Former Editorial Director, G/O Media Founding Director, School of Comm. and Media Montclair St More at linkedin.com/in/merrill-bro

Joined June 2007
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Why have so many in the US business, academia and political worlds done so little to create a sense of urgency and act on the pandemic? Where are public information spots? Where's the natl campaign to donate to relief funds or food banks? My take on @cnn. cnn.com/2020/12/07/opinions/…

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Join us March 25 in DC when I'll be moderating a conversation with four news entrepreneurs at @SyracuseIDJC about the many ways the DC-VA-MD region’s news ecosystem is being reinvented, during a period of dramatic change. 📩RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/remaking-lo…
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What comes next for local news? 🗞️ Join us March 25 for a conversation on how entrepreneurs are reshaping the DC region’s news ecosystem. 📩RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/remaking-lo…
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Join me today at 4:30 when I’ll be talking with @StevenBeschloss at americaamerica.news/ to assess the latest at @washingtonpost and news business perils. I was, in another era, a @washingtonpost reporter and business executive. I’m now Visiting Fellow at @SyracuseIDJC in DC.
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And this from the @BostonGlobe
Seahawks fans have arrived en masse to SF. Feels like they are taking over
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The least experienced person ever to run a major news organization has, despite her own sympathies about concentration camps in WWII, chosen to delay a story about the horrors in a US camp. Tragic for one of the world's greatest investigative teams. And yet, not shocking.
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Well said @MarkCHealey. They don't play good ball, don't have good at bats collectively or individually and consistenly make mistakes on the field and in the dugout. They haven't been taught, drilled or held accountable. There's no leadership. Change at the top thus mandatory.
Disgusting.
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Hadn't thought about the leak strategy that includes leaking to motivate the player.
Replying to @MarkCHealey
In some situations this is how it's done. Throw this out there and see what comes back. Prepare the team. On the other hand seems like The Mets front office is a little more buttoned down than this.
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Better be an awfully good starting pitcher if Vientos is getting moved. Especially at this moment.
The Mets are discussing Mark Vientos in trade talks and are believed open to moving him this week. sny.tv/articles/mets-discuss…
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Suggest that those rolling their eyes and not taking this seriously revisit their position and take it seriously.
20 Jul 2025
BARTIROMO: Do you expect indictments and prosecutions? GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...
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My conversation with The AI Forum on the future of news and the role of AI. theaiforum.org/podcast/merri…
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Any rules @CNN on commentators appearing at rallies? Thoughtful comments on the podium about "owning the libs."
I got caught up in the moment 🤣
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Merrill Brown retweeted
"Chief of Staff to Speaker Johnson got picked up after the Joint Sesion address on Tuesday because he got in his car and then he plowed into the back of a parked police car. He got picked up for DUI. They let him go... My motto now is: No more DUI hires." - Rep. Jamies Raskin
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How ironic that @amazon has just made available an extraordinary documentary about my former boss Katharine Graham of @washingtonpost.com. Here's hoping Amazon founder and Post owner Jeff Bezos, his associates and today's Post management spend 90 minutes reflecting on her legacy.
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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.
26 Feb 2025
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 of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job. I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity. I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction. I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void. Jeff
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Near perfect Glaser monologue but pretty darn flat otherwise.
6 Jan 2025
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' variety.com/2025/tv/news/nik…
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