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Ina Fried / Axios:
TikTok to pull its app from Google Play and App Store in Hong Kong in light of new security law, says it doesn't and wouldn't share info with Chinese government — TikTok said Monday night that it would pull its social video platform out of the Google and Apple app stores in Hong Kong amid …
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Joanna Partridge / The Guardian:
Reach, owner of the Daily Mirror and hundreds of UK regional papers, to cut 550 jobs, 12% of its workforce, and centralize editorial as revenue fell 27.5% in Q2 — Publisher also owns regional papers including Manchester Evening News and Birmingham Mail — The owner of the Daily Mirror …
CNN:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps amid rising tensions between US and China — Hong Kong/Washington (CNN Business)The United States is “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SiriusXM is near a deal to buy Stitcher's podcasting unit from Scripps for around $300M — Deal would follow similar moves by Spotify and iHeartMedia to enter podcasting industry — Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI .51% is near a deal to buy E.W. Scripps Co. SSP 1.45% 's Stitcher Inc. podcasting unit …
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Conservative news sites like Newsmax have published opinion pieces from a network of at least 19 fake personas pushing Middle East propaganda over the past year — DOES NOT EXIST — Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” …
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Casey Newton / The Interface:
Reframing “tech vs. journalism” discussion as “managers vs. employees” shows why journalists who have called attention to workplace activism have become targets — Last week, the worlds of technology and journalism were transfixed by a conflict that played …
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@kerrymflynn:
[Thread] Media companies that received PPP loans after US disclosed recipients: $5M-$10M for Wikimedia, $2M-$5M for Fortune, $1M-$2M for Digiday, and more — Now that the list of PPP loans is out, we can see which media companies got them, not just rely on owners publicizing it: https://home.treasury.gov/... Already spotted: - Forbes: https://twitter.com/... - Crain: https://twitter.com/... - Daily Caller: https://twitter.com/...
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Some publishers like BuzzFeed and The Strategist are capitalizing on rising sex toy sales, as social platforms block paid posts by sex toy retailers — It may, or may not, come as a surprise that as people entered into quarantine back in March, the online sales of sex toys have, well, risen.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
TV networks scale back plans to cover upcoming party conventions; sources: GOP's focus on a packed house is causing tensions between the party and network execs — Instead of the usual media circus, this summer's made-for-TV political confabs will have a whole lot less TV.
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Phil Shiver / TheBlaze:
Ben Shapiro is stepping down as EIC of The Daily Wire, replaced by John Bickley; Shapiro will now be editor emeritus at the outlet — Ben Shapiro will remain co-owner and the site's biggest talent — What are the details? — Ben Shapiro, the prominent conservative commentator …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Under Chris McCarthy, Comedy Central is pushing animation, planning to make 10-20 films a year, rethinking its identity: “We're not channels. We're content.” — Sometime last year, Charlamagne Tha God took a meeting with Comedy Central execs and pitched them an idea for a talk show.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump frames his opposition to BLM using the same language Tucker Carlson lays out on Fox, showing Carlson's key role in defining Trump's re-election messaging — If you want to understand the rhetorical roots of Trump's Independence Day speech at Mount Rushmore, go back and watch Tucker Carlson's monologues for the past six weeks.
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