Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:30 PM ET, May 2, 2022

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
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.
RELATED:
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Sources detail how Tucker Carlson's embrace of Trumpism as the foundation of his show, unlike Hannity's embrace of Trump himself, would reshape Fox News  —  Tucker Carlson had a problem.  —  After years in the cable wilderness, he had made a triumphant return to prime time.
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 …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
In a presentation to advertisers, NBCU says it will release three new Universal movies straight to Peacock; Universal has 25 movies set to release in 2022  —  The move is not only an attempt to attract subscribers but an acknowledgment that releasing some films theatrically has become more of a gamble.
RELATED:
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Q&A with David Skok, founder of Canadian tech and business news site The Logic, which launched in 2018 and will soon employ 23 staff, 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 …
CoinDesk:
The Wikimedia Foundation decides to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations following community feedback, citing Mozilla's similar move in January 2022  —  The announcement follows a vote by the Wikimedia community in which 71.2% voted in favor of a proposal to stop accepting cryptocurrency.
Brent Lang / Variety:
A look at the 2021 compensation for the top paid execs at AT&T, Netflix, Disney, ViacomCBS, Fox, Comcast, Discovery, and Endeavor, as lavish pay packages return  —  It was a year of plague, mergers and mega-paydays for the moguls who run some of the largest media companies in the world.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku adds Apple Music support to its devices; Roku users can sign up for Apple Music through the Roku Channel Store and get a one-month free trial  —  The Apple Music premium music subscription service is now available globally on the Roku platform.  —  Apple Music subscribers can access …
Discussion: MacRumors and Business Wire
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 12:30 PM ET, May 2, 2022.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
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
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
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
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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
Max Tani / Politico:
Some White House correspondents complain that Biden Administration storylines, while important and substantive, are “boring” and don't create star journalists
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