Mediagazer: A look at Facebook's “Today In” feature which only ~1.1M users have opted into so far and which is mostly surfacing crime and courts news (Christine Schmidt/Nieman Lab)

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

After suing Twitter, Rep. Devin Nunes is suing McClatchy and others for alleged defamation, referring to a McClatchy-owned Fresno Bee article, seeks $150M — Congressman Devin Nunes is filing another lawsuit. — Following the lawsuit he filed last month against Twitter, Liz Mair …

Discussion: Fox News, Gizmodo, The Week, New York Times, @juddlegum, @briantylercohen, Washington Examiner, @emlas, New York Post, HuffPost Australia, Raw Story and Splinter

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Subscription-based sports site The Athletic is launching 20 ad-free podcasts across its app and website on Tuesday, produced by 12 new hires — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, is launching a multi-million dollar podcasting business.

Discussion: @sarafischer and @aweissman

Wendy Davis / MediaPost:

Major ad industry associations, including ANA and IAB, are launching Privacy for America, a new lobby group that will advocate for a federal data privacy law — A group of major ad industry associations is launching a new organization, Privacy for America, that aims to shape federal privacy laws.

Discussion: AList

Kelly McCarthy / ABC News:

ABC News producer Alexa Valiente passed away over the weekend at the age of 27 — She will be remembered for her bright personality and infectious love of life. — Alexa Valiente, a producer for ABC News for six years, passed away over the weekend. — Valiente, who had been facing health issues …

Discussion: The Wrap, @jazdidwhat, @kfaulders, @springer, @abcworldnews, @betsy_klein, @nia_official, @iamamnanawaz, @alyssanewcomb and Fox News

Brian Stelter / CNN:

Joseph Azam, who resigned from News Corp in late 2017, says other employees were also troubled by Fox News' rhetoric — New York (CNN Business)Joseph Azam joined Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2015. He says he loved working there. But after the presidential election, he noticed a disturbing “change in tone.”

Discussion: Newsweek, The Hill, The Inquisitr, Washington Examiner, @brianstelter, @brianstelter and Mediaite

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

A look at Facebook's “Today In” feature which only ~1.1M users have opted into so far and which is mostly surfacing crime and courts news — Our analysis of the links 10 cities saw in Facebook's local news section found funeral home obituaries, years-old stories, and yes, some meaningful local journalism.

Discussion: @robyntomlin, @niemanlab, @niemanlab, @raju, @dkiesow, @ewerickson and @jbenton

Nieman Foundation:

Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein and Editor-in-Chief Clara Jeffery have been awarded the 2019 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence — In recognition of their enduring support of investigative reporting and independent journalists, Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery of Mother Jones magazine …

Discussion: @juliachanb, @niemanfdn, @davidcorndc, @7im, @nobleideas and @jayrosen_nyu

Louise Story / Nieman Lab:

The Wall Street Journal has redesigned its comments section, renaming it “Conversations”, in an attempt to engage readers who do not comment often — Our readers this week will see a lot of changes built around the goal of elevating the quality of community discourse on WSJ.com.

Sahil Patel / Digiday:

Magna Global: OTT-based advertising reached $2.7B in revenue in 2018, up 54% YoY, and is expected to grow 39% in 2019 to $3.8B and 31% in 2020 to $5B — Disney, WarnerMedia and other media giants are going “direct to consumer” with new subscription streaming services.

William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:

Sources: CBS is struggling to recruit a CEO, as potential candidates are wary of the Redstones and the company's culture; Richard Plepler turned down the job — Plepler is a no. Katzenberg is a no. Ianniello wants to stay—but he's a Moonves guy. Will an A-lister come to clean up Redstone's mess?

Associated Press:

US State Department designates 16 people for their roles in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, making them and their family members ineligible for entry to the US — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department on Monday publicly designated 16 people for their roles in the killing …

Discussion: US Department of State

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Viacom's ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV has signed a content deal with BBC Studios and now has 15M MAUs, up 3M from January — Free streaming platform now has over 15 million unique monthly active users, up from 12 million in January — Viacom's Pluto TV Inks BBC Studios Deal …

Discussion: The Wrap, Multichannel News, Media Play News, Cord Cutters News and MediaPost

James Ball / MIT Technology Review:

Some fear the sweeping nature of UK's proposal to combine work done by 8+ regulators into a new “super-regulator” with the power to block online platforms, more — Technology giants will be forced to have a “duty of care” for their users, if a proposal announced by the government on Monday becomes law.

Discussion: @niallfirth and @techreview, more at Techmeme »