Mediagazer: Over 38 episodes, the Diversity Hire podcast has chronicled culture shifts in journalism through interviews with guests building careers in a hostile industry (Camille Bromley/Columbia Journalism Review)

2:35 PM ET, April 7, 2021

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Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:

Over 38 episodes, the Diversity Hire podcast has chronicled culture shifts in journalism through interviews with guests building careers in a hostile industry — The ‘Diversity Hire’ podcast talks about racism in media — American media is not, and never has been, diverse.

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Ashley Carman / The Verge:

Gimlet Media and The Ringer agree a three-year union employment contract with Spotify, covering diversity, salary bases, annual raises, and titles — The contract specifics are out today — Gimlet Media and The Ringer agreed on a three-year union employment contract with Spotify …

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Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:

Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch — It's a major expansion of the platform's misconduct policy — Twitch will now ban users who harass members of its community — even when that harassment takes place off Twitch.

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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:

Jon Stewart's forthcoming current affairs series, set to debut this fall on Apple TV+, will be titled The Problem With Jon Stewart — The current affairs series, which Stewart will host and executive produce, will carry the name ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart.’ — Jon Stewart has settled on a name.

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