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2:55 PM ET, April 15, 2025

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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
Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Houston Landing, a nonprofit that launched in 2023 with $20M+ in philanthropic funding, says it is shutting down mid-May and laying off its 43 employees  —  The nonprofit startup struggled to identify a business model, an editorial strategy, and a large audience.
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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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
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Thompson Reuters joins Gannett in erasing references to “diversity” in favor of “belonging” to “ensure ongoing compliance” with Trump's executive order  —  Last week, Nieman Lab reported that Gannett, the country's largest newspaper chain, had removed references to …
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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
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Marc Ecko returns to Complex, the outlet he founded in 2002 and left in 2016, as chief creative and innovation officer  —  The streetwear brand has also appointed Ray Elias as its new chief marketing officer  —  Marc Eckō, the streetwear pioneer who founded Complex in 2002 …
Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land:
Temu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three days  —  Temu completely shut off Google Shopping ads in the U.S. on April 9, with its App Store ranking subsequently plummeting from a typical third …
 
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Alamo Drafthouse opts out of Meta's Movie Mate, which offers viewers interactive content via Instagram DMs during screenings, starting with the M3GAN rerelease
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple rebrands Search Ads as Apple Ads, after long-term rumors it is exploring expanding advertising from the App Store to other apps like Apple Maps
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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
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
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
New York Times:
FTC v. Meta: in opening arguments, FTC lawyers accuse Meta of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to cement a social networking monopoly by buying Instagram and WhatsApp
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look back at five years of Meta's Oversight Board, whose rulings on the relatively small number of cases it hears have generally had limited impact
 
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