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6:30 PM ET, April 25, 2023

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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's ouster, like Glenn Beck's and Bill O'Reilly's before him, shows that no one at Fox News is irreplaceable since Fox itself is the star  —  No one is irreplaceable at the network.  It was designed that way.  —  If you're wondering did Tucker Carlson jump …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon were products of the Trump era with their indignation and outrage, and their ousters indicate a pulling back from coverage excesses  —  The two hosts took very different approaches, but the decisions by Fox News and CNN to shed the stars marks at least a temporary shift …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News says the network and Tucker Carlson “have agreed to part ways”, and that Carlson's last program was on Friday, April 21
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: the decision to fire Tucker Carlson came straight from Rupert Murdoch and is related to former Carlson producer Abby Grossberg's discrimination lawsuit
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Source: Tucker Carlson's Fox News exit was “a firing” and he's “totally surprised”; sources: the newsroom is in “shock” and found out when the news broke online
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Source: Tucker Carlson was in the midst of negotiating the renewal of his Fox News contract through 2029 and told people last week he expected it to be renewed
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nate Silver tells FiveThirtyEight employees that he expects to leave Disney when his contract is up “soon” as layoffs hit the data journalism outlet  —  ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's advertising revenue declined for the third consecutive quarter, by 2.6% YoY to $6.69B in Q1 2023, slightly beating analyst estimates of $6.6B  —  Ad sales at YouTube declined 2.6% year over year in the first quarter of 2023, to $6.69 billion.  Analysts expected it to come in at $6.6 billion, per FactSet.
Lindsay Isaac / CNN:
Court documents: Prince Harry's legal team alleges that Prince William secretly settled phone hacking claims with News Group Newspapers for a “very large sum”  —  Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers reached a secret agreement over historical phone hacking claims …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
After President Biden's reelection campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee posts an attack ad featuring AI-generated images, including of Biden  —  - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party …
Lee Haye-ah / Yonhap News Agency:
Netflix plans to invest $2.5B to produce South Korean TV series, movies, and scripted shows through 2027, double the company's investment in South Korea to date  —  Netflix said Monday it will invest US$2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and scripted shows.
Desiree Ibekwe / New York Times:
Crooked Media plans to launch Pod Save the UK, its first podcast based outside the US, on May 4, hosted by Coco Khan, a journalist, and Nish Kumar, a comedian  —  The company behind “Pod Save America” is starting a British version of the popular liberal show.  —  Reporting from London
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Martine Paris / Forbes:
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music using her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same deal as “with any artist I collab with”
Wall Street Journal:
Overwhelmed by streaming services and their content, some US viewers are turning to Pluto TV, Tubi, and other free offerings that show classic TV shows with ads  —  Free streaming services Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and others show classic TV shows with ads, easing decisions for those overwhelmed with options
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Thierry Breton says EU Digital Services Act content rules will apply to Apple, Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and 12 others from August 2023  —  Five Alphabet (GOOGL.O) subsidiaries, two Meta Platforms (META.O) units, two Microsoft (MSFT.O) businesses, Twitter and Alibaba's …
 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify Q1: revenue up 14% YoY to €3B, net loss down 17% YoY to €225M, ad revenue up 17% YoY to €329M, MAUs up 22% YoY to 515M, and subscribers up 15% to 210M
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On April 23, a Meta ad system glitch caused some campaigns to overspend by more than double their daily cost cap; 10+ agencies say Meta gave next to no feedback
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New York Times:
CNN parts ways with Don Lemon, who had been under scrutiny since making on-air remarks about women and aging in February 2023; Lemon says he was terminated