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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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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein's accusers slam the 4-3 court decision overturning his 2020 conviction; he remains jailed due to his 2022 Los Angeles trial conviction
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust — Biden's people think they're “entitled.” The Times says “they're not being realistic.” — When news broke one Saturday night …
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $1.19B, vs. $1.12B est., DAUs up 10% YoY to 422M, a net loss of $305M, compared to $329M YoY; SNAP is up 20%+ after hours — WATCH NOW — Snap stock soars following beat on revenue, earnings and daily active users — Snap reported first-quarter results …
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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 …
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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.
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Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Internal memo: G/O Media sells The Onion to a new Chicago-based firm, Global Tetrahedron, which promises to keep The Onion's staff intact and in Chicago — More here — this is the email Jim Spanfeller, CEO of G/O Media, sent out today. And yes I'm told Global Tetrahedron is in fact a real company [image]
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet — Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.
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Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI plan a 24-hour strike May 6 against “suffocating control” of their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government — Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI will strike next month in protest against the “suffocating control” …
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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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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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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
AA/WARC report: UK ad spend grew 6.1% YoY to £36.6B in 2023, with search advertising up 11.9% to £14.7B and national newsbrands spending down 6.3% to £774M — UK ad market grew 6.1% to £36.6bn - but tech platforms take all the growth.
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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.
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