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12:25 PM ET, April 4, 2024

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CNBC:
Disney prevails in the proxy fight with Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners as shareholders vote to reelect its full board, a stamp of approval for Bob Iger's efforts  —  (L to R) Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse look on before ringing …
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Samantha Masunaga / Los Angeles Times:
Disney says the standalone ESPN app it plans to launch in 2025 will be available on Disney+ for bundle subscribers  —  Walt Disney Co. is betting big on ESPN as the Burbank entertainment company bolsters its streaming options and charts its future.  —  The company said Wednesday …
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Forbes ran an alternate version of its website for years with reformatted articles, promoted on Taboola and others, to maximize ads intended for Forbes.com  —  Slideshows on parallel site—which Forbes shut down Tuesday—were loaded with ads and promoted through clickbait-style paid links
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone, Paramount Global's controlling shareholder through National Amusements, reaches a tentative deal to sell her stake to Skydance Media  —  - Redstone is the controlling shareholder of Paramount  — Ellison's Skydance has partnered with Paramount on films
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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
X adds blue checks to some accounts, including journalists, as part of its plan to give free Premium status to those with 2,500+ “verified subscriber followers”
Reuters:
Sources: Alphabet is considering an offer for HubSpot, an online marketing software company with a $35B market value, which would be its largest acquisition yet  —  Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has been talking to its advisers about the possibility of making an offer for HubSpot (HUBS.N) …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Andrea Grimes / Home With The Armadillo:
Substack's new emphasis on followers, not subscriptions, and its opaque steps to migrate paid subscriptions off the platform make leaving harder for writers  —  And it'll be worse this time around!  —  The writing life, which has never exactly been a picnic for independent journalists and freelancers …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
GB News hires Steven Edginton as its first US-based correspondent, part of its plan to expand to the US, after launching a GBN America section in 2023  —  Steven Edginton, a former Brexit Party staffer, joins the broadcaster from The Daily Telegraph.  —  GB News has hired its first correspondent based …
Discussion: Mediaite and @stevenedginton
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox and AEG announce a week-long post-season college basketball tournament starting on March 31, 2025, as media companies devise sports events they control  —  Does the sports world have room for April Action after weeks of March Madness?  —  Fox aims to answer the question in 2025 …
Devin Leonard / Bloomberg:
A look at the success of Bluey, an Australian animated TV show for kids that is estimated to be worth $2B and whose future is uncertain as the third season ends  —  The Australian children's show auteur Joe Brumm is at a crossroads: Keep growing, or end one of the best runs on TV.
 
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Adam Morgan / Literary Hub:
Small book publishers worry following the abrupt closure of Small Press Distribution, which was one of the last independent book distributors in the US
Dave McKinney / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Public Media, which bought the Sun-Times in 2022, announces layoffs, cutting nearly 15% of 62 unionized content creators at public radio station WBEZ
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Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg:
Grupo Televisa plans to buy out AT&T's stake in Sky Mexico, payable in 2027 and 2028; Sky CEO Luis Malvido will leave on April 15, replaced by Francisco Valim
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