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9:30 PM ET, April 26, 2022

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Twitter has aggressively defended users' privacy and free speech rights, pushing back on unmasking subpoenas; it's unclear if this will continue under Musk  —  For all the talk of how Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter to make it more supportive of free speech, there remain a ton of questions about what it will actually mean in practice.
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter agrees to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk” for $54.20 per share in cash; the ~$44B deal requires shareholder and regulatory approval
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that Twitter must follow the new Digital Services Act rules or face fines or even a ban in Europe
Harriet Ryan / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles County's sheriff launches a criminal leak probe into journalist Alene Tchekmedyian for revealing a cover-up of a deputy kneeling on an inmate's head  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday his department is targeting a Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation …
Variety:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery cuts development of new TBS and TNT scripted shows; it's unclear what will happen to the current slate of scripted programming  —  TNT and TBS are moving out of the scripted game under new parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which CEO David Zaslav has promised …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Discovery reports Q1 revenue rose 13% YoY to $3.16B; the CFO estimates the WarnerMedia part of 2022's profit baseline will be about $500M lower than expected  —  - Warner Bros. Discovery shares fell Tuesday after the company warned its 2022 profit would be lower than expected in light of a “messy” combination of assets.
The New York Times Company:
Dean Baquet will lead a new one-year local investigative journalism fellowship at the NYT, which will offer free co-publication to local news outlets  —  The New York Times announces a new fellowship for investigative journalism focused on the state and local level.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Reader co-owner Len Goodman and three board members step down amid protests from employees, allowing the alt-weekly to transition to a nonprofit  —  ExpandAutoplay  —  1 of 7  —  Staff and supporters of the Chicago Reader rally April 21, 2022, outside the Lakeview home of Reader investor Leonard Goodman.
Peter White / Deadline:
Warner Music Group launches podcast network Interval Presents, which will produce talk shows and narrative-driven episodic shows  —  Warner Music Group is launching a podcast network and has set shows from stars including Lupita Nyong'o and Jason Derulo.  —  The record label …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
IFC Films, which has held distribution pacts with Showtime and Hulu, and AMC Networks announce a deal in which IFC movies will stream exclusively on AMC+  —  IFC Films is moving its first pay television window to AMC+, in a bid by AMC Networks to carve out a weekly exclusive movie premiere every week …
Marie Woolf / Canadian Press:
Rachel Curran, Meta policy manager for Canada, tells a parliamentary panel that Meta has serious concerns over an online news bill that mirrors Australia's law  —  OTTAWA - Digital giant Meta says it has “serious concerns” about the federal government's online news bill …
Discussion: National Post and @bgrueskin
 
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Survey of 4K respondents in eastern EU countries: 52% are concerned about media freedom and 59% support granting EU more powers to protect media liberties
Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:
Berlin-based Informed, a news app available in beta that offers consumers a human-curated feed with access to outlets like the NYT, raises a €5M seed round
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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Online podcast recording service Riverside raises a $35M Series B led by Oren Zeev and says its clients include the NYT, Fox Sports, Marvel, and iHeartMedia
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Kevin Hart's media company HartBeat, which has deals with Peacock and Netflix, raises $100M from PE firm Abry Partners, sources say at a $650M valuation