Mediagazer: Shelley Ross, who says she was sexually harassed by Ailes, urges Fox to start Truth and Reconciliation project, says harassment is at epidemic levels in TV news (Shelley Ross/The Daily Beast)

6:25 PM ET, August 8, 2016

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Fox News host Andrea Tantaros says she was taken off the air after making sexual harassment claims against Roger Ailes — Fox News' senior executives have said they were unaware of sexual-harassment allegations against Roger Ailes before former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against him in July.

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Shelley Ross / The Daily Beast:

Shelley Ross, who says she was sexually harassed by Ailes, urges Fox to start Truth and Reconciliation project, says harassment is at epidemic levels in TV news — Shelley Ross, once one of the most powerful women in TV news, writes exclusively on resisting Roger Ailes's invitation …

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes' alleged use of Fox News funds to target critics raises liability questions for 21st Century Fox

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Hulu phases out its own free streaming service, inks deal with Yahoo to provide TV episodes to Yahoo View, Yahoo's new ad-supported TV streaming site — Hulu inks deal with Yahoo to provide free, ad-supported episodes of TV shows — Hulu is moving to an all-subscription model …

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

Examining how the media is wrestling with Trump, journalistic balance, and longstanding accusations of liberal bias — If you're a working journalist and you believe that Donald J. Trump is a demagogue playing to the nation's worst racist and nationalistic tendencies, that he cozies …

Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:

NBCU signs programming deal with Snapchat, will create original shows for the social network, drawing on talent from SNL, The Tonight Show — Network will debut ‘The Voice on Snapchat’ and E! News show — NBCUniversal is bringing some of its most recognizable brand names to Snapchat.

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Brian Flood / The Wrap:

National Journal publisher and president Poppy MacDonald named as new president of Politico, to start on September 12 — Politico has named National Journal publisher and president Poppy MacDonald as its new president, CEO Robert Allbritton announced on Monday.

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Peter Cherukuri, Politico's EVP for audience solutions and president of brand journalism studio Politico Focus, departs to be CIO at tech startup incubator 1776

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Joshua Topolsky tries to explain The Outline: like The New Yorker, but for younger readers that “eat farm-to-table food” — Don't call Josh Topolsky's just-announced The Outline “a New Yorker for millennials.” Or do. The 38-year-old digital media veteran of Engadget …

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

New York Times launches Watching, a movies and TV recommendation platform, in closed beta as part of strategy to convert readers into paying subscribers — The New York Times announced the launch (in closed beta) of its movies-and-TV recommendation site Watching on Monday.

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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:

LA Times accidentally republishes 7-year-old story in Sunday print edition, positions prominently on website all weekend — *Update: The Times admit the error below. Also I fixed some dates I goofed on. — Back in 2010, notorious murderer Betty Broderick was turned down for parole …

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