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5:50 AM ET, May 11, 2023

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Washington Post:
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
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 reports Q2 Disney+ subscribers down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, vs. ~163M est, its second straight quarterly drop, ESPN+ up 2% QoQ to 25.3M, and Hulu flat at 48.2M  —  On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year.
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.
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 …
Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
European media group Mediahuis acquires Brussels-based EU news website Euractiv, seeking to become “one of Europe's media champions”  —  Mediahuis owns numerous newspapers across Europe.  —  European media group Mediahuis has acquired the Brussels-based EU news website Euractiv, the two organizations announced Thursday.
Discussion: Euractiv, Euractiv and Tech.eu
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.
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?
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: @nytimesarts
 
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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
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%
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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
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
Washington Post:
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”