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Fox News Used Digitally Altered Photos in Coverage of Seattle Protests and ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’
The photos are actually several images from different days stitched together
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Seattle Blues Singer Lady A ‘Not Happy’ About Lady Antebellum’s New Name
“It’s an opportunity for them to pretend they’re not racist or pretend this means something to them,” the blues singer says
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Riot Games’ Global Head of Consumer Products Resigns After Racist Facebook Post Uncovered
Consumer product lead Ron Johnson left the company June 12
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U.S. Video Game Spending Climbs to $977 Million in May
Analysts NPD Group report video game hardware and software sales in May rose 52% from the prior year
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‘Grand Theft Auto 5,’ ‘Hitman 3,’ Among Planned PS5 Game Releases
Sony’s PlayStation 5 goes on sale this holiday season
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Spotify Content Lead Dawn Ostroff Joins Activision Blizzard Board
Ostroff currently serves as chief content and advertising business officer at Spotify
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Brad Schwartz Joins Audible as Chief Content Officer
Schwartz comes to Audible after leading content at Pop TV
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Lady Antebellum Changes Slavery-Era Band Name to Lady A: ‘We Are Deeply Sorry’
“We did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery,” the band writes
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GameStop Reports Quarterly E-Commerce Sales Up 519%
In-store sales fell 17% this quarter because of coronavirus, GameStop says
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Amazon Temporarily Bans Police Use of Facial Recognition Software
“We hope this one-year moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules, and we stand ready to help if requested,” Amazon says
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Virtual Concert Innovator Wave Raises $30 Million in New Funding From Maveron, Scooter Braun and Alex Rodriguez
Maveron leads the $30 million investment in Wave
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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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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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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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‘Chernobyl’ Director Johan Renck to Direct ‘The Last of Us’ Pilot for HBO
HBO confirms Renck’s involvement in ‘The Last of Us’ TV series
