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5:40 PM ET, August 7, 2017

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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Adweek, @kylegriffin1 and @wnycstudios
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
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.
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
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox News personality Eric Bolling releases a brief statement on Twitter, saying he looks forward to clearing his name “ASAP”  —  Eric Bolling — the Fox News personality currently under suspension following a report from the Huffington Post that he sent lewd photos to female colleagues …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Iflix raises $133M led by Hearst, which has also backed Roku and BuzzFeed, for its $3/month Netflix-style service for emerging markets  —  Iflix, an Asia-based startup providing Netflix-like streaming services in emerging markets, has landed $133 million in fresh funding to accelerate its business.
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.
Discussion: @techcrunch
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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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Group alleging they're behind HBO data breach say they're delaying releasing leaked material while they negotiate with potential buyers
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Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon ramps up spending on creating and licensing TV shows and films, but returns on the investments are unclear
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
Politico Europe plans expansion into UK by launching London Playbook newsletter in September and putting the Brexit Files newsletter behind its paywall
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Chartbeat adds subscriber analytics to its dashboard — the “single most requested feature”
Eric Johnson / Recode:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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