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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
WSJ revised a headline and added an editor's note to a story suggesting ammo in Charlie Kirk's shooting was engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology” — Your support makes The Advocate's original LGBTQ+ reporting possible. Become a member today to help us continue this work.
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Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Puck, co-founded by Jon Kelly in 2021, has agreed to acquire Graydon Carter's Air Mail; both outlets have mutual investors, including TPG — Another POLITICO Star Eyeing The Exits … In tonight's edition, Graydon Carter and Jon Kelly go way back to when Kelly was Carter's assistant at Vanity Fair.
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The Hollywood Reporter, @nick_field90, @sarafischer, @bristei, New York Times, The Wrap, Axios, Feed Me and Showbiz411
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon plans to launch quote posts starting next week with safety features allowing users to control how they get quoted, to avoid “dunking” — Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week.
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Mastodon Blog, @Mastodon@mastodon.social and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Skydance is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, backed by the Ellison family; WBD jumps nearly 30% — The majority of the planned bid for Warner will be made up of cash — Paramount Skydance is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Atlantic settled a defamation lawsuit by Ruth Shalit Barrett for $1M+, resolving a dispute over the magazine's 2020 retraction of her story on youth sports — The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor's note.
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The Wrap and @dicktofel.bsky.social
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky / WHYY:
Penn State University plans to “wind down” public media station WPSU by June 2026 after a university board declined to transfer ownership to Philadelphia's WHYY — In voting down a proposal to transfer the station to WHYY, trustees expressed concern over a $17 million subsidy and wanted a commitment to hire staff.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian reports revenue in the year to March up 7% YoY to £276M, losses down £24M from £37M the year prior, and 1.3M “recurring supporters” online, up 13% — The Guardian has reported a bumper year for digital reader revenue, up by 22% from £88m …
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The Guardian, InPublishing and MediaPost
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A federal judge issues an order barring federal agents with DHS from using crowd-control weapons against journalists; the order applies to seven CA counties — The judge cited an “avalanche of evidence” that ICE and Border Patrol agents and L.A. police violated the rights of reporters covering protests of immigration raids.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites — The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google misled advertisers that place ads …
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The Wrap, New York Post, MediaPost, Proactive, Engadget, Search Engine Land, Reuters and MarketWatch, more at Techmeme »
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions — Please clap for Techmeme — Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today. This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion.
New York Times:
A look at David Ellison's spending spree, representing the biggest funding change in Hollywood since 2013 when Netflix began showering creators with money — David Ellison has gotten off to a fast start as the owner of Paramount, at least when it comes to buying things.
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American Prospect, New York Post, Business Insider, Reuters and MacDailyNews
Chloe Mac Donnell / The Guardian:
Edward Enninful's quarterly print magazine, 72, launches with no print ads, but “powered by incredible companies”; at least seven Vogue staffers have joined 72 — Former British Vogue editor has mined his starry contacts book for first issue of 72, with Julia Roberts on the cover
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Variety, Bloomberg, KDFX-TV, Fast Company and The Business of Fashion
