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12:50 PM ET, August 10, 2021

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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  —  Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies …
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  —  Brian Stelter, host of CNN's “Reliable Sources,” attempted a demonstration of journalistic independence on his Sunday program.
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
Google will let under 18s delist photos by request, restrict ad targeting of children based on age, gender, or interests, and more
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Salesforce launches Salesforce+, a free streaming service aimed at business professionals, with original programming from Salesforce and eventually its clients  —  Salesforce is the latest tech giant to venture into video streaming with the launch of a new service aimed at business professionals …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
How the Black reporter Charles Loeb defied the US military's denials to report on radiation poisoning from the Hiroshima strike, even as NYT ignored the topic  —  Charles H. Loeb defied the American military's denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed.
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal's Telemundo launches a new division to develop Spanish-language content for Peacock and says it already has 50+ projects planned  —  The new division, NBCUniversal Telemundo Hispanic Streaming, already has more than 50 projects planned for the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service.
Axios:
Internal memo: Bloomberg Media revenue is up 53% YoY as subscriptions grew by 34% in H1, reaching more than 325,000, with 40%+ of subscribers outside the US  —  Subscriptions to Bloomberg Media grew by 34% in the first half of the year, reaching more than 325,000, according to an internal memo distributed …
Discussion: @justin_b_smith
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  —  Average nightly viewership was 15.5 million, NBCUniversal said, the lowest since it won exclusive U.S. media rights 33 years ago.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
PitchBook: digital media startups raised $298.5M in 2020 and $115.4M so far in 2021, as investment slows from a peak of $1.1B in 2015 and $836.2M in 2014  —  Media upstarts are attracting far less cash compared to the venture-backed media boom of 2014 and 2015, according to new data from Pitchbook.
Discussion: @blackamazon and @dskok
Reuters:
Suspected Taliban fighters kill a Kabul radio station manager; report: 30+ media workers were killed, wounded, or abducted by militants in Afghanistan this year  —  Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Hungary scrubs Tucker Carlson's criticism of Xi Jinping from a transcript of his Orban interview sent to reporters; Carlson broadcast from Hungary last week  —  Tucker Carlson trip to Hungary to promote its populist leader took an awkward turn when a transcript of his interview was censored by the Hungarian government.
Variety:
AMC Theatres says it has reached a deal with Warner Bros. on a shortened theatrical window of 45 days for 2022, following a similar deal with Cineworld in April  —  AMC Theatres has reached a formal agreement with Warner Bros. to show the studio's 2022 slate on the big screen for an exclusive 45-day window.
 
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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
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Sky News Australia has deleted at least 31 videos that question the public health response to COVID-19 or promote unproven treatments, ahead of a Senate inquiry
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony's Funimation group closes its $1.2B acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T, which was announced in December 2020 and had been pending regulatory approval
Sam Thielman / The Guardian:
Sources: comic writers whose work features prominently in Marvel films receive just a check for $5,000 or very rarely a “special character contract”
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Gannett launches a network-wide push to rework its crime coverage, in an effort to add context and not rely as much on police-driven narratives
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: MLB and Barstool Sports are in talks about a deal to create a new type of broadcast of national midweek games with a focus on in-game gambling
Scaachi Koul / BuzzFeed News:
Profile of Trisha Paytas, one of the internet's most prolific trolls with over 5M subscribers on YouTube, who claims to have an income of $800,000 per month
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
A number of popular comic book creators, including DC Comics' James Tynion IV and Marvel's Nick Spencer, join Substack
Jen Mills / Metro.co.uk:
Anti-vaccine protestors try to storm the Television Centre in London, which was BBC's headquarters until 2013