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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
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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.
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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 — 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; their ousters represent a temporary pullback from media excesses
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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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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:
A profile of Nate Silver, who was a baseball statistician before 538 and most recently entered online COVID-19 debates despite his inexperience in public health — Readers only knew him as “poblano.” — A baseball statistician by day, the mysterious writer started dipping his toes …
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@blackamazon, @brettalex and @jeffjarvis
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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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet reports Q1 Google ad revenue of $54.55B, vs. $54.66B YoY, the second straight decline after a 3.6% drop in Q4 2022, and the third since going public — Search giant tries to jump-start growth amid volatile digital ad market and competition in AI — Google reported a second straight drop …
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CNBC, @siddarthpaim, Skift, Mumbrella, CNBC, Associated Press, Ad Age and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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.”
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ABC13, @texasobserver, @texasobserver, @texasobserver, @penamerica and @TexasObserver …
CNN:
Nielsen: Newsmax viewership exploded in the hours after Tucker Carlson's ouster, averaging 531,000 total viewers at 8pm on Monday, up from 146,000 on April 17 — Alarm bells must be going off inside Fox News. — The firing of the right-wing network's most popular host, the extremist Tucker Carlson …
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Newsweek
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 — Ms. Davis, who took charge of the food magazine at a time of turmoil, will head the publishing imprint she founded.
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Publishers Weekly
Maria Bustillos / The Nation:
The closing of BuzzFeed News, which won awards and helped redefine online storytelling, is more evidence of a corporate culture hostile to the act of journalism — The shuttering of the online publication's news division is yet more evidence of a corporate landscape dangerously hostile to the act of journalism.
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@froomkin and @emilybell
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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Prince Harry's lawyers say the royal family had a “secret agreement” not to pursue claims against News Group Newspapers until the phone hacking lawsuit was done
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Sydney Morning Herald, @janinegibson, @independent, @msmwatchdog2013, Vanity Fair, Financial Times, Reuters, Robb Report, The Guardian, Hacked Off, Semafor and Deadline
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