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Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Melania Trump calls on ABC to “take a stand” on Jimmy Kimmel, after his joke that she has “a glow like an expectant widow” days before the WHCD shooting — First Lady Melania Trump called late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a “coward” after he made a joke calling her an …
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
President Trump says “Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC” over Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump — Just hours after his wife, Melania, wrote in an X post that ABC must “take a stand” against Kimmel and his “atrocious behavior,” Trump took to his Truth Social account …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Canadian holding company Tiny is looking to sell its stake in cinephile social platform Letterboxd, and has held talks with Versant and The Ankler — The Scoop — The controlling investor in Letterboxd, the social platform for movie lovers that's one of the few success stories …
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Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
How sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple, as studios and estates of celebrities seek to monetize fan nostalgia; Michael is expected to earn more than $1B — As the interest in the lives of celebrities has intensified, we have become acclimatised to the fact that they will now curate and mercilessly monetise it
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after clashes with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage; Shayndi Raice will lead international coverage — CBS News has ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with editor-in-chief Bari Weiss over the network's coverage of Iran and Gaza, The Post has learned.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump lashed out at Norah O'Donnell in a 60 Minutes interview after she read a portion of a manifesto left by the WHCD shooting suspect — During the sit down, taped on Sunday, O'Donnell asked, “The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President. He appears to reference a motive in it.
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after loud sounds were heard in the hotel; a shooting suspect has been apprehended
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Clayton Davis / Variety:
President Trump calls for the White House Correspondents' Dinner to be rescheduled within 30 days after Saturday's dinner was disrupted by a shooting incident
President Trump calls for the White House Correspondents' Dinner to be rescheduled within 30 days after Saturday's dinner was disrupted by a shooting incident
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount says the merged Paramount-WBD will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds — Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors …
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Olivier Sorgho / Notes From Poland:
A Polish influencer broke the world record for charity fundraising during a livestream, raising ~$69M for children's cancer treatment over a nine-day stream — A Polish influencer has broken the world record for charity fundraising during a live stream. Piotr Garkowski, who uses …
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Q&A with TMZ's three-person Washington, DC team on their dream stories, trolling Politico, how covering politicians compares to covering celebrities, and more — I came to America and just got a job randomly at TMZ as a tour guide on our celebrity tours around Hollywood.
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Avex Music Group plans a $100M fund to acquire music copyrights, companies, and publishing catalogs over the next 12 months — The first acquisition from the strategy is the catalog of Teddy Swims' songwriter, Infamous. … Avex Music Group said on Monday (April 27) that it plans …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at what's next for Netflix and Comcast's Peacock after WBD's Paramount acquisition; Nielsen: Netflix had six of the top 10 original streaming shows in Q1 — The company's streaming service has lost more than $11 billion and can't keep customers form canceling
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Bloomberg:
Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium subscribers access to curated playlists and 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content — Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers …
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Paris-based Audion, which offers a platform for planning and optimizing ad campaigns for audio, raised a $15M Series B, bringing its total funding to $22.6M — Audion has raised a $15 million Series B and is expanding to the U.S. as it aims to turn digital audio into a more measurable …
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