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Sources: details from internal inquiry sealed the fate of Roger Ailes at Fox News — Executives at 21st Century Fox decided to end the tenure of Roger Ailes after lawyers they hired to investigate an allegation of sexual harassment against him took statements from at least six other women …
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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
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CNNMoney and New York Magazine
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rogers Ailes Stares Into the Abyss From Atop the TV News World
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New Yorker, The Baffler, Media Matters for America, @nytimesbusiness, @brycecovert, CNNMoney and The Daily Beast
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 …
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Newsweek, @jimpoco, @morganradford, Vanity Fair, TVSpy, Forbes, Guardian and BBC
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Alleged owner of biggest torrent site, KickassTorrents, arrested in Poland on US charges of copyright infringement and money laundering, KAT domains seized — With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) has become the most-used torrent site on the Internet, beating even The Pirate Bay.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Broadcasting & Cable, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, VentureBeat, @xor, The Verge and @hopestillflies
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.
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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, Editor & Publisher and FishbowlNY
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.”
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?
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 …
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 …
The Wrap:
Playboy announces layoffs in memo; sources say cuts affect digital staff in Los Angeles, including Chief Content Officer Cory Jones — Layoffs hit Playboy's Los Angeles office on Wednesday, TheWrap has learned. — Cuts were limited to the company's digital division, an individual with knowledge of the situation said.
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@roguecheddar, @bizarro_mike and FishbowlNY
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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Associated Press, @mlcalderone, NetNewsCheck Latest and The Wrap
Pankaj Mishra / FactorDaily:
Amazon India will invest $300 million in original Indian content for Prime — Amazon Inc. has started talks with Bollywood producers and other independent production houses in India for building its local video streaming content play as part of the Amazon Prime launch later this year.
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