Mediagazer: Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox have decided to sell their shares in Sky to Comcast; Fox holds a 39% stake in Sky (Matthew Garrahan/Financial Times)

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, The Guardian, @mattgarrahan and @mattgarrahan

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

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: @sandeep_nyc, @gabrielsnyder, @brizzyc, @buzzfeedben, @htameez, @dwhate, @bobbyallyn, @niemanreports, @slulay2, @dchangnyt, @harrysiegel, @jere_hester, @maggienyt, @albertocairo, @shanegoldmacher, @glennthrush, @ckrewson and Nieman Lab, Thanks:@steverubel

Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:

LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong calls for change in how people get news via social media: the “short attention span we're creating” is “very dangerous” — - Social platforms may have revolutionized how people get information, but they've also been criticized for spreading “fake news.”

Discussion: @mattdpearce and WebProNews

Todd Spangler / Variety:

CollegeHumor launches Dropout, a streaming service for videos, comics, and chat with initial price of $3.99/mo, giving it an alternative to YouTube distribution — CollegeHumor, the IAC-owned comedy website that's been around since 1999, was running into roadblocks in pushing the creative envelope.

Discussion: MediaPost, TechCrunch, Adweek, The Wrap, CNET, PRWeb and Wired

Kate Knibbs / The Ringer:

Inside the Chicago Tribune as it continues to struggle under parent company Tronc and faces an uncertain future amid talk of a sale — The media conglomerate formerly known as Tribune Publishing might yet find a savior (or several). But Tronc's ongoing troubles paint a larger picture …

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

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Facebook, Google, Twitter, and others sign up to the EU's Code of Practice, a form of voluntary self-regulation aimed at curbing the spread of fake news — The European Union's executive body has signed up tech platforms and ad industry players to a voluntary Code of Practice aimed at trying …

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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 …

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Andy / TorrentFreak:

Report: Google, Yandex, and other internet companies in Russia are discussing creating a database that details copyright-infringing content for easier removal — Every day, countless thousands of pieces of infringing content are uploaded to the Internet including most movies, TV shows, games, and commercial software.

Discussion: Beyond Search

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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

AMC's MoviePass competitor AMC Stubs A-List says it has signed up 380,000+ users in the three months since it launched in July — As MoviePass flounders and runs out of cash, AMC's competitive offering, AMC Stubs A-List, is scaling up quickly. The theater chain announced this morning …

Discussion: Business Wire

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

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.