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8:05 PM ET, April 6, 2021

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Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
Sources: Clubhouse is in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business at about $4B, following its reported valuation of ~$1B in January  —  Clubhouse, the buzzy audio-based social network, is in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Up until this point, White House reporters have faced a lack of leaks from the Biden administration, a sharp contrast to Trump's tenure  —  After two and a half months of Joe Biden's presidency, something is missing from the news coverage of his administration: Leaks.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
English is the most spoken language in the EU, so UK-centric outlets dominate how the EU is represented; more English-language analysis by EU writers is needed  —  We've written often about the sense of dislocation brought about by the switch from local, analog news sources to national, digital ones.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer says that Amazon's share of the US digital ad market grew to 10.3% in 2020 from 7.8% in 2019 and estimates that revenue grew to $15.73B, up 52.5% YoY  —  Company chips away at market leader Google as its search ad business continues to grow  —  Amazon. com Inc.'s share …
Discussion: @juokaz and MediaPost
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Telegraph is creating 60 jobs in the first half of 2021 as it surpasses 600K subscribers and aims for 1M subscribers by 2023  —  The Telegraph is investing millions of pounds in its newsroom, creating 60 jobs in the first half of 2021.  —  The investment comes after The Telegraph's …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Roku has been pitching ad agencies to sponsor Roku Recommends, 5-7 minute videos promoting programming available across its connected TV platform  —  Roku is preparing to debut a new promotional product that has not only piqued advertisers' interest but will also likely please streaming services.
Discussion: @ericjhonsa
Committee to Protect Journalists:
At least 3 journalists, including CNN correspondent Matthew Chance, were briefly detained while covering the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny  —  “Detaining journalists who try to cover Alexei Navalny's imprisonment is a blunt effort to censor coverage of Putin's leading critic …
Taylor Moore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Empowerment Avenue, a program started in June 2020 to let incarcerated writers report on issues inside jails by pairing them with journalists outside  —  “We want to expose readers in every kind of publication to the incarcerated viewpoint.”  —  Rahsaan “New York” …
Poynter:
Report for America says its partners raised ~$5M in local support in 2020, mostly from new donors, and 61% more per reporter than the year before  —  Communities lead the way in supporting local journalism and other causes, even when resources are fewer.  —  As Report for America embarked …
Washington Post:
How a campaign by reporters in Baltimore inspired a national effort to keep nearly a dozen Tribune newspapers from being bought by Alden Global Capital  —  Last year, as a group of Baltimore Sun reporters embarked on long-shot endeavor to find a new owner that could save their paper …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Tribune says it has begun discussions about a sale to Bainum and Wyss' company Newslight, but won't terminate the Alden merger agreement for now
 
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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

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