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9:05 PM ET, May 30, 2022

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Andy Hayes / Sky News:
Emmanuel Macron says Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, a journalist at French 24-hour news channel BFM TV, was killed in Ukraine while covering an evacuation operation  —  “On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot,” President Macron tweeted.
Rachel Monroe / New Yorker:
How the staff of Uvalde Leader-News covered the Texas school shooting; the local paper's employees lost neighbors, acquaintances, and a daughter in the shooting  —  The paper's employees lost neighbors, acquaintances, and a daughter in a school shooting.  Then they had to report the story.
Cat Zhang / Pitchfork:
How musicians like Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo use Discord: artists share ideas, host parties, and engage with fans, who help with moderation and other tasks  —  Originally launched as a messaging app for gamers, the platform has become an intimate place for artists and fans to connect and build community.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
A profile of software engineer and Wikipedia editor Molly White, who is documenting the cryptocurrency industry's failures on her blog Web3 Is Going Just Great  —  Molly White, a veteran Wikipedia editor, is fast becoming the cryptocurrency world's biggest critic
Zoe Samios / Sydney Morning Herald:
Non-profit Minderoo helps 24 publishers in Australia strike a Google news content deal, taking the number of local outlets in the country paid by Google to 180+  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  Publications such as The Greek Herald, The Australian Jewish News …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A profile of Paramount after a few years of its streaming shift, which has left it an underdog as Netflix and Disney dominate and other streamers cut deals  —  The dominance of Netflix and Disney in streaming has forced many companies to join forces.  So far, Paramount has gone its own way.
Neal Justin / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Public Radio says it is closing down the award-winning program APM Reports, which specialized in long-form, investigative journalism  —  The program tackled a wide range of topics in its nearly seven-year run.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  “APM Reports,” the award-winning program, has been shut down.
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Interview with Viktor Muchnik, who closed down his Siberian TV station TV2, which had been blocked by Russia amid strict war coverage laws, and left for Armenia  —  When journalists faced jail for reporting on Ukraine, Viktor Muchnik closed down his Siberian TV station and left for Armenia
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Sources: India-based short video app ShareChat's parent company Mohalla Tech raises ~$300M from Google, Times Group, and Temasek Holdings at a ~$5B valuation  —  The parent company of India's ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google …
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Former Disney executive David Levine will leave as head of studio at CoComelon-owner Moonbug Entertainment  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Disney exec David Levine is exiting kids entertainment powerhouse Moonbug Entertainment, Deadline has learned.  The well-liked exec has been Head of Studios since December 2020.
Discussion: C21Media
David Pierce / The Verge:
Interview with Nora Zimmett, The Weather Channel's chief content officer, about its new streaming service, why visualizing data is TWC's “superpower”, and more  —  It's ... a cable network.  Streaming.  —  The Weather Channel is not trying to win you over by spending big on its version of House of Cards.
Discussion: @pierce
 
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times rebrands its How To Spend It magazine as HTSI, with the meaning of the “S” open to interpretation, such as “save”, as inequality rises
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
An interview with co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Netflix's recent 75% stock drop, backing Dave Chappelle's transgender comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more
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Pew Research Center:
For locally focused US newspapers, weekday circulation fell 40% from 2015 to 2020 and average minutes per website visit fell 13% YoY in Q4 2020 to 1.8 minutes
Discussion: Today in News Tech
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent backed out of financing Top Gun, concerned about the CCP's reaction to its pro-US messaging; Chinese investors are steering clear of Hollywood