Mediagazer: Membership Puzzle Project, a yearlong study of membership models like De Correspondent's, finds that members of a publication want it available to the public (Kristen Hare/Poynter)

Gus Garcia-Roberts / Los Angeles Times:

Bryan Singer, producer and director of the X-Men films, is accused in a lawsuit of raping a 17-year-old boy 14 years ago — Director Bryan Singer, who has left the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the middle of production, faces a lawsuit over alleged sexual assault of a teen in 2003.

Discussion: TMZ.com, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Variety, TMZ.com, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Vanity Fair, VICE, @deadline, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Fortune, Mediaite, HuffPost, The A.V. Club, Consequence of Sound, The Wrap, Jezebel, UPROXX and The FADER

ProPublica:

ProPublica announces the seven investigative reporters chosen from 239 applicants for the first year of its Local Reporting Network — ProPublica today named the seven newsrooms and local reporters that will participate in the inaugural ProPublica Local Reporting Network.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Poynter, @aegallo, @jbenton and @niemanlab

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Sources: YouTube to introduce paid, on-demand streaming music service in March; Warner has signed on, talks continue with Sony, Universal, and Merlin — Warner has signed on, talks underway with Sony, Universal — Artists asked to help promote service, internally called Remix

Discussion: RAIN News, Variety, Gizmodo, Recode, @thom404, Android Police, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, hypebot, Fortune, The A.V. Club, Fast Company, 9to5Google, MacRumors, The Verge and @lucas_shaw, more at Techmeme »

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Membership Puzzle Project, a yearlong study of membership models like De Correspondent's, finds that members of a publication want it available to the public — Both last year and this one, Jay Rosen has watched a realization ripple across the media: Digital advertising alone isn't going to support strong newsrooms.

Maggie Astor / New York Times:

The New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will publish a book about sexual abuse and harassment scandals with Penguin Press — The New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will publish a book about the sexual abuse and harassment scandals that have convulsed …

Discussion: The New York Observer, @jodikantor, @lesliebradshaw, @mega2e, @janashortal, @ronhogan, @yashar and Ruth Ann Harnisch

Columbia Journalism Review:

Content analysis of The New York Times amid 2016 campaign shows emphasis on scandal coverage over policy stories, particularly focusing on Clinton's emails — Since the 2016 presidential election, an increasingly familiar narrative has emerged concerning the unexpected victory of Donald Trump.

Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

Data from publishing tool SocialFlow says Twitter users are retweeting and liking tweets with over 140 characters almost twice as much as shorter ones — Given the deluge of complaints about Twitter's 280-character limit when it debuted this fall, you'd think people would be ignoring the new, lengthier tweets.

Discussion: New York Magazine, @dannysullivan, @cwarzel, @jmj, @carnage4life, @sacca and @kantrowitz, more at Techmeme »

Sam Levin / The Guardian:

Conservative opinion magazine The Weekly Standard partners with Facebook in fact-checking effort, drawing claims that Facebook is bowing to ideological pressure — Magazine dubbed ‘serial misinformer’ becomes first explicitly partisan organization to aid in task, fueling concerns over rightwing influence at site

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @mantzarlis, @saletan, @danieljsanchez_, @lauraakeiter, @mmfa, Poynter and Media Matters for America, more at Techmeme »

Madeline Berg / Forbes:

Top 10 YouTube stars earned $127M between June 2016 and June 2017, up 80% from $70.5M last year, with Daniel Middleton, aka DanTDM taking top spot with $16.5M — You may not see Daniel Middleton walking down a red carpet, but he is a celebrity in a league of his own.

Discussion: Tubefilter and @bowlingotter

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Spotify and Tencent's music subsidiary, TME, take minority stakes in each other, and Tencent makes a separate investment in Spotify — Tencent's overseas investment splurge continues after the company confirmed a deal with Spotify that will see the duo make investments in each other's music businesses.

Discussion: VentureBeat

Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

Report: young British readers of 8 UK national newspapers spent nearly twice as much time on print editions as on online ones in 2016, except for the Daily Mail — Young people spend nearly twice as much time reading print newspapers compared with online and app editions of newsbrands, according to new research.

Discussion: Taylor & Francis

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

Fusion Media Group partners with Grupo Televisa on new cable channel Fusion MX; Televisa will also launch Mexican editions of Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jezebel — Televisa to launch Mexican editions of former Gawker websites — Fusion MX to make Spanish programming for 14 million homes

Discussion: Media Moves and Forbes