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Rep. Devin Nunes sues CNN, claiming CNN aired false statements about Nunes by Lev Parnas; same lawyer represents Nunes against @DevinCow, Twitter, and McClatchy — RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Delivering on a promise made on Fox News last month, Republican Congressman Devin Nunes filed …
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Phone records show calls between journalist John Solomon and Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, while Solomon was posting at The Hill about Ukraine — (CNN)Armed with never-before-seen phone records, Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's allies of coordinating …
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Reuters report on podcasts finds local news pods flourishing; print and digital outlets focus more on deep dives, as broadcasters tend toward micro-bulletins — “The big change is commercial, which is that we had advertisers who started to come to us last year and say …


Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service featuring thousands of movies and shows from studios like MGM, available in ~220 countries — Plex today is launching its own ad-supported streaming service, a rival to The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, Vudu's Movies on Us …
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MediaPost, The Streamable, Variety, Plex and The Verge, more at Techmeme »


The Information launches Tech Top 10, a human-curated tech news aggregator, available on iOS and Android for $29.99/year or $2.99/month — We launched The Information six years ago to the day with a mission to conduct fearless and deep original reporting about the technology industry.
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Talking Biz News, App Store, @jessicalessin and @jessicalessin


Apple News launches a daily email newsletter with summaries written by Apple's editorial team — Apple News is expanding its mail notifications with a new ‘Good Morning’ daily newsletter. Previously, users could opt in to receive email alerts from Apple News about select featured stories.


Washington Post launches El Washington Post, its first Spanish-language news podcast aimed at a global audience, with 20-minute episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays — The Washington Post published the first episode of its new Spanish-language podcast today, its latest effort to expand …
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Washingtonian and Washington Post


UK's The Daily Telegraph says it now has 420K paying subs, the first time it's had more subs online than in print, and aims to add 100K more by October 2020 — The Telegraph now has more paying subscribers online than in print for the first time in its 164-year history.


Barstool Sports CEO says Barstool Gold has more than 30K subscribers since its January launch, of which 80% signed up for the annual plan — Barstool Sports has sold more than 30,000 people on its Barstool Gold subscription product, according to CEO Erika Nardini.
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American Press Institute, @bmorrissey and @thesportsdotbiz


Rolling Stone turns its 50-year-old franchise The Rolling Stone Interview into a video series, available only on its website — Rolling Stone is turning “The Rolling Stone Interview,” its 50-year-old franchise featuring conversations with notable names in culture and music, into a video series.
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Rolling Stone, @emilybell and Page Six


Jeanine Pirro and other Fox hosts continue to stump for GOP candidates; sources: Fox execs intervened to cancel GOP fundraising appearances by Pirro, and others — When Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared onstage at a rally for President Trump last year, Fox publicly rebuked them.
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@bit_shifter_, @davidjoachim, @mlcalderone and Mediaite


YouTube claims users spend 70% less time on “borderline” content, like conspiracies, since it tweaked recommendations in January but fails to offer more details — Video giant says users spent 70 percent less time watching videos pushing miracle cures.
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@gregbensinger, Tubefilter, Adweek, YouTube Blog, The Verge, Breitbart and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »