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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Several news outlets report Ailes is out based on sources, then walk back reporting after Fox statement that “Roger is at work. The review is ongoing” — Fox News confirmed to The Daily Beast editor-at-large Lloyd Grove on Tuesday that beleagured chairman and CEO Roger Ailes …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her — As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
If Roger Ailes is ousted, Rupert Murdoch will face great difficulty trying to replace him; firing him may lead to presenters like O'Reilly leaving the network — Rupert Murdoch has over the years grappled with many formidable challenges at his companies, like the decline of “American Idol” …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: following initial findings from sexual harassment investigation, Lachlan, James, and Rupert Murdoch have agreed to remove Roger Ailes, disagree on when
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Journalist Jarrett Hill spots similarities in Melania Trump's convention speech to Michelle Obama's 2008 convention address — CLEVELAND — Melania Trump earned praise for her speech Monday night at the opening night of the Republican National Committee, but her remarks almost immediately came under scrutiny …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook is paying $2.2M to Vine, YouTube stars to create content for Facebook Live — The $2.2 million in payments are intended to ‘encourage experimentation’ on Facebook Live, says a company executive — Jon Paul Piques gained social-media fame posting bawdy six-second videos on Vine.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
NBA to create two original programs to stream exclusively on Twitter, post more game highlights on the social network and Vine — But Twitter isn't getting any game broadcasts. — Twitter has secured the rights to stream live video content from the NBA starting next season.
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Judge lets Hogan continue effort to collect judgment from Gawker founder Nick Denton, who will likely be forced to declare personal bankruptcy — The move will likely force Nick Denton to declare bankruptcy — A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday ruled that Hulk Hogan …
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Music-streaming service Deezer launches to all in the US for $10 per month with 30-day free trial — The French company goes up against an array of competitors, including Spotify and Apple Music — French music-streaming service Deezer is launching to the masses in the U.S. this week …
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Erika Nardini, former AOL CMO and veteran of Demand Media, Yahoo, and Microsoft, joins sports site Barstool as CEO — Erika Nardini is an accomplished digital media executive, having served as chief marketing officer of AOL after working at companies like Demand Media, Yahoo, and Microsoft.
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Dev Pragad, CEO of IBT Media for EMEA, assumes responsibility for North America too, will also fulfil newly-created CEO role at Newsweek magazine — Co-Founder and CEO Etienne Uzac Is Stepping Back, Will Serve as Chairman — Put Your Acquisition Budget to Work: Pay for the Customers You Want, Not the Ones You Have.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing shows Viacom CEO Dauman and COO Dooley have reserved their right to resign and protect their severance package of about $83M and $63M respectively — Philippe Dauman is still fighting back against attacks on his position at Viacom from Sunmer Redstone and his camp.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
On 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl should have called out Trump's lie about opposition to Iraq war; no journalist should let candidates lie to citizens — What if Lesley Stahl had stopped Donald Trump right in his tracks? — What if she had simply dug in her heels and refused to budge when Trump …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches Singles Classics to resell timeless essays from top writers and magazines — Amazon this morning is introducing a new way to read short-form content on Kindle devices and in the Kindle app with the launch of “Singles Classics.” The service will bring articles …
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
As Yahoo puts itself up for sale, early employees known as “surfers” recall building the company's directory — SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Back in the mid-1990s, before Google even existed, the world's best guides to the internet sat in Silicon Valley cubicles, visiting websites and carefully categorizing them by hand.
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