Top News:
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The Fox News “cabinet”, which seemingly shapes US policy, has given virtually unvarnished praise for the Suleimani strike, with the exception of Tucker Carlson — If President Donald Trump tuned in to Fox News after ordering Thursday night's successful U.S. operation to kill …
Discussion:
@brianstelter, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Associated Press, CNN, @asteadwesley, @juddlegum, The Wrap, WHDH-TV, The Daily Beast, @bgrueskin, @thedailybeast, @froomkin, @petersterne, @pottercatsmeat, @thedailybeast, @davidlaz, @gaywonk, @stiffelman, @mattgertz and The Daily Beast
RELATED:
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
With coverage of Suleimani's death, cable news outlets have again shown they're “hard-wired” to support war, promoting military and government perspectives — In the early hours of the morning, local time, state media in Iraq reported that Qassem Suleimani …
Discussion:
New York Times, Press Watch, The Intercept, Mother Jones, News Items, The Atlantic, @froomkin, @froomkin, @froomkin, @steveguest and @gaywonk
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Murdoch-owned newspapers in Australia are accused of downplaying massive bushfires, and The Australian has been consistent in pushing climate change denialism — Herald Sun relegates bushfires to page 4 while Courier Mail brings good news via ‘Onion Oracle’
Discussion:
New York Times, @arusbridger, HEWN, @talkingkoala, @joshbbornstein, @benjaminmillar, @vic_rollison, @sensanders, @poornhonest, @nytimes, @mrkrudd, @deniseshrivell, @drdrehistorian, @thelyonsden, @rickard_scott, @peter_simone, @marcusswdesign, @beneltham, @ketanj0, @poptheozbubble, @mikewsc1, @maralynparker, @diannecostin, CBS News and FAIR
Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed CEO lists his priorities in staff memo: more primary documents and source material to build trust in news, investment in social experiences, and more — BuzzFeed's core strength has always been our ability to adapt and innovate as the world changes.
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Sources: The Hill's owner seeks investors or buyers for the publication, which has faced questions about accuracy of posts by ex-staffer John Solomon on Ukraine — Jimmy Finkelstein, owner of The Hill, is shopping his publication, whose op-eds alleging various conspiracy theories about Ukraine …
Discussion:
@bmorrissey, @bobbybigwheel, @blmohr, @gregpinelo, @greg06897, @moorehn, @escarry, @jbenton, @ckrewson, @oliverdarcy, @cchoksy, @dlippman, @ehananoki, @tina_nguyen and @daviduberti
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
A look at the Hype House “collab house”, a collective of 19 young influencers renting an LA mansion, whose TikTok group handle amassed 3M followers in ~10 days — The city is home to a land rush of “collab houses,” where the content creators are getting younger and younger.
Discussion:
@9coacheswaiting, Naive Weekly, @karaswisher, @turnernovak, @al_peeair, @pakman, @thecandacelowry, @reckless, @nic_gulas, @geoffgates, @tvmcgee, @nytimes, @dillonfrancis, @theperezhilton, @grace_m_stetson, @mattlargey, @hodges, @crabbylions, @cameron_parker, @lamour, @amasna, @brooke, @aprilolanoff, @samsheffer, @taylorlorenz, @davejorgenson, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz and @sjschauer
Michael Calderone / Politico:
NYT editorial page editor James Bennet says a Bret Stephens column advancing a race-based theory of “Jewish genius” was fully edited before publication — Amid criticism of a column praising “Jewish genius,” James Bennet defends the paper's standards and procedures. — The New York Times building.
Discussion:
@abgutman, @dsorbara, @thetattooedprof, @johnlevenstein, @ashleyfeinberg, @hshaban, @jljacobson, @dangillmor, @davidklion, @rmc031, @benspielberg, @drvox, @edzitron, @lgbtqfc, @hunterwalk, @banikarim, @karenmcgrane, @parkermolloy, @politico, @dvorameyers, @susanoftexas, @justinbaragona, @davidsirota, @tomlevenson, @jpanzer, @moorehn, @ositanwanevu, @benmazer, @abgutman, @moorehn, @dkiesow, @moorehn, @moorehn, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone and @megancarpentier
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney pulls local news broadcasts from around a dozen ABC-owned stations from the streaming news app NewsOn, the first major launch partner to leave the app — Disney has pulled local news broadcasts from around a dozen ABC-owned stations from the streaming news app NewsOn as the company forges ahead …
Discussion:
@matthewkeyslive
Bradley Johnson / Ad Age:
Since 2009, internet media's share of US media jobs has risen from 11% to 36%, while newspapers' share fell from 35% to 17% and magazines' from 16% to 11% — Overall, U.S. media employment has fallen by 20,000 jobs since 2009. What's up? Internet jobs. What's down? Everything else
Discussion:
@michellemanafy and @mandomando
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
2020 resolutions for the media: challenge lies, ignore Trump's ad-libbed drivel, explain how politics affects people, critique ideas regardless of their sources — New Year's resolutions can be hard to keep. At least, they are for this humble columnist. To counteract that …
Discussion:
@jamesfallows, @jbf1755, @rossgarber, @alexanderrusso, @danvock, @jayrosen_nyu and @danmacht
Robert Ito / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at how news outlets from the New York Times to High Country News have embraced speculative fiction and the pitfalls thereof — Sam Greenspan, a former producer at NPR, released the first episode of his new podcast, Bellwether, in July. The name of the show, Greenspan says …
Cody Toombs / Android Police:
Google is ending its print-replica magazine service, launched in 2012 as the Play Magazines app, and is refunding payments to users — The venerable Egon Spangler once said, “print is dead.” The statement may have been premature, but today it feels a little more on point because Google …
Discussion:
@harrymccracken, @paulfidalgo, Engadget, The Verge, Android Central and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »