Joe Flint
@JBFlint
WSJ media reporter. Contrarian. Curmudgeon. Provocateur. "Sleep is for fools who never see the sun rise." A lifeboat in a sea of turds. Open DM: DON'T ABUSE IT.
It’s why I’m keeping my mouth shut over here!
Europe’s loosely defined hate-speech laws and the rise of social media have created fertile ground for authorities to crack down on those seen to be stirring up trouble wsj.com/world/europe/e…
President Trump said he "anticipates" receiving advertising and public-service ad commitments worth $20 million from Skydance, the company in the process of acquiring CBS parent Paramount Global wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ
SCOOP: 'South Park' creators reach $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, finally bringing the beloved cartoon to Paramount+. The breakthrough came Monday after weeks of tense negotiations. @latimes latimes.com/entertainment-…
"Sack the F up." -- Jon Stewart to media, law firms and educational institutions. "Compliance and complacency is not the answer."
"Purely financial? Or maybe the path of least resistance for your $8 billion dollar merger" -- Jon Stewart on Monday's show. He added, "I believe CBS lost the benefit of the doubt" two weeks prior "when they sold out their flagship news program to pay an extortion fee" to Trump
Tell us you have no idea about Baltimore and Washington by telling us you have no idea about Baltimore and Washington.
Stephen A. Smith wants Commanders and Ravens to share one stadium dlvr.it/TM2dSZ
I know it looks like it's this thing over here. But it's actually that thing over there.
Former Letterman producer Rob Burnett sounds off on decision by CBS to cancel Colbert. "The idea that this is pure financial decision seems to ludicrous to me," he says. wsj.com/business/media…
CBS is pulling the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”—and on the entire late-night franchise. Compnay cites economic reasons. Move does come after Colbert criticizes Trump settlement. wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ
Rep. Melanie Stansbury suggests Trump's library donations strategy comes from episodes of "Veep" and "House of Cards."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is co-sponsoring presidential library anti-corruption act. "People have a right to know who is gaining favor with a president...through donations to a library. "Trump has taken corruption here to open and blatant new heights," Blumenthal said.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduces the presidential library anti-corruption act. Bill is aimed to prohibit money from big companies and foreign governments from pledging millions as a way of cozying up to administration or settling legal disputes. Bill comes after Paramount and…
OK the end of episode four of Apple's Smoke is either jump the shark or it's about to go next level. Will have to wait for episode five to find out.
“Much of what is written about pictures and picture people approaches reality only occasionally and accidentally.” — Joan Didion, “In Hollywood.”
Europe’s loosely defined hate-speech laws and the rise of social media have created fertile ground for authorities to crack down on those seen to be stirring up trouble wsj.com/world/europe/e…
At the Musee d’Orsay in Paris I came across this portrait of the first Allen & Co. Sun Valley gathering.
