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7:00 PM ET, May 1, 2022

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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
An in-depth look at the rise of Tucker Carlson, who led Fox's Trump-era transformation by stoking white fear, becoming the network's most influential employee  —  Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear.
Myah Ward / Politico:
At the WHCD, President Biden reaffirmed the role of the free press, thanked reporters for covering Russia's war in Ukraine, and memorialized fallen journalists  —  President Joe Biden used Saturday night's return of the White House Correspondents' Dinner to reaffirm the role of the free press …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Q&A with David Skok, founder of Canadian tech and business outlet The Logic, which launched in 2018 and now has 18 journalists, on growth plans and more  —  David Skok, a former newspaper and broadcast journalist, founded subscription news startup The Logic in 2018 with CA$300,000 (£186,000) of investment and three employees.
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Despite blocking Russian state-funded media from ad revenue, Google continued to serve ads alongside stories from those same publishers on Russia's Mail.ru  —  Google has blocked state-owned Russian media from monetizing via ads.  But articles from those publishers have been appearing on Mail.ru, a popular Russian media platform.
Max Tani / Politico:
Some White House correspondents complain that Biden Administration storylines, while important and substantive, are “boring” and don't create star journalists  —  Washington reporters have long considered the role of White House correspondent to be the crown jewel of American political journalism.
Laura Bradley / The Daily Beast:
Former Netflix Tudum staffers describe a chaotic workplace with few metrics to measure their success and no planning around the site's goals and brand identity  —  TU-DUMPED  —  Netflix recruited a small army of journalists—mostly women and people of color—to run Tudum.
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Natalie Oganesyan / The Wrap:
Source: Netflix lays off writers and editors from fan site Tudum, launched in December 2021, in a marketing reorganization that globally laid off 25 out of 500+
Ax Sharma / Wired:
Hollywood's fight against VPN providers like ExpressVPN now goes beyond piracy, as a recent lawsuit alleges VPNs enable crimes like hacking, murder, and more  —  Beyond accusations of encouraging copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity.
Reuters:
Sources: Elon Musk has a new Twitter CEO lined up and offered monetizing ideas, like charging websites for quoting or embedding tweets from verified accounts  —  Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) that he could crack down on executive …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
The FEC unanimously rejects a complaint against Courier Newsroom that claimed the network of progressive news sites had to register as a political committee  —  The Federal Election Commission has unanimously rejected allegations that a network of progressive news sites had operated …
Discussion: @seanjcooksey
Corin Faife / The Verge:
Reuters parent company Thomson Reuters tells shareholders it is assessing the human rights impact of its software including Clear, used by US immigration agents  —  The announcement follows years of activism from the Canadian BCGEU, a minority shareholder in the company
Discussion: @conmijente
 
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Source: Vice Media is working with PJT and LionTree to explore the sale of its studio business, which is Vice's biggest business unit by revenue contribution
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Geoff Morrell is out as Disney's chief corporate affairs officer after less than four months, replaced by Kristina Schake and General Counsel Horacio Gutierrez
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Deloitte: 33% of US consumers both canceled and added a paid video streaming service over the past six months; Gen Z and millennials had 50%+ churn rates
Stuart McGurk / New Statesman:
A deep dive into GB News as the British outlet nears its one-year anniversary: lack of production experience, competition from Murdoch's talkTV, and low ratings
Angelina Chapin / The Cut:
A look at the New York Post's cutthroat workplace culture given ex-editor Michelle Gotthelf's lawsuit; 20+ people have left the paper in the past six months
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Epic Games, which acquired Bandcamp in March, asks a US court to bar Google from removing its app from the Play Store if it doesn't implement its IAP by June 1
Amaris Castillo / Poynter:
A look at the American Mosaic Prize, which annually awards $100K each to two freelance journalists reporting on underrepresented and/or misrepresented US groups
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Report finds Amazon and third parties collect data from interactions with Alexa through Echo speakers and share it with as many as 41 partners for ad targeting