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10:45 PM ET, May 3, 2022

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts confirms the authenticity of the leaked draft Politico published and orders an investigation into the source of the leak  —  - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft opinion from the court …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
Publishing a draft SCOTUS opinion on Roe v. Wade is unprecedented in the court's modern history; Politico's EIC: it is “plainly news of great public interest”  —  A draft Supreme Court opinion has never been disclosed publicly.  Media observers were quick to question whether Politico should have run with it.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Politico's scoop based on a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion serves the US public by showing the court's decision-making process and its plans for Roe v. Wade  —  Last night at 8:32 p.m., POLITICO reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward punctured the court's reputation as a leak-proof vessel …
Reporters Without Borders:
Reporters Without Borders publishes the 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index; the press freedom situation is “very bad” in a record 28 countries  —  Organisation:  — RSF_en  —  The 20th World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $7.3B, net earnings down 52% to $433M, streaming revenue up 82% to $1.1B, and theatrical revenue down 27% to $624M  —  Paramount Global said first-quarter profit fell as the company's investments in content and declines in its traditional business offset gains it made in streaming.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Roku and private equity firm Apollo Global Management teamed up to bid for a stake as large as 20% in Lionsgate's pay TV and streaming service Starz  —  Lions Gate Entertainment said in November it would explore a sale or spin-off of Starz, the network behind ‘Outlander’ and ‘Power’
Max Tani / Politico:
Sources: ABC News' Jonathan Karl has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian and shaking hands with Joe Biden at the WHCD  —  ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid-19, people familiar with the matter confirm …
Axios:
Lee Enterprises quietly laid off ~61 employees across 10 newsrooms since its March 10 shareholders meeting; source: 400+ roles are expected to be cut in 2022  —  Lee Enterprises has been quietly laying off dozens of employees across its local papers and at the corporate level as it continues …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
70% of UK households that wanted to pay less or nothing for the BBC changed their minds after joining a study where they went nine days without any BBC content  —  After just nine days of living without any BBC services, 70% of the households hostile to paying the full license fee had changed their minds.
Discussion: @petergreste and @sarahscire
Lauren Sherman / Business of Fashion:
Sources: Vogue charged $1M for two six-second spots on its Met Gala livestream and other amplification; in 2021, the stream generated 16.5M views in two weeks  —  What began as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has also become a major revenue opportunity for publisher Condé Nast.
Discussion: @lapresmidi and Variety
Cullen Browder / WRAL-TV:
The ACEJMC, which evaluates journalism programs, downgrades the accreditation of UNC's journalism school, after controversy over a Nikole Hannah-Jones job offer  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The agency responsible for evaluation of university journalism and mass communication programs voted …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Facebook plans to stop letting users add podcasts to the service this week, start removing them on June 3, and discontinue Soundbites and its central audio hub  —  Facebook is pulling out of podcasts and plans to remove them altogether from the social-media service starting June 3.
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Vice Media has hired financial advisers to help find a buyer, either for the entire company or for parts of the business to pay back ~$1B in debt
NBC News:
An NBC News review finds 11 articles by reporter Teaganne Finn has plagiarized passages; NBC added an editor's note to each article and removed the passages
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate signs a multiyear deal giving Peacock and NBCUniversal networks exclusive rights to its movies for their Pay 2 window, starting in 2024