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Indian tax authorities raided the BBC's New Delhi and Mumbai offices, sources say seizing journalists' phones, apparently retaliating for 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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Source: Vice Media secures $30M+ in debt financing from Fortress; sources: Vice owes millions to several vendors, some of whom have resorted to debt collectors — Company owes millions of dollars in overdue payments to several vendors, some of whom have resorted to debt collectors
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How women journalists around the world are targeted by powerful people, commonly by probing and speculating on the woman's personal life and relationship status — Tackling difficult subjects and holding powerful people accountable often triggers online attacks that torment and humiliate women journalists.
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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:
Producers of Rust plan a documentary about the completion of the movie, set to resume filming this spring, and 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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Adam Coghlan / Eater London:
Eater London ceases regular publication after five and a half years due to the “economic circumstances in the US” but promises quarterly or bi-annual updates — After five and half years, as of February 2023, Eater London will cease regular publication.
Politico Pro:
The EPA plans to decommission public records web portal FOIAonline on September 30, 2023, after over 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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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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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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time plans to launch a commerce website in Q2 2023 with content by Taboola writers and editors; 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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@adamsingolda, @jsibo, Press Gazette and @jaredbkeller
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Fox says its free ad-supported streaming TV service Tubi has reached 64M MAUs, up from 51M in May 2022, and 25M when Fox bought the service in 2020 — Fox's free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, Tubi, reached 64 million monthly active users, the company announced today.
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Hipgnosis signs a deal giving song access to producers using Timbaland's Beatclub, an online marketplace where creators and producers sell their beats and music — Merck Mercuriadis' company gains a partner in film and TV through Beatclub's opportunities portal.
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