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    COVID-19: Google commits $6.5 million to help fight coronavirus misinformation

    • 04.04.2020
    • The Economic Times

    In a blogpost, Google pointed out that health authorities have warned that an overabundance of information can make it harder for people to obtain reliable guidance about the pandemic. Helping the world make sense of this information requires a broad response, involving scientists, journalists, public figures, technology platforms and others, it added.

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    Disney Executives Pushing Back Over Terms of Pay Cuts

    • 04.04.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Sources say the amended company contracts use the word "temporary" to describe salary reductions of 20 percent to 30 percent but offer no firm end date.

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    COVID-19: Shah Rukh Khan announces series of initiatives to help citizens

    • 03.04.2020
    • Economic Times

    The actor has taken the help of his companies -- Kolkata Knight Riders, Red Chillies Entertainment, Meer Foundation and Red Chillies VFX -- to provide support to the governments.

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    Covid-19 impact: TV consumption reached a historic high of 1.2 trillion minutes in a week

    • 03.04.2020
    • Economic Times

    Compared to January 11 to 31st (pre-Covid-19), week 12 witnessed a spike of 11% in the average daily viewers on TV. The number shot up by 62 million to 622 million viewers. Also, average time spent per viewer increased from 3 hours 46 minutes in January to a whopping 4 hours 39 minutes per day.

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    COVID-19 proves that media’s value is growing – but we need to find better ways to measure it

    • 03.04.2020
    • World Economic Forum

    The current disruption may be unprecedented, but the media industry has been upended many times before. Since the turn of the century, digitization of content, the rise of social media and acceleration in mobile consumption have all forced changes to the way media companies monetize content.

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    Sony Establishes $100M COVID-19 Global Relief Fund

    • 03.04.2020
    • Deadline

    Titled the Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19, the electronics and entertainment giant’s pledge will provide assistance in three areas: individuals engaged in frontline medical and first responder efforts to fight the virus; support for children and educators who must now work remotely; and support for members of the creative community in the entertainment industry.

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    Disney+ Launched in India With “Virtual Red Carpet Premiere” Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

    • 03.04.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif and Tiger Shroff interacted in a live chat on the service to promote the Indian premieres of 'The Lion King' and 'The Mandalorian.'

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    TikTok donates 4 lakh hazmat suits, 2 lakh masks to Indian doctors

    • 02.04.2020
    • Livemint

    The masks shall be provided to both local and state-level medical workers and have been handed to the Delhi and Maharashtra governments.

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    Spotify and Warner Music Group renew their global licensing deal, resolve issue in India

    • 02.04.2020
    • Tech Crunch

    The move comes months after Spotify signed a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group’s music publish arm Warner Chappell in India to put an end to their months-long legal battle.

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    Eros Now Teams Up With BSNL to Provide Premium Content to Subscribers

    • 02.04.2020
    • Telecom Talk

    Some of BSNL's prepaid plans now come with Eros Now subscription at no extra cost as the telco is looking for more subscribers from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

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