1. CNN to double digital politics staff for 2016 (Erik Wemple / Washington Post)
2. Commenters hate HuffPost’s new Facebook-only commenting system (Sam Kirkland / Poynter)
3. Kickstarter simplifies its rules and lowers the barrier for project acceptance (Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch)
4. 2015: The year there will be more cellular connections than people (Kevin Fitchard / GigaOm)
5. How Hostwriter wants to connect journalists around the world (Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk)
6. John Oliver’s net neutrality response swamps FCC (Joan E. Solsman / CNET)