It would appear Taylor Lorenz is out at the Washington Post. To be fair, we hadn't thought of Taylor in quite a while because we hadn't seen her out and about annoying others on social media. Granted, she has blocked Twitchy and likely everyone who writes for us but still ... she hasn't been on anyone's radar lately.
Until now.
NEW — Taylor Lorenz out at Washington Post 🚨🚨🚨https://t.co/vlIeedkCI5
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) October 1, 2024
Gosh, that's a shame.
Anyway ...
From Hollywood Reporter:
Tech culture columnist Taylor Lorenz is striking out on her own, exiting The Washington Post to launch her own publication on the Substack platform.
Lorenz is launching User Magazine, which will “cover technology from the user side. It’s about who has power on the internet and how that power is being wielded,” she says.
“I just wanted to get out of legacy media. I feel like it’s just really, really difficult to do the kind of reporting that I want to do on the internet within these kind of older institutions as a primary job,” Lorenz tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “I like to have a really interactive relationship with my audience. I like to be very vocal online, obviously. And I just think all of that is really hard to do in the roles that are available at these legacy institutions.”
Hrm. So she's going to do her own thing.
Pass.
~personal news~ I'm going independent and launching my own media outlet on Substack called User Mag.
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) October 1, 2024
Please consider buying a yearly subscription to help me continue my work https://t.co/p0IrwAjNVS
And of course, she's turned off replies, just like she always does.
That being said, we're not seeing anyone who will actually miss her but we are seeing a lot of people who think it's hilarious and who are glad to see her go.
So long, old hag.
— U.S. Ministry of Truth (@USMiniTru) October 1, 2024
Ouch.
Did they refuse to let her stay remote, or were they tired of the masking coverage?
— Maxwell Paddock PhD expert (@MaxwellPaddock1) October 1, 2024
Heh.
— texas tweedy (@tweedylouwho) October 1, 2024
What took so long? 🤦♀️
— PoliticalArmy (@Political_Army) October 1, 2024
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) October 1, 2024
Haaaaa.
We see what he did there.
New AARP columnist?
— Disinformation Expert Lizzy (@StarChamberMaid) October 1, 2024
Tough crowd.
— 🇺🇸 (@BosunPipe) October 1, 2024
Nature is healing.
— Pinche Meelo (@PincheMeelo) October 1, 2024
She will not be missed https://t.co/LNph8BGVRB pic.twitter.com/7BwtbppfXM
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 1, 2024
Not even a little bit.
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