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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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@johnastoehr, @cultexpert, @josephmenn, @katienotopoulos, @rmondello, @greenhousenyt, @anthony, @rachbarnhart, @apartovi, @jlivingood, @bdowney, @finokoye, @conormahood and @henshaw
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
The Independent launched a new app on May 12 that combines its Daily Edition and Premium apps, as part of its goal to hit 4M registered users by the end of 2022 — The Independent's new app aims to use its combined subscription and ad revenue model to help the newspaper hit four million registered users by the end of 2022.
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@pressgazette, @simonowens and @pressgazette
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 …
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@jason_kint, @esantow, @gzy_d, @newsceo and @wturvill
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.
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@alansoclof, @ennisnyt, @kimmasters, @yashar, @nytimesbusiness, @benmullin, @awolk, @benmullin, @benmullin, @tsoh_investing and Next TV
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Eight Afghan journalists who worked with the UK media to sue the UK government over its failure to relocate them to the country despite a pledge to do so — Group who worked with UK media to sue government over failure to relocate them to Britain — A group of Afghan journalists …
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@gavardvalentine, @michaelsavage and @lynnekodonnell
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.
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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
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@shaunwalker7, @siberian_times, @bbcwillvernon and @goldentent
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 …
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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.
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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.
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