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Reuters:
Sources: Disney secures enough shareholder votes to defeat Trian Partners' attempt to put Nelson Peltz and ex-Disney CFO Jay Rasulo on Disney's board — Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) has secured enough shareholder votes to defeat a challenge against its board mounted by Nelson Peltz's hedge fund …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Vanguard Group, the biggest investor in Disney with a roughly 8.3% stake, is voting for Disney's board nominees at the annual meeting on April 3 — NYC Comptroller on Disney Proxy Fight, Congestion Pricing … Vanguard is the biggest investor in Disney, with a roughly 8.3% stake, Bloomberg-compiled data show.
Wall Street Journal:
How Disney repeatedly extending Bob Iger's contract, including five extensions between 2011 and 2017, became a key criticism of Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners — Trian Partners, pushing for board seats, has criticized Disney's past handling of Iger's tenure and succession
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CNN, @naterattner, Deadline, Financial Times and Bloomberg
Financial Times:
US-based hedge fund Hunterbrook launches its newsroom, Hunterbrook Media, after raising $100M to make trades based on scoops uncovered by its reporters — Target of Hunterbrook's first story questions ethics of it taking a short position in its stock — A US hedge fund has raised $100mn …
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
NewsGuard: 1,197 partisan news websites in the US masquerade as local news outlets as of April 1, compared to ~1,200 genuine local newspaper websites — Dark money-funded outlets that mimic regional news sites are becoming more sophisticated ahead of November election
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MIT Technology Review, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
An interview with Oren Etzioni, the founder of nonprofit TrueMedia.org, which has released free AI tools for reporters and fact checkers to identify deepfakes — Oren Etzioni worries A.I.-generated fakes could overwhelm upcoming elections.Kyle Johnson for The New York Times
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GeekWire, @toddbishop, @truemediadotorg, TrueMedia.org, TrueMedia.org, @truemediadotorg, @timfinin and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NYT plans to make most of its articles available as narrations read via an automated voice, rolling out to 10% of website, app, and audio app users — - The company published 2,300 audio recordings, including podcasts, in 2023 with more than 600 Times reporters contributing.
Discussion:
American Press Institute and Media Voices
Lachlan Cartwright / New York Times:
An ex-editor of The National Enquirer recalls the tabloid's notorious “catch and kill” campaign that is now at the heart of Donald Trump's first criminal trial — I was outside Manhattan criminal court. It was a sunny spring day, and the Secret Service and the Police Department …
Discussion:
@lachcartwright and @jeffjarvis
Carly Sauvageau / The Nevada Independent:
A look at The Ely Times and The Eureka Sentinel, among Nevada's oldest surviving papers, which announced a deal in January to go online-only under a new owner — Nathan Robertson arrives at Ely City Hall looking much like one would expect of the mayor of a remote town near the Great Basin National Park …
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@progressfornv and @howardstutz
Reuters:
Sudan's state news agency says the information ministry has suspended Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Hadath, and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia — Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel …
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@hassanahmedberk and @patrickheinisc1
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump sues two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, claiming they set the company up wrong and shouldn't get stock; the two earlier sued Trump — - He claims they bungled their duties, forfeiting their stock — Trump Media shares plunged less than a week after going public
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Associated Press, WBTW, Wccftech, WHDH 7News, Mediaite, The Wrap, Boing Boing, The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
Adrian Carrasquillo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Biden plans an April 4 interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo; Acevedo was broadly criticized after his November 2023 “softball” interview of Trump — Vanity Fair has learned that Joe Biden is sitting down this week with veteran journalist Enrique Acevedo …
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The Hill, @bsdtectr.bsky.social and CNN
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