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3:40 PM ET, April 3, 2023

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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Twitter removed the verified badge from The New York Times' main account after Elon Musk responded to a meme taunting the outlet's decision not to pay for Blue  —  The Times and other news organizations say they won't pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation
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Aaron McDade / Yahoo Finance:
In a now-deleted tweet, Elon Musk said Twitter would give verified accounts “a few weeks grace” but take away their checkmarks if “they tell they won't pay now”  —  - The first day of Twitter's previously announced axing of “legacy” verified checks nearly passed without incident.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Email: The White House will not pay for Twitter Blue for its staff; the White House and top officials' accounts like POTUS will likely maintain gray checkmarks
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
Endeavor acquires WWE in a deal that values WWE at $9.3B including debt; the combined company, valued at $21B+, will be led by Endeavor CEO Ariel Emanuel  —  Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. in a deal that values the company at $9.3 billion including debt.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
An interview with WWE President Nick Khan on WWE and UFC pursuing separate linear TV rights negotiations, continuing WWE's Saudi relationship, and more  —  WWE and UFC will pursue separate media rights negotiations for linear TV, but there could be an opportunity to pursue a combined streaming deal …
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Evan Gershkovich, the 31-year-old WSJ reporter detained by Russia whose parents fled the USSR for the US and who later made Moscow his second home  —  The Wall Street Journal correspondent, whose parents fled the Soviet Union, made Moscow a second home.
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Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Top editors at 38 outlets globally sign a letter condemning the detention of The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich and calling for his immediate release
Thomas E. Patterson / Nieman Lab:
A survey of 253 NPR member stations finds that 60% have 10 or fewer news staff and average just over one hour of locally produced news programming per day  —  “Local public radio has a staffing problem.  Stations have considerable potential but aren't yet in a position to make it happen."
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at fissures within The Guardian over its trans coverage after years of strife, as the anti-trans wing is widely viewed internally as ascendant  —  The wars at The Guardian reached one of their periodic peaks in September of 2021, when the philosopher Judith Butler said in an interview …
Drew Taylor / The Wrap:
CBS' 60 Minutes faces a backlash for an interview with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, which aired on Sunday evening  —  The CBS news magazine profiles the congresswoman who questioned whether 9/11 happened and defended the events of Jan. 6 in an upcoming interview
Karl Rasmussen / Sports Illustrated:
Nielsen: the NCAA women's basketball tournament semifinals averaged 4.5M viewers on ESPN's platforms, the highest average on record for the Women's Final Four  —  The Women's Final Four captivated millions across the country on Friday evening, and the viewership numbers back it up.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Cineworld announces a restructuring agreement with lenders, reducing its debt by ~$4.53B, and expects to emerge from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in H1 2023  —  The cinema giant hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 proceeding by mid-year, with CEO Mooky Greidinger calling the agreement with lenders …
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