Musk criticises NPR: ‘You don’t generally bite the hand that feeds you’
In an interview with The Babylon Bee, Musk talks about NPR leaving Twitter, after the company labelled it as state0funded media:
We’re trying to apply the rules consistently at Twitter. If we’re going to call some media state-affiliated, then we should apply the label equally. They got pretty upset at that, and said that ‘state-affiliated’ implies that the state has editorial authority and influence over the content. So you’re saying you don’t have that? How self-aware are you? NPR literally, on their own website, said government funding was essential to their operation. We even changed [the label] from ‘state-affiliated’, to ‘state-funded’. That’s literally a statement of fact. But they’re unhappy with that. They have got to their punches in criticizing the government. It’s just a guess, based on their extreme dependence on government funding. I mean you don’t generally bite the hand that feeds you.
How will we ever stay informed on Twitter without NPR? pic.twitter.com/wWNN0fv8uq
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) May 31, 2023
Verizon Media Tech Venture Studio panel
Yaccarino appears on a ‘Content and the Consumer’ panel with Tim Armstrong, CEO of Oath, talking about ‘advertising, content distribution, and why brands can never lose sight of the consumer.’ When asked about how companies like Oath and NBC Universal are competing with companies like Snapchat, Google and Facebook, Yaccarino and Armstrong both said that they view the tech giants as partners (not rivals).
We helped Apple monetize their mobile news. That was our entré into the mobile space.
Talk is Jericho interview
Shadows is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss Avenged Sevenfold’s new album and the death of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan.
We’re kind of in that realm where we have a lot of complainers about stuff we put out. I don’t really know any other way to do it, though. We like to put out different records. The next one will be as different to Hail to the King as Hail to the King is so different from everything else we’ve ever put out.
Tempestt Bledsoe interview
Bledsoe talks about the premiere of her show Guys with Kids, and what goes into casting the children.
We have like 800 babies on the show.
