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7:25 AM ET, August 11, 2021

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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: WarnerMedia is in talks to sell TMZ to Fox  —  AT&T's WarnerMedia is in talks to sell its TMZ tabloid entertainment company to Fox, according to people familiar with the situation.  The talks are the latest move by WarnerMedia to slim down its collection of businesses.
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Chinese state media deletes articles quoting a Swiss biologist critical of the US over COVID-19 origin investigations, after Switzerland says he does not exist  —  State media quietly erases articles on biologist Wilson Edwards after Switzerland says he does not exist
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Stewart Bainum, who tried to buy The Baltimore Sun from Alden, has posted job listings for a startup news outlet in Baltimore; source: plans are preliminary  —  Bainum's bid to buy The Baltimore Sun from Alden Global Capital fell through in the spring.  Now he envisions taking on the Sun with a new nonprofit.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Sports publishers like Overtime and Team Whistle are positioning themselves as content partners for college athletes' name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals  —  Overtime is finally able to fill an age gap in the pool of talent it's able to pay to feature in its video series and digital content — college athletes.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune names Mitch Pugh, executive editor of Charleston, SC's The Post and Courier, as its top editor; Colin McMahon steps down as EIC after 18 months  —  A summer of transition for the Chicago Tribune under new hedge fund ownership continued with the announcement Tuesday of a change at the top of the masthead.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube launches protections for kids: default private uploads, turning off autoplay, and adding “take a break” and “bedtime” reminders by default  —  Google, responding to critics urging the internet giant to improve child safety in its services …
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
NBCUniversal says average nightly viewership for Tokyo Olympics was 15.5M, down 42% from 2016 and the lowest since it won exclusive US media rights 33 years ago  —  Average nightly viewership was 15.5 million, NBCUniversal said, the lowest since it won exclusive U.S. media rights 33 years ago.
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Dominion sues OANN and Newsmax for defamation over 2020 election rigging claims and seeks $1.6B+ in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo about his conduct in Gov. Cuomo's sexual harassment pushback effort, as it is more than just an optics problem for the network  —  Brian Stelter, host of CNN's “Reliable Sources,” attempted a demonstration of journalistic independence on his Sunday program.
 
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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Crowds demonstrate in Poland in support of Discovery-owned network TVN ahead of a vote on a bill that may stop non-European companies from owning Polish media
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
NSA's internal watchdog says it is probing allegations by “a member of the US news media” that NSA surveilled him; source: the review concerns Tucker Carlson
Chris Welch / The Verge:
TCL, which has long been the flagbearer of Roku TVs, launches new TVs with Google TV, saying it wants to give consumers more choice and it isn't abandoning Roku
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Salesforce launches Salesforce+, a free streaming service aimed at business professionals, with original programming from Salesforce and eventually its clients
Reuters:
Suspected Taliban fighters kill a Kabul radio station manager; report: 30+ media workers were killed, wounded, or abducted by militants in Afghanistan this year
William J. Broad / New York Times:
How the Black reporter Charles Loeb defied the US military's denials to report on radiation poisoning from the Hiroshima strike, even as NYT ignored the topic