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11:25 AM ET, July 23, 2020

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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter misses Q2 expectations with revenue of $683M, down 19% YoY, but reports 186M mDAUs, up 34% YoY, and ad revenue of $562M, down 23% YoY  —  - Twitter reported second-quarter earnings Thursday that missed analyst expectations on revenue, but showed strong growth in users.
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
NYT to buy Serial Productions, maker of the podcast Serial for, source says, $25M; NYT also enters marketing and ad sales partnership with This American Life  —  The Times, capitalizing on the success of its “Daily” podcast, continues an expansion into audio journalism.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
AT&T says HBO Max has 4M+ customers; users spend 70% more time on HBO Max than on HBO Now, which is available on Roku and Amazon Fire TV  —  The question is whether those numbers were hurt by ongoing Roku and Amazon deals  —  HBO Max has signed up more just over four million customers since …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Plex launches 80+ free live TV channels accessible by both free users and subscribers with news, sports, film, classic TV, comedy, anime, and more  —  Streaming media platform Plex announced today it's further expanding into live TV with the addition of over 80 free live TV channels accessible by free users and subscribers alike.
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Sports media company Religion of Sports, co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, raises $10M Series A  —  Religion of Sports Media Inc. has produced series for Apple, Facebook and Showtime  —  Religion of Sports Media Inc., a media venture co-founded by NFL legends Tom Brady …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail owner DMGT: ad revenue fell 45% YoY and circulation revenue 12% YoY in 3 months to June 30 with an operating loss of £2M vs. £22M profit last year  —  The Mail titles returned to profit in June but saw revenue down 30% in the second quarter of the year.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
AMC Theatres again delays reopening to mid-to-late August in the US, but says one third of its cinemas in Europe and the Middle East are open  —  Just because Warner Bros. took Christopher Nolan's Tenet temporarily off the release schedule doesn't mean that the No. 1 theater chain isn't going to reopen.
Discussion: Variety and Vanity Fair
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: DOJ won't oppose Taboola's deal to buy Outbrain, which would give Outbrain shareholders $250M and 30% of new company's stock; deal faces UK hurdles  —  Antitrust officials, after studying proposed merger of industry leaders, don't object at the altar
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Amid the spring pandemic lockdown, people in the book publishing industry say book sales jumped at big-box chains, grocery chains, and pharmacies  —  Book sales jumped at big box stores this spring, which stayed open and stocked with essentials while other shops closed.
Discussion: @likaluca and @xanalter
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media focus on Trump's “sober” or “somber” tone in Tuesday's briefing reflects a superficial obsession with style or wishful thinking about his leadership  —  What is it that people say about the definition of insanity?  On Monday, President Trump said he would bring …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: NBCU's Peacock streaming service was downloaded ~1.5M times across the US App Store and Google Play in its first six days, 25% more than Quibi
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Forbes partners with Kerv Interactive to create branded and shoppable content for videos on Forbes.com to let advertisers market individual products in a video
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Over 90 journalists sign a letter protesting the firing of the EIC of Hungary's Index.hu, after the EIC was fired following his claims of political interference
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK producer ITN, which makes ITV News, Channel 4 News, and 5 News, says it's reached its target of 20% BAME staff but has a mean ethnicity pay gap of 19.4%
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Nieman Foundation announces a new remote visiting fellowship, focused on advancing coverage of racial justice and public health issues in the US
New York Times:
Current and former Hearst staffers speak out about a toxic environment, racial discrimination at Cosmo, and sexually offensive remarks by president Troy Young
Casey Newton / The Interface:
Sources: Kevin Roose's tweets on Facebook stories with the highest engagement per CrowdTangle worry the News Feed team, which favors “reach”-focused metrics