1. "Sales of Bud Light, the largest brand for Anheuser-Busch InBev, dropped 17 percent by value for the week ending April 15, compared with a year ago,”
"Meanwhile, sales of rival brands Coors Light and Miller Lite each grew 17.6%."
"Two executives have been put on leave and sales of the No. 1 U.S. beer have declined in recent weeks"
"Ms. Heinerscheid, 39 years old, is the first woman in the brand’s 41-year history to spearhead marketing for Bud Light. Before joining Anheuser-Busch, she had done stints at General Mills Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. Soon after her promotion, she was named to the magazine Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 list of top marketers."
2. "Shares in Fox Corporation fell 3 percent yesterday — more than they did after the company settled with Dominion last week.
Mr. Carlson’s contract, worth $20 million a year, is expected to be paid out. [It’s a relatively new contract, so presumably has multiple years left.
His dismissal was swift. Lachlan Murdoch, the C.E.O. of Fox Corporation, with the blessing of his father, conferred with the Fox News chief Suzanne Scott on Friday about dismissing Carlson, and the host was reportedly notified just 10 minutes before the announcement went out."
[Fox apparently didn't like the stuff Carlson was saying in private emails/texts. Including about other employees, and the brass. Lots of his discovery was blacked out in the Dominion case, but Fox was worried it would come out. Like calling a Fox woman the C word.]
3. "CNN ousted the anchor Don Lemon, hours after he appeared on air. (Among the reasons: Some guests didn’t want to appear on air with him after he drew criticism for the deed comments, and internal CNN research showed that his popularity with audiences was declining.)
Mr. Lemon didn’t take the news well — “I am stunned,” he tweeted — and has hired the same lawyer as Mr. Carlson to negotiate his exit.”
[Carlson and Lemon have hired the same attorney, I read.]
Sources: These facts and quotes are all over the internet.