Culture
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Former Condé Nast Employees Skeptical That Publisher Didn’t Know About Diversity Complaints
Company to conduct “internal studies” about diversity and pay, CEO Roger Lynch said during Tuesday town hall
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Join Emmanuel Acho, Tika Sumpter, Thai Randolph and More for Webinar on Using Your Platform for Change (Livestream)
Livestream also features Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and Adam Platzner
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AMI’s Radar Online Goes Dark After Massive Staff Layoffs
Site’s most recent post was on April 20
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Pau Dones of Spanish Rock Band Jarabe De Palo Dies at 53
Band is behind hits like “La Flaca” and “Agua”
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Axios Allows Reporters to Join Protests, Offers to Pay Bail if Arrested
“We proudly support and encourage you to exercise your rights to free speech, press, and protest,” co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei says in company email
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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Calls for Confederate Flag Ban at Racetracks
“No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race,” the league’s only black driver said Tuesday
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ShortsTV Hires New President, Cuts License Deal With AFI Conservatory
Short film distributor appoints Hallmark VP Jeff Allen and brings over 100 AFI student shorts to its catalog
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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Dismisses Trump Rally Social Distancing Concerns: ‘They’ll Be Full’
She waved off concerns during an appearance on Fox News
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Esports Entertainment Platform Boom.tv Raises $10 Million Series A Led by BITKRAFT
Boom.tv will use the funds to expand its marketing and development budgets, CEO Sumit Gupta says
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Trevor Noah Gets Blunt on Protests Against Police Brutality Being Met ‘With More Police Brutality’ (Video)
“Something I think people need to understand about the police is that in a way they have the same code that a gang does,” Noah says on “The Daily Show”
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California Movie Theaters Can Reopen on June 12
Theaters must limit capacity to 25% or at a maximum of 100, whichever is fewer
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Bon Appétit Editor in Chief Adam Rapoport Resigns After Brownface Photo Resurfaces
“I am stepping down as editor in chief of Bon Appétit to reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being,” Rapoport said
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What Zynga’s $1.8 Billion Purchase of Peak Games Means for Global Mobile Games Market
“Consolidation is going to happen in the mobile games space,” Zynga’s president of publishing Bernard Kim tells TheWrap
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WGA East Calls on AFL-CIO to Sever Ties With Major Police Union
“Police unions are incompatible with the AFL-CIO’s stated goals: ‘to vanquish oppression, privation and cruelty in all their forms,’” guild says
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Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Dies at 69
R&B group are behind hits like “I’m So Excited” and “Jump”