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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.
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.
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.
Matthew Dowd / Lighthouse Sentinel:
Matthew Dowd, fired from MSNBC for comments he made immediately after the Charlie Kirk shooting, says he spoke before he knew Kirk was hit  —  Wow, what a few days.  —  On Tuesday evening, I was in Little Rock, Arkansas talking to a large gathering of folks about how we have to look …
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Source: MSNBC fires political analyst Matthew Dowd over his on-air comments about Charlie Kirk; MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler and Dowd apologized for them
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.
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.
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Joel Kuwahara, co-founder and president of production at Fox-owned Bento Box, is leaving the animation studio, which produces Bob's Burgers, Hoops, and more  —  Joel Kuwahara, the co-founder and president of production of Bento Box Entertainment, is stepping down from his role at the Fox-owned animation studio.
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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.
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 …
Variety:
Paramount condemns a boycott of Israeli film companies after 4,000+ people sign a Film Workers for Palestine pledge to not work with some Israeli film entities  —  After more than 3,900 industry figures signed a pledge not to work with Israeli film institutions, Paramount released a statement condemning the widespread boycott.
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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