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In CNN's town hall, Donald Trump repeated lies that the 2020 election was rigged, mocked E. Jean Carroll, and called moderator Kaitlan Collins “a nasty person” — The former president condones violence on Jan. 6, 2021 and a government default in a televised appearance
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company plans to add Hulu content to Disney+ by the end of 2023; standalone options for its platforms, including ESPN+, will remain — - Disney+ will add content from Hulu to create a “one-app experience,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $21.82B, vs. $21.78B est., and Disney+ subscribers down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, vs. 163.17M est., its second straight quarterly drop — On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year.
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Ananya Bhattacharya / Quartz:
The WGA writers' strike is disrupting productions, stopping the production of some shows completely, closing writers' rooms, suspending existing deals, and more — Netflix's Stranger Things, Marvel's Blade, AppleTV+'s Severance, and more — The impact of Hollywood's ongoing writers' strike …
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New York Times:
Fox News gets hit with another defamation lawsuit, from Nina Jankowicz, a Russian disinformation and online harassment specialist and a former US DHS executive — The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox.
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Leanne Italie / Associated Press:
Heather Armstrong, a pioneering “mommy blogger” known as Dooce who wrote about her parental struggles and her battles with depression and alcoholism, dies at 47 — The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Athletic's writer-hosted live rooms, which serve as a two-way platform for beat reporters to have postgame conversations with subscribers — The Athletic's first live room took place in September 2021. By January 2022, they'd done 100. Today, they're closing in on 1,000.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
A BBC committee clears Richard Sharp of potential conflicts of interest during his tenure as chairman but says he should have made “declarations” at the outset — The BBC has cleared the resigning Richard Sharp of any potential conflict of interest issues arising during his time as Chairman.
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
ITV reports Q1 revenue down 7% YoY to £776M, ITV Studios revenue flat at £457M, total ad revenue down 10% YoY, and digital ad revenue up 30% YoY to £87M — U.K. broadcasting giant ITV's revenues dipped in the first quarter of 2023, but streamer ITVX has seen a growth uptick, according to figures released on Thursday.
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
A bankruptcy judge halts the Phoenix Suns' deal to leave Diamond Sports' RSN and air regular season NBA games on Gray Television and DTC streaming service Kiswe — - A bankruptcy judge Wednesday halted the Phoenix Suns' deal that would have seen its games leave bankrupt Diamond Sports' regional sports network.
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Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at Tenderfoot TV, Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey's podcast and multimedia company that is profitable since 2017 and set to exceed $10M in 2023 revenue — Tenderfoot TV, the studio behind “High Strange,” is leaning in while others pull back. — The biggest flex in “High Strange …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Journalists question why Politico didn't win a Pulitzer Prize for publishing the draft SCOTUS opinion ending the right to an abortion; some suspect a glitch — Journalists have been buzzing since Monday's stunner, and even trading theories. A computer glitch? Wrong category?
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