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11:25 AM ET, July 8, 2021

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Sources: Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on him after he learned US officials knew he was talking to Kremlin intermediaries to set up a Putin interview  —  Tucker Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly …
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BuzzFeed News:
FOIA docs show that a Fox News producer sent a very broad FOIA request to the NSA last week seeking evidence that officials were spying on Tucker Carlson
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
On a Fox Business appearance with Maria Bartiromo, Tucker Carlson claimed the NSA leaked contents of his e-mail to journalists “in an effort to discredit me”
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Foreign lobbying disclosures show Saudi Arabia is funding a yet-to-be-announced digital news service with a DC studio and English-language content  —  - Saudi Arabia is funding a digital news platform that will feature some U.S.-based media professionals as it begins a new lobbying effort aimed at the White House and Congress.
Discussion: Washington Post
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Publicis Media launches the Once & For All Coalition, a multi-year effort aimed at getting advertisers to invest in minority-owned media  —  Publicis Media said it would launch a “multi-year” effort aimed at getting advertisers to invest more regularly in media outlets that cater to people …
Discussion: MediaPost, Ad Age and AgencySpy
Bonnie Kristian / The Week:
Trump's lawsuits that claim Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube violated his First Amendment rights are just PR and fundraising tools, and likely legally doomed  —  One member of this class action is not like the others  —  Former President Donald Trump announced himself on Wednesday …
James Hercher / AdExchanger:
The Trade Desk launches a demand-side dashboard, Solimar, for ad buying and a venture capital arm; its first startup investment is in Chalice Custom Algorithms  —  The Trade Desk's investment in Chalice is another example of the company positioning as a voice of the open internet against walled gardens.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NFL and Twitter renew their content partnership with the NFL making a full-season commitment to produce over 20 Twitter Spaces audio chats with players  —  The NFL and Twitter have renewed their content partnership — which dates to 2013 — and are now kicking their collaboration into live audio.
Dr Richard Fletcher / Reuters Institute:
Examining differences in people's perceptions of fairness of media coverage, based on gender, age, and ethnicity in Brazil, Germany, Japan, Spain, UK, and US  —  Diversity is now a key priority for many newsrooms across the world.  Although improving diversity has been a decades-long process …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
USA Today becomes the final major national daily to launch a paywall, although breaking news remains free; Gannett's digital outlets have 90M visitors per month  —  When USA Today was introduced nearly 40 years ago, its short articles, copious charts and detailed weather coverage were disdained …
Stitcher:
Stitcher releases its second annual podcasting report, and top listening hours remain from 11am to 2pm instead of during peak commuting times  —  What listening behaviors, show preferences and listener profiles looked like during the COVID-19 pandemic.  —  It's no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic …
Discussion: RAIN News and Hollywood Reporter
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MEL Magazine will be revived after Recurrent Ventures acquires the men's health and culture outlet from Dollar Shave Club; 18 of MEL's ~24 staff will be rehired  —  Recurrent Ventures, a venture-equity-backed digital media company, is acquiring MEL Magazine, a men's health and culture publication, from Dollar Shave Club
 
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Reviewed, which Gannett acquired last year for $160M to compete with NYT's Wirecutter and which has doubled staff to 80 employees in 18 months
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Job listings suggest Amazon is planning a third-party marketplace for media and ad tech vendors that offer services to publishers
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BBC:
Peter R de Vries, a prominent Dutch journalist known for exposing mobsters, has been shot and seriously wounded minutes after leaving a TV studio in Amsterdam
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How NYT is using Instagram slides and Twitter cards to highlight parts of a story, including tidbits that competitors don't have, and to debunk misinfo
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Facebook waiving Bulletin's fees at launch is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, exemplifying a strategy critics think should be illegal
 

 
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time; the stock rose 10%, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015, resulting in a valuation of $2.15T

Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business
 
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