Mediagazer: How comment hosting service Disqus, which gets ~2B unique visitors/month and supports anonymous comments, is losing its battle against trolls and hate speech (Charlie Warzel/BuzzFeed)

7:05 AM ET, June 5, 2018

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

Sources: Rupert Murdoch meddled in Lachlan Murdoch's efforts to oust Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy; Fox News having trouble monetizing pro-Trump coverage — Rupert thwarted the revenge firing of an old Lachlan adversary—and it's not the new Fox News's only problem.

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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Apple adds browse tab to Apple News to help users find new topics, new channels, and stories from publishers, is adding new sidebar to News and Stocks on iPad — Apple is adding a new browse tab and sidebar to its Apple News curation of articles, the company said Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California.

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

How comment hosting service Disqus, which gets ~2B unique visitors/month and supports anonymous comments, is losing its battle against trolls and hate speech — The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn't allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis.

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

The New York Times' crossword app has 400K standalone subscribers who either pay $6.95 per month or get a 50% discount with a Times subscription — In the past two years, The New York Times has doubled the number of subscribers to its crossword app, according to a press release from the Times.

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Sports site The Athletic says it has more than 100K subscribers who are charged either $5 a month or $60 per year; skeptics say subscription model is risky — Premium salaries lure writers; skeptics caution business model is risky — Stephen Curry, the star point guard for the Golden State Warriors …

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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:

NYT journalists behind “The ISIS Files” answer readers' questions about the methods and ethics of collecting and publishing the 15K Islamic State documents — Rukmini Callimachi joined The New York Times in March 2014 as a foreign correspondent, covering Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Discussion: @hayder_alkhoei, @zoehumble, @rcallimachi and American Press Institute

Max Willens / Digiday:

Podcaster Wondery to fully adopt IAB's new measurement transition; transition sees double-digit percentage drop for downloads amid artificially inflated counts — A lack of measurement standards is keeping brand advertising dollars away from podcasting. But its move toward a measurement standard …

Sahil Patel / Digiday:

Amazon hasn't said how many Prime members use Prime Video Channels, which has become a big distributor for OTT networks; networks not worried about ceding power — Amazon has become a significant driver of subscriptions for TV companies with over-the-top streaming channels.

Sarah Jones / Columbia Journalism Review:

Journalists discuss the hardships of entering the business with low-income backgrounds and the difficulty in placing stories on poverty and class — How journalism got so out of touch with the people it covers — To become a journalist, Rajaa Elidrissi knew she would need a strategy.

The Verge:

Apple to bring live sports, news, and access to Charter Spectrum channels to Apple TV; iTunes Movies and Apple TV 4K will offer Dolby Atmos — Along with better support for cable companies like Spectrum — Apple announced some new features for its Apple TV set-top box during WWDC today.

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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

Discovery signs $2B deal with PGA Tour for international broadcast rights through 2030, will develop a PGA Tour-branded OTT streaming service — Discovery and the PGA Tour have struck a massive $2 billion deal for tournament rights outside of the United States through 2030.

Discussion: Ad Age, Adweek, Business Insider, Multichannel News, Bloomberg, MediaPost and Broadcasting & Cable

Columbia Journalism Review:

Study of editors at 135 of the largest English-language newspapers in the US finds 73% are male, 90% white, 60% have a journalism degree, and 7% went to an Ivy — The editors of 135 of the country's biggest English-language newspapers are a well-educated bunch: Almost a third have an advanced degree …

Discussion: @reedkath

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