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12:40 PM ET, September 13, 2021

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:

Fox News' subscription streaming service Fox Nation acquires Cops, the reality TV show pulled off air last year amid the George Floyd protests — “Cops,” the reality TV series depicting law enforcement in action, was pulled off the air last year after 32 seasons amid the nationwide protests …

Discussion: Variety, The Streamable, The Wrap, TVNewser, The Hill, @stevebattaglio, @alexweprin, TVLine, @brianstelter, @jbenton, @onaircoop and Hollywood Reporter

Kim Lyons / The Verge:

Litecoin spiked ~20% after several news outlets, including Reuters and CNBC, reported that Walmart would begin accepting it based on a fake press release — An apparently fake press release said the retailer would begin accepting the cryptocurrency — The Litecoin cryptocurrency saw …

Ben Smith / New York Times:

Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff continues teasing out stories from powerful people in his new book Too Famous, while remaining light on source attributions — In his new book, the author of “Fire and Fury” continues his specialty: teasing out stories from men in power.

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WaPo, CNN, and ABC News have let Flash video and interactive coverage from 9/11 rot, while USA Today and the NYT have restored some old Flash-based content — New York (CNN Business)Journalism is often considered the first draft of history, but what happens when that draft is written on a software program that becomes obsolete?

Discussion: Media Nation, @rubberbandits, @cnn and @cmclymer

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: ViacomCBS is revamping Paramount Pictures' operations, which will see its movie and TV production arms run separately, the latter led by David Nevins — TV veteran David Nevins will oversee Paramount TV in new alignment — ViacomCBS Inc. is revamping the operations …

Discussion: The Wrap, New York Post, @anthony, Deadline, Variety, @jbflint, Hollywood Reporter, @alansoclof, @isladeperr0s, @snoodit and @michael_calia

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Washington Post relaunches its 202 newsletter suite with shorter, digestible newsletters that are personality-driven and adds an email focusing on climate — The Washington Post is relaunching its 202 newsletter suite with a new email around climate, new authors and an expanded product suite.

Discussion: @oliverdarcy, @jeremymbarr and @sarafischer

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Former New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson says he is coming out of retirement to write a gossip column for the Daily News — In a throwback to the tabloid wars of yore, the famed (and feared) former New York Post scribe is ditching retirement to dish for the Daily News.

Discussion: @joepompeo, Yahoo Finance, @jeremymbarr, @claytonguse, @joepompeo and @joepompeo

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:

Three media companies linked to wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui, including GTV Media, reach a $539M+ settlement with SEC for offering unregistered securities — - The SEC has charged three media companies linked to wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui with illegal unregistered securities offerings.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, U.S. Securities …, Reuters, @truefactsstated, @profcarroll and @sarafischer

Stacy Heit / American Journalism Project:

American Journalism Project, which supports nonprofit local news sites, receives a $5M gift from Quadrivium, the foundation started by Kathryn and James Murdoch — Washington, D.C. — The American Journalism Project (AJP) has received a $5 million gift from Quadrivium, the foundation established by Kathryn and James Murdoch in 2014.

Discussion: @jessicalessin and Bloomberg

Jem Aswad / Variety:

Live Nation resumes its delayed acquisition of a 51% stake in Mexico's largest concert provider Ocesa Entretenimiento for around $444M — Live Nation has resumed its acquisition of a 51% controlling interest in Ocesa Entretenimiento, a leading promoter in Latin America and owner of Ticketmaster Mexico …

Discussion: Billboard and Music Business Worldwide

Neha Gupta / WAN-IFRA:

A look at Spain's El Diario, founded in 2012, which had 2020 revenue of €9.7M, is economically independent, and offers free memberships for those who cannot pay — 2021-09-09. El Diario, a Spanish online-only news company, was founded in 2012 with the primary aim of reconnecting society with journalism.

Discussion: American Press Institute

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Weeks after forcing Groovy Bot offline, Google is doing the same to Rythm, a bot with 560M+ users that lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos — The Rythm Discord music bot is disappearing on September 15th — Just weeks after forcing the Groovy Discord music bot offline …

Discussion: PC Gamer, @tomwarren and musically.com, more at Techmeme »

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Madis Kabash / Bloomberg:
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A.J. Katz / Adweek:
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Lily Waddell / London Evening Standard:
Channel 4 strikes a deal with Amazon, reported to be worth seven figures, to share the broadcast of US Open final in the UK

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Variety:
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Stuart Schuffman / BrokeAssStuart.com:
SF Weekly to stop print publication indefinitely at the end of Sept. to focus resources on SF Examiner; Clint Reilly Communications bought both papers in Dec.

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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney commits to debuting all remaining 2021 films exclusively in theaters, following the box office success of the theatrical-only release of “Shang-Chi”

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