Mediagazer: Analysis: celebrity YouTubers like PewDiePie, Zoella, and DanTDM are witnessing slowing growth in subscribers and monthly views (Shona Ghosh/Business Insider)

12:10 PM ET, January 2, 2018

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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:

Hoda Kotb is named co-anchor of the Today show, replacing Matt Lauer who was fired — Hoda Kotb has been named the co-anchor of TODAY, making her official debut Tuesday just after an announcement by NBC News Chairman Andy Lack. — Kotb, 53, will join Savannah Guthrie at the anchor desk during …

Liena Zagare / BKLYNER:

Brooklyn-based local news site Bklyner remains open after 1,745 subscribers sign up; Editor Liena Zagare estimates it will need 3K subscribers to be sustainable — The reason you're reading this is because 1,745 of you chose to pay for local news. So we are going to keep publishing.

Discussion: New York Times, @bradlander, @scottnover, @jimbrady and @bklyner

Justin McCurry / The Guardian:

YouTube star Logan Paul has apologized after posting a video of the body of an alleged suicide victim he found in a Japanese forest; the video was removed — American YouTuber joked with friends on film after coming across the apparent suicide victim — The celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul …

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Benedict Carey / New York Times:

A study of 2,525 Americans' web browsing histories showed false news accounted for just 1% of Clinton supporters' overall news diets and 6% of Trump supporters' — Fake news evolved from seedy internet sideshow to serious electoral threat so quickly that behavioral scientists had little …

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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Groups skeptical of climate change are gaming Google's largely automated ad systems to promote misleading claims that reject established climate science

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Cara Buckley / New York Times:

Network of 300 prominent Hollywood women launch an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in Hollywood and blue collar workplaces — Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents, writers …

Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

Citi analysts say there is a 40% chance Apple will acquire Netflix, as Trump's corporate tax cut will leave the company with significant cash reserves for M&A — There is a 40% likelihood that Apple will acquire Netflix now that US President Trump's corporate tax cut has been passed …

Discussion: Forbes, AppAdvice.com and Fortune

Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:

Analysis: celebrity YouTubers like PewDiePie, Zoella, and DanTDM are witnessing slowing growth in subscribers and monthly views — YouTube blogger Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, poses during a photocall for her debut novel “Girl Online” in London November 24, 2014

Discussion: hypebot and @lonseidman

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

The Washington Post is launching two newsletters, covering cybersecurity/defense and technology, and will hire four journalists to support this growth — The Washington Post continues to expand its successful 202 newsletter franchise into two new policy sectors: one newsletter will focus …

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:

Vevo says it broke even in 2017, with revenue rising 30% YoY to ~$650M, and expects to be profitable in early 2018 — Vevo, the music video company owned by a group of leading record labels, increased its revenues by 30 per cent in 2017 thanks to swelling global audiences for high-budget pop star videos.

Discussion: hypebot, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Facebook is the official live-streaming partner for the 75th annual Golden Globes red-carpet show, after securing a deal with Dick Clark Productions and HFPA — Facebook is the exclusive official live-streaming platform for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards red-carpet show.

Discussion: TechCrunch and @aaforthewinyay

Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:

Source: private equity firm Rizvi Traverse in talks to acquire remaining 35% stake in Playboy it doesn't own, may ditch the magazine's print edition — Company switches focus to licensing, branding deals in post-Hefner era — The death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is ushering in a new era …

Discussion: @theperezhilton

ProPublica:

Study shows Facebook's hate speech rules are unevenly enforced, with the company agreeing its censors made mistakes on 22 of 49 posts submitted for explanation — We asked Facebook about its handling of 49 posts that might be deemed offensive. The company acknowledged that its content reviewers had made the wrong call on 22 of them.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, @egavactip, @juliaangwin, Tech Times, Telegraph, Digital Trends, @anildash, @sammy_roth, @hrlori, @fabiochiusi, @ericgoldman, @takingaction4us, @tarletong, @slpng_giants, @propublica and @propublica, more at Techmeme »

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