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New York Times:
Sources: the Paramount board has outlined acceptable financial terms for a potential settlement with President Trump ahead of mediation, set to begin April 30 — Paramount's interest in settling has dismayed CBS's news division. The executive producer of “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned last week.
Minho Kim / New York Times:
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to pay Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty $12M for its April funding, which USAGM has withheld — The news organization relies almost exclusively on congressional funding, which the Trump administration has held up for weeks.
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Washington Post, TVNewsCheck, @scottnover, @scottnover and Newser
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Christiane Amanpour joins UK audio company Global to launch original podcasts; she will continue in her role as CNN's chief international anchor — Christiane Amanpour, the respected CNN anchor, is joining UK audio company Global to launch a number of original podcasts.
Discussion:
Global and The Guardian
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Wikipedia says it will use AI to build new features that “remove technical barriers” for editors, moderators, and patrollers, automate tedious tasks, and more — Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it's not replacing the Wikipedia community …
Discussion:
Wikimedia Foundation, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues the Trump administration, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of its board on April 28 — The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company's five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.
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NPR, Deadline, The Post Millennial, @covidhart.bsky.social, Radio Ink, Inside Radio, RADIO ONLINE, Committee to Protect …, @kyledcheney, NOTUS, Dave Folkenflik on LinkedIn, New York Daily News, @agomezfcc.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Radio & Television …, Axios, CBS News, The Wrap, Newsbusters, Reuters, Variety, Daily Caller News Foundation, @owillis.bsky.social, @jeradwalker.bsky.social, @benmullin.bsky.social and TVNewsCheck
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Stagwell, a publicly-traded ad holding group, plans to host a new NewsFronts event on October 16 to highlight ad opportunities around news content — Stagwell, a publicly-traded ad holding group, will host a new “NewsFronts” event this fall that will highlight advertising opportunities around news content …
Discussion:
@sarafischer
Axios:
A look at all the ways Trump targeted media in his first 100 days, including banning AP from White House events, FCC investigations, and defunding USAGM — News that Attorney General Pam Bondi is resuming the practice of trying to seize reporters' phone records to smoke out leakers is the latest …
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The Hill, Salon, @adamsteinbaugh, @benmullin, @samstein, Poynter, Radio Ink, Forbes, UPI and U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Financial Times:
The US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster may set the tone for how the Trump administration approaches competition policy — Rivals and competition experts fear the White House will not pursue its predecessor's antitrust case against the events giant
Discussion:
Mirror and @pinemikey.bsky.social
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA creates a digital creator committee to develop industry standards and hopes to introduce contracts covering non-branded influencer content — The group is expected to provide “guidance and leadership” as the union attempts to break into covering original work and not just branded content.
Discussion:
Slate, Vogue Business, Inside Radio, Tubefilter and Glossy
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Memo: Apple names Ole Obermann and Rachel Newman as new Apple Music co-heads, reporting to VP Oliver Schusser; Obermann previously led TikTok's music strategy — In February, MBW broke the news that Ole Obermann was leaving his role as Global Head of Music Business Development at ByteDance after five and a half years.
Discussion:
Billboard, Music Ally, Bloomberg, Digital Music News, MacRumors, The Hollywood Reporter and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Source: the Los Angeles Times had a roughly $50M loss in 2024, following a $30M loss in 2023, and has lost about 25,000 paid subscribers since September 2024 — The publisher has lost ad spend from Netflix, as well as 25,000 subscribers, in recent months — Last week, for the first time since …
James Hale / Tubefilter:
Streams Charts: YouTube was the most-watched livestreaming platform in Q1 2025, with 50.3% of the watch hours, followed by TikTok with 27% and Twitch with 16.3% — It's been a few years since the Great Ninja Exodus that pitted Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft's now-defunct Mixer …
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Dexerto, Music Ally and Digiday
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