Mediagazer: Accelerate Local launches TV Membership Project to drive engagement and revenue for local TV broadcasters via DTC models like membership; Fox is a pilot partner (Local Media Association)

11:55 AM ET, November 14, 2019

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Sources: Apple is considering bundling News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Music as soon as 2020 to attract subscribers, meaning less money for News+ publishers — - Company keeps rights to bundle News+ service with TV+, Music — Move may woo more subscribers, but lower publishers' News+ cut

Discussion: The Streamable, Fast Company, Digital Trends, Mercury News, CNET, Music Business Worldwide, Business Insider, New York Post, BGR, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac and MacRumors, more at Techmeme »

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Music launches Replay, letting subscribers look back at their favorite music in 2019, similar to Spotify's year-end review, Wrapped, but updated each week

Discussion: @bondnickbond, @baekdal, @adamdbradley, Billboard, MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Agence France-Presse:

Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan rearrested following his prison release one week ago where he'd served three years over alleged links to 2016 coup — Detaining of Ahmet Altan, who denies alleged links to failed coup in 2016, called a ‘disgrace’ — Turkish police have rearrested the journalist …

Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian

Ben Casselman / New York Times:

Interview with NYT reporter Ben Casselman, who says his landline phone is his most vital data journalism tool as the best stories emerge from talking to people — Ben Casselman, an economics reporter, uses a programming language called R and works with vast data sets.

Discussion: @sarambsimon, @arindube, @pysamarth, @tabularasafa, @bencasselman and @newsroomdev

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Sources: Disney plans to bring Disney+ to India in H2 2019 via its streaming platform Hotstar and to expand the offering to Malaysia, Indonesia, and others — Disney plans to bring its on-demand video streaming service to India and some Southeast Asian markets as soon as the second half of next year …

Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:

Interview with Tucker Carlson, who holds apparent favored status with the Murdochs, as his Fox show becomes particularly important amid the impeachment inquiry — At some point during his nightly prime-time show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson usually asks the same question: “What's really going on here?”

Discussion: @bgrueskin, @sarahellison, @mradamtaylor, @sarahellison, @sarahellison, @ndrew_lawrence, @erikwemple, @nikkimcr, @allynwest, @mlcalderone and @mlcalderone

Nathan Bomey / USA Today:

Shareholders of Gannett and New Media approve the $1.13B merger; the new Gannett will be composed of 260 dailies, aims to cut $275M-$300M within two years — Shareholders cleared the way Thursday for New Media Investment Group and USA TODAY owner Gannett to join forces in a deal that will create …

Discussion: @tambright15 and @fatimafarha_

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Stockholders are expected to approve New Media Investment Group's Gannett offer on Thursday despite a weaker stock price, lowering offer to ~$1.1B from $1.4B

Discussion: @sobsax

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

McClatchy has retained advisers to explore options and has opened talks with the federal agency that manages insolvent pension funds; stock down ~14% — McClatchy reported a series of financial reverses Wednesday so severe that it may not be able to meet its obligations in 2020.

Emma Grey Ellis / Wired:

A look at how scientific experts debunk “lifestyle” misinformation and bad science on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube — A lot of the hacks and diets on social media are bogus, or even dangerous. These fact-checkers are using YouTube and Instagram to battle bad info.

Discussion: @wired, more at Techmeme »

Daniel Roberts / Yahoo Finance:

Sources: Sports Illustrated will be published monthly starting in 2020, plus four special issues and the Swimsuit Issue for a total of 17 issues per year — Sports Illustrated was a weekly publication as recently as 2015. In 2020 it will become a monthly, Yahoo Finance has learned.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @williamsbob75, @readdanwrite, @slmandel, @byparkercotton, @unclegrambo, New York Post and Awful Announcing

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Yahoo Sports launches section for fans to bet on sports, starting in New Jersey, through the MGM Resorts' BetMGM platform, part of a multiyear partnership — Verizon Media's Yahoo Sports is getting into the gambling business with the launch of a new section that lets fans see betting odds for various sports.

Discussion: Awful Announcing

Local Media Association:

Accelerate Local launches TV Membership Project to drive engagement and revenue for local TV broadcasters via DTC models like membership; Fox is a pilot partner — Accelerate Local, designed by Local Media Association to reinvent business models for news, today announced The TV Membership Project …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck and @scottbrodbeck

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

Disney says Disney+ has seen 10M signups since launching on Tuesday — Disney's new streaming service has already seen 10 million sign-ups since launching Tuesday, the company announced Wednesday. — Disney's stock was up slightly on the news. Netflix shares were down 1%. — This is breaking news.

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Michael Calderone / Politico:
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Musa al-Gharbi / Columbia Journalism Review:
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Sources: BBC News' business unit and China reporters weren't consulted about how the commercial unit's sponsored content deal with Huawei may affect coverage

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