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12:50 PM ET, March 27, 2020

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Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
China shuts down all cinemas again, after reopening 600 of them over the past week, without providing an official explanation for the shut down  —  Over the past two weeks, movie theaters had begun to gradually reopen in the country.  No reason was given for the abrupt reversal …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Media M&As worth $5B+ are on hold with ViacomCBS pausing the sale of Simon & Schuster, AT&T of 4 RSNs, and Black Diamond of Ion Media  —  Media companies including AT&T Inc. and ViacomCBS Inc. are pressing the pause button on asset sales worth more than $5 billion …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Slate launches a metered paywall with an initial threshold of at least 10 articles/month, says CEO, after which readers will have to join Slate Plus  —  “Up till now, Slate has provided almost all of its written work for free.  But going forward, we think the way we will truly thrive …
Discussion: @katie_rayford
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Leak from a Fortune 50 company shows blocking of ads based on COVID-19 keywords led to 2M+ ads blocked so far in March, for NYT, CNN, USA Today, WaPo  —  The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.
Maura Church / Patreon Blog:
Patreon says 30,000+ creators signed up in the first three weeks of March; average new patron growth in 6 countries, including US and Italy, was 36.2% over Feb.  —  Right now is a stressful time to be a creator.  In a time when so many around the world are deeply affected …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Disney-owned digital movie locker service Movies Anywhere is launching its first smart TV app, on LG  —  Making them the first smart TVs with a native app  —  Movies Anywhere — the Disney-owned movie locker service that combines your purchased films across digital stores including Apple TV …
Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Films can qualify for the Golden Globes without being screened in a theater, organizers announce; a special screening process will be in effect until April 30  —  At least until April 30, but possibly beyond even that, films can qualify for consideration by the HFPA even if they do not first screen in a theater.
Paul Heintz / Seven Days:
In the past two weeks in Vermont, one newspaper shut down, three suspended print editions, three reduced print frequency, seven announced layoffs and furloughs  —  Thursday's edition of the Waterbury Record will be its last.  —  In a front-page story announcing its own demise …
David Stout / New York Times:
Richard Reeves, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of books on presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and others, has died at 83  —  His books on Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton and others could be as unsparing as his syndicated column.  He was also a familiar face on PBS public-affairs programs.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Hooq, a streaming service backed by Singapore's Singtel, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros, which had raised $95M, files for liquidation  —  On-demand video streaming service Hooq said on Friday it has filed for liquidation after it failed to grow rapidly and cover its increasing operating costs.
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