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7:30 PM ET, April 24, 2022

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources describe how rival strategies for CNN+, combined with unexpected events like Zucker's resignation and the Discovery merger, fueled its rapid demise  —  Chris Licht wasn't supposed to start his new job as CNN's chief until May.  —  But on Thursday he found himself addressing …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: ~350 of CNN+'s 700 staff will be laid off with pay and benefits for the next 90 days; much of the CNN+ programming will be reallocated to other services  —  The shuttering of CNN+ three weeks after the subscription service launched will be remembered as one of the most chaotic moments of CNN's 40-year history.
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill revoking Disney's special tax status, effective as of June 2023, after a clash over the state's “Don't Say Gay” law  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis's move to revoke the company's special tax status in Florida showed how combative his party …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
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Netflix lost 700K subscribers by suspending its service in Russia, where it was available for six years; ad-supported plans could help Netflix catch up abroad  —  This Thursday, we're taking a closer look at Netflix's plans to bring ads to its service.  Also: New leadership for Crunchyroll, and the mini-metaverse.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: after churning out 500+ original programs in 2021, Netflix is looking to rein in costs and add fewer new titles with a greater emphasis on quality
Joy Press / Vanity Fair:
Streamers are acting like TV networks, pulling back on edgy content and seeking “elevated broadcasts”, like sitcoms, under financial pressure and competition  —  Desperate for subscriber eyeballs, streamers are pulling back on edgy content—and acting more like the networks they trounced in the revolution.
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David Zurawik / CNN:
Editors and producers detail the challenges in covering news from Ukraine's Mariupol, including few legacy correspondents on the ground and unverified videos  —  (CNN Business)After weeks of on-scene, live coverage of the war in Ukraine by some of the world's best journalists …
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Twitter bans ads that promote climate change denial and contradict “scientific consensus”  —  Twitter says ads can't contradict “scientific consensus” on the environmental crisis  —  Twitter is banning advertisements that promote climate change denial in an effort to curb …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Russia charges Washington Post opinions contributor and dissident writer Vladimir Kara-Murza for allegedly spreading “false” info about Russia's army  —  The dissident writer, who called Putin's government “a regime of murderers,” faces prison under a Russian law that attempts to control speech
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed sues to block arbitration claims from employees who say the company improperly denied them the opportunity to sell their shares following its IPO  —  BuzzFeed Inc. wants to block arbitration of claims that the company botched its initial-public offering and improperly denied employees …
 
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Singapore jails Terry Xu, the editor of now-closed news outlet The Online Citizen, for three weeks for defamation over a letter alleging government corruption
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Claire Woodcock / VICE:
Ebook vendors like Hoopla are including titles with COVID-19 disinfo, Holocaust denial, and more; librarians want more transparency and accountability
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Two Georgia election workers settle their defamation lawsuit with OANN over false claims they manipulated ballots, leaving Rudy Giuliani as the only defendant