Top News:
Dana Eisenberg / Mediaite:
Meryl Streep at Golden Globes blasts Trump for mocking disabled reporter and calls for support of The Committee to Protect Journalists — Meryl Streep was honored with a lifetime achievement award at tonight's Golden Globes, and she used her speech to call out Donald Trump and defend Hollywood, foreigners, and the press.
Discussion:
New York Times, @realdonaldtrump, New York Times, @meghanmccain, @foxandfriends, New York Times, Poynter, Washington Post, Forbes, @pressfreedom, The Wrap, Washingtonian, The Huffington Post, @ditzkoff, Ad Age, SPLICETODAY.com, @tomilahren, Business Insider, Variety, The Guardian, CNET, New York Daily News, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, @ellysiumfields, AOL, Refinery29, The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, NPR, @fivefifths, @nycsouthpaw, @wccubbison, @brendannyhan, @taylastivka, @danrather, @tcarmody, @kathbum, @billmcgev, Daily Mail, @irisl49, The Week, @karnythia, @mariashriver, @ananavarro, Mashable, Al Jazeera English, IndieWire, @tonyromm, @lpolgreen, @joestrupp, @netsymac, FanSided, @mmflint, @dabeard, @mediaite, PAPERMAG, @markharrisnyc, @bryanfuller, Deadline, @minxiexcx, NBC 6 South Florida, Rolling Stone, Fortune, CBS New York, fox5sandiego.com, Mother Jones, RT, Fox News Insider, Media Matters for America and TVWeek.com
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Facebook to start testing mid-roll video ad format, share 55% of the revenue with video publishers, same as YouTube — Mark Zuckerberg has been building a video empire. Time to turn it into a business. — Facebook wants to show more ads to people who watch its videos …
Discussion:
SocialTimes, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Tech Portal, Engadget, Mashable, @mikeisaac, @mattnavarra, @joshconstine and The Drum
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The term “fake news” has lost its meaning, now being used as a catch-all insult to peddle agendas, so we should retire it and call a lie a lie and a hoax a hoax — When Jim DeMint wanted to dis a TV interviewer's suggestion that Obamacare has merits as well as flaws …
Discussion:
@mantzarlis, Data & Society, @hilmarschmundt, @marklittlenews, @daviduberti, @earleyedition and @simonhurtz
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Martin Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassing freelance journalist Lauren Duca, after Duca tweeted screenshots to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — Twitter suspended Martin Shkreli's account on Sunday following his trolling of freelance journalist Lauren Duca.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Refinery29, The Verge, @kylegriffin1, The FADER, @andizeisler, The Week, @alexburnsnyt, The Next Web, @davidmackau, @marcprecipice, Newser, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, USA Today, Boing Boing, WINK NEWS, Engadget, PAPERMAG, CNNMoney, Mediaite, The Drum, Journalism News, RT and Fortune
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Axios' Mike Allen denies endorsing Breitbart after social media backlash, says his optimistic words about the current moment in journalism were twisted — There's nothing that delights the folks at Breitbart News more than headlines glorifying Breitbart News.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Mediaite, @patcaldwell, @kevinmdraper, @erikwemple, @erikwemple, @escarry and @cwarzel
Pagan Kennedy / New York Times:
About 400 out of 1,000+ organizations contacted by Sleeping Giants' social media campaign have vowed to remove Breitbart News from future digital ad buys — One day in late November, an earth and environmental science professor named Nathan Phillips visited Breitbart News for the first time.
Discussion:
@keitholbermann, @shaunking, @martina, New York Times, @simonostrovsky, @govhowarddean, Breitbart and bookforum.com
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Obama White House veterans, including Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor, launch Crooked Media, with a new podcast called Pod Save America, partly to counter Trump — With Donald Trump about to enter the White House, they just don't feel like “keepin' it 1600” anymore.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Politico, @raju, @alyssamastro44, @ddiamond, @zackshapiro, @colinjones, @themattwilstein, @jonfavs and New York Magazine
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post is creating an eight-person rapid response investigations team to supplement its current investigations unit — The Washington Post is creating a rapid-response investigative team that will work closely with all departments in the newsroom, particularly the National staff over the next year or so.
Discussion:
@washpostpr, @mlcalderone and @jayrosen_nyu
Ed Leibowitz / Los Angeles Magazine:
LA Times management pressured a reporter who wrote a critical story about the newspaper for Los Angeles Magazine to reveal his sources — Here's what two editors said, and our reply — Since Los Angeles magazine published my article “What's the Matter With the L.A. Times?” …
Discussion:
@laobserved, @marymeltonla, @gabekahn and @kastaliamedrano
Fortune:
Amazon Studios picked up its first Golden Globes movie award, for Manchester by the Sea — Amazon Studios, the six-year-old film-and-television production arm of retail giant Amazon Inc., took home two Golden Globes Sunday night out of 11 nominations total.
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
The Onion's studio division signs three-film development deal with Lionsgate and production company Serious Business — The satirical media brand is partnering with the studio and production company Serious Business to develop multiple projects. — The Onion is looking to get into the movie business.
Discussion:
@kyle_ryan and @thrmattbelloni
Max Fisher / New York Times:
How Russian hackers steered Western media coverage with stolen documents and PR efforts via Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks — As the dust settles on Russian interference in the United States election, journalists are confronting an aspect that has received less scrutiny than the hacking itself …
Discussion:
Forbes, @max_fisher, @mikeisaac, @nspector4, @marthaplimpton, AP News, bookforum.com, @mlcalderone, @profcarroll, @im_pulse, @lwoodhouse, @max_fisher and @rprose