Mediagazer: 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 (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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: Fast Company, Mercury News, Business Insider, BGR, Engadget, MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac and CNET, 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 — Apple Music is taking on Spotify with the launch of a new feature, Apple Music Replay, that will allow subscribers to take a look back at their favorite music from 2019.

Discussion: @adamdbradley, @bondnickbond, @baekdal, 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: @tabularasafa, @sarambsimon, @arindube, @pysamarth, @bencasselman and @newsroomdev

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

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.

more at Techmeme »

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.

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, @unclegrambo, @slmandel, @byparkercotton, @williamsbob75, @readdanwrite, 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

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 …

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.

M. Corey Goldman / TheStreet:

Viacom Q4: net earnings of $321M on revenue of $3.43B; domestic ad revenue for its media networks up 6% YoY to $946M; Pluto TV has ~20M MAUs — Viacom (VIAB - ) , soon to be CBSViacom, on Thursday posted fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts as it continued to make inroads …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, Deadline, Business Wire, @viacom and Hollywood Reporter