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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Tribune Publishing has permanently closed The Daily News headquarters at 4 New York Plaza in Manhattan and the newsroom of The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD — Tribune Publishing said that it was permanently closing the tabloid's office in Lower Manhattan.
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Roger Simmons / Orlando Sentinel:
The Orlando Sentinel says it is leaving its downtown office building, which it has occupied since 1951, in October as staff continues to work remotely — The Orlando Sentinel announced Wednesday it will leave its downtown building, the newspaper's home since 1951.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone, the mogul who transformed National Amusements into a media empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures, and CBS, has died at 97 — Mr. Redstone built empire of TV, movies and radio that became focus of power struggle — Sumner Redstone, who turned his family's movie-theater company …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson says it will continue its Apple News partnership because the arrangement helps introduce potential new subscribers to the WSJ — News Corp. will continue to allow tech giant Apple to disseminate its news articles through the Apple News platform because the arrangement …
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AppleInsider and 9to5Mac
The Information:
Sources: AT&T is in talks to sell Crunchyroll, its anime streaming service, to Sony, but its $1.5B asking price is a sticking point — AT&T is in discussions to sell WarnerMedia's Crunchyroll Japanese anime-streaming service to Sony, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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The Wrap, The Streamable, @zhugeex, @loudmouthjulia, @pessimism, @zhugeex and @blakeir
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Scribd buys SlideShare from LinkedIn for an undisclosed sum; SlideShare has a content library of 40M presentations and 100M monthly unique visitors — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price.
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Bustle Digital Group names Kathy Lee editorial director of women's style site The Zoe Report — Bustle Digital Group has hired Kathy Lee as editorial director for women's style site The Zoe Report. — Lee was previously accessories director at Hearst's Fashion Group, where she styled content across brands.
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WWD and @kerrymflynn
Natasha Khan / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong media baron Jimmy Lai was released on bail on Wednesday morning, along with the other nine people who were arrested on Monday — Supporters of outspoken newspaper founder waved copies of his Apple Daily as he left police station — HONG KONG—Pro-democracy media baron Jimmy Lai …
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Former Bloomberg News reporter files proposed class-action suit against the outlet for gender and race discrimination and names editorial leaders as defendants — A news reporter is suing over “diversity slots,” discrimination and pay inequity, among other systemic issues at Bloomberg News.
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
The musical Diana will premiere on Netflix ahead of its opening on Broadway as New York theaters will remain closed until 2021 — The show will be filmed in the empty Broadway theater where it had been playing in previews, and still plans to open in May 2021.
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Meduza.io:
Russian embassy says journalist for Russian outlet Meduza, who was beaten and arrested by police while reporting from a protest in Belarus, has been released — Meduza special correspondent Maxim Solopov, who was beaten and arrested by riot police while reporting from a protest in Minsk on Sunday night …
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@eilishhart, @meduza_en and Reporters Without Borders
Hollywood Reporter:
As part of WarnerMedia's layoffs, most of the staff of the streaming service DC Universe have been laid off, as well as top execs and editors of DC Comics — The majority of staff of the streaming service DC Universe has been laid off, as has editor-in-chief Bob Harras and multiple other executives on the publishing side.