Top News:
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Classic Trump administration news cycle: press report based on a leaked document, an official denial and scolding for not seeking comment, a cry of “fake news” — Friday morning, the Associated Press dropped a bombshell report: “Trump administration considers mobilizing …
Discussion:
Dallas Morning News, @realdonaldtrump, New York Times, @doreyscheimer, @presssec, Business Insider, Observer, Associated Press, Random Pixels Blog, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Week, Mediaite, LGBTQ Nation, @evan_mcmullin, The Huffington Post, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Longreads, @olivianuzzi, @ericonsportslaw, Newser, @jamiedupree, Axios, Japan Times, @corybooker, Net Worked, @jonfavs, Hot Air, The Wrap, Media Nation, CNET, @sarahksilverman, @chrislhayes, @chrislhayes, Variety, AOL, Vox, Mashable, TVNewser, @chucktodd, CBS New York, RT, @ajs, @voiceofd, @reillyadam, @digiphile, Mother Jones, @swindonlz, @olivianuzzi, @jenniferjjacobs, @a_l_meadows, @scarylawyerguy, @michelle_agomez, @matthewjdowd, @smcslothsloth, Washington Free Beacon and CBS San Francisco
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Mark Zuckerberg's lip service to journalism is not enough to sustain media amid Facebook's ad revenue siphoning and hands-off view of editorial responsibility — It's not that Mark Zuckerberg set out to dismantle the news business when he founded Facebook 13 years ago.
Discussion:
@williams_paige, The Guardian, Fortune, Forbes, @zeynep, @karaswisher, @jeffjarvis, @amir, Justin Hendrix, @petercoffin, @emptywheel, @mthomps, SiliconBeat, Slate, Global Editors Network, TechCrunch, Memex 1.1, The Daily Caller, FOX 61, Vanity Fair, VentureBeat, KQED News, New York Times, The Verge, New York Magazine, Press Gazette, The Drum, USA Today, BetaNews, Softpedia News and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
RELATED:
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed introduces curated “Outside Your Bubble” feature to help readers see what people outside their social media networks are saying about the news — Publisher will expose audience to opinions from across the web — News outlets seek out other viewpoints after surprise election
Discussion:
Adweek, BuzzFeed, @malonebarry, @mikeisaac, @nikkiusher, Engadget, @alplicable, Fortune, @stephaniemlee, @mat, @gerryfsmith, @jeremymbarr, @kantrowitz, @skarskarskar, @gerryfsmith, @kantrowitz, @mat and @elipariser
Robert Darnton / The New York Review of Books:
Historical overview of “fake news” including 6th-century Byzantine “Anecdota”, 16th-century wicked sonnets, 18th-century French canards, English paragraph men — Fake news is hardly new. The production of fake, semi-false, and true but compromising snippets …
Emily Tan / Campaign UK:
YouTube will discontinue 30-second unskippable ads in 2018 — Starting next year, YouTube will stop allowing the 30-second unskippable ad and will focus instead on shorter formats. — In an official statement, Google explained that its aim is to provide a better advertising experience for online users.
Discussion:
Forbes, Variety, Android Authority, SiliconBeat, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Mashable, Marketing Land, New York Magazine, The Verge, The Next Web, Adweek, BGR, MacRumors, Engadget, AppAdvice.com Latest, Consumerist and Fortune
Samanth Subramanian / Wired:
Profile of an anonymous teen in Veles, Macedonia, who earned nearly $16K off his two pro-Trump fake news sites between August and November — The first article about Donald Trump that Boris ever published described how, during a campaign rally in North Carolina, the candidate slapped a man in the audience for disagreeing with him.
Discussion:
NPR, The FADER, The Huffington Post and BGR
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A case of self-censorship at a San Antonio public TV station shows how the fear of government reprisal can be fought — This is how the muzzling starts: not with a boot on your neck, but with the fear of one that runs so deep that you muzzle yourself. — Maybe it's the story you decide …
Discussion:
@dbrauer, @bill_canter, @rogerpielkejr, @drspff, @jimlewis99, @john_tedesco and @jfreports
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Techdirt announces “survival” fund to support the publication as it fights a defamation lawsuit represented by Charles Harder — Donate to the Techdirt Survival Fund » — As we mentioned last month, we are currently being sued for $15 million by Shiva Ayyadurai …
New Hampshire Union Leader:
New Hampshire's WBIN-TV sells spectrum to FCC for $68.1M, other TV license rights to undisclosed TV group for $10-$30M; sources say most staff laid off — CONCORD — WBIN-TV said Friday it “will cease broadcasting in the coming months” after selling its television broadcasting rights to the Federal Communications Commission.
Discussion:
FTVLive, TVSpy, NH1, Associated Press and Concord Monitor
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Interview with NYT assistant recruitment editor Carolyn Ryan on how the paper is expanding its fact-checking and its coverage of healthcare and immigration — In the early days of the Trump administration, no news organization has been a bigger target than The New York Times.
Discussion:
Poynter
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sources: Michael Dubke, a veteran Republican strategist, has been chosen as the new White House communications director — WASHINGTON — Michael Dubke, a veteran Republican strategist whose preferred place is away from a television camera and not standing in front of one …
Discussion:
Hot Air, Washington Post, CNN, @usatodaydc, New York Magazine, The Week and @maggienyt
Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center:
Pew study: for election news, young people turned to national papers like NYT, WaPo, and WSJ more than their elders — Younger Americans have long been less likely to read newspapers than their elders. But a Pew Research Center survey has revealed a significant twist …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Fortune, Politico, @lauraelizdavis, @byrosenberg, @conradhackett, @mathewi, @wtfjht, @facttank, @benfelder_okc, @michaelbarthel, @asmitch, @johngramlich, @pewjournalism, @katmatsa, @gottfriedjeff and @farhip
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
