Mediagazer: A look at Disney's new defiant stance under CEO Josh D'Amaro against Trump's FCC, a pivot from Bob Iger's conciliatory approach earlier in Trump's second term (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)

7:35 PM ET, May 13, 2026

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Kendra Barnett / Adweek:

WBD unveils agentic AI ad tools at its upfront presentation, including a Kerv.ai integration for scene-level contextual targeting and shoppable ads — At its upfront presentation to advertisers, the entertainment behemoth showcased plans to enhance targeting and interactivity across media environments with AI

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Over 100 former ABC News journalists sign an open letter supporting the network and Disney as ABC pushes back against the FCC's investigation of The View — The letter was organized by former ABC News correspondent Lisa Stark and former ABC News executive and senior producer Ian Cameron …

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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:

A look at Disney's new defiant stance under CEO Josh D'Amaro against Trump's FCC, a pivot from Bob Iger's conciliatory approach earlier in Trump's second term — FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez tells TheWrap why she is backing Disney as the company pivots away from appeasing Trump

Discussion: The Verge, @corbinbolies, Deadline and Barrett Media

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Amazon Music starts rolling out video podcasts, initially in the US for customers across all subscription tiers on iOS and Android — Exclusive: Amazon Music begins rolling out video podcasts from today. Video podcasts will initially be available for customers in the US on iOS and Android, across all subscription tiers.

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Emma Roth / The Verge:

Netflix says its ad tier now has 250M monthly active viewers, up from 94M in 2025, and is expanding to 15 new countries, as it tests an ad personalization tool — The streaming service's ad-supported tier now reaches 250 million viewers each month. … For the second year in a row …

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Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: ad-supported tiers make up ~50% of all US premium subscription VOD sign-ups; ad tiers drove 78% of ~65M net subscriber adds in the past nine quarters

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Analysis: Advance Local, owner of The Oregonian, PennLive.com, and more, has posted 17K+ articles since 2022 pushing promo codes for various betting platforms — A large network of prominent regional newspapers has posted thousands of low-quality articles promoting gambling and prediction markets — and is pretending it's journalism.

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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:

Source: Bari Weiss let Netanyahu choose Major Garrett to interview him over veteran reporter Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes; Garrett also interviewed Pete Hegseth — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a newsy interview with “60 Minutes” with Major Garrett that aired …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Netflix says it is adding three NFL games, in addition to Christmas Day rights, plus the NFL Honors awards as it extends its NFL deal through the 2029 season — The streamer will get the Thanksgiving Eve matchup, a week 18 game and the Australia game as well as NFL Honors …

Tess Patton / The Wrap:

YouTube announces a full slate of new and returning shows, including four new series from Alex Cooper's company and a global travel series from Trevor Noah — “Recess Therapy” creator Julian Shapiro-Barnum will put his own twist on the late night talk show with “Outside Tonight”

Discussion: Variety, Adweek, Deadline, Tubefilter, Storyboard18 and Wall Street Journal

Wendy Davis / MediaPost:

Voice actors allege in lawsuits their voices were wrongly used by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia to develop AI or other voice-related tech — Book narrators, broadcasters, podcasters and others allege in lawsuits filed this week that their voices were wrongly used …

Discussion: Reuters, @alextecplayz@techhub.social, PYMNTS, Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service and r/Journalism

Max Tani / Semafor:

Sources: CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a Chinese visa in time for the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing — The Scoop — CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil will broadcast from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a visa to China in time …

Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:

Apple TV head of international development Morgan Wandell is leaving to launch a production company, Kismet; Matt Cherniss will take over series Wandell handled — Based in Los Angeles, Kismet will be developing and producing premium scripted series aimed at the global marketplace by finding …

Discussion: Morgan Wandell on LinkedIn, Variety, AppleInsider, Screen, @kaedotcom.bsky.social, 9to5Mac and MacTech.com

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

The FTC says Shutterstock will pay $35M to settle charges that Shutterstock misled consumers about its subscription plans and made it too difficult to cancel — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued Shutterstock (SSTK.N) on Wednesday, accusing the online provider of stock photography …

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