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9:45 PM ET, May 10, 2023

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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% YoY 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.
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.
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 …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $560.7M, digital subscribers up 8% YoY to 9.73M, and print subscribers down 9% YoY to 710K; NYT drops 7.76%  —  The increase was driven in part by subscriptions to a bundle of products that includes The Athletic sports site …
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CNBC:
Twitter video: Tucker Carlson berates traditional media for allegedly lying to the public and calls Twitter the last big platform left that allows free speech
Axios:
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
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Pete Distad, Apple's executive in charge of the company's TV app, TV+ streaming service, and sports businesses, plans to leave the company in May 2023  —  Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of its video and sports businesses is departing, according to people familiar with the matter …
Discussion: @markgurman and Screen Rant
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A look at UK-based newsletter startup The Know, which claims 50,000 subscribers across its daily newsletter with a 46% open rate and its weekly Friday digest  —  The Know has 50,000 newsletter subscribers and a daily open rate of 46%.  —  The chief executive of UK-based newsletter startup …
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 …
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos pulls out of next week's PEN America gala, saying he didn't want to distract from the organization's work, amid the writers' strike  —  Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos will no longer attend a gala meant to honor him next week in New York.  The decision comes as labor issues grab headlines across Hollywood.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a “small experiment” globally that shows a pop-up urging users with ad blockers to allow ads on YouTube or consider subscribing to Premium  —  YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
 
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CNN's Donald Trump town hall, moderated by Kaitlan Collins, took on added stakes after a jury found him liable for battery and defamation of E. Jean Carroll
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
French journalist and video coordinator Arman Soldin, who worked for AFP, was killed in a Russian rocket strike near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
A survey of 40 UK LGBTQ+ journalists and six media workers: 76% say media organizations don't adequately protect them from harassment and 82% have been trolled
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Jennifer Dunham / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ has documented the Israel Defense Forces killing 20+ journalists since 2001, including Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022; no one has been charged or held to account
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Talking to investors, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch did not apologize for Dominion election fraud lies; critics say the Murdoch tradition of no apologies may cost Fox
Axios:
Sources: NBCUniversal is finalizing a settlement with CNBC's Hadley Gamble, who is leaving the company and whose complaint led to CEO Jeff Shell's firing