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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
The White House launches White House Wire, a website that looks similar to the Drudge Report, to promote pro-Trump news stories — The White House has launched a new Drudge Report-like website devoted to promoting pro-Trump news stories. — Why it matters: The site, called “White House Wire …
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Meta:
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $42.3B, vs. $41.4B est., net income up 35% to $16.6B, family daily active people up 6% to 3.43B on average for March 2025 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
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Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Google AdSense begins showing ads in conversations with AI chatbots; sources: Google tested the ads with some startups, including AI search apps iAsk and Liner — Google's ad network has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots — part of Alphabet Inc.'s efforts …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM reports Q1 revenue down 4% YoY to $2.07B, a $204M net income, down from $241M in Q1 2024, and self-pay subscribers down 303K, for 33M total subscribers — The auto giant, led by CEO Jennifer Witz, reported its first-quarter results as it faces the impact of U.S. tariffs on new car sales.
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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat after Geoffrey Starks left, is set to offer a dissenting voice against FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's media policies — She'll soon be the lone Democrat on the commission, which is supporting the president's combative stance against the media.
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Daniel Boffey / The Guardian:
Court document: Rebekah Brooks took a “deeply concerning interest” in the phone hacking campaigner Tom Watson, and one journalist wrote that he “must die” — Exclusive: Sun reporter also wrote that former MP ‘must die’, according to claims in newly disclosed document
Arthur Macmillan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Ryan Lizza on Politico threatening a lawsuit against his new Substack called Telos, the RFK scandal, how Trump weaponized media conventions, and more — All this week, CJR is running a series of pieces, on our website and in this newsletter, on the fog of news and propaganda …
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John J. Lennon / Vulture:
An incarcerated man describes the negative impact on some prisoners of true crime shows, which fail to contextualize and exploit their participation — TV producers exploited the worst decision of my life. I'm not the only one. — In September 2018, I published a story in New York about the mental-illness crisis in prison.
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@yaz_minsky, @johnjlennon1, @johnjlennon1 and @gazelleemami
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Studios and the Agatha Christie estate partner to launch a writing course on education streaming service BBC Maestro, using AI to recreate Christie's voice — Actress Vivien Keene and the technology will bring the iconic mystery author to life in the result of a partnership between BBC Studios and the Christie estate.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
WaPo plans to overhaul its events business, moving away from virtual events to 30 to 40 in-person experiences, including 10 major franchise-style gatherings — The new approach will focus on franchisable gatherings catering to business audiences — The Washington Post is overhauling …
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@washpostcomms and @markstenberg3
Financial Times:
Kadrey v. Meta, centered on the use of LibGen to train Llama AI models, begins Thursday and marks the first big test in the ongoing battle over AI and copyright — Tech giant faces lawsuit from US authors over use of material from shadow library LibGen — Meta will fight a group of US authors …
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@cyrilpedia.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Study: UK ad spend hit a record £42.6B in 2024, with Meta and Google capturing ~£25.4B; online display ads grew 15.1% to £16.7B, and search rose 12.8% to £16.9B — Google and Meta accounted for at least half the record £42.6bn spent on UK advertising last year, according to Press Gazette estimates.
Peter White / Deadline:
NBCU starts another round of layoffs, hitting the unscripted teams the hardest, with at least two reality SVPs impacted and several at NBC, Peacock, and Bravo — It appears that its unscripted teams were the hardest hit with this latest round of redundancies with at least two SVPS …
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Deadline, Cord Cutters News and The Wrap
Axios:
PBS CEO Paula Kerger says she is “hopeful” more Republicans will back the public broadcaster, and PBS would defend “vigorously” if someone went after its board — PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Wednesday she's “hopeful” more Republicans will back the the public broadcaster …
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Axios:
A look at all the ways Trump targeted media in his first 100 days, including banning AP from White House events, FCC investigations, and defunding USAGM
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@adamsteinbaugh, @benmullin, @samstein, The Hill, Poynter, Inside Radio, @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social, Radio Ink, New York Daily News and CNN
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