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12:35 PM ET, May 6, 2025

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New York Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to work with the Trump administration to craft a $7.5B federal film tax credit; the state allocates $330M annually  —  The proposal for a federal program came after the president called for tariffs on movies filmed overseas, causing confusion and concern across the industry.
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Experts are baffled by Trump's “movie tariff” proposal, as what constitutes a “foreign” production is unclear, and tariffs won't make US filming any cheaper
Bloomberg:
Over the weekend, Jon Voight presented Trump with a plan to boost the US entertainment industry, including tax code changes to encourage investment in US films
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The New York Times wins four Pulitzers, the most of any news organization in 2025; The Washington Post wins two, and ProPublica wins the public service prize  —  The newpaper was recognized in the breaking news category for coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July and for the illustrated work of Ann Telnaes.
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Cody Boteler / The Baltimore Banner:
The Baltimore Banner, which launched in 2022, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for its coverage of Baltimore's drug overdose crisis
Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2025 Pulitzer Prize winners: Reuters for Investigative Reporting, WSJ for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting for its coverage of Sudan
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC plans to use generative AI to recreate the voice of famed NBA narrator Jim Fagan, who died in 2017, to use in promos, title sequences, and show opens  —  Fagan passed away in 2017, but when the ‘NBA on NBC’ returns this fall, his voice will appear in promos, title sequences and other segments.
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNN hires Choire Sicha as SVP of features editorial; Sicha joins from Vox Media where he served as editor at large for New York Magazine  —  The editor, formerly at New York magazine and the Styles desk at The New York Times, is the latest to join as the brand rebuilds its digital operations
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Swedish podcast conglomerate PodX acquires a majority stake in Lemonada Media, the network behind Meghan Markle's podcast, a source says for around $30M  —  The network behind podcasts from Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Meghan Markle will be PodX Group's first US-based acquisition
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
MrBeast is teaming up with James Patterson on a thriller, to be published by HarperCollins in 2026 in 15 languages, after a reported eight-figure bidding war  —  Jimmy Donaldson, known to his social media fans as MrBeast, is teaming up with the mega-best-selling thriller author.
Wall Street Journal:
US v. Google: the DOJ says in a May 5 filing that Google should sell its AdX business and DFP ad platform; Google says divestiture isn't warranted or feasible  —  A federal judge ruled last month that the tech giant had created a monopoly in advertising  —  Google should sell …
Ad Age:
Sources: WPP is planning to rebrand GroupM as WPP Media and will lay off staff as GroupM's investment teams are unified under the WPP Media banner  —  WPP is planning to rebrand GroupM as WPP Media, eradicating a 20-year-old name for a company that long held sway as the world's biggest media agency network.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: The Guardian is hiring for 12+ new editorial roles to support its US expansion; reader contributions to The Guardian US were ~$44M last FY, a new record  —  The Guardian is hiring for more than a dozen new editorial roles to support its U.S. expansion after growing its overall revenue year …
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a “plays” metric for podcasts that shows users and creators how many times people have actively listened to or watched an audio or video episode  —  YouTube continues to dominate the podcasting space, but Spotify is actively working to close the gap.
The Guardian:
How Ethiopia, host of the 2019 World Press Freedom Day, became one of the most repressive countries for media after the war in the Tigray region began in 2020  —  Hundreds of media workers have been detained, often on terror charges, or forced into exile by Abiy Ahmed's regime
 
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Vikas SN / Moneycontrol:
YouTube is piloting two-person Premium and Music Premium plan options in India, France, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Apple TV+ has gained critical acclaim as a creative haven for filmmakers trying to sell original ideas, but one analyst estimates it has just 57M subscribers
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Arriana McLymore / Reuters:
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Deloitte and MPA: the film, television, and online curated content industry in India generated a combined revenue of $13.1B in FY 2024, up 18% since FY 2019
 

 
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