James Murdoch acquires Vox, Raul Castro has been indicted, and a new hit book about truth

and the age of AI was found to contain misquotes made up by AI. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire

Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, May 20th, and this is Evening Wire.

A Fox Zion is buying up several media entities in a $300 million deal. Daily Wire contributor,

Tim Peer says this story.

James Murdoch is buying New York Magazine, Vox Media's podcast network, and the Vox website for over a quarter billion dollars,

a dramatic expansion in U.S.

media for the younger son of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The purchase returns New York

magazine to the Murdoch family three decades after Rupert offloaded it. The acquisition follows

the growing trend in media consolidation as companies navigate a sharp decline in search-driven

clicks, many of which have

been replaced by AI summaries, social media aggregation, and shifting audience preferences.

The younger Murdoch is framing the deal as a bet on podcasting, arguing that audiences who are

burned out on what he calls, quote, content slop will gravitate toward more authentic,

higher quality programming.

Fox's podcast division pulled in roughly $80 million in revenue last year.

Once again, Graham Platner's bid to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine has run into trouble. And again, the latest controversy stems from posts made on Platner's since deleted Reddit account.

According to Fox News, Platner had made graphic jokes on a military subreddit involving portable

toilets and explicit graffiti found inside them. He also appeared to mock an American soldier

wounded in a firefight with the Taliban, writing that the soldier, quote, didn't deserve to live. Platner has not responded

to the latest discovery from his internet past. He's already faced scrutiny for posts he made

about rape and homosexuality, which he's blamed on immaturity and crude humor. The Senate has advanced

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