julia alexander

@loudmouthjulia

Oct 31

Puck

@PuckNews

Oct 31

As all you doomscrollers know, Instagram is testing allowing creators to post videos up to 90 minutes in length. Is this a lark, mere YouTube envy, or might it offer media creators another new revenue stream?

@loudmouthjulia has more: puck.news/media/2026/10/…

Dylan Byers

@DylanByers

Oct 30

The Athletic

@TheAthletic

Oct 30

"I just never thought you’d do it to me."

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman's two-decade partnership has hit a breaking point. The duo had a heated, expletive-filled argument in the 'Monday Night Football' booth, with sources saying Aikman feels betrayed by Buck and that ESPN has taken ute over a new contract.

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Dylan Byers

@DylanByers

Oct 28

Daniel Lubetzky

@DanielLubetzky

Oct 28

I’ve had this weight on me for a while and felt the need to share it once and for all.

Years ago, the CEO and co-founder of Semafor, a media publication, approached me. He presumably wanted me to consider investing, because he spent a significant amount of time boasting about sources of revenue.

I was stunned when he bragged about getting an enormous amount of money from the government of Qatar. The pretense was that he was receiving these funds to “train journalists.” I don’t recall the precise amounts, but recall that he acknowledged that the cost to conduct this “training” was a tiny fraction of what he was getting paid - directionally it was something like getting paid $2mm to conduct a “media training” boot camp that would cost Semafor $50,000 to execute. I pointed out that it sounded like he was being bribed - that nobody with proper intentions would offer to pay something that was 20-100X off market - and no entity pretending to be a journalism outfit should accept stuff like that, as it would compromise him.

He insisted that wouldn’t happen. But over the course of many years, I’ve observed how Semafor continues to receive government sponsorships and perform all sorts of “trainings” and “conferences” in partnership with Qatar, while providing very complementary coverage to the government of Qatar. This is downright unethical - and particularly unbecoming of an outfit pretending to be “training journalists”! The problem doesn’t end with Semafor.

The government of Qatar has been buying off media, education and other groups, with reports of how it deployed billions of dollars in the US higher education system. All of us who care about ethics should demand an investigation into these practices. Regardless of whether legal authorities choose to look into this, we as the people and the consumers should admonish such egregious behavior and ensure we avoid “media” publications that are so compromised.

Countless journalists risk their lives every day to expose abuses in power. Semafor does a disservice to the profession by undermining trust.
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Dylan Byers

@DylanByers

Oct 26

Brian Stelter

@brianstelter

Oct 26

There's been so much concern and speculation about this era of @60Minutes so I just have to say, the newsmag was outstanding last night. First, @GiannaToboni on Trump's third-country deportation program. (Watch till the end.) Then, @BillWhitakerCBS on the case of election denier Tina Peters. Finally, @HollyMAWilliams in Australia on the country's under-16 social media ban... cbsnews.com/60-minutes/