Mediagazer: Morning Consult: Fox News is the most-watched cable news channel in 299 of the USA's 436 congressional districts by a margin of at least 2 percentage points (Joanna Piacenza/Morning Consult)

4:45 PM ET, December 9, 2019

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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:

Longtime Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, who currently co-hosts America's Newsroom in the morning, is taking over the 3PM slot previously held by Shepard Smith — Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer is taking over Shepard Smith's 3 p.m. slot at Fox News, Mediaite has learned.

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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:

EU's regulators have sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers asking them to describe the scope, duration, and rationale of their data deals with Google — The European Commission has sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers as it tries to understand whether the way Google collects data …

Discussion: @pilhofer and @javierespft

Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:

Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …

Discussion: The Information, @jessicalessin, @johnwilander and @jason_kint

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

CBS joins Open AP, the media alliance that gives advertisers a way to buy impressions from audience segments across media outlets owned by different companies — “Young Sheldon” leads CBS' Thursday-night schedule. Soon it may help to lead advertisers to a new way of placing their commercials.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, MediaPost, Adweek, Ad Age and @bristei

Jeff Beer / Fast Company:

Ride Home Media, which creates podcasts that present the day's news for a particular topic, including the Techmeme Ride Home, raises $1M from Tiny Capital — Back in the 1920s, when Time magazine founder Henry Luce and his partners were coming up with the concept for their new media venture …

Discussion: Medium, Crunchbase News, @davidlidsky and @jbenton

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

One year after Les Moonves' exit, CBS TV stations in LA, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami also face claims of sexual harassment, age discrimination, and misogyny — Jill Arrington was a star in TV sports. Then, four years ago, the former NFL sideline reporter traded national exposure …

Discussion: Fox News, @laura_nelson, @amanda_clinton, @karaswisher, @ninaandtito, @gretchencarlson, @megjameslat, @rverrier, @billshaikin, @latimesent and @latimesent

Max Willens / Digiday:

Complex opens an online store called Complex Shop, which will sell sneakers and other items from ~70 brands, as part of its latest revenue diversification plan — Complex started out as a buying guide for people interested in streetwear. Its latest revenue diversification play returns to those roots.

Joanna Piacenza / Morning Consult:

Morning Consult: Fox News is the most-watched cable news channel in 299 of the USA's 436 congressional districts by a margin of at least 2 percentage points — Conservative cable giant is most-watched news outlet in nearly 70% of U.S. congressional districts — Morning Consult Illustration by Vladimir Gorshkov

Discussion: Fox News, @mollyjongfast, @ericboehlert, @fawfulfan, @mattgrossmann and @rachelbitecofer

Hollywood Reporter:

Golden Globes: Netflix leads film and TV with 17 nominations in both categories; Apple gets three nominations for The Morning Show, including best drama series — ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Irishman’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ are among the top film nominees, while ‘Chernobyl,’ ‘The Crown’ and ‘Unbelievable’ lead the TV noms.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Comcast CFO says the company will spend $2B on NBCU's Peacock streaming service in 2020 and 2021, projects it will not be profitable for the first five years — Comcast expects to pump $2 billion into NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service in 2020 and 2021, while the company is projecting …

Discussion: Bloomberg

Tess Bonn / The Hill:

Hill-HarrisX poll of 1,001 US voters: 53% say TV is their primary source for news, while 21% prefer the internet, 9% social media, 9% newspapers, and 6% radio — A new Hill-HarrisX poll found that TV is still the most widely used news platform among Americans, despite the rise of the internet and social media.

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:

Disney's record-breaking 2019 continues, as Frozen II helps it become the first ever studio to gross $10B globally at the box office in a single year — Disney's record-breaking 2019 continued this weekend, as it became the first studio ever to gross $10 billion at the global box office in a single year.

Discussion: Axios and Variety

Bloomberg:

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says the company is reviewing its real estate portfolio, including a possible sale of CBS HQ, also known as “Black Rock”, in Manhattan — ViacomCBS Inc. hired CBRE Group Inc. to review its entire real estate portfolio, including a possible sale …

Discussion: Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, NBC News and Fox Business

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara, and Steven Lim, the stars of BuzzFeed shows with a combined 2B views, have left BuzzFeed to form content studio Watcher Entertainment — After building their careers as internet personalities at BuzzFeed, the creators and hosts of three of the company's biggest shows …

Discussion: @ryansbergara

Dannagal G. Young / Nieman Lab:

How mainstream media in the 1990s shaped liberal satire and conservative outrage programming, with the latter being more effective for political mobilization — “Does satire have a liberal bias? Sure. Satire has a liberal psychological bias. But the only person who can successfully harness the power of satire is the satirist.