Mediagazer: YouTube's use of demonetization as a form of punishment is not the same as moderation and does not work on major creators who have other sources of revenue (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

Julian Borger / The Guardian:

Putin tells Trump that he, too, has the “problem” of “fake news” in Russia; CPJ says 26 journalists have been murdered in Russia since Putin became president — US president voices disdain for ‘fake news’ at G20 and makes light of election meddling — Play Video

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Report: multiple publishers have been unimpressed with revenue from Apple News+; one said revenue has been one twentieth of what Apple said it would be — Apple News+ seems to be floundering just months after its launch, according to new details from participating magazine publishers shared by Business Insider.

Discussion: Business Insider, @lmoses, @rafat, @arctictony and @seldo, more at Techmeme »

Dominic Patten / Deadline:

NBC's second Democratic candidate debate attracted 18.1M viewers, topping 2015's Clinton-Sanders debate by 2.6M and attracting 9M streaming viewers — UPDATE, 12:01 PM: Looks like the viewership estimations for the second Democratic debate were as conservative as frontrunner Joe Biden.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, CNN, Fortune, TVWeek.com, The Wrap, @sulliview, @will_bunch, Mediaite, The Week, TVWeek.com and @bgrueskin

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Vox, Variety, Associated Press, Fortune, MediaPost, Vanity Fair, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable, CNN, Los Angeles Times, @grynbaum, @deanobeidallah, Variety, Washington Post and press.nbcnews.com

J. Breen Mitchell / WFMJ-TV:

Days after its 150th birthday, The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, announces it will stop production; sources say the paper's final issue will be in mid-August — After more than a century, The Vindicator will permanently cease production. — According to sources, the paper's final issue will be published in mid-August.

Discussion: Plain Dealer, The Wrap, @farhip, @nicholsuprising, @reptimryan, @jbenton, @senrobportman, @joevardon, @randyludlow, @kfile, @franklarose, @jbenton, @emmajwh, @blinfisherabj, @brianstelter, @lexibelc, @will_bunch and fox8.com

Washington Post:

WaPo's Arc introduces Broadcast, a mobile app that allows journalists to launch live video streams on multiple sites and social media platforms simultaneously — Arc Publishing today introduced Broadcast, a first-of-its-kind mobile app that allows journalists to stream high-quality live video …

Discussion: @rogoway, @sprakash007, @jasonshevrin, MediaPost and @kuenglucy

Nieman Lab:

WSJ's Project Habit analyzed behavior driving retention, like newsletter signups and loyalty to a beat, and optimized reader onboarding to instill these habits — The Journal went on a quest to identify the user actions — an app download, an article share, repeat reading …

Max Willens / Digiday:

Quartz lays off seven business-side employees; 10% of the company staff has either left voluntarily or been laid off in the past year — When Quartz launched in 2012, branded content and custom advertising were its bread and butter. Today, hoping to transform itself into a membership-focused media company …

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Many of the NOLA Advocate's merged newsroom staffers come from the Times-Picayune; Advocate was offering 25-40% less pay in some cases, says columnist — The New Orleans Advocate will absorb The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com on Sunday — At midnight Sunday, the switch will be flipped …

Discussion: @ehunzinger, @poynter and @dcbigjohn

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: podcast network Wondery had $10M revenue in 2018 and has raised $10M in latest round at a valuation of $100M+, a five-fold increase since March 2018 — New investment values largest independent podcast network at over $100 million — Wondery Inc. has raised $10 million …

Discussion: RAIN News

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

How NYT is testing personalization in its iOS app, with a new tab called For You; further testing is planned before an Android or browser version rolls out — The Times knows its editors' judgment of what's important is one of its critical selling points. But in order to surface …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Apple's Eddy Cue says Apple Music has 60M paying and free trial account customers, up from 50M in January 2019 — Apple Music is still growing at a nice clip — but the company keeps touting different stats to mark its upward trajectory. — The tech giant now has surpassed 60 million subscribers …

Discussion: @caseynewton, CNET, Reuters, MacRumors, Fast Company, The Verge, TechCrunch and hypebot

Julia Alexander / The Verge:

YouTube's use of demonetization as a form of punishment is not the same as moderation and does not work on major creators who have other sources of revenue — Steven Crowder's case is a perfect example — When YouTube wanted to punish political pundit Steven Crowder amid widespread outcry …

Discussion: @riningear, @mistermegative, @loudmouthjulia, @gaywonk and @simonowens, more at Techmeme »