Mediagazer: Jared Kushner to sell The New York Observer to family trust, his lawyers say; Joseph Meyer, chairman and CEO, to take over as publisher (Dylan Byers/CNNMoney)

7:55 PM ET, January 9, 2017

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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.

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Committee to Protect Journalists sees modest spike in donations after Streep speech, receiving about 500 donations Sunday night, well above the average handful — Courtney Radsch was just sitting down to watch the Golden Globes when Meryl Streep came on. — Radsch, a fan of Streep's …

Peter Kafka / Recode:

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

Jared Kushner to sell The New York Observer to family trust, his lawyers say; Joseph Meyer, chairman and CEO, to take over as publisher — Editor says election coverage was a ‘disgrace’ — Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said Monday that he will resign from all of his professional roles …

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BuzzFeed:

Trump Officially Names Son-In-Law Jared Kushner As Senior White House Adviser — However, the appointment could come up against anti-nepotism laws and renew focus on potential conflicts of interest. — President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will serve as a senior adviser …

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

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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.

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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.

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.

Discussion: Crain's New York Business, Variety, Forbes, Mediaite and EW.com

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: @nhannahjones, @jayrosen_nyu, @washpostpr, @mlcalderone and @mlcalderone

Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider:

SEC filing: Marissa Mayer, Yahoo co-founder David Filo, and four others to leave Yahoo board after Verizon sale; remaining business to be renamed Altaba Inc. — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will resign from the company's board of directors after its planned $4.8 billion merger with Verizon is completed …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Fortune, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, United States Securities …, BuzzFeed, ZDNet, Variety and Engadget

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Richmond Times-Dispatch ends its seven-year partnership with PolitiFact, lays off editor Warren Fiske, and moves reporter Sean Gorman into breaking news — Conventional media wisdom holds that fact-checking is ascendant — that it drives traffic, lands with impact and will continue growing.

Discussion: @brucebartlett and Richmond Times-Dispatch

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