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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says Jimmy Kimmel's show will return to ABC on Tuesday and the suspension was “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment” — The Walt Disney company in a new statement says the move was made “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.”
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Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
Sinclair says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliate stations starting Tuesday as it discusses the show's potential return with ABC — The broadcaster, which has demanded an apology and Turning Point USA donation from the late-night host, will replace the time slot with local news programming
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Axios:
White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app — TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China …
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Bloomberg:
A White House official says the US will not hold a golden share or equity in TikTok US and the new board will not have a member selected by the US government
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Internal report: global revenue at the Financial Times Group grew by 6% YoY to £540M in 2024; UK accounts for Financial Times Ltd show revenue up 2% to £454.6M — Advertising dips but paid-for content and events revenue grows in 2024. — Global revenue at the Financial Times Group …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, and Rupert Murdoch file to dismiss Trump's $10B defamation lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein report, saying “the article is true” — “In an affront to the First Amendment, the President of the United States brought this lawsuit to silence a newspaper …
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Future launches Collab, an initiative that integrates creator-led content across its portfolio; creators are hand-selected and paid flat fees as contributors — Future has launched Collab, a new initiative for creator-led content that runs across its portfolio of media brands including Marie Claire …
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Jason Zweig / Wall Street Journal:
Jonathan Clements, who wrote 1,009 personal finance columns for the WSJ between 1994 and 2008, died on Sunday at 62, after being diagnosed with cancer last year — He wrote more than 1,000 personal-finance columns for the Journal and was a favorite of readers
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at MrBeast's entertainment company, which has ~$450M in annual sales but faced three years of losses due to high production costs of $3M-$4M per video — The master of viral videos now has a CEO to rein in spending on Lambos—and give his “banger content” an even wider reach.
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Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and @carnage4life@mas.to, more at Techmeme »
Quinn Moreland / New York Times:
An interview with Noah Johnson, the new editor of the fashion magazine Highsnobiety, about “authenticity” as a core editorial principle and more — Noah Johnson, the new editor of Highsnobiety, wants to bring the glossy down to earth. — “The most important editorial principle …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Status, the newsletter founded by ex-CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy, hires Brian Lowry as Hollywood correspondent and Natalie Korach as media correspondent — The writers join from Vanity Fair and The Wrap, with Darcy also working with Stacey Farish on advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Some left-leaning audiences are turning to independent outlets like Bulwark and Crooked Media, abandoning legacy media over their pro-Trump transgressions — THE SCOOP — Establishment media corporations' capitulation to the Trump administration has alienated Democrats …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Sky News Australia admits an editorial failure after a guest delivered an anti-Islam rant while wearing a shirt covered with bacon slices — Host Freya Leach sat silently while Ryan Williams called Muslims terrorists and explained he ‘wore’ bacon to protect himself from alleged threats of beheading
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