Mediagazer: 2020 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 (Benjamin Mullin/Poynter)

3:05 PM ET, January 17, 2017

Top News:

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.

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

2020 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.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, New York Times, The Huffington Post, Variety, @melbournecoal and Editor & Publisher

The New York Times Company:

In newsroom memo, New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joe Kahn confirm the paper will face budget cuts in 2017 — Please see below for a note from executive editor, Dean Baquet, and managing editor, Joe Kahn: — Colleagues, — Our newsroom has been through …

Discussion: The Wrap, @noahchestnut, @mathewi, Politico and @mlcalderone

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.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Ad Age, @nategoldman, Engadget, @rafat, SocialTimes, @brianboyer, @stevekovach, @kantrowitz, @jbenton, @ourmaninchicago, @caseyjohnston and @jilliancyork

Peter Aldhous / BuzzFeed:

ProPublica partners with BuzzFeed, NYT, Univision, Google News Lab, and others to launch Documenting Hate, a project tracking hate crimes — Have you been the victim of a hate crime? Have you seen others attacked for their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, trans status, disability, or sexual orientation?

Discussion: @miriamelder, @tomnamako, First Draft News and @schoofsfeed

Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Fox to offer free livestream of the Super Bowl on FoxSportsGo.com as well as mobile and smart TV apps — Non-authenticated stream to support local ad insertion from participating Fox affiliates — Fox said it will offer a live, non-authenticated stream of Super Bowl LI via Fox Sports Go …

Discussion: Ad Age, FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, Fortune and Cord Cutters News

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, @colmorrisdavis, Politicus USA and Mediaite

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 …

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

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?

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 …

Discussion: Editor & Publisher, @melbournecoal, @adamnagourney, @derekwillis, @tothevictor and @olivianuzzi

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 …