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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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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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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 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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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