The joy of reading books rediscovered during the pandemic
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With people stuck at home and many outdoor activities shut down, the joy of reading books seems to have been rediscovered during the pandemic. UK consumer book sales climbed 7%
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Thomson Reuters staffer gets new jail sentence in Iran
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, project manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, has again been sentenced to jail by an Iranian court. Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told website Emtedad that she has been sentenced
Twitter testing Professional Profiles
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Twitter has launched an official test of its earlier announced ‘Professional Profiles’ – a feature that looks like similar services on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Twitter says that the feature
Barrier-breaking wins at this year’s Oscars
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The Oscars evening was a good night for women and people of colour. Chinese-born filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the second woman and the first non-white woman to get the prize
UK’s Football Leagues and Women’s Super League boycott social media
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Premier League, English Football League and Women’s Super League clubs will join in a four-day boycott of social media platforms in an effort to combat abuse and discrimination, BBC reports.
Which giant will be the podcast lead?
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Barely a week passes without one of the big players launching a new audio service. After years with all going for the video – audio is now the focus! Big
YouTube blocked three Ukrainian channels linked to Putin ally
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Google’s YouTube blocked from broadcasting three Ukrainian television channels linked to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an announcement by the Ukrainian government, who were the ones
A global project to get gender balance in the news
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BBC’s 50:50 project, aiming to achieve gender balance in programs, has led to other companies using the same measurement. 41 companies took up the challenge and 50% of them say
HBO Max beating Netflix in the US
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The fierce competition between home entertainment streaming services means markets and investors pay a lot of attention to first quarter reports to see how users behave during the pandemic and
Snap reporting strong growth outside the US
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Snap Inc, the owner of messaging service Snapchat, reported strong user growth. Daily active users was up 22% year-on-year to 280 million during the first quarter which exceeded analysts’ expectations.