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The Atlantic:
A eulogy for Hong Kong's free press, as the closure of Apple Daily and arrest of journalists signals a dark new chapter — Apple Daily was a flawed symbol for media rights. But its closure marks a dark new chapter in Hong Kong. — On the morning of July 1, 2020, newsstands across Hong Kong had a conspicuously uniform appearance.
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Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Local media reports Hong Kong police arrested former senior Apple Daily journalist Fung Wai-kong at the airport as he attempted to leave for the UK — Fung Wai-kong is seventh senior figure from publication to be arrested in two weeks — Hong Kong police have arrested …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Universal's F9 collects $70M in North America and $405M globally in its opening weekend, the biggest start for a movie since 2019's Star Wars — The only thing stronger than family? The box office debut of “F9,” the latest entry in Universal's “Fast & Furious” saga.
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Sid Bedingfield / Washington Post:
A look at the history of Black journalism and its longstanding activist tradition — The White press helped destroy democracy in the South. Black journalists developed an activist tradition because they had to. — In the mid-20th century, Walter Hussman Sr. transformed a handful …
Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
Interview with four female DC editors on the post-Trump newsroom, harassment of women journalists and reporters of color, women in leadership, and more — In one part of Washington, women are in charge like never before: Four of the largest newsrooms in D.C.—the Washington Post, Politico …
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg:
How rock photographer Larry Philpot uses Wikimedia Commons to legally extract settlements from his images of Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, and others — Just as there are patent trolls who acquire intellectual property on the cheap and then attempt to extract payments from large companies …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Analysis of seven major streaming services shows Netflix remains the leader but newer services like HBO Max and Disney+ have momentum with original programming — Netflix's streaming supremacy is being challenged as never before. The digital TV universe has dramatically expanded …
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Source: Manchester-based LadBible, a youth-focused digital outlet, is exploring a possible partial sale or London flotation, valuing the company at £350M-£400M — The Manchester-based youth content group is working with Zeus Capital on a review of strategic options, Sky News learns.
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Financial Times:
A collective of almost 30 Danish media companies will meet on Friday for their first general assembly to discuss making Facebook and Google pay for news — Test of collective bargaining approach in seeking copyright payments from Google and Facebook — Denmark's media industry is pioneering …
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Dave Cantor / Poynter:
Newsrooms should reassess their use of words around mental health like “crazy” or “insane”, which can result in mislabeling, stigmatization, and trivialization — Mislabeling, stigmatization and trivialization can result from how news organizations write and talk about mental health.
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Jackson Ryan / CNET:
Inside the intense debate among Wikipedia editors to include the coronavirus lab leak theory on COVID-19 pages, as the theory has gained more media attention — Building a better encyclopedia requires consensus and neutrality, but behind the scenes, editors wrangle with the pandemic's most contentious question.
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Reuters:
US journalist Nathan Maung, editor-in-chief of Kamayut Media, says he and others were tortured by Myanmar security forces before he was deported to the US — (Reuters) - Myanmar security forces punched, slapped and beat a U.S. journalist and kept him blindfolded for more than a week of interrogation …
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