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Tiny News Collective, a LION Publishers and News Catalyst initiative, seeks to start 500 local newsrooms in three years by offering resources and training — The Tiny News Collective says it will provide participants the tools and resources they need to start their own local newsroom
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Twitter says it will discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021, saying it's brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter — Today, we're sharing that we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021.
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Report: arrests of journalists in the US grew to ~117 in 2020, up 1,200% YoY; the week of May 29 to June 4 had more arrests than previous three years combined — Promoting press freedom in the 21st century — Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is releasing a report on the unprecedented number …
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Newsrooms should abolish the crime beat and reexamine how the criminal-legal system is covered, focusing on affected communities and people — “Let's be honest: Crime coverage is terrible. It's racist, classist, fear-based clickbait masking as journalism." — Let's be honest: Crime coverage is terrible.


Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton says TikTok banned him without warning, thinks it was after pressure from TikTok stars, with whom he's feuded; TikTok denies this — The celebrity blogger was banned from TikTok on Saturday in a move he said was influenced by the app's biggest stars.
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The Google News Initiative is funding 33 projects in the second round of its North American Innovation Challenge, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion — Today we are announcing an important list of projects selected for the second round of the Google News Initiative's North American Innovation Challenge.
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Condé Nast names Anna Wintour chief content officer, in charge of its brands worldwide and of Vogue's 25 global editions; she will remain EIC of Vogue US — Longtime editor to take charge of global editorial operations after a year punctuated by layoffs and diversity issues
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HBO's Casey Bloys says they will honor Dave Chappelle's request and remove Chappelle's Show from HBO Max at the end of the year — HBO Max is honoring a request by Dave Chappelle to remove “Chappelle's Show” from the streaming service at the end of this year. … “We had a conversation with Dave.
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The Desk, /Film, The Streamable, Breitbart, Collider, ScreenRant, Mic, Los Angeles Times, TheGrio, UPROXX, news.avclub.com, The Week, BroBible, IndieWire, TMZ.com and The Wrap


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sign an exclusive multiyear deal to host and produce podcasts for Spotify via their production company Archewell Audio — - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are getting into podcasting. — Spotify announced Tuesday it has signed a multiyear deal with Prince Harry …
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Common Sense Networks is launching Sensical, a free, ad-supported streaming service for kids aged 2-12, early next year, starting with 15K short-form videos — Sensical, Eric Berger's first project as Common Sense Networks CEO, will launch early next year — Eric Berger, who oversaw …
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Context is King, Deadline and Variety


Newsmax will refer to Biden as “president-elect” after weeks of Trump praising them for refusing to do so — The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting.
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The Hill, Vanity Fair, Axios, Forbes, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Raw Story


Sources: Vox Media Studios plans to double its programming slate to 20 shows and generate $100M in revenue in 2021 — Vox Media Studios, the video and audio production arm of Vox Media, is planning to bring in $100 million in 2021 revenue while producing twice as many shows as 2020 …
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Business Insider, @mtmoe1, @sarafischer, @chadmumm and @voxmedia