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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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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 — An Associated Press reporter was allowed into a White House event on Tuesday for the first time since the Trump administration banned the newsroom's journalists, multiple outlets reported.
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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
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Filing: in 2023, following Musk's purchase, X had £69.1M in UK revenue, down 66.3% YoY and 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 — X's revenues and profits collapsed …
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New York Times:
Sources: the White House plans to ask Congress to rescind $1.1B in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and others — Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.
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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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Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
FilmLA: greater LA film production fell 22.4% YoY in Q1 2025 to 5,295 shoot days, due to global cutbacks and CA's loss to rivals; the LA fires had little impact — After a promising end to 2024 where production had increased by 6.2%, on-production shoot days in the Greater Los Angeles area declined …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with WBD executive and former BluTV CEO Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz on the Max launch in Turkey, original Turkish content, adapting IP for the streamer, and more — Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz discusses such local hits as ‘Prince,’ ‘Magarsus,’ and ‘Pavilion’ and how many scripted …
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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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Truth on the Market, Radio Ink, Inside Radio, Office of Advocacy, TV Tech and RADIO ONLINE, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Marc Ecko returns to Complex, the outlet he founded in 2002 and left in 2016, as chief creative and innovation officer — The streetwear brand has also appointed Ray Elias as its new chief marketing officer — Marc Eckō, the streetwear pioneer who founded Complex in 2002 …
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Bloomberg:
WBD says it decided not to sell Polish broadcaster TVN after a review; bidders reportedly included billionaire Michal Solowow and a Wirtualna Polska-led group — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. decided to keep control over its Polish unit after ending a strategic review which included options to sell TVN SA.
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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
How David Zaslav became an “accidental mogul” who is navigating WBD out of its cultural, generational, and technological obsolescence during the Trump era — In a declining industry, the aspiring mogul has defied the odds — for now — based on an unlikely set of skills.
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