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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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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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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a court filing, the AP says the White House's new policy eliminating wire services' press pool access is a “clear violation” of the court's injunction — The Associated Press is asking a federal judge to enforce his order that the Trump White House had to end its ban …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify is down in the US, Europe, and more; users reported issues from 8:00AM ET, and Spotify says it is “aware of the outage” and it is not “a security hack” — Spotify is aware of the issues and is ‘checking them out.’ — Spotify is down according …
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Kelsey Warner / Semafor:
Sources: Moniify, a well-funded UAE financial news startup launched in November 2024, struggled to monetize and find an editorial strategy before pivoting — The Scoop — Moniify was meant to speak to a new generation of investors in emerging markets — a population keen on investment apps …
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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Matt Slater / New York Times:
France's Ligue 1 is facing a financial crisis after talks broke down between its clubs and DAZN over the renegotiation of the four-year TV deal signed in 2024 — French football is facing a financial crisis after peace talks between its clubs and DAZN, their domestic media partner, broke down on Tuesday.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
IAB: 60% of US ad executives expect tariffs to result in a 6% to 10% cut in 2025 ad budgets; industry insiders say advertisers are “paralyzed” and “somber” — Hundreds of billions of marketing dollars are in flux as companies struggle to plan. For some sectors, the timing “couldn't be worse.”
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Cision, which owns PR Newswire, plans to close its journalism jobs service on April 30, and sold its Help A Reporter Out expert enquiry service to Featured.com — Cision Jobs website to close on 30 April. Separately, Help A Reporter Out (HARO) to relaunch under new owner on 22 April.
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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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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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Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
FOI documents: Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland gave a personal guarantee to YouTube that it would be exempt from a teen social media ban — Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland gave a personal guarantee to the global head of YouTube that the platform …
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