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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter permanently suspends Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos for repeated violation of rules regarding targeted abuse of users — Twitter has banned one of its most notoriously contentious voices. On Tuesday evening, the microblogging service permanently suspended the account …
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CNNMoney:
Ailes lawyer Susan Estrich says he is in talks with 21st Century Fox to end his tenure as Fox News chairman after sexual harassment suit, with no firm terms yet — Staffers at Fox News have been on pins and needles for the past day awaiting the fate of CEO Roger Ailes …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rogers Ailes Stares Into the Abyss From Atop the TV News World
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@fmanjoo, @dylanbyers, @gabrielsherman and Talking Points Memo
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Source: multiple current and former Fox News female employees have told investigators probing Gretchen Carlson's allegations that Ailes sexually harassed them
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her
Hadas Gold / Politico:
BuzzFeed Washington bureau chief John Stanton wrestled to ground at BuzzFeed's RNC party after asking ex-New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani a question — CLEVELAND— BuzzFeed's Washington Bureau Chief John Stanton was wrestled to the ground by security at his outlet's own party …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After 14 years at the Associated Press, executive editor Kathleen Carroll is retiring at the end of 2016 — Kathleen Carroll, the executive editor at The Associated Press and its top editorial staffer, will retire at the end of the year. — She has led the AP for 14 years.
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NetNewsCheck Latest, Associated Press and The Wrap
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Nearly 50 journalists have accepted buyouts at The New York Times — Nearly 50 New York Times journalists have accepted a buyout offer and will exit the paper in the coming months. — The Times had a standing offer and is attempting to trim the staff, which currently stands at about 1,300 employees, according to Poynter.
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nyguild.org, FishbowlNY and Editor & Publisher
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Prominent Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in car bombing on his way to work in Kiev; car owned by his editor-in-chief — Pavel Sheremet, 44, a prominent Belarusian journalist who had been working in neighboring Ukraine where there are relatively fewer barriers to independent reporting …
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New York Times, Guardian, kyivpost.com, The Moscow Times, NPR, Bloomberg, BBC, Zero Hedge, @martinwalsh, @guardianneweast, @carlottagall, @laurabyrnestory, Heavy.com, Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Editor & Publisher, Reuters, The Week, @alexkokcharov, @christopherjm, @rferl, RT, Russia Beyond The Headlines, eng.24.kg, Newsweek and The Australian
Melinda Newman / Forbes:
If candidates pay to license songs from performing rights organizations like BMI, bands can't prohibit song use — Last night at the Republic National Convention, shrouded in a cloud of fog, Donald Trump emerged to introduce his wife, Melania Trump, to Queen's 1977 classic anthem, “We Are The Champions.”
Discussion:
Mediaite, The Wrap, TVNewser, @macloo, Los Angeles Times, @queenwillrock and Ad Age
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Interview with TPM founder Josh Marshall on the publications' subscription product TPM Prime, which has amassed 11K subscribers over the past four years — What are the benefits of paying Talking Points Memo $50 a year (or $5 a month) for a TPM Prime subscription?
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Former News of the World lawyer Tom Crone faces professional misconduct charges and could be disbarred — Bar Standards Board hears evidence against Tom Crone, one-time legal affairs manager for the newspaper's publisher, News International — Tom Crone, the former News of the World lawyer …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
U.S. authorities seek rights to The Wolf of Wall Street film which they claim was financed by funds stolen from Malaysia — A complaint filed by the government discusses money to Martin Scorsese's company and who Leonardo DiCaprio thanked during the Golden Globes.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal and LawNewz
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Jarrett Hill, the reporter who uncovered Melania Trump's plagiarism of Michelle Obama's 2008 convention speech — Jarrett Hill describes his reaction in an L.A. Starbucks when he realized, and tweeted, that portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech were seemingly plagiarized …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Under pressure to double digital revenue to $800M by 2020, The New York Times is expanding native advertising unit T Brand Studio into a full-fledged agency — When The New York Times' T Brand Studio opened for business two and a half years ago, it sold marketers including Netflix and Cole Haan …
David Bixenspan / LawNewz:
As part of Gawker bankruptcy sale, Hogan et al attempt to have articles removed from site, court documents show — The conversation around the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Media lawsuit's impact on the media is about to get a lot deeper, as it appears that a team of creditors is attempting …
Discussion:
New York Times, Slate and @petersterne
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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
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Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Forbes, New York Magazine, Fortune, Reuters, CNNMoney, New York Daily News, Recode and New York Post
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amina Canter joins Refinery29 as executive VP of partnerships and distribution, as it seeks to boost deals with TV networks, digital distributors — Refinery29 has hired Amina Canter as executive VP of partnerships and distribution, as the female-focused digital media company looks …
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