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11:25 PM ET, August 9, 2021

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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Hungary scrubs Tucker Carlson's criticism of Xi Jinping from a transcript of his Orban interview sent to reporters; Carlson broadcasted 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.
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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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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
How Gov. Cuomo's hometown paper The Albany Times Union's anti-off-the-record stance put it on a collision course with the notoriously press-controlling governor  —  The Times Union's strait-laced, minimal-schmooze, no off-the-record principles put it on a collision course with the notoriously press-controlling governor of New York.
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  —  Major League Baseball and Barstool Sports have had significant negotiations about having national midweek games on the site's platforms, The Post has learned.
Lizzie Widdicombe / Vogue:
Profile of Jen Psaki, who some White House reporters credit with “lower[ing] the temperature” even as her briefings are not “exceptionally informative”  —  It's a summer Friday.  President Biden is at his Delaware beach house, where he delivered a brief speech about that morning's encouraging jobs numbers.
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  —  A group of creators will publish new comic book stories, essays and how-to guides on the platform as a way to connect directly with fans.
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”  —  As the comics giants make billions from their storylines and characters, writers and artists are speaking out about their struggles for fair payment
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku adds 23 more Quibi shows to The Roku Channel and says Nielsen estimates it ranked as the No. 6 streaming channel by household reach in the US in June  —  On Aug. 13, the company will premiere 23 new Roku Originals (each of them from Quibi's library) exclusively on the Roku Channel to stream for free with ads.
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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.
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  —  For nearly 15 years, Trisha Paytas has been one of YouTube's most prolific and complicated creators.  Now they say they're done trolling — or are they?
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram says it is testing ads in its Shop tab, starting with select US-based advertisers  —  Instagram is further investing in its e-commerce business, Instagram Shops, with the launch of a new advertising product, Ads in Instagram Shop.  The company says it's currently testing the new format …
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  —  The telco, looking for every opportunity to pay down its debt, sold Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion in cash paid at closing …
 
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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
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
Jen Mills / Metro.co.uk:
Anti-vaccine protestors try to storm the Television Centre in London, which was BBC's headquarters until 2013
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Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg:
Sources: Cloud Village, the music streaming arm of Chinese gaming giant NetEase, is postponing the launch of its $1B Hong Kong IPO
Samuel Danzon-Chambaud / Columbia Journalism Review:
How nine news outlets used automation for reporting on the pandemic, from continuously updated charts to automated stories sent to Slack for journalists' review