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

• The Wall Street Journal | Ad Agencies Probed Over Contracts to Produce Commercials (4 min read)
• The Guardian | Google, democracy and the truth about internet search (26 min read)
• The New York Times | How Much Disclosure About an Op-Ed Author Is Required? (4 min read)
• Monday Note | Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible With News (8 min read)
• AdAge | New EU Data Regulations Will ‘Rip Global Digital Ecosystem Apart (3 min read)
• Quartz | Facebook must stop pretending to be innocently neutral and start acting more like a media company (7 min read)
• MarketingTech | Is adblocking becoming the new norm? (2 min read)
• The New York Times | Ads Show Up on Breitbart and Brands Blame Technology (3 min read)
• Poynter | Panama Papers journalists around the globe are being threatened (9 min read)
• The New York Times | A Warning for Americans From a Member of Pussy Riot (7 min read)
• Digiday | Opinion: It’s time for brands to step up on fake news (3 min read)