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7:00 AM ET, April 3, 2021

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Om Malik / On my Om:
Unsplash, a startup that hosts freely usable images and was designed to upend behemoths like Getty Images, sells to Getty Images  —  Knowing of my growing distaste for the Facebookization of Instagram, Evgeny Tchebotarev, the co-founder of 500px, sent me an email about a new project from Crew, a freelancer-focused design company.
David Agren / The Guardian:
An argument over press freedom erupted in Mexico after its president attacked a US human rights report that highlighted Mexico's failure to protect journalists  —  A growing row over press freedom has engulfed Mexico after the country's nationalist president maligned a routine US human rights report …
Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
HYBE, which manages K-pop's BTS, is buying Ithaca Holdings, the company behind artists and labels including Justin Bieber and Big Machine Label, for $1B+  —  Deal would unite South Korean media company with Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings  —  The South Korean media company that manages K-pop group BTS …
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Danny Konstantinovic / The Business of Business:
Gumroad's CEO on the company's first 10 years, competitors like Patreon and Substack, the rise of the creator economy, and how app store “taxes” stifle growth  —  When you visit Gumroad's website, one of the first things you see is a simple promise.  —  “Gumroad makes it possible for you to: Escape your 9-5 desk job.
Discussion: @thebizofbiz
Rebecca Davis / Variety:
China's National Film Administration directs every cinema in China to schedule and promote at least two screenings of propaganda films per week, starting now  —  Every cinema in China must schedule and actively promote at least two screenings of propaganda films per week beginning this week until …
Discussion: @luiz_fernando_j
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Study: political polarization slowed in Palm Springs, CA, in July 2019 when the local paper, The Desert Sun, covered only local issues in its opinion section  —  Shifting the focus of a newspaper's opinion section from national (Trump!  Pelosi! distant, scary!) to local (schools! development! …
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of the journalism crises happening globally, with significant closures and job losses in the US, Europe, Australia, India, and elsewhere  —  Early in the pandemic, media closures, layoffs, furloughs and salary cuts spread across the globe, encompassing the US, Canada, Mexico …
Discussion: @ashkan, @vwpickard, @cjr, @cjr and jamlab
Neda Ulaby / NPR:
TRG Arts' analysis of box office sales: US dropped 86.1% from March 2020 to March 2021, UK dropped 89.3%, and Canada dropped 90.3%  —  Economic fallout due to the pandemic has been “catastrophic” for the performing arts, according to new data from the industry consulting group TRG Arts.
Discussion: @npr
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
WaPo published a piece revealing an anti-QAnon researcher's real name, when it learned he was writing for them under a pseudonym for safety, contrary to policy  —  One of the hosts of the anti-conspiracy theory podcast QAnon Anonymous is no longer so anonymous.
Discourse Blog:
Management at The New Republic backs off plans to force NYC staffers to relocate to Washington, DC, after its union blasted leadership for a lack of notice  —  Staffers say they're still worried about the magazine's future.  —  Last week, staffers at The New Republic had their first meeting …
 
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Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
How right-wing nonprofit PragerU, known for viral videos, has pushed content into US schools through its PREP program, used by 6,000 educators
Financial Times:
Snap confirms it was testing probabilistic matching to track iOS users for a few months, but will discontinue the program after Apple rolls out tracking changes
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Voice artists are experiencing a surge in demand as Netflix and other streamers offer a broad range of programming from around the world in local languages
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
SCOTUS upholds FCC's decision to scrap three media ownership restrictions, including a ban on cross-ownership of newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations