PetaPixel Tuesday July 21, 2026
Cinema gear manufacturer Arri, which was sold to German entrepreneur Thomas Riedel in April, has announced that it will sell its global rental business operations in Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America. The company said in a statement that it intends to sell its rental operations to H2 Equity Partners, a leading Western European investment firm founded in 1991. Arri characterizes the move as helping it to “sharpen its focus” and focus more on developing and commercializing its camera, lighting, and software products, notes PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 21, 2026
Hundreds of freelancers anxious about intellectual property ownership are objecting to a new Wall Street Journal contract and are withholding their services. "It is perhaps the most unified and the
most angry I have ever seen the photojournalism community, and may be a bellwether for the visual-media industry," noted freelancer Daniella Zalcman at the Columbia Journalism Review. Zalcman pointed
to "change in the ownership … Read the full Story >>
engadget Monday July 20, 2026
A single thunderstorm can fry your PC, TV, fridge, router, PlayStation and pretty much anything else you have plugged in, notes Engadget, which has some advice for protecting your tech from lightning strikes. “The instructions from FEMA are pretty clear on what your first line of defense has to be: when you see a bad storm coming, unplug everything. It's the easiest and most affordable thing you can do,” notes writer Gabriela Vtu. In recent years, we're seeing powerful storms more frequently due to climate change, she adds. Read the full Story >>
ARKANSAS TIMES Monday July 20, 2026
Look once at Harlan Bozeman’s photographs of mostly Black subjects, and his work appears like the documented evidence of their lives. But, notes the Arkansas Times, another look and his work appears as portraiture: Straddling the line between candid realism and heightened sophistication has enabled Boseman to create images that have earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship. A recent series took him to Elaine, Arkansas, where the state’s bloodiest act of racial violence took place. Read the full Story >>
