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April 25th, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Ukraine: Positioning on Dnipro River
SF Schools: Going up against Altria
DWTS: Longtime judge passes away
Disney: Second layoff round starts

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CNN & Fox shakeup

News anchors Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson each parted ways with their respective networks CNN and Fox News yesterday.

In a statement, Fox said that Carlson’s last program of his show Tucker Carlson Tonight was Friday, April 21st. Per Fox’s statement, Carlson’s primetime slot will now be hosted by a series of interim hosts until the network finds a permanent replacement. Shortly after Fox delivered its announcement, Lemon–who most recently co-anchored the show CNN This Morning and has worked for CNN since 2006–said in a post to Twitter: “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated from CNN. I am stunned.”

Carlson’s departure came six days after Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, who accused Fox of claiming that the Denver-based company’s machines were used to rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Earlier this month, Lemon was accused of misogyny and sending threatening texts to a female colleague.

Aaron Rodgers leaves Packers

Longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be traded to the New York Jets.

In addition to getting the veteran quarterback, the Jets will receive the Packers’ first-round pick in Thursday’s 2023 NFL draft and a fifth-round pick as part of the trade. In return, the Packers will get the Jets’ 2023 first-round pick, a second-round pick, a sixth-round pick, and a conditional second-round pick in the 2024 draft that becomes a first-round pick if Rodgers takes part in at least two-thirds of the team’s plays this season, per sources familiar with the matter.

Green Bay drafted Rodgers in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. Throughout his 18-season career with the Packers, he earned four MVPs, one Super Bowl championship title, made 10 Pro Bowl teams, and earned All-Pro honors four times. His career record sits at 147-75-1 while throwing for 59,055 yards and 475 touchdowns.

Ed Sheeran on trial

A trial to determine whether Ed Sheeran violated copyright infringement law in his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud” kicked off yesterday with jury selection.

The lawsuit was filed by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who penned the 1973 song “Let’s Get It On” alongside Marvin Gaye. Townsend’s heirs accused Sheeran of copying the song and claimed they are owed backpay in royalties. Sheeran’s attorneys claim the songs’ similarities are indicative only of the foundations of popular music, saying in a court filing that “the two songs share versions of a similar and unprotectable chord progression” used in the majority of modern pop songs.

Sheeran’s trial comes five years after Marvin Gaye’s estate filed a similar lawsuit in 2013 alleging that Robin Thicke’s song “Blurred Lines” copied Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up.” In that trial, the judge sided with the Gaye estate and ordered Thicke and his co-writer Pharrell Williams to pay compensatory damages.

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Around the Globe

Ukrainian troops set up positions on the Dnipro River’s east bank in the country’s partially-Russian-occupied southern Kherson region, according to the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (More)
Two explosions at a counterterrorism facility in northwest Pakistan leave at least seven people dead and 45 wounded, per Pakistani police (More)
The remains of Spanish fascist leader Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera were exhumed from a mausoleum and moved to a city cemetery in Madrid; it marks the fourth exhumation and the fifth burial for the founder of Spain’s Falange party (More)

On the Homefront

The trial between San Francisco’s public school system and Altria Group begins, with attorneys for SF schools saying the tobacco company helped Juul Labs–in which Altria has an ownership stake–contributed to vaping addiction among teenagers (More)
Susan Rice is stepping down from her position as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council within the Biden Administration (More)
A non-verbal Jewish teen with autism who had a swastika carved into his back at Las Vegas’ Clark High School prompts an FBI investigation in tandem with local authorities (More)

Glitz & Games

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Adele will be the final guest of “Carpool Karaoke” on The Late Late Show with James Corden, per an announcement from CBS (More)
Steve Apostolopoulos is still pursuing buying the Washington Commanders despite current owner Dan Snyder’s agreement to sell to a group led by Josh Harris, according to remarks he gave in an interview yesterday (More)
Longtime ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman passed away at age 78 following a battle with bone cancer, according to a statement from his family (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed, with the Dow and S&P 500 gaining while the Nasdaq lost (Dow +0.20%, Nasdaq -0.29%, S&P 500 +0.09%)
Disney begins its second round of job cuts affecting 4K employees, per company officials; Disney plans to cut a total of 7K jobs by the summer (More)
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals will buy Baqsimi from Eli Lilly in an effort to boost its portfolio of low-blood sugar drugs, according to a joint announcement from both companies (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Drew Maggi, a career baseball player from Phoenix who was called up to the major leagues to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates at age 33 after spending 13 years grinding in the minor league system (perseverance pays off!)
Sneak Peek: See the first-look poster of Denzel Washington reprising his role as the brutal, justice-driven Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3, due out this September
Bump This: EDM duo Sofi Tukker draws inspiration from Brazilian samba music in their sultry single “Jacaré” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: Matcha, lime, and ice cream may seem like three ingredients that don’t work well together, but you may find yourself surprised when you try this recipe for matcha lime ice cream bars that are the perfect refreshment on a hot day
Go Deep: If you’re in the mood to peek into the past, check out this video on 12 of the most important cities throughout history, and what led to their fall from the top
Hot Goss: Friends alum Matthew Perry is reportedly removing mentions of Keanu Reeves from future editions of his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing following backlash for making references to Reeves that some found offensive
Life Hack: Acceptance can be a long journey, and just because you say you’ve accepted something doesn’t mean you truly have - check out these key elements of real acceptance and seven steps to help yourself start to accept and heal deeper

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Looking Back…

On April 25th: Construction of the Suez Canal officially begins (1859); Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in Nature magazine (1953); the Hubble Space Telescope is sent into orbit (1990); actor Al Pacino is born (1940).

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