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Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Melania Trump calls on ABC to “take a stand” on Jimmy Kimmel, after his joke that she has “a glow like an expectant widow” days before the WHCD shooting — First Lady Melania Trump called late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a “coward” after he made a joke calling her an …
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
President Trump says “Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC” over Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump — Just hours after his wife, Melania, wrote in an X post that ABC must “take a stand” against Kimmel and his “atrocious behavior,” Trump took to his Truth Social account …
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Wall Street Journal:
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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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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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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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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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after clashes with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage; Shayndi Raice will lead international coverage — CBS News has ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with editor-in-chief Bari Weiss over the network's coverage of Iran and Gaza, The Post has learned.
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Olivier Sorgho / Notes From Poland:
A Polish influencer broke the world record for charity fundraising during a livestream, raising ~$69M for children's cancer treatment over a nine-day stream — A Polish influencer has broken the world record for charity fundraising during a live stream. Piotr Garkowski, who uses …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at what's next for Netflix and Comcast's Peacock after WBD's Paramount acquisition; Nielsen: 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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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Avex Music Group plans a $100M fund to acquire music copyrights, companies, and publishing catalogs over the next 12 months — The first acquisition from the strategy is the catalog of Teddy Swims' songwriter, Infamous. … Avex Music Group said on Monday (April 27) that it plans …
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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 …
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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 …
