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Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Theaters expects to resume operations at 450 locations in the US on July 15, won't require moviegoers to wear masks or undergo temperature checks — AMC Theatres, the world's largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sixteen former and current staff at Digital Trends share instances of racism, sexism, sexual harassment, and homophobia at the tech publication — On Wednesday, June 10, the entire Digital Trends staff — approximately 130 people — spent three hours in a virtual town hall meeting.
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Ben Smith / @benyt:
Memo: NYT will assemble a diverse advisory council to help develop a diversity and inclusion strategy; newsroom to create its own team to study diversity issues — And @nytimes just emailed staff with plans to create “a more modern news organization that benefits from the wisdom of a larger and far more diverse staff.” https://twitter.com/...
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Bloomberg relaunches CityLab, which it bought from Atlantic Media at end of 2019; executive editor Jennifer Sondag says site will be unpaywalled through 2020 — When Bloomberg acquired CityLab — which reports from the intersection of public policy, urban studies, and city living …
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David Brinkerhoff / USA Today:
The CEO of Gannett's operating company, Paul Bascobert, is leaving; Michael Reed, chairman and CEO of Gannett Co., assumes Bascobert's responsibilities — Gannett Co., on Thursday said that the CEO of its operating company, Paul Bascobert, will leave the company after the board eliminated …
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The Guardian:
Twitter has suspended the account of far-right British commentator Katie Hopkins, who has written for Rebel Media and Mail Online and who had 1.1M+ followers — Rightwing commentator's account was suspended to ‘keep platform safe’ from abuse — The controversial rightwing commentator Katie Hopkins …
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@theneweuropean, @maggienyt, @chanctonman, @sdkstl and The Independent
Denise Balkissoon / Chatelaine:
A former journalist at Canada's Globe and Mail details her experience of racism and failed diversity initiatives amid a wider racial reckoning in Canadian media — Spoiler: it didn't go well. At the end of 2019, I left the Globe and Mail, convinced that no one with real power there was ever …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Twitch is growing as a platform for live music, which is now among its top 15 genres; report: Twitch users watched 27M hours of music in May, up 5X from Jan. — Long an afterthought to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, Twitch has won over musicians. Now it must deal with their lawyers.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Telegraph to stop publishing branded content and shift to long-term partnerships with advertisers; fewer than 100 non-editorial jobs could be cut — The Telegraph is preparing to stop publishing branded content as it responds to the impact of Covid-19 on advertising revenues.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Cinemark to reopen all theaters by July 17; staff will have their temperature tested and wear masks, which moviegoers will be highly encouraged to wear as well — Editors' Note: Deadline's Reopening Hollywood series focuses on the complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Vice Media launches internal investigation into allegations of toxic workplace behavior at Refinery29 after CNN published an extensive investigation last week — New York (CNN Business)Vice Media Group has launched an internal investigation into allegations of toxic workplace behavior at Refinery29 …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Pitchfork staffers staged a four-hour work stoppage Thursday in protest of what they call anti-union initiatives taken by the publication and parent Condé Nast — The influential music site will go dark for four hours on Thursday to bring attention to “clear, demonstrable union-busting …
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