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President Trump signed an EO on May 1 instructing CPB and other agencies to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, alleging “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting.
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CPB:
In response to Trump's EO, CPB CEO says CPB is “not a federal executive agency subject to the President's authority” but a private nonprofit corporation — WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) …
NPR:
NPR says President Trump's EO is an affront to the First Amendment rights of NPR and that it will challenge the EO “using all means available” — NPR is unwavering in our commitment to integrity, editorial independence, and our mission to serve the American people in partnership with our NPR Member organizations.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
PBS CEO Paula Kerger calls Trump's EO defunding the CPB “blatantly unlawful” and says PBS is exploring “all options” to allow the network to continue operating — PBS Chief Executive Paula Kerger calls President Trump's executive order defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting “blatantly unlawful”: [image]
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams due to a funding battle with the Trump administration — Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams, amid a funding battle with the Trump administration.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
RSF's 2025 Press Freedom Index classifies media freedom globally as “difficult”, a first; economic score hits a record low due to ownership concentration, more — Global press freedom has hit an all-time low as measured in Reporters Without Borders' annual index.
Financial Times:
The US DOJ tells a judge it will seek to force Google to divest its ad exchange and publisher ad server units and share real-time ad bidding data with rivals — Justice department asks judge to force Alphabet to sell its ad exchange and publisher server tech after trial victory
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Hayden Field / CNBC:
A US judge schedules the US government's remedies trial in the Google antitrust case regarding its advertising tech to begin on September 22
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV reports Q1 revenue up 3.4% to $416.3M, subscription revenue up 4.7% to $391.4M, and 1.47M subscribers, down from 1.67M in Q4 2024; FUBO drops 16%+ — The sports-focused streamer earlier unveiled a deal to merge with Walt Disney's Hulu+ live TV business.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
As part of its Kentucky Derby coverage, NBC News will feature a new digital hub on NBCNews.com with content from NBC Sports, access to its FAST channel, more — NBC News wants to play a game that has not always interested the nation's biggest purveyors of TV news.
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TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter and Awful Announcing
Ann Gehan / The Information:
Livestream marketplace Whatnot says it hit $3B+ worth of goods sold through its app last year and viewers spend 80+ minutes per day on average on the app — Livestream shopping, while popular in Asia on apps like ByteDance-owned Douyin and Alibaba's Taobao Live, has been hard for most U.S.-focused startups and creators to crack.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
The LA Times Guild says 14 of its members have been laid off, or 6% of its newsroom staff, the third round of newsroom layoffs at LAT in as many years — The latest round of cuts comes after dozens were laid off from the organization in March — The Los Angeles Times has been hit …
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TVNewsCheck, L.A. Times Guild and Deadline
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper is leaving after co-founding the media company in 2021 with radio personality Dan Le Batard — The former ESPN chief co-founded the company with radio personality Dan Le Batard in 2021. — Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper is exiting the media company.
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Awful Announcing, @lebatardshow, Front Office Sports and @bmccandless
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Roku acquires Frndly TV, a provider of low-cost TV bundles delivered via streaming, for $185M, which includes $75M in performance-based holdbacks — Roku is paying $185 million to acquire Frndly TV, a provider of low-cost TV bundles delivered via streaming.
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