some personal news! i'm now covering TikTok and emerging media companies for , officially back on the media desk! incredibly excited for this new beat:
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Sapna Maheshwari
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whatsupna? business reporter covering TikTok and emerging media. pun lover, Tar Heel, from CT. tips to sapna@nytimes.com, DM for Signal, WhatsApp.
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Our full story on the Tucker Carlson exit, a decision made by Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott
nytimes.com/live/2023/04/2
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i *still* miss working with Venessa. hire her!
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I had to regain sensation in my body before getting back on Twitter. I've been at @BuzzFeedNews for 8 years, so it's a shock to the system to see it go. My DMs are open if you're hiring. Mostly I just want to create a space to thank everyone who gave me a shot since 2015
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MORE on Don Lemon exit, which Lemon is calling a termination:
Some guests were reluctant to appear on-air with Lemon, per CNN bookers. Network research found that audience sentiment on Lemon had dipped following his Nikki Haley controversy.
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🧵Yesterday I learned that my newsroom, , where I have worked since 2016, will be shut down.
I need a job.
My work has been impactful. It has influenced tech coverage, won a Mirror Award, and a fellowship at Harvard. Here are a few of my best stories.
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i'm obviously sad, but i'm immensely proud of the work i did here — even the stuff that seemed stupid! i had such freedom & it was indescribably fun!
if anyone in this industry is hiring (lol) or wants me to write or edit, my email is davidmackau@gmail.com!
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what a ride!!! 8.5 years!!!
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In case it isn’t obvious, I’m looking for a new job after 10 years!
Please hire me! I’m very good at reporting the news, particularly investigation and finding people. I’ve produced definitive coverage on online extremism. Also, I write viral stories about the royal family.
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Breaking News: BuzzFeed is shutting down its news division, BuzzFeed News, as part of an effort to cut the company’s work force by 15%, the chief executive said. nyti.ms/41nXMOh
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fwiw, there are 32 people in the former BuzzFeed slack at the NYT. just thinking of all the awesome people who worked there and those who are dealing with all of this today.
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this is so devastating. people told me i was committing “career suicide” when i left Bloomberg for BuzzFeed News in 2013. it ended up being the best decision - the place where I did some of my best work, made lifelong friends, and it helped me get to the NYT.
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Look forward to testifying tonight about TikTok’s unique surveillance and foreign influence threats before the Australian Senate’s Select Committee.
Will be testifying (virtually) starting at 7:00pm eastern.🦘
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The House just held a hearing on the data broker industry that’s monetizing your information.
We watched it so you don’t have to ⬇️
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BREAKING: Fox News has abruptly settled the defamation case brought by Dominion, after a trial jury was selected and lawyers waited in the courtroom to give their openings
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Since the beginning of the year, dozens of school districts -- including some right here in the Bay Area -- have sued Meta, Alphabet, Snap, TikTok.
These districts allege the tech giants are a "public nuisance," like Juul.
My latest for :
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As migrant children were exploited for cheap labor in the US, the people who were supposed to protect these kids looked the other way.
Whistleblowers warned the White House for two years, but were dismissed as thousands of children took on dangerous jobs.
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such a great read:
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New: The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley
nytimes.com/2023/04/15/bus
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Wilmington's lunch restaurants set to do roaring trade today as hundreds of reporters wander around with nothing to do
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“To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon…we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,” Netflix says.
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I had the honor to sit down this week with reporter ’s family. They’re amazingly strong. But they’re living through their worst nightmare: a son wrongfully imprisoned by the country they fled.
#istandwithevan #freeevan
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New: Montana's legislature became the first in the nation to pass a TikTok ban. It now goes to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's desk.
If it becomes law, the ban will almost certainly be challenged in court.
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the number of people who use BeReal daily has dropped 61% from its peak of 15 million in October to less than 6 million in March, according to Apptopia
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NEW:
Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property.
The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales.
Thomas didn't disclose anything.
Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal.
propublica.org/article/claren
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what are the best cool flats now that can handle the mean streets of nyc (bonus if they come in metallics)
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In a lengthy note to staff this morning, Insider EIC says the publication will begin experimenting with how to use AI for reporting and editing. Here are parts of the memo:
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New York City has found its new rat czar.
Kathleen Corradi, a former elementary schoolteacher, will serve as the city's first-ever director of rodent mitigation. “You’ll be seeing a lot of me and lot less rats,” she said. nyti.ms/3zQRnzl
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this story is so good. turns out a standard 9-5 desk job can be more appealing than being Instagram famous and all those brand deals can come at a toxic price:
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New: The Montana legislature is now closer than any other body in the United States to banning TikTok.
But the effort has faced obstacles in Helena. It's a preview of what might snarl Congress or the White House if Washington pursues its own TikTok ban.
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NPR will suspend its use of Twitter, the broadcaster said on Wednesday, a little over a week after the social network designated the organization's account “U.S. state-affiliated media.” Twitter has since changed the label to “Government-funded Media.”
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scoop: Vox Media is spinning out NowThis, which it acquired a year ago, to a nonprofit called accelerate change
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for I wrote about the stand-off over offices, why strict in-person rules keep breaking down and what could be coming next in the battles over how people work
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New from me: Talked to some Taylor Swift fans about the breakup reports. Unless they hear it from her or her rep, many said they won't believe it's real.
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Ty @sapna, for explaining lemon8 to me, an old person. slate.com/podcasts/what-
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New: Chinese diplomats & state media outlets have rushed to Twitter and other platforms after last month's TikTok hearing, mocking U.S. lawmakers, talking about a "Gen Z rebellion" and making comparisons to Tim Cook's recent China visit, a new report says nytimes.com/2023/04/06/bus
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Rachel Tashjian (@theprophetpizza) named fashion writer in Style
washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/04/06/
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🚨Chinese State Propaganda Goes to Bat for TikTok
For a company professing its distance from the CCP, Chinese diplomats & state media have a lot to say about #TikTok. Especially on social media.
New report from me & (& covered by ):
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NEW: Clarence Thomas secretly accepted lavish luxury travel for decades from a billionaire businessman/GOP donor, in apparent repeat violation of ethics law.
Fmr judge: “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this."
propublica.org/article/claren w/
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