Joe Flint

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.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

Yes I’m now an advertisement! https://t.co/T7WimWW5se

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

My good friend @annabdavid on being the "lone weirdo mom" on the playground.
https://t.co/fPsaQfkd2Q

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

@TedatPolicyband Also NBCU hasn't been the drag on Comcast stock, Comcast has.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

@DavidPoland Tweet, retweet and rewrite and click click click

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

You made TGIF @DylanByers

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav notes company's record number of Emmy nominations in memo saying, "This year's nominations are another powerful affirmation of that progress, reflecting the depth, quality and range of storytelling that continues to set us apart." Also tells CNN "your work serving as the world’s eyes and ears has never mattered more."

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

this is only 40 years too late but nice gesture.

[Washington Commanders @Commanders]

Statement from Managing Partner Josh Harris on the retirement of John Riggins’ jersey number

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery is set to emerge with nearly $80 billion in debt—a burden that could weigh on decisions including streaming investments and sports rights https://t.co/HegCJu1wB6

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

The Critically Panned Vigilante Movie That Found an Audience via Elon Musk from ⁦@thesimonetti⁩ https://t.co/1R7IGTYYgp

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

David Ellison will have little margin for error.
https://t.co/Z8PBnm2UNP via @WSJ

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

The debt and looming cuts are a shadow hanging over a company that will house two of Hollywood’s founding movie studios, several famed TV brands including CNN and MTV, and a supersize streaming service.
https://t.co/wmWEvv1JsE via @WSJ

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

Where is Clara Tillinghast when you need her? (That's a next level joke so lets see who gets it)

[David Zweig @davidzweig]

The New Yorker ostensibly has the best fact-checking dept in all of journalism. Is it technically correct that Platner is an oyster farmer? Sure, OK. But to describe him as such when the business makes $5k and its primary customer is his mom is obviously incredibly misleading.

When the media is in the tank for someone or some issue all scruples and professionalism go out the window.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

Ewan Roy is kind of the most annoying character on Succession. Always so haughty and self-righteous but anytime there is a chance to change anything he allegeedly loathes he wimps out.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

Wait, "The Pitt" wasn't in the comedy category? What gives? Blood, gore, Viagra overdoses! Comedy gold.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

I like Widow's Bay? But comedy? Same with The Bear. Academy needs a dramady category.

[Television Academy @TelevisionAcad]

And the #Emmy nominees are...

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

So is it MS "NOW" time? Kind of like ATN: "We Here For You"

[Brian Steinberg @bristei]

Is MS NOW the natural successor to Jeff Zucker's CNN?

I explore the idea in my latest, which examines concerns over how Paramount might manage the WBD news giant...

https://t.co/SxN7jx9zaw via @variety

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

From Fox Sports on yesterday's US-Belgium match.