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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Ailes departure is good for the Murdochs because Ailes is not someone who could navigate a generational shift to a younger audience — Roger Ailes is arguably the most important television executive of his generation. He built Fox News from scratch, and in doing so created a whole new model …
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Molly Redden / Guardian:
More than 20 women have accused Fox News host Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, say attorneys for Gretchen Carlson — Accusations against Fox News CEO have poured in since former host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit, her legal team say, with some claims dating back decades
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New York Times:
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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New York Times:
How the Ailes exit could affect personnel at Fox News, finances, efforts to attract a younger audience, and transition to digital platforms — Will Fox News's prime-time lineup remain intact? Will the network's ratings fall back to earth after this wild presidential election?
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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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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Media brands struggle to gain audiences on YouTube, turn to Facebook, Snapchat instead — YouTube seen as crowded and difficult for content discovery, while Facebook and Snapchat and other platforms surge — In May, the do-it-yourself, home-and-garden site Hometalk made its first big push into video on Facebook.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook to Get Live-Streaming Simulcasts of 9 U.S. Olympic Basketball Exhibition Games — Hoops fans will be able to log in to Facebook to watch all nine exhibition games played by the U.S. men and women's national basketball teams live — although the matches are just a warm-up for the Olympics action in Rio next month.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Slate now relies on native ads for nearly 50 percent of its revenue — Every publisher today wants to wean themselves off display advertising. For mid-sized publishers relying on banners won't cut it. Slate has made this is a priority, and it now says native ads are almost half of its total revenue.
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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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FishbowlNY, @roguecheddar and @bizarro_mike
Lauren Steussy / Columbia Journalism Review:
Non-profit education site Chalkbeat looks to expand its reach beyond ed-world insiders, covering inequity in education and strategies to improve schools — In the one-woman newsroom of Chalkbeat Detroit, Erin Einhorn spends her time making calls, reaching out to principals, attending parent meet-ups …
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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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?
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