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President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after loud sounds were heard in the hotel; a shooting suspect has been apprehended — Witnesses heard three loud bangs and saw a man carrying a rifle — WASHINGTON—President Trump is safe after what he described …
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Clayton Davis / Variety:
President Trump calls for the White House Correspondents' Dinner to be rescheduled within 30 days after Saturday's dinner was disrupted by a shooting incident — President Donald Trump held a press conference at the White House about one hour after he and first lady Melania Trump …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Lionsgate's Michael opens with $97M domestically and $217M globally in its first weekend, the best start ever for a biopic and the second-biggest debut of 2026 — There's a new box office king. — “Michael,” a biopic from Lionsgate about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Canadian holding company Tiny is looking to sell its stake in cinephile social platform Letterboxd, and has held talks with Versant and The Ankler — The Scoop — The controlling investor in Letterboxd, the social platform for movie lovers that's one of the few success stories …
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Paris-based Audion, which offers a platform for planning and optimizing ad campaigns for audio, raised a $15M Series B, bringing its total funding to $22.6M — Audion has raised a $15 million Series B and is expanding to the U.S. as it aims to turn digital audio into a more measurable …
Bloomberg:
Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium users access to playlists and a catalog of 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content — Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at what's next for Netflix and Comcast's Peacock after the WBD-Paramount deal; Nielsen says Netflix had six of the top 10 original streaming shows in Q1 — The company's streaming service has lost more than $11 billion and can't keep customers form canceling
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump lashed out at Norah O'Donnell in a 60 Minutes interview after she read a portion of a manifesto left by the WHCD shooting suspect — During the sit down, taped on Sunday, O'Donnell asked, “The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President. He appears to reference a motive in it.
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Boaz Sobrado / Forbes:
A profile of Anthony Fujiwara, who industrialized “clipping” for social media video marketing and has contributed to the rise of crypto casinos like Stake — Anthony Fujiwara is the co-founder of Clipping Exe, also known as the creator of clipping, the video marketing phenomenon …
Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia enters a new stage in its crackdown on publishing houses, including those compliant with state demands; major publisher Eksmo-AST was raided last week — Kremlin crackdown targets even loyal publishing houses — First, they came for the covers: in bookshops across Russia …
Benjamin Wallace / New York Times:
A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become mandatory listening in the AI community, with guests like Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg — Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang …
Benjamin Toff / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 49% of US adults say they mostly get news because they happen to come across it, not by actively seeking it out, an increase from 39% in 2019 — The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities.
