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2:00 PM ET, July 21, 2020

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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
NYT denies Tucker Carlson's on-air claim that it would reveal his address in an upcoming article; Carlson named the story's writer, who was then doxed  —  On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: the New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches video podcasts worldwide, starting with select creators, letting free and paid users seamlessly move between the video and audio versions  —  Spotify today announced the global launch of video podcasts.  The new feature at launch will allow users, including both free users …
John Keim / ESPN:
NBC Sports Washington anchor Julie Donaldson to oversee the Washington NFL team's broadcasts, following the abrupt retirement of announcer Larry Michael  —  The NFL's Washington football team has hired Julie Donaldson to oversee all of its broadcasts as senior vice president of media …
Politico:
Appeals court prevents USAGM head Michael Pack from replacing Open Technology Fund leadership, arguing his authority doesn't extend to control of OTF's board  —  A federal appeals court has blocked a bid by one of President Donald Trump's appointees to take over a government-funded nonprofit organization …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
As hedge funds own more local newspaper chains, many advocate the alternative of local ownership, but past deals show it comes with mixed results at a high cost  —  A number of barriers make prying newspapers away from hedge fund-owned chains difficult.  Even when it happens, local ownership doesn't cure all woes.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Adevinta, a Norway-based classified ads publisher that's majority owned by publisher Schibsted, buys eBay's Classifieds business unit for $9.2B  —  Consolidation continues apace in the world of e-commerce, and today it was the turn of the classified ads market.
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge:
Google's Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays now have official support for Netflix  —  If you want YouTube and Netflix, Google's smart displays are the way to go  —  Google's Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays have beaten Amazon in being the first to get official support for streaming Netflix content.
Discussion: TechCrunch, Variety and Engadget
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
ACLU sues the Trump administration “for imprisoning Michael Cohen in retaliation for his plans to publish a book” that is critical of President Trump  —  The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Trump administration “for imprisoning Michael Cohen in retaliation for his plans …
Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
CNN Films' “On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries”, a documentary that follows CNN's female journalists on the campaign trail, to debut on HBO Max on August 6  —  CNN Films-produced “On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries” launches Aug. 6  —  HBO Max is bringing you the story …
 
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
As Trump returns to his familiar 2016 playbook of blitzing the media, including giving several primetime interviews, there's no evidence it is working this time
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Twitch signs rap artist Logic to an exclusive streaming deal that he says is worth seven figures, the platform's first exclusive partnership with a musician
Greg Dool / Folio:
Cosmopolitan launches a $2 per month paid membership program, Cosmo Unlocked, and a metered paywall limiting non-members to four free articles per month
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
Ex-editor of Cosmopolitan Sri Lanka says the pressure campaign Unilever reps launched after she criticized skin whitening products led her to quit journalism
Greg Dool / Folio:
Sources: EICs of at least seven magazines left Modern Luxury Media amid broader cuts this month, leaving some editors to now oversee more than four magazines
Maureen Ryan / Vanity Fair:
30 people detail bullying and abusive behavior by Peter Lenkov, the showrunner that CBS fired this month, and say CBS must have known about the issues for years
 Earlier Picks: 
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Two ex-staffers sue Fox News, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Ed Henry, and Howard Kurtz, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation for coming forward
Variety:
With the US market closed indefinitely, studios are delaying release of tentpoles like Tenet internationally, imperiling the global exhibition business
Popular Information:
Email reveals Facebook execs mulling how to remove a well-founded fact check label from a viral climate misinfo post from The Daily Wire after pressure from GOP
Pete Freedman / Central Track:
Staff at Dallas' only daily newspaper Dallas Morning News and its Spanish-language sister pub Al Día Dallas announce plans to unionize
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Bauer Media shuts down British music magazine Q after 34 years, as its circulation fell to 28,359, down from a peak of more than 200,000 in 2001
Anthony Feinstein / Reuters Institute …:
Study by the Reuters Institute for Journalism: around 70% of journalists reporting on COVID-19 say they are suffering from some levels of psychological distress