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1. Verizon and Yahoo Are Set to Announce an Exclusive $5 Billion Deal (Kara Swisher / Recode)
2. WikiLeaks Emails: Pro-Clinton CNN Political Commentator Pre-Checked Op-Ed With DNC (Erik Wemple / Washington Post)
3. At Fox News, Kisses, Innuendo, Propositions and Fears of Reprisal (Jim Rutenberg, Emily Steel and John Kobli / New York Times)
4. ABC News and Facebook’s Live GOP Convention Coverage Nets 11.5 million Views (Sahil Patel / Digiday)
5. How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President (Patrick Tucker / Defense One)
6. Newsonomics: What Really Ails Fox News, The Leader in Its Shrinking Category (Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab)