Mediagazer: Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer arrested in Texas on charges including pimping; two controlling shareholders, Michael Lacey and James Larkin, also face charges (Dan Levine/Reuters)

7:40 PM ET, October 6, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity trade insults over their divergent approaches to covering Trump, the latest example of a widening ideological rift inside Fox News — Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity, who have back-to-back shows on Fox News, have a sharp difference of opinion about Donald Trump.

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on calling out lies, embracing video, and building a more digital newsroom — How long is two years in editor years? — Leading any daily newspaper in this age is challenging, but leading The New York Times is an exercise unto itself.

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

Despite the work of fact-checkers, the disinformation spread by Trump, Pence, and others is gaining currency as cable TV has devolved from news to discussion — It's official: A time-honored political dark art has gone flamboyantly public. Who's to blame? Start with cable news.

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Paul Cheung / Asian American Journalists Association:

AAJA demands an apology from Fox News for Jesse Watters' racist segment on Chinese American voters; Watters says he regrets if anyone found offense — RESPONSE TO FOX NEWS INVITATION TO APPEAR ON THE BILL O'REILLY SHOW (Oct. 6th 2:00 pm EST) — AAJA has reached out to David Tabacoff …

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Disney will not bid for Twitter, leaving Salesforce as the last potential bidder — Which leaves Salesforce, for now. — Cross another potential Twitter buyer off the list: Disney isn't pursuing a bid for the social platform, either. — Sources familiar with Disney …

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Sources: Google will not make a Twitter bid and Apple is also an unlikely suitor; Twitter stock falls around 20% after the news

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

The BBC's Taster platform, launched in 2015, lets audiences rate pilot projects for three months to help decide if an idea should move forward or get spiked — Is there an audience out there for classic natural history programming à la David Attenborough, but dubbed …

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Sources: BitTorrent fires its co-CEOs and an unknown number of staffers, is closing its Los Angeles production studio and Now streaming service — BitTorrent has fired its two co-CEOs Robert Delamar and Jeremy Johnson and laid of an unknown number of staffers, Variety has learned from multiple sources.

Discussion: Engadget

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer arrested in Texas on charges including pimping; two controlling shareholders, Michael Lacey and James Larkin, also face charges — Carl Ferrer, the chief executive of advertising website Backpage.com, was arrested on Thursday on criminal charges including pimping …

Discussion: Texas Attorney General … and BuzzFeed

Numbers / Pew Research Center:

Pew study: about 40% of American adults under 50 prefer reading news, mostly online; more than half of Americans over 50 opt for watching the news on TV — When it comes to technology's influence on America's young adults, reading is not dead - at least not the news.

Discussion: FishbowlDC and Nieman Lab

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

FCC to vote Oct. 27 on broadband privacy rules, requiring users to opt in on sharing sensitive data like location, children's information, and browsing history — Pay-for-privacy plans won't be banned, but ISPs face new opt-in requirements. — The Federal Communications Commission plans …

Discussion: MediaPost, Multichannel News, CNET, Common Dreams, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Consumerist, DSLreports and DSLreports

Elizabeth Becker / Columbia Journalism Review:

How two reporters came to different conclusions for story on genocide and human rights abuse in Cambodia — Two reporters escaped with their lives, but left Cambodia with very different stories. History shows one was right. — 3765 WORDS … Last year, I was flown to Cambodia to testify …

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Interview with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, who says that over 100M people use its Stories feature daily — BuzzFeed News sat down for a wide-ranging interview with the CEO of Instagram for its sixth anniversary and looked back on the slew of changes the company has made to its product in recent months.

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