Mediagazer: Behind Andrea Tantaros' $49M suit against Fox News: in run-up to suspension from the network, Tantaros accused Ailes and Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment (Danielle Bacher/Esquire)

3:00 PM ET, September 21, 2016

Top News:

CNN says reports of Lewandowski suspension are untrue while the Trump campaign says it will continue to pay him through remainder of 2016 — Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will be paid by the campaign through the end of 2016, heightening concerns of a conflict of interest for CNN …

Charley Lanyon / New York Magazine:

Fox says it didn't know about Sean Hannity's appearance in recent Trump campaign video, says the network star will not appear in any in future — Fox has confirmed that it did not know about a recent Trump promotional video featuring Sean Hannity, and that Hannity would not be appearing in similar videos in the future.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNNMoney, Politico, @rosiegray, @eleutheria_heis, @ericboehlert, @ybbkaren, @kagrox, @timobrien, @tomkludt, @fmanjoo and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:

Trump's Federal Election Commission filing shows former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski received $20K for strategy consulting in August while working for CNN — Last month at this time, regular readers will recall, we posed this question: Donald Trump is finally raising money. So why isn't he spending it?

Discussion: Vanity Fair, @mateagold, @bterris, @mikemadden, @philiprucker, @karol, New York Times, ABC News and Wall Street Journal

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Raju Narisetti, senior vice president of strategy at News Corp, is named CEO of what was Gawker Media; company to be renamed Gizmodo Media Group — Raju Narisetti is the new CEO of the Gawker-less Gawker Media Group, which is being renamed the Gizmodo Media Group.

Discussion: KABE-LP, @brianstelter, @lheron, @raju, @lpolgreen, Variety, Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, @sulliview, @jeffjarvis, @mitrakalita, @erikwemple, @kevglobal, @mathewi and Talking Biz News

Kurt Wagner / Recode:

Twitter will live stream Bloomberg's coverage of all three presidential debates, split revenue from ads displayed during pre-debate and post-debate coverage — Hillary versus Trump, live on Twitter. — When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first nationally televised presidential debate …

Discussion: CNNMoney, FishbowlNY, Fast Company, The Verge, Media Wire Daily, LostRemote, TechCrunch, @niketa, @brianstelter, @ninatypewriter, @digiphile and @harrymccracken

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ABC News teams up with Facebook to live stream the 2016 general election debates

Discussion: Nieman Lab, SocialTimes, The Wrap, The Hill, Variety, Fortune, The Next Web, The Week, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, The Verge and CNNMoney

Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

Viacom's interim CEO and President Tom Dooley will depart November 15, as search for permanent CEO continues — Viacom's new interim CEO and president Tom Dooley is set to exit the company — yes, already. — Additionally, the company announced on Wednesday that it has dropped …

Discussion: Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, Fortune, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Business Wire, @edmundlee, @ej_fournier, @edmundlee, @alexweprin and @alexweprin

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Comcast CEO says the company plans to debut a wireless service by mid-2017, using leased Verizon airwaves and Comcast's 14M+ Wi-Fi hot spots — Comcast just solidified long-rumored plans to launch its own MVNO cellular service. Speaking at an investor conference moments ago …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Crain's New York Business, Tech Times, Fast Company and Ad Age

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:

AAP: mass market paperback sales down 25.5% YoY in Q1 2016, as decline in e-book sales continues — Sales of adult books fell 10.3% in the first quarter of 2016, compared to the first period of 2015. Sales of children's/YA titles dipped 2.1%, according to figures released by the AAP's StatShot program.

Discussion: GalleyCat

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix CFO David Wells says company wants original content to make up 50% of its catalog within a few years, is currently “one-third to halfway” toward target — Netflix is driving toward having half the content on its streaming service be original productions over the next few years …

Discussion: Vocativ, Tech Times, Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, @jembradshaw, MacRumors, Consumerist and Engadget

Danielle Bacher / Esquire:

Behind Andrea Tantaros' $49M suit against Fox News: in run-up to suspension from the network, Tantaros accused Ailes and Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment — One evening this past April, Andrea Tantaros returned to her Manhattan apartment from a yoga class and picked out a series of outfits for the week ahead.

Thanks:@msebastian

Mike Klein / Sunlight Foundation Blog:

Sunlight Foundation exploring merger or alliances with other organizations, will discontinue tool building and database maintenance, will retire OpenCongress — The board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation has reached some important conclusions about our future.

Discussion: @johnwonderlich, @johnwonderlich, @krmaher, @morisy, Fast Company, @ddayen, @anthony, @pahlkadot, @cwmcguinness, @lizbart, @meredithshiner, @digiphile, @caitlinweber, @zreeseplus, @internetrebecca, @daveweigel and @digiphile

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Source: Sunlight Foundation will lay off about five staffers out of about 20, a major drop from a staff count of about 40 in early 2014

Discussion: @emptywheel, @digiphile and @eads

Patrick Foster / Telegraph:

Leaked PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows BBC journalists are paid up to 40% more than commercial rivals — BBC journalists are paid up to forty per cent more than their competitors in the commercial sector, according to a leaked review of salaries in the corporation's news division.

Discussion: Press Gazette, @janemartinson, @stuartclarkson and Daily Mail

Roger Cheng / CNET:

AT&T CEO says company will launch online streaming video service, DirecTV Now, in Q4, will feature 100+ premium channels and “aggressive” price points — Not a fan of your cable provider? AT&T is prepping an alternative for you. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant plans …

Matthew Weaver / Guardian:

Editor of Norway's Aftenposten Espen Egil Hansen challenges Mark Zuckerberg to discuss Facebook's control of news and content — Head of Aftenposten, which forced backdown over ‘napalm girl’ photo, accuses Facebook founder of hiding from debate — The Norwegian editor who successfully took …

Discussion: Guardian, @eghan, @anupkaphle, @journalismfest, @openrightsgroup and @holpuch