Mediagazer: ViacomCBS will rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount+ early next year and expects to expand internationally, starting in Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics (Jason Gurwin/The Streamable)

Jay Rosen / The Verge:

Q&A with ex-CSO of Facebook Alex Stamos on why big newsrooms should have threat modeling teams, how media is amplifying disinformation with its coverage, more — An interview with Facebook's ex-security chief — Editor's note: We're barreling toward the 2020 election with big unresolved problems …

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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:

ViacomCBS will rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount+ early next year and expects to expand internationally, starting in Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics — Announces 5 New Originals, Plans to Expand Internationally in 2021 — It's official, CBS All Access is changing its name to Paramount+ next year.

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Brian Stelter / CNN:

Trump says he will be resuming weekly appearances on Fox and Friends, as he did until 2015, though co-host Steve Doocy says Fox hasn't committed to that — New York (CNN Business)President Trump says he is resuming his weekly visits to “Fox & Friends,” the morning show that gave …

Discussion: @atrupar, Mediaite, The Hill, Deadline, The Wrap, Mediaite, @brianstelter, @amandacarpenter, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @erikwemple and The Week

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

BBC reports median gender pay gap of 6.2% and a 55:45 gender split in on-air roles; BAME make up 26.8% of on-air contributions but only 9.8% of off-screen ones — Director general Tim Davie says he wants “a modern, highly efficient BBC that truly reflects Britain” as the public broadcaster …

Discussion: Press Gazette, The Guardian and Variety

Naman Ramachandran / Variety: BBC report 2019/20: £3.52B in licensing fees, down 5% YoY; deficit of £119M; BBC Studios profit grew 14% YoY to £181M; must save extra £125M due to COVID-19

Katie Benner / New York Times:

Sources: the Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether John Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published his memoir — Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.

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Josh Reyes / Hampton Roads Daily Press:

Tribune closes the Daily Press offices in Newport News, VA; filing: Tribune didn't pay rent for April, May, and June for the majority of its facilities — Tribune Publishing will close the Daily Press' office in Newport News' City Center, according to an email sent to staff Tuesday morning.

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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:

SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer to retire at the end of 2020 and be replaced by Jennifer Witz, current head of sales, marketing, and operations — Sean Sullivan is leaving CFO role at AMC Networks for same position at Sirius — Jim Meyer is retiring as CEO of SiriusXM on Dec. 31, the company announced Tuesday.

Discussion: Variety, Radio & Television …, RAIN News, New York Post, Deadline, Billboard, DMS and Music Business Worldwide

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Comcast CEO says Peacock has 15M+ subs, up from 10M in July, and that in homes with Xfinity X1 service, it's the third most-used app behind Netflix and YouTube — Comcast Cable is trending to add more than 500,000 broadband subscribers in the current third quarter, which would be a new record …

Discussion: The Wrap, The Streamable, Ad Age, Variety and Light Reading

Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard:

Spotify partners with Songkick and Ticketmaster to add virtual event listings hosted on any platform to artist profiles and to the Concerts hub on the app — Spotify has partnered with concert discovery app Songkick and Ticketmaster to add virtual event listings to the platform …

Discussion: Spotify for Artists, Variety and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »

Julia Alexander / The Verge:

Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month — The hardware giant leans into its software offerings — The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music, Apple TV Plus …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Business Wire, TechCrunch, Deadline, Variety, Thurrott, Gizmodo, Digital TV Europe, Cord Cutters News and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:

In a filing, Fox News' Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, and other Fox staffers to be deposed in October in Seth Rich case, over the network's role in debunked reporting — A new court filing says the Fox stars have agreed to answer questions on their role in spreading conspiracy theories about the murdered DNC staffer.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Law & Crime, Newser, @thetweetofjohn, @askjillian, @katiephang, The Week and The Hill

eMarketer:

Disney+ is estimated to reach 72.4M users in 2020 and surpass Hulu's audience by 2024 — Nearly one-third of OTT viewers watch Disney+ … According to our latest estimates for over-the-top (OTT) video services in the US, Disney+ will have 72.4 million users this year, representing 32.1% of OTT viewers.

Discussion: Tubefilter, Digital TV Europe and Fast Company