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- CNN, Politico and MS NOW Say White House Turned Them Away Despite Judge's Order
This story was updated to remove a detail the paper could not confirm. An earlier version said the CNN and MS NOW broadcast tents sat dark and empty at dawn. The Guardian’s live coverage, the story’s source, does not say that.
- Justin Bieber Played MacArthur Park for Free. The D.A. Called It Progress.
An earlier version of this story said Bieber sang unreleased songs. ABC7, the story’s source, named the songs but did not say they were unreleased.
- Warner Bros. Wrote Off 'Coyote vs. Acme.' It Has Made $99 Million.
An earlier version of this story, including its headline, said the film had passed $100 million. The two figures it cited, $54.7 million and $44.3 million, add up to $99.0 million.
- A 17.8% Stake and a 15% Rule: The Buss Fight Now Sits on Top of the Lakers Sale
Published accounts of the vote count differ. Deadline reported that four of the six Buss siblings voted to sell. The Los Angeles Times, relaying ESPN, described a vote by the six siblings. NBC Los Angeles, also relaying ESPN, said only that a majority voted, without giving a number. Silver Screen and Roll put it at the five siblings other than Jeanie Buss. The Globe has not established which count is correct. This note was added after publication.
- Buss Family Agrees to Sell the 18% That Keeps Jeanie Buss the Lakers' Governor
The headline on this story has been changed since publication. It read “Buss Family’s Last 18% of the Lakers Goes to Iger and Kushner — and Jeanie Buss Loses the Governor’s Seat,” which stated a completed transfer and a completed loss. The report this story rests on frames the deal conditionally and records no NBA Board of Governors vote and no approval date, as the story itself says. Published accounts of the vote count differ. Deadline reported that four of the six Buss siblings voted to sell. The Los Angeles Times, relaying ESPN, described a vote by the six siblings. NBC Los Angeles, also relaying ESPN, said only that a majority voted, without giving a number. Silver Screen and Roll put it at the five siblings other than Jeanie Buss. The Globe has not established which count is correct.
- Buss Siblings Vote to Sell Final 17.8% of the Lakers; Jeanie Buss's Lawyer Calls the Vote Void
Four passages in this story have been rewritten since publication because they followed the wording of the NBC Los Angeles report too closely. No fact and no attribution changed. One of them, the sentence on the vote, had named all six siblings — Jeanie Buss included — as the majority that voted to sell; ESPN’s report, as NBC Los Angeles relays it, gives no number and does not say who voted which way. Published accounts of the vote count differ. Deadline reported that four of the six Buss siblings voted to sell. The Los Angeles Times, relaying ESPN, described a vote by the six siblings. NBC Los Angeles, also relaying ESPN, said only that a majority voted, without giving a number. Silver Screen and Roll put it at the five siblings other than Jeanie Buss. The Globe has not established which count is correct.
- Jeanie Buss Calls the Buss Family's 17.8% Lakers Sale Vote Void
Published accounts of the vote count differ. Deadline reported that four of the six Buss siblings voted to sell. The Los Angeles Times, relaying ESPN, described a vote by the six siblings. NBC Los Angeles, also relaying ESPN, said only that a majority voted, without giving a number. Silver Screen and Roll put it at the five siblings other than Jeanie Buss. The Globe has not established which count is correct. This note was added after publication.
- The Lakers Sale Turns on Two Buss Family Documents, Signed Eight Years Apart
The headline on this story has been changed since publication, from “Five Buss siblings want to sell their Lakers stake. Jeanie Buss is fighting it.” to one that matches what the story reports and what its address promises: the two family documents the dispute turns on. Published accounts of the vote count differ. Deadline reported that four of the six Buss siblings voted to sell. The Los Angeles Times, relaying ESPN, described a vote by the six siblings. NBC Los Angeles, also relaying ESPN, said only that a majority voted, without giving a number. Silver Screen and Roll put it at the five siblings other than Jeanie Buss. The Globe has not established which count is correct.