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Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
[Thread] On May 11's editorial call, CNN's Chris Licht says Kaitlan Collins “made a lot of news” and “America was served very well by what we did last night” — Chris Licht begins CNN's 9am editorial call by praising @kaitlancollins for a “masterful performance last night.” He says “I couldn't be more proud of her” and the whole team in NH. Then he says he's aware of the backlash... More to come
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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
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Tucker Carlson's Twitter show may temporarily solve his need for relevance, but to generate revenue he may use Rumble or launch something akin to The Daily Wire — The Scoop — Tucker Carlson's move to Twitter is intended to preserve his influence and political relevance …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Matea Gold as a managing editor, replacing Steven Ginsberg, who left in 2022 to join The Athletic; Gold joined The Post in 2013 — Matea Gold will become a managing editor of The Washington Post, executive editor Sally Buzbee announced Thursday.
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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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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 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
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Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
European media group Mediahuis acquires Brussels-based EU news website Euractiv, whose founder says the goal is to become “one of Europe's media champions” — Mediahuis owns numerous newspapers across Europe. — European media group Mediahuis has acquired …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Athletic's writer-hosted live rooms, which serve as a two-way audio 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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian, The Times, The Economist, Financial Times, and Tortoise form the Publishers in Podcasting consortium coordinated by Acast, to share best practices — The five publishers will share expertise and best practice in a new consortium set up by Acast.
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Sony's faith-based $8/month streaming service Pure Flix, which has ~1M subscribers in the US and Canada, plans to merge with Hallmark rival Great American Media — - Sony's Pure Flix, a faith-based streaming service, will merge with Great American Media, the owner of two cable networks.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $21.82B, and Disney+ subscribers down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, its second straight quarterly drop; stock down 8% — 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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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 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
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Wall Street Journal:
YouTube CBO Mary Ellen Coe says the platform plans to let some high-profile creators attend NFL games and post videos from the sidelines, locker rooms, and more — Google unit plans to have content creators post videos from NFL sidelines, locker rooms — YouTube has a new pitch for advertisers …
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.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Brisbane-based edtech startup Go1 acquires Berlin-based Blinkist, which offers 15-minute summaries of non-fiction books, and raised $30M from Insight Partners — After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition …
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