Mediagazer: Snap-commissioned data shows Snapchat users are 36% of all US moviegoers and 50% of all US movie ticket sales; Snapchat movie ads raise awareness by 23% (Janko Rottgers/Variety)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook confirms test of “downvote” button on some comments for users to give feedback to company, with options like “Offensive”, “Misleading”, “Off Topic” — How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users?

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Digital Content Next study: Google and Facebook account for less than 5% of publishers' digital revenue and about 30% of their total distributed content revenue — Google and Facebook are the biggest tech companies in terms of advertising and biggest traffic sources for publishers …

Discussion: Digital Content Next

Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge:

Twitch tightens community guidelines for hateful behavior, harassment, and sexually suggestive conduct, effective Feb. 19 — New rules go into effect this month — Twitch is enacting stricter policies in the interest of curbing harassment and sexually suggestive behavior.

Discussion: Twitch Blog, @om3gamouse, Mashable, Twitch.tv, Kotaku, CinemaBlend, VentureBeat, @twitch, Engadget, @barnacules, @tamsinwood92, @skyhookart, Fast Company, Polygon, @valroths, @rt_lozelda, @nowyouseebree, @twitch, @riottiza, @pretzel_rocks, @penphiva, Kotaku, TechCrunch, Gamasutra and Polygon

Christina Pazzanese / Harvard University Gazette:

Q&A with Margaret Sullivan on the state of the news media, why the Times erred in removing the public editor position, and advice for young journalists — In a time when a U.S. president has been known to call journalists the “enemy of the people,” the everyday work of reporting the news has rarely been more challenging.

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

NBC adopts a new approach to Olympics advertising as TV audiences fall: ad sales are based on total viewership, both streaming and TV — Guarantee to sponsors says online, TV audiences are all alike — Two years ago in Rio, streaming soared while home viewing sank

Wall Street Journal:

Viacom to launch a video streaming service by September with content it pulled from Hulu, Netflix, is in talks with US mobile carriers to distribute channels — Viacom Inc. plans to launch an ad-supported streaming-video service by September that will offer shows and other content from across its portfolio …

Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:

Twitter left up hundreds of videos from two Vine accounts connected to the Russian Internet Research Agency until CNN asked about the accounts — Senate committee grills tech giants over online terrorism — Twitter left hundreds of Russian propaganda videos, with millions of views …

Discussion: Engadget, The Hill and BloombergQuint, more at Techmeme »

Mike Fleming / Deadline:

Disney preview of 2019 streaming service: starts in US only, excludes R-rated films, keeps Marvel on Netflix, first-year goal is 4-5 new movies and 5 TV series — EXCLUSIVE: The Disney streaming service is beginning to crystallize, and Deadline can provide some details of the initial slate.

Discussion: Engadget, CinemaBlend, The A.V. Club, The Verge, io9, /Film, The New York Observer, The Playlist, @rwmead and @pauljordanjr

James Vincent / The Verge:

YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.

The Daily Northwestern:

Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project, takes leave of absence amid probe into allegations of harassment — Medill Prof. Alec Klein, who yesterday was accused of harassment by several former students and employees of Medill, is taking a leave of absence from Northwestern.

Discussion: Chicago Reader, @kaitlynjakola, @kira_lerner, @aterkel, @jonahshai, @emorwee, @tylerkingkade, @kira_lerner, @peterkotecki, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Reader, Teen Vogue and Journalism News

John-Paul Ford Rojas / Sky News:

Trinity Mirror, publisher of UK's Daily Mirror, has agreed to pay £126.7M for several Northern & Shell titles including the Daily Express and Daily Star — Publisher Trinity Mirror is to buy the owner of the Daily Express in a £126.7m deal, it has been confirmed.

Discussion: The Guardian, @mediaguido, Guido Fawkes, Bloomberg, New York Times, Reuters, businessInsider, Mirror.co.uk, @alexgspence, Trinity Mirror, The Independent, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, National Union of Journalists, City A.M., Trinity Mirror and RTÉ

Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:

Getty Images signs an image licensing deal with Google, signaling a truce after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the EU in April 2016 — Almost two years after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Getty Images announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with the Silicon Valley giant.

Discussion: PR Newswire and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Filing: Hulu lost $920M in 2017, compared to $531M in 2016, as owners invested $1B, vs. $733M in 2016; analyst estimates losses will climb 80% in 2018 to ~$1.7B — Hulu dropped deeper into the red last year as it boosted spending on originals and launched its live TV service — and the losses are expected to mount in 2018.

Discussion: Fast Company, Cord Cutters News, Ubergizmo, Engadget, The Wrap and 9to5Mac

Discussion: Pocket-lint, Engadget, The Verge and Variety