Mediagazer: Reuters report on podcasts finds local news pods flourishing; print and digital outlets focus more on deep dives, as broadcasters tend toward micro-bulletins (Nic Newman/Nieman Lab)

10:45 AM ET, December 4, 2019

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Rep. Devin Nunes sues CNN, claiming CNN aired false statements about Nunes by Lev Parnas; same lawyer represents Nunes against @DevinCow, Twitter, and McClatchy — RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Delivering on a promise made on Fox News last month, Republican Congressman Devin Nunes filed …

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:

Phone records show calls between journalist John Solomon and Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, while Solomon was posting at The Hill about Ukraine — (CNN)Armed with never-before-seen phone records, Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's allies of coordinating …

Nic Newman / Nieman Lab:

Reuters report on podcasts finds local news pods flourishing; print and digital outlets focus more on deep dives, as broadcasters tend toward micro-bulletins — “The big change is commercial, which is that we had advertisers who started to come to us last year and say …

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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Washington Post launches El Washington Post, its first Spanish-language news podcast aimed at a global audience, with 20-minute episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays — The Washington Post published the first episode of its new Spanish-language podcast today, its latest effort to expand …

Discussion: Washington Post

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Bloomberg Media is rebranding its social media news network from TicToc to QuickTake by Bloomberg, which will launch its own streaming news channel in 2020 — Bloomberg Media is dropping TicToc as the name of its two-year-old social-media news service, rebranding it as “QuickTake by Bloomberg.”

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service featuring thousands of movies and shows from studios like MGM, available in ~220 countries — Plex today is launching its own ad-supported streaming service, a rival to The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, Vudu's Movies on Us …

Discussion: MediaPost, The Streamable, Variety, The Verge and Plex, more at Techmeme »

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

The Information launches the Tech Top 10 by The Information, a human-curated tech news aggregator, available on iOS and Android for $29.99/year or $2.99/month — We launched The Information six years ago to the day with a mission to conduct fearless and deep original reporting about the technology industry.

Discussion: @jessicalessin and @jessicalessin

Tim Peterson / Digiday:

Barstool Sports CEO says Barstool Gold has more than 30K subscribers since its January launch, of which 80% signed up for the annual plan — Barstool Sports has sold more than 30,000 people on its Barstool Gold subscription product, according to CEO Erika Nardini.

Discussion: American Press Institute, @bmorrissey and @thesportsdotbiz

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple News launches a daily email newsletter with summaries written by Apple's editorial team — Apple News is expanding its mail notifications with a new ‘Good Morning’ daily newsletter. Previously, users could opt in to receive email alerts from Apple News about select featured stories.

Apple:

Apple announces first ever Apple Music Awards with ceremony on December 4; Album of the Year and Song of the Year were determined based on streaming data — Billie Eilish Takes Top Honor as Global Artist of the Year — Apple Music Celebrates with Global, Live-Streamed Performance …

Discussion: Engadget, @cheriehu42, @deezydothis, @chunswae_, @pennyfractions, @shortformernie, @shortformernie, @jasonisbell, @dwiskus, 9to5Mac, Fast Company, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, Business Insider, Fortune, Variety and Datebook

Dani Deahl / The Verge:

Genius sues Google and LyricFind alleging anticompetitive behavior and that song lyrics on its service were stolen, asking for over $400M in damages — It's asking for more than $400 million from Google and LyricFind — Lyrics website Genius is suing Google, saying the company continues …

Discussion: CNBC, @caseynewton, @glenngabe, Music Ally, @panzer, @reckless, Fast Company, Gizmodo and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Jeanine Pirro and other Fox hosts continue to stump for GOP candidates; sources: Fox execs intervened to cancel GOP fundraising appearances by Pirro, and others — When Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared onstage at a rally for President Trump last year, Fox publicly rebuked them.

Discussion: @bit_shifter_, @davidjoachim, @mlcalderone and Mediaite

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