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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
The White House is eliminating the traditional press pool access for wire services after a court ordered the administration to lift its restrictions on the AP — The White House announced Tuesday that it was eliminating the traditional press pool access for wire services after a federal court ordered …
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
The White House's decision to remove a spot for newswires from the press pool will affect local news organizations who rely on the wire services for reporting — Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters …
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Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Houston Landing, a nonprofit that launched in 2023 with $20M+ in philanthropic funding, says it is shutting down mid-May and laying off its 43 employees — The nonprofit startup struggled to identify a business model, an editorial strategy, and a large audience.
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Financial Times:
CNN CEO Mark Thompson says the company plans to roll out a “suite” of digital subscription services, including at least one in 2025, to combat TV's decline — Media executive plans to launch a ‘suite’ of digital subscription services to arrest long-term decline in cable
Reuters:
A Russian court sentences four journalists to 5.5 years each in prison for creating content for the YouTube channel of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Network — Four Russian journalists were sentenced by a Moscow court to 5-1/2 years each in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty …
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
UK filing: in 2023, following Elon Musk's acquisition, X had £69.1M in UK revenue, down 66.3% YoY, and its profit fell from £5.6M to £1.2M — Social media platform formerly known as Twitter says 66.3% revenue drop was down to fall in advertising income
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google says it suspended 39.2M US advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024, up over 3x from 12.7M in 2023, and took down 1.8B ads, aided by new AI tools — Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number …
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Palin v. NYT opening statements: Sarah Palin's lawyers say the NYT engaged in a “sickeningly familiar pattern” by targeting her, and she will testify next week — Sarah Palin's 8-year-old defamation claims against The New York Times were being heard anew Tuesday by a Manhattan jury …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
WARC: global ad spend with newsbrands will be $32.3B in 2025, down 33.1% compared to 2019; ad spend on creator content will surpass professional media by 2026 — Global advertising spend against news content is forecast to have fallen by a third in six years.
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
A look at the FCC's “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative, meant to identify burdensome rules, as broadcasters, ISPs, and others send in deregulation wishlists — Industry groups have submitted deregulatory wishlists for the Federal Communications Commission's “Delete, Delete …
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Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land:
Temu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three days — Temu completely shut off Google Shopping ads in the U.S. on April 9, with its App Store ranking subsequently plummeting from a typical third …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An academic survey of 31 UK journalists, who had an average of 17.7 years in the industry, shows they have experienced decreased compliance with FOI requests — An academic has warned that the UK is at risk of evolving “into a propaganda regime” following interviews with dozens of journalists …
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