CNN+ will shut down at the end of April  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched.  —  CNN+ customers “will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,” the company said.

CNN+ Streaming Service Is Set to Shut Down  —  The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service just weeks after a splashy debut.  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to shut down CNN+, the ballyhooed streaming service that had been intended to bring CNN into the digital future …

Ron DeSantis's war on Disney points to an ominous GOP future  —  When Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans move forward with action against Disney World for opposing his law on teaching sex and gender, it will be more than just a slimy and indefensible rearguard effort to punish a private company for violating GOP orthodoxy.

In DeSantis's Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the Party … Some observers of Viktor Orban's slowly tightening grip over Hungary have wondered what response would ensue if a sufficiently determined reactionary implemented the same methods here in the United States.

Rick Wilson: The Battle of Reedy Creek  —  It's time for Disney to call Ron's bluff.  —  The Battle of Reedy Creek could be the Gettysburg of America's culture war crusades.  —  Today, in the first wave of the battle, the Florida Senate dutifully passed the demands by General Robert E. DeSantis …

Jan. 6 Cop Says Sen. Mike Lee ‘Lied’ After Pushing to Overturn Election  —  In May 2021, people who lived through the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol came to Republican lawmakers with a straightforward ask: Support the formation of an independent commission to investigate what happened that day and why.