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    WarnerMedia to Offer Ad Inventory to Social Justice Groups

    • 05.06.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The media giant also says it will expand its content innovation program OneFifty "with an additional $500k to seed issue-focused creative ideas from communities who often go unheard."

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    HBO Max Launch Reveals Impressive Library, Potential Netflix Challenge (Analysis)

    • 04.06.2020
    • Variety

    While presented as a branch of the existing HBO brand, it’s more accurately a WarnerMedia behemoth effort that unites the conglomerates many properties (plus a few original efforts) in one convenient place — that is, if you can figure out how to get it, let alone whether or not you already have access to it.

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    Shoojit Sircar on ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ and why there should be a change in Indian cinema

    • 04.06.2020
    • The News Minute

    The director’s much-awaited 'Gulabo Sitabo', with Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead, is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on June 12.

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    Cannes reveals 2020 Lineup: ‘French Dispatch,’ ‘Ammonite,’ ‘Aya and the Witch’

    • 04.06.2020
    • The Hindu

    There is no festival this year, but President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux announced the pick of 56 films for 2020 that will receive the Cannes 2020 label.

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    Lilly Wachowski Shares How ‘Matrix’ Franchise Was Inspired by “Rage” and “Oppression” Before Transition

    • 04.06.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The filmmaker and Showtime's 'Work in Progress' producer reflects on trans community members sharing the importance of her films in their own coming-out journeys: "I’m extraordinarily grateful that I could offer that to people."

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    Quibi’s Slow Start Is Due to Having No Popular Titles, Poor Marketing — Analysis

    • 04.06.2020
    • IndieWire

    Despite execs arguing that the pandemic hurt the service, analysts counter that Quibi is floundering due to strategic flaws from the outset.

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    One Year of Modi Govt 2.0: MIB works on strengthening broadcast system & OTT self-regulation

    • 03.06.2020
    • Exchange4media.com

    Apart from Prakash Javadekar’s initiatives like the Fact Check Cell, MIB has handed out some key ratifications that will have a significant impact on the media and entertainment industry.

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    Lukewarm response for OTT release from producers

    • 03.06.2020
    • The Hindu

    Only three among 48 responded so far to KFPA poll are for it.

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    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Donates $1 Million to Police-Reform Research Group

    • 03.06.2020
    • Variety

    The exec’s donation to the Center for Policing Equity was announced Tuesday evening, amid continuing nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died while in police custody.

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    Apple ropes in Ipsita Dasgupta from Hotstar to head streaming business in India

    • 03.06.2020
    • The Economic Times

    The appointment of Dasgupta as country manager, Apple Services, comes at a time when the company is looking to build its streaming and app businesses as a revenue driver in the country with localised content.

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