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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.
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
California public radio station KCRW cut 28 jobs through buyouts and layoffs in the face of a 30% loss to its operating budget, despite help from PPP loan — KCRW has eliminated 28 jobs through buyouts and layoffs as the Santa Monica-based public radio station projects a whopping 30% loss to its operating budget due to the pandemic.
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Los Angeles Times, @variety, @csymrl, Variety and @jenn_swann
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.
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Variety, @kennethturan, @kunur, @richlightshed, @dianeswonk, Always Be Watching and The Week
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT and Facebook have struck a multi-year partnership to co-develop AR filters and effects on Instagram that help users access and contextualize NYT stories — The New York Times and Facebook have struck a multi-year partnership to co-develop augmented reality (AR) filters and effects …
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Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
Daniel Ellsberg testified in defense of Julian Assange in an extradition hearing Wednesday, saying Assange cannot get a fair trial under Espionage Act charges — LONDON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most famous whistleblowers in living memory, came to the defense of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …
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Press Association, @kgosztola, @kgosztola, @kgosztola, @kgosztola, The Dissenter, Reuters and Bloomberg
Murad Ahmed / Financial Times:
Tencent buys digital streaming rights in China for all remaining Premier League of the 2020/21 season, replacing a contract with PPTV that ended in dispute — English football's top tier moves to replace contract with PPTV that ended in dispute — The English Premier League has secured …
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Variety, CNBC and Premier League Football News …
Max Willens / Digiday:
A look at Red Ventures, which bought CNET Media Group, and its portfolio of 100+ sites like The Points Guy that primarily make money from affiliate commissions — Whatever you do, don't call Red Ventures an intent media company. — The Charlotte, N.C.-based media company …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
NPR uses geo-targeting tech to add localized news for 10 cities to its afternoon podcast Consider This, including Boston, New York, and Philadelphia — NPR's daily podcast Consider This began as Coronavirus Daily, but changed its name and broadened its scope in June as protests …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Bloomberg Media CEO says it will relaunch its QuickTake video service on November 9 as a global, 24-hour streaming service with 100 dedicated staff — The financial firm is readying a new version of its QuickTake service for launch in November — with plans for it to be a 24/7 outlet.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Facebook and Instagram place warnings on a video from Tucker Carlson Tonight that fact checkers say repeats false COVID-19 information — The social media platforms warn viewers that the Fox News host's interview with a Chinese virologist contained “false information” about Covid-19.
Discussion:
@hofrench, The Wrap, Axios and Whistleblower Li-Meng …
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 — Multiple sources inside Spotify described an all-hands meeting in which Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed the company's handling of the controversial podcaster.
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Magna: national TV ad sales fell 30% YoY in Q2, its worst quarter on record, while linear media ad sales were down by 38% YoY — Q2 was national TV ad sales' worst quarter on record, according to Magna — Linear advertising will be helped along by record-level political ad spend later in the year.
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@ethanjakobcraft, MediaPost, AdExchanger and Ad Age
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