Mediagazer: Sources: claims against O'Reilly were considered in his recent contract renewal talks; to settle claims, one source says O'Reilly paid $10M and company paid $3M (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

5:45 AM ET, April 2, 2017

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Investigation finds Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have paid about $13M over the years to address complaints from five women about Bill O'Reilly's behavior — About $13 million has been paid out over the years to address complaints from women about Mr. O'Reilly's behavior. He denies the claims have merit.

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: claims against O'Reilly were considered in his recent contract renewal talks; to settle claims, one source says O'Reilly paid $10M and company paid $3M — The host of 'The O'Reilly Factor' denied the merits of claims that he had sexually harassed employees, according to 21st Century Fox

Discussion: Mediaite, @brianstelter, Variety and @danharmon

Bryan Logan / Business Insider:

News outlets teamed up to request, gather, and publish obfuscated financial disclosures of White House staff — The Trump administration on Friday made available the financial disclosures of some White House staff. The documents show, among other things, that President Donald Trump's appointees are indeed quite wealthy.

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they don't sell customers' personal web browsing history, in response to cancellation of new FCC privacy rules — Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon published blog posts this morning responding to the backlash they've been receiving since Congress voted to revoke …

Isaac Webb / Global Voices:

Russian Web Censor Cracks Down Ahead of Next Anti-Corruption Protests — Russia's prosecutor general requested on Friday that Roskomnadzor, the state agency responsible for censoring media, block websites it said are inciting public disorder by inviting people to join a rally scheduled be held in central Moscow on Sunday.

Discussion: Washington Times, Reuters and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Saurabh Sharma / Nieman Lab:

Profile of Rocket Post Live, a subscription-based local news alert service in rural India, and how it grew to 8K paying subscribers in one year using WhatsApp — Shivendra Gaur's Rocket Post Live has already gained 8,000 paying subscribers for rolling news alerts and a daily video bulletin.

Discussion: @carmen_ngkaman, @mbp817, @sruthijith and @aprylboomhour

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Turkish court decides to release at least 19 journalists, jailed after July 2016 coup attempt, then reverses its decision — Istanbul's 25th Court for Serious Crimes ordered the release pending trial of at least 19 journalists jailed in the aftermath of the July 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey …

Discussion: The Globe Post, PR Newswire, DW.COM and Financial Times

Garett Sloane / Ad Age:

Responding to advertiser exodus, YouTube tinkers with its ad system, and YouTube stars make less money — First they came for prank videos, then they came for sexy make-up tutorials, then they came for gamers, then they came for politics, weed and everyone — YouTube basically came for everyone.

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the US for deadly drone strikes are suing Trump — Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the U.S. for deadly drone strikes …

Discussion: AOL, @freedomofpress, @andrewdfish, The Week, @ggreenwald, @joshgerstein and @darshnasoni

Jason Alcorn / MediaShift:

Q&A with Tracy Clark on an experiment by Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Austin American-Statesman on personalized newsletters, filter bubbles, and more — The email newsletter in 2017 is a core product for national newspapers, digital media brands, platforms …

Associated Press:

Police raid offices of Belsat TV in Belarus and confiscate equipment after its coverage of protests — MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in authoritarian Belarus are searching the offices of a Polish satellite TV channel that has given extensive coverage to a recent wave of anti-government protests.

Discussion: @pressfreedom, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Committee to Protect …

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