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6:15 AM ET, January 10, 2017

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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 …
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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.
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Breitbart News hires WSJ's John Carney to lead finance and economics section that is set to launch soon after the 20th January presidential inauguration  —  In a bid to expand its influence in the era of Donald Trump, Breitbart News, the crusading populist-right website that was an early champion …
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror says it's in early talks to acquire minority stake in Daily Express publisher Northern and Shell, after previous discussions ended in 2015  —  The publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper has confirmed talks are under way to acquire a minority stake in Daily Express publisher Northern and Shell.
Discussion: The Guardian
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Jim VandeHei, CEO of soon-to-launch Axios, on crafting news for other platforms, developing a subscription business, hiring non-journalists, more  —  “I look at Axios as a rolling R&D lab,” Jim VandeHei, chairman and CEO of the new venture, said in a Q&A.
Discussion: Digiday
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
BBC Trust confirms closure of website and app for Radio One news bulletin Newsbeat  —  The BBC Trust today amended its Radio One service licence allowing it to close news bulletin service Newsbeat's associated website and app.  —  The closure was first announced in May last year …
ESPN:
NFL TV viewership dropped an average of 8 percent this season  —  Broadcasters of NFL games saw television viewership drop by an average of 8 percent for the 2016 regular season, as a typical game was watched by 1.4 million fewer people than last season (16.5 million versus 17.9 million), according to league data obtained by ESPN.
 
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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
Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Ian Fisher as its Jerusalem Bureau Chief
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Former Gawker Editor A.J. Daulerio appointed executive editor of LA glossy magazine FourTwoNine, his first gig since Hulk Hogan sex tapes case ended
Discussion: Mediaite, Refinery29 and @joepompeo
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
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Martin Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassing freelance journalist Lauren Duca, after Duca tweeted screenshots to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey