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3:30 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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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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: 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 …
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
 
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