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10:55 AM ET, January 18, 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.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama will use his last press conference to highlight his concerns about the restrictions Trump has placed on the media, says outgoing WH Press Sec Josh Earnest  —  President Barack Obama frequently used his trips abroad to highlight the importance of a free press, making leaders …
Discussion: @sarahemclaugh and The Laurel
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
An open letter to Trump from the US press corps, on access, airtime, objective truth, dividing the press corps, and more  —  Dear Mr. President Elect:  —  In these final days before your inauguration, we thought it might be helpful to clarify how we see the relationship between your administration and the American press corps.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump says he will “pick” which reporters get into future press conferences at the White House and claims reporters will be “begging” for a larger room  —  said his administration will not move the press briefing room.  —  “The press went crazy, so I said …
Discussion: @kiangasunshine and @blackamazon
Howard Kurtz / @howardkurtz:
Trump tells Fox & Friends he won't move reporters out of the briefing room because the press “went crazy”  —  Trump tells Fox & Friends he won't move reporters out of the briefing room because the press “went crazy”
Discussion: @blackamazon
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Quartz Editor-in-Chief Kevin Delaney says the site is working on a subscription product  —  Qz.com will remain free.  But it's working on a research product.  —  Quartz, the business news site owned by Atlantic Media, gives away its global economics coverage to anyone who wants to click.
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Quartz:
Business news site Quartz acquires San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research firm Intelligentsia, will work with the team to develop a new product  —  Quartz has acquired the independent research firm Intelligentsia.ai, which provides research and analysis on artificial intelligence to business executives.
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Axios, a cross between The Economist and Twitter, with a vertical news stream resembling FB's News Feed, presenting brief excerpts of stories, launched Tuesday  —  Chances are, you're not going to finish this article.  —  The rise of social media has turned us into a legion of swipers …
Discussion: @benmullin, @jason_kint and @axios
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
After being criticised by Trump on Twitter, Vanity Fair gained 80K subscribers; Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter says 2016 may have been the magazine's best year  —  A month has passed since Donald Trump gave Vanity Fair the social-media equivalent of a middle finger by firing off a tweet about its …
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Turkey detains New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland at Istanbul airport and then forces him to fly back to London without providing an explanation  —  Border officials in Turkey detained a veteran New York Times correspondent as he arrived at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Tuesday …
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.
 
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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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”
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
Discussion: Media Update
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Tarbell, a reader-funded reporting project focused on corporate cash's political influence and founded by ex-health insurance exec, to launch this summer