Spiegel Stuff: Media Madness: Tucker Carlson’s Shocking Exit; Don Lemon’s CNN Defenestration; BuzzFeed’s Half-Billion-Dollar Fumble

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"F--k Him, He Loses": The Inside Story of How Disney's Attempt to Buy BuzzFeed Fell Apart

By BEN SMITH

In an excerpt from his new book, former BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith reports how Jonah Peretti enraged Bob Iger by turning down a half-billion-dollar offer a decade back—and kept riding the digital media wave until it crashed.

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Tucker Carlson Is Out at Fox News

By CHARLOTTE KLEIN

The prime-time star abruptly parted ways with the top-rated channel Monday, rocking the cable news industry.

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Inside CNN's Defenestration of Don Lemon

By JOE POMPEO

On the same day that Fox News announced its breakup with Tucker Carlson, Lemon tweeted that CNN had pushed him out the door, a move that followed months of controversy. As one source put it: "The consensus internally is, onward."

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Succession's Dagmara Dominczyk on Karolina and the Kill List: "She Knows When to Stay Out of Stuff"

By KATEY RICH

Plus, the sauna scene with Gerri that didn't make it to air—but might explain everything.

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John Oliver Slams Budweiser for "Huge Misfire" After Dylan Mulvaney Backlash

By SAVANNAH WALSH

"When bigots are loudly announcing they don't like your beer because they are bigots, that is an opportunity to say, 'Then our beer is not for you.'"

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The Psychologist Who Wrote the Book on Generations Thinks We Could All Use Some Perspective

By DELIA CAI

In conversation with Vanity Fair, Jean Twenge discusses her tech-centric theory of generations, the myth of the broke millennial, and her 16-year-old's only recently ditched flip phone.

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Media Madness: Tucker Carlson’s Shocking Exit; Don Lemon’s CNN Defenestration; BuzzFeed’s Half-Billion-Dollar Fumble

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