“The registration gateway doesn’t require payment, but it gives CNN access to first-party data that it could use to improve its ad products or eventually sell subscriptions…It comes as CEO Mark Thompson has begun teasing a possible consumer subscription strategy for the company’s digital products.”

“Journalists don’t delude themselves that newsrooms are democracies; they know they don’t get a vote. But successful newsrooms aren’t dictatorships, either.”

“I know, because my wife and friends keep reminding me, that not everyone shares my obsession, so I try to pretend I don’t care that much. When I meet new people, I never bring up the contest on my own—deep down, though, I hope someone else will, because it’s all I want to talk about. (You can imagine my delight when an editor at The Atlantic asked me to write this article.)”

G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller in a company-wide memo: “After serious consideration, G/O Media’s board of directors have decided to accept [European company Keleops Media’s] offer for a variety of reasons which include Keleops’ agreement to keep Gizmodo’s entire staff intact and a sale valuation that represents a substantial premium from our original purchase price for the site.”

“When I signed up for OpenAI, I did not sign up for this attitude of ‘Let’s put things out into the world and see what happens and fix them afterward.'”

“The conspiracy group’s goal was to convince people the world is run by pedophiles, and, well, mission accomplished.”

“Washington Post staffers are concerned that Lewis is cleaning house, sources told NOTUS. They fear that he’s installing allies to consolidate power over an editorial vision they don’t have clarity on just months ahead of one of the most contentious election years in American history.”

“The campaign tagline, ‘It’s Your Business,’ is meant to ‘shift the perception of the Journal that prospects may have. Those who think the Journal isn’t for them,’ said Sherry Weiss, chief marketing officer of the Journal’s parent company Dow Jones.”

“Taciturn and low key, more likely to be buried in documents at his desk than hobnobbing at a Mayfair club, [Robert] Winnett, the deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph, is known for his focus on breaking news, once earning the nickname ‘Rat Boy’ for his relentless drive for scoops.”

U.S. attorney Damian Williams: “As alleged, Bill Guan, the Chief Financial Officer of a global newspaper and media company, conspired with others to benefit himself, the media company, and its affiliates by laundering tens of millions of dollars in fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits and other crime proceeds. When banks raised questions about the funds, Guan allegedly lied repeatedly and falsely claimed that the funds came from legitimate donations to the media company. “

“‘That was not our agreement. Our agreement was the lifetime of you or the lifetime of the magazine, if you pay $99—and $99 back then was a lot of money for a magazine subscription.’ He even put the subscription in his son’s name so it would live on beyond him.”