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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox in eight-figure settlement talks with Gretchen Carlson over Ailes lawsuit; tapes of Ailes in conversation with multiple women could become public — In the subterranean newsroom, fear is everywhere. “Hacking was bad,” says one person familiar with the internal investigation.
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Tobias Burns / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter says Fox News employee once dated him to gather intelligence for the network, while he ran the TVNewser blog — The ‘Reliable Sources’ host said Fox News spied on him under the cover of a romance with one of the network's staffers.
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Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Fox News presenters and producers feared Ailes had tapped their phones and was monitoring their conversations — Until recently, getting Fox News employees to talk could be tough. — Before former host Gretchen Carlson accused her boss, now former-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes …
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Tantaros's initial allegations of inappropriate behaviour didn't name Ailes, complaints only made after Fox News accused her of breach of contract — Through a lawyer, Tantaros has alleged her removal was retaliation for complaints against Roger Ailes.
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Mediaite, @tomnamako, @buzzfeedben, The Week, New York Magazine and @kyletblaine
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Margaret Sullivan defends John Oliver against NAA broadside, says Chavern should be grateful for a hilarious and poignant celebration of the news industry — John Oliver's 19-minute riff about what's become of local newspapers made me laugh. Parts of it also made me want to cry.
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Newspaper Association of America:
David Chavern, CEO and president of the Newspaper Association of America, takes John Oliver to task for petty insults and stating the obvious about journalism — Last night John Oliver decided to take on local newspaper journalism. I actually loved how the piece starts.
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Bloomberg, Polis, Wall Street Journal, Politico, @rafat, @alansmurray, @charliebeckett, @pmarca, Maggie Shnayerson, The Drum, The Wrap, @mtdukes, @jayrosen_nyu, Fortune, @dataeditor, @enjus, @espiers, @dan_adams86, @nivo0o0, Techdirt, @postbaron, @hadas_gold, Talking New Media, @jbenton, @anthonyha and FishbowlNY
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
News Corp profits fall 28% YoY to $684M, revenue for news and information services division falls 7% or $393M to $5.338B — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reported a 28 per cent decline in profit to $684m for the year to the end of June. — The latest fiscal report, for the US-based company …
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FishbowlNY, Sydney Morning Herald, Guardian, Seeking Alpha, ABC, Mumbrella, Herald Sun, AdNews, Motley Fool Australia and Talking New Media
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
New York Times assigns Cairo bureau chief Declan Walsh to cover U.S. elections as part of global effort to reach international readers — It's an old political ritual: Every four years, in the lead up to the U.S. political conventions, Democrats and Republicans debate amongst themselves the contents of their party platforms.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Wall Street Journal's digital subscriptions total 948K at end of the 2016 fiscal year, up 25.9% YoY from 753K — The Wall Street Journal digital subscribers totaled 948,000 at the end of the 2016 fiscal year, according to a company news release on Monday. — That's compared to 753,000 in the prior year, or up 25.9 percent.
Discussion:
Cision
David Weigel / Washington Post:
How conservative news sites like the Drudge Report have resurfaced photos and videos of Hillary Clinton to stir up false controversy about her health — The first week of August was a rough one for Donald Trump's campaign; by coincidence, it was also a busy one for Trump supporters, who see a media coverup protecting Hillary Clinton.
Discussion:
BAGnewsNotes, The American Mirror, Politicus USA, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, WorldNetDaily, Talking Points Memo, Independent Journal Review, CNNMoney, Boing Boing, @dylanlscott, @daveweigel, @abbydphillip, @aaronwiener, @glennkesslerwp, @amandamarcotte, @cernovich, @daveweigel, @postpolitics and @daviduberti
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media reports Q2 loss of $161.6M, due to $193M income tax charges related to 2008 Newsday sale to Cablevision — The company, led by CEO Peter Liguori, is hit by income tax charges of $193 million related to a 2008 newspaper deal and reiterates its full-year outlook …
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