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5:10 PM ET, May 19, 2023

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK appeals court orders Carole Cadwalladr to pay 60% of Arron Banks' libel trial costs, totaling ~£1M, and £35K damages, despite finding her Ted Talk lawful  —  Brexit donor Arron Banks entitled to damages over Carole Cadwalladr's Ted Talk, appeal judges have ruled.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Disney will start purging dozens of Disney+ and Hulu shows on May 26; the company announced a $1.5B-$1.8B impairment charge at its last earnings call  —  Disney is starting to pull content from streaming, with dozens of series and specials slated to leave Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, Deadline has learned.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney cancels plans to build an Orlando office complex and move 2,000+ workers from California to Florida; sources: the DeSantis feud influenced the decision
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News hires The Economist's G. Elliott Morris as editorial director of data analytics for the news division, which includes FiveThirtyEight  —  EXCLUSIVE: ABC News is hiring The Economist's G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics for the news division, a post that also oversees FiveThirtyEight.
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Pablo Valdivia, NPR's first editor for Latino audiences, on what the role entails, its impact, other newsrooms creating similar positions, and more  —  “The weight of coverage shouldn't have to fall on the shoulders of a select few, but rather on the organization as a whole.
Discussion: Inside Radio
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The last-minute cancellation of Biden's Australia trip stuck media outlets with big bills, showing that such trips are impractically costly for most outlets  —  Some correspondents think it could prompt media bosses to pull back from covering the president on future overseas tours
Cory Weinberg / The Information:
Source: Instacart had ad revenue of about $740M in 2022, up 30% from 2021; nearly 30% of Instacart's 2022 revenue came from selling ads  —  Instacart has become an advertising powerhouse.  —  The grocery-delivery firm's ad revenue totaled about $740 million last year, up 30% from 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.
New York Times:
Five TikTok creators sue to overturn Montana's law that is set to ban the app on January 1, 2024, arguing the law violates their First Amendment rights and more  —  A spokeswoman for the state attorney general said that his office had “expected a legal challenge” and was “fully prepared to defend the law.”
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Informa, a UK events and publishing company that owns Industry Dive, acquires Winsight, which publishes Foodservice Director and Restaurant Business, for $380M  —  Winsight's brands include titles such as Foodservice Director and Restaurant Business.  —  B2B information and events business Informa …
Discussion: Dow Jones Newswires
 
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter increases its video upload limits for Blue subscribers from one hour and 2GB to two hours and 8GB, but the maximum resolution remains at 1080p
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launches “enhanced bylines” online to offer more information on how reporters did their work, after running the experiment since January 2022
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix shares jump 10%+ after the streamer reported it has almost 5M global monthly active users for its ad-supported plan introduced in early November 2022
Patrick Oster / Bloomberg:
Real estate billionaire Sam Zell, whose $8.3B leveraged buyout of Tribune Co. led to layoffs of 4,200 people and bankruptcy, dies at 81
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Christiane Amanpour says she and CNN CEO Chris Licht exchanged “robust” views over Donald Trump's town hall, becoming the first CNN anchor to publicly dissent