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9:25 AM 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.
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 …
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
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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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 …
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.”
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Publishers Weekly
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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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
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