Mic founder Jake Horowitz reported Friday afternoon that President Obama has been “discussing a post-presidential career in digital media.” The White House swiftly denied it, but that didn’t stop journalists from cracking wise about the possibility:
*March, 2017*
“Barack Obama, CNN digital contributor,” the chyron reads.— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) December 2, 2016
is obama coming for my job or not https://t.co/PcEGRgFH7g
— Sami Main (@samimain) December 2, 2016
Glad to see my Bloomberg View colleague Barack Obama is sticking with digital media. https://t.co/1HPoK7AOSE / https://t.co/OI0LDmNibZ
— Matt Levine (@matt_levine) December 2, 2016
Obama Insider https://t.co/TQKf8NRhh3
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) December 2, 2016
Obama can’t wait to tip techmeme
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) December 2, 2016
Obama’s getting a tinyletter https://t.co/Q0lSE1FMrh
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 2, 2016
So Obama is moving to Macedonia?
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) December 2, 2016
Barack Obama is taking over @fmanjoo‘s Twitter feed.
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) December 2, 2016
Tinyletters From My Father
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) December 2, 2016
Would make sense for Obama to start a website though after the smashing success of health care dot gov #toosoon?
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) December 2, 2016
Content We Can Believe In
— Joseph Lichterman (@ylichterman) December 2, 2016
digital obama wants more GIFs
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) December 2, 2016
digital Obama wonders if he should divert resources from Snap to Kik
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) December 2, 2016
digital obama always asks his writers if the story will have a video component
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) December 2, 2016
digital media obama realizes the necessity of becoming a writers union buster
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) December 2, 2016
going from the White House to a digital media company is like going from Ionesco to Artaud
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) December 2, 2016
“It was a creed written into the Medium posts that declared the destiny of a native digital startup: Yes, we can.”
— Joseph Lichterman (@ylichterman) December 2, 2016
“It was whispered by audience engagement editors as they blazed a trail towards virality through the slowest of news cycles: Yes, we can.”
— Joseph Lichterman (@ylichterman) December 2, 2016
“It was sung by writers as they struck out from distant papers and pioneers who pushed online against an unforgiving biz model: Yes, we can”
— Joseph Lichterman (@ylichterman) December 2, 2016
“Yes, we can, to Facebook shares and prosperity. Yes, we can heal this newsroom. Yes, we can repair this industry. Yes, we can.”
— Joseph Lichterman (@ylichterman) December 2, 2016
