Mediagazer: Fox opposes news outlets' efforts to unseal Dominion's redacted lawsuit material, saying the company settled the case in large part to end the “media spectacle” (Oliver Darcy/CNN)

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Fox opposes news outlets' efforts to unseal Dominion's redacted lawsuit material, saying the company settled the case in large part to end the “media spectacle” — Fox said in a court filing Wednesday that it settled the monster defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems …

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Chartbeat data for 1,350 publishers: Facebook drove 27% of page views coming from external, search, and social in January 2018, falling to 11% in April 2023 — Data from Chartbeat and Similarweb shows how news publisher Facebook traffic has fallen. — Facebook referral traffic has plummeted …

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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:

Hulu plans to roll out PBS, PBS Kids, and Magnolia Network on Hulu Live TV in the coming months, for a total of 90+ sports, news, and entertainment channels — Hulu Live TV announced Thursday that it is adding new channels to its library, bringing the total to over 90 channels across live sports, news and entertainment.

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

WBD Q1: revenue of $10.7B and a loss of $1.07B, $2.46B in streaming revenue with a $50M profit, up from a $217M loss in Q4 2022, and 97.6M streaming subscribers — The company, led by CEO David Zaslav, reported negative free cash flow in the first quarter due to interest and sports rights payments …

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Yahoo promotes Lauren Johnston to executive editor of Yahoo News US, which she joined in July 2014 from the New York Daily News — Johnston will lead original content strategy across news, entertainment and lifestyle verticals — Yahoo today announced the promotion of Lauren Johnston …

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Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:

Twitter's Community Notes is changing fact-checking by avoiding the term and using a crowdsourced consensus, a model for a fairer and more transparent approach — The strength of the platform's Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus — I think I might have let out an audible groan …

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