The exact plan that Coming Home Oscar winner Voight, whose daughter is Angelina Jolie, has prepared for Trump is unclear, but sources with knowledge of his conversations with Hollywood insiders tell us they expect a federal tax incentive to be the main component. - Deadline
“The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies ‘to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS’ and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.” This is funding already approved by the U.S. Congress. - AP
“British Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has firmly rejected proposals for a levy on streaming platforms operating in the U.K., despite recent recommendations from a parliamentary committee suggesting such a measure could help support the country’s television drama sector.” - Variety
It’s a separate service which even public radio fans might not know is there: subchannel broadcasting with dedicated programming for the blind and visually impaired. - Nieman Lab
“Today, some members, particularly in the Executive and Marketing and PR branches, simply press play on the Academy app to satisfy the system’s viewing requirement — then mute the audio or switch tabs. ‘The app only needs to see that you watched it,’ says one voter. ‘It doesn’t know if you’re sitting there.’” - Variety
“A BBC review has found no evidence of a ‘toxic culture’ but a ‘minority of people whose behavior is simply not acceptable,’ the U.K. public broadcaster said on Monday.” - The Hollywood Reporter
After reporting a net loss of 183,000 residential broadband customers in Q1 2025, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said the company isn't "winning in the marketplace" during an earnings call today. The Q1 2025 customer loss was over three times larger than the net loss in Q1 2024. - Ars Technica
“In its complaint, ... the CPB and the three board members — Laura Ross, Thomas Rothman and Diane Kaplan — said the president does not have the authority to fire these board members because it’s not a government agency subject to the decisions of the executive branch.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth … granted the temporary restraining order for the U.S. Agency for Global Media to disburse ($12 million) for April 2025 for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pending the outcome of a lawsuit seeking to keep the station on the air.” - AP
According to the Academy, they will be tracking what voters watch in the digital screening room, and then there will be a form to fill out about films seen in theaters, festivals, or private screenings. So it's essentially the honor system. - NPR
The author was a little-known English freelance journalist. The story of how he came to land his Johnny Depp story – along with a litany of other starry interviews – gives a rare insight into the engine room of celebrity journalism, and is as intriguing as the thought of Jack Sparrow tending a Somerset garden. - The Guardian
“The public wasn't given a chance to testify on the 11th-hour change, quietly added to the 220-page budget bill just one day before lawmakers plan to vote on it and wrap up the 2025 legislative session.” - The Indianapolis Star (Yahoo!)
What is the consumer trying to tell us? That they’d like to watch movies at home, thank you. The studios and the theaters are duking it out over trying to preserve this 45-day window that is completely out of step with the consumer experience of just loving a movie.” - Variety
Ryan Coogler’s film has box office followers’ eyes popping with its unheard-of second weekend take. It dropped a mere 6 percent from its opening weekend, the best performance by far of any R-rated horror movie. - The Hollywood Reporter
