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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A group of 13 people made up of WaPo staff and families, including Afghan journalists, has left Kabul; the status of others who work for NYT and WSJ is unclear — A group of Washington Post employees, including Afghan journalists and their families, safely departed Kabul on Tuesday …
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Reporters Without Borders:
In a statement to RSF, Taliban spokesperson says “journalists working for state or privately owned media are not criminals and none of them will be prosecuted” — Clearly choosing his words carefully at a time of the utmost concern for media personnel in Afghanistan …
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Voice of America, @w7voa, @freedomofpress and International Press Institute
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Right-wing media outlets and elected US Republicans distorted phrases by CNN's Clarissa Ward in Kabul to imply that Ward and CNN were rooting for the Taliban — The political right has plenty to work with right now on Afghanistan. The withdrawal from that country has gone poorly …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
More than 100 journalists employed by US government's radio stations are yet to be evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban take power
More than 100 journalists employed by US government's radio stations are yet to be evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban take power
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
J2 Global, owner Mashable and IGN, is rebranding as Ziff Davis and has a $1B M&A budget, after spending $480M on deals in 2020 and earning revenue of $1.49B — Parent company J2 Global is being renamed after the century-old magazine publisher and will have $1 billion for buying up other companies
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Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Sources: Forbes Media is in talks to go public via a merger with the Magnum Opus Acquisition SPAC, a deal that would value the company at $650M — - Media company had been in talks with GSV-led consortium — B.C. Forbes founded namesake business magazine in 1917
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Joseph Bernstein / Harper's:
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths — In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours …
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Tommy Walker / Voice of America:
Hong Kong's public broadcaster, RTHK, partners with China Media Group to air more pro-Beijing shows, prompting worries about RTHK's editorial independence — BANGKOK - Plans by Hong Kong's public broadcaster to partner with Chinese state media have furthered fears that it is aligning closely with Beijing.
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George Winslow / TV Technology:
Sinclair and Dish temporarily extend their contract as talks continue on their carriage deal; Sinclair regional sports networks have been a major sticking point — Dish and Sinclair have agreed to a short-term extension of their carriage agreement — HUNT VALLEY, M.D. …
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Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
OANN loses an appeal of a ruling that dismissed its defamation suit against MSNBC and Rachel Maddow and will be liable for about $250,000 in Maddow's legal fees — One American News (OAN) has faced another loss in their legal battle against MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
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The NewsGuild of New York:
Members of The NewsGuild of New York voted 1,246-559 for a temporary dues increase for three years, the first dues increase in the guild's 88-year history — NEW YORK — In an historic referendum, an overwhelming majority of The NewsGuild of New York members voted 1246-559 in support …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
How conservative publishing imprints, like Threshold Editions and Salem Books, are capitalizing on the backlash against progressive titles on race and racism — Books on race and antiracism have sold well over the past year. Now titles like “I Can't Breathe: How a Racial Hoax Is Killing America” and “Race Crazy” are coming.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans begins promoting OFTV, a free nudity-free app on iOS and Android with 800+ videos by creators, chefs, and others, as it prepares to raise new funding — The most common question customers ask Tim Stokely, the chief executive officer of OnlyFans, is why he doesn't have an app.
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