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Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open after being fined $15K for not speaking to media, saying the interactions cause huge anxiety, impacting mental health — The world no. 2 had chosen not to face the media in Paris, citing mental health — Women's tennis world No. 2 Naomi Osaka withdrew …
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Jonathan Liew / The Guardian:
The post-match press conference has lost its meaning, as young athletes are expected to answer intimate questions in a cynical and often predatory environment — Young athletes are expected to answer the most intimate questions in a cynical and often predatory environment
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery CEO David Zaslav announces the new name for the combination of Discovery and AT&T's WarnerMedia: Warner Bros. Discovery — The merged company will go by Warner Bros. Discovery. — Discovery and AT&T's WarnerMedia shocked the media and entertainment world with their May 17 news …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN has struck deals with many of its anchors that will include work for CNN+, has considered putting ads on it, and won't stream prime-time shows — Service, known informally as CNN+, to feature new shows from anchors including Don Lemon and Anderson Cooper
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The Streamable, TVNewser, The Hill, @wsj, hotpodnews.com and Reuters
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter launches Tomorrow, a weather news service, which includes newsletters, ticketed audio sessions, Q&As, and is led by climate journalist Eric Holthaus — Twitter is partnering with veteran climate journalist and meteorologist Eric Holthaus to launch a local weather news service …
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Twitter says it will start adding full-screen ads to Fleets, supporting images and videos that can be up to 30 seconds long, initially in US on iOS and Android — A handful of advertisers will begin testing the format Tuesday — Twitter said Tuesday it will start adding full-screen ads to Fleets …
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Ad Age, CNBC, TechCrunch, Digiday, Social Media Today, @caseynewton, @backlon and @codepo8, more at Techmeme »
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
AMC is raising $230.5M and is in discussions with landlords of theaters formerly operated by Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres — Leading cinema chain AMC is raising $230.5 million to purchase additional cinema leases and grow the consumer appeal of its existing properties.
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/Film, The Wrap, @pauldavidson and Boxoffice
Arit John / Los Angeles Times:
A look at TikTok's incubator program for Black creatives, which ran from Feb. to May; over 5,000 people applied for the 100 spots, 3,000 just in the first day — At first, Kirby Dockery found the thought of joining TikTok overwhelming. There were so many questions: “How do I record?
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Sonoma County's Press Democrat reassesses after quashing a reporter's probe of assault claims against a local politician; SF Chronicle later published her work — The front-page shockers began in early April and just kept coming: A young mayor from the San Francisco Bay's wine country …
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@crossingbordas, @wesley___wright, New York Times, American Press Institute, @coreyhutchins, @latimes, @latimes and @paula_span
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Outside is launching Outside+, an annual membership giving members access to Outside magazine and another brand magazine of their choice, discounted gear, more — Outside, the media company home to dozens of outdoor enthusiast brands, is launching Outside+, an annual membership that combines …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack is growing abroad and has selected several non-US journalists for its Substack Local fund, but will need to expand language support and adjust payments — Substack now has hundreds of newsletters from journalists based outside the U.S., co-founder Hamish McKenzie tells Axios.
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@sarafischer, @sarafischer, @niubi and blog.substack.com
Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Prominent Pakistani talk show host Hamid Mir has been suspended from his show following comments he made criticizing the military's role in media censorship — Prominent Pakistani political TV talk-show host Hamid Mir was suspended from his regular program on Monday, his media group Geo News network said …
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Committee to Protect …, @nidamujahid, @gibranp, Times of India and DAWN.COM
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