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Sources: Vanguard Group, the biggest investor in Disney with a roughly 8.3% stake, is voting for Disney's board nominees at the annual meeting on April 3 — NYC Comptroller on Disney Proxy Fight, Congestion Pricing … Vanguard is the biggest investor in Disney, with a roughly 8.3% stake, Bloomberg-compiled data show.
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A profile of Dana Walden, who is in the running to be Bob Iger's successor as Disney CEO, as some colleagues and friends discuss her strengths and faults
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Awful Announcing, Fortune, @sherman4949 and New York Post

US-based hedge fund Hunterbrook launches its newsroom, Hunterbrook Media, after raising $100M to make trades based on scoops uncovered by its reporters — Target of Hunterbrook's first story questions ethics of it taking a short position in its stock — A US hedge fund has raised $100mn …
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On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her” — - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.
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The Marion County Record's parent and Eric Meyer, its editor and publisher, file a federal lawsuit over police raids of its offices and Meyer's home in 2023 — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices …
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The Wrap, Kansas Reflector and Media Nation

Yahoo acquires the news app Artifact, shuts down its standalone app, and plans to use its technology on Yahoo News and other services in the coming months — Instagram's co-founders built a powerful and useful tool for recommending news to readers — but could never quite get it to scale.
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Sources: Biden plans an April 4 interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo; Acevedo was broadly criticized after his November 2023 “softball” interview of Trump — Vanity Fair has learned that Joe Biden is sitting down this week with veteran journalist Enrique Acevedo …
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@bsdtectr.bsky.social and CNN
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Sudan's state news agency says the information ministry has suspended Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Hadath plus UAE-owned Sky News Arabia — Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel …
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@patrickheinisc1 and @hassanahmedberk

A look at the lawyers using defamation lawsuits to fight political disinformation with a focus on key spreaders, like Alex Jones — “I've always despised bullies that pick on defenseless or seemingly defenseless people,” said Michael J. Gottlieb, who has represented clients targeted …
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Donald Trump sues two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, claiming they set the company up wrong and shouldn't get stock; the two earlier sued Trump — - He claims they bungled their duties, forfeiting their stock — Trump Media shares plunged less than a week after going public
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George Carlin's estate settles with the makers of Dudesy, who agree to remove their YouTube video and podcast they originally claimed used an “AI” George Carlin — The estate had accused two podcast hosts of infringing on its copyrights by training an A.I. algorithm on five decades of Mr. Carlin's work.
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Variety, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter

Iowa officials settle a suit with independent political blogger Laura Belin, who was denied a press pass to the legislature; Iowa will pay her attorneys $49K — Iowa state officials agreed Tuesday to pay attorney's fees and change state House policies to settle a lawsuit from a liberal blogger …

MoffettNathanson forecasts YouTube TV will have ~12.4M US subscribers by 2026's end, passing Comcast and Charter to become the country's biggest pay TV provider — Google's streaming cable television alternative YouTube TV is on track to overtake Comcast's Xfinity TV and Charter's Spectrum TV …
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