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8:25 PM ET, May 8, 2025

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WBD reports Q1 revenue down 10% YoY to $8.9B, net income down 53% to $453M, $2.6B streaming revenue, $339M streaming adjusted EBITDA, and 122.3M streaming subs  —  Even so, the company had to contend with dips in all of its traditional streams of revenue, including advertising and distribution …
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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNBC's David Faber: sources say WBD is moving toward a split that would see its linear cable networks spun off from the studio and Max
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q1 revenue down 6% YoY to $7.19B, a $550M net income, Paramount+ subs up 11% to 79M, and still expects the Skydance deal to close in H1 2025  —  Paramount Global, under scrutiny as it works to complete a deal that will have it acquired by Skydance Media …
ABC News:
Sources: President Trump is considering installing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim US attorney for the District of Columbia  —  Pirro, if chosen, would be interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.  —  Judge Jeanine Pirro speaks following an exclusive interview …
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful and his sister Akua plan to launch digital platform EE72 and quarterly print magazine 72 Magazine in September 2025  —  Edward Enninful's EE72 has reeled in Simone Oliver as head of content, Sarah Harris as editorial director and Lee Swillingham …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post names ex-WSJ deputy EIC Jason Anders as managing editor of its News Hub, a newly created role to build the publication's central news desk  —  The newly created leadership role is charged with managing The Post's daily news agenda  —  The Washington Post named Jason Anders …
Peter White / Deadline:
David Eilenberg, who was head of content at Roku Media for the last two years, is returning to ITV America to oversee its creative direction  —  Eilenberg, who was head of content at Roku Media for the last two years, is returning to the Love Island USA producer as Creative Director.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Rolling Stone announces CEO Gus Wenner will assume the role of executive chairman and Julian Holguin, the former president of Billboard, will become the new CEO  —  Rolling Stone has announced that Gus Wenner will assume the role of executive chairman, and Julian Holguin will become the brand's CEO.
Chris Vallance / BBC:
The Wikimedia Foundation says it is taking legal action to challenge the UK's Online Safety Act, saying it could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors  —  Wikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors …
Zac Ntim / Deadline:
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting orders all streamers and OTT companies operating in India to pull Pakistani content, citing national security  —  The order was published today by India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.  In an X caption along with the order …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
FanDuel Sports Network says its paid subscribers doubled to nearly 650,000 over a period of eight weeks and expects to reach 1M D2C customers by the end of 2025  —  The regional sports networks owned by Main Street Sports Group are winning over streaming subscribers.
 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

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