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President Trump signed an EO on May 1 instructing CPB and other agencies to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, alleging “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting.
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CPB:
In response to Trump's EO, CPB CEO says CPB is “not a federal executive agency subject to the President's authority” but a private nonprofit corporation — WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) …
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NPR:
NPR says President Trump's EO is an affront to the First Amendment rights of NPR and that it will challenge the EO “using all means available” — NPR is unwavering in our commitment to integrity, editorial independence, and our mission to serve the American people in partnership with our NPR Member organizations.
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
PBS CEO Paula Kerger calls Trump's EO defunding the CPB “blatantly unlawful” and says PBS is exploring “all options” to allow the network to continue operating
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Washington Post:
After VOA director said staff can begin a “phased return”, an appeals court stays the preliminary injunction that allowed VOA and USAGM staffers to go back — An email from the Justice Department said VOA staff can begin a “phased return” to the office and programming.
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
An appeals court allows the Trump admin to continue withholding funds from federally funded newsrooms, temporarily reversing parts of two lower-court rulings — The outlets — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks — have had to scale back their news programming.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams due to a funding battle with the Trump administration — Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams, amid a funding battle with the Trump administration.
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Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to giving competitors access to real-time bidding data from its ad exchange AdX, but it rejects a breakup — The tech giant faces a Sept. 22 remedies trial over a partial monopoly in its adtech stack — At the landmark adtech remedy hearing today …
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
The LA Times Guild says 14 of its members have been laid off, or 6% of its newsroom staff, the third round of newsroom layoffs at LAT in as many years — The latest round of cuts comes after dozens were laid off from the organization in March — The Los Angeles Times has been hit …
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New York Times:
Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31% and Shein by 19% in the two week period from March 31 as the de minimis exemption is closed — For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
TV ad sales execs and ad buyers say marketers plan to cut spending on entertainment and news programming by up to 10% in the coming year amid economic worries — Google and Meta Platforms have signaled they're not seeing much pullback by advertisers worried about the economy …
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Study: from 2019 to 2024, California's animation employment fell ~5%, while New York's, British Columbia's, and Ontario's grew 18%+, ~72%, and ~13% respectively — According to a new study from the Animation Guild and partner organizations, California's share of the highest-grossing animated …
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Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search — Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen …
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