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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.
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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, @sparksjls, The Week, The Wrap, Variety, @danharmon, @brianstelter, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Poynter:
Tow Center's 25K word report details the issues with increasing social media platform influence on news publishers, suggests avenues to explore for remedies — Facebook and other platform companies publishing news are forces for bad journalism not good, despite some well-intended efforts lately to help media companies.
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Columbia Journalism Review, Nieman Lab, The Guardian, @benedictevans and Fortune
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla, Betaworks, others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy — A global coalition of tech leaders, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders, including Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark …
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BuzzMachine, CUNY Graduate School …, VentureBeat, Adweek, Facebook Media and Axios, more at Techmeme »
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, Politico, @ericuman, The Hill, @ericliptonnyt, @jayrosen_nyu and The Week
Peter Orsi / AP News:
Norte, a newspaper in Juarez, Mexico, says it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity and impunity for killings of journalists — MEXICO CITY (AP) — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity …
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JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS, @peter_orsi and @ajcorchado
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
Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Mark Harris, whose experience in entertainment reporting and cultural criticism gives him valuable insight into Trump — Director William Wyler. Photo courtesy of Netflix. — Eight years ago, Mark Harris began research on his second book. It would tell the story …
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@bypetevernon, @coreyatad, /Film and GQ
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Atlantic Media owner David Bradley discusses how National Journal moved away from journalism toward politics-focused data products in order to save the brand — David Bradley made his fortune riding the great era of business consulting during the 1980s and '90s.
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@jackshafer, @biettetimmons and @emmaroller
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.
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
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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