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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Letter to MN's governor from a media group says troopers threw an Asian American CNN producer to the ground, asked if she spoke English, and sent her to jail — A CNN producer was reportedly arrested in a shocking, forceful manner last week as Minnesota law enforcement cracked …
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Tony Webster / Minnesota Reformer:
Minnesota federal judge bars Minnesota state law enforcement from using force against journalists or ordering them to disperse while covering protests — A Minnesota federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Minnesota state law enforcement from using force against journalists …
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Adrianna Rodriguez / USA Today:
Journalists covering MN protests on Friday say state and local police rounded them up and photographed their faces and IDs before release, despite a court order — Journalists covering a protest in a Minneapolis suburb Friday night were forced on their stomachs by law enforcement …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Penske Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety, has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in the South by Southwest festival — SXSW took a big hit when it was canceled last year because of Covid-19 — Penske Media Corp., the publisher of magazines like Rolling Stone …
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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
A dozen of the world's richest soccer clubs announce a breakaway European Super League, potentially siphoning off Champions League's billions in TV revenues — Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool and Juventus are among the dozen founding members of a league that would upend the sport's structures and economics.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ad revenue was up dramatically in Q1 YoY for some publishers, including Bloomberg Media, Insider, Vice, Bustle Digital Group, and Axios — Subscriptions may be the rage, but businesses of all sorts are pouring money into advertising — digital most of all.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Hansjörg Wyss has withdrawn from bidding for Tribune Publishing; Stewart Bainum seeks new financing to pursue the ownership of the newspaper chain — Hansjörg Wyss was part of a serious offer for the major newspaper chain that could have prevented it from being sold to the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
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New York Times:
Interview with CBS News' Susan Zirinsky on her time at the network, its efforts on strengthening the newsroom, and frustrations with her role as president — In an interview as she prepares to step down as news division head, Susan Zirinsky said, “I feel I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization.”
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Mattie Kahn / Glamour:
Profile of Dana Bash, who has had a slow rise at CNN over almost three decades, from a job logging tape at 22 to current co-host of the State of the Union show — The new coanchor of CNN's State of the Union was never slated for overnight success. She's fine with that.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
HuffPost UK says it is “here to stay” with “a smaller team” after editor-in-chief Jess Brammar and others depart — Huffpost has said its UK website is “here to stay” despite culling its news team, which has led to the departure of editor-in-chief Jess Brammar.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Chinese streaming service iQIYI is planning to launch in Australia and New Zealand, targeting Chinese and Asian users with free and A$7.99/month tiers — Chinese streaming firm iQIYI is making moves to start operating in Australia and New Zealand. IQIYI told Variety that it does not yet …
New York Times:
Book sales during the pandemic have lost the serendipitous discovery of stores, boosting established names and existing bestsellers — Will the shifts brought on by the pandemic, favoring online retailers over bookstores and established authors over new ones, change publishing forever?
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