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2:05 PM ET, April 26, 2022

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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter agrees to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk” for $54.20 per share in cash; the ~$44B deal requires shareholder and regulatory approval  —  - Twitter's board accepted billionaire Elon Musk's offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says that, regardless of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase, “I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on Truth”, whose stock closed down 12.9% on Monday  —  Trump said a Musk Twitter takeover would be a positive development, but he will stay with his own platform
The Verge:
Elon Musk says he wants to improve Twitter by “making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans”  —  Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $45.5 billion  —  Twitter has accepted Elon Musk's offer to purchase the company for $45.5 billion …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that Twitter must follow the new Digital Services Act rules or face fines or even a ban in Europe  —  EU commissioner Thierry Breton tells Tesla chief executive: ‘Elon, there are rules’  —  Brussels has warned Elon Musk …
The New York Times Company:
Dean Baquet will lead a new one-year local investigative journalism fellowship at the NYT, which will offer free co-publication to local news outlets  —  The New York Times announces a new fellowship for investigative journalism focused on the state and local level.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: rival strategies for CNN+, combined with unexpected events like Jeff Zucker's resignation and the Discovery merger, fueled the service's rapid demise  —  Chris Licht wasn't supposed to start his new job as CNN's chief until May.  —  But on Thursday he found himself addressing …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK culture secretary expresses concern over regional publisher Newsquest's takeover of Archant, asks for CMA and Ofcom reports to see if a full probe is needed  —  The Culture Secretary has said she may intervene over Newsquest's takeover of rival Archant.  —  Newsquest, which publishes …
Discussion: GOV.UK and HoldtheFrontPage
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Lionsgate and Roku strike a deal under which the studio's films will have exclusive runs on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel after they play on Starz  —  Lionsgate and Roku have struck a deal giving the studio's feature films an exclusive streaming run on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel after they play on Starz.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Kevin Hart's media company HartBeat, which has deals with Peacock and Netflix, raises $100M from PE firm Abry Partners, sources say at a $650M valuation  —  The deal with Abry Partners is the latest example of private equity's pushing into Hollywood to cash in on the demand for streaming shows.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands Super Thanks, the feature that lets viewers tip creators for individual videos, to eligible creators in 68 countries  —  YouTube is expanding its Super Thanks feature to all eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, the company announced on Tuesday.
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club scraps the Human Rights Press Awards days before its plan to announce the winners, citing national security law fears  —  Foreign Correspondent's Club's decision sparks outrage from journalists and resignations from press freedom committee
 
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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Online podcast recording service Riverside raises a $35M Series B led by Oren Zeev and says its clients include the NYT, Fox Sports, Marvel, and iHeartMedia
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Guardian, FT, and Daily Mirror journalists were excluded from the UK Home Secretary's trip to Rwanda, where she signed a controversial asylum seeker deal
Josh Ye / Reuters:
Sources: Tencent-controlled Chinese video game streaming service Huya, which rivals DouYu, plans to lay off hundreds of staff; Huya had 2,075 employees in 2020
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix staff morale is down amid its declining stock price, subscriber losses, and an engineering restructuring to create “junior” and “senior” levels
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Joe Kahn's openness to criticism can help The New York Times, which hasn't had an ombudsman since 2017, rethink its approach to politics and government coverage