Mediagazer: Sources: Mashable to cut 13 from video unit, and Mashable Studios president to exit after sale to Ziff Davis; video strategy to focus on social and distribution (Sahil Patel/Digiday)

CNN and CBS News issue corrections in stories about an email sent to Trump Jr. about WikiLeaks docs; both orgs independently reported incorrect date — - CNN is at the heart of a major discrepancy in the latest major Trump-Russia story. — It involves the date of an email that was sent to Donald Trump Jr.

TechCrunch:

Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B — As Spotify continues to inch towards a public listing, Apple is making a move of its own to step up its game in music services.

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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.

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Boston Herald:

GateHouse Media acquires Boston Herald's operational assets for an undisclosed amount; company to continue day-to-day operations as usual — Boston Herald Publisher Patrick J. Purcell announced today that the media company with its flagship Boston Herald tabloid has reached an agreement …

Discussion: Boston Globe, @mattpstout, Boston Business Journal, Union-News, BostonGlobe.com, @bostonherald, @robeno, @globeabraham, @bobmcgovernjr and @bobmcgovernjr

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, @niemanlab, @jbenton and @aegallo

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.

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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 …

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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.

Discussion: @journalismfest

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 and Poynter, more at Techmeme »

Sahil Patel / Digiday:

Sources: Mashable to cut 13 from video unit, and Mashable Studios president to exit after sale to Ziff Davis; video strategy to focus on social and distribution — Mashable became a poster child for the “pivot to video.” Now, in the wake of its sale to Ziff Davis for $50 million …

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, Tubefilter, Variety, Axios, Android Police, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Recode, hypebot, @thom404, Fast Company, The Next Web, Fortune, 9to5Google, The A.V. Club, MacRumors, The Verge and @lucas_shaw, 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