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1:45 PM ET, April 26, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
Sources: Fox is prepared to disclose details from an “oppo file” on Tucker Carlson if he attacks the network, including workplace conduct complaints and more  —  Eight sources tell Rolling Stone that the network's top brass has been stockpiling information on the departing primetime host
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tucker Carlson called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, something Fox's lawyers managed to redact in court, which helped lead to his firing  —  Prime-time host called senior executive the c-word in redacted missive; network grew wary of further embarrassment from possible disclosure
David Corn / Mother Jones:
A look at Tucker Carlson's long journey from a self-declared truth-telling journalist to a promoter of conspiracy theories and a for-mega-profit propagandist  —  Was his long, strange trip a put-up job?  Tucker Carlson wasn't always Tucker Carlson.  Or maybe he was.
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.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Nate Silver told FiveThirtyEight staff he expects to leave Disney's ABC News 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.
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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; their ousters represent a temporary pullback from media excesses
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's exit, like Glenn Beck's and Bill O'Reilly's, shows that no one is irreplaceable since Fox News itself, which convenes the audience, is the star
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Inside Jeff Shell's firing; sources say an NBCU probe, coinciding with CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble's contract situation, unearthed emails that led to his ouster  —  Wearing a nondescript gray T-shirt with a backstage pass dangling from his neck, Jeff Shell looked more like a snowy-haired roadie …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Fox News agrees to give voting technology company Smartmatic additional documents about Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and other senior corporate executives  —  New York CNN —  —  Fox News has agreed to give voting technology company Smartmatic additional documents …
Discussion: @oliverdarcy
Michelle Pitcher / The Texas Observer:
A profile of Jason Walker, a prison journalist whose reporting on the use of a dangerous drug in prisons has led to multiple threats from officials and inmates  —  In a postscript at the end of the letter, a request.  —  Jason Walker writes his mom's name, says she lives in San Angelo: “Please be my arranger if a funeral is needed.”
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
External review: UK press regulator IPSO, in operation since 2014, has yet to hold a standards investigation and the chance of launching one looks “remote”  —  The regulator declined to investigate the Jewish Chronicle, instead monitoring it and training staff.
Discussion: New Statesman
Dave Byrnes / Courthouse News Service:
A judge throws out libel suits from Devin Nunes and his relatives stemming from a 2018 Ryan Lizza story alleging the Nunes family farm used undocumented workers  —  The suit stemmed from a political reporter's investigation into claims the former congressman's family used undocumented workers on their Iowa dairy farm.
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
News sharing app Artifact adds an AI tool for generating article summaries but notes that users should still read the full text because AI “can make mistakes”
New York Times:
Dawn Davis, hired as Bon Appétit EIC in 2020 to put it back on track after staff turmoil, resigns to return to Simon & Schuster, reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp
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Tim Mak / The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak:
NPR Investigative Correspondent Tim Mak launches The Counteroffensive, a newsletter covering Russia's war in Ukraine, after leaving as part of NPR's layoffs
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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
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”
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