Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Axios | Media startups anxiously await BuzzFeed’s stock market debut (2 min read)
• Digiday | ‘Exclusive is illusive’: U.K. publishers launch plan to mitigate loss of traffic when sources aren’t properly cited (4 min read)
• The New York Times | Local News Outlets Could Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid (7 min read)
• The Verge | A dating app — not Facebook or Clubhouse — cracked getting audio to go viral (13 min read)
• Axios | America’s attention recession (2 min read)
• MIT Technology Review | How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation (25 min read)
• The Financial Times | Online streaming looks to Asia for steady flow of subscribers (5 min read)
• Reuters | EU plans media act, industry chief Breton says, amid curbs on freedom (1 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Move Over, GE. The Tech Conglomerates Are the New Leaders of Industry. (8 min read)