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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Sources: 21st Century Fox reaches $2.5M+ settlement with former Fox News contributor who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a Fox News Latino exec in 2015 — Last summer, as it wrapped up multiple settlements after the Roger Ailes sexual harassment scandal, Fox News and its parent company …
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Vanity Fair, Jezebel, Variety, Deadline, The Wrap, @shannonpareil and @emilysteel
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
Condé Nast joins NBCU and Vox Media to sell ads across their combined digital properties and to compete against big ad platforms like Facebook and Google — Brands Can Now Buy Digital Inventory Across All Three Media Companies — Conde Nast is joining NBC Universal and Vox Media …
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Fast Company, @melissabell, @mikehadgis, @agolis, @dubois and @jpoggi
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: following a shakeup in editorial leadership, The Daily News has toned down its anti-Trump coverage because it was costing the paper subscriptions — For most of 2016, the New York Daily News was America's paper of opposition to Donald Trump. But in the months since the election …
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@mlcalderone, @mathewi, @ericboehlert, @bgrueskin, @politico, @will_bunch, @michaelkruse and @joepompeo
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snapchat renews Peter Hamby's national political news show, “Good Luck America,” available now in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia — Snapchat is launching the second season of “Good Luck America,” its political news show hosted by former CNN reporter Peter Hamby …
Brendan O'Connor / Jezebel:
Gothamist deleted critical stories about its new owner, Joe Ricketts, from its sites; co-founder Jake Dobkin says the decision did not come from Ricketts — DNAinfo, the local-news organization owned by right-wing billionaire Joe Ricketts, announced today that it has purchased Gothamist LLC …
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Vanity Fair, New York Times, @sdkstl, Observer, @_grendan, @bgrueskin, @carlzimmer, @anthony, @dangillmor, Gothamist, Politico, Adweek, @bportseasoning, @thecitywanderer, @joepompeo, @djacobs, @willsommer and @willsommer
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Gary Winnick of Global Crossing takes majority stake in concert streaming service Qello, first step in creating a platform to capitalize on online TV surge — The founder of former telecommunications company Global Crossing Inc, Gary Winnick, has acquired a majority stake …
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@jtoonkel
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
At shareholder meeting, Disney CEO Bob Iger defends ABC News coverage and his ties to Trump's policy forum, and also applauds the adversarial role of US media — “I don't believe my membership in that group in any way endorses or supports any specific policy of the president or his administration," Iger told shareholders.
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Washington Post and Business Insider
Agence France-Presse:
Reporters Without Borders has launched a center to protect women journalists in Afghanistan — Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday launched a centre to protect women journalists in Afghanistan, the second most dangerous in the country for the profession after Syria.
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Ariana News, Reporters Without Borders and Al Jazeera English
Alex Spence / BuzzFeed:
Britain's News Media Association calls on the government to examine Google and Facebook's impact on the UK media landscape, citing concerns about fake news — Lobbyists for the UK newspaper industry say the government can't keep ignoring the internet giants' growing influence over the news media.
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@janinegibson, @alexgspence, @alexgspence, @janinegibson, @alexgspence and @alexgspence
Adam Thomas:
Four European publishers, El País, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Spiegel Online launch The New Arrivals, a long-term project tracking migrants settling in Europe — Back in December, I was asked to contribute to Nieman Lab's Predictions for 2017 series and I wrote this about the coming collaboration across Europe.
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@datatheism, @gijn and @ejcnet
C.J. Ciaramella / Hit & Run:
NSA files motion to delay releasing FOIA docs to Jason Leopold, cites his extensive litigation, second only to NYT in filing FOIA suits against govt in 2016 — BuzzFeed News reporter Jason Leopold is a prodigious Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requester who files hundreds …
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United States District Court …, @rcfp, @cjciaramella, @jasonleopold and @richardbtonkin
Todd Spangler / Variety:
About 54% of US adults say they have Netflix in their household while 53% have a DVR, according to LRG's annual on-demand study — Netflix has hit a new milestone: More U.S. television households now have the streaming service than a digital video recorder, according to a recent study.
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TrekMovie.com
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
CNN hires ex-White House Communications Director Jason Miller as a contributor — Jason Miller, a former top aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and his transition team, is joining CNN as a paid contributor, effective today, POLITICO confirmed. — Business Insider's Oliver Darcy …
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