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4:30 PM ET, September 17, 2020

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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
In a letter to the LA County Sheriff's Department, RCFP and 64 media organizations condemn the arrest of KPCC reporter Josie Huang and urge dropping of charges  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies violently arrested the KPCC reporter while she was lawfully covering a protest on Sept. 12.
Jem Collins / Women In Journalism:
Study of UK media diversity over one week finds none of 11 major newspapers featured a Black reporter on the front page, 25% of front page bylines went to women  —  In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, all parts of the media have promised to become …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Insider is launching a news bureau in Singapore with four reporters and a salesperson; ~10% of its audience, or ~22M MAUs, is in the Asian Pacific Region  —  While a number of publishers have curbed their international expansion visions, Insider Inc. is plowing on full steam ahead.
Discussion: @jim_edwards
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A survey of 14k people in 7 countries looks at how people view the motives of news media covering the pandemic; only in the US is the issue profoundly partisan  —  A new study looks at how people in seven countries view the motives of the news media in covering the pandemic.
Discussion: @jbenton
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
UK reveals rules for its £500M film and TV production restart program, which is designed to help productions suspended by pandemic or unable to secure insurance  —  The U.K.'s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Treasury have revealed the rules …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
As part of its Vote For Your Life campaign, MTV says it will pay for printing and mailing ballot applications for voters through October 6  —  MTV will pay for the printing and postage of any ballot application requested through websites linked to its new voter initiative campaign, network executives tell Axios.
New York Times:
Some analysts are questioning the future of the movie theater business as audiences fail to return to re-opened theaters; more releases are getting postponed  —  People aren't going to the movies at anywhere close to the numbers that Hollywood hoped, prompting studios to postpone more big releases.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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Daniel Ellsberg testified in defense of Julian Assange in an extradition hearing Wednesday, saying Assange cannot get a fair trial under Espionage Act charges
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Sources: at an all-hands, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek defended keeping Joe Rogan's transphobic podcasts available; Spotify passed on some other old Rogan episodes
New York Times:
DOJ orders Al Jazeera's digital news network AJ+ to register as a foreign agent, saying it engages in “political activities” on behalf of Qatar's government
Josh Reyes / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Tribune closes the Daily Press offices in Newport News, VA; filing: Tribune didn't pay rent for April, May, and June for the majority of its facilities