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Indian tax authorities raided the BBC's New Delhi and Mumbai offices, sources say seizing journalists' phones, in a retaliatory move after the Modi documentary — NEW DELHI — Indian tax authorities raided the BBC and seized its journalists' phones in a stunning — and apparently retaliatory …
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Beh Lih Yi / Committee to Protect Journalists:
A look at the growing number of Hong Kong journalists now reporting from the UK, Australia, and other countries, after a crackdown on press freedom in the city — When Hong Kong journalist Matthew Leung covered a small protest in the northern English city of Manchester last October …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
“Rust” producers announce plans for a documentary about the completion of the film and about cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' life and work — The producers of “Rust” have named a new cinematographer to take over for Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on set in October 2021.
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The EPA plans to decommission public records portal FOIAonline on September 30 after more than 10 years due to departing user agencies and rising costs — Heralded as a step for open government when it launched, FOIAonline, in service for more than a decade across agencies, will be decommissioned later this year.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How women journalists around the world are being targeted by the powerful, including by probing and speculating on the woman's personal life and relationships — Tackling difficult subjects and holding powerful people accountable often triggers online attacks that torment and humiliate women journalists.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time plans to launch a commerce site in Q2 with content created by a Taboola team; Time is Taboola's first Turnkey Commerce publishing partner — Time plans to launch a new commerce website next quarter powered by content created by a team of editors and writers at Taboola, executives told Axios.
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Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
Google launches Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta, starting with a “small percentage” of Android 13 devices, similar to Apple's App Tracking Transparency — Here's a preview of the Privacy Sandbox, the newfangled way companies will follow you around the web that's supposed to be better for your privacy.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Following Facebook, Instagram plans to shut down live shopping on March 16, 2023, and focus on ads that help users discover businesses and shops on Instagram — As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it's exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram …
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Aaron Mok / Insider:
Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge $1 or more for videos and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with 100K+ followers — - TikTok creators could soon start charging fans to watch their videos, per The Information. — The company hopes a paywall …
Adam Coghlan / Eater London:
Eater London is ceasing regular publication after five and a half years “as a result of economic circumstances in the US right now” — After five and half years, as of February 2023, Eater London will cease regular publication. Unfortunately, as a result of economic circumstances …
Andrew Fedorov / The Fine Print:
Sources and reporting show an Air Mail story defending Armie Hammer was thinly reported, one-sided, and made little effort to investigate abuse allegations — Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence and abuse. — “We were pretty skeptical when James Kirchick …
Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: Fox's Super Bowl airing averaged 113M viewers, up 1% over 2022's game and the third biggest TV program yet; Fox cited a record ~7M streams, up 18% YoY — Fox's telecast of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night brought in an average 113 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
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