Mediagazer: Sources: Univision is exploring a sale of Fusion Media Group, which includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, The Root, and a stake in The Onion (Wall Street Journal)

3:05 PM ET, July 7, 2018

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Sources: Univision is exploring a sale of Fusion Media Group, which includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, The Root, and a stake in The Onion — Unit includes digital properties such as Gizmodo and Deadspin — Univision Communications Inc. is exploring a sale of Fusion Media Group …

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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Sources: Univision wants to cut 15% of staff across Onion, Inc., and is set to begin buyout negotiations with the sites' editorial union — When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier …

Discussion: @maura, @evepeyser, @leonjetski, @arayyay, @jules_su, Fortune, @erikmadams, @rafat, @jbillinson and @libbycwatson

Washington Post:

Source: Twitter has been suspending 1M+ accounts per day in recent months, more than double its rate from October, in its fight against disinformation — SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious accounts, suspending more than one million accounts …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

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Nicholas Thompson / Wired:

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Kaitlin Benz / CNET:

Netflix to end users' ability to post new reviews July 30 and remove existing written reviews mid-August, will keep thumbs up and down system — Soon, it'll be a little harder for you to tell everyone what you thought of Marvel's The Avengers. — Netflix is removing a desktop-only feature …

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

News UK says The Times and The Sunday Times now have 500,000 paid subscribers combined, with digital-only subscriptions growing 20% year-over-year to 255,000 — The Times and Sunday Times now have a combined 500,000 subscribers, with digital subscriptions outnumbering print for the first time.

Discussion: News UK, @newsuk and @joshglancy

Seb Joseph / Digiday:

Formula One is in talks to launch its F1 channel on Amazon Prime in countries where broadcasters don't have exclusive rights — Formula One is in talks to launch the F1 TV channel on Amazon Prime, which could potentially open it up to more than 100 million subscribers over time.

Timothy McLaughlin / Wired:

How Facebook became synonymous with the internet in a newly democratic Myanmar and ended up relying on civil society groups for help in policing rumors — The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook. — ON THE THE evening of July 2, 2014 a swelling mob of hundreds …

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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:

Three social media stars, two of whom were part of YouTube travel channel High On Life, die in a waterfall accident at British Columbia's Shannon Falls — Megan Scraper fell in, Ryker Gamble and Alexey Lyakh jumped in to save her, but all three went over the falls

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New York Times:

Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, missing in Syria since 2015, appears in a new video obtained by Japanese TV channels; in video, he noted it was October 2017 — HONG KONG — A Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria three years ago and who is believed to be a hostage of terrorists appeared …

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