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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Julie Roginsky returns to Fox News less than 24 hours after filing sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, appearing on the show America's Newsroom — Julie Roginsky appeared on Fox News less than 24 hours after filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network …
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New York Times:
BMW North America, Untuckit, and Constant Contact join others in pulling ads from Bill O'Reilly's show — Pressure continued to mount on Fox News on Tuesday to address harassment accusations against its top-rated host, Bill O'Reilly, as the National Organization for Women called for his ouster …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
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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Business Insider:
The digital media division of Verizon, which will include Yahoo, AOL, and The Huffington Post after the Yahoo deal closes, will be named Oath — 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.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Sources: Marissa Mayer will not be part of Verizon's AOL-Yahoo combined company Oath, which will be led by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong
Sources: Marissa Mayer will not be part of Verizon's AOL-Yahoo combined company Oath, which will be led by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
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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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26 — Christopher McDonald will play a network boss accused of rape by a female news anchor (Bonnie Somerville). — Just as Fox News finds itself in the midst of another round of sexual harassment controversy …
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Fashionista:
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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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: The Atlantic's White House correspondent Rosie Gray inked a $350K deal with Harper Collins for a book about Breitbart — The Atlantic's Rosie Gray is writing a book about Breitbart News, while Bloomberg Businessweek's Joshua Green is working on one about conservative populism.
Mike Masnick / The Verge:
How a new bill that seeks to make the Register of Copyright a president-appointed position would end a 120-year status quo and benefit the RIAA, MPAA — A new bill undoes over 100 years of history — On March 23rd, Reps. Bob Goodlatte and John Conyers introduced a controversial bipartisan bill …
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Elisabeth Gamperl / Süddeutsche.de:
For some journalists, the Panama Papers project brought fame and success, but others faced death threats, legal action, and being fired — Throw them into the bay, or throw them into jail? Those were two possible replies to a poll set up by a user on Twitter.
Eric Garcia / Roll Call:
Former GOP Senator Kelly Ayotte joins News Corp.'s board of directors — Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte was elected to the board of directors for the Rupert-Murdoch-owned News Corp. The New Hampshire Republican served one term in the Senate before losing to Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan in a squeaker last year.