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6:10 PM ET, December 6, 2019

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wellcome.ac.uk:
Charity-funded online science and health magazine Mosaic is shutting down on December 10 after five years  —  Mosaic, Wellcome's digital platform dedicated to long-form journalism about science and health, will be closing next week.  It will publish its final stories on 10 December.
Max Willens / Digiday:
WSJ had its biggest day of subscription sales ever Black Friday, Wired and Barron's on Cyber Monday; New York had its best four-day sales stretch that weekend  —  Cyber Monday and Black Friday have long been make-or-break days of the year for retailers.  They have recently become important …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
By the end of summer 2020, five big newspaper chains could roll up into two, run by investment companies with little attachment to the newspaper business  —  Is an end in sight?  —  The first half of 2020 “will be the final dance of the newspaper industry,” one of my savviest financial sources told …
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Andrew Pantazi / @apantazi:
[Thread] Reporter starts Google Doc to track Gannett layoffs, says it's forcing people to sign NDAs to get severance, telling journalists not to tweet about it
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Federal judge indicates he'll let a trial proceed in an antitrust complaint by three major Hollywood agencies against the Writers Guild of America  —  A federal judge indicated on Friday that he will rule in favor of the three major agencies in their antitrust lawsuit against the Writers Guild of America.
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Survey: 50% plan to subscribe to new OTT services, of which 64% intend to downgrade or cancel existing subs; users say they spend ~$76/month on average on video  —  Key insights:  — Half of those polled intend on subscribing to new OTT services—but many of them will downgrade or cancel existing video services to do so.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Michael Bloomberg says Bloomberg News reporters need to accept restrictions along with their paycheck, including the ban on investigating their boss  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg says employees at his news organization need to accept restrictions …
Discussion: @dloesch
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Google Assistant now allows users to search for podcasts by topic, available in English worldwide  —  Google Assistant on smartphones, smart displays, and smart speakers is getting a series of upgrades today, like the ability to create notes and lists with third-party apps and search podcasts by topic.
John McCarthy / The Drum:
Spotify says it now has 500K+ podcasts, podcast listeners are up more than 50% since the start of 2019 and podcast hours consumed by listeners grew 39% QoQ  —  Spotify, the global music audio streaming service, each year unpacks the listening habits of users and unveils the artists …
Variety:
Netflix exec says the company is working on a system for providing transparent audience metrics for its films that give context for the numbers  —  Netflix is closer to getting into the numbers game than it's ever been.  —  Scott Stuber, the head of original films at Netflix …
Discussion: Observer and The Streamable
 
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
A small group of NBC News Digital employees apparently campaigned against a union with NewsGuild; staff voted on the union Wednesday, and results come Dec. 13
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Overtime Sports is raising $40M to attract more Gen Z consumers, offering video on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok and expanding merchandising, events
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump, sues Fox News, saying Tucker Carlson falsely accused her of extortion last year
New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani is in Europe interviewing Ukrainians for an OANN documentary series, which is being promoted as a Republican alternative to impeachment hearings