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4:20 AM ET, May 8, 2025

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Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Sources: NYT reporter Rob Copeland filed a HR complaint against editor Ellen Pollock after she threatened to “kill” him if a Harvard story exceeded 2,000 words  —  Pamela Paul's new gig; Keith McNally censored; VERSANT vs Vaulter  —  In partnership with … Newsrooms plus pressure equals... more drama.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Netflix unveils its ChatGPT-powered search that lets users express preferences using natural phrases, rolling out this week to iOS users as an opt-in beta  —  After hinting at a new AI-powered search experience during its recent earnings call, Netflix officially unveiled the feature at its tech and product event on Wednesday.
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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
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
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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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.
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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Bloomberg:
Owl & Co. report: the global podcast industry generated $7.3B in sales in 2024, including video revenue, most notably YouTube, but not including live events  —  Researcher Owl & Co. puts the industry's 2024 revenue at more than $7 billion  —  The global podcast industry generated $7.3 billion …
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Dear Media, the woman-focused podcast network launched in 2018, says it has between $51M and $100M in revenue and has raised $12M  —  Men dominate the top of the podcasting charts.  As listeners, they slightly outnumber women, too.  “Brocasters” and the “manosphere” have even become a media obsession, and for good reason.
Discussion: @jtes and The Information
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a letter, nine US senators urge Shari Redstone not to settle Trump's $20B lawsuit, saying it will only embolden him to “extort” CBS and other outlets  —  The letter signed by nine senators urges Redstone to “Stand up for freedom of the press and our democracy.”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCU reaches an agreement that will allow it to sell Versant's US ad inventory for the next two upfront cycles  —  NBCUniversal is parting ways with many of its cable networks, but the company will continue to sell all the commercials that appear on those outlets for the next two years.
 
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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
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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%
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Media's Truth+ streaming service, launched in September 2024, has “documentaries” that push conspiracy theories in its top 10 most watched programs
 

 
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Further tests reveal Grok 4 appears to consult Elon Musk's views on a range of sensitive topics, and its answers tend to align with Musk's personal opinions

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning M5 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, a new Mac external monitor, new low-end iPads and M4 iPad Airs, and an iPhone 17e for H1 2026

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is investigating Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming the companies' AI chatbots are discriminating against President Trump
 
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