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8:15 PM ET, August 7, 2017

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Netflix Media Center:
In first acquisition for the streaming giant, Netflix buys comic book publisher Millarworld, the company behind the Kingsman franchise  —  Comics Legend Mark Millar Joins Forces With the Leading Global Internet Entertainment Platform to Blow Minds Everywhere.  —  Hollywood Ca.
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
AT&T's DirecTV Now inks carriage deal with CBS Corp and will carry its live local feeds in select markets, as well as other channels like Showtime  —  Agreement includes CBS, Showtime, The CW, Pop and CBS Sports Network  —  Filling an important gap in its TV lineup, DirecTV Now …
Politico:
Former CNN contributor Kayleigh McEnany, a prominent Trump supporter, is joining the RNC as its national spokesperson  —  Good Monday afternoon.  NEWS — KAYLEIGH MCENANY is joining the RNC as its national spokesman, bringing in house a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
FX partners with Comcast to launch FX+, an ad-free VOD service featuring currently-airing and older shows, available for $5.99 a month  —  X1 users can subscribe for $5.99 a month  —  FX will launch a new premium commercial-free video on demand service on Comcast's X1 system Sept. 5 that will cost subscribers $5.99 a month.
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
NYC-based media startup Fatherly raises $4M from Bertelsmann's BDMI and talent agency UTA to expand into video and events  —  This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter on deals and dealmakers.  Sign up here.  —  Fatherly, a New York City-based media startup …
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Hackers leak a month's worth of HBO VP Leslie Cohen's emails and internal documents, HBO says it does not believe that entire email system was compromised  —  The release of a month's worth of vp Leslie Cohen's inbox is the first indication that HBO's emails have been penetrated, at least partially.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
“Stay Tuned with Preet,” a weekly podcast by Preet Bharara, former US attorney removed by Trump, is picked up by WNYC  —  Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York whose path has proved of great interest since he was removed from his post …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Two of Germany's biggest broadcasters, RTL and ProSiebenSat.1, partner with ISP to create unified login and registration to counter tech giants' dominance  —  Broadcasters have become the latest media companies in Germany to challenge the market dominance of tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon.
Discussion: @digiday
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
US appeals court rules against patent troll Personal Audio, affirming its podcasting patent is invalid  —  A year after taking up the case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its challenge against podcasting patent troll, Personal Audio.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
BuzzFeed will launch an hour-long weekday morning show on Twitter sometime later this year  —  BuzzFeed News is launching a morning show on Twitter later this year, and it's hiring a team to get it off the ground.  —  The next broadcast from the company that brought you exploding watermelons …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, @buzzfeedben and @j_d_malone
Peter Aldhous / Columbia Journalism Review:
How BuzzFeed News used a machine-learning algorithm and flight tracking data to identify hidden spy planes in US airspace  —  An Air National Guard-operated RC-26 surveillance aircraft. via: Margo Wright / Air National Guard  —  A secret spy plane operated by the US Marshals hunted drug cartel kingpins in Mexico.
Discussion: @cjr and @bypetevernon
 
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Financial Times:
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