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7:55 AM ET, July 7, 2015

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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: @giner and Business Insider
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 …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
DMGI, The Daily Mail's VC Arm, Invests $5M In Indian Property Analytics Firm Liases Foras  —  DMGI, the venture capital arm of the company behind the British tabloid newspaper — yes, even the Daily Mail does tech investing!! — has continued its spree in data-centric startups in India …
Hollywood Reporter:
Ex-New York Times TV reporter Bill Carter to launch weekly interview show on SiriusXM  —  Bill Carter to Launch SiriusXM Interview Show  —  Bill Carter will launch a weekly interview program on SiriusXM.  Launching later this summer, The Bill Carter Interview will be broadcast Mondays …
Discussion: @brianstelter and @carlquintanilla
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube up to 240bn monthly video views, with top 100 MCNs worth $10bn  —  Report claims that more than 22 multi-channel networks reaching 1bn monthly views, as top star PewDiePie's earnings are revealed  —  The 100 largest multi-channel networks (MCNs) on YouTube may have a collective valuation …
Discussion: Engadget
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
National newspapers back Culture Secretary John Whittingdale as he says the BBC's online presence will be scrutinised in upcoming charter review  —  BBC news website under attack ahead of charter review as newspapers call for ‘behemoth’ to be ‘tamed’  —  The BBC's online news presence …
Discussion: Guardian, @aahaworth and Telegraph
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 …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook and YouTube both offer 55/45 revenue split to content creators, but YouTube splits revenue with one creator, Facebook with many  —  How Facebook's New Video Business Stacks Up Against YouTube  —  Facebook is stepping on YouTube's turf.  —  On Wednesday the social network announced …
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Relativity Strikes $320 Million Deal With Catalyst Capital Group  —  Kavanaugh retains control of Relativity and will remain CEO and chairman of the board, a source familiar with the negotiations said.  —  In a move that many in Hollywood have been betting against, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh …
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Newseum study: just 24% of Americans believe the news media tries to report on news without bias  —  The Newseum Institute just released its 2015 State of the First Amendment study.  USA TODAY editor-in-chief Dave Callaway discusses the results with Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski.
Discussion: @usatodayhealth
 
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comedy Central Channel Launches on Roku
Discussion: Multichannel News and Engadget
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Abandons Subscription-Based Online Video Channel
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
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U.S. Women's World Cup Finale on Fox Sets Soccer Ratings Record
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Edmund Lee / Re/code:
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