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9:40 AM ET, May 7, 2024

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CNBC:
Disney reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $22.08B, vs. $22.11B est., with Disney+ and Hulu hitting a combined quarterly profit for the first time  —  The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023.
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Disney reports Disney+ 153.6M subscribers, vs. 155.66M est., and raises its guidance for FY 2024 earnings growth from 20% to 25%, vs. 25.5% est.; DIS drops 8%+
Todd Spangler / Variety:   Disney reports Disney+ Core, which excludes Disney+ Hotstar in India and other Southeast Asian countries, subscribers up 6% QoQ to 117.6M in Q2, above forecasts
Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2024 Pulitzer Prize winners: NYT for Investigative Reporting, WaPo and Reuters for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting for Oct. 7 coverage  —  A live list of the winners of journalism's top honor, including links to the winning stories.  —  The winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes …
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Lookout Santa Cruz, a digital-only local news outlet, won the breaking news reporting Pulitzer for its 2023 California floods coverage; Reuters won two prizes
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NYT and WaPo won three Pulitzers each; the prize for public service went to ProPublica for its coverage of Justice Clarence Thomas' financial entanglements
Perri Ormont Blumberg / New York Times:
Memo: Condé Nast and the union representing staff at Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others reach a tentative deal for a first contract after over a year of bargaining  —  The company on Monday reached a tentative contract agreement with unionized employees who said they were willing …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Q&A with NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who says polling shows “democracy” is not a prime concern warranting top coverage, while immigration and the economy are  —  I stopped by Joe Kahn's modest office in the New York Times newsroom Thursday to ask him what some of his readers want to know …
Wall Street Journal:
Kim Godwin steps down as ABC News' president, a role she has held since 2021, and says she will “retire from broadcast journalism”; no successor has been named  —  ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night, months after a corporate restructuring that effectively stripped away much of her management autonomy.
Tech Transparency Project:
An investigation finds a black market for Facebook accounts that have approval to run political ads during India's general election, raising interference fears  —  Facebook hosts a thriving black market for fake and stolen accounts.  Some sellers are offering accounts that can run political ads in India …
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority:
YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead, which uses AI to let users jump to parts of a video where most viewers skip ahead, to all US Premium members using its Android app  —  It's currently available in the US on the YouTube Android app.  —  •  —  TL;DR  — YouTube Premium members in the US …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, parts ways with management company Night Media and is increasingly taking personal control of his business  —  The dominant YouTuber MrBeast is parting ways with his high-profile talent management company.  —  Jimmy Donaldson …
Sabela Ojea / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster acquires Dutch publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning, its first deal for a non-English book publisher; VBK will maintain its editorial independence  —  VBK to operate as an autonomous division and maintain its editorial independence  —  Simon & Schuster is acquiring Dutch …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with comedians Bert Kreischer, Taylor Tomlinson, and Chelsea Handler on the boom in standup comedy, which grossed $900M+ in 2023, and Netflix's role in it  —  Bert Kreischer, Taylor Tomlinson and Chelsea Handler discuss the boom in stand-up comedy — and Netflix's role in it.
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