Mediagazer: Whatnot, a livestreaming service for buying and selling collectibles, raises $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, its third fundraising round in 2021 (Greg Kumparak/TechCrunch)

1:25 PM ET, September 16, 2021

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Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

Whatnot, a livestreaming service for buying and selling collectibles, raises $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, its third fundraising round in 2021 — Whatnot, a live streaming shopping platform for collectors to buy and sell things like rare Pokémon cards and Funko Pops …

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Wenxin Fan / Wall Street Journal:

China erased Zhao Wei, its biggest movie star who had 86M Weibo followers, from its internet on August 26, amid a clampdown on its entertainment industry — Zhao Wei was the Reese Witherspoon of China, then she was censored by the Communist Party amid a clampdown of the country's entertainment industry

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Google News Showcase is launching in Japan and signs partnerships with more than 40 national, regional and local news organizations — In late 2020, Google unveiled a $1 billion news licensing program to support publishers by surfacing card-based content across its platforms.

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Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Sources: LeBron James' SpringHill is in advanced talks for an investment from Fenway Sports Group, RedBird Capital, and Nike, valuing it around $650M-$700M — While the NBA legend and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have expressly told potential suitors they are not looking …

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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:

Top newsrooms won't acknowledge the straight line from the Iraq War to January 6 riot because it would involve admitting decades of poor coverage of GOP's lies — (I'm relaunching Press Watch today after taking some time to deal with other things and think about the site's future. Thanks for bearing with me.

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