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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
NPR and PBS heads testified in a heated DOGE subcommittee hearing amid a GOP effort to defund public media; Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for total CPB defunding — Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media — The heads of National Public Radio …
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead of a DOGE subcommittee hearing with their CEOs
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Kari Lake withdraws the cancellation of RFE/RL's funding and argues RFE/RL's lawsuit is “moot” after a court granted the outlet a temporary restraining order — U.S. Agency for Global Media senior adviser Kari Lake withdrew the Trump administration's cancellation …
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Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
VOA Director Michael Abramowitz sues Kari Lake, Victor Morales, and USAGM, alleging dismantling VOA violates federal law and separation of powers — The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration's bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Deloitte: 56% of Gen Zs and 43% of millennials surveyed find social media content “more relevant than traditional TV shows and movies” — A new Deloitte study shows that Gen Zers are choosing social and creator-driven content over big-budget entertainment, as consumers overall feel a price pinch over streaming.
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's Max announces two new packages in France, bundling Max Basic with content from outlets Le Monde and Télérama, for €15 and €7, respectively — The partnership between France's leading national newspaper, its primary cultural magazine, and Max is the first time a global streamer …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: the BBC drops plans to sell ads on some of its podcasts when streamed on third-party platforms like Spotify in the UK, following industry backlash — U-turn highlights challenges facing corporation in moving away from licence fee model — The BBC has dropped plans to sell adverts …
Reuters:
Turkey releases seven journalists it detained while covering mass anti-government protests, including Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul — A Turkish court on Thursday freed Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul, detained this week while covering mass protests over the jailing …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
CBS cancels late-night show After Midnight; the 2025-2026 season will be the first time in 30 years that CBS won't have original programming in the 12:30 slot — The show's host, Taylor Tomlinson, said she wanted to go back to doing stand-up comedy full time. — It's another blow to late-night television.
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns — It's only been a day since ChatGPT's new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes …
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Nieman Lab:
As the National Trust for Local News seeks a new CEO, the outgoing CEO, execs, and journalists discuss its missteps, like lack of transparency and salary issues — The National Trust for Local News is a nonprofit organization with a mission so important even its harshest critics want it to succeed.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Magna forecasts a 9.6% YoY jump in 2025 digital media ad revenue in the US, with $293B in total spend, and a 1% YoY drop in traditional media ad sales to $103B — One of the advertising industry's top forecasters has tempered its expectations for ad spending in the U.S. …
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Mollie Cahillane / Sports Business Journal:
ESPN is relocating the production of the 1am ET edition of SportsCenter and its soccer studio shows from Los Angeles to its headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut — After more than 15 years, ESPN is ending production of the L.A.-based edition of “SportsCenter” and soccer programming, moving both to its HQ in Bristol, Conn.
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