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The Daily Beast:
Source: Authentic Brands, which owns the intellectual property of Sports Illustrated, is re-examining The Maven's license to operate the SI media business — They only took over the iconic sports brand just last year, but The Maven may lose control over their prized acquisition.
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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
McClatchy auction is back on for Friday, after a judge rejected Alden's effort to weaken Chatham Asset Management's bid; auction winner to be approved July 24 — A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday rejected a last-minute attempt by Alden Global Capital to weaken a rival bid for McClatchy Co. …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: NBCUniversal's subscription video service Peacock is unlikely to reach a carriage deal with Amazon or Roku before its July 15 launch but talks continue — - NBCUniversal's Peacock is unlikely to reach a deal with either Amazon or Roku before its national July 15 launch, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Peacock will exclusively stream 175+ Premier League games in the 2020-2021 season, available on a Premium tier; NBC will end its Sports Gold Premier League Pass — Peacock is getting its hands — or, more accurately, feet — on a big batch of the U.K.'s Premier League soccer matches.
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Nandini Jammi:
Nandini Jammi, half of Sleeping Giants, says she worked well with Matt Rivitz early on, then Rivitz monopolized media interviews and diminished her work — How my white male co-founder gaslighted me out of the movement we built together. — Nearly four years after I began building Sleeping Giants …
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Jason Gutierrez / New York Times:
Philippine lawmakers formally shut down ABS-CBN, the country's largest broadcast network, which Duterte accused of bias, and deny it broadcast franchise renewal — By voting not to renew the franchise of ABS-CBN, lawmakers silenced a major network that had come under fire from President Rodrigo Duterte.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
USAGM confirms it is examining whether to extend journalists' J-1 visas on a “case-by-case” basis due to unspecified concerns about possible hiring impropriety — Dozens of foreign nationals working as journalists in the U.S. for the federal government's international broadcasters …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Walt Disney World in Florida to reopen on Saturday, as Disney faces revenue pressure with postponed movies and no live sports for TV channels amid the pandemic — The mega-resort will welcome back visitors on Saturday even as coronavirus cases in Florida remain high. In doing so, Disney steps into a politicized debate.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ, ICFJ, and Reporters Without Borders launch a campaign called #HoldTheLine to support Rappler's Maria Ressa and other independent media in the Philippines — Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed …
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Reporters Without Borders and @rapplerdotcom
The Guardian:
Six-person Al Jazeera documentary team is being investigated in Malaysia for sedition, defamation and violation of the Communications and Multimedia Act — Journalists ordered to be questioned after broadcast of documentary about migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur during Covid-19 pandemic
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@hamishnews and @percykaren
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
UK journalist details his arrest by Seattle police for “failure to disperse” the day it cleared out the Autonomous Zone, despite identifying himself as press — In his 30-year career, The Independent's Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe has filed dispatches from across the world.
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Chicago Reporter:
Chicago PD shuts down its arrest API, used by journalists to access arrest data, after Chicago Reporter used it to reveal that CPD had inflated looting claims — Blocking access to key law enforcement data hinders critical accountability efforts by journalists and researchers and ultimately limits discourse on public safety.
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