Mediagazer: 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 (Justin Sink/Bloomberg)

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 …

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 …

Discussion: @paularmstrongtbd.bsky.social and The Guardian

April Rubin / Axios:
An Associated Press reporter was allowed into a White House event for the first time since the Trump administration banned AP's journalists

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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.

Discussion: Houston Landing, Press Gazette, Houston Landing, Richard Tofel on LinkedIn, @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social, Teresa Frontado on LinkedIn, Nieman Lab, Poynter, Sam Hoisington on LinkedIn, Giselle Rodriguez Greenwood on LinkedIn, LatAm Journalism Review, @bgrueskin.bsky.social, @amari-clare.bsky.social, @maxrn.bsky.social, MediaPost and Talking Biz News

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

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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 …

Discussion: Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reporters Without Borders, Washington Examiner, The Moderate Voice, Al Jazeera, The Kyiv Independent, Committee to Protect …, Sky News, The Hill, Deutsche Welle, The Moscow Times, Le Monde and KRDO

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

Discussion: @pmarsha11.bsky.social, The New European and The Standard, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: The Keyword and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: Inside Radio and Yahoo Finance

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 …

Discussion: @karlbode.com, Truth on the Market, Radio Ink, Inside Radio, Office of Advocacy, TV Tech and RADIO ONLINE

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Information, Washington Examiner, Sherwood News, Adweek and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: @owenboswarva.bsky.social and Global Investigative …