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New York Times:
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.
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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
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Mediaite, @brianstelter, Variety, @danharmon and The Week
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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The Daily Beast, New York Times, @propublica, Adweek, @ericuman, Politico, The Hill, @ericliptonnyt, @jayrosen_nyu and The Week
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.
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@carmen_ngkaman, @mbp817, @sruthijith and @aprylboomhour
Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
Profile of Lydia Polgreen, the new Huffington Post editor whose background as a queer black woman of limited means makes her a refreshing presence in journalism — The last time Lydia Polgreen felt boredom — real boredom, the soul-crushing kind — she was 21 and working for a company …
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 …
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Profile of the Refugee Journalism Project, an initiative that helps refugee journalists get internships, freelance work, and full-time jobs in the UK — The project has helped 35 refugee journalists get internships, freelance work and full-time jobs in the UK
Barbara Bohn / New York Magazine:
The managing editor of Hotels Magazine, a global trade publication based in Chicago, reflects on her job, which includes staying at the world's best hotels — Barbara Bohn, 51 — I am the managing editor of Hotels Magazine. It's a global trade magazine primarily focused on upscale and luxury hotels.
Lena Dunham / Lenny Letter:
Interview with Jill Abramson on office politics at The New York Times, reporting and writing, teaching at Harvard, and her forthcoming book on media — Lena Dunham talks to former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson about getting fired, supporting young journalists, and the sign outside her door that says “Push.”
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@sbg1, @srabil, @jasonabbruzzese, @daycogs and @pennyriordan1
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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Committee to Protect Journalists:
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 …
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The Globe Post, DW.COM, PR Newswire and Financial Times
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 …