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Hyundai joins Mercedes-Benz in removing ads from Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor amid sexual harassment allegations against host Bill O'Reilly — Mercedes-Benz USA said it has “reassigned” advertising meant to run on Fox News Channel's “O'Reilly Factor” to other parts of the cable network's schedule …
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Current and former employees at Fox News say women fear speaking up about sexual harassment and do not have faith company will enforce zero tolerance policy — Lawyer: Payouts are the ‘cost of doing business’ at Fox — There are women at Fox News who want to speak up. But they're afraid.
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Third black Fox News employee joins discrimination suit, alleges complaints about comptroller ignored because she “knew too much” about Ailes and Kranz — Fox News' legal woes just keep getting bigger. This morning, another black female employee in Fox News' payroll department …
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Showtime picks up TV mini-series about the Roger Ailes scandal, called Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes, based on Gabriel Sherman's reporting — BREAKING: Blumhouse has launched an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45 per cent stake.


AOL and Yahoo will be renamed Oath after the Verizon deal closes — When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name. — That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider. — In a deal that was announced in July …
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Sources: Marissa Mayer will not be part of Verizon's AOL-Yahoo combined company Oath, which will be led by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong — The Yahoo CEO is on her way out, say sources, which is really no surprise. — According to sources, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will not be continuing …
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Condé Nast contract shows an option for freelancers to get paid faster than the standard 30 days if they accept a “small discount taken off the invoice” — Freelance writing is a lucrative gig for many reporters, photographers, models, editors and more in the fashion industry …
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How a New York-based hyperlocal blogger, Katia Kelly, beat the New York Times to a scoop about one of Paul Manafort's real estate deals — Katia Kelly has lived in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn for three decades. About ten years ago, when she was in her mid-forties …
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White House confirms Trump has signed bill into law that allows ISPs to sell customers' browsing history without user permission — Internet providers will not have to ask permission before sharing sensitive data with advertisers. — President Donald Trump on Monday officially hit …
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Arab News says columnist Andrew Bowen demanded removal of his pro-Clinton posts to help obtain a Trump administration job, and will discontinue his column — Arab News regrettably announces that it will discontinue publishing articles by US columnist Andrew Bowen.
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Facebook tests a second News Feed, marked with a rocket ship icon, filled with posts from sources you haven't yet liked — Facebook's launch of Stories may be the social network's big news of the week, but some Facebook users have spotted another addition, and are thoroughly confused.
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Over 60 fake news sites are still earning revenue from major advertising networks, including Google AdSense and Revcontent — “As long as the traffic is real and the ads are being served to real people," ad networks will accept fake news sites, according to one publisher. — BuzzFeed Open Lab Fellow