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1:55 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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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Roger Ailes will pay a portion of Gretchen Carlson's $20M settlement  —  In a statement, 21st Century Fox apologizes to the former Fox News host after she sued for retaliation from alleged sexual harassment.  —  On Tuesday, Gretchen Carlson filed paperwork to dismiss her lawsuit against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Forecast report: 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 …
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” …
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 …
 
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