Mediagazer: After President Biden's reelection campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee posts an attack ad featuring AI-generated images, including of Biden (Alex Thompson/Axios)

3:35 PM ET, April 25, 2023

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Nate Silver tells FiveThirtyEight employees that he expects to leave Disney 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.

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Tucker Carlson's ouster, like Glenn Beck's and Bill O'Reilly's before him, shows that no one at Fox News is irreplaceable since Fox itself 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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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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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Source: Tucker Carlson was in the midst of negotiating the renewal of his Fox News contract through 2029 and told people last week he expected it to be renewed

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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Source: Tucker Carlson's Fox News exit was “a firing” and he's “totally surprised”; sources: the newsroom is in “shock” and found out when the news broke online

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Lindsay Isaac / CNN:

In court documents, Prince Harry's legal team alleges Prince William 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 an agreement not to pursue claims against News Group Newspapers until the conclusion of phone hacking litigation — Prince Harry is newly pursuing News Group Newspapers over claims of unlawful information gathering.

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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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Lee Haye-ah / Yonhap News Agency:

Netflix plans to invest $2.5B in South Korea for Korean TV series, movies, and scripted shows over the next four years — 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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Desiree Ibekwe / New York Times:

Crooked Media is set to launch Pod Save the UK, its first international production, on May 4, with hosts 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

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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Wall Street Journal:

Overwhelmed by streaming services and their content, some US viewers are turning to Pluto TV, Tubi, and other free offerings that show classic TV shows with ads — Free streaming services Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and others show classic TV shows with ads, easing decisions for those overwhelmed with options

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Thierry Breton says EU Digital Services Act content rules will apply to Apple, Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and 12 others from August 2023 — Five Alphabet (GOOGL.O) subsidiaries, two Meta Platforms (META.O) units, two Microsoft (MSFT.O) businesses, Twitter and Alibaba's …

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

An interview with Danny Groom, the editor of Mail Online in the UK, on expanding royal coverage to royal families around the world, including Monaco and Morocco — Mail Online boss Danny Groom said the royal growth has “huge editorial and commercial possibilities”.

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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:

Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to €3B, ad revenue up 17% YoY to €329M, MAUs up 22% YoY to 515M, Premium Subscribers up 15% YoY to 210M, and a €225M loss — Audio streaming giant posted lower-than-expected revenue gains as ad spending cooled Spotify Technology SA reported …