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HBO Max temporarily pulls Gone With the Wind, the American classic considered controversial for its depiction of Black people and its positive view of slavery — The 1939 film has long been considered controversial for its depiction of Black people and its positive view of slavery.
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A&E cancels reality series Live P.D., which had been renewed for 160 episodes a month ago, following nationwide protests and calls for police reform — EXCLUSIVE: A&E has canceled its flagship series and one of the highest-rated shows on basic cable. A week after Live P.D. was pulled …
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ViacomCBS' Paramount Network pulls the plug on the long-running TV show Cops after protests over the death of George Floyd; old episodes still air on Pluto TV
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Trump's campaign sends a letter demanding CNN retract a poll showing Biden leading; CNN lawyer says the campaign is threatening litigation to muzzle speech — President Trump's reelection campaign has sent a cease and desist letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker demanding that the network retract …
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Bon Appétit releases a statement conceding its racially insensitive past, vowing extensive changes like prioritizing people of color for its EIC candidate pool — Bon Appétit, the Condé Nast-owned food title that found itself embroiled in controversy this week …
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At a Condé Nast town hall, CEO Roger Lynch claims ignorance of diversity and pay issues and says the company plans to conduct internal studies of these matters
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Tucker Carlson leaves The Daily Caller and sells his roughly one-third stake to co-founder and publisher Neil Patel, who now owns a controlling stake — Co-founder Neil Patel now owns controlling stake in conservative news website — Tucker Carlson is leaving the Daily Caller …
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A black Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter says the executive editor's letter defending a decision to prevent her from covering protests was dehumanizing — The executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette defended his paper in a fiery front-page essay Wednesday morning against charges …
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Los Angeles County plans to issue guidelines on Thursday for restarting film and TV production; some productions are expected to restart in July and August — Los Angeles County is set to issue its guidelines on Thursday for the restart of film and TV production, allowing filming to resume as soon as Friday.
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Roku is prominently promoting OAN Encore, an offshoot of OANN with the same news and commentary, on The Roku Channel, as Trump promotes conspiracies from OANN — One America News Network isn't just an app on Roku streaming devices. It's receiving a huge platform as part of Roku's business model.
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Hearst Magazines names Samira Nasr as the next editor of the US edition of Harper's Bazaar, the first woman of color to hold the top job at the 153-year-old pub — Samira Nasr, a former Vanity Fair fashion director, is leaving Condé Nast to take a key job at Hearst Magazines.


WSJ reassigns Gerard Baker, an editor at large, to opinion page after staff union complains about his column on race and tweets violating social media policy — After a letter of protest from the newspaper's union, Gerard Baker, now an editor at large, was reassigned to the opinion department.
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Gannett says many of its 260 regional outlets have 10 or fewer news staff and a lot have five or less; The Ithaca Journal in NY has just a single reporter — It's common for the smallest of Gannett's 260 regional outlets to have staffs of five or fewer, the company's top news executive confirmed
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Publishers using Google AdSense say they are being penalized by Google's Confirmed Clicks, which, sources say, can reduce programmatic ad revenue by 40-60% — Publishers are once again caught in the crosshairs of Google's quest to clean up the open web. — Over the last six months …


White House tells John Bolton his book contains classified info and WH will provide redactions by June 19; Bolton's lawyer says book will be released June 23 — A White House official said Mr. Bolton would be given a redacted version of his manuscript by June 19, four days before the book's current publication date.
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In conservative media's alternative universe, rioters are still prowling America's biggest cities, Minneapolis is still burning, and the unrest is getting worse — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
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