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Associated Press:
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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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.
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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) …
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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 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
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
An appeals court allows the Trump admin to continue withholding funds from federally funded newsrooms, temporarily reversing parts of two lower-court rulings — The outlets — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks — have had to scale back their news programming.
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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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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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Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to giving competitors access to real-time bidding data from its ad exchange AdX, but it rejects a breakup — The tech giant faces a Sept. 22 remedies trial over a partial monopoly in its adtech stack — At the landmark adtech remedy hearing today …
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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
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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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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Sahil Patel / The Information:
TV ad sales execs and ad buyers say marketers plan to cut spending on entertainment and news programming by up to 10% in the coming year amid economic worries — Google and Meta Platforms have signaled they're not seeing much pullback by advertisers worried about the economy …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV reports Q1 revenue up 3.4% YoY to $416.3M, subscription revenue up 4.7% YoY to $391.4M, and 1.47M subscribers, down from 1.67M in Q4 2024; FUBO drops 17% — The sports-focused streamer earlier unveiled a deal to merge with Walt Disney's Hulu+ live TV business.
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Study: from 2019 to 2024, California's animation employment fell ~5%, while New York's, British Columbia's, and Ontario's grew 18%+, ~72%, and ~13% respectively — According to a new study from the Animation Guild and partner organizations, California's share of the highest-grossing animated …
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Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search — Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen …
