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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
WSJ revised a headline and added an editor's note to a story suggesting ammo in Charlie Kirk's shooting was engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology” — Your support makes The Advocate's original LGBTQ+ reporting possible. Become a member today to help us continue this work.
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Matthew Dowd / Lighthouse Sentinel:
Matthew Dowd, fired from MSNBC for comments he made immediately after the Charlie Kirk shooting, says he spoke before he knew Kirk was hit — Wow, what a few days. — On Tuesday evening, I was in Little Rock, Arkansas talking to a large gathering of folks about how we have to look …
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Source: MSNBC fires political analyst Matthew Dowd over his on-air comments about Charlie Kirk; MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler and Dowd apologized for them
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Atlantic settled a defamation lawsuit by Ruth Shalit Barrett for $1M+, resolving a dispute over the magazine's 2020 retraction of her story on youth sports — The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor's note.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon plans to launch quote posts starting next week with safety features allowing users to control how they get quoted, to avoid “dunking” — Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week.
Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Puck, co-founded by Jon Kelly in 2021, has agreed to acquire Graydon Carter's Air Mail; both outlets have mutual investors, including TPG — Another POLITICO Star Eyeing The Exits … In tonight's edition, Graydon Carter and Jon Kelly go way back to when Kelly was Carter's assistant at Vanity Fair.
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Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions — Please clap for Techmeme — Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today. This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion.
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Carmen Russell-Sluchansky / WHYY:
Penn State University plans to “wind down” public media station WPSU by June 2026 after a university board declined to transfer ownership to Philadelphia's WHYY — In voting down a proposal to transfer the station to WHYY, trustees expressed concern over a $17 million subsidy and wanted a commitment to hire staff.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Comcast sues to invalidate a Washington state law that taxes online ad services, set to take effect in October; major ad industry groups also oppose the law — Comcast has sued to invalidate a new Washington state law that imposes a tax on online advertising services such as creating …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A federal judge issues an order barring federal agents with DHS from using crowd-control weapons against journalists; the order applies to seven CA counties — The judge cited an “avalanche of evidence” that ICE and Border Patrol agents and L.A. police violated the rights of reporters covering protests of immigration raids.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites — The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google misled advertisers that place ads …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian reports revenue in the year to March up 7% YoY to £276M, losses down £24M from £37M the year prior, and 1.3M “recurring supporters” online, up 13% — The Guardian has reported a bumper year for digital reader revenue, up by 22% from £88m …
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Variety:
Paramount condemns a boycott of Israeli film companies after 4,000+ people sign a Film Workers for Palestine pledge to not work with some Israeli film entities — After more than 3,900 industry figures signed a pledge not to work with Israeli film institutions, Paramount released a statement condemning the widespread boycott.
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Joel Kuwahara, co-founder and president of production at Fox-owned Bento Box, is leaving the animation studio, which produces Bob's Burgers, Hoops, and more — Joel Kuwahara, the co-founder and president of production of Bento Box Entertainment, is stepping down from his role at the Fox-owned animation studio.
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