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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Sources: Tucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on him after he learned US officials knew he was talking to Kremlin intermediaries to set up a Putin interview — Tucker Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly …
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BuzzFeed News:
FOIA docs show that a Fox News producer sent a very broad FOIA request to the NSA last week seeking evidence that officials were spying on Tucker Carlson
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Jonah Peretti says BuzzFeed “invested in news beyond where the revenue could support it” in 2014-2016, thinks commerce will make up 31% of revenue by 2024 — Jonah Peretti says he has learned from earlier ‘mistake’ and promises to grow in ‘sustainable way’
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Foreign lobbying disclosures show Saudi Arabia is funding a yet-to-be-announced digital news service with a DC studio and English-language content — - Saudi Arabia is funding a digital news platform that will feature some U.S.-based media professionals as it begins a new lobbying effort aimed at the White House and Congress.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Publicis Media launches the Once & For All Coalition, a multi-year effort aimed at getting advertisers to invest in minority-owned media — Publicis Media said it would launch a “multi-year” effort aimed at getting advertisers to invest more regularly in media outlets that cater to people …
Bonnie Kristian / The Week:
Trump's lawsuits that claim Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube violated his First Amendment rights are just PR and fundraising tools, and likely legally doomed — One member of this class action is not like the others — Former President Donald Trump announced himself on Wednesday …
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James Hercher / AdExchanger:
The Trade Desk launches a demand-side dashboard, Solimar, for ad buying and a venture capital arm; its first startup investment is in Chalice Custom Algorithms — The Trade Desk's investment in Chalice is another example of the company positioning as a voice of the open internet against walled gardens.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
USA Today becomes the final major national daily to launch a paywall, although breaking news remains free; Gannett's digital outlets have 90M visitors per month — When USA Today was introduced nearly 40 years ago, its short articles, copious charts and detailed weather coverage were disdained …
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Dr Richard Fletcher / Reuters Institute:
Examining differences in people's perceptions of fairness of media coverage, based on gender, age, and ethnicity in Brazil, Germany, Japan, Spain, UK, and US — Diversity is now a key priority for many newsrooms across the world. Although improving diversity has been a decades-long process …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NFL and Twitter renew their content partnership with the NFL making a full-season commitment to produce over 20 Twitter Spaces audio chats with players — The NFL and Twitter have renewed their content partnership — which dates to 2013 — and are now kicking their collaboration into live audio.
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Naomi Osaka / TIME:
Naomi Osaka says the press conference format should be less “subject v. object”, suggests allowing “sick days” where players are excused from press commitments — Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who will represent Japan in the upcoming Olympics.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
MEL Magazine will be revived after Recurrent Ventures acquires the men's health and culture outlet from Dollar Shave Club; 18 of MEL's ~24 staff will be rehired — Recurrent Ventures, a venture-equity-backed digital media company, is acquiring MEL Magazine, a men's health and culture publication, from Dollar Shave Club
Bryan Anderson / Associated Press:
An NC Superior Court judge sentenced a small-town newspaper editor to five days in jail after one of his reporters used an audio recorder during a murder trial — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Superior Court judge put a small-town newspaper editor behind bars last month …
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