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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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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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@dlboardman, @rasmus_kleis, @flipping_a_tchr, @dancow, @kainazamaria, @delwilber, @raju, @joehagansays, The Daily Caller, @andrewbeatty, @noahshachtman, New York Post and Breitbart
Alex Chapman / 7NEWS.com.au:
Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls for an investigation into the unprovoked assault of an Australian journalist and cameraman by police in DC
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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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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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The Economic Times, Livemint, Business Standard, The Hindu BusinessLine, TechCrunch and Indian Link
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
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TechCrunch, The Verge, @jimwaterson, @jimwaterson and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
@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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@khristina2334, @scoopb, @paolouggetti and @slimceeva
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Grist, a 20-year-old nonprofit online magazine that focuses on climate and the environment, has taken ownership of the archives and brand of Pacific Standard — Grist, a 20-year-old nonprofit online magazine that focuses on climate and environmental coverage, has taking full ownership …
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@spenserdavis, @rickpaulas, @ycabreraoc, @soljourno, GeekWire, Grist and MediaPost
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 …
Jacob Feldman / Variety:
FC Barcelona soccer team launches Barça TV+, a €4.99 per month streaming service with more than 1,000 hours of content — FC Barcelona's subscription-based digital streaming service launches Wednesday with a name, Barça TV+, that says everything about who one of the world's …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Blockchain journalism startup Civil is shutting down following its failure to find substitute financing after losing its major source of funding, ConsenSys — Civil, the high-profile, blockchain-backed attempt to nurture nascent digital news sites, is shutting down.
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@rafat, @jarroddicker, @coreyhutchins, @denverpressclub, @maghielse, @marklittlenews, @mathewi and @kristenhare, more at Techmeme »
Owen Thomas / San Francisco Chronicle:
Audrey Cooper, the San Francisco Chronicle's editor in chief, told her staff she is leaving the newspaper June 19 for another position in journalism — Audrey Cooper, The Chronicle's editor in chief, told her staff Monday she would leave the newspaper later this month for a new position in journalism.
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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.”
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