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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 …
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Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review:
Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub; conservatives alleged it censored conservative media — The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary …
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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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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Henry Blodget launches Regenerator on Substack, to provide a “rolling analysis” of broad, timely subjects, with plans to add staff and debut a freemium model — The Substack-based brand plans to adopt a freemium model as it scales — Business Insider founder Henry Blodget launched …
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US appeals court temporarily blocks Sony from taking over distribution of syndicated game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from CBS — CBS can continue distributing the syndicated shows while the case works its way through court. … California's Second Appellate District …
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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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Reuters:
Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago — About 18% of songs uploaded to Deezer (DEEZR.PA) are fully generated by AI, the French streaming platform said on Wednesday …
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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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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 …
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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.
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