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Trump sues NYT, three of its reporters, and his niece, Mary Trump, claiming they hatched a plot to obtain his private records for a story about his tax history — The ex-president claims there was an “insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records.”
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ViacomCBS bundles Paramount+ and Showtime for a promotional price of $10/month with ads and $13/month without — ViacomCBS has officially begun marketing Paramount+ and Showtime's streaming service as a combined offering, with an initial promotion starting at $10 a month.
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UK government asks its competition watchdog to review Sony, Warner, and Universal Music and weigh YouTube's streaming dominance, amid poor returns for musicians — The UK's major record labels could face an inquiry into whether their practices are distorting the music market.
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Billboard, musically.com, Variety and Financial Times


Disney CEO Bob Chapek says Disney+ global subscriber growth slowed this quarter, citing production delays and challenges for Latin America's Star Plus launch — Disney Plus global paid subscribers will increase by “low single-digit millions of subscribers” for the quarter ending September 2021, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said.
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The Wrap, @richlightshed, Hollywood Reporter, @richlightshed, The Verge, @richlightshed, Ad Age, MediaPost, The Wrap, CNBC, The Streamable, Insider, Deadline and Hollywood Reporter


YouTuber Bill Omar Carrasquillo and two others indicted on charges of copyright infringement, wire fraud, and more for allegedly offering pirated streaming TV — A popular YouTube personality and two other individuals are facing criminal charges for allegedly operating a large-scale pirate television service over the Internet.
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@sixfever and @matthewkeyslive


Survey: adults 18 to 34 years old care most about outlets' transparency and fact-checking; older adults care deeply about reputation and “no political slant” — - Differences in citizens' trust in the national media and attitudes about the media's role in democracy vary not just by political partisanship but age as well.
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@knightfdn, @gallupnews and Nieman Lab


WaPo expands its Zeus Prime ad network, adding Ad Council, Dallas Morning News, and soon Graham Media Group; non-targeted ads will cost $9 per thousand views — The Washington Post on Tuesday launched an ad network as part of its Zeus advertising technology business, executives told Axios.
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@jonst0kes, @rasmus_kleis, @thezedwards, @jarroddicker, @jeremybowers, @nandoodles, @zeus, @thezedwards, @dangainor and @pressgazette


A history of incoming UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries' clashes with the media, including threatening to nail a reporter's testicles to the floor in 2013 — Nadine Dorries, the UK's new Culture Secretary, has has had some colourful clashes with the media over the last decade.
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@sturdyalex, @mikebutcher and @paullewismoney


Twitch and NMPA reach deal after tensions over takedown notices; sources: deal doesn't include music licenses, and Twitch will issue warnings before suspensions — Twitch and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) have reached a long-awaited agreement focused on building …
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Business outlet Industry Dive, which expects ~30% profit margins and $80M in revenue in 2021, buys trade pub PharmaVOICE, its fourth acquisition in 18 months — Industry Dive, a Washington, D.C.-based business journalism outlet, is acquiring PharmaVOICE, a trade publication …
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@seangriffey, @joshsternberg, @seangriffey, @sarafischer and Talking Biz News


Photojournalist Dániel Németh is the latest to join the list of Hungarian journalists surveilled using Pegasus spyware, very likely by state actors — Have a good story? Contact us! — On June 24, 2021 in Amalfi, near Naples in Southern Italy, Lő …
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When Politico announced a new feature, Congress Minutes, someone else bought CongressMinutes.com the same day, pointing to rival Punchbowl News — On Monday, Adweek received a tip that a new Politico initiative, Congress Minutes, has been the subject of a mysterious act of cyber sabotage.
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