Lawmakers upset with TikTok spying on journalists
Washington lawmakers expressed outrage that social media company ByteDance was using TikTok to spy on journalists, reports Emily Baker-White of Forbes. Baker-White reports, “In a statement to Forbes, Senator Ron Wyden (D-WA) endorsed those concerns: ‘Using customer data to spy on journalists and employees is a scandal that casts doubt on every promise TikTok has made about protecting […]
Li of Fox Business remains suspended from Twitter
Fox Business reporter Susan Li remains suspended from Twitter, reports Zachary Leeman of Mediaite. Leeman reports, “Li informed Fox’s Neil Cavuto on Saturday morning though that her account was still suspended. As of Saturday afternoon, the status remains the same. “Li blasted Musk for claiming he was doxxed and said she was suspended after the initial round of suspensions as she […]
Washington Post’s Lorenz has Twitter account suspended
Washington Post tech columnist Taylor Lorenz said her Twitter account was suspended Saturday after she tweeted a request for comment at Elon Musk, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler reports, “Lorenz’s Twitter account (@TaylorLorenz), which she activated in 2010, had more than 340,000 followers before it was suspended. “Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account,” she wrote on her Substack. […]
NBC News suspended reporter for criticizing Musk
NBC News temporarily suspended tech reporter Ben Collins earlier this month from covering Musk on NBC and MSNBC airwaves, but not for the latest issues, reports Maxwell Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “According to two sources, the network told Collins earlier this month that his criticism of Musk, which included comments about how the billionaire was purposefully trying […]
Insider’s Lopez joins others suspended by Twitter owner Musk
Insider columnist Linette Lopez, who has spent years aggressively covering Elon Musk’s businesses, including documenting alleged safety lapses at Tesla, has been suspended by Musk’s Twitter, reports Noah Kirsch of The Daily Beast. Kirsch reports, “Lopez told The Daily Beast she received no explanation for her suspension, nor information about how long the ban will last. She […]
When Semafor hired a climate reporter, and sold Chevron ads
Paul Farhi of The Washington Post examines the issues behind news startup Semafor’s decision to hire noted journalist Bill Spindle to cover climate and then sell advertising to Chevron, which resulted in Spindle’s departure. Farhi writes, “Semafor is reluctant to address the specifics of Spindle’s employment but said his dismissal had nothing to do with its advertising partnerships. […]
SABEW to Musk: Restore suspended tech reporter accounts
The following statement was issued Friday by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing: The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing condemns the actions of Twitter and owner Elon Musk for arbitrarily shutting down the accounts of a number of journalists, including those from SABEW member organizations. Twitter, like any media company, serves […]
Twitter suspends accounts of biz reporters covering Musk
Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, report Mitchell Clark and Alex Heath of The Verge. Clark and Heath report that the reporters include “Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster. “The reporters who have been banned […]
The need for more diversity among biz reporters
Dominic-Madori Davis, a senior reporter at TechCrunch, writes about the need for more diversity in tech and business journalism for Nieman Lab. Davis writes, “Next year, I want to see the hiring and retention of diverse staff reporters — and I don’t mean just white women — who are then given platforms to not only […]
Crypto site The Block has been FTX’s funded by Bankman-Fried
The Block, which covers crypto news, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled to The Block’s CEO from the disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency trading firm, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The payments, which employees of The Block were previously unaware of, could undermine the news company’s credibility and cast doubt […]
