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3:15 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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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.
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.
Discussion: @amy_siskind and Variety
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.
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.
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 …
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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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Fullscreen Media's CMO Jason Klarman departs the company, replaced by Alan Beard
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
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
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
With Knight Foundation funding, University of Nebraska professor and BuzzFeed Open Lab fellow release open-source guide to drone journalism
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
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $1.8B, net profit down 69% YoY to ~$182.5M, and lowers its FY 2025 Switch sales forecast to 12.5M from 13.5M
 
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