Top News:
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Trump proposes eliminating national endowments for the arts and humanities and scrapping the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — President Trump is proposing the elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in his federal budget plan to be released early Thursday …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, CNN, Washington Post, @brianstelter, The Wrap, @vivian, Poynter, Consequence of Sound, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Talking New Media, Rolling Stone, Variety, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Bryan Alexander, The Guardian, Bookseller News, Forbes, PEN America, The Week, @hirokotabuchi, @penamerican, The Hill, @patrickhealynyt, @monicaraymund, @sopandeb, @sopandeb, @sopandeb and The A.V. Club
RELATED:
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump's budget cuts would cause “the collapse of the public media system itself” and the end of an “essential national service”, says CPB CEO Patricia Harrison — Funding for PBS, NPR in the crosshairs — President Trump is proposing to end all federal funding for public broadcasting.
Discussion:
CPB, New York Times, The Wrap, Consequence of Sound, @sesameworkshop, Deadline, Mashable, @mlcalderone, NPR, @mlcalderone, The Verge, Current, @nycjim, Common Cause, Variety, Fortune, The Huffington Post, @mlcalderone, @brianstelter, @brianstelter and twitchy.com
Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
The Guardian pulls all ads from Google and YouTube after ads were placed next to extremist content; news site urges other brands to do the same — Ads for membership scheme were inadvertently placed by Google next to extremist material — The Guardian has withdrawn all its online advertising …
Discussion:
Talking New Media, BetaNews, @slpng_giants and Business Insider
Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
The majority of editorial staff at Slate have voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East — The majority of editorial staff at Slate have voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East. More than 90 percent of Slate's editorial staff have signed cards …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Variety, @bypetevernon, @mccanner, @daviduberti, @alexckaufman, @shelleymiranda and @paulblu
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Documents show RT paid $45K for Michael Flynn to fly to Moscow to speak at its 10th anniversary celebration in December 2015; trip included Flynn Jr. — RT, the Russian state-owned television network described by U.S. intelligence officials as “the Kremlin's principal international propaganda outlet …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT expands its investigative unit with Michael LaForgia of Tampa Bay Times, Ellen Gabler of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Brian Rosenthal of Houston Chronicle — In the months since the election, America's major newsrooms have been recruiting investigative journalists with the knowledge …
Discussion:
@evanasmith, @wesleylowery, @johnlpitts, @mlcalderone, @patricksvitek, @poynter, @votreami, @danielleiat, @benmullin and @mccanner
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Financial Times finds that readers who actively comment are seven times more engaged than those who don't — Commenters get a bad rap. At best, they're trolls. At worst, they hide behind their anonymity to toss stinkbombs of hate speech at well-meaning writers.
Discussion:
@mathewi, @deniselaw_ and @lilahrap
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Report: Twitter to open up its live streaming API next week allowing media companies to stream live videos directly to the service — While Twitter has already placed a focus on live streaming with Periscope, it is apparently looking to do even more. According to a report from The Information …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, The Information, Fortune, Ars Technica UK, Engadget and @mattnavarra
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Some users report Google Home playing a promo for “Beauty and the Beast”; Google says it's not an ad as Assistant invites “partners” to “share their tales” — Google Assistant now does advertising — Today some Google Home owners are hearing something extra …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Fox Networks, Turner, and Viacom announce OpenAP, a system that will standardize targeting of specific TV audiences to ease ad buying across networks — Other TV companies invited to join advanced audience platform OpenAP — Three of the biggest TV companies are joining forces to accelerate the shift towards data-driven ad sales.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
IJR retracts story that implied a link between Obama's Hawaii trip and judge's immigration order, saying it “does not meet our editorial standards” — Independent Journal Review on Thursday took down a story that implied Barack Obama's recent trip to Hawaii had something …
Discussion:
IJR, @woodruffbets, Washington Post, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @chrisgeidner, @oliverdarcy, @bencjacobs, @ijrviraleditor, @sdkstl and @oliverdarcy
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
The Palm Beach local press has been elevated into a source of national news because of its proximity to Trump and deep sourcing within Mar-a-Lago — Local outlets have developed Mar-a-Lago sources for years. “It's also kind of: ‘Area Man Is President,’” said a Palm Beach Post political reporter.
Discussion:
@maggienyt, @thenewsham, @daweiner, @carrasquillo, @vivianhyee, @chrisgeidner, @perlberg and @katherinemiller
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Murdoch's Sky bid to be investigated by UK's Ofcom to assess if the deal gives too much control of UK media and if his family are '"fit and proper" owners — Ofcom to assess whether deal gives mogul too much control of UK media and whether his family are ‘fit and proper’ owners
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
