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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 …
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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 …
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TechCrunch, @sarafischer, @shiraovide, @swbjoyce, @pt, @rstephens, @tomgara, @ashleyrcarman, @kevinmaddendc, @alexweprin, @jesserpound, @taralach, @faris, @levynews and @aboutmattlaw, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube launches protections for kids: default private uploads, turning off autoplay, and adding “take a break” and “bedtime” reminders by default — Google, responding to critics urging the internet giant to improve child safety in its services …
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Axios, Ad Age and @margarethmcgill, more at Techmeme »
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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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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.
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New York Times, bookforum.com, @nhannahjones, @nytimes, Boletín Catacrocker, @benyt, @juliaangwin, @nytimes, @keithboykin and @nytimes
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune names Mitch Pugh, executive editor of Charleston, SC's The Post and Courier, as its top editor; Colin McMahon steps down as EIC after 18 months — A summer of transition for the Chicago Tribune under new hedge fund ownership continued with the announcement Tuesday of a change at the top of the masthead.
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Robert Feder, Editor and Publisher, @postandcourier, @robertloerzel, @taylormooresays, @monicaeng and @niemanlab
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 …
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@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.
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.
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Radio & Television …, The Wrap, Ad Age and Adweek
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Ad measurement company Integral Ad Science acquires Publica, which manages and serves targeted ads for internet-connected TVs, for $220M in cash and stock — The deal is the latest focused on advertising in streaming and connected TV, an area of growing interest for marketers
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IAS Ad Science, @tonytonymarlow, @tkawaja and Beet.TV
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 — The Fox News host says the spy agency had improperly targeted his communications — WASHINGTON—The National Security …
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Insider, The Hill, Forbes, @alexweprin, @sethabramson, @anthony and @dnvolz
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.
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@blackamazon and @dskok
Chris Welch / The Verge:
TCL, which has long been the flagbearer of Roku TVs, launches new TVs with Google TV, saying it wants to give consumers more choice and it isn't abandoning Roku — The company insists this is about choice and says it's not leaving Roku behind — TCL has long been the flag bearer of Roku TVs.
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