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President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after loud sounds were heard in the hotel; a shooting suspect has been apprehended — Witnesses heard three loud bangs and saw a man carrying a rifle — WASHINGTON—President Trump is safe after what he described …
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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 Donald Trump held a press conference at the White House about one hour after he and first lady Melania Trump …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Lionsgate's Michael opens with $97M domestically and $217M globally in its first weekend, the best start ever for a biopic and the second-biggest debut of 2026 — There's a new box office king. — “Michael,” a biopic from Lionsgate about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson …
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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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Boaz Sobrado / Forbes:
A profile of Anthony Fujiwara, who industrialized “clipping” for social media video marketing and has contributed to the rise of crypto casinos like Stake — Anthony Fujiwara is the co-founder of Clipping Exe, also known as the creator of clipping, the video marketing phenomenon …
Benjamin Wallace / New York Times:
A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become mandatory listening in the AI community, with guests like Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg — Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang …
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
A look at Politico's Dasha Burns, soon to be its Global Anchor in addition to other journalistic roles, as the outlet molds her into a creator-like figure — The Playbook co-author on becoming Politico's first global anchor, covering Trump's combative second term — and why she welcomes …
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Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia enters a new stage in its crackdown on publishing houses, including those compliant with state demands; major publisher Eksmo-AST was raided last week — Kremlin crackdown targets even loyal publishing houses — First, they came for the covers: in bookshops across Russia …
Benjamin Toff / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 49% of US adults say they mostly get news because they happen to come across it, not by actively seeking it out, an increase from 39% in 2019 — The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities.
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
When newsroom leaders rolled out badly executed AI initiatives in Cleveland, at McClatchy outlets, and more, they increased distrust of the tech — A series of tumultuous generative artificial intelligence rollouts make clear that leaders need to listen before leaping
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: AG Todd Blanche, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, and Bari Weiss attended Paramount's dinner at the US Institute of Peace — The president spoke for nearly an hour at a Paramount-hosted event that raised questions about journalistic and regulatory conflicts of interest.
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Leila Abboud / Financial Times:
Over 100 writers quit Grasset after rightwing billionaire Vincent Bolloré, owner of parent company Hachette, fired the Paris publisher's editor Olivier Nora — Writers flee Paris publishing house Grasset in protest at conservative owner Vincent Bolloré
