Failing Upwards
We are finally getting to the Twitter Files and Brittney Griner coverage this week. On top of those items, we’re checking in on ex-CNN President Jeff Zucker, updates from the NYT walkout and EOY media lists.
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Show Notes
We are finally getting to the Twitter Files and Brittney Griner coverage this week. On top of those items, we’re checking in on ex-CNN President Jeff Zucker, updates from the NYT walkout and EOY media lists.
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Time Stamps:
2:33 Front Page
49:14 Obsessions
56:00 Reader Mail
58:13 Favorite Item of the Week
Show Notes:
Axios: Exclusive: Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup
WSJ: Jeff Zucker, Former CNN President, to Lead Sports-and-Media Investment Firm RedBird IMI
Mediaite: Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2022
Semafor: New York Times DC Reporters are skipping the walkout
NYT: With End of Griner’s Detention, a New Wave of WNBA Activism Begins
WaPo: From Mexican cartel labs to U.S. streets, a deadly fentanyl pipeline
Puck News: The Obamas’ Hollywood Education
NYT: The 93 Most Stylish ‘People’ of 2022
WSJ: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Crash
WSJ: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Were There for FTX’s Rise, and Now Its Fall
The Onion: Nation Forgives Harvey Weinstein After He Gets Really Good At Football
Commentary: How Disinformation Journalists Practice Disinformation