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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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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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Bloomberg:
The FTC challenges ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg over past emails; she called Google+ a “real” competitor in 2011 and discussed blocking its Facebook ads 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 …
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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.
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Catherine Perloff / The Information:
Source: in January 2025, Pinterest considered buying an ad tech firm to boost its ad sales, and is working to allow ad sales through independent ad tech firms — Pinterest in January considered spending hundreds of millions on an acquisition to supercharge its ad sales …
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Study: in South Korea, active YouTube users spent 210 minutes per day on the service in Q4, while Netflix subscribers spent 96 minutes per day on the streamer — Koreans who subscribe to Netflix spent less than half that time (96 minutes) watching the streamer, which airs Korean hits like Squid Game, Love Next Door and Queen of Tears.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Q&A with Phil Spencer on A Minecraft Movie, potential IP for future movies, Microsoft's Hollywood goals, Fallout Season 2 and the Minecraft TV series, and more — The execs at Microsoft, Warner Bros. and Legendary can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as “A Minecraft Movie” …
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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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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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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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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 …
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