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Vice plans to end Vice News Tonight on May 25 and fold the Vice World News brand into Vice News; source: 100+ jobs out of a total of 1,500 employees will be cut — Embattled media company has been looking to sell itself for several months — Vice Media said it was restructuring its global news operation …
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
In an April 26 video, Tucker Carlson issued a vague statement about “how unbelievably stupid most of the debates” on TV are and that “true things prevail” — In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Carlson delivered a vague speech in which he spoke about what it's been like to …
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Sources: Fox would share details from a Tucker Carlson “oppo file”, including workplace conduct complaints, if executives suspect he is coming after the network
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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Jerry Springer, the former news anchor and mayor who presided over the controversial and profitable talk show bearing his name for over two decades, dies at 79 — Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati news anchor and mayor who came to preside over the controversial and extremely profitable talk show bearing …
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Russell Brandom / Rest of World:
Since Elon Musk's takeover, Twitter has received 971 government orders globally and has fully complied with 808, an 83% compliance rate, vs. ~50% before Musk — The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Photos of President Biden holding a notecard previewing a reporter's question reveal the long-standing practice of stage-managing presidential news conferences — President Biden was photographed holding a note card Wednesday, revealing the stage managing behind many political media events
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube Music adds podcasts on Android, iOS, and the web, supporting listening offline, in the background, and casting for all US users, with or without Premium — YouTube Music is officially adding podcasts to its platform in the United States on Android, iOS and the web.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti plans to significantly increase content from “highly curated” independent creators and introduce a creators' residency program — BuzzFeed plans to significantly increase the amount of content it produces via independent internet creators, CEO Jonah Peretti told Axios in an interview.
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Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
Clubhouse plans to lay off 50%+ of its employees and “reset” the company, despite claiming to have “years of runway”; Clubhouse had ~100 staff in October 2022 — Clubhouse, the pandemic-era social media sensation, is cutting more than half of its employees, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
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Washington Post:
Sources: Illinois Republican campaigns used a private portal in 2022 to pitch stories, shape coverage, and view analytics for Brian Timpone's local news network — Leaked screenshots show how politicians shape coverage in a local news network that's seeking to expand with help from Trump advisers
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Raisa Patel / Toronto Star:
Canada's Online Streaming Act passes final hurdle in Parliament; it requires streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power over them — Bill C-11 was introduced early last year in an attempt to subject streaming giants like Netflix, Disney Plus …
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Peter White / Deadline:
Scott Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment and CEO of Fox's Blockchain Creative Labs, is leaving on May 19 — EXCLUSIVE: Scott Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Fox's animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, the company behind Dan Harmon's Krapopolis …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple reports fewer than 1M users in the Europe Union per month used Apple Books and Podcasts paid subscriptions on average in the six months up to January 2023 — In order to comply with the European Digital Services Act, Apple has been forced to reveal the number of monthly active users …
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