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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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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
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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
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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.
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
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Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Amazon updates its iOS Kindle app to add a prominent orange “Get book” button, enabling purchases via the mobile browser, after the recent Epic v. Apple ruling — Amazon has updated its Kindle iOS app to take advantage of recent changes to Apple's App Store rules.
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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
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Comcast's spinoff of the majority of the NBCU cable network portfolio will be named Versant; the “holding company” name is for “business-to-business purposes” — Comcast's spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio will be named Versant …
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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.
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Memo: Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander announces plans to step down: “the hope is to welcome a successor by January 2026” — Maryana Iskander, CEO of the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, plans to step down early next year, Axios has learned first.
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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 …
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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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
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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.
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Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
Google unveils AI Max for Search ad campaigns, a suite of AI-powered targeting and creative enhancements, rolling out to advertisers in beta later this month — AI Max for Search has led to an average lift of 14% in conversions without raising cost-per-acquisition
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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.
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