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6:10 PM ET, September 6, 2016

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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: 21st Century Fox has settled with a “handful” of other women over harassment claims against Ailes; lawyer for Andrea Tantaros says she has not settled
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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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.
Jon Steinberg / Cheddar:
Subscription video news startup Cheddar raises $10M Series B, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and including Comcast Ventures and Ribbit Capital  —  Cheddar to expand to full day of linear live programming  —  Cheddar, the live news and entertainment company, today announced $10 million …
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.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gabriel Sherman named NBC, MSNBC contributor  —  Gabriel Sherman has been named a contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, the network announced on Tuesday.  —  Sherman, New York Magazine's national affairs editor, has been on the forefront of reporting on Fox News and Roger Ailes.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Wrap, Variety and @bencjacobs
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 …
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 …
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
A local Republican candidate said he hoped I got raped, showing the lack of decorum and misogyny journalists and others now face  —  My journalism career started in 2013, when I was 20 years old, with the press secretary for a New York City mayoral campaign calling me a “c**t”—on the record …
 
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
21st Century Fox invests $6.5M in DriverTribe, an online community for car-lovers created by ex-Top Gear presenters, ahead of launch of their new show on Amazon
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon updates Fire TV and Fire TV Stick with personalized recommendations from streaming sites like HBO and Netflix; Alexa voice search now works in 75+ apps
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Fullscreen Media's CMO Jason Klarman departs the company, replaced by Alan Beard
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ex-BBC digital chief Ralph Rivera appointed MD of Discovery-owned Eurosport's digital operation, tasked with strengthening its subscription streaming service
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
After Chris Wallace says it's not his job to “truth squad” during presidential debate, questions are raised over whether moderators should fact-check candidates
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
With Knight Foundation funding, University of Nebraska professor and BuzzFeed Open Lab fellow release open-source guide to drone journalism
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
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Ailes hires Hollywood libel lawyer Charles Harder, who represented Hulk Hogan in Gawker case, to take on New York Magazine after exposé of his Fox News tenure