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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News says the channel and Tucker Carlson “have agreed to part ways”, and Carlson's last program was Friday, April 21; FOXA stock is down 4%+ — Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, according to a press release from the network. — FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is leaving the company effective immediately, after a Comcast investigation into an employee's complaint of inappropriate conduct — Jeff Shell had been at the Comcast Corp. unit for roughly two decades — NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell is leaving …
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Ben Smith / Vanity Fair:
An inside look at Disney's offer to acquire BuzzFeed in 2013 for $450M, with the potential to earn $200M more, which BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti nearly accepted — In an excerpt from his new book, Traffic, former BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith reports how Jonah Peretti enraged Bob Iger …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A timeline of BuzzFeed News, from hiring Ben Smith in December 2011 to announcing IPO plans in March 2017, including funding deals and competitors' critiques — The “BuzzFeed is the most important news organization in the world” era. — A little over a decade after BuzzFeed News came to life …
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New York Times:
CNN says it is parting ways with Don Lemon, who had been under scrutiny since making remarks about women and aging in February; Lemon says he was terminated — Mr. Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since making remarks about women and aging in February that were widely perceived to be sexist.
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Martine Paris / Forbes:
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music with her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same as “with any artist I collab with” — In the wake of the AI-generated hit Heart on My Sleeve going viral with deepfakes of Drake and The Weeknd …
Reuters Institute:
News media distrust among marginalized groups often stems from unease about how they are represented, based on focus groups in Brazil, India, the UK, and the US — There is no single trust problem, and therefore there is no single trust solution. This point has been a common refrain …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Disney begins its second round of layoffs today, cutting around 4,000 jobs by the end of the week, as part of plans to lay off 7,000 employees — Restructuring will continue “for the next couple of months,” Disney Entertainment chiefs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman wrote to staff Monday …
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Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
Twitter restores the gold badges of some news organizations, including the BBC, The New York Times, and Bellingcat; the BBC and Bellingcat say they did not pay — Some Twitter accounts with more than one million followers have had their blue tick badges re-instated by Twitter without paying to subscribe.
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads
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John Kruzel / Reuters:
SCOTUS agrees to hear two First Amendment cases related to government officials blocking critics on social media, after a similar Trump-related case in 2021 — The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution's …
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TIME:
Time names interim EIC Sam Jacobs as its new Editor in Chief and says it has 105M readers globally, with 45% of those under the age of 35 — TIME CEO Jessica Sibley sent the following note to staff on Monday: — Team, — Today, I am thrilled to announce Sam Jacobs as the new Editor in Chief of TIME, effective immediately.
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Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix accounts for between 7% and 8% of TV viewing in the US every month and between 70% to 80% of the top 10 shows in the US every week — Good afternoon from Ojai, California, where I am celebrating my girlfriend's birthday. Lunch was interrupted by huge news …
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