Mediagazer: Memo: The New York Times promotes London correspondent Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura to East Africa bureau chief, starting in October (The New York Times Company)

Will Oremus / Slate:

Sources at media outlets say they're seeing little to no ad revenue from Apple News despite huge traffic growth — The world's most valuable company is wooing the media with a human touch and a huge audience. One thing it hasn't delivered: money. — In the years leading up to the 2016 U.S. election …

Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:

Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox have decided to sell their shares in Sky to Comcast; Fox holds a 39% stake in Sky — Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox are selling their shares in Sky to Comcast, putting the US cable operator on course to take full control of the European media group.

Discussion: VideoNuze Analysis, @mattgarrahan and @mattgarrahan

Stewart Clarke / Variety:

Comcast's bid for Sky values 21st Century Fox's 39% stake at about $15B — 21st Century Fox will offload its longtime 39% stake in Sky to Comcast for more than $15 billion, after the U.S. cable giant lodged the highest bid in a weekend auction of the European pay-TV heavyweight.

Discussion: Press Gazette, The Verge, Broadcasting & Cable and Section Page News

Anne Davies / The Guardian:
How the culture of News Corp might change under Lachlan Murdoch, who is said to be more conservative than his father but has a different management style

Discussion: @murpharoo and @vanbadham

Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:

New York magazine is partnering with a non-profit news site called The City, led by Daily News alum Jere Hester, to provide local news coverage of NYC — With the once robust metropolitan news coverage in New York dwindling, a new nonprofit website called The City is teaming up with New York magazine …

Discussion: @dchangnyt, @shanegoldmacher, @albertocairo, @harrysiegel, @jere_hester, @maggienyt, @glennthrush and Nieman Lab, Thanks:@steverubel

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

WaPo to expand its Arc publishing platform as a subscriptions tool sold to others, then as an ad network, aiming to own infrastructure in a similar play as AWS — It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

Discussion: Spirited Media, @dangillmor, @niemanlab, @lpolgreen, @tmurphynz, @sprakash007, @mathewi, @palewire, @ckrewson, @jbenton and @jbenton

David Beard / Poynter:

A judge demanded Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto provide proof of his work, so librarians and translators collaborated to unearth his old stories — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

A close look at USAReally, a pro-Kremlin, pro-Trump site with overt Russian ties and frequent links on the /r/the_donald subreddit as it depicts a declining US — To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape.

Discussion: CNNMoney, @karolcummins, @brooklynmarie, @nytimestech, @nytmedia, @kevinroose, @bystevereilly, @jasonleopold and NBC News, more at Techmeme »

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:

Safari's Siri Suggested Websites feature promotes conspiracy sites, Holocaust deniers, and other misinformation; Apple says it removes them when notified — Apple's Safari, one of the internet's most popular web browsers, has been surfacing debunked conspiracies, shock videos …

Discussion: MacRumors, @cwarzel, @realkellyjones, The Verge, @fraying, Business Insider, Fast Company, BGR and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Jon Levine / The Wrap:

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid is being sued for defamation by a Trump supporter whom she alleged had hurled racial slurs at a teenager — A California woman named Roslyn La Liberte has filed a defamation lawsuit against Joy Reid, accusing the MSNBC star of spreading a false claim …

Discussion: Mediaite and @levinejonathan

Hunter Walker / Yahoo:

Sources: Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has told multiple people he plans to leave the White House after the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings — WASHINGTON — One of the White House's most visible staffers has his eye on the exit door. Raj Shah, a deputy press secretary who has stepped behind …

Discussion: @yahoonews, @altuspresssec, @allanmargolin and @weinbergersa

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News settles with pundit Scottie Nell Hughes who claimed Fox blacklisted her after she alleged that she'd been raped by host Charles Payne — Hughes, who once appeared on the network as a pundit, made rape allegations against a Fox Business anchor. — As Fox News gears up to cover …

The New York Times Company:

Memo: The New York Times promotes London correspondent Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura to East Africa bureau chief, starting in October — Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, our indispensable London correspondent who has covered Brexit and terror attacks, is heading to Nairobi, Kenya.