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5:55 PM ET, May 13, 2025

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
ESPN's forthcoming standalone streaming service will cost $30 per month, or $36 per month in a bundle with Disney+'s and Hulu's ad-supported tiers  —  ESPN's new streaming application, featuring everything the sports media arm of Disney has to offer, will cost $29.99 per month.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
CEO Mark Thompson tells employees that CNN plans to launch a streaming service in the fall; cable subscribers will have free access to the service  —  The service is part of a major push to find paying customers for the network's journalism.  —  CNN is getting ready to launch a streaming service.
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Court docs: DOGE tried to assign a team to review CPB operations on April 29, but CPB said DOGE had no role “supervising or having any activity relating to CPB”  —  Less than a day after President Trump attempted to fire three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members last month …
Discussion: Inside Radio, CNN and Jacobin
Associated Press:
The WHCA says it is “disturbed” that the Trump administration barred wire service reporters from traveling with Trump on Air Force One to the Middle East  —  The group representing White House journalists said Monday it was disturbed that the Trump administration barred …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Moonbug Entertainment plans to release the first CoComelon feature film in 2027; Cocomelon's YouTube channel has 190M+ subscribers and averages 4B monthly views  —  The Dreamworks film is due out in 2027. … The Cocomelon empire is expanding once again.  A few years after the massively …
Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
A look at Cartoon Network's challenges due to cost-cutting measures, including studio closures, and a shift away from kids programming under WBD's David Zaslav  —  The irreverent animation factory once cranked out hits, talent and profits.  But with David Zaslav's retreat from streaming kids programming …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, a trade group representing indie labels, on stepping down at the end of 2025 and the current state of the music industry  —  Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, will exit the company at the end of 2025  —  Hi, everyone.  Welcome back to Soundbite, a bit earlier in the week than usual.
Discussion: Billboard
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Film-focused social media platform Letterboxd plans to launch the Letterboxd Video Store, a curated transactional VOD service themed around rental “shelves”  —  The film lovers' social media platform is looking to leverage its 20 million-strong community with a curated online rental store.
Discussion: The Verge
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
TelevisaUnivision says it plans to debut ~40 microdramas on ViX in ~1 min episodes before expanding into other genres, following the format's popularity in Asia  —  Music events, 24/7 live reality concepts and vertical video mini telenovelas are among the ideas the Spanish-language media company is pushing this year.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube will stream the week one international NFL game for free worldwide on September 5, a reflection of the NFL's desire to prioritize scale and reach  —  The week one matchup will feature to Los Angeles Chargers taking on an opponent to be named Wednesday, with YouTube also securing multiyear rights …
 
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Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Dealroom.co: content licensing and data marketplace startups like Pip Labs and ProRata have raised $215M since 2022 to help artists sell content for AI training
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Anna Brakha / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Analysis: more than 60 Belarusian journalists in exile are under investigation or facing criminal charges in cases that were opened after they left Belarus
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Filing: Google considered letting publishers opt out of their content being used for AI grounding while still appearing in search results, but rejected the idea
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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