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11:50 AM ET, January 17, 2017

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New York Times:
The NYT's 2020 report: the paper has 1.5M+ digital-only subs but needs to rapidly expand subscription revenue, hints at potential cuts to editing jobs, more  —  This report, by a team of seven Times journalists, outlines the newsroom's strategy and aspirations.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
20/20 report: The NYT will dedicate $5M to coverage of the Trump administration's effect on the world and will create a new team to work on newsroom innovation  —  Three years ago, The New York Times published its innovation report, an unsparing assessment of the newsroom's many weaknesses.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: publishers think it's unlikely Facebook will renew paid livestreaming deals, as it has been pushing them to focus on creating longer content  —  Publishers don't expect Facebook to renew the deals it was pushing last spring; now Facebook wants something else.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Isaac Lee to be chief content officer of both Televisa and Univision, in a move designed to streamline content production across the companies  —  Lee will oversee content for both companies  —  Univision Holdings and Groupo Televisa said they have expanded their relationship by unifying …
Discussion: Variety and Radio & Television …
New York Times:
Profile of Jon Ralston, who is launching The Nevada Independent, a nonprofit, donation-based news site he hopes will add heft to the coverage of state politics  —  In the months after Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, purchased The Las Vegas Review-Journal in late 2015 …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, the journalist behind some of the biggest scoops on Trump during election campaign, joins CNN as a contributor  —  Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, a breakout star of the 2016 campaign for his coverage of Donald Trump's foundation, is CNN's newest contributor.
Discussion: @nygfankath and @colmorrisdavis
Associated Press:
UC Davis protests led to cancellation of talk by Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos, Martin Shkreli; UC Davis' Interim Chancellor says he's “deeply disappointed”  —  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Speeches by far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos (yuh-NAH'-poh-lihs) and former pharmaceutical …
Discussion: @boleygo
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Viceland will launch across Sub-Saharan Africa through an exclusive partnership with Kwesé, operated by African telecom and pay-TV company Econet  —  Move marks key step in Viceland's international expansion  —  ROME — Viceland will launch across Sub-Saharan Africa through …
Discussion: Media Update and C21Media
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How The Washington Post and El País are bundling daily top stories in one post using new option for Facebook's Instant Articles  —  Publishers are using Facebook's latest Instant Articles update, which lets publishers post multiple articles within one post, to publish regular editions …
Discussion: @digiday
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's threats against the press are mostly cheap stunts and bluffs, and journalistic access to White House isn't necessary for reporters to do their jobs  —  Last week I watched a conversation on MSNBC in which the anchor asked a guest whether it wasn't a problem that Buzzfeed had published …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Tarbell, a reader-funded reporting project focused on corporate cash's political influence and founded by ex-healh insurance exec, to launch this summer  —  “There's not enough written about how these processes actually take place.  Who is writing the checks?  What's in it for them?
CNNMoney:
Following plagiarism revelations, Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role in Trump's administration  —  Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role in Donald Trump's incoming administration, CNN confirms.
 
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Publisher of Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth questioned by police about allegedly offering Netanyahu positive coverage in return for weakening the competition
Discussion: Haaretz
Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
Neo-Nazi blogger and podcaster Mike Enoch, whose real name is Mike Peinovich, resigns from The Right Stuff after doxxers reveal his wife is Jewish