex Jones: He’s not a free-speech hero – he’s a hate speech monster”
Edith Olmstead, The New Republic: “Elon Musk invites Alex Jones to explain that ‘whole Sandy Hook thing’”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Elon Musk’s welcoming of extremists puts a spotlight on the NFL’s mega-partnership with X amid renewal talks”
Carlson’s Streaming Service
Aimee Picchi, CBS: “Tucker Carlson says he’s launching his own paid streaming service”
Michael Sainato, The Guardian: “Tucker Carlson to launch his own $72-a-year subscription streaming service”
Aidan McLaughlin, Mediaite: “Tucker Carlson launches video streaming service ‘Tucker Carlson Network’”
Matt Gertz, Media Matters for America: “The Fox News diaspora is threatening the network’s business model”
Update: SI Shakeup
Michael McCarthy & A.J. Perez, Front Office Sports: “’The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering.’ Inside a shakeup at Sports Illustrated’s publisher”
Josh Taylor, The Guardian: “Arena Group fires CEO in wake of Sports Illustrated AI articles scandal”
Journalists facing legal action
Jeremy Barr, Washington Post: “A CBS reporter refusing to reveal her sources could be held in contempt”
Associated Press: “Russian American journalist Masha Gessen put on Kremlin’s wanted list”
Pushed Out at Harvard?
Joseph Menn, Washington Post: “Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta”
CBS: “Former Harvard disinformation scholars says she was pushed out of job over pressure from Facebook”
Shannon Bond, NPR: “Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta”
Travis Anderson & Daniel Kool, Boston Globe: “Prominent disinformation specialist files whistle-blower complaint against Harvard”
Shannon Thaler, New York Post: “Ex-Harvard scholar claims she was ousted for pointing out Facebook’s ‘digital harms’”
2023 ‘Wrapped’
Claire Murashima, NPR: “Why your brain finds Spotify Wrapped so irresistible”
Emily Peck, Axios: “Why there are so many Spotify Wrapped knockoffs”
Diego Mendoza, Semafor: “What the world wanted to know in 2023, as revealed by Google search”
Washington Post PR: “The Washington Post’s Newsprint launches this December with new features”
Jason Hellerman, No Film School: "Netflix Releases All Their Streaming Data For The First Time Ever"
Netflix: "What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report"