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KPCC public radio reporter Josie Huang was arrested while covering the ambush shooting of two deputies in LA, on charges of “interfering with a lawful arrest” — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested KPCC/LAist Correspondent Josie Huang Saturday night while she was covering …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Internal documents from The Intercept regarding exposed source Reality Winner show an extreme level of newsroom mismanagement, hubris, and a whitewashed probe — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak?
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Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Disney's Mulan brings in $23.2M during its Chinese opening weekend, lagging behind the $30M brought in by Nolan's Tenet, likely due to piracy and media blackout — Disney's “Mulan” is struggling to find a foothold at the Chinese box offic, mustering an opening weekend of $23.2 million …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Tenet, the first major movie debut since the pandemic's start, passes $200M globally, despite lackluster North American box office sales of $6.7M in 2nd weekend
Tenet, the first major movie debut since the pandemic's start, passes $200M globally, despite lackluster North American box office sales of $6.7M in 2nd weekend
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Red Ventures says it has agreed to buy CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M in a deal expected to close in Q4 2020 — ViacomCBS is offloading CNET Media Group in a $500 million deal with digital-marketing company Red Ventures, which announced the deal Monday.
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Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC will axe all radio reporters and ask them to reapply for a smaller number of jobs in TV, radio, or digital, rather than as dedicated audio journalists — BBC radio voices have described and defined modern British history. Live reports from inside a British bomber over Germany during …
CNN:
All major TV networks, including Fox News, stayed outside while Trump held an indoor rally with thousands of mostly-unmasked fans — News outlets exhibited more responsibility than the president. — I understand that Trump's “what pandemic?” attitude is shared by many of his supporters …
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Chris Jaffe / YouTube Blog:
YouTube says it is launching an early beta of YouTube Shorts, a 15-second video feature, in India — - By Chris Jaffe VP of Product Management Sep.14.2020 … YouTube has always been a place to be entertained — from your favorite dance trends, like Evolution of Dance, Roller Skate Dances …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Inside Turner Sports' plan to fix Bleacher Report's diversity problem, where a report found 10% of its staff were Black and there were none at VP level or above — This article is part of the Future of Work briefing, a weekly email with stories, interviews, trends and links about how work, workplaces and workforces are changing.
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New York Times:
Profile of Vanessa Pappas, an ex-YouTube exec and TikTok's N. America chief since 2018, who took over as interim global chief amid its geopolitical predicament — Vanessa Pappas is keeping a focus on the app's community of creators and users as it deals with pressure from President Trump, Beijing and a possible sale.
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The Daily Beast:
Washington Post reported as genuine a fake FBI raid on infamous right-wing trickster Jack Burkman's house, staged by Jacob Wohl, before adding a correction — A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Taboola and Outbrain CEOs confirm the breakdown of their merger, announced nearly a year ago, over revised terms, as the pandemic depressed ad rates — Taboola sought new deal terms from Outbrain as coronavirus pandemic affected both companies' business — The sharp advertising downturn caused …
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Facebook Gaming says it will allow partnered streamers to play some copyrighted music in the background of their live streams — It's a big deal! — Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live streams …
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