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2:55 PM ET, April 12, 2016

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Guardian:
The Guardian's top 10 most abused writers, ranked by comments on the newspaper's website: eight women, two black men  —  The dark side of Guardian comments  —  Hear from three of those writers, explore the data and help us host better conversations online
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Guardian series The Web We Want analyzes online abuse, including at its own site, as the news organization reviews its policies and community standards
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Inside the 30 year relationship between Viacom's Sumner Redstone and CEO Philip Dauman as Dauman faces accusations of covering up mogul's health problems  —  The Relationship That Helped Sumner Redstone Build Viacom Now Adds to Its Problems  —  After 30 years at Sumner Redstone's side …
Eric Umansky / ProPublica:
Interview with Marina Walker Guevara on why ICIJ went with McClatchy over NYT and CNN, why they held back publishing other breaking news, and more  —  Meet the Panama Papers Editor Who Handled 376 Reporters in 80 Countries  —  As the Panama Papers continue to embarrass leaders across continents …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Bloomberg launches joint news service, BloombergQuint, in India with Quintillion Media, will produce TV programming, digital and mobile content, live events  —  Bloomberg Launches Joint Venture in India to Deliver Business News  —  The business and financial news produced and distributed …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The New Yorker launches The New Yorker Today, an iPhone app just for its online articles and 8,000 cartoons, free to use for its first month  —  The New Yorker Today is the magazine's new iPhone app for its online articles (plus cartoons)  —  The New Yorker this morning launched The New Yorker Today …
Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
As NPR's audience grows older and competition grows, the nonprofit struggles with how to evolve quickly and balance news and podcast-style storytelling  —  The Fight for the Future of NPR  —  One day in May 2015, Eric Nuzum stood before a gathering of influential NPR trustees and board members …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
New data suggests Facebook struggling to police fake news sites one year after announced crackdown  —  In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe  —  You might expect Allen Montgomery to be deferential toward Facebook, given that the $300 billion company is both his biggest nemesis and financial lifeline.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Al Jazeera America to sign off with three-hour retrospective featuring highlights of its reporting since its August 2013 launch  —  Al Jazeera America Signs Off with Three-Hour Retrospective  —  Al Jazeera America will close out its nearly three-year run with a three-hour retrospective …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Forbes launches Forbes Podcasts, a podcast network with ten shows that focus on young, entrepreneurial women  —  Forbes Launches Podcast Network  —  Forbes is expanding its podcast offerings with the launch of Forbes Podcasts, a name that is fairly self-explanatory.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Online publishers are increasingly hiring e-commerce editors to boost profits; Gawker says commerce, along with native ads, account for one third of its revenue  —  The newest rainmaker at publishers: E-commerce editors  —  With online advertising under pressure from all sides …
Discussion: @rafat
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
BuzzFeed seeks dismissal of defamation lawsuit brought by British journalist Michael Leidig and news service he founded, Central European News  —  BuzzFeed Seeks Dismissal of Multimillion-Dollar Defamation Lawsuit  —  BuzzFeed is “respectfully” demanding the dismissal of an eight-figure …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
UK publisher, Car Throttle, tested Facebook's Instant Articles for a week in early March, saw traffic drop by 16%  —  A UK auto publisher's pageviews fell by 16 percent in a Facebook Instant Articles test  —  As Facebook rolls out Instant Articles to all publishers, those who have been testing …
Discussion: @newsmary
 
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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Q&A with RIAA head Cary Sherman about YouTube and why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act needs updating to help creative industries