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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Nate Silver told FiveThirtyEight staff he expects to leave Disney's ABC News when his contract is up “soon”, as layoffs hit the data journalism outlet — ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's exit, like Glenn Beck's and Bill O'Reilly's, shows that no one is irreplaceable since Fox News itself, which convenes the audience, is the star — No one is irreplaceable at the network. It was designed that way. — If you're wondering did Tucker Carlson jump …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon were products of the Trump era with their indignation and outrage; their ousters represent a temporary pullback from media excesses — The two hosts took very different approaches, but the decisions by Fox News and CNN to shed the stars marks at least a temporary shift …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox News says the network and Tucker Carlson “have agreed to part ways”, and that Carlson's last program was on Friday, April 21
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube's advertising revenue declined for the third consecutive quarter, by 2.6% YoY to $6.69B in Q1 2023, slightly beating analyst estimates of $6.6B — Ad sales at YouTube declined 2.6% year over year in the first quarter of 2023, to $6.69 billion. Analysts expected it to come in at $6.6 billion, per FactSet.
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Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet reports Q1 Google ad revenue of $54.55B, vs. $54.66B YoY, the second straight decline after a 3.6% drop in Q4 2022, and the third since going public — Search giant tries to jump-start growth amid volatile digital ad market and competition in AI — Google reported a second straight drop …
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Lindsay Isaac / CNN:
Court documents: Prince Harry's legal team alleges that Prince William secretly settled phone hacking claims with News Group Newspapers for a “very large sum” — Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers reached a secret agreement over historical phone hacking claims …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Prince Harry's lawyers say the royal family had a “secret agreement” not to pursue claims against News Group Newspapers until the phone hacking lawsuit was done
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Desiree Ibekwe / New York Times:
Crooked Media plans to launch Pod Save the UK, its first podcast based outside the US, on May 4, hosted by Coco Khan, a journalist, and Nish Kumar, a comedian — The company behind “Pod Save America” is starting a British version of the popular liberal show. — Reporting from London
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Tim Mak / The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak:
NPR Investigative Correspondent Tim Mak launches The Counteroffensive, a newsletter covering Russia's war in Ukraine, after leaving as part of NPR's layoffs — Introducing ‘The Counteroffensive,’ a reporter's open notebook from Ukraine — Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
After President Biden's reelection campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee posts an attack ad featuring AI-generated images, including of Biden — - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party …
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New York Times:
Dawn Davis, hired as Bon Appétit EIC in 2020 to put it back on track after staff turmoil, resigns to return to Simon & Schuster, reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp — Ms. Davis, who took charge of the food magazine at a time of turmoil, will head the publishing imprint she founded.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
News sharing app Artifact adds an AI tool to generate article summaries, while noting users should still read the full articles due to occasional errors — Artifact, the personalized news aggregator from Instagram's founders is further embracing AI with the launch of a new feature that will now summarize news articles for you.
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Chloe Xiang / VICE:
A look at AI Hub, a Discord community dedicated to AI music that released an entire album featuring original songs using AI-generated vocals from famous artists — On Saturday, they released an entire album using an AI-generated copy of Travis Scott's voice, and labels are trying to kill it.
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Martine Paris / Forbes:
Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music using her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same deal as “with any artist I collab with”
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Lee Haye-ah / Yonhap News Agency:
Netflix plans to invest $2.5B to produce South Korean TV series, movies, and scripted shows through 2027, double the company's investment in South Korea to date — Netflix said Monday it will invest US$2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and scripted shows.
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