Merrill Brown

So the Bezos opinion dept. will only write about threats to "personal liberties and free markets." Everyone I'd bet currently working on @washingtonpost op-eds thinks there are no greater threats to both than the Administration he's cozying up to.

Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos

I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too

Utterly overwhelming the press and the opposition's ability to react as government potentially grinds to a halt. https://t.co/gpH3vNGwkM

Near perfect Glaser monologue but pretty darn flat otherwise.

Variety @Variety

Nikki Glaser Roasts Timothée Chalamet's Mustache and Diddy Parties in Golden Globes Monologue: 'Stanley Tucci Freak-off Doesn't Have the Same Ring to It' https://t.co/fHANHXPlnZ

Shareholders and audiences deserve an explanation here. Timing wise they were worried about how their top host would fare in a deposition?

Paul Farhi @farhip

An awful precedent and a huge sellout: ABC will give $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit https://t.co/jDbIEvR8Mx

After Winker shows up here last summer, contributes and fits in perfectly just as Marte seems fading why doesn't Winker get a new #Mets deal? Can it really be that too much money is being thrown his way? Meanwhile Boras just doing his thing.

Mark C. Healey @MarkCHealey

I've heard 2 things #Mets fans are not going to like, I just want to say that they are from sources outside the Mets, The first is Jesse Winker may be close to a deal with the #Reds & Boras is telling teams that Pete is prepared to leave NY. #grainofsalt

Transitions are complex and include important process and deep vetting. No longer. This transition is now actively referred to a "hostile takeover." Consider the national security risks of a new government seated without national security preparation. https://t.co/jEJtNJ3D70

There's a need for meaningful constructive conversation about how to cover a presidency unlike any that has preceded it. Requires focus on government, the US role in the world and how it is being rebuilt. No prescription here just pundit apologia. https://t.co/PR15uBecg9

Engagement with news and news consumption across many platforms are going to reach record levels over the next four years. https://t.co/LqUdGwtxEG

In home sales it's called staging. Here's Will Lewis cleaning things up at @washingtonpost so his mentor Rupert Murdoch can walk in and offer Bezos a good price, taking this headache off his hands. It's the business journalist in me. I was a business reporter at the Post.

Marty Baron @PostBaron

On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.

Of course endorsements don't carry the weight they once did. But if editorial pages of publications matter at all in the world of global affairs, economics, equality and the First Amendment how can any standing be claimed if on this subject a global publications passes.

David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik

NEWS: The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement in this year's presidential race, the editor of the editorial pages has told colleagues at a tense meeting this morning THREAD AND LINK: https://t.co/papQiStKDC

If you're a young first time voter this story could be the first you've seen about Trump's behavior with women. Why aren't editors at major publications repackaging or just republishing all the work done on this topic in previous elections? "Old news?" https://t.co/Yxuv4iBd5u