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6:50 PM ET, April 12, 2023

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
A look at Rupert Murdoch's mounting problems; sources blame the 92-year-old's erratic behavior for throwing his personal life and media empire into disarray  —  With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet …
New York Times:
NPR decides to “no longer be active on Twitter” after the platform took “actions that undermine our credibility” by implying NPR is not editorially independent  —  The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.”
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Paul Glynn / BBC:
Twitter changes its label on the main BBC account from “Government Funded Media” to “Publicly funded media”, after the broadcaster called the label inaccurate  —  Twitter has changed a label on the main BBC account, saying it is “publicly-funded” instead of …
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo:
Twitter considers outlets to be “Government-funded Media” when “the government provides some or all” of their funding and “may” be involved in editorial content
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
The Dominion lawsuit judge plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether Fox lied by saying Rupert Murdoch was a Fox Corp officer and not at Fox News  —  The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems' massive defamation case against Fox News said Wednesday that he plans to appoint …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look back at the UK tabloid phone-hacking case, ahead of the Dominion-Fox case: Rupert Murdoch and Fox survived the scandal and UK press rules didn't change
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery officially announces Max as the new name of its flagship streaming service, launching in the US on May 23 with HBO and Discovery+ content  —  It's not HBO Max — soon it's just going to be Max. … The company announced the name change at a press event Wednesday …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery's stock fell 5.83% on April 12 after announcing HBO Max would become Max; Disney fell 2.47%, Paramount fell 3.28%, and Netflix fell 2.12%  —  WB Discovery shares have been battered over the past year as the company dealt with post-merger cost-cutting and management realignment.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Putin approved Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's arrest; the Kremlin says the action was the “total prerogative of the special services”  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of a US reporter on espionage charges for the first time since …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Vox Media spins off NowThis as an independent company, over a year after acquiring the outlet, takes a minority stake, and plans to keep selling ads for NowThis  —  Known for its viral videos of politicians and other newsmakers, NowThis is preparing to cover the 2024 election as an independent company.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple Music, and other services to block developers training AI bots from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs  —  Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material  —  Universal Music Group …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fox News plans to host the first 2024 Republican presidential primary, set to be held in Milwaukee in August 2023; the RNC will live stream the debate on Rumble  —  Fox News will host the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee later this year, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel announced on Wednesday.
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
IAC and PwC: US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B in 2022, down from 35% YoY in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY in 2022, down from 39.3%  —  Headwinds from the economy and privacy protections were offset by growth in areas such as retail ad networks and streaming TV, executives and analysts say
 
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