Mediagazer: eMarketer: TV ad spending in the US has peaked in 2018 and will decline 2.9% this year to $70.3B, dropping below one-quarter of total US ad spending by 2022 (Joe Mandese/MediaPost)

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

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Sources: Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March but has since struggled to add customers — - Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March, but has been stuck in neutral since that time, according to people familiar with the matter.

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

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Newspaper Consolidation Games: expect a formal deal closing for Gannett on Nov. 19, then big cuts; sources say McClatchy and Tribune are talking merger again — What was once expected to be $200 million in annual cost savings has now grown to $400 million or more. But how much blood is left to be drawn from this stone?

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: The Wrap, @fatimafarha_, @tambright15, @createcraig and @pdpj

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, @dabeard, @digiphile, @stefsimanowitz and The Guardian

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: @firstdraftnews and @wired, more at Techmeme »

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, @ndiakopoulos, @bencasselman and @newsroomdev

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

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 …

Daniel Frankel / Multichannel News:

OpenVault: cord cutters averaged 520.8 GB of internet usage in Q3, up 7% YoY; 12% of cord cutters are power users who use 1TB+ per month — Homes that have ditched video increased internet usage by 7% in Q3, according to Broadband solutions provider OpenVault

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Joe Mandese / MediaPost:

eMarketer: TV ad spending in the US has peaked in 2018 and will decline 2.9% this year to $70.3B, dropping below one-quarter of total US ad spending by 2022 — The U.S. TV ad marketplace peaked in 2018 and will never return to that level again, according to a new analysis released by eMarketer this morning.

Discussion: Adweek

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: American Press Institute, TVNewsCheck and @scottbrodbeck