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News Articles: Media

Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav, shown at a <em>New York Times</em> event in 2023, announced on Monday that the company would be split, with its streaming and Hollywood studios on one side, and its cable properties on the other. The company currently includes HBOMax, Warner Bros. movie and television studios, and CNN among its properties.

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Warner Bros. Discovery to be split, as Zaslav retreats from grand ambitions

Warner Bros. Discovery is to split into two, separating streaming and studios from its cable channels. The company has been burdened by debt and the decline of cable TV.

June 09, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Dave Portnoy spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep as part of a series meant to put real questions to controversial or influential figures.

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  • Politics

Dave Portnoy on Trump, the 'manosphere' and 'Barstool conservatism'

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy spoke to Morning Edition. Here's what he had to say about why he voted for President Trump, how he disagrees with him and whether he could support Democrats.

June 09, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
Trump senior adviser Kari Lake is overseeing the downsizing of Voice of America and other government-funded international news outlets. Here, she speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, on Feb. 21, 2025.

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  • Politics

From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

June 06, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025.

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  • Politics

Partisan battle lines form over Trump's plan to defund NPR & PBS

Senate Democrats warn Trump plan to wipe out public broadcasting funding will shut down stations, eliminate essential services. But House GOP scheduled to vote to clawback $1.1 billion next week.

June 04, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • David Folkenflik
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for public broadcasters PBS and NPR outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025.

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  • Media

Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

June 03, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik and
  • Deirdre Walsh
President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television stations to withhold funds from PBS. On Friday, PBS — led by Paula Kerger (right) — and Lakeland PBS of Minnesota sued.

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  • Media

PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

PBS and Lakeland PBS in rural Minnesota are suing President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the public television network.

May 30, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025. NPR and several member stations are suing the Trump administration over an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS.

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  • Media

NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House

NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

May 27, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during an event with President Trump to sign executive orders regarding nuclear energy in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C..

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  • Politics

Defense Sec. Hegseth puts new limits on press access at the Pentagon

The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press.

May 24, 2025
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  • Kristin Wright
A sign outside of the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, US, in March, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America.

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  • Media

Voice of America's prospects appear grim after appeals court order

A federal appeals court said it would not intervene — at least for now — to thwart the Trump administration's plans for the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America.

May 22, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
A syndicated, AI-generated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009.

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  • Books

How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.

May 20, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
CBS News President Wendy McMahon resigned on Monday. Here, McMahon (second from left) stands with former <em>60 Minutes</em> Executive Producer Bill Owens and two of the show's correspondents, Cecilia Vega and Scott Pelley, at the CBS fall schedule celebration held at Paramount Studios in May 2024.

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  • Media

President of CBS News resigns as Trump lawsuit hovers over network

CBS News President Wendy McMahon says she's resigning because "the company and I do not agree on the path forward." CBS' parent company is trying to settle a lawsuit with President Trump.

May 20, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Patricia Harrison is the president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is suing the Trump administration over the abrupt firing of three of its five board members.

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  • Media

Under attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts

Nearly 200 officials from public radio stations across the country are descending on Capitol Hill to seek to convince lawmakers to maintain funding for public broadcasting despite President Trump's campaign against it.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
A television camera is viewed during an ESPN broadcast of a WNBA basketball game between the Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Lynx on July 26, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. ESPN is launching a new streaming service at $29.99 per month.

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  • Media

ESPN's new streaming app could replace cable for some but may end up costing them more

ESPN says its subscription plan will cost $29.99 a month. An analyst says that, combined with subscriptions to other streaming services, could drive the cost up to the price of cable packages.

May 14, 2025
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  • Lydia Calitri
A control room at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix is seen Friday, May 2, 2025. Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order claiming to direct CPB's board to end federal funding to PBS and NPR.

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  • Politics

Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.

May 12, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler
Jeanine Pirro, who just left Fox News' <em>The Five </em>to become the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., attends FOX Nation's 2024 Patriot Awards on Dec. 5, 2024.

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  • Analysis

The Fox-to-Trump Funnel sweeps up Jeanine Pirro of 'The Five'

Jeanine Pirro is the latest Fox News personality to join the Trump administration. She will serve as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., replacing Ed Martin whose confirmation ran into problems in the Senate.

May 10, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
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