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9:45 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.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Quartz says it has 27,000 members, up 71% YoY, and is set to generate $3M+ in subscription revenue in 2021, as it refocuses subscription program on newsletters  —  Quartz is making changes to its three-year-old subscription program, with a new focus on its email newsletters after the publisher found …
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.
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.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Medium says its Partner Program has 200,000+ enrollees as it launches a referral program that will give participants a ~50% cut of new subscriber revenue  —  As the creator services arms race intensifies across digital media, Medium is hoping to stand out by sharing more of its spoils with a smaller …
Discussion: @maxwillens
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Sports-focused FuboTV reports Q2 revenue of $130.9M, up 196% YoY, with ad revenue up 281% YoY, and says it has added 91,291 subscribers for a total of 681,721  —  Streaming pay-TV provider FuboTV reported second-quarter results far better than Wall Street analysts expected …
Discussion: Yahoo Finance and MediaPost
The Atlantic:
Filing: The Atlantic added 280,000 subscribers in the last 12 months, for a total of 833,410, with the average value of a subscription growing 45% since H1 2019  —  The Atlantic's paid readership jumped by more than 280,000 in the last 12 months, according to the latest circulation statement filed …
Discussion: @jeffreygoldberg
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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
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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.
 
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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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Salesforce launches Salesforce+, a free streaming service aimed at business professionals, with original programming from Salesforce and eventually its clients
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube launches protections for kids: default private uploads, turning off autoplay, and adding “take a break” and “bedtime” reminders by default
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
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
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