Mediagazer: Interview with The Ringer's Bill Simmons on podcasts' ad revenue potential, documentary projects in the works, and the evolution of relationships with sponsors (Jason Lynch/Adweek)

Megan Garber / The Atlantic:

Sarah Sanders said she hoped her legacy would be that she “put forward the president's message” and she did so through her post-truth press conferences — “I know it's hard for you to understand even short sentences, I guess, but please don't take my words out of context."

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Beast, @jayrosen_nyu, CNN, @mrbromwich, @jeffreygoldberg, Common Dreams, Vanity Fair and VICE News

Lindsey Rogers Cook / Times Open:

NYT's digital transition team led internal data journalism boot camps, training 60+ employees over 18 months; resources they developed are now freely available — And how your reporters can learn to love them, too — Five years ago, a lot of people in journalism were asking, wide-eyed, “Should journalists learn to code?”

Discussion: @sarambsimon, @therevmountain, @robinkwong, @davidbauer, Strange Attractor, New York Times and Nieman Lab

Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:

A Facebook director of news partnerships says Facebook is compiling a list of trustworthy sources, including individual journalists, not just media outlets — The social media platform will help media organisations monetise content, including a dedicated space for news and a Facebook-powered subscription tool

Discussion: @jbenton, @chrismoranuk, @tonyromm, @emilybell, @emilybell, @j_rwalsh and Editor & Publisher

Max Willens / Digiday:

BuzzFeed forecasts $260M in sales in 2019 from branded products sold in stores; Tasty has partnered with food companies to launch food products and meal kits — BuzzFeed has found success in licensing its Tasty food brand across different consumer products including food, kitchenware and cookbooks.

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Critics question Alphabet's Jigsaw subsidiary's decision to hire a disinformation vendor to run a campaign during research into state-sponsored disinformation — FOR MORE THAN two years, the notion of social media disinformation campaigns has conjured up images of Russia's Internet Research Agency …

Discussion: @sheeraf, @a_greenberg, The Daily Caller, MediaPost and The Next Web

Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:

Julian Assange's US extradition hearing to take place in February 2020; he faces an 18-count indictment, including charges under the Espionage Act — WikiLeaks founder, indicted on 18 counts in US, will have a five-day hearing in February — Julian Assange will face a five …

Discussion: ABC, BBC, The Daily Caller, The Verge, UPI, Press Gazette, Slate and The Week

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Following Hearst's purchase of Clevver, its cofounder and two employees form Shared Media, a YouTube network targeting millennial female viewers — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — Here's the latest chapter in the saga of Clevver, the entertainment/lifestyle …

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

Vox Media Group ratifies its first union contract with WGA East, which guarantees minimum salaries of $56K/year and four months of parental leave — - Web publisher ratifies first collective bargaining agreement — Accord includes revenue sharing for shows on Netflix and Hulu

Discussion: @vox_union, Deadline, Variety, @timemagunion, @germanrlopez, @meghanemorris, @laurenwilliams, @vox_union, @vox_union, @thesarahkelly, @vox_union and @vox_union

Troy Wolverton / Business Insider:

Sources: CNET is shutting down its quarterly print magazine, launched in 2014 — - CNET is shutting down CNET Magazine, its quarterly print magazine, sources inside and outside the company told Business Insider. — The company informed employees of the move at a meeting last month.

Discussion: Talking Biz News

Jason Lynch / Adweek:

Interview with The Ringer's Bill Simmons on podcasts' ad revenue potential, documentary projects in the works, and the evolution of relationships with sponsors — As the outlet celebrates its third anniversary, its founder looks back—and ahead — While several upstart digital media companies …

Brian Resnick / Vox:

Study: when researchers vet science press releases, they help reporters avoid over-hyping claims; more accuracy doesn't reduce the coverage received — Science is often poorly communicated. Researchers can fight back. — In 2018, psychology PhD student William McAuliffe co-published …

Discussion: @b_resnick, @familyunequal and @seedstories

Tim Peterson / Digiday:

Sources: Amazon has been running a test with TV networks to sell their Fire TV apps' inventory to advertisers through Amazon's programmatic demand-side platform — Ad buyers primarily see Amazon's demand-side platform as a way to programmatically buy Amazon's owned-and-operated inventory …