Mediagazer: 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 (Financial Times)

3:30 PM ET, April 16, 2025

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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 …

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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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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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 — Spotify posted an ‘all clear’ message just after noon on Wednesday, saying its widespread outage issues are resolved.

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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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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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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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.

Discussion: @dannygroner.bsky.social and PRWeek

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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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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