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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 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.
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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.
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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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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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