i first read rest of world in high school and continued to be a fan all through college. one of the few places publishing ambitious, serious stories away from the provincialism of a lot of america-centric media. some of my favorite reporters got their start there - man idk. it would be an unbelievable loss
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Max has the more on this here 👇🏻
News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.
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News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.
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Calling myself a “news creator” from now on to juice my multiple
Bill Owens on his decision to join a start-up:
“Legacy media right now is worried about the politics in the country. They’re worried about lobbies and sponsorships and advertisers. They’re looking over their shoulder.”
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This is really cool. Rather than just masthead names it shows the favorite stories they’ve done.
Bill Owens on his decision to join a start-up:
“Legacy media right now is worried about the politics in the country. They’re worried about lobbies and sponsorships and advertisers. They’re looking over their shoulder.”
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scoop: Bill Owens, the former EP of “60 Minutes,” has found his next job: Executive Producer of Newpress, the video journalism start-up that is raising $12 million from funders including Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective
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All this shit—minus Conan O’Brien—sucks. I can’t believe this is the stuff that people are spending their lives listening to. Even as entertainment, this is as stupid as you can possibly get.
chase sapphire would be such a beautiful name for a baby girl
Inbox: Pui-Wing Tam is the next Business editor of the New York Times and we are all thrilled
Oh, and there's one more thing for this episode.
Hello, @netflix :)
Personal news: After nearly 8 years at NPR, I’m excited to share that I’m going to Bloomberg to help lead coverage of the prediction market industry. I’ll be joining their mighty crypto and prediction markets team, which has long been doing really impressive work for @business and @BW. I start just after midterms.
Kalshi/Polymarket/PM tips or convos: ballyn.77 on Signal
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From @koblin: Jon Stewart has signed a new deal that will keep him on at 'The Daily Show' through December 2028
Calling all Ringerheads! I tried to explore a question on all of our minds: Is Bill freezing Sean out of The Rewatchables? (I ran the numbers and, like a psycho, even made a chart!)
More here:
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NEW: Shook Research Changes Name to Veritant After Forbes Scandal
Scoop: YouTube has had discussions with publishers in recent months about developing an audiobook feature via @WSJ
Can Fin-Syn make a comeback? CAA, WME, UTA, Ron Howard, Jason Blum, Mark Burnett and a bunch of other producers sure hope so. On their efforts to get a bill passed in Congress:
Inbox: The Washington Post is laying off 118 people at a printing plant in Springfield, Va. that the company is closing.
The layoffs are slated to happen on Dec. 31.
