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Zack Sharf / Variety:
In a video on Wednesday, Tucker Carlson gave a vague statement about “how unbelievably stupid most of the debates” on TV are and how “true things will prevail” — In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Carlson delivered a vague speech in which he spoke about what it's …
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Rolling Stone:
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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tucker Carlson called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, something Fox's lawyers persuaded the court to redact and which helped lead to his firing
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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Jerry Springer, host of the eponymous, controversial talk show for more than 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 his name, has died, according to WLWT, where he worked as a news anchor.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time plans to fully remove its digital paywall, which was launched in 2011, starting on June 1, 2023; paid subscriptions will expire when the paywall is removed — Time is fully removing its digital paywall beginning June 1, its CEO Jessica Sibley told Axios.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Vice plans to end Vice News Tonight on May 25, sunset the Vice World News brand and fold it into Vice News, and cut, sources say, dozens of jobs — Vice Media will cancel its acclaimed program “Vice News Tonight” as part of a broad restructuring that will result in painful cuts across the organization, the company said Thursday.
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Deadline:
Mina Lefevre, Meta's head of development and programming, is leaving amid layoffs, as the company shuts down Facebook Original series, including Red Table Talk — EXCLUSIVE: Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, is departing Facebook's parent company.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: DraftKings plans to launch a free, ad-supported streaming service with videos of podcasts the company sponsors, expected to debut in the coming weeks — DraftKings Inc. is planning to launch its own streaming video service, the latest evidence that sports betting and media are converging.
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Washington Post:
Sources: Illinois Republican campaigns used a private portal to pitch stories and opinion pieces and see analytics for a local news network run by Brian Timpone — 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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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Paper Magazine lays off its staff, effective April 28, and stops its editorial operations but is not closing; EIC Justin Moran will remain through May — The iconic title hopes to avoid closure — The staff of Paper Magazine, the music and cultural publisher made famous by the 2014 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The WSJ, WaPo, and NYT will run a joint full-page ad in their national editions urging support from the US government in fighting for Evan Gershkovich's release — The publishers and top editors at the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times on Thursday will run a joint letter …
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Madeline Ashby / Wired:
How Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case before SCOTUS, could impact how copyright law is applied to what AI tools can do with human-made works — The US Supreme Court's upcoming decision could shift the interpretation of fair use law—and all the people, and tools, that turn to it for protection.
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports Q1 revenue down 4.3% YoY to $29.7B, net income up 8% YoY to $3.9B, and $6.15B media revenue; Peacock has 22M subscribers and $704M in losses — - Comcast's first quarter earnings beat Wall Street's expectations. — Still, the company saw a drop in its residential broadband subscribers …
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Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Reliance's Viacom18 strikes a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to make Warner Bros and HBO content available on Reliance's JioCinema app in India — The broadcast venture of India's Reliance (RELI.NS) has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery Inc. (WBD.O) for its streaming platform JioCinema …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Dana Bash will replace John King as host of CNN's Inside Politics, the first time she will host her own show after almost thirty years at the network — Bash, who was married to King, will host her own daily show for the first time in her 30-year career at the network.
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