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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox settles Ailes harassment suit with Gretchen Carlson for $20M, has also reached settlements with two other women — Act II of the Ailes saga may have just begun. — It has been exactly two months since Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, sued her old boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
21st Century Fox confirms it has reached a settlement with Gretchen Carlson and issues a public apology to her — Company will pay $20 million to settle suit — 21st Century Fox is settling a lawsuit brought by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson for $20 million, according to a Vanity Fair report.
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Roger Ailes is not contributing to the $20M Gretchen Carlson settlement, says his lawyer Susan Estrich — Roger Ailes' attorney says that Ailes is “not contributing” to the $20 million that Fox News' parent company has agreed to pay Gretchen Carlson to settle a sexual harassment suit.
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren abruptly departs network after 14 years — Stalwart network anchor Greta Van Susteren will be leaving Fox News after a tenure of 14 years with the network. — Beginning today, Van Susteren's slot hosting On The Record at 7 p.m. EST will be hosted instead by Brit Hume.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Van Susteren tried to renegotiate contract when Ailes left, but when Fox execs refused, she activated contract clause allowing her to exit — Greta Van Susteren, one of the top anchors on Fox News for the past decade, is leaving the cable news channel, effective immediately.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Twitter's board of directors will meet this Thursday and discuss the company's options, including a potential sale to a buyer like Google or News Corp — Talk of a sale continues to rumble, but finding a buyer won't be easy. — Twitter's quiet summer may soon be coming to an end.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, promoted to become Hearst's first chief content officer — Not long ago, Joanna Coles was having lunch with David Carey, the president of Hearst magazines, when he suggested she should take on a bigger role at the company.
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Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Dallas Morning News refuses to endorse GOP nominee for first time since 1964 — The GOP nominee “is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote.” — The Dallas Morning News, which has endorsed the Republican nominee in every presidential election since 1964 …
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Post to roll out “lightning fast” mobile site, powered by Google's Progressive Web Apps technology, page load time reduced from 3 secs to 1 — Site will be powered by Google's Progressive Web App technology — The Washington Post says it has a new “lightning-fast” …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
eMarketer: Snapchat will generate $367M in ad revenues this year and $935M in 2017 — A new report out this morning from analysts at eMarketer is forecasting explosive growth for Snapchat's ad revenue by next year. The firm estimates the mobile social application will generate $366.69 million in 2016 …
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SocialTimes, Adweek, eMarketer and Newsroom Posts and Ad Age
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Behind BuzzFeed reorganization: clarify reporting lines, lessen tension between Ze Frank's video division and Ben Smith's unit by giving news its own video team — Staff meetings at BuzzFeed are not uncommon. Jonah H. Peretti, the site's founder and chief executive, who is based in Los Angeles …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Fox News presenter Bret Baier says he's “not comfortable” with former boss Roger Ailes advising presidential candidate Donald Trump — Bret Baier, who is approaching his 20-year anniversary at Fox News, had the only hard news show in August ranked among the top five cable news programs …
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