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Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank; three eyewitnesses said Israeli troops killed her — Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank Wednesday, the network said.
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Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Al Jazeera accuses Israel of intentionally killing Shireen Abu Akleh, who was wearing body armor marked “press”; Israel backtracks from blaming Palestinians — Israel denies Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by its troops and says she may have been hit by Palestinian fire
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reports Q2 revenue of $19.25B, up 23% YoY, missing financial estimates due to several one-time charges, but beats Disney+ subscriber growth estimates — Disney's flagship streamer gained 7.9 million customers in the first three months of 2022, to stand at 137.7 million, up 33% year over year.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's streaming subscribers hit 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, and ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M — Hulu added 300,000 subscribers to reach 45.6 million subs and ESPN+ added 1 million subscribers to reach 22.3 million.
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New York Times:
Bloomberg Media launches Bloomberg UK with a website, video series, podcast, and a summit in 2022, to compete with The Financial Times and The Sunday Times — A new venture, Bloomberg UK, is the first inkling of a new international strategy for the business news giant. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Slate names Hillary Frey, a former top editor at HuffPost, as its new editor in chief; Slate has not had an EIC since Jared Hohlt stepped down in January 2022 — Hillary Frey will lead the online publication as it struggles to find its way after a number of high-level departures and tries to work toward profitability.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitter rolls out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it combats spam and duplicative content, and what it considers to be a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify …
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Twitter Help Center, @bendobrown, @abcdebwi, CNET, @nottoadmckinley, @marklittlenews, @asteris, @spacepancakes and Mashable ME
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
Creators who quit YouTube keep returning despite “YouTube brain”, where creators are creatively and financially subject to the whims of viewer attention spans — Prominent YouTubers keep quitting the platform and then coming back. Call it the result of YouTube brain.
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@matt_on_tech, @kyurieff, @taylorlorenz, @manymanywords, @rebexxxxa and The Empathy List
Matt Schifrin / Forbes:
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment plans to acquire DVD rental and streaming company Redbox Entertainment for $375M in an all-stock deal — New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! — Among buggy whip businesses, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX) …
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
A sex toy company and digital marketer, Paradise Media, buys the site of The Believer, a former literary magazine run from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas — Last week, the media newsletter The Fine Print reported on a surprising new direction for The Believer, the prestigious literary magazine run …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Former Fox News anchor Ed Henry, fired in 2020 amid sexual misconduct allegations, drops his defamation lawsuits against NPR and CNN for reporting on his firing — The lawsuit, which took aim at NPR and CNN for reporting on Henry's firing from Fox over sexual misconduct allegations, was voluntarily dismissed “with prejudice.”
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@davidfolkenflik, Mediaite, @justinbaragona, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik and Deadline
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Apple TV+ head of film marketing strategy JP Richards resigned, and Apple expects to replace him “in the coming weeks”; Richards joined in January 2021 — Richards notified his team of his departure on Wednesday morning, one insider added.
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@staphwriter and The Wrap
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