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PBS CEO Paula Kerger says she is “hopeful” more Republicans will back the public broadcaster, and PBS would defend “vigorously” if someone went after its board — PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Wednesday she's “hopeful” more Republicans will back the the public broadcaster …
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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump falsely claims CBS and 60 Minutes admitted to the “crime” of deceptively editing a Harris interview, says he'll sue NYT for calling his CBS suit baseless — President's comments come as his lawyers and Paramount Global's legal team are reportedly set to begin mediation in his $20 billion lawsuit
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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
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Meta:
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $42.3B, net income up 35% YoY to $16.6B, and family daily active people up 6% YoY to 3.43B on average for March 2025 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
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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.
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Global and The Guardian
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Google introduces channel-level reporting in Performance Max, providing ad campaign metrics broken down by ad format and what Google property it runs on — Advertisers can see how how campaigns perform across Search, YouTube, Gmail, and others — Google is cracking open the black box …
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Search Engine Land, MediaPost, Search Engine Journal and The Keyword
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 …
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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
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Mirror, Lefsetz Letter 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.
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Forbes, Vogue Business, Slate, Inside Radio, Tubefilter and Glossy
Agence France-Presse:
A Turkish court hands Swedish journalist Joakim Medin an 11-month suspended sentence for insulting the president, but he remains in jail on terrorism charges — Joakim Medin given suspended sentence over photos on his articles, but remains in jail awaiting trial on terror charge
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Reporters Without Borders, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and European Federation …
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 …
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Wikimedia Foundation, Bloomberg and nextbigwhat, more at Techmeme »
Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Sinclair names Jeff Blackburn, formerly SVP of global media and entertainment at Amazon, as CEO and chairman of the Tennis Channel — Save this article for later! Login or create a Free Member Profile to bookmark it. — Sinclair taps the former Amazon executive to lead the sports network.
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