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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
The Markup's co-founder Julia Angwin is out as editor in chief of the new nonprofit tech watchdog site; Angwin says she was pushed out by co-founder Sue Gardner — For the last year, the investigative journalist Julia Angwin has been busy building The Markup, a nonprofit news site dedicated …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Source: Trump complained in a meeting with Jack Dorsey that Twitter had removed some of his followers; Dorsey stressed even he lost followers with new policies — President Trump on Tuesday met privately with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a huddle at the White House between one of the site's …
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Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter:
In a win for streaming services like Netflix, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences votes not to change eligibility rules for the 92nd Oscars — “We plan to further study the profound changes occurring in our industry and continue discussions with our members about these issues," Academy President John Bailey said.
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BBC:
Lyra McKee's funeral, which took place in Belfast on Wednesday, was attended by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins — Lyra McKee revealed plans to propose to her partner Sara just hours before she was murdered, a friend told mourners at her funeral.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T Q1: WarnerMedia revenue rose 3.3% YoY to $8.38B, missing analyst estimates, as DirecTV and U-verse TV lost 544K net subscribers, and DirecTV Now lost 83K — AT&T's missed on the top-line with first quarter sales coming in under Wall Street targets.
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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
The Joe Rogan Experience has requested to be removed from the Luminary podcast platform, possibly signaling a broader cascade of withdrawals — The Joe Rogan Experience has requested to be removed from the Luminary platform, I've confirmed. — The team explicitly cites licensing issues as the reason behind the intent to withdraw.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix says it is raising $2B in debt to fund content and other expenses, ahead of the launch of streaming services from Disney, Apple, and WarnerMedia — Netflix is raising another $2 billion in debt to fund its content spending and other expenses, the company announced this morning.
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Twitter:
Twitter is adding an option to report attempts to mislead election voters, which will be available in India from April 25 and the EU from April 29 — Voting is a fundamental human right and the public conversation occurring on Twitter is never more important than during elections.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CNN is launching a channel, comprised of short-form digital content, on Viacom's ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV — CNN programming is coming to Pluto TV, Viacom's free streaming TV service, on a dedicated channel launching for users in the U.S. Tuesday.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS announces it is suspending its search for a new CEO and that acting CEO Joseph Ianniello will remain in the role through the end of the year — CBS Corp. said it would extend the tenure of its acting CEO, Joseph Ianniello, through the end of the year and that it would suspend its search for a new leader for the company.
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Theodore Schleifer / Recode:
Sources: lifestyle website Brit + Co is laying off a majority of staff, which had dwindled to ~50 people based on its team page; the company has raised $50M+ — Another casualty of Facebook and Google's advertising duopoly. — Brit + Co, a buzzy digital media brand for millennial women …
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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue of $320M, vs. $307M est., up 39% YoY, DAUs of 190M, up 2% QoQ; Snapchat reaches 90% of 13-24 year-olds in US; stock up 8%+ — - Snap, the maker of Snapchat, posted a loss fo 10 cents per share, vs. expected loss of 12 cents per share.
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