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Financial Times:
CNN CEO Mark Thompson says the company plans to roll out a “suite” of digital subscription services, including at least one in 2025, to combat TV's decline — Media executive plans to launch a ‘suite’ of digital subscription services to arrest long-term decline in cable
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New York Times:
Sources: the White House plans to ask Congress to rescind $1.1B in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and others — Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The AP says its journalists were barred from an Oval Office event featuring Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction — The Associated Press on Monday said its journalists were barred from covering an Oval Office event featuring President Trump …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
After CBS aired two 60 Minutes segments, Trump calls on CBS to lose its license and asks FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to “impose the maximum fines and punishment” — Donald Trump again lashed out at 60 Minutes, this time angry over two segments the newsmagazine ran on Ukraine and Greenland.
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Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
FilmLA: greater LA film production fell 22.4% YoY in Q1 2025 to 5,295 shoot days, due to global cutbacks and CA's loss to rivals; the LA fires had little impact — After a promising end to 2024 where production had increased by 6.2%, on-production shoot days in the Greater Los Angeles area declined …
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Wall Street Journal:
Source: by 2030, Netflix aims to reach a $1T valuation, earn ~$9B in global ad sales, double its $39B 2024 revenue, and triple its $10B 2024 operating income — Streaming service shares financial performance targets with staff that underscore its dominance
Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
How David Zaslav became an “accidental mogul” who is navigating WBD out of its cultural, generational, and technological obsolescence during the Trump era — In a declining industry, the aspiring mogul has defied the odds — for now — based on an unlikely set of skills.
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Bloomberg:
WBD says it decided not to sell Polish broadcaster TVN after a review; bidders reportedly included billionaire Michal Solowow and a Wirtualna Polska-led group — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. decided to keep control over its Polish unit after ending a strategic review which included options to sell TVN SA.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly every movie released by a major studio in the past year based on an original script or a little-known book has been a box office disappointment — New movies based on fresh ideas are fizzling at the box office — LOS ANGELES—When director Christopher Landon introduced his new thriller …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Less than a week before A Minecraft Movie had a $160M+ opening weekend in the US and Canada, experts projected ~$65M, following four high profile misses in 2024
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
A retrial of Sarah Palin's case against the New York Times begins, after a judge's misstep in the initial suit in 2022 opened the door to a retrial — As another New York City institution once said, it's deja vu all over again for The New York Times and former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Greg Gutfeld will host a Fox Nation game show where contestants who are isolated for three months guess what really happened during Trump's second term — “What Did I Miss?” will see whether contestants who have been in isolation for three months can guess what really happened during Trump's second term
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with WBD executive and former BluTV CEO Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz on the Max launch in Turkey, original Turkish content, adapting IP for the streamer, and more — Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz discusses such local hits as ‘Prince,’ ‘Magarsus,’ and ‘Pavilion’ and how many scripted …
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J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
Alamo Drafthouse opts out of Meta's Movie Mate, which offers viewers interactive content via Instagram DMs during screenings, starting with the M3GAN rerelease — Though the theater chain will host showtimes nationwide for the April 30 rerelease of Blumhouse's killer doll thriller “M3GAN …
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Associated Press:
Meta says it plans to train its AI models on public content, like posts and comments, and interactions that users have with its AI in the EU starting this week — Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train …
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