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Substack confirms $65M raise, promises to ‘rapidly’ expand its financial backing of newly independent writers

This afternoon Substack, a paid-newsletter startup, confirmed that it has raised $65 million, as initially reported by Axios. TechCrunch dug into the math behind the financing here. As anticipated, a1

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Godzilla vs. Kong director describes joy of getting to pick winner

In an exclusive interview with China.org.cn, director Adam Wingard described how he had always known who would be the ultimate winner in the epic battle between Godzilla and King Kong.For me, I feel l

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Equity crowdfunding is making the private markets public

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive, the Equity team brought on Gumroad CEO Sahil

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Daily Crunch: YouTube’s TikTok rival launches in the US

YouTube Shorts comes to the U.S., Amazon starts testing electric delivery vans in San Francisco and new data suggests the impact of Google Play’s recent changes. This is your Daily Crunch for Ma

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Seven months after Drone acquisition, Harness announces significant updates

The running line from any acquired company CEO is that the company can do so much more with resources of the company that acquired it than it could on its own. Just seven months after being acquired,

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OpenReel raises $19M to simplify remote video production

OpenReel, a startup that makes it easier for teams to record videos remotely, has raised $19 million in Series A funding.CEO Lee Firestone told me that he and CTO Joe Mathew first started a video agen

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Why UK's ban on CGTN is a danger to the people of China and the West

The CGTN headquarters in Beijing. /Getty Editor's note: John Ross is a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. The article reflects the auth

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A brief travel guide to Tai'an

Editor's note: As travel takes you to different places, it offers you chances to encounter stunning landscapes as well as wonderful cultures. Starting from today, we're

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In boundless universe springs hopes eternal

On the social media service Weibo, Science Fiction New Year Gala as a topic has been viewed 40 million times more than last year.[Photo provided to China Daily] As we have grappled with COVID-1

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Arts even more key after poverty victory

Literature and arts can play an even more important role as China has clinched victory in eradicating absolute poverty and entered the stage of rural vitalization, said Fan Di'an, member of the CP

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Chloe Zhao's historic win is a victory for all Asians

Chloe Zhao, winner of Best Director – Motion Picture for "Nomadland," speaks during the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards broadcast, February 28, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Haider Rifaat is a wr

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Website trying to 'fix online recipes' serves up controversy

A screenshot of Recipeasly shows the website's tagline. A website that sought to streamline reading online recipes was taken down just hours after its launch following anger over its negative

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China breaks global single-market monthly box office record

China's monthly box office revenue hit a record of 12.2 billion yuan ($1.88 billion) in February, setting the global single-market monthly box office record. And also m

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Chief community officer is the new CMO

Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. It’s an aggregation of all of these touch points, and includes both customers, eventual customers and one-time users. Despite this nebulous

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Online literature writes new chapter for movies and TV series

As one of the fastest growing businesses in the internet industry, online literature has become a main source to spawn films and TV series, said a report released by veteran insiders.Recently, China F

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3 strategies for elevating brand authority in 2021

A lot of clients come to us saying they want to be more respected in their space. They know their competitors are trusted and they want the same recognition, if not more.This feels even more important

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2021 Chinese New Year box office hits record high

China saw its box office for this year's Chinese New Year season (February 11-17) hit a record high with a whopping 7.8 billion yuan (over $1.2 billion) in revenues ove