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2:25 PM ET, March 7, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Temu became Meta's top advertiser by revenue in 2023 by spending nearly $2B on ads, and became one of Google's top five advertisers by spending in 2023  —  The e-commerce platform spent nearly $2 billion at Meta and was a top advertiser at Google  —  Meta Platforms' top advertiser …
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New York Times:
Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year  —  Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking to break into the U.S. market are spending huge sums to get their wares in front of American consumers.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with FT Group CEO John Ridding on the benefits of being owned by Nikkei, using AI in the newsroom and for engagement, US growth, and Big Tech's AI missteps  —  The FT has more than 1.4 million subscribers, including more than 1 million digital subscribers.  About 20% are based in the United States.
Ben Markus / Colorado Public Radio:
Colorado Public Radio lays off 15, primarily in audio and podcast production, and spares the newsroom of cuts; staff grew from 48 in FY 2006 to 214 in FY 2022  —  Colorado Public Radio laid off 15 employees this week, the largest cut to the public broadcaster's payroll in at least a quarter of a century.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to overhaul its TruTV cable network with a new nightly block of sports programming, including a show focused on betting  —  The media company intends to create a new nightly sports block for TruTV, the reality-series cable network that has largely been left …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
In a letter to members, the National Music Publishers Association says it doesn't expect to renew its TikTok license when the deal expires on April 30  —  The standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok took another turn on Wednesday when the trade group National Music Publishers Association sent …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Condé Nast reports flat revenue gains YoY in 2023; in a memo, Condé Nast CEO says consumer revenue grew 7% YoY and expects operating costs to remain the same  —  - Lynch said moving to a place where the company is consistently breaking even has helped it invest in growth areas, particular in digital.
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