Mediagazer: Twitter confirms it is testing threaded conversations features from its prototype twttr app on Twitter.com, ahead of the official rollout next year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Alt-weekly OC Weekly, distributed in Orange County, California, is shutting down after 24 years — Adios Motherfuckers! Today, the day before Thanksgiving, our owner Duncan McIntosh Company has decided to shut us down. For the last quarter century, we've tried to bring good stories to Orange County. It's been fun, but now we're done. pic.twitter.com/Y51ynOHbgp

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Marc Lacey / New York Times:

NYT launches “Your Read”, an experiment that will solicit reader questions on a topic and have a reporter find the answer, starting with California's inequality — We have started a new experiment aimed at including our readers more directly in the journalistic process.

Discussion: @sona, @brizzyc, @blackamazon and @hwise29

Rob Pegoraro / FierceVideo:

Comcast to raise its Broadcast TV Fee, which it introduced in 2015 to charge for local channels, from $10 to $15 a month with no way for customers to opt out — Comcast will give its TV subscribers an early lump of coal for Christmas: yet another rate increase.

Discussion: @matthewkeyslive, The Desk, @matthewkeyslive, @steveglista, The Desk and MediaPost

Alex Hern / The Guardian:

The online newspaper Nu.nl, which had been Facebook's only factchecking partner in the Netherlands, quits over political ad exemption — ‘Final straw’ was refusal to allow partner to mark dubious claims by far-right parties — Facebook's only Dutch factchecker has quit over the social network's refusal …

Discussion: @rossamcmahon, @zachtbaardige, @janelytv, Engadget, The Verge and Gizmodo

J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:

Vox Media's Curbed is shutting down its DC, Seattle, New Orleans, and Philadelphia sites; editors say sites cease publishing today — Vox Media's Curbed is shutting down its city sites for Washington, D.C., Seattle, New Orleans and Philadelphia, a company spokesperson told TheWrap on Wednesday.

Discussion: @missy_wilkinson, @joshsternberg and @sarahannelloyd

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio daily newspapers to be cut to three days a week, as part of FCC approval for Apollo to acquire Cox TV/radio stations — The 121-year old Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio newspapers will shrink to three days a week from daily publication to appease regulators …

Discussion: @mattsauer, @cindiinco, @jbenton and @johnerickson58

Warner Music Group:

Warner Music reports Q4 revenue of $1.12B, up 8.2% YoY, including digital revenue of $674M, up 13.1% YoY, and profit of $94M, compared to a $13M loss last year — • Net income for the quarter was $91 million versus a loss of $13 million in the prior-year quarter

Discussion: Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, Variety, Digital Music News and RAIN News

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter confirms it is testing threaded conversations features from its prototype twttr app on Twitter.com, ahead of the official rollout next year — Twttr, the prototype app Twitter launched earlier this year, has been testing new ways to display conversations, including through the use of threaded replies and other visual cues.

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Leo Kelion / BBC:

US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.

Ruth Margalit / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at Egypt's brutal assault on independent journalism since Sisi was reelected last March, including draconian new laws that make “disinformation” criminal — One country's legislative assault on the press — What Mohamed Soltan still can't get over, six years later, is the smell.

Shane Phelan / Independent.ie:

Tony Robbins sues BuzzFeed for defamation in Ireland, a prime destination for “libel tourism”, over articles detailing alleged sexual misconduct — American self-help guru Tony Robbins is suing US news website Buzzfeed for defamation in Dublin and is threatening similar proceedings against social media giant Twitter.

Discussion: @buzzfeedben, TheJournal.ie, Mediaite and New York Post

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Jimmy Wales says he is planning to a hire a small number of journalists early next year for his news-focused social network WT:Social — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales plans to a hire a small number of journalists for a “news-focused social network” in the hopes of finding an audience …