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

• Nieman Lab | The New York Times has signed up a lot of subscribers. Here’s how it plans to keep them (12 min read)
• The New York Times | Facebook’s current status with advertisers? It’s complicated  (8 min read)
• Poynter | The Washington Post won a Pulitzer for fighting “fake news” with facts   (6 min read)
• Digiday | Ads.txt has gained adoption, but 19 percent of advertisers still haven’t heard of it (2 min read)
• Techcrunch | A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes  (9 min read)
• The Guardian | The Guardian view on Facebook’s business: a danger to democracy | Editorial
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• Digiday | The GDPR is coming and will change Facebook ad targeting (5 min read)
• Monday Note | Mark Zuckerberg’s long game: the next billion (6 min read)
• Nieman Lab | Apple, having bought Texture, is reportedly working on its own subscription news service (2 min read)
• The New York Times | Facebook takes the punches while rest of Silicon Valley ducks (7 min read)
• Wired | Facebook is steering users away from privacy protections (5 min read)
• Digiday | Under questioning, Zuckerberg doesn’t help digital advertising’s creepy reputation (4 min read)