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9:30 PM ET, July 6, 2015

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Ellen Pao / Redddit:
Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools  —  We apologize  —  We screwed up.  Not just on July 2, but also over the past several years.  We haven't communicated well …
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
AJ Daulerio to relaunch Ratter as tabloid site with focus on commentaries and essays, aims to build new Gawker  —  A.J. Daulerio readies Ratter 2.0  —  When he was launching the digital media enterprise Ratter last year, former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio envisioned a network of local tabloid blogs …
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Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Hulk Hogan Sex Trial Against Gawker to Hear New Court Date in October
Discussion: Poynter and Guardian
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times is publishing on WhatsApp for the first time, covering Pope Francis  —  That unique confluence of New York Times readers, pope watchers, and WhatsApp users must have been excited on a recent June morning when The New York Times announced it would be experimenting …
Discussion: Business Insider
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Verge turns off comments for a bit because tone was getting a little too aggressive and negative  —  We're turning comments off for a bit  —  From the very start, community has been at the heart of The Verge — we are unique among almost every major media brand of our size in having a vocal …
Discussion: @saramorrison, @cshbell and Poynter
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
UK high court weighs whether GQ piece by Michael Wolff created substantial risk that News of the World phone-hacking trial would be seriously impeded  —  GQ article on phone-hacking trial was in contempt of court, judges told  —  High court considering whether piece by US journalist Michael …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
U.S. Women's World Cup Finale on Fox Sets Soccer Ratings Record  —  The Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan drew a record U.S. audience for a soccer game carried by a single network, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings released by Fox.  —  An estimated 15.2 percent …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
After 80 per cent circulation drop in ten years, NME print edition to go free  —  NME is to be made into a free weekly magazine from 18 September, publisher Time Inc. has announced.  —  According to ABC, the music magazine - which current costs £2.60 - recorded an average weekly circulation of 15,384 in the second half of 2014.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Abandons Subscription-Based Online Video Channel  —  One year after it was first announced, Sarah Palin is quietly shutting down the subscription-based SarahPalinChannel.com.  Or rather, as she says in a new video posted this week, “We're making all of my content free now!”
Discussion: Wonkette
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comedy Central Channel Launches on Roku  —  Comedy Central is now making full episodes of its shows available on Roku's streaming devices.  Roku owners can use Comedy Central's new channel to watch full episodes of the “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Key & Peele,” “South Park” amnd other shows, as well as stand-up specials for free.
Discussion: Multichannel News and Engadget
Wall Street Journal:
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer in early stages of merger talks, could face antitrust hurdles  —  German Media Giants in Merger Talks  —  Negotiations between ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer at an early stage  —  German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 AG …
 
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
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Aida Alami / New York Times:
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Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
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