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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
After Fox's Tucker Carlson claimed the NSA was monitoring his communications and trying to take his show off the air, the NSA denied the allegations on Tuesday — New York (CNN Business)Fox News host Tucker Carlson made an explosive claim on his show Monday night: That he had learned through …
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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Amazon seeks the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from antitrust probes, including Amazon's purchase of MGM, citing her previous criticism of the tech giant — - Online retail giant files petition saying Khan shows bias — FTC is reviewing Amazon's purchase of MGM movie studio
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Catie Keck / The Verge:
Senator Warren asks the FTC for a “broad and meticulous review” of Amazon's MGM acquisition, citing Amazon's anticompetitive history and growing monopoly power
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram confirms it is working on tools to let creators share “exclusive” content to Stories for paying fans — Instagram is building its own version of Twitter's Super Follow with a feature that would allow online creators to publish “exclusive” content to their Instagram Stories that's …
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Sarah Lustbader / The Appeal:
The Appeal's newly unionized staff announces a worker-led effort to relaunch the site as its management says it is shutting down the outlet in its current form — After years of groundbreaking reporting and analysis, The Appeal will sunset in its current form on June 30.
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Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg:
Buzzer, a live sports streaming service that launched in January, raises $20M Series A from investors including Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky — - Osaka, Mahomes also join $20 million funding round for Buzzer — Service sends alerts that draw viewers to live clips on phones
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Instagram has begun outreach to a small set of publishers, including Group Nine Media, to begin testing an IGTV ads revenue share — Instagram will start testing IGTV ads with publishers this month, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: It's the first time Instagram …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Taboola closed down 2% in its first day of trading after going public via merger with a SPAC — - Digital ad company Taboola began trading on the Nasdaq Wednesday following its merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1, a special acquisition corporation. — Taboola sees its opportunity …
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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
In an about-face, major outlets, including NYT and WaPo, are running digital sponsored content from Philip Morris touting its research into nicotine products — More than two decades after cigarette ads began disappearing from newspapers, major news organizations are running ads on their websites …
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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
After years of covering efforts to exonerate incarcerated people, a reporter describes how a letter led her to personally get involved in a case from Louisiana — For years as a journalist, I've covered attempts to exonerate incarcerated people. But a letter from Yutico Briley led to a different kind of story.
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
How Fox News, Newsmax, and other right-wing media propelled critical race theory from academic obscurity to center stage in the US political debate — National outlets amplify clips of angry parents, creating a cycle of outrage — Viral videos of impassioned parents denouncing critical race theory …
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Lauradixon / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
Despite the Indian government's hostility to critical coverage, local reporters have found ways to report out the true toll of COVID-19's second wave — Through April and May, government figures of COVID-19 deaths and infections were suspiciously low from the populous Indian state of Gujarat, north of Mumbai.
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
France unveils rules that would require streaming services, including Netflix and Disney+, to invest 20%-25% of their French revenues in local content — Streaming services, including Netflix, Amazon and Disney Plus, will soon have to invest between 20%-25% of their French revenues …
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