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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Media outlets using “chaos” to describe protests obscure the violence aimed at protesters by state agents and erase protests' message while ratifying status quo — On Monday evening, in Washington, D.C., a crowd of people protesting the killing of George Floyd were gathered in Lafayette Square …
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Nick Waters / @n_waters89:
[Thread] List of at least 100 separate incidents where journalists experienced violence from law enforcement in the US amid protests after George Floyd's death — We've hit 100 incidents where journalists experienced violence from the police during the #GeorgeFloyd protests. When I started this thread, I thought there would maybe be 7 or 8 examples. Instead what I have seen is a serious disregard for the free press by law enforcement. https://twitter.com/...
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ACLU:
ACLU files a class-action lawsuit on behalf of journalists against Minneapolis police for attacking them while covering protests over George Floyd's killing — MINNEAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota overnight filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of journalists …
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Lindsay Underwood / National Press Club:
18 journalism orgs, including The National Press Club, pen open letter to police to end the use of violence and arrests against journalists covering protests
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
NYT faces criticism for print headline “As Chaos Spreads, Trump Vows to ‘End It Now’”, a credulous framing reminiscent of last year's Unity vs. Racism debacle
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
CNN says it had its most-watched May ever in “total day” and “prime time among total viewers and among 25-54” after Trump tweets that CNN is “dying” — President Donald Trump claimed CNN is “dying” and that Chris Cuomo's ratings are plummeting in a Twitter post Wednesday …
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Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters:
Facebook strikes a global licensing deal with Saregama, one of India's largest music labels, for its catalogue of more than 100K songs spanning 25 languages — BENGALURU (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has signed a global licensing deal with one of India's largest music labels …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC releases its voice assistant Beeb in a public beta, with a male voice to avoid the “problematic associations” of female-voiced rivals like Alexa — UK service promises ‘warm and friendly’ tone to rival female alternatives from US like Amazon's Alexa
Mark Shapland / London Evening Standard:
London Evening Standard appoints Charles Yardley, SVP managing director of Europe at Forbes, as its new CEO — Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev says: ‘We are delighted to have Charles join the Evening Standard at a crucial time for the business, and our capital city.’
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@ringerunion:
The Ringer's union says the outlet has no black editors, no black full-timers on the NBA and NFL beats; in 2019, 86% of speakers on its podcasts were white — In 2019, 86% of speakers on The Ringer Podcast Network were white. We have zero black editors. We have zero black writers assigned full time to the NBA or NFL beats. Our union is currently bargaining for practices to improve our diversity and inclusion.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sunday Gannett print front pages had few indications of historic protests, focusing instead on a chain-wide “Rebuilding” project to salvage meager ad sales — Teresa Stepzinski, a veteran journalist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, spent Saturday reporting …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Music Group prices its IPO at $25 per share, at the higher end of the $23-$26 range, raising $1.9B and valuing the company at $12.75B — Management of the music major is “indicating a significant positive inflection in margins,” says one analyst, but “the majority of investors we speak with are skeptical.”
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Source: Quibi has already cut overtime for its lowest-level staffers and quietly let go of others; Quibi has raised over $1.7B in funding — Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works.
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Filing: AMC Theatres has “substantial doubt” it can remain in business after losing between $2.1B and $2.4B in Q1 with a cash balance of $718.3M as of April — New York (CNN Business)AMC Theatres, the world's biggest movie theater chain, said on Wednesday that it has …
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