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Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros sues Fox, claiming executives punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Ailes — Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, charged in a lawsuit filed Monday that top executives at the network, including the man who replaced Roger Ailes …
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Tantaros lawsuit alleges Ailes quizzed her about Fox News staffers' sex lives and used racist stereotypes to describe Kimberly Guilfoyle and Harris Faulkner — The hits just keep coming for embattled former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, whose reprehensible conduct is being further detailed in a lawsuit by Andrea Tantaros.
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Women journalists share their stories of sexual harassment in the media industry — Clara Rollins was an 18-year-old photography intern at a newspaper in the southeastern United States when a section editor asked her if she'd ever had sex. — The editor sent Rollins (not her real name) …
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Wikileaks published sensitive personal data, including the names of two teen rape survivors and the address of a man arrested for being gay in Saudi Arabia — CAIRO (AP) — WikiLeaks' global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people …
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How Peter Thiel's covert bankrolling of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit effectively gaslighted Gawker's business and editorial sides — A lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth. Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com. — This is the final act in what Thiel wished to present …
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Interview with First Amendment Coalition's Peter Scheer: Gawker case could lead to journalists self-censoring in fear of people with huge financial resources
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Nick Denton's farewell post, detailing the rise and fall of Gawker, as the site shuts down today
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Melania Trump takes legal action against Daily Mail for defamation; Charles Harder, her attorney, represented Hulk Hogan in Gawker case
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Shane Smith says Vice tried to buy The News of the World at the height of the phone-hacking scandal — The family-friendly entertainment conglomerate, worried about reaching young men in an era of cable-cutting, is betting big on the profane gonzo journalism of ex-punk rocker Shane Smith
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Instapaper has been acquired by Pinterest and will continue to operate as an independent app — It will continue to operate as an independent app — Instapaper, a pioneering app for saving articles to read later, has been acquired — again. The app, which was created by developer Marco Arment …
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Sources: Google's Daydream service is launching “in the coming weeks” as the company pays YouTube stars for VR content and helps promote some Hulu projects — Company to release Daydream virtual reality service in weeks — Google said to back games, short films with YouTube celebs
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Sources: hackers believed by US investigators to be working for Russian intel have targeted NYT reporters, other US news outlets, in a series of cyber attacks — Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters …
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The New York Times has begun recruiting journalists for newsrooms in Canada, Australia — NYT FOR CANUCKS, AUSSIES — Morning Media has learned that the next two places The New York Times is targeting for expansion are Canada and Australia. The company has already dispatched research teams …
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CNN Chief Executive Jeff Zucker said BuzzFeed was not a legitimate news outlet even though the network lifted 23 stories from the site without giving credit — CNN's Jeff Zucker said BuzzFeed is not a “legitimate” news organization. BuzzFeed didn't like that
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North Korea launches Manbang, a Roku-like streaming device and Netflix-like service for those with access to state-run internet — Add North Korea to the long list of folks who have tried to copy Netflix: North Koreans with access to the state-run version of the internet are now able …
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