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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CNN's town hall with Donald Trump, scheduled to air at 8pm ET with Kaitlan Collins as the moderator, takes on added stakes after the E. Jean Carroll verdict — Little more than a day after being found liable for battery and defamation of a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will add Hulu content to Disney+ by the end of 2023; standalone options for all platforms including ESPN+ will remain — - Disney+ will add content from Hulu to create a “one-app experience,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said. — Standalone options …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $21.81B, vs. $21.78B est., Disney+ subscribers down 2% to 157.8M, vs. 163.17M est., its second consecutive quarterly drop — On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year.
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Leanne Italie / Associated Press:
Heather Armstrong, a pioneering “mommy blogger” known as Dooce who wrote about struggles with depression and alcoholism, has died at age 47 — The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The New York Times reports Q1 revenue up 4.3% YoY to $560.7M, digital subscribers up 8% YoY to 190K, for 9.7M total, and print subscribers down 10% to 710K — The increase was driven in part by subscriptions to a bundle of products that includes The Athletic sports site …
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Washington Post:
In a Twitter video, Tucker Carlson says he will relaunch his Fox show on the social network; Elon Musk says Twitter did not sign a deal “of any kind whatsoever” — The former Fox News host tweeted a video saying he's moving his show to the social media site.
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Twitter video: Tucker Carlson berates traditional media for allegedly lying to the public and calls Twitter the last big platform left that allows free speech
Axios:
Docs: Tucker Carlson accused Fox News of fraud and breach of contract; sources: a Fox board member told Carlson he was fired as part of the Dominion settlement
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Randall Chase / Associated Press:
A US judge dismisses a shareholder lawsuit against Block over its Tidal acquisition in 2021, saying the company is “free to make a terrible business decision” — A Delaware judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against financial technology company Block Inc. over its 2021 acquisition …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The White House proposes suspending access for reporters who are not “professional”, after complaints about interruptions by Today News Africa's Simon Ateba — Though question-shouting reporter Simon Ateba claims he's the target, the policy changes go back to a Trump effort that ran afoul of the courts
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A look at UK-based newsletter startup The Know, which says it has 50,000 subscribers across its daily newsletter with a daily open rate of 46% — The Know has 50,000 newsletter subscribers and a daily open rate of 46%. — The chief executive of UK-based newsletter startup The Know understands …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Pete Distad, Apple's executive in charge of its TV app, TV+ streaming, and sports businesses, plans to leave the company this month — Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of its video and sports businesses is departing, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a “small experiment” globally that shows a pop-up urging users with ad blockers to allow ads on YouTube or consider subscribing to Premium — YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
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Financial Times:
Sources: state-backed Saudi Research and Media Group is exploring launching an international English-language news channel that could rival Al Jazeera — Gulf kingdom aims to expand its media influence around the world — A Saudi Arabia state-backed media group is looking at launching …
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@sameerhashmi, @ivanlevingston, @rasmus_kleis and middleeastmonitor.com
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