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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.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Roger Ailes will pay a portion of Gretchen Carlson's $20M settlement
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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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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:
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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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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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 — Chris Wallace says it isn't his job to “truth squad,” though some journalists strongly disagree.
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@kalhan, @rvawonk, @juddlegum, @downwithtyranny, @susannamatte, @juddlegum, @johnrussell99, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
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 — Roger Ailes has hired the Hollywood libel lawyer who recently represented former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan …
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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@jayrosen_nyu, @joshgerstein, @ericboehlert and @dlippman
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
In DMCA notice, Warner Bros. asked Google to remove links to its own sites from the search engine, listing them among 4M+ allegedly copyright-infringing URLs — The movie industry has gone head to head with Google in recent years, demanding tougher anti-piracy measures from the search engine.
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Johanna Dunaway / Shorenstein Center:
Study: limitations of mobile devices including slow connections, small screens, and variable data costs are contributing to a digital divide in news consumption — A new paper by Johanna Dunaway, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and associate professor of communication at Texas A&M University …
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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” …
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