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Some mysterious rich people bought LA Weekly and then fired their staff. Now they’re trying to get free contributions. https://twitter.com/laweekly/status/936995889578516482 Also it’s spelled Angelenos.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Some mysterious rich people bought LA Weekly and then fired their staff. Now they’re trying to get free contributions. 
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Dec 2, 2017 20:02
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That tweet is now deleted, alas 
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Henchman of Santa posted:Some mysterious rich people bought LA Weekly and then fired their staff. Now they’re trying to get free contributions. Wasn’t LA Weekly the one that unionized so the bosses fired everyone?
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Dec 2, 2017 21:07
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Wasn’t LA Weekly the one that unionized so the bosses fired everyone? That was Gothamist. They shut the whole publication down to get around legal restrictions on “firing for unionization”.
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Dec 2, 2017 22:23
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It’s hard to keep up with which good journalism outlet has been completely hosed over by rich assholes in which way this year.
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Dec 3, 2017 00:30
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The guy also shut down SFist, Chicagoist, and LAist despite none of them unionizing.
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Dec 3, 2017 00:40
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Mu Zeta posted:The guy also shut down SFist, Chicagoist, and LAist despite none of them unionizing. Also DNAinfo. He’s part of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs. I think he can afford having unionized employees.
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Dec 3, 2017 00:41
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Speaking of news organizations, this promotion was...not smart. https://twitter.com/pizzahutdeliver/status/937003439418208256
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Dec 3, 2017 00:44
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Yvonmukluk posted:Speaking of news organizations, this promotion was...not smart. I don’t get it. Is it because the Sun is a horrible rag?
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Dec 3, 2017 00:47
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don’t get it. Is it because the Sun is a horrible rag? Yes. In fact it's not sold in Liverpool because of their reporting on the Hillsborough disaster. Also worth noting: The Sun on Sunday was created to replace another Murdoch paper, the News of The World, after it was embroiled in a phonehacking scandal (including hacking a murdered teenager's phone, which wound up creating the false impression she might still be alive.) It's also being targeted by the 'Stop Funding Hate' campaign to boycott sponsors of racebaiting newspapers. So this was catastrophically stupid.
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Dec 3, 2017 01:08
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The Sun likes to brag that it was vindicated of criminal charges as well, but neglects to mention this is due to throwing low level staff under the bus to avoid anyone important getting prosecuted.
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Dec 3, 2017 01:14
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Yvonmukluk posted:Yes. British media rules
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Dec 3, 2017 01:22
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It sounds only slightly more scummy than literally all of their other newspapers e: The British press is about on par with the Ugandan press 
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Dec 3, 2017 13:49
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Please don't conflate the lovely redtops with all British media. I mean most of its terrible but for different reasons.
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Dec 3, 2017 14:23
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Henchman of Santa posted:I don’t get it. Is it because the Sun is a horrible rag? Not an exact analogy because they're very different types of media, but think of it as "Domino's partners with Breitbart" to understand the strength of feeling from non-psychopaths.
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Dec 3, 2017 14:29
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Phlegmish posted:It sounds only slightly more scummy than literally all of their other newspapers That poo poo is literally renaissance level bullshit - this type of reporting actually almost got Leonardo Da Vinci killed. There was a scandal during his lifetime as everyone "knew" that the leading artists at the time were gay, but no one really cared - the problem was that it was illegal and iirc carried the death penalty, so for the most part it was a country-wide Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell situation - however, due to some political arguments, a piece was published by some rear end in a top hat "outing" a few dozen political enemies, and Da Vinci happened to have his name on that list. That close call did not help his severe paranoia. (my source was a book I read based on Da Vinci's contribution to the sciences. This book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonardo-Vinci-Scientist-Michael-White/dp/0349112746)
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Corrode posted:Not an exact analogy because they're very different types of media, but think of it as "Domino's partners with Breitbart" to understand the strength of feeling from non-psychopaths. lol https://twitter.com/pizzahutdeliver/status/937075669313433600
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Dec 3, 2017 23:57
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WebDog posted:I think he means the studio that was behind Dallas Buyers Club attempted to sue Aussies who pirated the film by trying to get ISPs to hand over any ids of whomever matched the ip addresses they had. Page back and she but yeah, this. gently caress speculative invoicing, especially here where movies, TV shows and games are often on delayed release, stupidly over priced or both. The most frustrating thing is having a TV show or movie that you want to watch but no legitimate means of doing so, and so having to either wait (sometimes months or years) for it to be released or just pirating it. I'd argue that now, with so many avenues of distribution for both creators and pirates, delayed or staggered release is a dumb marketing move. It's not like the 1950s where you actually had to wait for the movie reels to physically arrive from America, or wherever.
