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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO — The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion's staff.
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The New York Times says it will continue to cover Biden “fully and fairly” regardless of whether he gives the paper a sit-down interview — A spokesperson for The New York Times responds to recent reporting about a free press and reporting on the president.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
A look at the tense relationship between Biden and The NYT, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, lack of trust, and his refusal to give the paper an interview
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount and Skydance move closer to a deal, but Paramount's renewal agreement with Charter, which has an April 30 deadline, is a significant hurdle — WATCH NOW — Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms — Paramount Global and Skydance Media …
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Alex Sherman on LinkedIn, The Wrap and Deadline
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
An interview with CalMatters CEO Neil Chase on how the The Markup acquisition happened, consolidation uptick in nonprofit news, and why there is more to come — Nonprofit news has seen an uptick in mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidations. CalMatters CEO Neil Chase still says “I don't think we've seen enough yet.”
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
Q&A with Kelly O'Donnell, NBC News White House senior correspondent and WHCA president, ahead of the WHCD on April 27, on changes in media access and more — Advocating for her press corps colleagues has become a second full-time job for NBC News' senior White House correspondent.
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Poynter Institute on LinkedIn, Deadline, The Guardian, Voice of America and The Hill
Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case — New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced …
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Columbia Journalism Review, State of New York Court of Appeals, Rolling Stone, The Indian Express, Associated Press, New York Daily News, HuffPost, TIME, New York Times, New Jersey Online, Hollywood Reporter, IGN, Glamour, Politico, New Yorker, @variety, Luis Alberto García on LinkedIn, The Daily Beast, @drjesstaylor, @pizza__dad, @katiecouric, @shaneferro, KING-TV, @semaforben, @mmpadellan, @onlyannamaria, TMZ.com, UPI, Reuters, Variety, New York Post, Page Six, Daily Press, IndieWire, SheKnows, Deadline, The Wrap, Twin Cities, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The A.V. Club, CBS News, Vanity Fair, E! Online, Boing Boing, StyleCaster, Financial Times, Extra, ComingSoon.net, World of Reel, The Hill, FOX 7 Austin, Semafor, Hollywood Life, Rolling Stone, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, FOX 7 Austin, KRON4, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, TVLine, The 19th, Axios, Entertainment Tonight, Us Weekly, Reuters, The Sun, GB News, The Wrap, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Metro.co.uk, ABC7, Teen Vogue, Screen Rant and Consequence
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
GB News co-owner Paul Marshall steps down from the board of GB News after three year, amid reports he is considering a new rival bid to buy the Telegraph — Sir Paul Marshall said he was leaving GB News on a “secure growth trajectory”. — GB News co-lead investor Sir Paul Marshall …
Discussion:
Mediaite and The Independent
Wall Street Journal:
A look at the competition for NBA live sports media rights after the 2024-25 season, involving Amazon's Prime Video, YouTube, NBCUniversal, Disney, and WBD — League is advancing toward lucrative deals with incumbent partners and is in talks with tech giants as well as NBCUniversal
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@chriskeall, Sports Media Watch and Tubefilter
Reuters:
Burkina Faso suspends the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and VOA for two weeks over their coverage of a report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings — Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage …
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Voice of America, Politico and The Indian Express
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Prime Video will air NHL games on Monday nights in Canada for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, after striking a deal with rights holder Rogers Communications — The two-year deal will see National Hockey League games appear exclusively on the Amazon streaming site on Monday nights.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Roku reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $882M, vs. $848.62M est., a net loss of $50.9M, compared to $193.6M YoY, and 81.6M active accounts, up 1.6M from Q4 2023 — Roku reported its first-quarter 2024 earnings Thursday, revealing the company reached 81.6 million active accounts …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's Q1 ad revenue climbs 21% YoY to $8.1B, vs. $7.72B estimated, its highest Q1 total to date — YouTube keeps eating up more share of the advertising pie: The Google-owned video giant posted $8.1 billion in ad sales for the first quarter of 2024, its highest Q1 total to date.
Discussion:
Alphabet, @munster_gene, Android Authority, Fast Company, The Wrap, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
ABC News:
Ex-AMI CEO David Pecker testifies again in Trump's NY trial and says he believes Trump's motivation to kill negative stories was about the campaign, not family — Former President Trump is in court on Day 7 of his criminal trial in New York. — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City …
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New York Times, CBS News, Washington Post, @farhip, @lawofruby, Twin Cities, New York Times, @malmer.com, Forbes, New York Daily News and CBS News
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