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8:10 PM ET, May 16, 2023

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A quick analysis of The Messenger's content shows an outlet with stories that resemble those from a British tabloid, with bylines apparently overwhelmingly male  —  The new site from the former owner of The Hill — backed by $50 million — feels like a remnant of an earlier age.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Jimmy Finkelstein debuts his free-to-read digital news outlet The Messenger, which reportedly aims to generate $100M+ in 2024 revenue and hire ~550 journalists
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: a handful of Fox anchors have reached out to Tucker Carlson to express interest in joining his forthcoming Twitter venture once their contracts are up  —  On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.'s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching …
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Former NFL punter Pat McAfee breaks his four-year $120M FanDuel contract to move his show to ESPN, ESPN+, and ESPN's YouTube channel, set to start in the fall  —  “The Pat McAfee Show” is moving to ESPN in a multimillion-dollar deal that he is expected to begin in the fall, The Post has learned.
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Nielsen: CNN averaged 335K viewers during May 12's primetime, two days after Donald Trump's town hall, behind Newsmax's 357K, MSNBC's 1.1M, and Fox News' 1.4M  —  CNN pulled on average 335,000 viewers — 18,000 less than Newsmax  —  CNN might have earned itself a rare primetime ratings win …
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Bill Peters / MarketWatch:
Rumble says it has acquired podcasting and livestreaming app Callin, and Callin's co-founder David Sacks will join Rumble's board of directors  —  'I strongly support Rumble's unwavering commitment to free speech in the face of growing censorship and government overreach,' Sacks says in plans to join right-wing video platform
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Austin Russell plans to invest $10M in the $656M Forbes acquisition; the rest will come from Sun Group, two businessmen, and investors that GSV finds  —  Austin Russell, the 28-year-old American CEO of electric vehicle tech company Luminar Technologies, plans to put in only $10 million …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
CNET employees seek to form a union representing ~100 writers, editors, and other content creators with WGA East and ask management for voluntary recognition  —  CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues including the use of artificial intelligence at the technology-news company.
Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
Over 100 journalists and editors sign a letter calling for Hong Kong to release former Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai; he's been blocked from using a UK lawyer  —  Leading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barrister
New York Times:
2023's Tony Awards, a key Broadway marketing opportunity, will proceed as scheduled, in an altered form, after the WGA said the union won't picket the ceremony  —  The Tony Awards, a key marketing opportunity for Broadway, can go ahead in an altered form after the striking screenwriters' union …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
A history of Vice Media, which raised $1.6B+, was valued at $5.7B at its peak in 2017, and owns a slew of assets, including Refinery29, Virtue, and Vice Studios  —  Vice Media Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning, marking the end of a long, strenuous effort to sell itself after its business stopped growing.
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vice's bankruptcy filing estimates 5,000+ creditors, including CNN Productions with a $3.8M claim, HBO with a $1.8M claim, and A&E Networks with a $938K claim
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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