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12:50 AM ET, April 17, 2025

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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 …
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 …
Bloomberg:
FTC challenges ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg over past emails; she called Google+ a “real” competitor in 2011 and discussed blocking its ads on Facebook in 2012  —  Sandberg, who left Meta in 2022 after more than 14 years as Mark Zuckerberg's No. 2, was Meta's senior-most business leader …
Washington Post:
President Trump's DC US attorney pick, Ed Martin, has been on Russian state-funded RT and Sputnik as a commentator over 150 times from August 2016 to April 2024  —  Nominee Ed Martin did not initially disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate.
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 …
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 …
Financial Times:
Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March  —  Chinese retailers' retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues  —  Chinese ecommerce giants Temu and Shein have slashed …
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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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify is back online after an outage on April 16; users reported issues from 8:00am ET, and Spotify said it's “all clear” just after noon
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
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
TikTok begins testing Footnotes, a Community Notes-like feature to add “more context” to videos, in the US; TikTok says its fact-checking program will continue
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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
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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