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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Kari Lake says OAN will provide its newsfeed and video service “free-of-charge” to USAGM networks, including VOA, OCB, and Radio Martí — Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake appears to have resolved any doubts about what she wants to do with the Voice of America.
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix unveils a new homepage design for TVs, its first major update since 2013, featuring fewer titles but more video and animation, rolling out next week — The implications for the industry could be significant, given that most other streaming services have copied Netflix's design.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix says it plans to start testing a TikTok-like feed of vertical videos in its mobile app “in the coming weeks” to help users find more content to watch — The streaming service has experimented with vertical video feeds before. … Netflix is going to start testing …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
In Q2, Disney says Disney+ subscribers rose by 1.4M to 126M, while Hulu rose by 1.1M to 54.7M, and operating income hit $336M, up from $47M in Q2 2024 — Despite gathering economic storm clouds, chief Bob Iger said the Mouse House remains “optimistic” about its current fiscal year guidance.
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Disney reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $23.62B, streaming profit up 16% to $336M, and 180.7M streaming subscribers, up 2.5M from Q1 2025; DIS jumps 11%+
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Broadband TV News, Inside the Magic, The Information, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, @sherman4949 and Deadline
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 250K digital-only subscribers in Q1, taking its total subscribers to 11.6M+; digital ad revenue rose 12.4% YoY to $70.9M — The company had nearly 11.7 million total subscribers at the end of March. Adjusted operating profit grew 21.9 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago.
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The New York Times Company:
The New York Times reports Q1 revenue up 7.1% YoY to $635.9M, subscription revenue up 14.4% YoY to $335M, and operating profit up 21.3% YoY to $58.6M — NEW YORK, May 7, 2025 - The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today first- quarter 2025 results. Key Highlights
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
CPB says the Department of Education has terminated Ready To Learn, the grant program that funded Sesame Street and would've provided $23M for children's shows — The termination of the federal grant program, called Ready To Learn, resulted in a loss of $23 million that would have gone to educational programs.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
CPB is slated to receive $535M per year in the next two fiscal years; PBS and its stations get ~15% of their revenue from CPB, NPR stations 10%, NPR itself ~1% — Public-media leaders promise to challenge president's executive order slashing financial support
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Tangle, Bloomberg and Inside Radio
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Daily Dot laid off 15 people, or much of its staff, after a sudden and unexplained collapse in referral traffic starting April 10 that it couldn't fix — After a sharp and abrupt traffic collapse, the Daily Dot was forced to lay off much of its staff—and it may be a preview of the tough road ahead for digital publishers.
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@jayrosen.bsky.social, @drewharwell.com and @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Golden Globe Awards plans to add a best podcast category in 2026, featuring six nominees chosen from among the 25 most-listened-to podcasts — It would appear that Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper and Megyn Kelly could soon be invited to “Hollywood's Party of the Year.”
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News Media projects $500M in FY 2025 revenue for its non-cable TV businesses, which include Fox Nation; ads make up most of its digital business revenue — Fox News Media is projecting half a billion dollars in revenue this fiscal year for its non-cable TV businesses …
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@sarafischer and TVNewsCheck
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Washington Post:
After a documentary questioned whether Nick Ut took the famous Napalm Girl photo in 1972, the AP's year-long probe finds that Ut should retain his credit — A documentary called “The Stringer” called into question whether Nick Ut actually took the famous photograph in Vietnam.
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@corbinbolies, @scottnover and The Associated Press
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
At a Manhattan event, TikTok executives tried to reassure brands and ad clients, saying “we are absolutely confident” in TikTok “and confident in the future” — The company's executives tried to reassure potential advertisers about the app's future …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Patreon rolls out an updated version of its iOS app that lets users make purchases via the web in addition to using in-app purchases — Creator platform Patreon has rolled out an updated version of its app that now allows users to make purchases via the web, in the wake of the Apple-Epic court ruling …
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