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8:05 AM ET, January 3, 2018

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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
The culture of vlogging, for Logan Paul with 15M+ subscribers and others, emphasizes that the only wrong decision is turning the camera off  —  Logan Paul, one of YouTube's biggest stars, treated a video he uploaded over the weekend as the equivalent of a TV sitcom's “very special episode.”
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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  —  Outcry after American posts video in which he jokes with friends over apparent suicide victim they came across in forest
Davey Alba / BuzzFeed:
Logan Paul debacle highlights YouTube's content moderation problem, as experts say Paul's video isn't something AI moderation could catch on its own
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Hoda Kotb, who filled in for Matt Lauer since his firing, is named co-anchor of the Today show  —  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 …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify faces new copyright lawsuit from Wixen Music that suggests up to 21% of Spotify songs are unlicensed; plaintiff seeks $1.6B+ in damages  —  Wixen Music Publishing files a new lawsuit that also covers music from Rage Against the Machine, The Doors, Steely Dan, and many others.
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Twitter spokesperson confirms an email that said the account for former sheriff David Clarke was temporarily locked after he tweeted a physical threat to media  —  Clarke plagiarized portions of thesis (May 2017)  —  Washington (CNN)Former Milwaukee Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. …
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 …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Vice Media suspends President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano after NYT story on sex harassment allegations; new HR chief to be hired  —  Vice Media placed its president, Andrew Creighton, and its chief digital officer, Mike Germano, on leave after sexual harassment allegations …
Tim Lockette / Anniston Star:
Former publisher and chairman of the company that publishes the Anniston Star, H. Brandt Ayers, accused of forced spanking staffers in the newsroom in the 1970s  —  A former Anniston Star reporter says that H. Brandt Ayers, chairman of the company that publishes the paper, sexually assaulted her in the 1970s in The Star's newsroom.
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Source: Beijing Bytedance Technology, the parent company of Toutiao news app, valued at $20B, is in talks to raise funding that would value it at $30B+  —  HONG KONG — One of the world's most valuable start-ups got that way by using artificial intelligence to satisfy Chinese internet users …
 
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
UK government to launch three-year, £60M fund in 2019 for public service broadcasters, which can claim 50% of production costs for children's programming
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Google and Facebook's dominance in digital ads and Netflix and Amazon's massive programming budgets are forcing big media mergers and streaming ventures
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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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Ex-Current TV President David Bohrman is launching the Political Voices Network, an OTT video service catering to progressive Americans
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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
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