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In a Twitter video, Tucker Carlson says he will relaunch his Fox show on the social network; Elon Musk says Twitter did not sign a deal “of any kind whatsoever” — The former Fox News host tweeted a video saying he's moving his show to the social media site.
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Docs: Tucker Carlson accused Fox News of fraud and breach of contract; sources: a Fox board member told Carlson he was fired as part of the Dominion settlement — Tucker Carlson, two weeks after being ousted by Fox News, accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CNN's town hall with Donald Trump, scheduled to air at 8pm ET with Kaitlan Collins as the moderator, takes on added stakes after the E. Jean Carroll verdict — Little more than a day after being found liable for battery and defamation of a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q1 revenue up 4.3% YoY to $560.7M, digital subscribers up 8% YoY to 190K, for 9.7M total, and print subscribers down 10% to 710K — The increase was driven in part by subscriptions to a bundle of products that includes The Athletic sports site …
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Randall Chase / Associated Press:
A US judge dismisses a shareholder lawsuit against Block over its Tidal acquisition in 2021, saying the company is “free to make a terrible business decision” — A Delaware judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against financial technology company Block Inc. over its 2021 acquisition …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Pete Distad, Apple's executive in charge of its TV app, TV+ streaming, and sports businesses, plans to leave the company this month — Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of its video and sports businesses is departing, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Leanne Italie / Associated Press:
Heather Armstrong, a pioneering “mommy blogger” known as Dooce who wrote about struggles with depression and alcoholism, has died at age 47 — The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The White House proposes suspending access for reporters who are not “professional”, after complaints about interruptions by Today News Africa's Simon Ateba — Though question-shouting reporter Simon Ateba claims he's the target, the policy changes go back to a Trump effort that ran afoul of the courts
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@martinishark, @owillis, @ron_fournier and @simonateba
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A look at UK-based newsletter startup The Know, which says it has 50,000 subscribers across its daily newsletter with a daily open rate of 46% — The Know has 50,000 newsletter subscribers and a daily open rate of 46%. — The chief executive of UK-based newsletter startup The Know understands …
Financial Times:
Sources: state-backed Saudi Research and Media Group is exploring launching an international English-language news channel that could rival Al Jazeera — Gulf kingdom aims to expand its media influence around the world — A Saudi Arabia state-backed media group is looking at launching …
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middleeastmonitor.com, @sameerhashmi, @ivanlevingston and @rasmus_kleis
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
UK ratings body BARB: BBC News had 9.7M viewers after its merger with BBC World News in April, down 9% from 10.7M in March 2023 and 23% from 12.6M in April 2022 — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC News channel has lost 1M viewers in the UK after it was merged with BBC World News as part of the corporation's efforts to slash costs.
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
French journalist Arman Soldin, who worked for the AFP news agency, was killed in a Russian rocket strike near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut — AFP video coordinator Arman Soldin, 32, who was ‘totally dedicated to his craft’, died in attack near Bakhmut
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