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Dec 4, 2017 00:49
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 Doc Martens on the NYC subway advertising the classic skinhead boot with red laces might not be the best choice.
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Dec 4, 2017 01:00
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I can't imagine any meaningful number of people are aware of that connection.
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Dec 4, 2017 01:32
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Strudel Man posted:I can't imagine any meaningful number of people are aware of that connection. But Doc Martens assuredly are, which is different than accidentally using that imagery. At best, they didn't care that they were normalizing nazi-skinhead imagery.
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Dec 4, 2017 01:46
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Looks pretty fake with the chorus pedal not even plugged in.
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Dec 4, 2017 01:46
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I can't imagine why the company that owns Doc Martins doesn't do everything they can to break that association. I mean, I imagine they have a policy of telling they're marketing guys "Hey, litteral nazis want our boots to synonymous with being a racists rear end in a top hat. Here's a list of things to avoid to help distance us from it." But apparently not. Moto42 has a new favorite as of 01:49 on Dec 4, 2017 |
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Dec 4, 2017 01:46
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Their owns are white and therefore probably nazis.
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Phlegmish posted:It sounds only slightly more scummy than literally all of their other newspapers but I bet I would get sad at the end of every single episode given how they are treated there
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Grassy Knowles posted:But Doc Martens assuredly are, which is different than accidentally using that imagery. At best, they didn't care that they were normalizing nazi-skinhead imagery.
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Strudel Man posted:I can't imagine any meaningful number of people are aware of that connection. They still look like fascist head‐stomping boots. That’s fascist (head stomping) boots, not (fascist head) stomping boots.
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Dec 4, 2017 03:35
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Strudel Man posted:The imagery of a guy wearing the shoes they sell, with either white or red laces? Would you try to sell milk by showing a guy in a white polo shirt and khaki pants giving the OK sign while drinking it?
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Dec 4, 2017 04:15
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chitoryu12 posted:Would you try to sell milk by showing a guy in a white polo shirt and khaki pants giving the OK sign while drinking it? ...yes? Why not?
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Byzantine posted:...yes? Why not? It's the newest nazi dogwhistle
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Dec 4, 2017 05:18
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Ziv Zulander posted:It's the newest nazi dogwhistle
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I would probably watch Uganda's Top 100 Homos With that title I'm imagining something like a VH1 countdown. We just need the Ugandan equivalent of Danny Bonaduce or the Snapple lady to try to be funny about each person.
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I briefly broke into the top 10 last year, hoping to continue my lucky streakStrudel Man posted:I can't imagine any meaningful number of people are aware of that connection. Yeah, I knew the color of the laces was symbolic, but I didn't remember the specifics. That said, you'd expect them to be aware of it/do their research.
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Dec 4, 2017 08:35
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Strudel Man posted:Well that's just stupid. They deliberately do this to try and co-opt innocuous things after it was successful in 'taking back' memes thanks to credulous and hysterical media. It's like deliberately invoking a Satanic Panic.
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Dec 4, 2017 08:58
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Wait, milk is a nazi symbol now?
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Andrast posted:Wait, milk is a nazi symbol now? Yeah, because according to them only white people can digest milk (because asians and black people are all lactose intolerant, apparently?), so its a symbol of being white (which is obviously stupid as hell). Plus milk is white, so double word score.
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Dec 4, 2017 09:21
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I can see asians but black people?
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Tired Moritz posted:I can see asians but black people? 
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Karatela posted:Yeah, because according to them only white people can digest milk (because asians and black people are all lactose intolerant, apparently?), so its a symbol of being white (which is obviously stupid as hell). Maasai are white now?
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