Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Recode | Platforms like Facebook’s Instant Articles and Google AMP are making it harder, not easier, to publish to the web  (6 min read)
• Politico | Guardian cuts costs but numbers ‘don’t add up’ (8 min read)
• Washington Post | The FCC just passed sweeping new rules to protect your online privacy (5 min read)
• Monday Note | The reigning absurdity in the digital news economy (6 min read)
• Stratechery | Apple Should Buy Netflix (3 min read)
• The New York Times | Publishers Are Rethinking Those ‘Around the Web’ Ads (9 min read)
• eMarketer | Digital Advertising Beyond the Impression (3 min read)
• Business Insider | Guardian CEO David Pemsel tells us how much damage Google and Facebook are doing to the news business (9 min read)
• eMarketer | One in Five iOS Devices in the US Are Limiting Ad Tracking (2 min read)
• CNN Money | The plague of fake news is getting worse — here’s how to protect yourself (4 min read)
• Nieman Lab| New York magazine turns a history of shopping recommendations into a new online revenue stream (4 min read)
• Digiday | Snapchat stops autoplay, marketers grapple with declining view counts (3 min read)